A selection from the archives of the The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga, including correspondence, journals, photographs and objects.

Material relating to the 1964 centenary of the battle of Pukehinahina - Gate Pā.

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...

Diary and history of Bernard Sladden's launch the "Severn"

Photographs of the State Highway 2 intersections.

Printed, unsigned, unsealed copy of the Charter

Papers relating to Maungatapu Vineyard including notes, wine bottle labels and photographs.

Papers relating to the visit of the Royal Yacht "Britannia" to Tauranga harbour on 9 February 1963.

Pottery collection comprising of items from the offices of Sue Pharo and Chris Worth.

Items given to staff of Tauranga City Council to celebrate the launch of "Tauranga tomorrow" city planning initiative on 20 July 2004.

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Unpublished manuscript for book on the history of New Zealand, from the coming of the Māori to the defeat of Te Kooti.

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...

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...

Collection comprises minutes and instructional material.

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.

Records relating to Harold Willey Hudson's experiences while employed, by Henderson and Macfarlane Ltd., to take possession of Jarvis Island.

Notes taken by Joe Killey while studying at the Waihi School of Mines and a reminiscence of his time working at the Waikino battery.

Copies of letters sent to and from the District Surveyors Office in Tauranga between 1866 and 1868.

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...

Small collection of Eleanor Sarah Combes papers, including diaries she wrote between 1855 and from 1872.

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 ...

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 created by libraries in Tauranga between 1871 and 1989.

Correspondence, papers and photos, mainly relating to building and licensing Mann and Co's bonded warehouse 1882-1883, and to purchase by Guinness Brothers 1908.

Minute book of the Te Puke Road Board

Records created by Hairini-Welcome Bay, Hairini-Tauranga South and Tauranga South Women's Institutes in Tauranga between 1932-2002.