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Dame Evelyn Stokes papers
Date1866-1992Reference NumberAms 248DescriptionCollection comprises:
Box 447: Folders containing information/research notes and photographs of local marae:
Ngā Pōtiki – Tamapahore, Tahuwhakatiki
Whareroa
Ngāti Pūkenga – Whetu
Waikari
Hungahungatoroa
Waimapu
Maungatapu
Hairini
Ōtāwhiwhi x 2
Mauao
Matakana
Rangiwaea
Rangataua
Tuapiro
Tawhitinui
Box 448: Tauranga 1864, excerpts from contemporary published accounts:
Articles about Robley: New Zealand Herald, 10 August 1968?; New Zealand Herald 29 May 1985
Factual description of Battle of Gate Pā in diary of Captain Robert Jenkins ‘Battle history’, Bay of Plenty Times, 26 April 1983
Articles about Battle of Gate Pā:
‘Sketches of Pyes Pā Redoubt, location and plan of Judea Redoubt’ by C. R. Adams, 13 February 1956
‘Durham and Monmouth Redoubts’ by C. R. Adams, 22 February 1956, published in Journal of Tauranga Historical Society, No. 5, 1956
Traced copy of sketch of Tauranga c. 1865 by Captain Norris showing location of key features re land and buildings
Letter from Evelyn Stokes to Jeanette King re Robley painting for New Zealand Collection area at Waikato University, 10 September 1979
Photograph of Robley's trenches at Gate Pā painting plus notes, excerpts from ‘The wars in New Zealand’ by Colin McCahon, which discuss Robleys watercolours
Notes taken from the Tauranga Argus, Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner and Opotiki Reporter 1867
'Rawiri's medal’ by Buddy Mikaere, article includes rules Rawiri Puhiraki's troops would follow in the event of war
Turton Deeds and Mackay's reports on Tauranga lands, November 1866
Miscellaneous information regarding battles at Gate Pā and Te Ranga. Includes copy of ‘Te Ranga battle site: Historic reserve management plan’
AJHRs, 1880s (Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives)
Te Papa deeds
CMS Te Papa purchases and old place names collected by E. L. Adams, (Church Missionary Society)
Box 449: Maps of Pukehina Block, Pongakawa c 1900-1915:
Maps include:
Pukemarama Special Subdivision (some landowner names within block written on map)
Plan of subdivision of Waihi Swamp, 1908
Levels of Waihi Swamp Crown Land, 1904
Box 450: Miscellaneous papers:
‘Tauranga Moana Project’, Māori land and cultural resource project, Bay of Plenty Community College, 1982
Prints and negatives of cadastral plans. c. 1960 for Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Katikati and Te Puke
Miscellaneous maps of Western Bay, Tauranga, Matakana Island
Letters of thanks from students attending school camp at Bowentown
Box 451: Maunganui – Mauao:
Brabant L & S files and Commissioner's awards
Brabant’s Minute Book 3 1888 (original held in Rotorua)
Brabant Māori Land Minute Books Moturiki minutes
Brabant Māori Land Minute Books Motuatau minutes
Karewa, Brabant minutes and judgement (in Māori, L & S files Commissioners awards)
Whareroa, Brabants Minute Book 1 (144-146)
Mōtītī (part of larger cadastral map showing Mōtītī Island and land blocks ; traced map of land blocks c1920, map of island with key places/Pā marked
Copy of Alister Mathesons article ‘Mōtītī Island, Parts I & II’ from Historical Review XIX Nos 1 May 1971 and. 2 November 1971
New Zealand Herald article 3 January 1998 on Mōtītī Island
New Zealand Herald article on house designed on Mōtītī by Anthone Hoete, 7 June 1998
Correspondence relating to compilation of Tauranga Moana Māori Trust Board Roll of Beneficiaries
Tauranga District Lands Acts 1867-1868, correspondence re status of Tauranga lands
Māori Land Court discussions re status of Tauranga lands
Extracts from Native Land Court Tauranga Minute Book 7, 134-136 and 157-159, Appendix 3, ‘Native custom’ wiped out by confiscation of land’
Appendix 4, Supreme Court judgement C. W. Haua and Kata Tamihana 1960 re Lot 202 Section 1 Town of Tauranga
Raupatu Document Bank references, Vol 7, 2357-2548, re affairs in Tauranga
Notes re Tauranga from AJHR,1865-1890
