57182
Photocopied papers of Alister Hugh Matheson
Date1842-1987Reference NumberAms 249DescriptionCollection comprises of:
Spencer family at Tarawera: Handwritten research notes and photocopied information on:
Railway at Ōtūmoetai: Construction/opening of railway at Ōtūmoetai as part of East Coast Main Trunk line, photocopies of:
Photographs:
Maketū articles by Monica Holloway:
Tollemache family
Tapsell family and Maketū
For additional Alister Matheson collections see also: Ms 15, Ams 209, Ams 210, Ams 221, and Ams 405CreatorMatheson, Alister Hugh, (1925-2011)LevelCollectionExtent1 boxLanguageEnglish
Spencer family at Tarawera: Handwritten research notes and photocopied information on:
- Spencer family at Tarawera
- Notes on Lettie Spencer and Spencer children
- Article "Trees still thriving after eruption", Daily Post Weekender, 22 February 2002 (or 1982) discussing exotic trees planted by Spencers at Te Mu mission station on Kariri Point
- Letter to Alexy Simmons, 28 November 2003 re map ML3760 and Fred H. Spencer's "Reminiscences" vis a vis Alister Matheson's research, Mere Hamiora mentioned
Railway at Ōtūmoetai: Construction/opening of railway at Ōtūmoetai as part of East Coast Main Trunk line, photocopies of:
- History of the Ōtūmoetai station and site
- Photographs
- Articles
- Sketch maps of area to left of Levers Road overbridge
- Railway timetables
- Land transfer information
- Correspondence relating to the rail yard/siding and need for railway shelter at Ōtūmoetai
- Henderson Timber Co. using it as a mill site/timber stacking area
- "East Coast Railway: completion of Waikareao Bridge", Bay of Plenty Times, 31 August 1925
- "Historical notes on the East Coast Main Trunk Railway North Island", New Zealand Railways Publicity and Advertising Office, 30 August 1960
- "Old station site leased", Bay Sun Weekender, 2 October 1987
- "Last passenger train leaves city", Bay of Plenty Times, 8 October 2001
- Bay of Plenty Times, 8 October 2001, (Kaimai Express), Photograph of derailment
- Article re train collision , Bay of Plenty Times, 17 October 1940
- Bay of Plenty Times article, 30 October 1940, re stock yards at Ōtūmoetai station
- New Zealand Railways Journal, 1928, lists of facilities at Apata, Pahoia, Te Puna, Ōtūmoetai and Tauranga
- Request for goods shed at Ōtūmoetai, Bay of Plenty Times 1 and 8 August 1928
- "Tāneatua's express was no joke", Daily Post, 15 January 2005. Discusses overall plan for Waihi-Gisborne railway that ended up finishing at Tāneatua
- "Rail resumes a valuable link: daily service opens Auckland to Bay", Bay of Plenty Times, 4 January 1992 re Kaimai Tunnel service
- "Changing face of Ōtūmoetai", Photo News, 2 May 1964 showing Ngatai Road extension "new junction" Levers Road to link up with Windsor and Queen Roads in Bellevue
- New supermarket (Cherrywood?) and view of Bellevue from Ōtūmoetai Road showing new Ōtūmoetai College and newly levelled sports grounds
Photographs:
- Photocopy of aerial photographs taken from beginning of Levers Road/Beach Road looking out over new Ōtūmoetai College and Bellevue
- Photograph of train passing through Ōtūmoetai/Matua February 1942 (TCL 01-094)
- Two other undated and no source.
Maketū articles by Monica Holloway:
- "Pukemaire: the hill of the maire tree", 31 October 1976
- "The cyclist", undated article about Waha Waha Hori Perepe Tapsell
- "Royal visitors", 8 February 1963
Tollemache family
- Land Information aerial photograph, flown 1992, produced 1996, showing Tollemache Place (street) and hills descending towards Little John Drive in Ōtūmoetai. Contour lines superimposed on photograph
- Handwritten maps and notes relating to Tollemache family and farm
- Letter to Alister Matheson from John Tollemache, “26 July”
- Bay of Plenty Times obituary for Saxon Tollemache "Pioneer in Bay dairy industry", 11 October 1975
- Notes taken during a visit to Miss Essie Tollemache, 29 May 1975 re family, farm and account of living in Tauranga while they were growing up
- Photocopies of family photographs
- DeBretts Illustrated Peerage, pages 398-399
- "Issue of the late Lyulph ...", DeBretts Illustrated Peerage, page 412
- Family Tree Magazine, 1987 page 24 "Please repeat your name after me"
- Ōtūmoetai Primary School reunion group photographs (undated)
- Sketches of Tollemache farm "Bentley"
Tapsell family and Maketū
- Correspondence with National Archives re information on Retreat, Hans and Philip Tapsell biographical information and land entitlements at Maketū and in the Waikato (Orākau and Rangiawhaia)
- Photocopies of letters and other relevant documentation:
-- Letter to Alister Matheson from archivist Mark Stoddart of National Archives, 8 June 1981, reference 8OR/3093 REM:HR
- Archives files references IA1, 1849/552 which includes 1849/275
- IA1 1866/2669 an account of Philip Tapsells capture of the brig Wellington, which had been seized by convicts. Occurred Bay of Islands c. 1826
- IA1 1866/2669 correspondence consolidated in IA1 1868/1251
- copy of cadastral maps for parishes of Waimana 1886 and parish of Horotiu 1886
- Dr. E. Shortland and Maketū: Letter to Alister Matheson from P. French at Auckland Public Library, 16 September 1977 re research into Shortland his journals and John Jermyn Symonds. Reference made to account of Shortland's activities at Maketū Feb/March 1843 in Shortland's journals
- Obituary, New Zealand Herald, 16 August 1893
- Photocopy of Journal, 29 November 1842-June? 1843
- Papers relative to New Zealand, page 102, enclosure in No. 13 in which letter from Shortland refers to purchase of land around house at Maketū
- Published whakapapa
- Photocopies from Shortland's "Māori religion and mythology"
- Photocopies from Shortland's “Traditions of the New Zealanders"
- Letter from Bill Parham who sent Alister Matheson "45 photocopies from the Shortland diaries", 7 November 1977
- Letter from Hocken Library, 23 June 1981, with copies of Shortland's diary June 1843 describing his return to Maketū with Symonds, Hocken reference 805/1 M
- Copy of report made by Shortland to government re statistical return on agricultural produce in his district (wheat, maize, potato and kumara), sent from Auckland, 13 July 1843
- Letter sent from Maketū, 11 April 1845 re presence of a resident British officer at Maketū
- Letter from Hocken library to Alister Matheson re Shortland's letter (1845) from Ōtūmoetai and his visit to James Farrow. Attached is copy of letter to Clarke, 7 March 1845 with reference to large meeting of Māori at Ōtūmoetai to discuss sale of Katikati
- Letter from M. G. Hitchings at Hocken Library to Alister Matheson, 4 December 1970 re Tupaea, antagonism between Arawa/Ngāi Te Rangi, reference to disputed ownership of Mōtītī (Hocken ref: 805/7/1). Relevant photocopies attached
For additional Alister Matheson collections see also: Ms 15, Ams 209, Ams 210, Ams 221, and Ams 405CreatorMatheson, Alister Hugh, (1925-2011)LevelCollectionExtent1 boxLanguageEnglish
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Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.Access ConditionsNo access restrictions apply to this collectionAcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Ams 249
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Matheson, Alister Hugh, (1925-2011), Photocopied papers of Alister Hugh Matheson (1842-1987). Pae Korokī, accessed 25/03/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/57182
