Cullen, John, 1850?-1939

Date: ca 1916

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-013786-G

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Cullen, in police uniform, circa 1916. Photograph taken by S P Andrew Ltd Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1925]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18

Reference: PAColl-7581-82

Description: John Cullen (left) and Sir James Henry Gunson outside a haunted whare at Tongariro National Park. Shows the men standing alongside a corrugated iron hut. Photograph taken ca 1925 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - Haunted whare with Sir James Gunson and myself in front Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.9 x 13.9

Date: 1916

By: Suckling, Walter, active 1860s-1880s; Wilkinson, Percy Russell, -1954; Ruscoe, I H (Mr), active 1973

Reference: PA1-o-358

Description: Photographs taken during the trial of Rua Kenana in 1916 at the Supreme Court in Auckland. Includes portraits of people associated with Rua and the trial, and most of the photographs were taken outside the Supreme Court. Photographer unidentified, except for a two-part panorama of Maungapohatu Pa, probably taken by Percy R Wilkinson, a surveyor sent in by the police to gather evidence for them A label at the back of the album advertises Walter Suckling (as the publisher?) It is understood that a number of similar photograph albums of the trial were created. Rua Kenana was accused of using seditious language, counselling others to murder or disable the police, and resisting arrest. He received the sentence of one year's hard labour followed by 18 months' imprisonment. Inscriptions: Album page - Frontispiece - To my old friend - - Hare Hongi. Commemorating the longest trial ever held in this country - with very best wishes. Percy R Wilkinson. Kai huri whenua. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Small fawn cloth-covered album, with stamped label `V.P.K. snaps'; 8 x 11 cm

Date: 5 April 1916

By: Breckon, Arthur Ninnis, 1887-1965; Webb, C C, active 20th century

Reference: 1/2-028066-F

Description: Police commissioner John Cullen, on horseback, leading prisoners from Maungapohatu, on Wednesday 5 April 1916. Rua is alongside the horse. Tioke follows, then Whatu and Awa. Largely obscured, wearing hats, are Maka and Pukepuke. Constable Neil is at the back carrying the axe. Photograph taken by A N Breckon. (Information from `Mihaia : the prophet Rua Kenana and his community at Maungapohatu' by Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin, Craig Wallace, 1996, page 121.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1916

By: Suckling, Walter, active 1860s-1880s; Wilkinson, Percy Russell, -1954; Murphy, Elizabeth, active 1976

Reference: PA1-o-357

Description: Photographs taken during the trial of Rua Kenana in 1916 at the Supreme Court in Auckland. Includes portraits of people associated with Rua and the trial. Most of the images were taken outside the Supreme Court. Photographer unidentified. A label at the back of the album advertises Walter Suckling (as the publisher?). One view is a two-part panorama of Maungapohatu, probably taken by surveyor Percy R. Wilkinson It is understood that a number of similar photograph albums of the trial were created. Rua was accused of using seditious language, counselling others to murder or disable the police, and resisting arrest. He received the sentence of one year's hard labour followed by 18 months' imprisonment. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Similar album at PA1-o-358 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Small fawn cloth-covered album, with stamped label `V.P.K. snaps'; 8 x 11 cm

Date: 2003 - 1916 - 2004

By: Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-

Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-2003-01

Description: Shows a reproduction of Bob Kerr's 72 panels of paintings relating to the police expedition to arrest Rua Kenana in 1916. At the bottom is a long panorama of hills in the Tuhoe country. Portraits taken from photographs include those of constables, inspectors and sergeants involved in the search for Rua Kenana. They are all named. The verso gives explanatory text and reproduces several more landscapes in Tuhoe Country and a portrait of Police Commissioner John Cullen. Notes are by Mark Derby. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 595 x 420 mm.

Date: 1916

From: Murphy, Elizabeth, fl 1976 :Photographs relating to the trial of Rua Kenana

Reference: PA1-o-357-06

Description: Police commissioner John Cullen outside the Supreme Court, Auckland, during the trial of Rua Kenana in 1916. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Mr J Cullen Commnr of Police Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.6 x 8 cm