Folk dancing, Cook Islander

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Simpson album : Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other I...

Date: April-June 1903

By: Read, G A, active 1903; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PA1-o-468

Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Other Titles - Visit of members of New Zealand legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Inscriptions: Album page - The voyage, of which the accompanying photographs form a partial record, was undertaken in April-June, 1903, for the purpose of giving Members of the New Zealand Legislature an opportunity of seeing the Cook and other Islands, which were annexed to the colony in June, 1901. In all fifteen islands were visited, eight of them being within the extended boundaries of New Zealand, and the remaining seven belonging to one or other of the adjacent groups - viz., Samoa, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and Fiji. The total distance travelled was 8,015 miles and th time occupied,, seven weeks. A detailed report on the visit will be found in parliamentary Paper, 1903, A.-3B. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

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Hill-Trevor album 2 :Written and photographic record of the annexation of the Cook Isla...

Date: 30 Sept 1900 - 31 Oct 1900

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PA1-f-143

Description: Arrangement: The album consists of Hill-Trevor's diary of the cruise, with the photographs interspersed with the text. This album documents the cruise of Lord Ranfurly, Governor of NZ, aboard HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and the Kermadec Islands, in October 1900, in the course of which he annexed the Cook Islands and Niue for the British Crown. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Photographs of Richard Seddon's tour of the South Pacific Islands in 1900

Date: 1900

From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir) 1851-1936 :Photographs

By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-5287-1

Description: Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Date: 1903

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-933

Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Belonged to William Henry Triggs (1855-1934)

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Seddon's trip to the Pacific islands album

Date: 1900

By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s

Reference: PA1-o-461

Description: Photographs all taken by Frederick W Sears. Other Titles - Cover title - The Premier's trip to the Pacific Islands Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "The Premier's trip to the Pacific Islands" in gold lettering; 17.0 x 21.5 cm

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Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Date: 1903

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-819

Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Provenance unknown. Previously housed in NZ & Pacific collection

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Visit of members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903

Date: 1903

From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir) 1851-1936 :Photographs

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-818

Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

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Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand :Assorted photographs

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographs of Cook Islands

Date: 1923-1933

From: Kingsbury family :Photographs of Cook Islands

Reference: PAColl-8046-3

Description: The main focus is on the New Zealand/European community living in the Cook Islands, most of whom were members of the New Zealand Government's administration, or were there for business and trade. There are images of social events such as tennis and bowls games. Many other images are of groups and individuals some of which include W G Kingsbury, his wife, his daughter Dorothy, Leicester Cook, and Laurie Emens. Cook Islanders also feature. There are those working for the New Zealand administration, members of rugby clubs, participating in ceremonial dances, and family groups and individuals. Of the islands there are many scenic views - the landscape, the vegetation, the coast, principle buildings such as churches, the administration buildings in Avarua, Cook Island houses, European houses, commercial buildings, wharves, and ships. Two set of prints relate to the radio station. Quantity: 16 album leaves with 125 b&w original photographic prints.

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Air New Zealand :Swing South Pacific with Air New Zealand. Polynesian extravaganza pres...

Date: 1968

From: [Ephemera of quarto size, relating to Polynesian peoples and culture in New Zealand and the Pacific. 1960-1969]

Reference: Eph-B-POLYNESIAN-1968-02

Description: Programme cover shows a Polynesian pattern, a photographs of airline passengers, and a map of the Pacific routes flown by Air New Zealand. The inside spread gives a programme of the performances and performers, from Samoa (Pouesi Fitisemani, Taimi Tuioti), Rarotonga (including Dora Evans), Tonga (Lose, Louna, Betty; and Ana Hansen), ansd Aotearoa (Matiu Kauri Maori Group, Betty Thompson, Ted Bennett). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 270 x 200 mm. Provenance: Donated anonymously in 2015.

