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Date: 1935 - 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1940-1949]

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1940s-02

Description: Wallet of twelve concertina-folded photographs of Rotorua showing the Bath House, the Municipal Buildings, Fairy Springs, Pohutu Geyser, Boiling mud, Guide Rangi, Maori babies, entrance to Whaka[rewarewa], Ohinemutu from Hospital Hill, Poi dancers, "Tama-te-Kapua" carved house, and the entrance to the Government Grounds. Dated 1940s, as the Municipal buildings were newly built in 1940 when the Rotorua Library moved in there. No corroborating documentation in Wises directories 1930-1950s. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph strip 445 x 145 mm, folded into wallet envelope 85 x 145 mm. Provenance: Donated by Michael Clements, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: 1957

By: Risberg, Vera, 1906-1975

Reference: A-092-022

Description: Half-length portrait of Rotorua Maori guide Rangi reproduced from a painting signed in ink below image 'Vera Risberg' and dated 1957. At the head of the picture are the words 'Souvenir copy' Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, image 329 x 246 mm mounted on board Provenance: Collection of Walter Nash

Date: [Between 1940 and 1954]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-208

Description: Album of photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1940 and 1954. The sequence of images is not chronological. Slip attached to spine reads: Trips - Bold Peak, 1943, Mt. Arthur tbld, Marlb. Sounds, Mt. Algidus, 1946, Honeymoon, 1948. 7th Pacific Sc. Congress. West Coast. The album opens with views taken on a trip to the West Coast in January 1954; followed by a West Coast museum trip, February 1940; a Neslson-Westhaven expedition, November 1952; John and Pam Salmon's honeymoon in the South Island in December 1948; and a trip to Mt. Algidus, February 1946. The next trips in the album were the Mt. Arthur tableland museum expedition, February 1946, and again in February 1948; the Bold Peak district, February 1943; trip around the Sounds on "The Alert", August 1948; air trip over the Sounds in April 1949; and then the South Pacific Science Congress, Auckland-Christchurch, February 1949. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: 1955-1971

By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002

Reference: PA-Group-00375

Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.

Date: 1950

From: [Programmes and other ephemera relating to Maori concerts, festivals and entertainment. 1950-1969].

By: Larsen's Tours Ltd; Chalmers, Barry Lionel, 1950-2009; Grubb, Dora Grace, 1909-1992

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1950-02

Description: A programme for a Maori concert performance featuring powhiri, love ditties, poi dances, action songs, haka, Maori games, poetry (patere), waiata, combination poi, toutou (war dance). There is a photographic portrait of Guide Rangi in the centre of the programme side. Soloists and named performers are: Wiremu Keepa, Ani Patiti, Kere Ratema, Hep Waretini. The non-programme side advertises Larsen's bus tours of the North Island, with an illustration of a bus and of a hostess with a microphone. There is also an illustration of a carved wooden figure, a woman performing with poi, and a cloaked man performing with a taiaha. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet 202 x 340 mm, folded to 135 x 85 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Barry Chalmers, Wellington, in 2005. Previously owned by Mr Chalmers' aunt, Mrs Dora Grace Grubb (1909-1992).

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Kiwi Colour Slides; Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: PA12-8809

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. This sheet shows aspects of the thermal areas at Whakarewarewa and Waimangu, and scenes of Maori life. These include a group using a hot pool for cooking, a group of poi dancers, women weaving flax, a Maori carver at work with a group of tourists watching, a Maori warrior at the gate of a pa, and a group of women and children wearing a variety of Maori cloaks. The next set are from the Tarawera area, and include views of the Frying Pan Lake, Gibraltar Rock; three images copied from publications, one showing the White Terraces, and two showing the effects of the Tarawera eruption in 1886; a launch for hire on Lake Tarawera; and the entrance to the buried village at Te Wairoa. The last two views show the beach near Gisborne looking south, and looking down over Gisborne township from a hill. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1950/1969

Description: 1950: Canterbury (N.Z.) Centennial Association. Souvenir programme of Maori celebrations and centennial concert presented at the Civic Theatre, Christchurch, 8 September 1950. Souvenir programme Ngati Poneke. Maori Entertainment, Wellington Town Hall, 15-16 March 1950. Souvenir programme. (Contains essay on Rangiatea Church, Otaki, by Eric Ramsden). 1950s: The Arawa Concert Party of Rotorua present Guide Rangi and Concert Party. Concert Chamber, Rotorua every Wednesday and Saturday. Souvenir programme. [Date unknown, possibly 1950s] (Acc PR-00-0353, and PR-13-0049) (2 copies) 1953: Whakarewarewa Maori Concert Party will give their unique entertainment in the Concert Chamber [Tuesday 10th February 1953 - handwritten on front cover]. Programme 1956: Whakatane Maori Youth Club. Grand Maori concert and All-Maori play "Tu Terangi & Kihi". Souvenir programme with folded flier for a performance on 12 October 1956 (2 copies). 1957: Pataka Enterprises Inc presents a grand Maori concert on board the SS "Southern Cross". 24 October 1957, by Te Roopu Ngahau. Programme (with shipboard menu slipped inside) 1958: New Zealand presents the Overseas Touring Party in "Maori", sponsored by the Auckland Public Relations Office Inc., and the NZ Travel & Holiday Association. 1958. Programme ( 2 copies - one with autographs and photographs of Touring Party members) Wellington Teachers' College Maori Club 1958. Programme. 1960: Guide Rangi's sensational Te Arawa Maori Entertainers. Souvenir programme [ca 1960] (Acc PR-10-0136) Guide Kiri presents the famous Whakarewarewa Rotorua Maori Concert Party in their unique entertainment, promoted by the Public relations Office. Rotorua Printers. Programme [ca 1960] (Date assigned because it includes a photo of 12-year-old Dell Aratema, whose age was confirmed by Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku) Presenting the famous Whakarewarewa Maori Concert Party in a full programme of traditional entertainment. Every Sunday at 8.30 pm. Programme and souvenir brochure of Rotorua. One shilling [ca 1960] 1963: University of Waikato Welcome home Te Arohanui Maori Company. America loved the Maoris [1963] 1965: Extraordinary announcement! Maori concert, farewell appearance before leaving for overseas, lovely Kiri Te Kanawa, supported by Lou & Simon, Yvonne Thomas (The Poi Wizard), and Maori groups - compere Laurie Borck. Founders' Theatre 20 January [1965]. Flier (2 copies) Waihirere Maori Club of Gisborne. Opera House Wellington, 28 August 1965. Programme (2 copies) 1966: Arawa Concert Party of Rotorua presents Guide Rangi and Concert Party. Concert Chamber Rotorua, every Wednesday and Saturday. Souvenir programme [1966] Wellington Competitions Society Inc. [Concert, 1966 Festival of the Arts - with Muturangi Maori Club, Wellington Maori Anglican Club, Ngati Poneke Maori Club, Arohata Maori Girls' Club, Wellington Teachers Training College Maori [Club], Mawai Hakona Maori Association]. Programme 1968: Te Rangatahi. Grand charity concert. St James Theatre, 25 August 1968 (With Inia Te Wiata, Isobel Cowan, Howard Morrison, Myra Love, Ratana Brass, Nick Smith Trio. The New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust presents the creation scene from James Ritchie's "He mana toa", produced by Richard Campion; music by Douglas Lilburn; choreography by Leigh Brewer). Programme. Plus NZ Maori Council invitation for Tony Murray-Oliver to a reception the previous evening at the NZ Display Centre. Quantity: 18 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and programmes, sizes varying up to 250 mm.