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Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-255-017

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Te Rangihaeata, a peacock feather in his top-knot, an albatross feather ear adornment and a fine flax cloak. One of a series of portraits of at least twenty Maori men and women done by Nelson artist Isaac Coates. Rangihaeata & Rauparaha, with their wives and whanau, visited Nelson in March 1843, the likely date of this portrait. The artist made various watercolour copies of this portrait, but this appears to be an earlier version than the one held in the Library's collection at A-286-014 and the one in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachussets. There is a (probably) still earlier version in the Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum. Other Titles - Rangihaeata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 284 x 191 mm Provenance: Purchase: Nigel Tully, Terra Australis, Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, 1985.

Date: 1849 - 1852 - 1851

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand

Reference: PUBL-0032-02

Description: Groups of Maori and Pakeha on a plain with hills in the background, with low rises on both sides. On the left are cabbage trees. A single figure, Rangihaeata, is standing centrally, addressing Sir George Grey, who is seated in a chair close to Rangihaeata. The incident took place at Waikanae in 1851. The Library has an original watercolour version of this lithograph at C-054-004 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured lithograph, 268 x 391 mm

Date: 1848 - 1851

By: Illustrirte zeitung (Periodical)

Reference: A-438-016

Description: Shows three portraits of Maori, one based on a William Hodges image, one on an Augustus Earle portrait of a Maori herald and one profile portrait, said to be of Te Rauparaha but in fact after an Isaac Coates portrait of Rangihaeata. The view of Kororareka is after Augustus Earle. Illustrirte Zeitung was published 1843-1944. If this page is from volume 6, it may date from around 1848-1850. Other Titles - Illustrated Times. A New Zealand warrior, Te Rauparaha, chief of the New Zealanders; a New Zealand herald; Kororareka Bay [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white engraving on page, 378 x 268 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: PUBL-0014-46

Description: 1. [Centre]: 'The celebrated image of Rangihaeata carved by himself. This forms the lower portion of the central pillar, supporting the roof of Rangihaeata's house on the Island of Mana, called 'Kai-Tangata'...The image is about 4 feet high'. 2 [Centre right]: Stern-post of a large canoe from the River Thames. 3. [Top]: 'Papa' a carved box for the reception of the tail feathers of the huia ... 4. [bottom]: Another box for similar purposes ... 5. [Above the image of Rangihaeata] Head of a carved wooden spear about 12 feet long from the Ngatiawa tribe. 6. [Left]: Raised stand for supporting tapued articles consecrated to the dead. Found at Waitahanui Pa, Lake Taupo. 7. [Below the image of Rangihaeata]: A sketch in Port Nicholson Harbour [a man poling himself along in a small canoe] Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1847 - 1851

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985; Oliver, G C S (Mr), active 1970s

