Tirikatene, Eruera Tihema Te Aika (Sir), 1895-1967

Date: 1938-1963

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-181

Description: Contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, and other administrative papers associated with the administration of the Pouakani Block

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [186-?, 194-?]

By: Pybus, Thomas Arthur (Rev), 1873-1957

Reference: PAColl-4715

Description: Photographs of : Peter Fraser opening a meeting house probably in Dunedin with Mr and Mrs E T Tirikatene; Rev Samuel Ironside, Chief Matiaha Tiramorehu, Rev Te Kooti Te Rato, and Te Matenga Taiaroa; Old Mission House, Karitane; Hoani Weteri Korako; Korako Karetai; Haereroa; Patoromu Pu; interior and exterior views of the Centennial Memorial Church at Otakou and photograph of A Karetai at the opening of the Church. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Prints at PAColl-5800-29 and PAColl-5800-37.

Date: 1963

Reference: PAColl-6640

Description: 7 views of the Royal Tour of 1963: the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in full regalia at the top of steps; two of the Queen and the Duke at a parade ground with clergy and royal standard bearers in attendance; the Queen, the Duke and Josiah Hanan, Minister of Maori Affairs, greeting Sir Eruera Tirikatene and Lady Tirikatene outside the Treaty House at Waitangi; the Queen greeting Mr Vernon Reed member of the Waitangi Trust Board in the grounds of the Treaty House; and two of lifeguards holding banners of their home towns and a pipe band on a beach waiting for the arrival of the Queen. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-020504 to 020510 Quantity: 7 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [1920s-1950s]

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-25

Description: Photographs of West Coast scenes, personalities, comprising: Visits to West Coast of Duke of Gloucester (1934-1935), Sir Willoughby of James O'Brien MP in Greymouth, 1947. Peter Fraser, Eruera Tirikatene, Sid Holland, Walter Nash in attendance. West Coast bridges Greymouth shops & offices Parachute jump Fire fighting Nursing and hospital, including Whataroa Hospital, Reefton Nurses Home, Nures from Grey Hospital in fancy dress Photographs taken 1920s-1950s by James Ring and L A Inkster of Greymouth Quantity: 85 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1955-1958

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-184

Description: Contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, and other administrative papers associated with the administration of the Pouakani Block and associated farms

Date: [1880s-1960s]

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-30

Description: Collection comprises street scenes; shipping and shipwrecks at Greymouth and other places; HMNZS Pukaki; railway locomotives, railcars, bridges and accidents; visits of parliamentarians Peter Fraser and Sir Eruera Tirikatene, and Governor at Brunnerton coal mine; croquet; schoolboy rugby; fancy dress; opening of Catholic church building; waterfall; fires; floods; and state house. Photographs taken 1880s-1960s by James Ring and L A Inkster, Greymouth. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 6 Feb 1963

From: Fijn, Jan (John) Reinder, 1910-2003 :Transparencies, particularly relating to the royal visit to Waitangi in 1963, and to Maori

Reference: PA12-10649

Description: Colour slide photographs taken by John Reinder Fijn of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Waitangi, 6 Feb 1963. Images include the Queen walking around the Treaty Grounds, meeting the Maori Queen Te Atairangikaahu, with kuia and kaumatua (many of whom are wearing kakahu) including [Turi Carroll?], standing in her car and waving to the crowd, outside Te Whare Runanga with Minister of Maori Affairs Ralph Hanan and James Henare, and with the Governor General Bernard Fergusson and unidentified women. Prince Philip is at the Queen's side in all these images. Also includes an image of an unidentified Maori warrior issuing the challenge during a powhiri at Te Tii Marae (with Te Tiriti o Waitangi hall in the background), and various Maori dignitaries hongiing, including Lady Ruti and Sir Eruera Tirikatene, both of whom are wearing a kiwi feather kakahu. Slides are mounted in metal and glass slide holders constructed by Fijn. Quantity: 8 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour phototransparencies

Date: [ca 1930s-1970s]

From: Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement

By: Dominion (Newspaper); New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Westra, Ans, 1936-2023

Reference: PAColl-10153

Description: Contains prints, some with captions, relating to the Ratana Church, taken by various photographers, circa 1930s-1970s Chiefly comprise of portraits including: a young unidentified Awhina, Tini Whetu Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan, Matiu Rata, Paraone Rewiti, Iriaka Ratana, Sir Eruera Tirikatene, Oli Nathan, Tiaki Omana, Pita Moko, Matiu Ratana, and Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana photographed in 1939. Also contains images of Te Temepara Tapu O Ihoa (interior and exterior), detail of the temple gateway (with text in maori and english), a tapestry depicting the pictorial history of the church hanging in the Church Office at Ratana Pa, Whare Maori museum interior, young Morehu at a 1958 [youth conference?] at Lake Rotoiti, and the opening ceremony of Te Manuao (with visitors including Reverend Colin Scrimgeour and Frank Langstone), and dancers Meretiana Niki Timiti, Te Oani Taiaroa, Rangiwhetu Hui, and Emma Pikimaui performing. Identified photographers include Ans Westra, National Publicity Studios, Dominion and Sunday Times, James McLeod Henderson, and William Hall Raine. Arrangement: Print collection contains two pages where film negatives and prints were attached with tape to annotated backing paper. These have been separated for conservation reasons and the material rehoused. Photographic prints and paper stored in interleaved acid free folders and negatives rehoused and stored in negative store. Photocopy of original page inserted in original sleeve to show original order and arrangement. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1918-1970s]

From: Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper); Dominion (Newspaper); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tesla Studios; Westra, Ans, 1936-2023; Whites Aviation Ltd

Reference: PA1-q-1157

Description: Album relating to the history of the Ratana Church, most likely compiled by James Henderson, 1918-1974. Contains scenes from the Ratana movement, some with accompanying notes. Buildings shown in photographs include the Ratana home and two halls at Ratana Pa (Piki te Kaha and Whare Marama) in 1922, a later image of the halls combined with three others as Te Manuao circa 1937, the interior of the Whare Maori museum (with faith healing articles), Te Temepara O Te Haahi Ratana (exterior and interior images), the Ratana Church at Te Hapua, an aerial image of Ratana Pa in 1846, a montage of images from Ratana circa 1939, and stacks of mail requesting healing waiting for response. Events featured are the opening of Te Omeka Pa, Matamata, in 1937, the opening of Te Manuao in 1938, and the funeral of T W Ratana in 1939. Also contains an image of a 1921 faith healing camp in Wanganui. Contains portraits of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, photographed at a number of times from age 44 onwards, and Ratana family members Maata [Te Reo Hura], Matiu, Te Omeka, Te Urumanao (Te Whaea), Piki Huia, Rawinia (Winnie) and Te Arepa. Other identified figures include Maori Affairs Minister Frank Langstone, Mete Keepa, Patu Pere, Tangi te Pere [Makere?], Maori Affairs Minister Koro Wetere, Japanese visitor Daisy Nakada, Ralph and Flora Love, Tapihana Dobby Paikea and Maudi Rakatairi. Portraits of Maori politicians are also included, with Nga Koata E Wha (The Four Quarter) group photographs showing Paraire Paikea, Tiaki Omana (Jack Ormond), Haami Tokouru Ratana, Eruera Tirikatene, Tini Whetu Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan, Matiu Rata, Paraone Rewiti, and Iriaka Ratana, identified in various group and individual portraits. Tirikatene-Sullivan is also shown with her newborn baby and husband. Group images show Ratana constable Tiaki Rennie (Jack) with unidentified Ratana waitresses, a Ratana kapa haka group in ca 1934, Te Reo Puriwiritua brass band having their instruments blessed, unidentified Morehu, and Awhina (sisters) of the Ratana Church. Photographers identified include Tesla Studios, William Hall Raine, Auckland Weekly News, Z A Morton, Ans Westra, James McLeod Henderson, Dominion Newspaper, Percy Albert Godber, Whites Aviation, and [Pix?] Additional material includes newspapers clippings, a ca 1950 annotated illustration in coloured pencil and pen of the Pictorial History of the Ratana Church and the development of the Ratana Sign, a photocopy of church symbols, and a copy of a painting of Ratana holding the bible and Te Tiriti O Waitangi by Paula Novak. Pamphlet on The Treaty of Waitangi, statistics relating to Maori Religious Professions from the 1976 Census, and two copies of Ratana newsletter Te Whetu Marama from May-April 1973 and January 1974 and a photocopy of the cover from September 1955. Arrangement: Album contains two pages where film negatives and prints were attached with tape to annotated backing paper. These have been separated for conservation reasons and the material rehoused. Photographic prints and paper stored in interleaved acid free folders and negatives rehoused and stored in negative store. Photocopy of original page inserted in original sleeve to show original order and arrangement. Quantity: 1 album(s) red clearfile containing b&w original photographic prints, 8 photo mechanical prints, 5 b&w copy photographic prints, 4 b&w original photographic negatives, 1 b&w digital photographic print, 1 colour digital photographic print, and papers and cuttings. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, photo mechanical prints

Date: 1854 - 1954

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1954-4

Description: Facsimile of illuminated calligraphy, text of the welcome from Maori. Signatories, on 2 January 1954 were Ernest Corbett the Minister of Maori Affairs, Tapihana Paraire Paikea (MP for Northern Maori), Eruera Tirikatene (MP for Southern Maori), Tiaki Omana (MP for Eastern Maori) and Iriaka Matiu Ratana (MP for Western Maori). Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Photographic copies mounted in hardbound red buckram booklet, 252 x 200 mm., its front cover showing the crest of the General Assembly Library. The end papers are of marbled paper. Provenance: Previously held in the Parliamentary Library

Date: [1970s]

By: Tirikatene-Sullivan, Tini Whetu Marama (Hon), 1932-2011

Reference: MS-Papers-6247

Description: Autobiographical reminiscences written by Tirikatene-Sullivan in the third person; includes description of her multi-cultural ancestral family background and her father's life as a politician in the Ratana Party, her involvement in politics and Maori affairs, time in Australia, marriage and ends near the time she was elected to Parliament; includes notes with corrections by donor Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms J McCallum, Kelburn, Wellington, Apr 1998

Date: [1940s-1950s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Morel, Leo, active 1940s-1950s

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-217

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1940s-1950s; and one dated 1973. Two Maori girls (Robin Kingi and Makuini Warbrick); bird studies; group of mothers and young children at Ashburton Trotting Club winter meeting; T H Small instructing W Boyd in typing at NZ Institute for the Blind in Tinakori Road; Ordinary seaman Gordon Wilson splicing lines on a northern coaster; Dave Gunn & Jim Sinclair setting out with their horses from Lower Pyke Hut, Hollyford Valley; feeding ducks at Victoria Lake, Wanganui; Vestria (ship); 8000 pound award notice for capture of Ned Kelly and associates, 1879; Chief of Air Staff (Air Vice-Marshal L M Isitt) and Mayor of Wellington at exhibition of war photographs, Oct 1944; antropology student Marie McMahon working on excavations near Rotorua, 1973. G J Sullivan (Te Aroha), Hon R Semple, B M Tene (Hastings), Hon E T Tirikatene (Southern Maori) & W T Johansan (Wellington) taken at Labour Party Conference, 1951; NZ Labour Party Conference held in Wellington, taken in session in Assembly Hall when the death of Prime Minister Rt Hon M Savage was announced, Apr 1940 (two photographs of the assembly, both torn in places). Mr & Mrs Jay Wilbur with their first copy of NZ Free Lance, 1946; wedding photo of D L Woon & his bride Amy Wainwright, with bestman R H Glading & bridesmaid Miss Florence Woon, 1951; debutantes at ball organised by Waipukurau branch of Returned Services Association (Cecily Burkin, Peggy Mills, Ngaire Davies, Joan Gannaway, Joan Grant and Mary Williamson with Major-General A S Wilder, 1951. Wedding of Kathleen Tunnel of Trentham to George Lee of Wallaceville (with description on letterhead of `Brown Owl', Upper Hutt, where the reception was held), Jan 1949. Photographer Leo Morel of Upper Hutt. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1955

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1950s].

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1955-01

Description: Booklet about Rehua Maori Apprentices' Hostel, showing photographs of a hangi at the official opening, the Hon E T Tirikatene welcoming the official party, the two-storeyed wooden hostel, work and leisure activities at the hostel, the Rehua Concert Party, the master and the matron Mr and Mrs Hiria Rennie, the Hostel football team 1955, a list of the boys in residence (from Wairoa, Tikitiki, Mohaka, Te Araroa). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pages of booklet of 12 pages, each 210 x 168 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in January 2006.

Date: ca 1937-1950

From: Jones, Winifred, fl 1950-2004 :Photographs relating to Frederick Jones

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966

Reference: PA1-o-1230

Description: Album containing photographs relating to the work of Frederick Jones as Postmaster General and Minister of Defence, including photographs of opening ceremonies for post offices around New Zealand, the Jones family, the Achilles arriving at Auckland, and Jones meeting various personalities. Album also contains souvenir items from the opening of the Chief Post Office, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leather bound album 24.5 x 31.2 cm

Date: 1942

From: Centennial Branch Internal Affairs :Tour of Netherlands Delegation and celebration of Abel Tasman's tercentenary

Reference: PAColl-5291-3

Description: Quantity: 62 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-205

