Places

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-057/058

Description: Small Maori whare, made of raupo rushes Ms annotation in ink : Marched to Rangawhia from Te Rore during the night of 19 February 1864. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, 100 x 160 mm

Date: [between 1880 and 1887]

From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district

Reference: 1/1-001496-G

Description: Hohua Ahowhenua inside the Te Wai o Turongo meeting house at Waharoa, near Matamata. Photograph taken, probably between 1880 and 1887, by Hemus & Hanna. This portrait, according to Mona Gordon in "The golden age of Josiah Clifton Firth" (p 193), was commissioned by Josiah Clifton Firth, a long-time friend of Hohua. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Chiefly between 1934 and 1947]

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

Reference: PA1-o-194

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber, chiefly between 1934 and 1947, but including copies of some of his earlier photographs. Views include trips in the North and South Islands, and views of his home and family, especially in Whiteman's Valley Road and the area around Silverstream. Also various scenes of floods (Hutt River), and storm damage. Photographs associated with roads and railways include steam locomotives, tunnels, bridges and viaducts, some under construction. Among the trip photographs are views of Ngaruawahia, including King Koroki's house (opened in 1938) and the Maori Parliament House. Other views of Maori interest include meeting houses, rock paintings and wood carving. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 100 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26.0 x 33.5 cm

Date: 1972

From: Parry, Margaret Joy, 1935-2003: Photographs of events relating to Māori and papers relating to Te Ao Hou

Reference: PAColl-8969-3

Description: Events recorded include: First New Zealand Polynesian Festival, Rotorua, March 1972. Jesus Festival, March 1972. Welcome to Governor General Sir Dennis Blundell at Waiwhetu Marae, 14 October 1971. Maori Women's Welfare League conference, July 1972. Farewell to Sir Arthur and Lady Porritt, Wellington Town Hall, 30 August 1972. Centenary of Te Kuiti meeting house, October 1972. Opening of meeting house, Mangakino, October 1972. Coronation Hui, May 1972. Rangatahi concert, January 1972. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s) proof sheets.

Date: 1899

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-266

Description: Possibly Otaki Pa. Unfinished sketch, with colours to be added indicated in pencil. Shows three Maori buildings including a wharenui. Washing hangs on a line between two poles. On the verso is a sketchy drawing of Kakaramea-Tihia Massif, a dormant volcano in Tongariro National Park. Colours intended for inclusion are indicated in pencil, with the finished look having 'distant hills, warm lights [and] blue shadows' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch on paper, 168 x 208 mm

Date: Jan 1983

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: PAColl-9928-30

Description: Contains b&w and colour photographic prints of meeting house Miringa Te Kakara near Tiroa and Bennydale taken by Gillian Chaplin in January 1983. The Library does not hold the original negatives for these images. Comprises: - b&w proof sheet with interior and exterior views. One image includes Binney, for which there is no englargement. Seven enlargements of interior views including details of letters and symbols carved on one of the posts. - Six colour prints of exterior views. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s) including one proof sheet. 6 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints (most resin-coated) and dye coupler prints

Date: Apr 1984

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: 35mm-98168-F

Description: Photographs of a Ringatu meeting house at Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula, taken at Easter (April) 1984, probably by Judith Binney. Prints from these negatives are at PAColl-9929-04-1 and 2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm

Date: Apr 1984

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: 35mm-98169-F

Description: Photographs of a Ringatu meeting house at Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula, taken at Easter (April) 1984, probably by Judith Binney. Prints from these negatives are at PAColl-9929-04-3 and 4 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm

Date: Easter 1984

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: PAColl-9928-04

Description: Four photographs taken in Easter (April) 1984 of a Ringatu meeting house at Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula. Corresponding negatives are at 35mm-98167 to 98170. One photograph taken in May 1984 of a scene in the Taneatua Valley, Whakatane district. Caption written by Binney on the back of the print reads: 'House with rainbow Taneatua valley (where Rua used to live) (One of the [Biddles?]) All photographs probably taken by Judith Binney. Accompanying information - The paper packet that originally held these prints has a descriptive note by Binney and is held at PAColl-9928-04. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler prints

