Ngatangiia

Date: 1982

From: Jowitt, Glenn, 1955-2014 : Photographs of Polynesia

Reference: PAColl-0198-01

Description: Young boy at hair cutting ceremony, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga. Photograph taken 1982 by Glenn Jowitt. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome print 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1960]

From: Burland, John Colles, 1926- :Colour transparencies of Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Palmerston Island, 1960

By: Burland, John Colles, 1926-2015

Reference: PA12-0500

Description: Views in Rarotonga, including Muri lagoon, Ngatangiia, Aorangi, Sanitorium hill, and the airfield, taken in 1960 by John Colles Burland. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35 mm colour transparencies

Date: 1959, 1964-1965, 1980

From: Cobeldick, Mary, 1948- : Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-11608

Description: Slides taken by Mary Spence and Ian Gladstone Spence in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides are annotated with locations and dates. Images of Lower Hutt including; the Hutt Valley from above, St Paul's Anglican Church and vicarage, at meeting house at Waiwhetū Marae, and a commercial image of a train on the Rimutaka Incline. Auckland images including; the Auckland Harbour Bridge under construction, a Scout Jamboree, and a street view of Henderson, all taken January 1959. Other North Island images including; Buildings, scout leaders, and a map at scouting headquarters Tatum Park, Meremere coal power station at Mercer, Manganuiateao Viaduct in the Ruapehu District and a commercial image of a smoking Mount Ngaruhoe. One image showing of a sign for Ngatangiia Passage, Rarotonga, taken July 1980. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: ca 1910s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 17

Reference: PAColl-7489-48

Description: View of palm trees and hills behind Ngatangiia Harbour in Rarotonga. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Postcard

Date: ca 1920s-1930s

By: Hopkins, Sydney, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-4391

Description: Two duplicate photographs of the administration offices and the premises of J Kohn & Co in Avarua, one with a caption in the bottom left corner and one without; a view of Avarua wharf on Rarotonga with railway tracks along the pier; a more distant view of the same wharf; and a view of a bay and palm trees at Ngatangiia. Photographer was Sydney Hopkins. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1928

By: Hopkins, Sydney, 1881-1948

Reference: PA7-49-07

Description: View of palms on beachfront at Ngatangiia, Rarotonga. Possibly published in New Zealand Free Lance Annual 1928 Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - Title and date Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin 180 x 265 mm

Date: [190-?]

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

By: Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PAColl-8066-03-08-2

Description: Cook Islanders with a completed woven mat, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, circa 190-s. Photograph taken by George R Crummer. Source of descriptive information - Location from inscription on back of print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Verso - stamped in ink: Geo R Crummer Aitutaki Cook Is; Verso - in pencil: Mat making Ngatangiia after a large mat was finished Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.1 x 14.6 cm

Date: [191-?]

Reference: PAColl-9600

Description: Photograph of a Mauahiki style of house at Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. House is supported by poles, and has a thatched roof. Man underneath unidentified. Photograph taken circa 1910s by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Inscription on back of print. Dated estimated by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Verso - A mauahiki style of Native House built in Ngatangiia Rarotonga Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.7 x 15.7 cm

Date: [192-?]

By: Hopkins, Sydney, 1881-1948

Reference: 1/2-144764-F

Description: Looking through palm trees on the island of Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The view overlooks the island of Motu Oneroa. Photograph taken by Sydney Hopkins, possibly in the 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1949

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-039959-F

Description: Girls from Ngatangiia School, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, with woven baskets they had made. Photograph taken by W Walker for the National Publicity Studios. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.