Places

Date: 1844 - 1847

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

By: Hawkins, W, active 1847

Reference: PUBL-0014-11

Description: Shows full-length figure of Hongi Hongi (a.k.a. Nga Toki), wearing mats or blankets, a greenstone earring, and holding a greenstone mere in his right hand. He stands before the posts of the pa enclosure at Ngahuruhuru Pa, four miles from Otawhao. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 295 x 200 mm.

Date: 1886 - 1890

From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: E-394-f-022

Description: On the left, an arrangement of waka huia, gourds, carved figures, and clubs, flanked by two carved oars. On the right, a man standing alongside a carved figure and wall panels. The items are from Augustus Hamilton's collection, Napier Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - titles in pencil Quantity: 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints, 199 x 143 mm & 145 x 197 mm

Date: [1885]

From: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890 :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA7-60-02

Description: The Rotomahana Hotel, Te Wairoa, photographed in January 1885 by George Dobson Valentine. A Maori man wearing a korowai (tag cloak) and carrying a patu is standing in the foreground. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Rotomahana Hotel, Te Wairoa. 38. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19.1 x 29.2 cm on mount 28.3 x 38.4 cm

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003097-G

Description: Portrait of a man identified as Tuka Orangi of Koriniti. He is wearing a korowai and holding a patu (kotiate) in his right hand. He has short white hair, a moustache, and a moko. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, circa 1900, probably at Wanganui. Also identified as Hairawanui (1/2-008301); and as Tuka Aorangi of Ngati Pamona, Koroniti or Hirawanu of Ranana (Whanganui Museum Collection) Note on back of file print - Tuka Orangi (Koroniti), grandfather of John Tuka. The moko has been incised onto the glass negative Source of descriptive information - Te Awa; Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori (Whanganui Museum Collection) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1844

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

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-034-1

Description: An elderly woman, wrapped in a flax cloak, squatting in front of the palisades of a pa at Pouketuti (Puketutu), top left. Two canoe paddles with elaborate carving to the left and right. In the centre, a squatting child and to the right a carved mere with feathers at the handle, from Taupo. Angas was in the Puketutu area in mid-October 1844 and at Taupo in late October - early November. Original sketches for lithographs in: Angas, G.F. "New Zealanders Illustrated", Plate LV, no 14, p24; Plate XLII, nos 4 & 5, p96; Plate XXXIX, no 12, p89; Plate LVIII, No. 10, p130. Acquired before 1941 Quantity: 5 drawing(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 315 x 260 mm

Date: 1831 - 1937 - 1939

By: Downes, Thomas William, 1868-1938; Bathgate, Charles McLelland, 1893-1970

Reference: A-076-023

Description: Shows Powers lying in boat in right foreground, while some of a group of six natives ties one of his three companions to a pole. One threatens towards the tied man with a mere. There is a campfire and a kete lies on the ground. Features Andrew Powers, one of the first white men to see Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 209 x 308 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1847

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-0020-14-2

Description: Shows a Maori warrior with red cloak and club standing on the river bank at right two waka approaching along the river. A large cabbage tree overhangs the river from the bank on right. Mr Molesworth's house and outbuildings are on the far bank. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving 160 x 148 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: [ca 1880]

By: Hill, Emily, 1847-1930; Foy Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-227

Description: Album, probably compiled by Emily Hill, née Knowles, of Napier, containing carte-de-visite portraits of Maori (mostly by Foy Brothers of Thames) and views of the gannet colony at Cape Kidnappers. Photographs taken ca 1880s. Album also contains "Lay me low", a poem written 18 January 1880 by William Colenso at Waipukurau. Record title adjusted October 2016 based on additional biographical information provided by Rhys Owen. Original title: "Hill, Emily, fl 1880 :Photograph album" Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - Emily Hill, Napier (illustrated, lettered and coloured by hand) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound album 23 x 19 cm

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003094

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Maori man with a moustache and beard. He has a huia feather in his hair, is wearing a korowai (tag cloak), and holding a mere in his right hand. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington ca 1900, probably in Wanganui. Identified on file print as Ngapoita, and in `Te Awa, Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori' (Whanganui Museum Collection), as Tupati Teaukawa. Name on negative is Ngapoiti Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902; Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene, -1881

Reference: A-292-034

Description: A range of weapons and implements, those on the left probably drawn by T. B. Collinson, those in the centre and to the right by Matene te Whiwhi. The weapons include a taiaha (spear), a mere and a patu (clubs) and variant forms of mere as well as hoes and spades and axes and digging sticks (ko).. Extended Title - Taiaha Kura - Spear, Patu - Club, Meri (Mere) Pounamu - Greenstone Club, Paiaka - Weapon made from the root of the tree, Mere Kotiate - Lobed Club, Kororariki - Stone used to make weapons, He poto kerikeri wenua, a short land cultivating implement, Kumara - Utensil used for cultivating kumara, Taewaa - Utensil used for cultivating root vegetables, Tata - Spade utensil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003080-G

