Wharepuni

Date: 1959-1976

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/19A

Description: Papers relating to Maoritanga including research papers, articles, correspondence and stories. Includes whakatauki (proverbs), a poem/song called "The Song of Maoritanga," an article about Maori education and educators' attitudes to the cultural heritage of Maori youth, a Maori Land Court interim decision on Raharuhi Rukupo delivered at Gisborne 19 Sep 1975, some notes about moemoea (dreams) and their interpretation within the Maori culture, an article by Fowler titled "The teaching of Maori in schools," papers relating to the significance of tukutuku patterns for Ngati Porou and other articles relating to various topics including Wharepuni [sleeping houses], a Maori almanac (re: fishing and planting), a draft story of "The taniwha of Tuparoa" and some loose papers relating to Fowler's autobiography. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1870s]

From: Best, Walter, 1848-1929 :Album of photographs of New Zealand

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA1-q-028-16

Description: Maori family (ancestors of the Reiri family) outside a whare puni (small communal sleeping house) at Mangaakuta, a hamlet near Masterton. The legend regarding the fishing of the North Island by Maui is depicted on the gables of the building which is sometimes referred to as the 'Maui House'. Photograph taken by James Bragge circa 1870s. This house has also been described as being at Manga-a-Kuta pa, Homebush, Masterton, Clancy's Corner, and and as "Maori Pah Pipitea Point 1865" Other - Same image at 1/2-104984 (see file print with heading '572. Maori. Groups'), PA2-2612, PAColl-0260-1, and 1/1-004136 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Scene in Maori Pah - Wairarapa Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print on album page 14.4 x 25.5 cm, on album page 28.6 x 22 cm

Date: 1885

From: New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-26

Description: Photograph of Te Hau Hau wearing a headband with two huia feathers at the front and with a blanket over his shoulders. He is standing behind a fence which has been erected in front of the verandah (mahau) of King Tawhiao's whare puni at Te Kuiti. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton in Jun 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3607. `Te Hauhau' at the Te Kuiti - King Country. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - left of image - Registrar of Copyrights, New Zealand. 692 Another view of the same subject at PA7-36-25 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 20.2 x 14.8 cm on mount 29.2 x 22.8 cm

Reference: PAColl-0260

Description: Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) on two sides of a single page. The page was originally in an album..

Date: [1928 or 1929]

From: Mann, John, 1898-1987 :Album of photographs of Presbyterian Maori Mission activities in Tuhoe region

Reference: PA1-o-1630-07-1

Description: Maai, pa of Rua Kenana Hepetipa, showing crowd after Saturday Ringatu service. Rua's house is at right background. Rua is seated in from of the small wharepuni at left background. Photograph taken 1928 or 1929, possibly by John Mann. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Maai, Rua's Pa; Album page - beneath image - After Ringatu Service (Saturday). Note. Rua's house in background. Rua seated in from of small wharepuni. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 7.8 x 13.1 cm, mounted on album page 17.3 x 29 cm

Date: ca 1920

By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949

Reference: 1/2-002756-F

Description: An old whare puni built in a cruciform shape at Tiroa with a man crouching near the door. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. The original film negative is filed at APG-1941-1/4-F, photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1885

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-04

Description: View of the village of Ranana showing flagpole and Major Kemp's Council Hall (whare-puni), Huriwhenua. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton on 8 May 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3522. Ranana (London) Wanganui River. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - [Ma]ori at Home series Duplicate at PA7-36-03 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20.5 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: 1885

From: New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-06

Description: Maori dressed in cloak and holding a taiaha, photographed in front of the whare-puni (meeting house) at Ranana. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton on 8 May 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre - 3523. Huriwhenua - Major Kemp's council hall - Ranana (London), Wanganui River. Burton Bros, Dunedin Duplicate of PA7-36-05 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.4 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: 1924

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

Reference: APG-1293-1/2-b-F

Description: Toa Rangatira (whare puni) at Takapuwahia, Porirua, in 1924. The photographer, Albert Percy Godber and a young boy are seated in the front porch. The boy is identified as Fred Castle. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. This image is a film negative copy taken from the page in Godber album Vol 109, p 204 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Toa Rangatira. Maori wharepuni. Porirua. 1924.; Album page - bottom centre - Fred Castle Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 12.50 x 10.00 cm

Date: [ca 1885]

From: McLeavey, Peter Joseph, 1936-2015: Photographs of New Zealand scenes and portraits of Peter McLeavey

