Rugby football teams - Samoa

Date: 1922-1936

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-448

Description: Photographs of Samoa, related to the period when Donald Alexander john Rutherford was a teacher, and then Superintendent of Schools in Samoa, between 1922 and 1936. Inside the front cover is a list of names of over a hundred native Samoan teachers who trained in Western Samoa during that period. There are group portraits of members of staff in the Samoan Education Department, teachers, students, sports teams; groups of boy scouts on parade; and one of a group attending the Conference on the Education of Native Races in the Pacific held in Honolulu in 1936. Several images show local and visiting dignitaries, including the Duke of Gloucester, Sir Herbert Hart, General Richardson, and Lord Bledisloe; and the visit to Samoa of a group of New Zealand teachers. Many of the images relate directly to the farewell ceremonies held at the departure from Samoa of Donald Alexander John Rutherford and his family in 1936. They include images of his home and personal servants. Inscriptions: Album page - "Staff of Native Teachers, Western Samoa, 1922-1936" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth; 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1988

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1988

Description: Includes: Rugby '88; all important dates for the season. With compliments of Bill Brien's Rose & Crown resraurant, bar, bottle shoppe, BNZ Centre, Wellington. [Folded card] Western Australia v New Zealand. Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth, 19 June 1988. Programme A.C.T. v New Zealand. Seiffert Oval Canberra, 6 July 1988. Programme Queensland v All Blacks. Ballymore, Sunday 10 July 1988. Programme New Zealand All Blacks v New South Wales B. Grahame Park Gosford, 20 July 1988. Programme. All Blacks v Victoria XV. Olympic Park [Melbourne], 26 July 1988. Programme Wales v Western Samoa. Cardiff Arms Park, 12 November 1988. Programme. Quantity: 7 publications. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm.

Date: 1991

By: Manu Samoa (Rugby team)

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-1991

Description: Includes: Three New Zealand Post flyers advertising 1991 Rugby first day covers and stamps The official NZRFU guide to the 1991 World Cup challenge (booklet sponsored by Caltex) Rugby World Cup 1991. Television coverage brochure/timetable 28 April 1991: Auckland versus Western Samoa. Eden Park. Official programme (2 copies) 8 May 1991: Hawke's Bay versus Wairarapa-Bush. Nelson Park Hastings. Programme 12 May 1991: Auckland versus Fiji. Eden Park. Official programme (2 copies) 15 May 1991: Canterbury versus Fiji. Lancaster Park Oval Christchurch. Programme 29 May 1991: Canberra Kookaburras v Otago (NZ). Manuka Oval, [Canberra]. ACT Rugby news, volume 40 number 9. Programme 30 July: North Auckland v Hawkes Bay. Okara Park Whangarei. Programme 24 August 1991: New Zealand All Blacks test series. New Zealand vs Australia. Eden Park Auckland. programme 7 September 1991: North Auckland v Taranaki. Okara Park, Whangarei. Programme 11 September 1991: North Auckland v Wellington. Okara Park Whangarei. Programme Quantity: 11 programmes. 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s) flyers. Physical Description: Booklets, sizes below 300 mm.

Date: 1987-1988

From: [New Zealand rugby programmes collected by Ken Lisk. 1940-2000]

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-Lisk-1987/1988

Description: Includes: KDD World Cup Rugby. Australia & New Zealand, 22 May - 20 June 1987. Official souvenir programme NZRFU. New Zealand All Blacks; winners of the first Rugby World Cup 1987. Small booklet Rank Xerox. World Cup rugby, Australia & New Zealand '87. Souvenir brochure 1988: Otago versus Wales. The All Blacks Steinlager series. Carisbrook, 24 May 1988. Official programme New Zealand versus Wales. The All Blacks Steinlager test series. Lancaster Park Oval Christchurch, 28 May 1988. Official programme New Zealand versus Wales. The All Blacks Steinlager test series. Eden Park Auckland, 11 June 1988. Official programme Welsh Rugby Union. Wales v Western Samoa. Cardiff Arms Park, 12 November 1988. Official programme. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1998

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-1998-2

Description: Includes: U-Bix Rugby Super 12. Auckland Blues v Hurricanes. Athletic Park Wellington, 16 May 1998. Programme. New Zealand v England. Philips International Rugby series. Rugby Park Hamilton, 13 June 1998. Programme Yarrows Taranaki v Manu Samoa. The Bull Ring, Rugby Park, New Plymouth, 19 June 1998. Programme DB Draught Volcanoes v Manu Samoa. WestpacTrust Stadium, Cooks Gardens, 23 June 1998. Official programme Bay of Plenty Steamers vs Manu Samoa. Tauranga Domain, 26 June 1998. Programme ASB Bank North Harbour versus Manu Samoa. North Harbour Stadium, 1 July 1998. Programme Australia v New Zealand. Melbourne Cricket Ground, 11 July 1998. Official souvenir test program. Yarrows Taranaki v Fiji. The Bull Ring, Rugby Park, New Plymouth, 6 August 1998. Official match programme (2 copies) Australia v New Zealand. Bledisloe Cup. Sydney Football Stadium, 29 August 1998. Official test program Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 9 programmes (plus 1 duplicate). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes below 300 mm. Provenance: Some programmes purchased in 2002-2012

Date: 1994

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-1994

Description: Includes: Air New Zealand. The new champions of New Zealand rugby. Let's make New Zealand rugby fly! Pamphlet Wellington versus New South Wales. Athletic Park, 26 March 1994. Programme (2 copies) Western Samoa versus Manawatu. Showgrounds Oval Palmerston North, 26 April 1994. Souvenir programme New Zealand Universities versus Fiji. Showgrounds Oval Palmerston North, 27 May 1994. Souvenir programme Trust Bank Waikato v Manawatu. 2nd Shell Ranfurly Shield challenge for 1994. Rugby Park (Hamilton), 2 July 1994. Souvenir programme New Zealand versus France. Steinlager series 1994. Eden Park, 3 July 1994. Official programme New Zealand v South Africa. First test. Carisbrook, 9 July 1994. Official Programme (2 copies) Trust bank Waikato v South Africa. Steinlager series. Rugby Park (Hamilton), 16 July 1994. Souvenir programme New Zealand v South Africa. Second test. Steinlager series. Athletic Park Wellington, 23 July 1994. Programme Otago v South Africa. Steinlager series 1994. Carisbrook, 27 July 1994. Official programme Australia v New Zealand. Bledisloe Cup. The Ford Australia Rugby Series. Sydney Football Stadium, 17 August 1994. Official souvenir program [sic] & magazine Manawatu versus Bay of Plenty. Air New Zealand provincial rugby. Showgrounds Oval Palmerston North, 10 September 1994. Souvenir programme Trust Bank Waikato v North Harbour. National Provincial Championship game. Rugby Park (Hamilton), 17 September 1994. Souvenir programme Canterbury versus Counties. National Provincial Championship Rugby and Ranfurly Shield challenge. Lancaster Park Oval, 18 September 1994. Official programme Trust Bank Waikato v Auckland. National Provincial Championship game. Rugby Park (Hamilton), 1 October 1994. Souvenir programme New Zealand versus Australia. International Barbarians Rugby match. Mount Smart Stadium, 21 October 1994. Programme Quantity: 15 programmes. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes below 300 mm.

Date: 1996

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-1996

Description: Includes: You ain't seen nothing yet. Rugby Super 12; catch the game live. Score sheet (2 copies, 1 filled in) Manawatu versus Western Australia. Palmerston North Showgrounds, 11 May 1996. Programme Waikato versus New Zealand Harlequins. Rugby Park (Hamilton), 12 May 1996. Programme NZ President's XV v NZ Barbarians XV. McLean Park Napier, 1 June 1996. Programme New Zealand versus Manu Samoa. McLean Park Napier, 7 June 1996. Programme Trust Bank Southland vs Scotland. Homestead Stadium Invercargill, 8 June 1996. Programme Rugby 96: New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Scotland. Sky Television. Sunday Star Times souvenir supplement, 9 June 1996 (2 copies) New Zealand versus Scotland. Second test. Eden Park, 22 June 1996. Programme Bledisloe Cup. New Zealand v Australia. Athletic Park, Wellington, 6 July 1996. Programme (2 copies) Waikato v Thames Valley. Rugby Park Hamilton, 17 July 1996. Programme MacDonald's placemat. Follow the All Blacks in South Africa with McDonald's and Sky Television. The New Zealand tour of South Africa [August - September 1996] Waikato versus Northland. Rugby Park Hamilton, 10 August 19096. Programme Mooloo Celebration Day. Waikato v King Country. Rugby Park Hamilton, 31 August 1996. Programme Ranfurly Shield. Waikato versus Auckland. Rugby Park Hamilton, 4 October 1996. Programme (2 copies) Ranfurly Shield. Waikato versus Canterbury. Rugby Park Hamilton, 12 October 1996. Programme Quantity: 13 programmes. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes below 300 mm.

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028372

Description: Cartoon depicts a group of four men drinking beer. Two Samoan men ask two Pakeha men with 'NZRFU' t-shirts why they won't play a test in Samoa. The answer given is "language problems" and is "money". Refers to controversy over the reasons the New Zealand Rugby Football Union have given for not playing an All Blacks test in Samoa. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).