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Pae Korokī - Archive Collections
The Elms Foundation Archives
A selection from the archives of the The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga, including correspondence, journals, photographs and objects.
Gate Pā Centenary Committee papers
Material relating to the 1964 centenary of the battle of Pukehinahina - Gate Pā.
The Natural History illustrations of Arnold Henfrey Watson
Coloured natural history illustrations by Arnold Henfrey Watson, subjects include fish, butterflies and moths, spiders, beetles, various plants, and other elements of the natural world. Predomina...
Photos of intersections at Ōmokoroa Station Road and Barrett Road, and at Te Puna Road and Minden Road
Photographs of the State Highway 2 intersections.
City of Tauranga Charter for the 6th Battalion (Hauraki) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
Printed, unsigned, unsealed copy of the Charter
Papers relating to Maungatapu Vineyard
Papers relating to Maungatapu Vineyard including notes, wine bottle labels and photographs.
Records of Rollo Davis relating to the Royal Yacht Britannia visit to Tauranga, 1963
Papers relating to the visit of the Royal Yacht "Britannia" to Tauranga harbour on 9 February 1963.
Pottery Collection formerly in old Tauranga Library
Pottery collection comprising of items from the offices of Sue Pharo and Chris Worth.
Items from "Tauranga Tomorrow: catch the wave" promotion
Items given to staff of Tauranga City Council to celebrate the launch of "Tauranga tomorrow" city planning initiative on 20 July 2004.
Records relating to Richard Gill
This collection of papers comprises: certificates and letters of appointment to Native Land Court, and a newspaper account of the massacre at Opepe.
Unpublished manuscript by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Haslock
Unpublished manuscript for book on the history of New Zealand, from the coming of the Māori to the defeat of Te Kooti.
Tauranga Acclimatisation Society minutes, 1898-1988
Minute books of the the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society from June 1898, highlighting some of the more interesting happenings of nearly one hundred years of their history. First registered 23 Mar...
Bay of Plenty Symphonia
Concert programmes and publicity, photographs, audio and footage, minutes, newsletters and correspondence covering the years of the Tauranga Concert Orchestra, its incorporation as the Tauranga O...
Home Guard New Zealand, Tauranga branch, records
Collection comprises minutes and instructional material.
Papers of George Brier
Three notebooks containing George Brier's recollections of time spent serving for the 68th Durham Light Infantry in New Zealand between May 1864 and September 1866, and Infantry Account book.
Papers of Harold Willey Hudson
Records relating to Harold Willey Hudson's experiences while employed, by Henderson and Macfarlane Ltd., to take possession of Jarvis Island.
Papers relating to Waihī School of Mines and Waikino School of Mines
Notes taken by Joe Killey while studying at the Waihi School of Mines and a reminiscence of his time working at the Waikino battery.
Outward letter book of the Tauranga Survey Office, 1866-1868
Copies of letters sent to and from the District Surveyors Office in Tauranga between 1866 and 1868.
Second World War memoirs of David Barton
David (Don) Barton left Auckland in 1940 as a private and returned in 1945 as a sergeant in the 7th New Zealand Anti-Tank Regiment. His memoirs are a rich resource for researchers wanting to lear...
Diaries of Eleanor Sarah Combes
Small collection of Eleanor Sarah Combes papers, including diaries she wrote between 1855 and from 1872.
Diaries of Thomas Lochhead
The diaries of a Te Puna farmer who took an active part in community life. Lochhead served as: president of the Tauranga branch of the Farmers' Union; chairman of the Tauranga Co-operative Dairy ...
Log books of "H. M. Schooner Gunboat Caroline" and "H. M. Colonial Steam Gunboat Sandfly"
Two log books created by Hannibal Marks: log for the gunboat "Caroline", dated 7 June 1861-13 June 1862, and journal of the Caroline, dated between between 1862 and c. 1863, and the "Sandfly", da...
Records of Tauranga Mechanics' Institute and Tauranga Public Library
Records created by libraries in Tauranga between 1871 and 1989.