Description: Portrait of Te Korohohe, a Maori wearing a rain cloak and holding a patu in his right hand. He has short-cropped hair, a bushy moustache and a facial tattoo. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, circa 1900, probably at Wanganui. Inscription on back of file print -`Te Koroneho (Ranana). Brought at Torny Baldy'. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 37 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003083-G

Description: Portrait of a young Maori woman with a moko and short hair, identified as Mare. She is wearing a korowai (tag cloak). Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s, probably at Wanganui. Identified on back of file print as `Mare'. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

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-0014-51

Description: Shows a double portrait of the two chiefs standing, Muriwhenua, at left, being the oldest chief of Aotea, north of Waingaroa. He wears a striped dog's hair mat, and stands against a background of Aotea Harbour, with the mountain of Perongia beyond. Kahawai at the right, wears a rich topuni above a European blanket, and holds a mere in his right hand. Kahawai is the chief of the Ngati Hinetu tribe, and lives at Ngahuruhuru in the Waipa district. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Other Titles - Muriwenua and Kahawai Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 293 x 392 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-0014-56-2

Description: Image shows Te Kawau and his nephew Tamahiki, or Te Rewiti. Te Kawau is seated on the ground in a feather cloak holding a mere, while his nephew stands holding a taiaha, and wearing a woven cloak, and huia feathers in his hair. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Other Titles - Hauraki Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 320 x 225 mm.

Date: [ca 1880s - 1910]

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 1/1-006122-G

Description: Portrait of Utauta Wi Parata, the youngest daughter of Wi Parata Te Kakakura, taken at Parihaka 1898 holding a patu, with a piupiu around her shoulders and a huia feather in her hair. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis. This photograph appeared in the Auckland Weekly News, Christmas Edition, 1898, p.22. The same edition also features photos of her father Wi Parata and brothers at the Parata family home "Tararua" in Parihaka. On this occassion Wi Parata was encouraging Utauta to marry her deceased elder sister's (Ngauru Wi Parata) husband Nohomairangi Te Whiti, son of the prophet Te Whiti. Information by Matiu Baker, Ngati Toa project. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1844 - 1847

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

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0014-58

Description: A group of pictures with accompanying text as follows: 1.[Top centre] A richly carved adze with a greenstone head, ornamented with dogs' hair and kaka feathers; from the Middle [South] Island. 2. [Top left]. Tomahawk with a European head and a handle of carved bone. 3. [Top right] Tomahawk belonging to Pomara, the Chatham Island chief. 4. [Top right] A wooden dagger. From the interior, near Tuhua. 5, 6 & 7. [Far left]: E Hani - a staff of hard wood [taiaha]...The head is carved. 8. [Lower right] Patu. 9. Warriors preparing for battle [including thigh and buttock tattooing]No.s 10-14 not annotated, but they show 2 mere, a detail of a war-gong, a club and the striking of the war-gong. This final image is derived from a drawing by Joseph Jenner Merrett, as is the view of the warriors preparing for battle. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Angas' preliminary drawing for no. 10 is located at A-020-034 with title 'Meri-meri [i. e. mere] of Taupo'. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1830 - 1849

Reference: A-237-043

Description: Shows a half length profile portrait of the Maori chief, grimacing in a threatening way, and holding a mere up in front of him in his right hand. He wears full moko, and a red cloak. This chief was known for his attack and capture of the brig "Haweis" in 1823. The Library holds another version of this portrait in oils, purchased Peter Webb Gallery, Auckland, 2007. See G-256-1 Other Titles - Tenewa Inscriptions: Recto - top right - [Title]; Recto - top left - Tenewa [?] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 292 mm.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003111-G

Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Maori man wearing a korowai and holding a patu in his righthand. He has a moustache and beard, facial moko, and has two huia feathers stuck into the back of a cloth headband. Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington ca 1900, probably at Wanganui. Identified on back of file print as Turahui, but in Whanganui Museum photo collection as Tarahui. Source of descriptive information - Te Awa; Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori (Whanganui Museum Collection) Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 29 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1855 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-012-2

Description: Three European men climbing up a steep hill among New Zealand bush, some of which has been cleared. The men are carrying tall walking poles Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 104 x 122 mm

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: 1/2-020056-F

Description: Seated studio portrait of Take Take Rangitupu from Ranana, Wanganui River. He wears an ear adornments made of ribbon and an animal tooth. He wears a korowai (Maori tag cloak) and holds a patu. A tewhatewha lies at his feet. He sits before a painted backdrop. Photograph taken circa 1880s. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of print reads: "Taketake from Tawhitinui and Hiruharama" Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative