57185
Photographs of Ōtūmoetai Pā
Date1850-1999
Reference NumberAms 267Collection SummaryPhotocopies of aerial photographs (undated) and maps (c. 1852-1865) of the Ōtūmoetai Pa site/Matheson farm and surrounding area.DescriptionCollection comprises:
Map 1: includes ML 539 (1865) A. C. Turner surveyor. Handwritten notes by Alister Matheson with note by Alexi Simmons from Historic Places Trust. James Farrow's trading post, the Catholic church and Māori whares all marked on foreshore area.
Map 2: Negative exposure, of same without notes.
Map 3: Detail from nautical chart of "Upper part of Tauranga Harbr. by F. C. Corbet .... HMS Miranda 1864. Handwritten note upper left "Drury Survey 1852" Catholic Church and Mission at "Otumoeai" marked on foreshore. Markings also on upper level but without notes.
Inset map shows location of Te Papa, Monmouth Redoubt, Durham Redoubt, Mareanui Pa and on the opposite shore Waikari Bay, Matapihi, Makeha? Pt, Aki Inango Bay, Opoutea, Ngaiopapa Pt and Whareroa. Orua mata marked on Welcome Bay side of the Matapihi Peninsula. Welcome Bay/Maungatapu area shows Utimingi, Motu Opuhi, Maungatapa, Whale? Pt and Mongatawha (Mangatawa)
Map 4: Detail of nautical chart, 2 February 1857. Shows site of Catholic Church and mission site "Otumoiti", and Elms Mission site.
Photographic print: aerial shot of Levers Road/Ranui Street area. Handwritten notes identifying property boundaries of properties owned by Matheson, Snodgrass and Shaw families. Glossy black and white print.
Aerial photograph 1: directly above Ōtūmoetai/Levers Road/Beach Road area. Roads unsealed. c. 1960s?. A4 size.
Aerial photograph 2: Taken from above sea in front of Matheson farm/Farrows trading post area looking towards Ōtūmoetai Ridge. Extension of Carlton Street in place and some houses built. 1990s? Notes on back of print "Bay of Plenty Times Ōtūmoetai foreshore". A4 size
Aerial photograph 3: Directly above area in aerial photograph 1.Notes on back of print "Survey 229, Flown 9 February 1943, Crown copyright Lands and Surveys Wellington. Ōtūmoetai Road centre" Readings on margins of print 499/41, F81/4 Tauranga 58 or 57. Meter reads 98556 (altitude?) Ōtūmoetai and Matua areas still farmland and orchards. A4 size
Aerial photograph 4: Blurred aerial shot. Note on back of print "Aerosurveys Tauranga 28.3.64. Ōtūmoetai-Matua foreshore. Ōtūmoetai Road left. Levers Road diagonal. Original Alister Matheson" Shows beginning of Beach Road and Ōtūmoetai/Levers Road intersection area far left of photograph. Roads unsealed. Farmland and orchards. A4 size
Aerial photographs 1,2 and 3: A3 size:
Handwritten note on bottom left of one photograph (white pen) : Tauranga - Ōtūmoetai" (2x of these).
There is a second A3 photograph that can be joined to this item to give a panoramic view of early Matua (including the foreshore area below the houses), Ōtūmoetai and Bellevue. Beyond the houses (Matheson, Snodgrass and possibly Shaw properties) overlooking the harbour are orchards and pastures. Ōtūmoetai ridge runs along the upper left of photograph with the Carlton Street/Ōtūmoetai College/Bellevue areas still being farmed. Some residential development and small orchard holdings visible on the Bellevue side of Ōtūmoetai Road as it goes through upper Cherrywood area. View extends beyond Ōtūmoetai Road towards Greerton and Tauriko areas. Railway line skirting the Matua Saltmarsh and Bellevue, clearly visible. Matua/Ōtūmoetai railway buildings visible.
Aerial photograph 4: Note on back "Ōtūmoetai foreshore". Taken from above sea in front of Matheson, Snodgrass homes. Showing foreshore, houses and orchards beyond. Far left of photograph cuts off just before Ōtūmoetai/Beach Road area. Matheson farm and Levers Road visible. Levers Road not visible beyond Matheson farm area. Orchards and no residential land use. Undated. A3 size.
Aerial photograph 5: High contrast photocopy. Shot taken from above sea focusing on foreshore of Beach Road, Ōtūmoetai Road and farms belonging to Matheson and Snodgrass families. Some residential development in Beach Road but orchards still in place along Levers Road. Roads unsealed? Undated. A3 size.
Aerial photograph 6: High contrast photocopy. Same photograph as A3 aerial photograph 4. A3 size.
Aerial photograph 7: Land Information NZ photograph. Cadastral markings. Copyright Tauranga District Council 1993. "Photography flown April 19??". Scale information ... "on January 12, 1995" Area covered: foreshore at beginning of Beach Road, Ōtūmoetai Road and area previously farmed by Matheson and Snodgrass families -- Now fully developed residential areas. A3 size.
