Wilson, Arnold Manaaki, 1928-

Of Tuhoe descent. Māori carver and artist. Born at Ruatoki, 1928, Tuhoe. Diploma of Fine Arts (Hons). Project Director for the Department of Education. Exhibited throughout New Zealand and Australia. Involved with the Te Mauri Pakeaka project in the 1980s.

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Art of the Maori in the 1980s. Pipitea Marae, Thorndon Quay, Wellington, 21-28 March 19...

Date: 1981

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1981-03

Description: Poster shows 18 photographs of artworks by: John Walsh, Ralph Hotere, Darcy Nicholas, Rangimarie Hetet, Sandy Adsett, John Hovell, Matt Pine, Buck Nin, Arnold Wilson, Matahi-Greg Whakataka, Para Matchitt, Digger Te Kanawa, Selwyn Muru, Cliff Whiting, Toi Maihi, Robyn Kahukiwa, Susie Roiri, Fred Graham. The verso gives biographical notes about each artist, and also includes Katerina Mataira, Benjamin Pittman, Rei Hamon, Ross Hemara, and Albert Tamati Other Titles - A festival organised by the New Zealand Maori Artists and Writers Society (Inc) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 570 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

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Taonga tuku iho, tape 2. Kāterina Mataira. Arnold Wilson

Date: Date unknown

From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings

By: Mataira, Katerina Te Heikoko (Dr Dame), 1932-2011; Wilson, Arnold Manaaki, 1928-

Reference: OHC-031742

Description: Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s). Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

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Interviews about Gordon Tovey : interview with Arnold Wilson

From: Gordon Tovey Archive sound recordings

By: Wilson, Arnold Manaaki, 1928-

Reference: OHInt-0674/09

Description: Interviewer(s) - Carol Henderson Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

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Council for Maori and South Pacific Arts (N.Z.) :Te Atinga; contemporary Maori visual a...

Date: 1991

By: Council for Māori and South Pacific Arts (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-E-MAORI-1991-01

Description: Shows photographs of artworks by Manos Nathan, Bob Jahnke, Aromea Tahiwi, Emily Karaka, Cliff Whiting, Buck Nin, Arnold Wilson, Digger Te Kanawa, Sandy Adsett, Robyn Kahukiwa, Fred Graham, Kura Rewiri-Thorsen, John Bevan Ford, Ross Hemara, Darcy Nicholas, Matt Pine. On the verso are notes identifying each artwork and explaining the artist's intention. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 840 x 595 mm.

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Papers - Arnold Wilson

Date: 1975-1983

From: Tarrant, Jocelyn, fl 2007 : Papers and recordings relating to Te Mauri Pakeaka

Reference: MS-Papers-8908-16

Description: Research papers relating to Arnold Wilson. Also transcript of Radio Aoteroa interview. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

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Inward and outward correspondence

Date: 1979-2005

From: Tarrant, Jocelyn, fl 2007 : Papers and recordings relating to Te Mauri Pakeaka

Reference: MS-Papers-8908-02

Description: Inward and outward correspondence relating to Te Mauri Pakeaka project. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescript Processing information: Selected names indexed.

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Letters re the draft biography

Date: 1992

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- : Gordon Tovey Archive / Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: MS-Papers-7096-59

Description: Correspondence from interviewees and other sources of information on Tovey, re accuracy of their contributions to the draft biography. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Sculpture; a festival exhibition of works by members of the NZ Society of Sculptors & A...

Date: 1958 - 1965

Reference: ArtEph-UND-N-04

Description: Lists works by Jim Allen, Paul Beadle, Alison Duff, Molly McAlister, John Kavanagh, Peter Nicholls, Matthew Pine, Lyndon Smith, Carl Sydow, Greer Twiss, Arnold Wilson, Clive Wilson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Proof sheets M602 - M701

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10765-7

Description: Proof sheets depicting Māori, taken by Ans Westra in 1963. Images include: - Māori Women's Welfare League hui, Rotorua - Ngāruawāhia annual Coronation hui, Māori Festival of the Arts, and Eartha Kitt visit. - Arnold Wilson of Kawakawa - Second 'Washday' photographs Negatives associated with the proof sheets are digitsed and available at Series-6708-1 The proof sheets are housed in plastic sleeves, two per sleeve, back-to-back, with a paper sheet separating each pair. These are annotated by Ans Westra with additional information. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 100 b&w original photographic print(s) contact proof sheets containing 12 frames.

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Sculpture in wood and clay by Arnold Wilson; Bay of Islands College, Kawakawa

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0669-F

Description: Images show modernist wooden and clay sculptures by Maori carver and artist Arnold Wilson. Also show high school students inside watching an interschool concert. Photographs taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

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Arnold Wilson in his workshop at Bay of Islands College, Kawakawa

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0671-F

Description: Images show scenes of Maori sculptor and carver Arnold Wilson among his figures (poutokomanawa) in his workshop at the Bay of Islands College in Kawakawa. Photographs taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

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Interschool concert, Bay of Islands College, Kawakawa; Arnold Wilson and daughter at ho...

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0670-F

Description: Images show scenes of pupils at an interschool concert at the Bay of Islands College, Kawakawa. Also show scenes of Maori carver and sculptor Arnold Wilson and his daughter outside their home, standing beside Wilson's carved figures. Photographs taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

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Arnold Wilson's sculptures in his front garden, Kawakawa

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0673-F

Description: Images show scenes of Arnold Wilson's sculptures in his front garden at Kawakawa. Children stand among the modernist and traditional figures. Arnold's children appear in Frame 3. Photographs taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

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On the way to school, and Arnold Wilson's sculptures, Kawakawa

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0672-F

Description: Images show scenes of a large group of children on their way to school, and some children standing beside wooden figures (including more traditional poutokomanawa) created by Arnold Wilson. Photographs taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

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Bay of Islands College, Kawakawa; sculpture by Arnold Wilson

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0668-F

Description: Images show scenes of pupils in the grounds of the Bay of Islands College at Kawakawa, and modernist wooden sculptures by Arnold Wilson, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

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Outward correspondence and poems

Date: [1926-1957]

From: Fairburn, Arthur Rex Dugard, 1904-1957 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1128-023

Description: The letters are a collection of copies of outward letters from Fairburn, and of originals collected and returned for the Fairburn collection; includes letters to Ian in Australia (1950, 1956), letters to editors on a variety of topics and a large number of poems, some clipped from printed sources but most in typescript. Also hand-drawn card (coloured) with message and notes on verso . The typescript poems are, `Bredon Hill', `Down on my luck', `The Most unkindest cut' (previously `Cut dead'), `A Note on the depressing effect of abdominal disturbances', `The Disadvantages of being dead', `It's my laugh or yours', `Reverie in rat week', `An Old tale re-told', `Song of the open road', `Sociological jotting', `Horse pansies', `The Nice girl', `The Sea', `Straw', `An Old story', `Creation', `Lover's song', `Question', `London winter', `The Tourist' (2 copies), `To my butcher', `Grounds for suicide', `Talking of talking', `Roll out the knight-cart', `Treason', `Political science', `Any book-of-the-month club', `We've got the Herald in the morning and the Star at night', `News from the world' (previously News in heaven) and `Anticipatory epitaph for a politician' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for complete list of correspondents. Hand-drawn and coloured card