Māori (New Zealand people) - Monuments

Date: 1878-1930

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-039

Description: Contains whakapapa and waiata from the South Wairarapa, written in a variety of hands (much of the whakapapa seems to focus on Hemi Te Miha and the Te Whaiti family); also contains land records including lists of owners of various blocks and respective shares, and records of the members of various hapu (Ngati Rakairangi, Ngati Moe, Ngati Tukaiora, Ngati Te Rangitawhanga); also contains a letter from Henare Te Whaiti to Maui Pomare about politics; also contains a letter from Paora Waitere of Papawai to Kaihau Te Whaiti enclosing some waiata There is a detailed account by Matina Ruta Tamaiwhakakiteaterangi of the Potangaroa hui, written in 1905; there is also a letter written by Matina about the succession to Paora Tihi; there is also a subscription form for the Maori Peace Memorial to be erected in Masterton Park, a copy of Te Kahiti o Niu Tireni from 1920, and some forms associated with the Rongokako Maori Council; there are some architectural plans for a house for J Te Whaiti at Pirinoa prepared in 1925 (J Te Whaiti is possibly Hohaia Te Whaiti aka Joe Te Whaiti)

Date: 1921

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-042

Description: A Maori woman walking away from a hill. Also shows cross with inscription in Maori at Mahoetahi and a map of the site of the battle at Waitara For related maps from the Cowan collection see MapColl--q832hkcmf/1845-1871/Acc.5122-8;46793-813 Extended Title - Published in The New Zealand Wars, vol. 1, p. 190 by J Cowan Inscriptions: Signed: A.H. Messenger Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink, 215 x 160 mm Processing information: transferred from Photo Section, 1974

Date: 4th May 1946

By: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962

Reference: PA1-f-136

Description: Album showing the dedication ceremony for the Taranaki Mobile X-Ray Unit on Saturday 4th May, 1946, at Manukorihi Pā. This was the first unit of its kind in New Zealand, built in Taranaki for Maori and European peoples of the province Inside the front cover is a loose photgraph of a diagram of the "Duplex Photo-Roentgen Unit", showing an ideal installation layout for a bus; as is used in this particular unit. The official programme for the dedication ceremony is attached to page one; with various activities outlined; a list of speeches by local dignitaries, ministers of the crown including H G Mason (Minister of Native Affairs) and the Honorable A. Nordmeyer (Minister of Health); and the official unveiling and opening by Lady Miria Pomare. Scenes show the bus arriving, the Maori welcome of powhiri, karanga and karakia; a large crowd outside Te Ikaroa a Maui (the meeting house), with the statue in memory of Sir Maui Pomare in the background; and various scenes of dignitaries involved with the ceremonies. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black leatherette cover, loose-bound, entitled `Photographs'; 29.5 x 36.5 cm

Date: 1845-1990

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-21

Description: Contains copies of papers from the Grey collection manuscripts, mostly from Te Rangikaheke's material. Also contains copy of published work by Samuel Locke about the history and traditions of Taupo and the East Coast. Includes various indexes and inventories to the collection with some holographic notes by Piripi Walker. also contains papers and correspondence between Keith Cairns, the Alexander Turnbull Library, the Masterton Borough Council and the Wairarapa Tribal Committee about Maori records contain within the Monument of Peace erected in Masterton in 1921. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900-1910

From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10177-1

Description: Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by unidentified photographers. Includes images of a ferry coming into Auckland, an unidentified man photographed with Rangitoto Island in the background, various waterfalls and rivers, farmland, a thermal area [geyser?], mangroves, a monument with maori carving and a bust of Queen Victoria, an unidentified town, and a man on a kneeling horse. Quantity: 12 b&w stereoscopic cards. Physical Description: Stereoscopic cards

Date: 1956

By: Padovan, Renzo, 1913-

Reference: B-161-005

Description: Shows a carved Maori memorial alongside a tree trunk. This image may be based on the one found in Padovan's "Te Ika a Maui" (1955), plate 8, at Whakarewarewa Pa, Rotorua. The memorial is composed of a section of canoe erected in a vertical position with scroll designs painted on it. "The small house on top would appear a modern innovation of the ancient whata, or small store house set on a pole for housing tapu objects" (Tui Terence Barrow's "An introductory essay on Maori art", Wellington 1955, accompanying Padovan's "Te Ika a Maui"). Title taken from the same image which is reproduced in Padovan's "The Maori as an artist" (Wellington, 1957), plate 2. Inscriptions: Mat recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 305 x 226 mm. stuck to card, 482 x 373 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs A L Jeffs, of Waikanae, in 2004.

