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Ekers, Paul, 1961-:Chinese may have found NZ before Europeans. 27 March 2006
Date: 2006
From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]
Reference: DCDL-0030491
Description: Shows a first contact with Maori by a European ship captain. The captain's mate tells him "I think he's aksing if you fancy a game of table tennis Cap'n". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Downie, James : Letter to John Piper
Date: 19 Apr 1822
By: Downie, James, active 1819-1822; Piper, John, 1773-1851
Reference: MS-Papers-0706
Description: Letter written from London concerning the return of Maori chiefs to Mercury Bay from Australia, and Navy board business Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Mair, Gilbert 1797-1857 : New Zealand; shipmaster's record of winds and currents betwee...
Date: 1839
By: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857
Reference: MS-Papers-2025
Description: Ms annotations by Gilbert H Mair, author's grandson. Description of North Island harbours; comment on produce, European settlers, Maori population and lifestyle and shipping movements with some account of Maori-European confrontation Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (with ms annoations) (copy) Provenance: Copy by William Powditch dated 1840, was held for at least 35 years prior to 1951 by Mr W J Carlisle of Christchurch, who settled in New Zealand in 1869 and who was a keen collector of early New Zealand books, editions, pamphlets, etc. This early copy was obtained in 1951 from Mr Carlisle's daughter-in-law, Mrs M Carlisle, St Albans, Christchurch