Apia

Date: April-June 1903

By: Read, G A, active 1903; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PA1-o-468

Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Other Titles - Visit of members of New Zealand legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Inscriptions: Album page - The voyage, of which the accompanying photographs form a partial record, was undertaken in April-June, 1903, for the purpose of giving Members of the New Zealand Legislature an opportunity of seeing the Cook and other Islands, which were annexed to the colony in June, 1901. In all fifteen islands were visited, eight of them being within the extended boundaries of New Zealand, and the remaining seven belonging to one or other of the adjacent groups - viz., Samoa, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and Fiji. The total distance travelled was 8,015 miles and th time occupied,, seven weeks. A detailed report on the visit will be found in parliamentary Paper, 1903, A.-3B. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s, and 1920s]

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Summers, John Arthur Campbell, 1916-1993

Reference: PA1-o-484

Description: Album of photographs, postcards and newspaper cuttings relating to Samoa and Tonga, circa 1920s. Many of the photographs, and some of the newspaper cuttings have limited captions, or no identification at all. At the beginning of the album there is a signed Christmas card from George Spafford Richardson, with a photograph of him and another European standing in front of a fale with a large group of Samoan men. One image of Robert Louis Stevenson ([p 2]), is signed by him, and another one shows the tomb of Stevenson and his wife Frances Matilda (Aolele). There are a number of views of Vailima, Stevenson's home, one early view showing Stevenson on the verandah with a group of women and another man standing above looking over the balustrade. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album covered with tapa cloth, tan corners and spine; 23.5 x 33 .0 cm

Date: [1880s]

From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-138

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Davis, John, -1893; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PA1-q-210

Description: Photographs of Hawai'i, Samoa and New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s and 1890s, including John Richard Morris, John Davis, F Finch and Josiah Martin. Inserted in an envelope is a hand-written list of photos, but these seem to bear no relationship to the album. The list includes places in New Zealand (none of which are in this album), Sydney, New South Wales, Brisbane, New Caledonia and Fiji (again none of which are shown in this album). The photographs of Hawai'i include Iolani Palace in Honolulu, and Queen Lili'uokalani; Samoan images show children, a waterfall at Falefa near Apia, and a group of dancers in traditional dress. Images of New Zealand include landscapes, Maori children, a hongi with two women, and a collage taken by Josiah Martin of images of Maori chiefs, waka and meeting houses at Parihaka and Ohinemutu. One photograph taken in the Bounty Islands shows mollymawk and crested penguins. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, title "New Zealand and Samoa" hand-printed in white ink; 30 x 23 cm

Date: August 1972

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8290

Description: State visit of Sir Arthur Porritt, Governor General of New Zealand, to the Cook Islands and Samoa. The Governor and his party travelled on HMNZS Waikato, and the tour began in Rarotonga. From Aitutaki the Waikato called at Palmerston Atoll, and from there sailed to Samoa on its way to the northern Cook Islands. It called into Pago Pago, American Samoa, before going on to Apia. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1872-1874, n d

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 73-150-02

Description: Draft of application for Phillips's admission as advocate, Supreme Court, Fiji; shipboard advertisement for missing piece of tatting on board the `Sea Gull'; bank orders and accounts; notes by Phillips on a voyage from wharf K, Auckland, to the Thames goldfields; on the slave trade, Liberia, trade, on Darwin on coral reefs, Tahiti, on Godefroy, method of skinning and curing sea-birds, Jame Gillies on New Caledonia, notes on settlement at Apia, re purchase of Nukulau, pros and cons of purchasing Smith's shipping business at Levuka, list of steamers for sale from Pothonier, ca 1874; paper, Pour traduction d'Anglais en Francais, 13 Mar 1872 from `de Cinq-Mars' chapitre six Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: 29 August 1914

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

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: 1/4-039138-G

Description: New Zealand troops landing at Apia, and hoisting the first Union Jack in a tree. Photographed by Alfred James Tattersall on 29th August 1914. This image is a copy negative made by Albert Percy Godber. Photographer identified from original prints in various albums and collections. When Britain and her allies declared war on Germany in 1914, New Zealand troops landed at Matautu, Apia, on August 29th, and peacefully resumed control of German (Western) Samoa. This was the beginning of New Zealand's 48-year administration of Western Samoa. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [29 August 1914]

From: Ward, Charles Kay :Album of views of Samoa

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PA1-q-736-003

Description: New Zealand naval officers landing at Apia, Western Samoa, on 29 August 1914, with the demand for German surrender. Photograph taken by Alfred James Tattersall. Identified from PA1-q-107-29-2 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 191 x 244 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1929

From: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925- :Photographs relating to Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-948

Description: Photographs of places and regions of Samoa visited. There are obvious family group photographs which include (probably) Arthur Aris King. Photographs taken on the way out or returning to New Zealand. The album shows something of the life style of European settlers in Samoa and hints at the relationships that this particular family had with the Samoans. There are also four photographs of Mau political demonstrations in Apia. In 1929 Florence Maud King and her daughter, Alice, spent six months in Samoa. They visited relatives there, toured the country, and witnessed Mau demonstrations in Apia. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [ca 1914]

Reference: PAColl-D-0581

Description: View showing buildings and garden on the waterfront. Buildings are decorated with flags and there is a triumphal arch in the distance. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1914 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 380 x 480 mm mounted

Date: ca 1913-1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to New Zealand's involvement in World War I

Reference: PA1-q-908

Description: Photographs of soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, taken ca 1913-1919, consisting mainly of studio portraits taken in New Zealand and Britain, and images of military training camps. Also includes photographs of unidentified Maori soliders, scenes on board troop ships, weddings, bands and training marches. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 8-23 September 1996

From: Brooke-White, Julia, 1942-: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7265

Description: Particpants from Nuie, Northern Marianas, and Papua New Guinea at the 7th Festival of Pacific Arts, Apia, Samoa. Photographed by Julia Brook-White from 8-23 September 1996. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

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: 8-23 September 1996

From: Brooke-White, Julia, 1942-: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7285

Description: General photographs of Samoa. These include - Asaga Roman Catholic Church interior. Woman weaving a mat. Village built around a crater. Woman of Salaiva Village, Savaii. Waterfall falling into sea, Savaii. Beach shelter and outrigger canoe. Two young men. Children. Women gathering limpets. Photographed by Julia Brook-White from 8-23 September 1996. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1986]

From: Bliss, Charles Henry (Dr), 1909-1997 : Papers relating to his life and work

Reference: MS-Papers-5683-15

Description: Comprises pages 331-435, chapters 16-21, with Bliss describing his remaining time in North Africa, appointment to Chhindwara in India until the demise of the British Raj, briefly describes his work in Apia and then his work and life in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1942-1944

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

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-111

Description: Photographs taken during the visit of the Governor General to Western Samoa (undated) but sometime during WWII. Includes those taken at Piula Methodist Mission; meeting Samoan chiefs; with Fono Faipule (meeting of representatives at Mulinu'u); school children dancing at Apia; during King's kava ceremony at Savaii; meeting NZ officers; group photo with members of Fono Faipule (Riput, Tamasese, and Malietoa, administrator); with Samoan nurses at Apia. Also photos of scrap metal collected on Rarotonga for National Patriotic Fund. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

From: Spiers family :Photographs of Wellington and Apia, Samoa

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-497

Description: Black and white print from same negative as PA6-433 (handcoloured) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1903

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-933

Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Belonged to William Henry Triggs (1855-1934)

Date: 1 Jan 1893

By: Samoa. Parliament. Municipal Administration of Apia

Reference: MS-Papers-2951

Description: Fees paid by W G Ball of Apia Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter