Prisoners, Māori

Date: Mar-May 1881

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-03/3

Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field below; also includes coded telegram from Sir John Hall re Parihaka, interview with Te Whiti Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes printed map of Mikonui Water Race near the settlement of Ross [Totara District]

Date: Date unknown

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12547

Description: Folder comprising research material relating to the opera 'Hohepa' (2012) concerning Hōhepa Te Umuroa (Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, 1822?-1847). The folder includes copies (some annotated) of research papers, newspaper clippings, ephemera, official records and correspondence. The latter is largely between New Zealand and Australian government officials and relates to the repatriation of Te Umuroa's remains from Maria Island, Tasmania, in 1988. Also contains musical notation of a ruru and typescripts of karakia. Annotation on folder compiled by McLeod reads "First sources of my opera Hohepa... Mostly material given to me by Matiu Māreikura after the Whanganui elders' journey to Maria Island to bring back the bones of Te Umuroa". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manila folder containing typescripts, photocopies, manuscripts and printed matter.

Date: 1881 - 1882

From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].

By: Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898; Sherriff, George, 1846-1930

Reference: E-814-014

Description: Watercolour sketches show three Maori head and shoulder portraits, a portrait of Te Whiti walking in profile in a blanket (based on the illustration after George Sherriff in the London graphic, 8 April 1882 page 340), and a watercolour scene of a group of Maori in horsedrawn cariage, bullock cart and on foot. The inserted photograph is a ship portrait of the C.G.S.S. "Hinemoa", 282 tones, 180 horsepower, by photographer William Brickell Gibbs of Wellington. Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [14] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, with inserted photograph 105 x 140 mm, on page of album.

Date: 1866

From: Haines, Bernard Gilpin, b 1842 :Photographs compiled while on active service with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment during the New Zealand Wars

Reference: PA1-f-027-10-4

Description: Prisoners, members of the Hau Hau movement, on board a prison hulk in Wellington harbour, 1866. Photographer unidentified. The prisoners were captured at Wereroa Pa, Waitotara, 20 miles north of Wanganui. 1/2-103605 is a similar image 1/2-004134 is a cropped version of 1/2-103605 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 5.7 x 9.1 cm, mounted on album page 37.8 x 26.6 cm

Date: 1881 - 1882

From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].

By: Sherriff, George, 1846-1930

Reference: E-814-013

Description: Watercolour sketches showing Hiroki with a guard, and Tohu walking in profile. These images are based on a component of the illustrated page by George Sherriff, in the "Graphic" (London), 8th 1882, page 340. Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [13] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, on page of album.

Date: 1864

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-372-f-037

Description: Page 216 from the Illustrated London news with three sketches by an unidentified artist. 1. Rangariri from the Waikato shows a tent camp on hills above the Waikato River. There is a large wooden building on the far right near the river bank. 2. A few Maori prisoners being guarded by a large number of soldiers from the 40th Regiment as they wait to be taken by rowboat to the HMS Pioneer anchored nearby. 3. Soldiers inspecting the Maori rifle pits at Rangariri. In the foreground is a camera. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings, 370 x 250 mm

Date: 30 Jul 1991

From: Maori Women's Welfare League: Interviews

By: Rennie, Hinerangi, 1916-2000; Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0602-13

Description: Hiria Rennie born Hinerangi Tangiariki in about 1916. Refers to father, Tamati from Taranaki; mother from Whanganui, Ngati Apa iwi, Kurahaupo waka. Talks about being raised by aunt Ema Otene and mentions early schooling. Talks about involvement in Sunday school, staying with Sister Gittos and Methodist minister Father Seamer in Ratana. Talks about early interest in speaking Maori and doing first karanga on the marae at age 11. Mentions teaching Maori at Whanganui High School. Recalls marriage at 17 to Raniera Rewiri known as Daniel Davis from Nga Puhi, death of husband after 4 months of marriage. Talks about marriage of 44 years to Hapeta Whitimau Rennie from Turakina, Ngati Apa iwi, Kurahaupo waka. Refers to three whangai children and comments that one child is the grandson of Wiremu Ratana. Discusses joining the Karamu branch of the Maori Women's Welfare League encouraged by Aunty Ema, role as president in Turangi, starting a branch in Ratana, being an area rep. Mentions Kuini Te Tau and Rumatiki Wright. Describes work of the League, particularly raising funds for needy people, health promotion, supporting Maoritanga. Talks about visiting prisons, working with prisoners, teaching weaving. Recalls prisoners from Rangipo performing in Maori Women's Welfare League concerts - raising money for a house for families to stay when visiting inmates Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 40 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 1991

Date: 1868

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-41

Description: Contains 3 copies of manuscript by Te Kooti quoting scripture and various books from the Bible. Also gives lists of prisoners held on Chatham Islands. See MSX-3091 for original manuscript.. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 13 Apr 1995

From: New Zealand Prisoners' Aid and Rehabilitation Society oral history project

By: Trotter, Thomas Robert, active 1980s-1995

Reference: OHInt-0422/29

Description: Thomas Robert (Tom) Trotter recalls having a position with Otago Foundation Trust Board when he applied for position as field worker secretary to the Prisoners Aid Society in Dunedin. Recalls starting a volunteer visiting team at Cherry Farm, eventually forming a separate organisation called P A C T to take over the work with patients. Recalls discussion on bi-culturalism at some of the conferences attended and the decision, later rescinded, to set up a separate organisation outside of PARS to look after the needs of Maori clients. Mentions Kevin Allen, a National Director. Describes Bill Limpus. Talks about the role of National Administrator. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Ray Hocking Venue - Princess St, Dunedin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-0009221 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2951.

Date: 22 August 2018

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-; Fairfax Media Limited (Firm); Northland age (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0038712

Description: Digital cartoon by Malcolm Evans on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1866

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017875-G

Description: Copy negative taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Photographer of original unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1890-1893

By: Ledger, James John, 1847-1907

Reference: MSX-9415

Description: Memoir written by James Ledger in Abbotsford, Australia between 1890 and 1893. The narrative primarily concerns Ledger's immigration to New Zealand in 1878, his four years in New Zealand and subsequent relocation to Melbourne, Australia in 1882. Some of the latter parts of the volume relate to events in Ledger's life up to 1893. In the first section of the memoir Ledger recalls his voyage of 119 days aboard the barque `Cape Finisterre' from London to Port Lyttelton, New Zealand. He provides a very detailed account of shipboard life, his fellow passengers, the weather patterns and activities of the crew, the islands and land masses the vessel passes by. At one point on the voyage an iceberg is sighted and a pen and gouache drawing by Ledger captures the likeness. With his travelling companion `Fred' they publish a weekly newspaper called "The Cape Finisterre Weekly News". Upon arriving in New Zealand Ledger gains employment with the gas works for seven months in Christchurch. Throughout the journal Ledger provides detailed accounts of the characters he observes and meets. There are many sketches in this work and his drawings often match the textual descriptions he provides. Ledger continues to record his work experiences over the next four years as he lives the life of an itinerant worker moving from place to place chasing work. He spent time as an engineer, worked as a lithographer and a labourer. Later Ledger spent time in the Waimakariri Gorge employed with a survey party laying out railway lines, and then as a farm hand in South Canterbury on the annual summer harvest. After working as a clerk in Timaru Ledger joined the South Canterbury Contingent of the Volunteer Corps that were recruited to march on Parihaka in western Taranaki in 1881. Ledger has a fascination with local Maori and he recounts his meetings with Maori throughout the occupation of Parihaka and Pungarehu. Ledger continues sketching during his involvement with the military campaign and depicts both Maori and Armed Constabulary subjects. Returning to Timaru via Opunake he recounts the fate of Mary Dobie who was killed by Tuhi while sketching at Te Namu and is buried at Opunake. After returning to the South Island Ledger visits Dunedin and sells his sketches of Parihaka and neighbour surrounds with depictions of Maori life to a publisher for fifty pounds. These sketches are reproduced by Fergusson and Mitchell as a set of 12 sketches in 1882. Ledger became disillusioned with New Zealand and left for Hobart in November 1882 aboard the `Ringarooma'. Passing through Bluff he narrates a chance encounter he had with the Maori King, Tukaroto Tawhiao. The last section of the memoir deals with Ledger's reminiscences of his life in Melbourne, and includes drawings and photographs. One image is of the Federal Coffee House building in Melbourne. Ledger finishes his narrative with his marriage to Mary Florence Lawerence, finding work as an architect and the purchase of two properties `Hinemoa Cottage' and `Bella Vista'. Included as an appendix to the volume is a section entitled "Colonial jottings" where Ledger refers to particular incidents throughout his travels. There is an inscription at the front of the volume to his godson John Bonsor Ledger, and the first stanza is quoted from the poem "To my sister" by the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon who emigrated to Australia from England in 1852 [poem written 4 August 1853]. Publication - Some of the sketches in this manuscript are based on earlier sketches in Ledger's published work `Pen and ink sketches of Parihaka and neighbourhood with scenes of Maori life, Dunedin, Fergusson & Mitchell, [1882?], 12 leaves of plates ; 24 x 31 cm. Source of title - Transcribed from item James (Jas) Ledger spent nearly four years in New Zealand from 1878 to 1882. He worked in many capacities including surveyor's hand, engineer, farm labourer and volunteer soldier with the South Canterbury Contingent at Parihaka in 1881. In 1882 he travelled to Melbourne, Australia and settled down to colonial life. He married Mary Florence Lawerence and worked as an architect living in Abbotsford. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (102 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (25.5 cm; half binding with green leather and marbled endpages) Memoir includes six black and white photographs; 35 sepia ink sketches.