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Album, chiefly of photographs of dancers on Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Date: 1934

From: Thevenet, Jean Gaston Antoine, b 1897? : Photographs taken in Rarotonga, Samoa and the Marquesas Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1875

Description: Album containing photographs and other items, compiled by Jean Thevenet, documenting his trip to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, part of his Pacific voyage on board the motor yacht 'Stella Polaris' in 1934. Photographs possibly taken by Thevenet. Includes captions. The album is numbered "18", and pages are numbered 683 to 722. It is part of a set, others of which are held at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa - Hamilton Library. The album is mainly comprised of photographs of Cook Island dancers performing the plays "Captain Ru of the South Seas" "and Tokearu" on the island of Rarotonga, taken on 16th February 1934. Also contains a few further photographs, Pacific maps, a newspaper cutting of an article written by Thevenet about the Cook Islands, and further ephemera. Also contains newspaper cuttings about the death of King Albert I of Belgium, and a photograph of the King. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with soft card covers with front cover title "Iles de Cook, Rarotonga. Mort du Roi" and, also on the front cover, a sticker with the number 18.

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Photographic prints mainly of Māori and Pacific people, events and landscapes

Date: [1910s-1920s?]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10460-15

Description: Photographic prints taken by unknown photographers, circa 1910s or 1920s. Images are mainly of Māori and Pacific people, events and landscapes. Includes photographs of artworks of the moko of Tuhawaiki and Te Pēhi Kupe; images of Tamehana Te Aewa; Wikitoria; the Sir Maui Pomare and family and guests in Rarotonga and Aitutaki; Kapiti Island and Brown's Island (with "T.T.C. photo" on back); and unidentified woman, [possibly Mrs Kettle?]. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera envelopes.

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Album recording the ceremonies annexing the Cook and Niue islands, and HMS Mildura's re...

Date: 1900

From: NZ Parliamentary Library :Two albums. Construction on the Dunedin and Moeraki Railway, and the annexation of the Cook Islands

By: Baynes, Henry Compton Anderson, active 1900; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); May, Percival, active 1900; Muir & Moodie (Firm); T B Banks and Company

Reference: PA1-q-632

Description: Views of annexation ceremonies, of the local people and their leaders, of Lord Ranfurly and his party which included Naval personel from the Mildura who added presence to the occasions and raised flags during the ceremonies. There are photographs of two lepers on Molokani Island in the Penryn group and the Governor on a pearl shell diving boat on Manihiki. On the way back to New Zealand the Mildura stoped at the Kermadec Islands. Photographs were taken of Sunday (Raoul) and Macaulay Islands, and of the crater on Curtis Island. This part of the album ends with the Mildura in Lyttelton Harbour and the Governor coming ashore in a boat. Most of the rest are scenic shots of the Tourist highlights of New Zealand. There are three photographs of women crossing the Tasman Glacier and boiling a billy. The album ends with a group of photographs of the Channel Islands According to a note at the front of the album, all photographs, other than the New Zealand scenic tourist shots, were taken either by Captain Baynes or P M May, Surgeon, both of HMS Mildura. However, this is one of several albums recording the annexation of the Cook Islands held in the Photograph Archive. Many of the same images occur in all of them and a large number of these came from negatives held in the Malcolm Ross Collection. Malcolm Ross was a New Zealand Journalist who as the correspondent for the Times news paper, accompanied Lord Ranfurly's party on the Mildura, and was responsible for photographing the occasion. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: This album was offered to the National Library of New Zealand by Isabel Baynes, probably the widow of Captain Baynes. It was selected with some other items in July 1935 by Dr Scholefield, New Zealand Parliamentary Librarian, during a visit to Hampton Court Palace where Isabel Baynes lived. From 1935 to 1998 the album was housed in the New Zealand Parliamentary Library.

