Places

Date: 1982 - 1840

From: Various artists :Collection of photocopies, newspaper clippings and bromides of cartoons by Bromhead (A-314-1), Brockie (A-314-2) and J. C. Hill (A-314-3).

By: National Business Review Ltd

Reference: A-314-2-003

Description: Shows a Maori leader signing the Treaty of Waitangi with a feather pen. Seated in front of him is the Governor-General, who is pointing to the places on the document that need to be signed. There is a group of Maori men looking on and sausages cooking on a barbecue near by. There is a ship in the distance behind them. Refers to the gains made by both sides on the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi. Extended Title - Sign here ... and here ... and here... O.K. It's hastily and inexpertly drawn up, ambiguous and contradictory in content and chaotic in execution but ... We get Bastion Point, the Raglan Golf Course, Athletic Park and half of Dunedin and Greymouth ... And a holiday once a year. This should amuse our Gracious Queen. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A5 size photocopy. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1846 - 1928

By: Clayton, Matthew Thomas, 1831-1922; Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; New Zealand Railways

Reference: A-109-018

Description: Shows three sailing ships in the background, with two Maori waka going to meet them from the foreground beach where a group of Maori stand at the left. Plate from: Commerce train news, 1928. Reproduction of watercolour (see photo file print, with title: Governor Hobson's landing...) also printed in: Travel in New Zealand ... / by James Cowan. Auckland, 1926. vol 1, p. 63. Messenger's watercolour is a copy of original oil by M T Clayton, 1921, in Waitangi Treaty House, (see Photo file print, with title: [Landing of New Zealand's first Governor...]) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w ; image 86 x 200 mm on sheet 140 x 230 mm