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Date: 9 December 1934, January 1937

From: Salmon, Albert Armitage, 1899-1982: Photographs taken on a trip to New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-10262-3

Description: Mounted images with annotations from Albert Armitage Salmon's 1936-1937 trip to New Zealand. The images follow the route of Salmon and his companions' travels tramping and travelling from Franz Josepf Glacier to various locations in the North Island. Photographs taken by Salmon. - The photographs show aerial images of the South Island including Franz Josef Glacier and snowfields, Fox Glacier and nearby mountains and bush, and a series of images of Bert Salmon and Mary Hansen on the ice at Fox Glacier. Also includes views of Fox River, the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki, Buller Gorge, a suspension bridge over the Buller River, and farmland near Nelson. - Photographs of the North Island show Chateau Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park, views of Mount Ngauruhoe, including a copy of a photograph of the eruption of Ngauruhoe on 9 December 1934, and group portraits of Irene Booth, Mary Hansen, Eric Keehn, and Reg Booth playing in the snow on Mount Ruapehu. - Other images show views of the Waikato River at Huka Falls, the Aratiatia Rapids, and geothermal activity around Taupo and Rotorua. Images show geysers and mud pools at Wairakei, the Lady Knox Geyser erupting at Waiotapu, the exterior of the Rotorua bathhouse, and views of Whakarewarewa, including hot pools, thermal springs, boiling mud, and steam. One image shows a pataka (store house) at Whakarewarewa and local Maori women washing clothing outdoors in a hot pool. Another photograph shows Maori children bathing. Also includes photographs of the Arapuni Dam and an image of glow worms hanging from the roof of Waitomo Caves. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s) on mounts. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Fijn, Jan (John) Reinder, 1910-2003 :Transparencies, particularly relating to the royal visit to Waitangi in 1963, and to Maori

Reference: PA12-10656

Description: Colour slide photographs taken by John Reinder Fijn of a Maori community [Whakarewarewa?] in Rotorua, circa 1960s. Includes a number of portraits of a young girl and a young boy at the wharenui. The boy is holding toitoi frond. Also shows young men reading a newspaper and sitting on a step, a carved figure, and washing drying on lines. Thermal activity is visible in the background of some images. Images of a girl playing an accordian and a woman with a fishing net on the banks of a river [eeling?] are possibly at a different location [Waipiro Bay?]. All but one slide are mounted in metal and glass slide holders constructed by Fijn. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour phototransparencies

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Fijn, Jan (John) Reinder, 1910-2003 :Transparencies, particularly relating to the royal visit to Waitangi in 1963, and to Maori

Reference: PA12-10657

Description: Colour slide photographs taken by John Reinder Fijn at Whakarewarewa thermal area, circa 1960s. Includes images of an unidentified guide wearing a headscarf and carrying a basket, four young women doing a poi dance in front of thermal area, a portrait of a kapa haka performer in front of carved wharenui at the Whakarewarewa Model Pa, and a boy standing in front of thermal area with Whakarewarewa Village, including Church of the Immaculate Conception, in the background. Three slides are mounted in metal and glass slide holders constructed by Fijn. Further information - according to Fijn's daughter Tineke, Fijn took the photographs of the kapa haka performers at Whakarewarewa on commissioner (information provided during visit to view the collection in the Heaphy Room 5 Sep 2014) Relationship complexity - see also PA12-10655 for further portraits of featured kapa haka performer. Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour phototransparencies

Date: [ca 1939]

By: Pearson, Ethel Philippa, 1918-2006

Reference: PAColl-10232

Description: Photographs taken in Far North District, circa 1939, possibly by Ethel Pearson who was a school teacher at Herekino School at this time. Four images show: four unidentified Maori children on Ninety Mile Beach, Tangi Heke (descendant of Hone Heke) wearing a pinafore; a man called Joe, who is riding a horse, and his bullock team; and hot pools and Maori whare at Ngawha Springs. Photos are all annotated on the rear by Pearson. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Ethel Pearson worked at Herekino School on her first teaching assignment. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: Donor is the daughter of Ethel Pearson of Balclutha who owned these photographs.

