Women - New Zealand - Gisborne Region

Date: 1980-[1987]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5815

Description: Women and events in the Women's Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, photographed in 1980 and 1981. Exterior views of Lysnar House arts centre, Gisborne, New Zealand. This sequence also includes photographs of people engaged in art activities in Lysnar House. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 2022

By: Mackintosh, Rochelle, active 2022

Reference: OHColl-1609

Description: Five interviews conducted by Rochelle Mackintosh in 2022 to record the early personal experiences of six kaumātua growing up in and around Te Araroa on the East Coast of the North Island between the 1930s and 1950s. The interviewees were Adelaide Clarke, Maaka Tibble, Sir John Clarke, Sydney Clarke, and Tauoha Takanui and George Clarke. Many of the kaumātua are associated with the Te Whānau a Kahu and Te Whānau a Hinerupe hapū. Topics covered in the interviews include: family, upbringing, education, employment, and daily lives in the Te Araroa area. The interviewer also identified the following concepts as being "interwoven thoughout their experiences": identity, belongingness, kāinga (settlements), whenua (land), awa (river), tikanga (customs), whānaungatanga (kin relationships), manaakitanga (generosity), matauranga-a-hapū (sub-tribe knowledge), and kaitiakitanga (guardianship). Project received a Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, Piki Ake! Kake Ake! New Zealand Oral History Grant from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2021. Title supplied by donor. Quantity: 5 Interview(s). 33 Electronic document(s) includes digital abstracts, recording agreement forms, and biographical information forms. 9 digital sound recording(s). 5 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement forms. 1 folder(s) biographical information forms. Search dates: 2022 Processing information: Digital recording agreement forms and biographical information forms were delivered together in a single PDF file for each interviewee. For preservation and delivery purposes they have been separated into two PDF files.

Date: 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-106-04

Description: Dame Flora McLeod, Chief of Clan McLeod, telling Scottish fairy stories to a group of children and adults during a visit to Gisborne, New Zealand. Photographed by Lloyd Cornish in 1955. This photograph was published in the New Zealand Free Lance 14 January 1955. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 21.9 x 16.5 cm

Date: 11 Aug 1939

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-15

Description: Original caption in New Zealand Free Lance, 16 August 1939, page 8 reads: "Gisborne Provincial Plunket Conference: Last week was a busy one for Plunket-minded folk in Gisborne when the biennial provincial conference was held. Added interest was the presence of Dominion officials from Dunedin. In the group, front row, from left: Mrs James Blair (president of Gisborne branch), Miss G Hoddinott (Dominion secretary), Mrs James Begg (Dominion president), Mrs McClurg (Napier), Mrs T Y Cuthbert (Gisborne patroness) and Mrs Harris." Taken 11 August, 1939 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.4 x 20.1 cm