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-021

Description: A small pa on top of a steep island or headland at the bend of a river between steep banks. The pa includes an obelisk or upright waka as a memorial to a chief, palisades and several buildings, with a path winding steeply up to the summit of the hill Angas travelled up several central North Island rivers during his 1844 visit to New Zealand. They included the Waikato River, the Waipa River (both Waikato Region) and the Ongarue and upper Whanganui Rivers (Manawatu-Whanganui Region) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 160 x 239 mm

Date: 1938-1960

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-201

Description: Contains correspondence about the activities of the Papawai Tribal Committee, and related material

Date: [ca 1863-1898]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1033

Description: Most of the papers in the folder relate to R D D Maclean; includes accounts and receipts, schedule or wool guarantors, invitations, advertising matter for farming supplies, clippings re NZ matters, copy of report, `In reference to excitement at Wanganui' to the Colonial secretary; letter re Trans-Tasman fares; memberships, correspondence re wool and farming matters, finance, shipping, political circulars, memberships, stocks and shares, card for `Le Pilote' protection agency and other papers (identified persons entered under Name) Includes invitation from Karaitiana Wirihana to unveiling of monument to his late father Wirihana Kaimokopuna at Tahoraite Valuation certificate for property owned by Archibald John McLean at Glenorchy in the district of Kereru & Aorangi, Hawke's Bay, Jan 1879 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-001

Description: Shows a Maori child squatting in front of a fence, a woman and two other children beyond it. In the foreground is a carved memorial post. The scene is probably at Waitahanui Pa at Lake Taupo Angas' reference to 'stile' may possibly be intended to read 'stele' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 240 x 165 mm

Date: 1911-1919

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-118

Description: Contains detailed minutes of meetings held at Papawai in 1911, at Puanani in 1918, and elsewhere in preparation for major hui (the unveiling of the monument to Tamahau Mahupuku at Papawai in 1911, and the opening of Nukutaimemeha in 1918); also contains records of the Maori Patriotic Fundraising Committee that operated during World War One; information about the Takitimu canoe; also contains notes for an address to the Masonic Lodge Relationship complexity - Loose material (mainly whakapapa) placed in MS-Papers-6571-118A Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1889 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901

Reference: B-110-028-3

Description: A front view of a large and elaborately-carved tomb, with a surrounding structure with further carvings. Two standing figures on the right give scale to the structure One of three proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. Other Titles - Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Reference: A-164-002

Description: A drawing of a proposed memorial, with an funeral-style urn on top, and an inscription in Maori on the plinth. The inscriptions translates as "This stone has been erected by the Government of New Zealand as a token for the allegiance of that elder to the Pakeha". A scale of 3/4 of an inch to a foot is given. The identity of the person being commemorated is unknown, although it could possibly be Tamati Waka Nene Extended Title - This memorial was erected by the New Zealand Government to signify the close relationship between this elderly Maori gentleman and the Europeans. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing on linen tracing cloth 325 x 142 mm

Date: Feb 1954

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-34909-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Feb 1954

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-34905-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 2007-2012

