Places

Date: 1897 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-008

Description: Shows a marae with trees in the background. A carved whare to the left, a pataka or storehouse to the right. Possibly Papawai Marae, Greytown Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-115

Description: Album containing family photographs (mostly unidentified); photographs of life in Wellington and the region nearby, including two group portraits of school children, views of public buildings in the city, the Kelburn Cable Car, shipping in the harbour, and views of fire fighters, the fire brigade building in Newtown, and fire fighting equiment. In the Wellington region are views of the Porirua Hospital, and the Maori meeting house at Otaki. Source of descriptive information - Biographical information for M E Coulter from Library client, 2007 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with ochre coloured buckram cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 33 x 28 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Mair, Gilbert Henry, 1875-1966 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2315-08

Description: Interior of Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa showing kowhaiwhai (rafter patterns), tukutuku (woven lattice panels), carved wooden slabs and flax floor mats. Photograph probably taken by Josiah Martin circa 1880s. Exhibited in 'Collect' exhibition on the role of collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, mounted in National Library Gallery, 15 December 2006. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Carved Maori House Whakarewarewa Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.1 x 19.8 cm

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 1920 and 1929

Reference: PAColl-6479

Description: 5 scenes of the Kuramihirangi meeting house on the Te Rewarewa marae including details of the carving. Arrangement: Negatives housed at: 1/4-002743 to 002747 Quantity: 5 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 11 October 1975

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1971/4297-F

Description: Whina Cooper speaking on Takapuwahia Marae, Porirua. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 11th of October 1975 Whina Cooper was speaking on the marae as the Te Roopu Ote Matakite land marchers approached Wellington. She was urging Maori to keep fighting for the retention of their land, and speaking of the need for continuing the movement after the march reached Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: ca1904

Reference: PAColl-6169

Description: A group photographed in front of the meeting house, Tamatekapua, Ohinemutu. Present are the Governor Lord Plunket, Lady Plunket, members of their suite, Sir James Carrol, Sir Maui Pomare, Maori and some Pakeha Item originally acquired for copy and return. On 10 May the depositor decided to donate the item. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: [ca 1924]

Reference: PAColl-7008

Description: 8 views: HMS Hood in Wellington harbour 1924; man punting a waka through the flooded streets of Wanganui with a woman standing in the prow; a lot of people coming over the bridge into the Wanganui floods, some on a waka; the premises of Park, Davis & Co fruit and produce auctioneers; men getting into two small sailing dinghies on the Whanganui River; people boarding a paddle steamer on the Whanganui River; two men, three children and a dog outside a meeting house; and a page from a book with a map of the Bay of Islands. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-097254 to 097261 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

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: 1958. 1975.

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6528

Description: Views of Sydney include houses at Paddington, Balmoral Beach, and lights decorating the Harbour Bridge at night. Trip to Lake Waikaremoana and Ruatahuna (October 1958). Camping at Lake Waikaremoana. Interior views of meeting house, Matatua, Ruatahuna. Views of Lake Waikaremoana. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 1940

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1431

Description: Most of the images record in whole or detail, the windows in the meeting house, Tama Te Kapua at Ohinemutu. There is a photograph of the meeting house (Puhaorangi III?) at Waihi village on Lake Taupo and a window in coloured glass depicting Maori designs similar to those at Ohinimutu. Two stained glass windows from the Roman Catholic church at Waihi village show Jesus and Mary as Maori. Quantity: 13 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [190-?]

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1598

Description: Photograph of Te Paku-o-te-rangi meeting house, Putiki Pa, taken ca 1900s by an unidentified photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, 7.4 x 10.2 cm

Date: [192-?]

Reference: 1/4-051498-G

Description: Te Poho-o-Hiraina meeting house, Pakowhai, near Gisborne, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass dry plate negative

Date: 14 Mar 1936

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

Reference: PA1-f-005-379

Description: Older women performing the poi at the opening of the Ngati Raukawa meeting house in Otaki, 14 March, 1936. Leader: Kahurangi Te Ao. From left to right: unknown, Henrietta Gray, Hopaea Te Hana, Huaki Hohepua, Tohipare Te Waru, Purewa Gilbert, unknown, unknown, Matemarua King. Photograph taken by G L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 379. Team of older women doing the poi dance. 14.3.36 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.4 x 10.5 cm, on album page

Date: 1937

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: B-173-021

Description: Shows an interior of a Maori meeting house with carved pillars. A jazz band is playing in the left far corner. In the doorway stands a man whose clothes are lit up by the light from the hall. A photograph of a woodcut held at E-915-q-016. The image is photographed in E-918-q, 70/201a. Compare with 146/201 (the photograph of this one is out of focus). Details supplied in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy of linocut, image 224 x 315 mm, on sheet 297 x 420 mm.

Date: 1940

Reference: PAColl-7464

Description: Photographs of centennial celebrations (although it may have been the occasion of the opening of the Treaty House in 1934) outside the meeting house at Waitangi. A group of men and women are performing a dance or action song, Maori who manned the waka brandishing their hoe, and three of performances of haka. Photographer unidentified. outside the meeting house Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004507 to 004511 Quantity: 5 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

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: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2259-F

Description: Maori village, Whakarewarewa on the left of the image. Areas of steam are visible across the landscape on the right. Large area of steaming pools in the centre left foreground. Buildings include single-storeyed wooden houses, a church, meeting houses and on the far left the Geyser Hotel. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore, between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Whakarewarewa. Rotorua. New Zealand; Photographer's title on negative - Whaka Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 113.6 cm

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