Description: Shows seven New Zealand male politicians with bald heads. Also pictures MP Mabel Howard (with hair), and the cartoonist, bald. Text reads: 'With NZ elections coming up... wouldn't it be awful if Mr Nash lost his [picture of Walter Nash's hairstyle], or Mr Holyoake his lock... Mr Tirikatene his snowy halo... Mr Skinner his brushback? Of course, to some, it would 'barely' matter!! But - what a nightmare for the cartoonist!' The last three male politicians to be shown are already bald. They include Arnold Nordmeyer, Rex Mason[?] and one other middle-aged man. Mabel Howard is saying to the cartoonist, 'Now, now, not ME young man!" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1936 - 1941

Reference: MS-Papers-11906

Description: Collection of autographs and related newspaper clippings of New Zealand identities and politicians collected by an unknown creator. Accompanying manuscript notes are all in the same handwriting suggesting that these all originate from the same collection. Comprised of autographs and newspaper clippings, from mostly unidentified newspapers, relating to the following individuals: - Arthur Thomas Bothamley - undated manuscript letter addressed to an Auckland autograph collector named Hoffman; two autographs on slips of paper, including one giving date of birth as 30 November 1846; three newspaper clippings, including two obituaries, dated 21 November 1936, 17 December 1938, and 19 December 1938. - Mary Manson Dreaver - two autographs dated 1941 on slips of tinted paper. These stem from the time when Dreaver had won the Waitemata seat and become a Member of Parliament, as denoted by the post-nominal "MP" in the autograph. - Walter Hellenthal - autograph on fragment of typescript letter and purple circular rubber stamp clipped from envelope featuring the seal of the German consulate in Wellington ("Deutsches Konsulat in Wellington" around emblem of eagle with swastika). Also includes a number of newspaper clippings dated 28 October 1936, 19 May 1937, 12 June 1937, and an article from 'The New Zealand Woman's Weekly' dated 20 May 1937, documenting the Hellenthal family home in Lower Hutt with photographic illustrations of both the exterior and interior. Also includes undated clippings featuring photographic portraits of Hellenthal as consul, and one showing Hellenthal together with his wife Herta and their sons Klaus and Wolfgang on the ship 'Awatea' on their arrival in Wellington. - William Hunter Mathison - autograph dated 19 November 1936; clipped "New Zealand Newspapers Limited - The Auckland Star" letterhead(?); newspaper article dated 16 November 1936 with photographic portrait illustration of Mathison holding a copy of 'The Auckland Star' newspaper [Note spelling of surname incorrectly rendered as "Matheison" in newspaper article]. - Henry Greathead Rex Mason - autograph, as Minister of Justice, on a fragment of typescript letter addressed to an Auckland law firm. - Cyril Louis Norton Newall and Olive Tennyson Newall - autographs; two undated newspaper clippings, including one featuring photographic portrait of Newall in the role of Marshal of the Royal Air Force. - Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene - autographs dated 26 July 1937; newspaper clippings dated 31 May 1937, 1 June 1937, 13 July 1938, and an undated article featuring photographic portrait of Tirikatene. Photocopies of newspaper cuttings are included for ease of reference. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 holograph, 11 autographs, 7 envelopes, 20 newspaper clippings. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Manuscript; holographs, typescripts and printed matter - newspaper clippings (Includes photocopies) Newspaper clippings include photographic illustrations.

Date: [1980s?] - 1948-1970s

From: Orange, Claudia Josepha, 1938- : Research papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12918-01

Description: Folder contains research material relating to the Kiingitanga (1948-1957), Māori politics (1959-1970s), and tours of New Zealand by members of the British royal family (1901-1963). Material collected by Claudia Orange, possibly during the 1980s. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 6 Feb 1963

From: Fijn, Jan (John) Reinder, 1910-2003 :Transparencies, particularly relating to the royal visit to Waitangi in 1963, and to Maori

Reference: PA12-10663

Description: Colour slide photographs taken by John Reinder Fijn of performers and dignitaries during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Waitangi, 6 Feb 1963. Features unidentified Maori kapa haka performers in performance dress (including tipare, piupiu, tapeka, pari, and korowai). A number of images show an unidentified man holding a taiaha and performing a pukana and whetero. Dignitaries include Sir Eruera and Lady Ruti Tirikatene, both of whom are wearing kahu kiwi, as well as James Henare. Set originally labelled by Fijn as: "2991 Fijn" Arrangement: Information from original negative enclosure has been transcribed onto new enclosure. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies strips containing eight images. Physical Description: Colour phototransparencies