Date: 1866

From: Parsons, Patrick :Maori portraits

Reference: 1/2-058449-F

Description: Captured followers of the Pai Marire Church, on board a prison hulk in Wellington Harbour in 1866. They had been taken from Wereroa Pa, 20 miles north of Wanganui. This photograph has been published, with a detailed caption, in `Maori; A Photographic and Social history' by Michael King, Heinemann, 1984, page 67. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1866

Reference: 1/2-103605-F

Description: Maori prisoners, members of the Hauhau church, under guard on board a prison hulk in Wellington harbour, 1866. Photographer unidentified. The prisoners were captured at Wereroa Pa, Waitotara, 20 miles north of Wanganui. 1/2-004134 shows a cropped version of the same image PA1-f-027-11-4 is a similar image Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1866

From: Coxhead, C G :Glass negatives

Reference: 1/2-118691-G

Description: Maori Hauhau prisoners on the Napier foreshore below the prison, waiting to embark on the ship St Kilda for Wharekauri (Chatham Island). Photograph taken in 1866, possibly by Charles Robson. Te Kooti is thought to be amongst this group. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: during World War 2

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

By: Cowie, Gordon Rae, 1896-1984

Reference: DA-10578-F

Description: Unidentified prisoners of war in Maori concert party costume, Oflag 6B, Warburg, Germany. Photograph taken by Gordon Rae Cowie between circa 1940 and 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014018

Description: The cartoon shows 'Ewe Tube' (wordplay on You Tube) on a computer screen. Beneath the heading 'Woolly thinking' a ewe who represents the 'U.N. Human Rights Commission' states that New Zealand's criminal justice system discriminates against Maoris.. and New Zealand police should get rid of those painful lasers. Refers to the release of its concluding observations by the United Nations Human Rights Committee following consideration of New Zealand's Fifth Periodic Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Commission made several positive observations but has also made several recommendations across a range of issues, and has asked the Government to respond to three of them within 12 months. They are the over-representation of Maori in prisons, issues relating to the Terrorism Suppression Amendment Act, and the review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014894

Description: A man opens the door to New Zealand and a huge creature pushes its way in announcing 'I'm Prof Anaya from the U.N. and I'm troubled by your Treaty settlement process and the number of "disadvantaged" Maori in prison'. The man in fright drops a newspaper that has a headline reading 'UN official concerned at indigenous rights issues in NZ'. Refers to UN Special Rapporteur of indigenous people, James Anaya, who visited New Zealand in 2010. Professor Anaya noted that Maori make up around 15% of New Zealand's population, but almost 50% of the prison population. He also thinks that there are clearly problems with the way claims are settled. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0010971

Description: Shows two Maori prisoners digging their way out of prison under the guise of digging a hangi pit. Refers to the idea being floated of introducing special 'flatting' style prison conditions for Maori inmates. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0010945

Description: A prisoner peers through the bars of his cell and tells the prison officer that he has just remembered that his great grandfather was second cousin of someone who could have been part Maori. Text states that 'Pita Sharples backs a separate Maori prison where the inmates go flatting'. Refers to the idea of having a separate Maori prison unit where the inmates go flatting and the focus is on healing is under consideration by the Government. The 'alternative rehabilitation centre' is being promoted by Associate Corrections Minister and Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).