Artists, Māori

Date: 1965-1985

From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918- 2016: Records of Elva Bett Gallery and papers relating to her publications

Reference: 89-026-019A

Description: Material relating to various Maori artists - Darcy Nicholas, Sandy Adsett, Selwyn Muru, Hariata Ropata Tongahoe, May Ropata, John Hovell, Emily Pace, Para Matchitt, Robyn Kahukiwa, Buck Nin. Includes various papers - Correspondence; press cuttings and releases; catalogues; invitations and promotional material; biographies Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1965-1985

From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918- 2016: Records of Elva Bett Gallery and papers relating to her publications

Reference: 89-026-019B

Description: Material relating to various Maori artists - Darcy Nicholas, Sandy Adsett, Selwyn Muru, Hariata Ropata Tongahoe, May Ropata, John Hovell, Emily Pace, Para Matchitt, Robyn Kahukiwa, Buck Nin and others. Includes various papers - Parihaka Centennial Exhibition & Art Auction, 1981; correspondence; press cuttings and releases; catalogues; invitations and promotional material; biographies Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1981

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1981-03

Description: Poster shows 18 photographs of artworks by: John Walsh, Ralph Hotere, Darcy Nicholas, Rangimarie Hetet, Sandy Adsett, John Hovell, Matt Pine, Buck Nin, Arnold Wilson, Matahi-Greg Whakataka, Para Matchitt, Digger Te Kanawa, Selwyn Muru, Cliff Whiting, Toi Maihi, Robyn Kahukiwa, Susie Roiri, Fred Graham. The verso gives biographical notes about each artist, and also includes Katerina Mataira, Benjamin Pittman, Rei Hamon, Ross Hemara, and Albert Tamati Other Titles - A festival organised by the New Zealand Maori Artists and Writers Society (Inc) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 570 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1860 - 1900

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-081-001/006

Description: Sketches depicting incidents arising out of a taua or raiding party visiting Parawera settlement to exact revenge after a case of adultery. The marae, various groupings of iwi, dances, fights, haka, horseriding, and competitions are depicted, along with a visit from the police. The Parawera group were Ngati Apakura, Te Wherowhero's iwi, and the visitors in search of payment were Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Hourua and Ngati Koroki. Ngati Haua are also mentioned in one sketch. Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper ca 230 x 320 mm Provenance: Given to Alexander Turnbull in 1913 by Gilbert Mair. See covering letter of 17 November 1913 in MS 57, Folder 64. A typescript copy is held with the drawings in Box A-081. Mair ironically compares the artist to the French portraitist of Napoleon, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

Date: 1850 - 1880

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

Reference: PA2-2285

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil: Taranaki Poi dancing party of WaitaraW Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902; Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene, -1881

Reference: A-292-043

Description: Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 147 x 244 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1940

By: Haddon, Oriwa Tahupotiki (Rev), 1898-1958; Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979

Reference: A-306-012

Description: Design submitted for the National Eucharistic Congress souvenir, 1940. Shows two European clergy and one Maori man, looking (past a palisade and native vegetation) at a distant hill with a shining monument on the top of it. This is a pedestal with an ornate disk on top of it, and inscribed with the letters "ihs". The title is at the bottom. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - ORIWA.T.; Recto - top left - Design submitted by Orinwa T. Haddon for National Eucharistic Congress Souvenir. Pat Lawlor; Verso - bottom left - [Table apparently showing that the yellow colour = green; the red = orange; the blue = purple / purple on yellow brown] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 352 x 253 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 77-065-2 - Transferred from Manuscripts (Pat Lawlor papers, 77-065-2/5) in January 1998..

Date: 2009

By: Tairawhiti Polytechnic

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2009-01

Description: Each opening shows artwork by artists in the Tairawhite area, connected with the Polytech. Artists include Belinda Southern, Aria Whaanga, Sarah Kane, Toni June, Fiona Collis, Te Naiti Tihema, Steve Gibbs, Albert Raureti, Tawera Tahuri, Derek Lardelli, Bernice Williams and Isobel Te Rauna. A photograph and the tribal affiliation of each artist is given on the back cover. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Calendar of twelve openings, spiral bound, 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Meg Bailey, Wellington, in 2009.