Miscellaneous Māori Land Court Minute Books material re land block partitions in Otawa, Ngapeke, Waitaha, Pāpāmoa
Miscellaneous correspondence re Tauranga 1972-1975
Horticultural land in Tauranga District
Paper by Morgan, 1983
Paper by Hansen, 1977
Papers presented at seminar on alternative use of Māori land
Article on mixed farming, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, 71 (6) 1945
Papers relating to horticultural use of Māori land in Tauranga District
Copy of paper ‘Packhouse and coolstore facilities for Māori orchard blocks in the Tauranga District’ by Stokes
Newspapers in education series re land use including Māori land, Bay of Plenty Times, 6 and 20 June 1989
Box 452: Ōtūmoetai/Matua Farms:
Articles from Journal of Tauranga Historical Society re:
Notes from interview with Charles Tilby of Arawa Farm, 1975
Water resources/sewage schemes in Western Bay of Plenty
Report ‘Water supply for Tauranga County’, 1964
Land use Western Bay of Plenty miscellaneous items:
Tauranga County Marae Community Zones policy
Māoritanga, booklet ‘Te Ahi Ka Wills National Māori Cultural Championships’ [Tauranga, 1968]
Bay of Plenty Times article re creation of waka ‘Te Awanui’, 10 February 1973
New Zealand Listener article re Te Awanui, 30 April 1983
Teacher-in-Service course, Centennial Park School, Te Kuiti, 1980
Copies of ‘Stories of Tauranga Moana’
Histories of settlers’ halls in Western Bay of Plenty (Bethlehem, Paengaroa, Pāpāmoa, Ohauiti, Tauriko, Oropi, Lower Kaimai, Omanawa, Whakamarama, Omokoroa, Te Puna, Pyes Pa, Tuapiro, Pongakawa, Apata and Katikati)
‘Local Government Commission: Bay of Plenty region provisional scheme’, Local Government/Bay of Plenty Regional Council booklet re establishment of local government [1977]
Minutes of Tauranga District Planning Forum March, 1975
George Vesey Stewart address 1919, Bay of Plenty Times, 14 June 1924
Supplement outlining activities, history and potential of Western Bay of Plenty
Tauranga City Proclamation ‘Pioneer Luncheon’ Souvenir Menu including list of ‘Pioneer guests’ and pictorial map of ‘Proposed pioneer park or village for Tauranga District Museum’
Bay of Plenty Times article re the Blacksmiths, 12 July 1969
Bay of Plenty Times article re proposed siting of Museum in 17th Ave. 18 August 1973
Local government issues and miscellaneous Tauranga County Council material
James Bodell/Keith Sinclair correspondence
Dame Evelyn Mary Stokes, née Dinsdale, 1936-2005
See also: Ams 270 and Ams 271 CreatorStokes, Evelyn Mary (Dame), 1936-2005LevelCollectionExtent6 boxesLanguageEnglish
Box 447: Folders containing information/research notes and photographs of local marae:
Box 448: Tauranga 1864, excerpts from contemporary published accounts:
- -- Bay of Plenty Times, 29 April 1983, 30 April 1983, 2nd May 1983, 17 April 1990
-- New Zealand Herald, 3 October 1987
-- Timescan, 23 April 1985
-- Bay Focus tourist newspaper with article on Gate Pā [undated]
-- Tauranga Today, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 1987, "Proposed Library and civic development: Māori land claims" explaining City Council's position re claim on old Town Hall site
Box 449: Maps of Pukehina Block, Pongakawa c 1900-1915:
Maps include:
Box 450: Miscellaneous papers:
Box 451: Maunganui – Mauao:
Box 452: Ōtūmoetai/Matua Farms:
- -- Tilby farm ‘Arawa’
-- Lever farm ‘Oreanui’
-- Bentley farm in Ōtūmoetai owned by Tollemache
- -- Article about bush sickness in Glenhope Nelson, DSIR Bulletin No. 32, 1932, mentions affected areas in Bay of Plenty
-- handwritten notes from L & S file on Tauranga fruit farms, SO 22408 and sale plan (1428) 75)
-- graphs/statistical info re land use in New Zealand
Dame Evelyn Mary Stokes, née Dinsdale, 1936-2005
See also: Ams 270 and Ams 271
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Stokes, Evelyn Mary (Dame), 1936-2005, Dame Evelyn Stokes papers (1866-1992). Pae Korokī, accessed 05/12/2024, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/57181