Date: 1889

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-59-15-1

Description: Children bathing in the thermal pool at Whakarewarewa known as the Oil Bath. On the extreme left is a whare and wooden building. Photograph taken by G D Valentine in November 1889 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The oil bath, Whakarewarewa. 279. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19 x 29 cm on album page

Date: 1889

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-09

Description: Children bathing in the thermal pool at Whakarewarewa known as the Oil Bath. On the extreme left is a whare and wooden building. Photograph taken by G D Valentine in November 1889 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The oil bath, Whakarewarewa. 279. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19 x 29 cm

Date: 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0102-F

Description: Young Maori children playing outside, Porirua, 1960. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. 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 were digitised by Suite Tirohana.

Date: 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0066-F

Description: Maori children outside a house, possibly in Huntly. Photographed by Ans Westra in 1961.Includes 5 photographs of a young Maori girl with her doll. 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: 1959 or 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0085-2-F

Description: A collection of photographs from different films including: 5 images of Cardinal Peter McKeefry and priests during a church convention in Wellington in 1960; 1 of Huka Falls, date unknown; 1 of a Maori boy, possibly in Huntly, 1961; 1 of a young Maori boy, possibly at the Carterton A & P show in 1960; 3 images of an Indian family taken in the Rembrandt Studios in Upper Cuba Street, Wellington, 1960. Photographs by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 11 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-021348-G

Description: Unidentified Maori children alongside a whare, possibly at Paparoa. Photographer unknown. Note on back of file print reads "No information on neg - Paparoa" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0072-F

Description: Maori at Jerusalem in 1961. Shows a girl with a guitar; a mother breastfeeding; a group sitting outside the post office; groups of children. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. 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: 1959 or 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0085-F

Description: Close-up images of young Maori girls (Miriama Daymond, Piri Te Paki, Wikitoria Luke, Elizabeth and Parekura Winitana), at Waiwhetu Stream. Photographed between in 1959 or 1960 by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 7 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: 1959

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0100-F

Description: Includes 7 images of young Maori boys at Porirua in 1959; 2 images of the ship `Sansei Maru' at Wellington wharf; 3 images of the ship `Holmwood'. 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 were digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: 1959 or 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0083-F

Description: Maori at Waiwhetu, either 1959 or 1960. Includes 5 images of Gilbert children (Piri, Hono, Ra and Susan); 7 images of a group of Maori children. Photographed by Ans Westra. 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: 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0088-F

Description: Scenes at the Wellington District Anglican Maori Diocese Hui Aroha, at Otaki, photographed in 1960 by Ans Westra. Includes Millie Clark (frame 7); Don and Nancy Mananui (frame 1).; a kuia; a young Maori boy eating an ice cream ; a Burrell's ice cream van. 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.

Date: Date unknown, ca 1900?

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs

Reference: 1/2-066390-F

Description: Unidentified Maori group, steaming baskets of food, possibly at Whakarewarewa. (Photograph taken by James Cowan?), circa 1900. Some persons in this photograph are also depicted in 1/2-125863-F. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1959

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0065-F

Description: 7 photographs of Maori at Eastbourne, in a boat, on the back of a truck etc. 5 photographs taken at Trentham racecourse, including 3 of elderly Pakeha women and 1 of a Maori woman seated alongside a young Maori girl. Photographs taken by Ans Westra in 1959. 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: 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0104-F

Description: 6 images of a Maori group on rocks at the Plimmerton foreshore, along from Hongoeka Pa, including images of two young men collecting (kina) in a sack; 6 images of driftwood, also at Plimmerton. Photographs taken by Ans Westra in 1960. 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 were digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Sedon, Joan, 1914-2006:Photographs relating to the Brewer family

Reference: 1/2-066512-F

Description: Maori children in and beside a pool, Rotorua, probably at Whakarewarewa. A man is standing on the side of the pool and has possibly thrown a coin for the children to find. Photographed ca 1920s by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Rotorua Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: New Zealand Department of Maori Affairs :Maori School Picture Book

Reference: 1/2-038445-F

Description: Children and teachers from an 'aided' Māori school at Okoha, circa 1910. All unidentified. Photographer also unidentified. Title supplied by Library. Similar photograph with people identified held at Nelson Provincial Museum, N Baigent Collection: 316126 https://collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/P37413/okoha-anakoha-native-school-ngati-kuia accessed August 2023. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Description updated 30 August 2023 following information provided by a researcher.