Date: 1976

From: [Posters advertising exhibitions of graphic arts and two-dimensional artworks. 1976-1977]

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1976-01

Description: Shows an abstracted Maori motif. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Stencil, black & red on poster, 358 x 259 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1976.

Date: 1852

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-085

Description: Scene aboard the Champion lumber boat for Nelson from Wellington, with families bedded down on deck, 1852; two drawings of people by Maori and two signatures (Tame Tukara and Tawataina); two Roman Catholic priests drawn by Pearse; a drawing of Mr Hart with a heavy cold, seated at his desk with various remedies in front of him, including a hot toddy, bottles, glasses, a candle and his pipe. Two parts of the page are marked 'colonial postage stamps' but the stamps have been removed by an earlier owner. Quantity: 1 album page with ink and wash sketches. Physical Description: Watercolour, ink and wash sketches on sheet, sizes vary

Date: 1977

From: [Posters of A3 size promoting artists, art awards, art sales and art exhibitions. 1976-1978]

Reference: Eph-C-ARTS-1977-01

Description: An arrangement of text, with a border of Maori motifs down the left side, and two carved heads at the bottom. The initials WCC (Wellington Cultural Centre) are in a circle at lower centre. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, red and black on white paper, 533 x 380 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1983.

Date: 1977

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1977-03

Description: An arrangement of text, with an applied photograph of Cliff Whiting's "Te wehenga o Rangi raua ko Papa". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, collaged to black and white relief print, 352 x 550 mm.

Date: 1977

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1977-02

Description: An arrangement of text, with a border of Maori motifs down the left side, and two carved heads at the bottom. The initials WCC (Wellington Cultural Centre) are in a circle at lower centre. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, red and black on white paper, 533 x 380 mm. Provenance: One copy acquired in 1982.

Date: 1977

By: Adsett, Sandy, 1939-; Logan Print Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1977-04

Description: An arrangement of text, below a stylised circular motif of a taniwha wielding a taiaha. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint on black paper, 612 x 270 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gisborne Museum in 1977.

Date: ca 1940-1986

From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12791

Description: Includes an original handwritten letter to Odo Strewe from Michael Illingworth. The letter is undated. It discusses Illingworth's painting process and a recent trip to Goat Island. It is signed "Michael of Puhoi'. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Handwritten letter, 23 x 18 cm.

Date: 2011

By: Nuku, George Tamihana, active 2000s; Raymond, Rosanna, active 2010s

Reference: ArtEph-2011-G-01

Description: Two-sided illustrated flyer for exhibition and performance at Galerie Meyer, rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris of an installation by George Nuku and performance by Rosanna Raymond in a commercial gallery selling Oceanic art. One side of the flyer is in French, the other in English. Includes images of George Nuku and Rosanna Raymond and of their work. Other Titles - Face a face. L'art contemporain Maori face a une selection d'objects d'art Maori anciens Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Inkjet print on paper, A4 size

Date: 1986-1988

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1986/1988

Description: Includes: 1986: National Museum of New Zealand. Te Maori; te hokinga mai; the return home. Te Maori activities, 17 August - 19 October [Folded chart / schedule. 1986] New Zealand Department of Education. Haere mai; awhina mai. May 1986. Pamphlet in Māori New Zealand Department of Education. Korero mai. Titiro ki Te Akoranga i nga Kura; look at learning in schools. Pamphlet [ca 1986] New Zealand Department of Maori Affairs. Vocational training courses. Information. 1986. pamphlet Wellington City Gallery. Karanga Karanga; a group exhibition of contemporary work by Maori women. May 1986. Catalogue 1987: Council For Maori and South Pacific Arts, MASPAC. He putea moni awhina; funding for Maori and South Pacific Island Art Projects. [1987?]. Pamphlet / enquiry form NFT: National Film Theatre. Taha Maori - the Maori dimension. National Film Theatre, South Bank, London, 1-16 May [1987] New Zealand Department of Education. Haere mai; awhina mai. June 1987. Pamphlet in Māori Te Reo Maori; you can now speak Maori before courts and certain tribunals. Bilingial pamphlet Wellington Waitangi Coalition. Pakeha Group. What are you doing on Waitangi Day? Pamphlet 1988: Aotearoa Maori Festival of Arts. Whangarei Tai Tokerau, 22-24 October 1988. Programme booklet Ko te Ra Whakawahinga o te Pihopa Maori Tuatahi o te Hahi Katorika. Ko Max Takuira Matthew Mariu S.M. 'Papa o te Aro" i Tokoroa, 19 o Maehe 1988. Ordination mass [Order of service] National Museum. Te Maori Maori Hall. Display guide. 1988 (2 copies) New Zealand Department of Education. Maori and Island Education Division. Bilingual education; a guide for communities and their schools. Wellington 1988 New Zealand Department of Education. Haere mai; awhina mai. May 1988. Pamphlet in Māori Nga Puna Waihanga; New Zealand Maori artists and writers. Seminar planning pamphlet. 1988 Tamaki Maori Development Authority. Management development for Maori economic authorities. Waipapa, University of Auckland Marae, 7-9 October 1988. Pamphlet / enrolment form Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori; What is the Māori Language Commission [1987-1988?]. Pamphlet Upper Valley Schools. Cultural festival; Upper Hutt Civic Centre, 1 November / Te Turei i Noema 1988. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 2000-2001