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-D-1916

Description: Photograph of Māori girls and young women in the porch of a carved whare at Papekino [Papakino?], Whanganui River, taken by Alfred Burton circa 1885. Two of the young women are standing and have piupiu wrapped around their shoulders. Includes a note photocopied from Brewster's Old, Rare and Interesting Books (December 1996) describing the photograph. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3509 - Wharepuni at Papekino - Wanganui River.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Ngakura"; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros. Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Black and white photographic print within white cardboard matte

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-021-4

Description: A rough sketch of the carved figure on the gable of a house (tekoteko) and decorative front boards (maihi) of the sleeping house at Ohinemutu. Also a woman, probably Maori, wearing an ankle-length dress and with short, unkempt hair, drawn from the back Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, 95 x 135 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: [ca 1920 to 1950]

From: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984: Slides, negatives, photographs, letters and printed material

Reference: PAColl-0639-46

Description: Comprises photographs of unidentified Māori and whare, some noted as being in Ohinemutu, Rotorua and Whakarewarewa. Includes portraits, groups of people, men carving, women weaving, and a group performing a haka. Includes photographs of women and children bathing, and cooking in thermal hot pools. Some photographs are taken of the model pa in Whakarewarewa.Some photographs have inscriptions. Includes photographs showing details of wharepuni carvings including amo, and carvings from the Māori School of Arts and Crafts, Rotorua. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1890s-1950s]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10460-20

Description: Photographic prints taken by various photographers circa 1890-1950s, of Cowan family, landscapes, buildings, and various people. Many images feature James and Eileen Cowan and family, some include Eileen Cowan gardening, street photography, and portraits of James Cowan. Some images of a trip to Maroa (including a deserted church there); Te Kōhatu o Hatupatu (Hatupatu's rock near Ātiamuri); the wharepuni 'Puhaorangi' at Tokaanu sent in a Christmas card by J. McDonald; many landscapes showing various North Island scenes; some images of Gilbert Mair and others from a trip to the Urewera, a church at Mauku[?], Raureti's wife (possibly Raureti Te Huia's wife[?]); Whakatane River; a Ruatahuna campsite; and Hamurana. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 152 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 Other printed ephemera item(s). Transfers: Some negatives that relate to some of the prints in this group of photographs can be found at 1/4-125543-F to 1/4-125546-F (and possibly others)..

Date: 1870-1935

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; Schmidt Studios

Reference: PAColl-10460-03

Description: Photographs by various photographers including Alan Spicer, Schmidt Studios, W. A. Collis, taken circa 1870-1935. Includes portraits and group portraits, and envelopes and papers relating to these photographs. Also includes a clipping, annotated envelopes, correspondence and a receipt. Some of the images relate to the New Zealand Wars, including photographs of veterans of the Ōrākau battle and images of Parihaka. Includes: - A young boy, Eidan [or Ewan?] C Frazer [or Fraser] taken by Tadema of Auckland, in 1923. The subject is four years old. Also includes a clipping relating to the filming of 'Rewi's Last Stand'. - Lieutenant Colonel D. C. Bates dressed in army uniform, taken by Alan Spicer of Wellington, 3 July 1919. - "The Korotangi. Photo'd in Poneke 1903. J Cowan" with envelope. The annotations on the back also say "carved stone bird of Tainui'. - Patara Te Tuhi dressed in a pake (Māori cape), and wearing a shark tooth earring, kuru pounamu (pounamu ear pendant) with ribbons, and feathers. His facial moko is clearly visible. The annotation on the back incorrectly spells his name as "Parata te Tuhi". The photograph is patented to the New Zealand Government Tourist Department. - Captain M. T. Clayton. "A grand old English sailor who was Lloyd's surveyor at Auckland". - A family portrait of an unknown family taken by Schmidt Studios in 1935. - A group portrait of a large group of Māori in front of a wharepuni, with a tree beside it. Many of the people are wearing blankets and hats. - A group portrait of Pākehā and Māori men and women in front of a wooden building, circa 1910s. Includes a Māori man dressed in a korowai with a homburg hat and huia feather. - Two images of Parihaka. One is of people, thatched houses, fences, and trees in the background. The other is taken from a higher vantage point, and features mainly houses, with trees in the background. This image is attributed to W. A. Collis, dated 1881. Labelled "Parihaka. No. 51". - Autographed portrait of Captain Joseph Corbett-Scott, circa 1870, wearing an army uniform. Annotations on the back say he was the captain of the "Pukekohe Rifles". - A portrait of a painting of Tukukino. It is a cropped image from Lindauer's 1878 painting of Tukukino. Also an annotated envelope that this print was in. - An envelope with annotations saying "Photos of Raureti, Pou-patete and Paterangi" which contained: A portrait of Raureti Te Huia as a young man, wearing a korowai, with tassles and a kiwi feather border, and holding a pounamu mere; a cropped portrait of Pou-patete Huihi wearing a korowai; a portrait of an unknown Māori man wearing a suit and a kahu huruhuru (feather cloak) with triangular patterns. The man is holding a rifle; an image of a tree with a house and outbuilding in the background; and an image of trees and landscape in the background [These last two images may be of Paterangi?]. - Annotated 'Waterworths Limited' envelope which contained the following: A receipt from the Royal Geographical Society dated 1925; a letter from Horatio Gordon Robley; a print possibly of Netana Whakaari dressed in a suit, a photograph of Gilbert Mair and unknown man (both in profile); a photograph of a drawing of a "'mutu kaka' or parrot-snare" [ngutu kākā?]; half an envelope with a drawing of a carving, which may be the detail of a Māori flute as there is also an annotation which says "latest 15" flute". - Annotated envelopes, some of which contained prints and negatives. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). 13 item(s) of photographic ephemera Ten envelopes, one clipping, one letter, and one receipt.. Physical Description: Twenty black & white silver-gelatin prints, ten envelopes, one clipping, one letter, and one receipt. Transfers: Negatives have been separated from this item due to storage requirements. Twenty-four 1/4 plate negatives (1/4-125472-F to 1/4-125495-f), and two whole plate negatives (1/1-040200-F and 1/1-040201-F). - - See also map at MapColl-Cowan-family-09/Acc.55474 (associated with item 31 of this box of photographs).. Processing information: Some photographs and prints were contained in various envelopes which have been kept. The envelopes contain contextual information which sometimes matches the prints and negatives that were stored inside them. The negatives are now stored separately. See 'separated material' for details.

