Women, Māori - New Zealand - Northland Region

Date: [ca 1899]

Reference: PAColl-10375

Description: Group portrait showing Maori and European men together with Maori women and children, all wearing European style clothing, seated and standing on a shingle beach together with a dog and a shark. In the background are hills, dwellings and fences. The image is most likely from the summer of 1899, taken by an unidentified photographer. The fragment of manuscript the photograph is mounted on appears to be part of a journal documenting excursions around Whangarei Harbour in the summer of 1899, and makes specific reference to McLeod Bay and Urquharts Bay in the area. The text concludes with the statement 'The settlers were most hospitable'. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic print mounted on fragment of paper manuscript

Date: 1914

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010566-G

Description: Kauri gum diggers' houses, Northland, showing a man with a horse in the centre of the image and a Maori woman in the doorway of the house on the left. Photograph taken 1914 by Northwood brothers. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Rotorua Lake showing gumdiggers homes.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - A. Northwood, prot. 1-8-14 Dalmatian gum digger Nicholas Covich lived in the house on the right in the early 1910s, possibly at the time this photograph was taken Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [190-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-005700a-G

Description: Two elderly Maori women sitting outside a wooden hut, Northland district. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Richard Alfred Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1918

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

Reference: APG-1656-1/2-G

Description: View of Mrs Iruwera sitting on a verandah with one young woman standing beside her, and another with a child on her lap, seated in front on a woven mat. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, in 1918. For another image of this group see APG-1650-1/2. Named and dated from Godber File in Photographic Archives (Under Box 59. Iruwera, Mrs (2). Rangiahua. 1918. Family on verandah & house.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006273-G

Description: Shows Maori women sitting around fern roots which have been arranged in heaps. The flax bags used for collecting the fern are lying by. Photograph taken circa 1910s by Northwood brothers. Fern roots used as charcoal in cooking and heating. [Maori / Michael King p. 105] Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006322-G

Description: Maori woman with a catch of fish on the Northland coast, circa 1910. Photograph taken by Arthur James Northwood. Albums at PA1-o-394 to PA1-o-396. Negatives at 1/2-024646 to 024664, 029635 to 029641, 029830 to 029857; 1/1-004884 to 004967, 006210 to 006379, 006809 to 006823, 009741, 009776 to 009785. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1918

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

Reference: APG-1650-1/2-G

Description: View of Mrs Iruwera sitting on a verandah with two young women and two children seated in front of her. The young women are sitting on a woven mat and are draped in a large fur rug. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, in 1918. For another image of this group see APG-1656-1/2. Named and dated from Godber File in Photographic Archives (Under Box 59. Iruwera, Mrs (2). Rangiahua. 1918. Family on verandah & house.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1918

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

Reference: APG-1663-1/2-F

Description: Copy negative made by Albert Percy Godber of a group of four Maori women weaving flax kete. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer at Rangiahua in 1918. Named and dated from Godber File in Photographic Archives (Under Box 59. Baskets. Flax plaiting. Rangiahua. 1918) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [190-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-005700b-G

Description: Two elderly Maori women sitting outside a wooden hut, Northland district. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Richard Alfred Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006225-G

Description: Elderly Maori woman, seated in front of a whare, Northland Photograph taken circa 1910s, probably by Arthur Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: February 1934

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0081-F

Description: Image taken on the first Waitangi Day, held in February 1934. A day of celebrations after Lord Bledisloe donated the Treaty House and grounds to the nation. Twenty-two Maori women in traditional dress grouped outside canvas tent. Man in suit behind back row of women. Other tents and people in background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.6 x 43.2 cm

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2323

Description: All images taken in Broadway, Kaikohe, showing Māori men, women and children. Two women are talking on a street corner (frame 1); a woman with three children, one of whom is eating an iceblock, are walking past the entrance to a one-way street (frame 3); a man and two children are sitting in a parked car (frames 4 to 8); two young men are sitting on a bench seat (frames 9 & 10), and then two older women are talking outside a shop, one wearing a large sunhat (frames 11 & 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2338

Description: All images taken at Te Tii Waitangi Marae. Paddlers are seen entering the waka taua Ngātokimatawhaorua and then the waka is seen out at sea (frames 1 to 4). Groups of spectators are viewing the celebrations from the beach (frames 5 to 7); a long queue of people are being greeted outside the wharenui (frame 8), and young women in traditional costume are part of the line of people queuing and greeting outside (frames 9 to 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2322

Description: All images taken in Broadway, Kaikohe, showing Māori men, women and children. A young man is leaning against the brick frontage of the "American Doughnuts" shop (frame 1); a young woman is wheeling her toddler in a pushchair (frames 2 to 4), and then is seen with him walking beside her (frame 5); a man wearing a singlet top is seen near the Regent cinema (frame 6); people are walking past "Nev Campbell Ltd. For Paints" (frame 11). (Location identified from address of this shop). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2327

Description: All images taken in Broadway, Kaikohe, showing Māori men, women and children. A woman and young boy are seen in frames 1 & 2; people are seen walking along the street (frames 3, 4, & 10 to 12), including a woman with a toddler in a pushchair and two other children are seen outside Nev Campbell Ltd (frame 4).; an older woman wearing a large sunhat is seen sitting on a bench seat (frames 5 to 7); and a woman and child are seen outside the Auckland Savings Bank (frames 8 & 9). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2326

Description: All images taken in Broadway, Kaikohe, showing Māori men, women and children. Frames 2 & 3 show people standing outside the paint and wallpaper shop owned by Nev Campbell; young boys are leaning against a shop front (frames 4, 5, & 8 to 10); and a woman is holding a baby girl (6, 7 & 10). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2332

Description: All images taken in the Northland area, at Te Tii Marae, Waitangi, Te Karuwha Parade, Paihia at a major gathering, perhaps in preparation for 1981 Waitangi Day. Many of the images show Māori women, some at stalls with produce for sale including kete (flax baskets), rewena (Māori sour-dough bread), and china. Others show women and children, and a young woman carrying a loaf of rewena bread while looking at other stalls (frames 9 to 11). Three Māori men are seen together, one of them standing beside a bucycle (frame 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2324

Description: All images taken in Broadway, Kaikohe, showing Māori men, women and children. Two women are talking on a street corner (frame 3 to 6), one of whom is wearing a large sunhat, is seen on her own in frames 1 to 3). In frames 7 to 12 various groups are walking along the street, or gathered in groups. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2325

Description: All images taken in Kaikohe, showing Māori men, women and children. A woman with a group of young boys and girls are seen in frames 1, 2 and 6, with the woman seen on her own in frames 3 to 5); and a young man is carrying his small sleeping daughter (frames 7 to 12), walking along the footpath. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1981

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-2329

Description: All images taken in the Northland area, probably Mangōnui Harbour and Kaitāia. The first four images show young Māori on a wharf, probably at Mangōnui. The following views show Māori men and women in a shopping street, probably in Commerce Street, Kaitāia. The premises of "Allied Farmers" are seen in the background in frame 5, and in the same image a banner is strung across the road "[F]our wheel drive rally". A man and woman with a baby are seen in frames 5 to 10. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film