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-2000/2001

Description: Includes: 2000: Kahungunu ka moe ... ka puta; portraits of Ngāti Kahungunu 1870-1906; photographs by Samuel Carnell from the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Hawke's Bay Exhibition Centre ...Hastings, 24 November 2000 - 11 February 2001 (2 copies) Parihaka; the art of passive resistance. City Gallery, 26 August - 19 January 2001. Tabloid booklet 2001: LIANZA; Library & Information Association of New Zealand / Te Rōpū Whakahau. Ngā tini mata o te Whare mārauranga; many dimensions to explore at your library [2001] New Zealand Department of Conservation. Mangere Mountain landmarker walk. [Circular poster with map]. February 2001 Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa; Weavers national hui. Kokohinau Marae, Te Tiko, Bay of Plenty, Labour weekend, 19-22 October 2001 (2 copies) [Designer Kaaterina Elers, 1976- ] Te Pou Taki Kōrero. Te Tohu Tā: Māori Illustrators Award, 2001. Techno Maori; Maori art in the digital age. City Gallery Wellington, 29 September - 2 December 2001 (2 copies) Toi Maori Aotearoa. Festival & arts market. Taranaki, New Plymouth & Waitara, 2-12 March 2001 [Shows "Taranaki woman" by Darcy Nicholas] (2 copies) Toi Maori Aotearoa; Maori Arts New Zealand. Te haka a Tānerore; National conference on haka. Victoria University of Wellington, 19 & 20 Paenga-whāwhā 2001 (2 copies) [Poster design by Kaaterina Elers, 1976- ] Wellington City Libraries. Maori Literature Week, 22-29 September 2001. Programme of events Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black and white and colour prints on posters, sizes varying below 500 mm.

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10765-5

Description: Photographic prints taken by Ans Westra of Māori people and Māori events. Images include: - Parakino Pā, Whanganui River - Taumarunui Māori Leadership Conference - Scenes of Waihi Village, Lake Rotoiti, Ruatoria, East Coast - Rongopai meeting house, Gisborne - Wairoa freezing works - St. Joseph's Māori Girls' College and Ngata College. Negatives associated with the proof sheets are digitsed and available at Series-6708-1 The proof sheets are housed in plastic sleeves, two per sleeve, back-to-back, with a paper sheet separating each pair. These are annotated by Ans Westra with additional information. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 100 b&w original photographic print(s) contact proof sheets containing 12 frames.

Date: 1964-1966

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10765-9

Description: Photographic proof sheets taken by Ans Westra between 1961 and 1966, of Māori people and Māori events. Images include: - Rātana hui, Ōpunake and Mount Taranaki - Hutt Hospital - Māori families - Mangakino farm - Wedding, Stokes Valley - Waiwhetū Marae wharenui opening - Hui Aroha, Masterton Negatives associated with the proof sheets are digitsed and available at Series-6708-1 The proof sheets are housed in plastic sleeves, two per sleeve, back-to-back, with a paper sheet separating each pair. These are annotated by Ans Westra with additional information. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 98 b&w original photographic print(s) contact proof sheets containing 12 frames.