Samoa - Annexation to New Zealand

Date: 1939-1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-147A

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1939-1953 New Zealand Amateur Athletic Championships (Bob Beattie, J A Nodwell & C W Clark), Mar 1948; J P Lewis (President) addressing a meeting of NZ Public Service Association held in Wellington, Oct 1948; members of the Haast Pass project (Mark Wallace, L J Ireland, F F Boustridge, G F M Stewart with farmer D Nolan), May 1950; Annie of Honolulu with Gwen Robyns (en route to Canada), Apr 1949. Mr & Mrs Anton Hoeberger and their ten children (newly-arrived Dutch immigrants who settled in Hamilton district), Mar 1950; wedding of Vittoria Jannitti-Piromallo to Claudia Scalo in Rome, Nov 1950. Group photo of Samoan Administration - Paymaster Lieut W J G Prophit, Mr Clinkard (Chief Executive Officer to Administration), Colonel S S Allen (Administrator of Western Samoa), Commodore Geoffrey Blake (Commanding NZ Station), Commander R E Jeffreys (Cammander at Field Headquarters), Lieut-Commander John Terry, Captain C W Butterfield (ADC to Col. Allen), Feb 1930. Opening of Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart at Waikiwi by Bishop of Dunedin (Rt Rev Dr James Whyte), Sep 1939; laying of foundation stones of a Maori Centennial Memorial Church at Otakou, Otago Peninsula, Mar 1940; group photo of Karitane nurses at newly-opened Truby King-Hunt Hospital, Waikiwi (all named), Jul 1940. Hon R Semple, Minister of Public Works with Public Works engineers and members of the Westland County Council, Jan 1940; Sir John McKenzie being knighted, Nov 1950; Governor General leaving Parliament after the opening, Apr 1953. Johnny Jones' house at Waikouaiti (story & photo published Apr 1950); Stoneyhurst Station - Homestead; Lady Clifford (wife of Sir George Clifford, & her three daughters; wool being loaded on the steamer Wakatu from the beach (story & photos published 12 Apr 1950); P L McLaren of Ngakonui, and Parimahau (homestead of J M McLaren and originally part of Ngakonui); Blairlogie homestead (1950). Lists of air pioneers, 1923-1941 Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1889-1937 nd

By: Westbrook, George Egerton Leigh, 1860-1939

Reference: MS-Papers-5498

Description: Comprises additional papers relating to the Mau uprising, New Zealand administration of Samoa, biographical pieces on Samoan identities and other aspects of Samoan affairs Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 82-395 Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: [ca 1924]

From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PICT-000184

Description: Group including Fono a Faipule (advisory group), Mulinu'u, Samoa. Photograph taken circa 1924 by Alfred John Tattersall. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print, and on backing card of print. Date estimated by cataloguer upon comparison with PAColl-3799-19 of a similar group. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - Fono [f ?] Faipule, Mulinu'u Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.3 x 20.3 cm

Date: 29 Aug 1914

From: Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc

Reference: 1/4-017527-F

Description: Street scene showing New Zealand troops and a Samoan group, photographed by Malcolm Ross during the annexation ceremony in Apia, Western Samoa, 29 August 1914. Original caption reads: "Crowd watching annexation ceremony in Apia, 29 August 1914" The New Zealand Army seized Western Samoa from Germany in 1914 at the request of Britain. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative