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Date: 1843 - 1849

By: Hall, R, active 1840s; Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-114-048

Description: Profile head and shoulders portrait of a Maori man with moko, wearing a feather cloak, holding a taiaha in front of him. Copied from a drawing by Isaac Coates of Nelson Same hand as A-114-046 to A-114-051. See TL 3/1/1/ Dec 1978. See also TL Record v. 23 no. 1 p. 49-67. See also Bett Collection (A-114-052/056) A copy after Isaac Coates. Compare similar portraits by Coates in Alexander Turnbull Library, and in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., USA On Salem caption "Motukawa" [?Tasman Bay] Other Titles - Motueka Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 150 mm Provenance: P D Hutchinson

Date: 1855 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 1st series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-452-f-011-2

Description: A seated Maori man, holding a taiaha (spear). He is wearing a flax rain cape over European clothes, has short hair and moko Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 180 x 240 mm

Date: ca 1900s

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-7512

Description: Postcards of Mita Taupopoki of Rotorua seated in a doorway holding a taiaha and wearing a kakahu; Pera Tutoko in a feather cloak holding a carved stick; Hitiri Te Paerata; half-length portrait of Pirohi; three quarter length portrait of Petera Whataiwi holding a patu; head and shouldes portrait of Patara Te Tuhi showing his moko; half-length portrait of Tahi Tahi holding a patu; head and shoulders portrait of Taraia Ngakuti Te Tumuhuia; two of Ngakurapana, a Ngapuhi chief; head and shoulders portrait of Rangiriri of Rotorua (different from the other Rangiriri in this collection); head and shoulders portrait of Taurau Kukupa; three quarter portrait of Mohi Te Puatau with moko holding a carved wooden patu (also identified as Wetani Rore Tatangi); a head and shoulders portrait of Rangiriri; and an unnamed Maori chief with moko. They are all part of the Tanner Brothers Maoriland series of postcards. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005198, 005199 and 005462 Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-27

Description: Shows a double portrait of the chief standing, and his wife seated beside him in the ground. Mungakahu holds a hani (staff with a carved head and tongue), ornamented with parrot's feathers and pieces of dog skin, in his right hand, and is dressed in a black and yellow checked kakahu (flax cloak) with a blanket underneath it. He has facial moko. Ko Mari wears a feather earring in her left ear, has a moko on her chin, and wears a tiki and a woven cloak. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 347 x 250 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1920 - 1870 - 1930

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962

Reference: A-389-019

Description: A full-length portrait sketch of a Maori warrior, wrapped in a cloak and holding a taiaha. He stands in front of a whare with decorated gables. The likeness of the man's face, including his moko, to the photograph of the East Taupo chief Te Rangi-tahau in Volume Two of Cowan's account of the New Zealand wars suggests strongly that the drawing is of him Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - E S [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 112 x 72 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-2097.

Date: 1844

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-17

Description: Standing portrait of Maori chief Tamati Waka Nene, in full Maori dress, with full moko, and holding a taiaha. He is standing against an extensive landscape background. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Based on an original watercolour in the Library's collection "Nene, Hokianga 1844", ref. no. A-114-022 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1933

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25311-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White, showing Marutuna Mohi standing in front of thermal pools at Orakei Korako. Mohi is photographed smoking a pipe and holding a taiaha, while wearing both European and Maori clothing. These include a headband, woollen jersey, kahu huruhuru, a korowai around the waist, piupiu, socks and lace-up shoes. Information sourced from annotated file prints at PAColl-10010-034. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: ¼ plate OR Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1845 - 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-059

Description: Two drawings on one page. Top centre 'Pomare's Pah, Bay of Island', an ink and wash drawing probably made in 1845 looks across the Bay of Islands towards a distant hill-top pa at Otuihu. Two waka are in the water, along with a sailing ship. Two two-storied European houses are on the opposite shore. Below is a full-length portrait of a warrio, his piupiu pulled aside to show his buttock tattoos. He holds a taiaha, his left arm raised. He has full facial moko. The Library holds only photographic copies of originals in the British Library Add MS 19953, folio 59 (171 and 172) Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of two drawings, various media

Date: 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 1st series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-452-f-007-1

Description: Half-length frontal portrait of a Maori chief. He has moko, is wearing a European suit with a bow tie, and is holding the shaft of a taiaha See also the full-length portrait of Tamati Waka Ngaru (in Maori clothing) at E-452-f-010-1 and the drawing of the head of his taiaha at E-452-f-007-2 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 230 x 165 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0014-58

Description: A group of pictures with accompanying text as follows: 1.[Top centre] A richly carved adze with a greenstone head, ornamented with dogs' hair and kaka feathers; from the Middle [South] Island. 2. [Top left]. Tomahawk with a European head and a handle of carved bone. 3. [Top right] Tomahawk belonging to Pomara, the Chatham Island chief. 4. [Top right] A wooden dagger. From the interior, near Tuhua. 5, 6 & 7. [Far left]: E Hani - a staff of hard wood [taiaha]...The head is carved. 8. [Lower right] Patu. 9. Warriors preparing for battle [including thigh and buttock tattooing]No.s 10-14 not annotated, but they show 2 mere, a detail of a war-gong, a club and the striking of the war-gong. This final image is derived from a drawing by Joseph Jenner Merrett, as is the view of the warriors preparing for battle. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Angas' preliminary drawing for no. 10 is located at A-020-034 with title 'Meri-meri [i. e. mere] of Taupo'. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1933

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25312-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White, showing Marutuna Mohi standing in front of thermal pools at Orakei Korako. Mohi is photographed smoking a pipe and holding a taiaha, while wearing both European and Maori clothing. These include a headband, woollen jersey, kahu huruhuru, a korowai around the waist, piupiu, socks and lace-up shoes. Information sourced from annotated file prints at PAColl-10010-034. Marutuna was sister of Piriroi of Tuwharetoa Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder Yellow 04, Maori Studies A.

