Kava ceremony - Samoa

Date: [Between 1910-1913]

Reference: PA5-0391

Description: Preparing King's kava by Samoan Princess, taken by A J T. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 87 x 139 mm

Date: [Between 1905 and 1936]

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Crown Studios (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-445

Description: Photographs of Samoa taken between 1905 and 1936, some taken by Samoan photographer Alfred James Tattersall, many by unidentified photographers. One photograph is not related to the rest, showing two young women flautists from Highcliff School, Dunedin, winners of a Dunedin competition in 1918 (P 90) The earliest ones, taken in 1905, show the damage caused by a volcanic eruption, and show lava pouring into the sea. The rest of the images are related to Donald Alexander John Rutherford, headmaster at Ifi Ifi School (Leififi School) from 1919, becoming Superintendent of Schools from 1923 to 1936. There are many scenes which include his family, with his wife and four children (including Alexander Mathieson Rutherford). Many of the scenes show school activities, including the ceremonies surrounding the opening of the new school at Avele; the schools at Malifa, at Ifi Ifi, Poutasi, Aleipata and other districts; sports teams; school parades, including boy scouts linked with the schools; and groups of teachers, both European and Samoan. General views of Samoa include the construction of a fale, the interior of a fale; fishing; cocoa beans and their harvesting and drying; copra industry, with Solomon Island workers; and sowing cotton seed. Several images show the celebrations for George V's birthday; school breakup feasts; and the farewell flotilla of canoes when the Rutherford family left Samoa in 1936. Social activities of the Europeans in Samoa include tennis, large groups of bowlers, and garden parties at Vailima, the Governor's residence. Inscriptions: Album page - "The Rutherford Family, November 30th 1936 ... Sae-Tupe" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm

Date: ca 1890s - 1924

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-024

Description: Photographs of Samoa, circa 1890s to 1924, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of the commissioners to Samoa in 1900, the native guard of Mulinu'u, Samoan war canoes, the raising of the German flag in 1900, raising of the British flag and deportation of Germans in 1914, the British, American and New Zealand military, Rev Clarke and his staff of native pastors, street scenes in Apia, and the Faipule fono in 1924. Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1976 - 1982

Reference: Eph-C-SAMOA-1970/1999-01

Description: Poster lists the events of the festival including the official opening, art display, church service, public speaking events (Samoan, and English), play and poetry reading, and a final ball. Illustrations at the top corners show a man standing in traditional dress, and a seated figure with ornate headdress beside a kava bowl. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 355 x 355 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2218 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2218 and PAColl-10074..

Date: [1919-1920s]

From: Wakelin, Dorothy, fl 2013: Photographs

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-10472

Description: Photographic postcards relating to the Wild family taken circa 1919-1920s by a range of photographers. Postcards from Samoa: one of the Government Building in Apia, taken by 'RJT' and one of Samoan girls preparing kawa (kava). Both with annotations on reverse addressed to Mrs H A Wild and Mr Wild of Invercargill. Two postcards show the waterfront scene of Greymouth taken by Frederick George Radcliffe. The two postcards together form a panorama. One postcard of a country church titled 'Leithfield, The Church of England'. Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Postcards arrived loose to the Library. Originally part of photograph albums. Donor is the niece of Philip, Bert and Cyril Wild. Postcards would have been sent by her three uncles, Philip, Bert and Cyril Wild to their mother in Invercargill. Philip was employed from ca 1923 to 1930 by the Treasury in Samoa, Bert worked for Customs in Greymouth, and Cyril taught at Leithfield Primary School in the late 1920s to 1930s. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white tourist postcards, with annotations

Date: 1920, 1906-1915

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-153

Description: Published as a Supplement to the 'Journal of the Polynesian Society' for June 1920. Also includes clippings, research notes, drafts, and excerpts of other publications. Includes an annotated typescript of a draft story for 'Apolima: The hollow of the hand' for 'The Witness' by James Cowan; excerpts of 'Lost explorers of the Pacific' publication and a published map of 'The chart of the Spanish galleon, taken by Commodore Anson from the N. S. De Cabadonga in 1743'; holograph notes by Cowan include a Samoan song with translation 'Tofa mai feleni' and fourteen pages of a draft relating to a Samoan kava ceremony. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One booklet, holograph notes, typescript drafts, printed matter. Processing information: Initially stored in 'Drawer 3' according to information on the bag this item was enclosed in. This plastic bag has been disposed of.