Date: 1929

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1929-01

Description: Poster is a proclamation to all tribes of New Zealand, and differentiates Aotearoa (the North Island) from Te Wai Pounamu. The text is in a poetic form of Maori with the logo of the newspaper Te Paki o Matariki at the top centre. The text announces the opening of the house at Ngaruawahia on Monday the 18 March 1929. Guest would arrive on Friday 15 March for the powhiri. The following day the Ngaruawahia Regatta would be held. There would be prayers and meetings on the Sunday, and the opening of the house on Monday morning, followed by the Maori Lawn Tennis Tournament at 2 pm. The text appears over the name of the King, Rata Mahuta Potatau Te Wherowhero. Staff Maori Curator Paul Diamond comments (February 2013) that the Maori language used is poetic, with the heading "He niu ka torona" being a quotation from King Tawhiao (He niu ka torona ki nga iwi katoa = A staff is being held forth to all the tribes). Sir Apirana Ngata was one who attended this hui. The Ngata entry in the DNZB continues: "But there were tragic consequences for the Ngata family. At the hui Ngata's eldest son, Makarini, contracted dysentery and Ngata's wife, Arihia, nursing him at home, caught it too. Both died before they could get proper medicine. Ngata was devastated, and for a time there was bad blood between Ngati Porou and Tainui. But Ngata's close working relationship with Te Puea continued and her land development schemes survived. When she had a row with one of the Pakeha supervisors of a scheme, Ngata sided with her, sacked the Pakeha, and put Te Puea in his place". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, blue ink on cream paper, 540 x 422 mm.

Date: [ca 1930s]

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

Reference: APG-0951-1/2-G

Description: Three Maori seated in front of the carved door panels at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Original print in Godber Album Vol 100, p 47 (Pa1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [1904?]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-021344-G

Description: Scene at a meeting house in Tokaanu, Taupo district, circa 1904, when a Maori member of Parliament returned home. Includes a tohunga who has just called up a dead ancestor. Photograph possibly taken by James McDonald. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Identified from photograph 1/2-043263 of same event. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1950]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-010390-F

Description: Man telling a fish story in the meeting house lounge, Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1950. Shows a group around a fire. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: [ca 1930s]

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

Reference: APG-0952-1/2-G

Description: The korupe (carving over the window frame) at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. It shows the Tainui canoe (ca. 1350) with its captain, Hoturoa. Above the canoe is Te Hoe-o-Tainui, a famous paddle, the kete (kit) given to Whakaoterangi by a tohunga of Hawaiki, the bird Parakaraka (front) who was able to see in the dark, and another bird who warned of approaching daylight. See "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell, 1977 (p 31). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Original print in Godber Album Vol 100, p 48 (Pa1-o-194) Inscriptions: Album page - Ngaruawahia Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [Between 1880 and 1887]

Reference: 1/2-018166-F

Description: Group of Ngāti Hauā Māori, outside Te Wai O Turongo meeting house, near Matamata. Hohua Ahowhenua is seated in the centre, with staff. Photograph taken by either Charles Hemus or John Robert Hanna, circa 1880s. Note that 1/1-001887 (and its copy neg 1/2-041315) is very similar photograph belonging to the Schmidt Collection, therefore, if they are dated circa 1870s, they would have been taken by either John Robert Hanna or Charles Hemus. This photograph is part of a sequence which includes a portrait of Hohua Ahowhenua which was commissioned by Josiah Clifton Firth. The original negatives for these images, which are now part of the Alexander Turnbull Library collections, are dry plates, which would indicate that they were taken after 1880, but before Firth's departure from his Matamata estate in July 1887. In "Nation making" (pp260-261), Firth states that after his own departure, Hohua was abandoned in the Runanga house by his people. This photograph would appear to have been taken before this. The negatives form part of the collection of Auckland photographer Herman Schmidt. Schmidt in 1904 took over the studio of Hemus & Hanna, who are therefore most likely to have taken the images. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: October 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0026-F

Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; hongi; kuia; a group formally entering the marae; etc Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: [ca 1930s]

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

Reference: APG-1043-1/2-G

Description: Carvings on Te Tikanga a Tāwhiao meeting house at Ngātira Pā [Marae], Ngatira. Alongside, from left to right, are Harry Waea, Pita Thompson, Harema Thompson, Tap Whare and Haki Thompson alongside. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1950]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-010388-F

Description: Scene in the meeting house lounge of the Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1950. Shows the carved central support pole of the building and a hotel employee arranging roses alongside. Photograph taken for National Publicity Studios. Notes on back of file print, from National Publicity Studios, read: "This carving of the head man of the Tribe is very valuable, and is insured for £350. The whole structure is supported by this God and Tuatara Lizard which he holds." Source of descriptive information - File print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/2-024157-G

Description: Unidentified group outside the Te Tokanganui-A-Noho meeting house in Te Kuiti, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. (This copy made by James McAllister). Original image was taken by Charles Herbert Holland circa 1880. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Transfers: Another copy of this image is held in the Anthropology Photographic Archive, University of Auckland (see library reference 486615)..

Date: December 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0643-F

Description: Scenes at the first Maori Festival of the arts, held in Mahinarangi meeting house at Tūrangawaewae, Ngaruawahia. Photographs taken December 1963 by Ans Westra. Frames 1 and 2 show poet Hone Tuwhare. In the remaining images, spectators viewing Para Matchitt's paintings and sculptures which are visible in the background. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Film negatives