For Ōtūmoetai Pā see also: Ams 63, Ams 209 and Ams 210.LevelCollectionExtent1 folderLanguageEnglish
Reference NumberAms 267Collection SummaryPhotocopies of aerial photographs (undated) and maps (c. 1852-1865) of the Ōtūmoetai Pa site/Matheson farm and surrounding area.DescriptionCollection comprises:Map 1: includes ML 539 (1865) A. C. Turner surveyor. Handwritten notes by Alister Matheson with note by Alexi Simmons from Historic Places Trust. James Farrow's trading post, the Catholic church and Māori whares all marked on foreshore area.
Map 2: Negative exposure, of same without notes.
Map 3: Detail from nautical chart of "Upper part of Tauranga Harbr. by F. C. Corbet .... HMS Miranda 1864. Handwritten note upper left "Drury Survey 1852" Catholic Church and Mission at "Otumoeai" marked on foreshore. Markings also on upper level but without notes.
Inset map shows location of Te Papa, Monmouth Redoubt, Durham Redoubt, Mareanui Pa and on the opposite shore Waikari Bay, Matapihi, Makeha? Pt, Aki Inango Bay, Opoutea, Ngaiopapa Pt and Whareroa. Orua mata marked on Welcome Bay side of the Matapihi Peninsula. Welcome Bay/Maungatapu area shows Utimingi, Motu Opuhi, Maungatapa, Whale? Pt and Mongatawha (Mangatawa)
Map 4: Detail of nautical chart, 2 February 1857. Shows site of Catholic Church and mission site "Otumoiti", and Elms Mission site.
Photographic print: aerial shot of Levers Road/Ranui Street area. Handwritten notes identifying property boundaries of properties owned by Matheson, Snodgrass and Shaw families. Glossy black and white print.
Aerial photograph 1: directly above Ōtūmoetai/Levers Road/Beach Road area. Roads unsealed. c. 1960s?. A4 size.
Aerial photograph 2: Taken from above sea in front of Matheson farm/Farrows trading post area looking towards Ōtūmoetai Ridge. Extension of Carlton Street in place and some houses built. 1990s? Notes on back of print "Bay of Plenty Times Ōtūmoetai foreshore". A4 size
Aerial photograph 3: Directly above area in aerial photograph 1.Notes on back of print "Survey 229, Flown 9 February 1943, Crown copyright Lands and Surveys Wellington. Ōtūmoetai Road centre" Readings on margins of print 499/41, F81/4 Tauranga 58 or 57. Meter reads 98556 (altitude?) Ōtūmoetai and Matua areas still farmland and orchards. A4 size
Aerial photograph 4: Blurred aerial shot. Note on back of print "Aerosurveys Tauranga 28.3.64. Ōtūmoetai-Matua foreshore. Ōtūmoetai Road left. Levers Road diagonal. Original Alister Matheson" Shows beginning of Beach Road and Ōtūmoetai/Levers Road intersection area far left of photograph. Roads unsealed. Farmland and orchards. A4 size
Aerial photographs 1,2 and 3: A3 size:
Handwritten note on bottom left of one photograph (white pen) : Tauranga - Ōtūmoetai" (2x of these).
There is a second A3 photograph that can be joined to this item to give a panoramic view of early Matua (including the foreshore area below the houses), Ōtūmoetai and Bellevue. Beyond the houses (Matheson, Snodgrass and possibly Shaw properties) overlooking the harbour are orchards and pastures. Ōtūmoetai ridge runs along the upper left of photograph with the Carlton Street/Ōtūmoetai College/Bellevue areas still being farmed. Some residential development and small orchard holdings visible on the Bellevue side of Ōtūmoetai Road as it goes through upper Cherrywood area. View extends beyond Ōtūmoetai Road towards Greerton and Tauriko areas. Railway line skirting the Matua Saltmarsh and Bellevue, clearly visible. Matua/Ōtūmoetai railway buildings visible.
Aerial photograph 4: Note on back "Ōtūmoetai foreshore". Taken from above sea in front of Matheson, Snodgrass homes. Showing foreshore, houses and orchards beyond. Far left of photograph cuts off just before Ōtūmoetai/Beach Road area. Matheson farm and Levers Road visible. Levers Road not visible beyond Matheson farm area. Orchards and no residential land use. Undated. A3 size.
Aerial photograph 5: High contrast photocopy. Shot taken from above sea focusing on foreshore of Beach Road, Ōtūmoetai Road and farms belonging to Matheson and Snodgrass families. Some residential development in Beach Road but orchards still in place along Levers Road. Roads unsealed? Undated. A3 size.
Aerial photograph 6: High contrast photocopy. Same photograph as A3 aerial photograph 4. A3 size.
Aerial photograph 7: Land Information NZ photograph. Cadastral markings. Copyright Tauranga District Council 1993. "Photography flown April 19??". Scale information ... "on January 12, 1995" Area covered: foreshore at beginning of Beach Road, Ōtūmoetai Road and area previously farmed by Matheson and Snodgrass families -- Now fully developed residential areas. A3 size.
For Ōtūmoetai Pā see also: Ams 63, Ams 209 and Ams 210.LevelCollectionExtent1 folder
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Photographs of Ōtūmoetai Pā (1850-1999). Pae Korokī, accessed 04/04/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/57185