Reference: C-054-020

Description: Shows an elderly man (possibly Rangihaeata) seated in the centre of a group of four women, while one white-bearded man stands behind the group. In the right foreground is a spherical iron cooking pot. In the left background is a tree with forked base, showing a whare behind it. In the centre background is a cabbage tree, and there is a flax plant beside the group of women. In the distance is a hilly coastline, perhaps the Paekakariki coast. The clothing of the group varies. One woman wears a dark layered feather cloak; another wears what appears to be a red blanket. The old woman wears a light-coloured cloak and a dress of patterned fabric. Described in a list of Oliver paintings in the possession of Mr G.C.S. Oliver, as "Rangihera - Rangihaeta's wife. Flash of lightning. Old man, five women in front of hollow tree". The central figure has been interpreted as Te Rangihaeata, himself, shown with his characteristic albatross-feather ear adornments. Moko on his forehead is indicated and he holds a mere in his right hand. As there is no record of a wife of Rangihaeata's with the name Rangi-Hira (or Rangihaera or Rangiuira) it may be that Oliver was mistaken in his identification of the central figure as Rangihaeata's wife. Compare the Library's very similar group portrait, also by Oliver of Rangihaeata and family outside a whare (C-054-014). The latter view has fewer figures but several are clearly the same figures. Certificate of verification, signed by Madeleine McClintock on 17 May 1985, on verso of backing board. The scene is likely to have been painted in 1851, when Oliver was on his way towards Waikane and Otaki for the meeting with Rangihaeata depicted in Oliver's watercolour C-054-018 [A korero. Te Rangihaeata addresssing the Governor in Chief (Sir George Grey) at Waikanae [or Otaki] Sept 1851]. The identity of Rangi-Hira is uncertain. Compare with Isaac Coates' portrait of E Ranguera (a.k.a. Te Rongo), an earlier wife of Rangihaeata. Te Rongo was killed at Wairau in 1843, well before Oliver arrived in New Zealand. Another wife of chiefly status was Te Pikinga. The woman variously described by Oliver as 'Rangihera' and 'Rangihira', may be Rangihaeata's niece, Rangiuira of Kapiti Island, wife from 1847 to 1854 of David Brown, a farmer of Kapiti. Tony Ireland (pers com. November 2007) has made a suggested indentification of the figures in the picture. He cites Waari Carkeek http://www.ngatitoa.iwi.nz/briefs, who cites the cursing song of Rangihaeata's sister Tope-Ora (Nga Moteatea number 280) which states that the second Tope-ora was a daughter of Rangihaeata. Tony Ireland therefore surmises that the picture shows, from left to right: Rangi Topeora I, her fourth husband Arapata Hauturu, Rangiuira's father Te Paea (standing), Rangihaeata (seated with white hair), the infant Tope-Ora II, Rangiuira Rakera Te Paea, and an unnamed woman reclining on the ground at the right. However a personal communication from Bernard Morgan, October 2009, disputes these identifications. Bernard Morgan, a descendant of Rangiuira te Paea, states that Rangiuira was never married to Rangihaeata. She was married to David Brown of Kapiti Island 1847-1854. The suggested identifications are speculatory and may be incorrect. Other Titles - Te Rangiuira - Rangihaeta's wife... in front of hollow tree. Rangiheara. Rangihaeata. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Rangi heara; Verso - centre - Rangi-hira / Flash of Lightning [both bracketed to] Rangihaeta's wife Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 310 x 480 mm (sight). Provenance: Passed down through the Oliver family to Mr G.C.S. Oliver of Rutland, England. Exhibited at New Zealand House, London for about 20 years, to the early 1980s. Inherited by G.C.S. Oliver's daughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock of Sheffield, England, and then sold in about 1985, through the dealership of Brian Groshinski, to the Goodman Group.

Date: 1847 - 1849

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-070-017

Description: Rocky foreshore and tree in foreground, the entrance to Porirua Harbour on the left and Mana in the centre. The South Island is visible in the background First published in: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847), Plate 6, no 16, text p 13 No 16 Brees states in Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, p. 13: "This small island lies opposite the entrance to Porerua Harbour, and is the chief residence of Rangihaeata. It is named Table Island in the maps." Extended Title - From: Brees, S C Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 51 x 84 mm

Date: 1848

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-034

Description: View inside Taupo Pa, at Plimmerton looking out to sea with part of Mana Island out to sea on the right and the South Island in the distance. The palisades of the pa run down to the water's edge on the left, with a raupo whare propped against the fence line. A Maori family (father, mother with a child on her back and a toddler at her side) is walking away from the viewer, and three armed Maori are seated or reclining in the centre foreground, beside a cabbage tree or dracena plant. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Ngati Toa built Taupo Pa probably in the late 1830s or 1840s. According to land court evidence by Wi Parata most of Ngati Kimihia were resident in the South Island until the Wairau Affair in 1843. Wi Parata lived at Taupo with his uncle Te Hiko-o-te-Rangi and the Ngati Te Maunu until his death in 1845, where Te Rauparaha made a speech relating to Taupo stating that it formerly belonged to Te Hiko and was later acquired by Te Rauparaha. Other Titles - Te Rangihaeata Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in ink in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 175 x 255 mm. Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-04

Description: Depicts the whare whakairo (carved house) "Kaitangata" with carved lintel, posts and gables, said by the artist to have been carved by Te Rangihaeata himself. Two figures are seated on the edge of the porch, and a gourd stands on the ground beside them. The carved face supporting the ridge pole is said to represent Rangihaeata himself. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 245 x 340 mm.

