Places

Date: 1868

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1868-01

Description: Translation of a poster announcing a Maori race meeting at Otaki lists the race stewards, and gives a list of nine rules to be observed by horse owners, jockeys and racegoers. Bringing drink, drinking too much, and swearing were not allowed. Horses' names must not be changed (in order to conceal past wins). Girls could not be jockeys. Stewards were: Chairman: Hoani Taipua and friends Judge: Enoka Te Wano and friends Starter: Hori Te Waru and friends Clerk of Course: Hohepa Te Hana Clerk of Scales: Inia Hoani Handicapper: Honoiti Ranapiri and his wife Treasurer: Hiwi Piahana Secretary: Puke Te Ao An account of this meeting is given in Wattie Carkeek's "A century of racing", "Te Ao Hou", No. 23 (July 1958), pages 25 ff. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 455 x 192 mm.

Date: March 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-058067-F

Description: Sir Apirana Ngata speaking outside the Ngati Raukawa meeting house, Otaki, during the centennial celebrations for Rangiatea Church in Otaki. Taken by an unidentified photographer in March 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1950

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046153-G

Description: Centenary celebrations at Rangiatea Church in Otaki, photographed in 1950 by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows a crowd of people gathered in front of Raukawa meeting house with the New Zealand flag, the Ngati Kapu flag 'Tainui', and the flag 'Raukawa' flying to the left. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1917

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0682-1/2-G

Description: Dave Park wearing Maori dress, a piupiu (flax skirt) and kahu huruhuru (feather cloak). He holds a tewhatewha (fighting staff). Photograph taken in Petone by Albert Percy Godber, in 1917. A print from this negative is held in Godber Album PA1-q-102, page 34. Dated from Godber Index held in Photographic Archives under Box 54 (Park, Dave. Petone. 1917. In Maori dress) Inscriptions: Album page - Dave Park. Petone. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1850 - 1860

Reference: A-034-011

Description: A whare or small European house, with thatched roof and a slab chimney at one end, beneath a tall tree to the left, with two Maori outside it. Bush and low hills, with a higher slope on the left reaching up to a sharp point, its sides eroded, beyond the house Likely to be in the South Wairarapa, close to the artist's farm Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 105 x 180 mm

Reference: 1/2-024825

Description: Maori group, including the Tanerus[?] brothers, near Masterton, possibly at the Solway Showgrounds. The men in the hats are possibly the Wairarapa Maori Mounted Rifles. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :[Two works. 1. Palliser Bay, Wairarapa, &c (with dwelling and figures) [ca 1843]. 2. (On verso) Porirua / Paremata whaling station [1842-1844]]

Reference: C-126-021

Description: Pencil sketch is a preliminary sketch for Plate 12 in "Illustrations to adventure in New Zealand" (1845), "Porirua Harbour and Paramatta whaling station, 1843", showing two food drying platforms in the right foreground, the curve of Porirua Harbour, and the entrance to Paremata Harbour in the right distance. Dated from other views of the same area. Other Titles - Porirua Harbour and Paramatta whaling station Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 227 x 380 mm, on verso of watercolour. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at an English country auction, 1986 or 1987, by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm. Brian Groshinski of McArthur's Auction, 14. 8. 98)

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-173-059

Description: Looking eastwards, out to sea, from close to the mouth of the Whareama River, Wairarapa. A small Maori whare on the left, close to the sea and driftwood cast up on the far bank, with turblent water indicated near the river mouth, where the incoming water meets the outflow. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 180 mm

Date: 1853

Reference: A-034-006

Description: A view of a bend in the Ruamahanga River, with tree stumps in the foreground, extensive bush, including flax and cabbage trees to the left and cliffs in the background. On the opposite bank is a whare and fenced area indicating a Maori kainga Reproduced in New Zealand's Heritage, part 41, p. 1131. Other Titles - Ahiaruhe Inscriptions: Recto - title and date Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 176 x 249 mm

Date: 1932

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-009-44

Description: Photographs by George Leslie Adkin. Top left photograph (PA1-f-009-44-272) The Waikanae River, so called by the tohunga, Hau. The name is said to refer to "glancing eyes" (kanae - to stare wildly). Photographed on the 24th of July 1932. Top right photograph (PA1-f-009-44-273) The mouth of the Waikanae River,and Kapiti Island showing the site of the former Kuititanga Pa. Photographed on the 24th of July 1932 Centre left photograph (PA1-f-009-44-274) Arapawaiti, on the south bank of the Waikanae River. The old hotel of coaching days can be seen. Photographed on the 24th of July 1932. Centre photograph (PA1-f-009-44-275) The kauri tree on the site of the late Wi Parata's Pa, Tukurakau, at Waikanae. Photographed on the 24th of July 1932. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-44-277) Midden No.4 on the Horowhenua dune belt. Photographed on the 11th of September 1932. Centre right photograph (PA1-f-009-44-276) Model of a Kaka, the old time scoop net on a long handle, used to collect the kakahi shell fish in Lake Horowhenua. Photographed on the 9th of August 1932 Bottom right photograph (PA1-f-009-44-278) Typical cluster of old broken Hangi stones so frequently seen on the broken dunes of the Horowhenua aeolian belt. Photographed on the 11 th of September 1932. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 24 October 1960