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[Manihiki, during the visit of HMS Mildura with Lord Ranfurly and party]

Date: [16 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-32

Description: Two photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. The upper photograph (PA1-q-633-32-1) and the lower photograph (PA1-q-633-32-2) both show a dance in progress at Tauhunu, Manihiki, before the departure of Lord Ranfurly's party, 16 October 1900. Photographs identified from Hill-Trevor's diary (PA1-f-143, pp 17-24). The original album captions are incorrect. Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

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Crane, Ernest Arthur :Photographs of Fiji, Ngata Memorial College, and Ghandi conference

Date: 1950s-1970s

By: Crane, Ernest Arthur, 1915-1996

Reference: PAColl-0086

Description: Fiji and its people, its traditional buildings, crafts, and industries; the milk trade and a milk bottling plant; forestry and crops; scenic views and places; public health and tourism. As well as photographs taken in the 1970s, there is also a small group stamped "Fiji official photograph, Public Relations Office, Suva" dating from the 1950s. The Ngata Memorial College photographs date from 1977. They show the buildings, students and student activities, including a dance performance by visiting Cook Islanders. There are also five photographs and one negative of an international seminar on the relavance of Ghandi to our times, held in New Delhi in February, 1971. At some time between 1984 and 2000 all the prints relating to Tonga were returned to Ernest Crane. Wendy Crane returned these when she donated negatives in February 2000. As a result they have been given a different PAColl number. Arrangement: Negative relating to Ghandi conference at 1/2-169152-F. Quantity: 81 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

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[Dancers at Tauhunu village on Manihiki, Cook Islands, during the visit of HMS Mildura ...

Date: [16 October 1900]

From: Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc

Reference: 1/2-021260-G

Description: Photograph taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. Shows a dance in progress at Tauhunu, Manihiki, before the departure of Lord Ranfurly's party, 16 October 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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Cook Islands Kia Orana Festival of the Arts :Cook Islands Kia Orana Festival of the Art...

Date: 2002

Reference: Eph-C-COOK-ISLANDS-2002-01

Description: Shows an inset photograph of a Cook Islands concert party performing in a hall. Sponsors' names along the bottom are: Manukau City Council, The Southern Trust, Xavier's Arts & crafts, New Image, Mangere Town Centre, Taa Oru[?] Studio, East Tamaki Community Charitable Trust, Airopac Industries Ltd, Samuel Recording & Video Productions Ltd, Mangere Bridge Sports & Cultural Society Inc, Vaimutu. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Colour digital print, 420 x 597 mm. Provenance: Donated by the publisher in 2002.

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Interview with Mrs Hetetera Tutai

Date: 14 July 1984 - 14 Jul 1984

From: Kauraka, Kauraka, 1951-1997: Papers and recordings

By: Tutai, Hetetera, active 1984

Reference: OHInt-0069/21

Description: Mrs Hetetera Tutai recalls: girl burnt; story of Ngaro; story of Raroa; Drum dance; dance costume; dyeing papa; Ngahu; making Ngahu dance costume; at Aitutaki; being filmed; drum dance; dance platform. Venue - Rarotonga Interviewer(s) - Kauraka Kauraka Venue - Takamoa, Rarotonga Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005154 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete Abstract in Rarotongan - OHA-1694.

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Interview with Moetaua Patu

Date: 30 March 1977 - 30 Mar 1977

From: Kauraka, Kauraka, 1951-1997: Papers and recordings

By: Patu, Moetaua, active 1977

Reference: OHInt-0069/16

Description: Side one: Te tere o te ngati Uritaua mei Avaiki mai Karika e Rongo; Arapo tupapaku; Tuatua ako; Te mana Ui Tupuna - papaanga uanga; Te tanu taro, meika; Te tu i te au meika tukeke. Side two: Taua's opinion - Mana Ashin, Tereora, Patu. His youth - dancing, band music; their dance team trip to Tahiti and Tanu arapo Scope notes taken from cassette cover Venue - Rarotonga Interviewer(s) - Kauraka Kauraka Venue - Rarotonga Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004537 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Portrait photograph on cassette cover labelled - Taua

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Ura Rore (Stilt dance) from Aitutaki performed at the 6th Festival of Pacific Arts, Rar...

Date: Oct 1992

From: Brooke-White, Julia, 1942-: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7246-02

Description: Photograph taken of Ura Rore (Stilt dance) from Aitutaki performed at the 6th Pacific Arts Festival, Cook Islands. Photograph taken October 1992 by Julia Brooke-White. Inscriptions: On slide mount: Ura Rore/Stilt dance from Aitutake. 6th PAF Cook Is 1992 Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.