Date: 1846

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

Reference: PAColl-3033-1-39

Description: Photograph of an ink drawing depicting a ground plan of Rangihaeata's pa at the head of Pauatahanui inlet, with references and a sketch of the outer palisades, drawn by an unidentified artist. Other - A similar image appears in James Cowan's "New Zealand wars", volume 1, page 121. Source of descriptive information - Notes on item. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.7 x 15.7 cm

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-007

Description: Shows a Maori man walking on the near shore to the right, and a pa on top of a low hill across the water. The Pa is Rangihaeata's Matai Taua Pa Copy of pencil drawing (115 x 185 mm) copied by Mary Marshall from original by W. Swainson. Matai Taua Pa, built ca 1845, was abandoned by Rangihaeata in 1846 when he withdrew with his men to Battle Hill to face British soldiers. He later moved north to Horowhenua Other Titles - Pauatahanui Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Microfilm printout, 238 x 167 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-018

Description: A fenced structure set in a bush clearing. The structure has elaborately carved and painted posts and a cross beam at the front and a carved lean-to structure behind. Taller posts can be seen in the distance. The drawing is unfinished and mostly pencil, with watercolour only on the carved sections of the mausoleum Carved by Te Rangihaeata (Ngati Toa) on the death of his mother Waitohi, the elder sister of Te Rauparaha, to house her remains. Original sketch for lithograph with the same title in: Angas, G. F., The New Zealanders Illustrated, Plate 50, p.114 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 182 x 309 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-57

Description: Shows part of the outer palisade of the Ngati Toa pa "Taupo" on the mainland at present day Plimmerton. The island of Mana is in the centre distance. In the foreground are canoes belonging to Ngati Toa and there are flax bushes growing in the left foreground. A figure in a striped blanket sits in the left foreground. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. The Ngati Toa pa "Taupo" was probably built and occupied before the Wairau Affair of 1843, where a number of Ngati Toa and Europeans (armed constabulary) were killed in an armed encounter. However, it was'nt until after that incident that large numbers of Ngati Toa returned from the South Island for fear of reprisal attacks from settlers to re-populate the Wellington-Porirua-Kapiti disricts in large numbers again. This pa is mainly associated with Te Hiko-o-te-Rangi, a paramount chief of Ngati Toa, and his uncle Te Rauparaha. Other Titles - Taupo Pa Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 230 x 336 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: PUBL-0020-05-1

Description: Part of a pa seen from Plimmerton with Porirua Harbour in the background. A European man with swag, walking stick and dog is walking towards the palisaded pataka and potato garden on the headland in front of him. Taupo Pa (Plimmerton) is on the left. The accompanying text mentions that the view is taken from the native path passing from Porirua to Pukerua Bay, that the foreground structure is around a native potato garden and that the bay to the left 'is called Taupo and is the spot where Rangihaeata intrenched himself after the Wairau Massacre' Other Titles - Porirua Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand coloured 85 x 145 mm

Date: 1823 - 1846

Reference: A-178-016

Description: Shows Rangihaeata's stockade, built and captured 1846, at Pauatahanui; pickets; a military tent with a figure in red in the foreground. The terrain appears to be misrepresented; compare R H Wynyard's Old stockade at Pahatanui [1852] Title from verso; initials and date indistinct Date (apparently 1823) is wrong. More likely to be 1846 or later. The stockade was built and captured by British troops in 1846. The pa was located at Pauatahanui on the low hill that is now the site of St Albans Church Other Titles - Pauatahanui Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour on paper 179 x 254 mm

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-014

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of te Rangihaeata, Ngati Toa leader & warrior, wearing a peacock feather. Probably depicted in Nelson between 10 & 14 March 1843 See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. See D.N.Z.B. (1990) for biography of Te Rangihaeata Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Piki Warra [or Piki Warsa - barely legible because erased once mistake realised. ] cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., (from which title of this work is taken - full title reads "The greatest warrior that New Zealand ever produced. He is the murderer of the "Wyaroi" having slain 23 of the principal citizens of Nelson with his own hand, all intimate friends of mine, June 16th, 1843). cf also preliminary drawing in Rex Nan Kivell Collection, Canberra (Rangihaeta / I.Coates); same title in Bett collection, Nelson Provincial Museum (neg. 47076 1/2, 5229 1/2, 85094 1/2); Rangihaeta. Rauparaha's fighting general at A-255-17 (neg 152461 1/2); portrait from the Illustrated London news, 29 June 1844; and photocopy in file print sequence (Rangihaeta - Rauparaha's fighting general / I.Coates) of lithograph published in Hobart, 1843. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-282-1 to 19).

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-015

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a wife of Te Rangihaeata, named only as "E Ranguera", or Te Rangiuira, as it should be formed. Probably of Ngati Toa and/ or Ngati Raukawa descent. There is no evidence to suggest that this is the wife Te Rongo who was killed at the Wairau Affair 1843. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the engima of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. The killing of Te Rongo triggered the events of the Wairau Affray, Marlborough, June 1843. Other Titles - Wairau. Te Ranguira Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum. Salem, Mass., and in Bett Collection, Nelson Provincial Museum. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).