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 1

Reference: PAColl-5471-039

Description: Photograph of the Maori Peace Monument at Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton. Photograph taken on the 24th of October, 1960. The Monument was erected by the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah in 1921 to celebrate the absence of armed conflict between Maori and Pakeha in the Wairarapa district Note on back of file print reads: `Collerton'. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1900-1920]

From: Topp, Molly :Photographs of Hikurangi College, Wairarapa

Reference: 1/2-092647

Description: Group photograph of the Hikurangi College pupils and masters. The photograph was taken on the steps of the College's main buildings at Clareville, Carterton District, probably between 1910 and 1920. Hikurangi College was an Anglican Maori Boys College that stood at Clareville, near Carterton, from about 1900 to the 1930s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1932

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-009-34-241

Description: Tangi of Hema Te Ao at Raukawa Meeting House with mourners and display of paintings and portraits of relatives and ancestors of deceased. Photographed by George Leslie Adkins on the 17th of April 1932 The meeting house in the photograph is Raukawa I. This was built in 1853, but by the late 1920s had become delapidated. When this photograph was taken the carvings had been removed as the meeting house was undergoing reconstruction. It was replaced by the present Raukawa II which opened in 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: ca 1920s?

Reference: 1/1-000641-F

Description: Pataka (Maori storehouse) Whakairo Nuku Tewhatewha at Brancepeth Station, Masterton area, Wairarapa, (circa 1920s?). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [between 1890-1923]

From: Parton, L I, fl 1968 :Postcards

Reference: PAColl-4601-17

Description: Scene at Whangaimoana beach, Palliser Bay, Martinborough, Wairarapa, photographed between 1890 and 1923 by Fredeick George Radcliffe. Includes a Maori group in the foreground. Source of descriptive information - Photographer's inscription on negative. Photographer from printed information on back of postcard. Dates from flourishing dates of photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (Postcard). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.7 x 13.7 cm

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-173-020/021

Description: A view by the coast at Te Awaiti, South Wairarapa, with the Riddiford woolshed to the right, sheltered by a hill. `Carbonaceous sandstones' marked on exposed rock close the the sea. The palisade fence and roofs of three houses in a Maori settlement are visible on the left. Acquired with E171: Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook, signed J C Crawford The sketchbook comprises [77] p. ; see shelflist for titles Other Titles - Riddiford, Te Awaiti Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 360 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-02-3

Description: Hand-coloured engraving from a watercolour [Ngauranga Gorge and Stream, ca 1845], Ref. no. B-031-008, by S. C. Brees. It shows the stream viewed from the Wellington Harbour side, looking back into the Ngaio hills, with a Maori man carrying a European woman on his shoulders across the stream. On the right side is Ngauranga Pa, with the canoe memorial to Wharepouri amongst small houses. The waka-taua (canoe) is named "Te Wheke-a-Muturangi" and belonged to Te Wharepouri. It was captured at the battle of Waiorua 1824, or Whakapaetai as it also called, and was erected by the Te Ati Awa chief Rawiri Te Motutere, grandfather of Mere Ngamai, the wife of Wi Tako. Two Maori with a dog are in the foreground. Historical information from Matiu Baker - Ngati Toa project. Other Titles - Ngauranga Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 80 x 145 mm

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-q-102-053-1

Description: 'Taumata', at Korokoro, the home of Hapi Love, photographed ca 1920 by Albert Percy Godber. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A modern Maori residence. Hapi Love. Koro Koro Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 110 x 155 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1852

From: Wynyard, Robert Henry 1802-1864 :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / R.H.W. - 1852.

Reference: A-081-027

Description: A group of single-storey buildings surrounded by a fence on a raised area of land at the edge of Pauatahanui Inlet, with a single small building in front at the water's edge. Hills in the distance and the estuary to the right Probably shows Te Rangihaeata's pa Matai Taua, on the rise now occupied by St Alban's church, Pauatahanui. The pa, built in the mid-1840s was not used defensively. Rangihaeata withdrew from this pa in 1846 and made a stand against the British soldiers at Battle Hill, further up the Horokiwi Valley Other Titles - Pauatahanui Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash and ink, 200 x 250 mm.

Date: [ca 1885]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020509-G

Description: Māori woman in a tag cloak, and a pakeha woman, alongside a raupo whare at Karaka Bay, Wellington. The photograph was taken, circa 1885, by Henry Wright. The woman on the right is the photographer's eldest daughter, Amy Elizabeth Wright. "The Maori settlement at Karaka Bay, on the east side of the Miramar Peninsula, was long established when this photograph was taken. Wooden extensions and windows have been added to the traditional raupo construction. Other photographs of this settlement show extensive plantings of cabbages, which were probably sold in the Wellington markets. The lower edge of this print shows damage to the emulsion of the original negative." (Information taken from the caption used in "Darling, I'm home!" display). Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).