Date: [1949-1974]

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

Reference: 77-014-3/09A

Description: Includes the first half of `Fledge Me a Kiwi' - An adventure in Autobiography by Leo Fowler [eventually published in ca 1991]. Also includes handwritten notes concerning the concept of Maoritanga, some typwritten notes about a cultural ceremony in Samoa, and a copy of a letter written by T W Porter to the Editor of the Herald in 1898 relating to Te Kooti and Ropata Wahawaha. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Davis, John, -1893

Reference: PA1-o-547

Description: Collection of photographs taken during the time Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith was British Consul in Samoa. Scenes of Samoan life, including groups of Samoans; one group of men and women holding traditional weapons; three women preparing kava; views of the British Consulate building in Apia; scenic views of coconut palms, taro plantations, and waterfalls; traditional fale (Samoan houses), and canoes; one view of a cemetery, and one scene of sailors on board the USS Mohican. Some of the photographs were taken by J. Davis, but in most cases the photographer is unidentified (possibly Cusack Smith himself). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark grey album, with black spine and corners, 25 x 31 cm

Date: 1886-1897

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-o-545

Description: Album of photographs relating to life in Samoa, particularly associated with the British Consulate, in part taken by Thomas Andrew, and in part probably taken by Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, creator of this collection. Images include portraits of British men and women linked with the consulate (some in fancy dress at dances, or in theatrical performances), one of William Churchill (United States Consul-General in Samoa). Also portraits of Samoans, including several of young Samoan women, King Malietoa, and members of the Vaiala Polo Team (and the British Consulate Polo Team). Two group portraits at the end of the album include Richard John Seddon, his wife Louisa and two daughters, King Malietoa, and the Bishop of Wellington, Frederick Wallis and his wife Margaret. Other Titles - British Consulate, Samoa Thomas Berry Cusack Smith was British Consul in Samoa in the late 1880s until 1898. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Richard John Seddon, and his party left Wellington on 15th April, 1897, on the the RMSS Alameda to attend the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Their first port of call was Apia, Samoa. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black covered album with gold lettering "British Consulate, Samoa", 25 x 32 cm

Date: ca1880s-1890s

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Davis, John, -1893; Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914; A & W (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-223

Description: Compiled by S Percy Smith. Album includes 42 pages of photographs of Samoan scenery, towns, buildings, and portraits. Photographers represented include Burton Brothers, Thomas Andrew, J Davis, and A & W. As well as Samoa, this album includes photographs of men and one woman in the Solomon Islands; their ceremonial dress, weapons, and a house with an ornately woven patterned wall, and thatched roof. The last two photographs show men with weapons, wearing masks. Several photographs show images relating to Robert Louis Stevenson. One (on page 32) shows "R L Stevenson & party". Stevenson and his wife with European and Samoan men and women are seen standing at the back of a large group on the steps of the verandah at Vailima. The verandah is draped with fern leaves. The group seated in front on the stairs includes Samoan men, mostly holding axes, and a group of sailors holding musical instruments. Other scenes relating to Stevenson show his house (Vailima), and his tomb on Mount Vaea. Inscriptions: Album page - "From Mr S. Percy Smith" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, leather corners and spine; 37 x 28 cm

Date: ca 1900

From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PAColl-3799-22

Description: Kava bowl and cup on tapa cloth, Samoa, circa 1900, photographed by Alfred John Tattersall. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No 131 [unreadable] kava bowl Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.9 x 14.7 cm

Date: ca 1890

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-547-24

Description: Three Samoan women preparing to make kava. They are seated on mats in a row in front of a screen of plants and tapa cloth. The kava bowl is placed in front of the central woman. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

Reference: PA1-q-223-47-2

Description: Kava ceremony, Samoa, photographed by Thomas Andrew circa 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 15 April 1897

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-545-38-2

Description: Richard John Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and King Malietoa Laupepa of Samoa, seated on a mat with a kava bowl. Seddon is is holding a coconut drinking cup in his hand. Photographed in 1897 by an unknown photographer On the 15th of April, 1897, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Richard John Seddon and party left Wellington on the RMSS Alameda to attend the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Their first port of call was Apia Samoa where these photographs were taken. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 92 x 140 mm mounted on album page

Date: [193-]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Louden, John Frederick, 1888?-1967

Reference: MNZ-2412-1/4

Description: Kava making ceremony in Apia, Western Samoa. The woman in the headdress has prepared the kava, the boy on the right will call out the order, by rank, in which the guests will receive the cups, and the boy on the left will bear the cups. Taken by J F Louden in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1897

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-545-37-1

Description: Richard John Seddon (seated at left), his wife (centre, in dark dress), his daughters Mary and Louise, Frederic Wallis, (Anglican Bishop of Wellington, right, kneeling)) and his wife (centre, with hand in kava bowl), W Crow (Seddon's private secretary), British Consul to Samoa Thomas Berry Cusack Smith (centre, at rear), and the Samoan King, Malietoa Laupepa (seated at right). Photographed in 1897 by an unknown Photographer. On the 15th of April, 1897, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Richard John Seddon and party left Wellington on the RMSS Alameda to attend the Diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. Their first port of call was Apia Samoa where these photographs were taken. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 100 x 142 mm mounted on album page