Date: 1933

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25304-G

Description: Marutuna and her husband seated with their dogs beside an Austin 7 car, Orakeikarako. Photograph taken by Leo White in 1933. Source of descriptive information - Subject identified by descendant Marutuna was the sister of Pitiroi of Tuwharetoa Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder Yellow 04, Maori Studies A.

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-56-2

Description: Image shows Te Kawau and his nephew Tamahiki, or Te Rewiti. Te Kawau is seated on the ground in a feather cloak holding a mere, while his nephew stands holding a taiaha, and wearing a woven cloak, and huia feathers in his hair. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Other Titles - Hauraki Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 320 x 225 mm.

Date: 1827

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: G-707

Description: Shows canoes, storehouse and carved objects. Hongi is seated in a central position, with huia feathers in his hair. Earle, seated on the left, is gesturing and is wearing a green cap. Another European is seated behind Earle, his friend Shand. Hongi's family and supporters surround him and the group is seated at the base of a low cliff. The meeting took place in a bay about 1 mile from Kororareka (Russell). Hongi had fought without his armour, supplied by King George IV, and had been wounded by a ball in the chest. He was to die the following year. Identification: the exact identity of Mr Shand is not known. Earle described him as a Scotsman. Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Exhibited in 'The Dream Collectors' Exhibition at Te Papa / Museum of New Zealand, 14 February 1998 -; then touring to Auckland City Art Gallery and Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Also known by title: The wounded chief, Hongi (or Honghi). Other Titles - Meeting of the artist and the wounded chief, Hongi Other Titles - The wounded chief Honghi Inscriptions: Recto - on the back neck area of the cloak of the foremost reclining figure: A.E. Related works: a lithograph version of this view, 'The wounded chief Honghi and his family' was published as plate 2 in Earle's 'Sketches illustrative of the native inhabitants and islands of New Zealand ... (London, New Zealand Association and Robert Martin, 1838). The lithograph contains fewer figures and details than the oil Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 578 x 898 mm (sight) Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1863 - 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-259-004

Description: Shows three Maori men and a European hunting a boar with dogs; the Maori men are dressed in traditional clothes and have moko. Three of the party are carrying firearms, while one Maori man is spearing the boar from the back with a taiaha. The area shown as plains in Brees' original engraving is shown as a lake or broad river behind the group. An Italian adaptation of plate IX (after a drawing by Brees made in the early 1840s) in Wakefield, E J Illustrations to Adventures in New Zealand. London 1845 (f919.31) This version of Brees' lithograph was first published in Das Buch der Welt (Stuttgart, Hoffmann, 1842-) a long-running illustrated German encyclopaedia. This print was published as plate 15 in the issue for 1863. It appears to be from an Italian edition of Das Buch der Welt and bears the same imprint (the date and numbers below) as the original German impression. There is no visible text in Italian on the print, apart from the very faint remains of offprinting of text from the page opposite, from the volume in which this engraving was originally published Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 1863, lower left; 15 lower right Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured engraving 157 x 238 mm

Date: 1908 - 1910

By: Willott, Victor Alfred, 1888-1932; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-CALENDAR-1909-01

Description: Colourful poster has a perpetual calendar in the centre, and is surrounded by advertisements for local businesses of Pukekohe, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, Otahuhu and Papakura. Above the calendar panel is a circular head and shoulders portrait of a clean-shaven Maori chief with facial moko; he is flanked by illustrations of the Scottish thistle and the English rose. Immediately above the calendar is a line of three-leafed clovers, and other illustrations included a boy and girl scout, and two illustrations of a taiaha and long-handled tewhatewha together. Advertising businesses include: Pukekohe: Herb Brunton, hairdresser and merchant; J Adams & Sons, butchers; H Dell & Sons, saddlers; R Miller, tailor; Frank Perkins & Co, grocers; W Wright, watchmaker Manurewa: Grand View Accommodation House; D R Tabot & Sons, storekeepers Otahuhu: B Jenkins, tailor; T Jameson, bicycle builder Papatoetoe: J Hunter, plumber and gasfitter; S E Moe, motorcycle shop; Frank H Wells, building contractor; W J Dilworth, saddler; G Rawnsley, boot and shoe maker Papakura: Richardson Bros, Papakura Steam Joinery Factory; Papakura Hotel (Mrs W A Waterman, proprietress); A Watson, boot and shoe emporium Text refers to 1906 in the past. The artist Victor Willot was 21 in 1909. Mrs Waterman of the Papakura Hotel died in 1915 aged 74 (information from Papers Past). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on sheet 780 x 580 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private owner, June 2013.