Date: 1885

From: New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-03

Description: View of the village of Ranana showing flagpole, Major Kemp's Council Hall (whare-puni), Huriwhenua, and other buildings. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton on 8 May 1885. Duplicate at PA7-36-04 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3522 - Ranana (London) Wanganui River. Burton Bros. Dunedin; Mount recto - bottom centre - Registrar of Copyrights, New Zealand. 680; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - [Ma]ori at Home series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.5 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Hawley & Company

Reference: PA1-q-251

Description: Album of photographs taken by James Valentine & Sons, circa 1880s-1900s. Most of the images have a caption printed into the photograph, and many also have a hand-written caption beneath. At some point many of the photographs have been removed from their slots, and others have been placed in the wrong slot so that the subject and caption on the photograph does not match with the caption below. Places are listed above. There are five photographs of Maori, three of women, two of chiefs. The names given are difficult to identify, having complicated spelling, and the captions on photographs have faded in some cases. They include "Maori wahine Ngareti"; "Maori chief Hoera Watene"; "Maori chiefs Panapa Tenihotiti and Topopoki" and "Maori wahine Huihana?". One photograph, of Atiamuri, has the name "Hawley" as photographer. Other Titles - "Valentine & Sons. Photographs" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with greenish cover, entitled "Valentine & Sons. Photographs" in gold lettering; 39 x 31 cm

Date: [Bween 1870 and 1885]

Reference: PA1-o-091

Description: Album of early New Zealand scenes, mainly taken by the Burton Brothers. Images include gold digging, gold dredging (image of Sew Hoy's dredge), and gold sluicing, one showing the flume on a Scandinavian race at St Bathans. There are a number of views of the Pink and White Terraces, scenes of Maori life in the King Country, and scenic views of Dunedin and the Queenstown-Lakes District. The album consists of about 71 pages, of which 25 are empty. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon covered album, 23 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by Kings Cottage Museum, Australia, 1987

Date: 1885

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-25

Description: Photograph of Te Hau Hau wearing a headband with two huia feathers at the front and with a blanket over his shoulders. He is standing behind a fence which has been erected in front of the verandah (mahau) of King Tawhiao's whare puni at Te Kuiti. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton in Jun 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3606 - Te Hau Hau at Te Kuiti - King Country. Burton Bros, Dunedin. Closer view of same image at PA7-36-26 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. Physical Description: Albumen print 20 x 14.5 cm on mount 28.8 x 22.5 cm

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/2-234083-G

Description: Whare puni at Manakau. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Maori whare puni Manakau Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1844 - 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: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-110-036-4

Description: The front view of a Maori dwelling with carved supports, a porch and a thatched roof One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. Derived from a detail in a lithograph by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847), plate 38, 'Entrance to a house at Raroera Pah, Waipa' Other Titles - Entrance to a house at Raroera Pah, Waipa Inscriptions: Recto - top left: 2nd proof, 18-11-89 [in blue pencil] Printed [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 170 x 99 mm