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000754

Description: Photographs of memorials and graves throughout New Zealand taken between 2007 and 2012 taken by Dylan Owen. Views of South Island locations include the 9/11 Memorial steel sculpture at Firefighters Reserve on the Avon River, Christchurch, the Kaiapoi War Memorial featuring a stone statue of a New Zealand soldier carved by W.T Trethewey across the road from Blackwells Department Store, Kaiapoi, wooden crosses in the dog cemetery in Diamond Bay, statues of a colonial couple and town heraldic shield outside Oamaru club (Inc), Severn Street, Oamaru, the Oamaru South African (Boer) War memorial next to the Countdown supermaket, Oamaru, which features a statue of Trooper Jack carved by Italian sculptor Carlo Bergamini and the imperial lion and the Great War memorial in Mercer which consists of a soldier statue mounted on the gun turret of the Pioneer paddle steamer. Views of the Wellington locations include crosses on gravestones at Bolton Street Cemetery and Bolton Street Memorial Park, angel statues on a child's grave, family plot and mausoleum, cabbage trees surrounding a 1887 gravestone, rows of war graves in the Karori Servicemean's Cemetery and the Tangiwai memorial at Karori Cemetery. Views of Kapiti and Horowhenua locations include picket fence around the MacKay family burial ground, Paekakariki and the Market Gardener Statue, a bronze statue of a Chinese market gardener by Dennis Hall outside Levin Mall entrance on Oxford street, Levin. Views of Taranakai locations include Marsland Hill New Zealand Wars memorial on Marsland Hill, New Plymouth commemorating colonial and imperial forces and kuapapa Maori, dense native ponga trees and bush surrounding the grave of surveyor Joshua Morgan in Tangarakau Gorge, near Tangarakau Bridge, Stratford, memorial cross to Reverend Robert Ward outside the entrance to the Samoan Methodist Church Fitzroy, New Plymouth, Turi's Canoe at Patea and the Hawera Memorial Arch monument to fallen of World War One and Two on Princes street, Hawera . Views of Northland locations include the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance on the path to the pier on foreshore, Kohukohu, memorial stone Christ Church, Russell, the memorial stone (in Maori and English) for the pioneer residents who died in defence of Kororareka 1845 in grounds of Christ Church, Russell, and the Maori language wording of Te Tirito O Waitangi (Treaty) on a panel of Te Tii memorial at Te Tii marae, Waitangi. Also includes views of the Dannevirke War Memorial cenotaph showing the soldier relief sculpture above the 'Lest We forget' plaque and the Te Aroha First World War memorial showing the bronze statue of a soldier by Italian artist Giobanni. Arrangement: Files were transferred to the Library in a folder titled 'Social Events & Misc items 2000s/Memorials 2000s' Quantity: 27 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001056-G

Description: Monument dedicated to Tuaiwa Ngatipare, who died 29 January 1909, aged 43, at Raglan. It is a large monument with a winged figure on a pedestal surrounded by an iron fence. There is a door into the monument beneath the inscription. Taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros', probably Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tuaiwa's monument, Raglan N.Z. 338.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G. Bros Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [188-?]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000478-G

Description: Kemp's pole and two unidentified men, Raorikia, Wanganui district. Photograph taken circa 1880s by William James Harding. Kemp's Pole was a boundary marker set up at Raorikia by Te Rangihiwinui Kepa (Major Kemp) to mark the boundary of a trust area he wanted to have reserved from the Māori people. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Dated in relation to 1/1-000477. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: February 1936

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1504-1/4-G

Description: Model of a Maori waka (canoe), above a gateway at Patea, in memory of the ancestors Turi and Rongorongo who came to New Zealand on the Aotea canoe. An inscription on the right reads "This is a token of remembrance erected by the descendants living throughout Aotearoa of their ancestors Turi and Rongorongo, their family & fellow voyagers". Taken by Albert Percy Godber in February 1936. Date from back of photograph. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Model canoe. Patea An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 25 (PA1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0786-1/2-G

Description: Carved wooden Maori cenotaph at Te Koura, in memory of those who died in influenza epidemic. Photographed in 1920 by Albert Percy Godber. The following statement in square brackets is incorrect, as Godber had the correct information in his album (Vol 109, p 137 with this image; not p 163, which shows the Waimiha Cenotaph). [This image is stated as being a memorial to Maori soldiers at Waimiha in Godber album (Vol 109, p 163) at Pa1-q-102. However, a letter from C&S Publications, The Memory Bank, Miriana St., Taumarunui, points out that this is an error, and in fact the cenotaph is the one located at Te Koura Marae]. Sources: Ian Pool, 'Death rates and life expectancy - Māori epidemiological transition', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/26595/monument-to-flu-victims (accessed 26 July 2023). 'Māori and the flu, 1918–19', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/influenza-pandemic-1918/maori-and-the-flu, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 1-Jul-2020 Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Album page - Carved cenotaph at Te Koura Pa, in memory of influenza epidemic. This cenotaph was designed and carved by Tene Waitere of Ngāti Tarāwhai. He also did a similar cenotaph at Te Ihingarangi Marae, Waimiha. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches Processing information: Location of carving updated from Waimiha to Te Koura Marae following information provided by C&S Publications, Taumarunui. Description updated 26 July 2023 following information from a researcher.