Mahinga kao o te wai

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0693-F

Description: Scenes of Maori gathering kai moana (seafood) from rock pools at Te Kaha, and a man driving a horse and plough in a paddock near a church, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: [between 1910s and 1930s]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010575-G

Description: Maori group digging for toheroa on a beach, Northland. Photograph taken ca 1920s-1930s by Northwood brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: between 1895-1900

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: 1/2-008467-G

Description: Unidentified Maori woman gathering seafood (probably oysters) off the rocks, possibly in Paihia. Photograph taken by Frank Denton between 1895 and 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: between 1895-1900

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: 1/2-008468-G

Description: Unidentified Maori woman gathering seafood (probably mussels) from the rocks, possibly in Paihia. Photograph taken by Frank Denton between 1895 and 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1910-1939

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-026522-G

Description: Three unidentified Maori girls shelling toheroa on a beach. They appear to be wrapped up for the cold, and each wears a hat. Shows them looking at the camera, seated alongside two kete full of the shellfish which they shell into tins. Empty shells cover the ground around them. Photograph probably taken in the Northland region between 1910-1939 by Arthur James Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/0038-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Other note - Scottish dancers and Maoris Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm