57181
Dame Evelyn Stokes papers
Date1866-1992
Reference NumberAms 248DescriptionCollection comprises:
Box 447: Folders containing information/research notes and photographs of local marae:
Box 448: Tauranga 1864, excerpts from contemporary published accounts:
Box 449: Maps of Pukehina Block, Pongakawa c 1900-1915:
Box 450: Miscellaneous papers:
Box 451: Maunganui – Mauao:
Box 452: Ōtūmoetai/Matua Farms:
Dame Evelyn Mary Stokes, née Dinsdale, 1936-2005
See also: Ams 270 and Ams 271CreatorStokes, Evelyn Mary (Dame), 1936-2005
LevelCollectionExtent6 boxes
LanguageEnglish
Reference 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:
- -- 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 - ‘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:
- -- Tilby farm ‘Arawa’
-- Lever farm ‘Oreanui’
-- Bentley farm in Ōtūmoetai owned by Tollemache - 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:
- -- 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 - 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 271CreatorStokes, Evelyn Mary (Dame), 1936-2005
LevelCollectionExtent6 boxes
LanguageEnglishAsset Location
RoomClimate controlled room

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Stokes, Evelyn Mary (Dame), 1936-2005, Dame Evelyn Stokes papers (1866-1992). Pae Korokī, accessed 02/04/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/57181






