Places

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: [ca 1901-1970]

From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums

Reference: PA1-q-974

Description: Album of postcards of Maori and thermal areas. Most date from ca 1900 to ca 1930. There are a large number depicting Whakarewarewa village and thermal area. Wairakei and Waimangu thermal areas are also well represented. Images include - Bath House and Government gardens, Rotorua. Whakarewarewa village and thermal area. Mermaids bath, Wairakei. Mud volcano, Waiotapu. Steaming hills, Lake Rotomahana. Waimangu geyser in action. Rachael spring, Rotorua. Blue Bath. Wairoa geyser in action. View of Lake and Mount Tarawera. Hinemoa's bath, Mokoia Island. Waikite geyser. Pink and white terraces, Lake Rotomahana. Malfroy geyser, Rotorua. Pohutu geyser. The twins geyser, Wairakei. The inferno, Tikitere. Hamurana springs, Rotorua. The eagles nest, Wairakei. Crows nest geyser, Taupo. Tourist views of Maori and Maori life are well represented. These include - Maori maidens, many in traditional costume. Maori children bathing and diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa. Maori children bathing at Tokaanau. Maori children performing mock haka. Women cooking in hot pools, Whakarewarewa. Women washing clothes in hot pools, Whakarewarewa. Women carrying children on their backs (pikau). Women performing a poi dance. War canoe race. Men performing a dance, Parihaka. Men performing a haka. Men sparring with taiaha. Men dressed in traditional costume, some identified as "chiefs." Buildings represented are - Interior views of Saint Faith's Church, Ohinemutu. Interior views of Rangiatea church, Otaki. Carved pataka in Auckland Museum. Meeting houses, Rotorua. Carved gateway, Ohinemutu. Carved gateway, Whakarewarewa. Communities other than Whakarewarewa village are - Parihaka Pa, Taranaki. Karohirohu Pa. Te Kumo Pa, King Country. Lakes include - Echo Lake. Lake Rotoiti. Lake Rotomahana. Lake Taupo. Green Lake. Blue Lake. Some people are named. Whakarewarewa guides include - Guide Maggie Papakura. Guide Rangi. Guide Kathleen. Guide Bella. Guide Pipi. Guide Spohia. Guide Georgina. Guide Eileen. Guide Edie. Guide Susan. Notable men are as follows. The names here are as they appeared on the postcards - Rewi Maniapoto. Ruetiwatea. Te Rangituataka. Te Here. Ruatara Turaumoko (died 1905). One card shows commercial flax cutters at work. Two coloured cards have biblical quotations in Maori. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [1888-1940s]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Sinclair, J C, active 1891; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949; Bartlett & Andrew Ltd; Stewart, (Mr?), active 1897?

Reference: PAColl-10460-16

Description: Photographic portraits taken by various photographers including the Tanner Brothers, J. C. Sinclair, J. Russel and Sons, E. D. Burt, and Steele Photography, taken circa 1888-1940s. Comprises images of Māori men, the Mair brothers, women, landscapes, sites, and flowers. Includes: - Two images of Paora Tuhaere (wearing a kaitaka style cloak), one is a postcard from the "Tanner Brothers Ltd Photographic Series". - An image of Sidney (Hirini) Taiwhanga (standing), and Hare Te [Kaihu?] (dressed in a kaitaka), taken by the New Zealand Tourist Department. - Nakora and Hare Hongi, taken in 1898, by J. C. Sinclair of New Plymouth. This has inscriptions on the back written by Henry Stowell (Hare Hongi), including "Taranaki Hawera" and "Nakora Te Manukarioi - ? 1889" - Four prints of 'Pieces of eight' - A clipping of an image of a painting of Eruera Maihi Patuone, a postcard of "Montreal - Big John and party shooting the Lachine Rapids", a postcard of "The Real South Africa" showing a photograph of a woman preparing locusts and children eating them. The postcard includes part of a letter [to James Cowan?] from Henry [Cowan]. An image of Samuel Butler (by J. Russell and Sons), and two copies of an image of Samuel Butler's homestead "at Mesopotamia, on the foothills of the Southern Alps" taken by Professor Speight, Canterbury University College. - A Real Photo Postcard of Hongi's Track, Rotorua. - An image of King Tawhiao, taken in 1888 at Napier, and four men on horses, including Gilbert Mair[?] and three Māori men, relating to "Urewera chapter". - Lake Tamaiti-o-Waikareiti, taken by E. D. Burt, two images of a church (one is the Roman Catholic Church at Rangiaowhia), and one of a car behind a tree. - Two images of flowers [lillies, and bottle brush?]. - A hand-coloured image of S. Percy Smith, taken by Bartlett and Andrew. - A series of photographs of "The Mair brothers" including Gilbert Mair on a horse, one of him in an army uniform taken in 1920 by Stewart (a photographer in Rotorua), and one includes Mair sitting at a table outside of a wharenui, next to Apirana Ngata. Also includes an image of Mokoia Island, and an unidentified Māori man dressed in a kahu kiwi and a short woven korowai around his waist. - A clipping of a photograph of Gilbert Mair, a card with notes about "Captain Mair at Ngahuinga, Harehare, 1920" and two postcards of Parnell Rose Gardens in Auckland, showing Rangitoto Island, and The Mission Church, Wairoa, before the Tarawera Eruption. - A portrait of Eileen Cowan's sister Mary Mollie Stowell[?] taken by Steele Photography circa 1940s. - A portrait of a woman in Victorian clothing with a lace collar and cameo broach. The photograph is on a backing board which is cracked at the top (image is also damaged). On the back of the board are the words "love everlasting" in pencil. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 envelopes. Processing information: The frame for PAColl-10460-16-38 was removed and disposed of, during processing.

Date: [Between 1900 and 1905?]

By: Waddell, Thomas, active 1976

Reference: PA1-o-508

Description: Album of views taken during the Carrington family trip up the Mokau River, circa 1900s One view show a group of ten men seated on logs, surrounded by bracken; others show river scenes, with two men punting on a canoe; other views of rowing boats, and two scenes of a river ferry. Another view, near the mouth of the river shows two larger ships (one two-masted sailing ship), loading goods from a small wharf, with a woman sitting on the sand in the right foreground. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan cloth cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold script; 17 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1900]-1966

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004 : Photographs relating to Maori

Reference: PAColl-9977-8

Description: Portraits of elderly Maori women with facial tattos (moko kauwae) most taken by Marti Friedlander for Michael King's book `Moko,' first published in 1972. All of the subjects lived in the North Island of New Zealand. Most of them are identified. Photographs relating to Te Puea Herangi. These include - Portraits of Te Puea at different times during her life. Photographs relating to her work, such as the group of orphaned children she fostered after the flu epidemic of 1918. The construction of the ceremonial waka (canoe) Ngatokimatawhaorua. Building works at Turangawaiwai Marae, in particular the meeting house Mahinarangi (1929), and the Maori monarch's official residence, Turongo House including the opening of this in 1938. Te Puea's tangi, and her coffin being carried up Taupiri Mountain. Maori monarch's include - King Mahuta Tawhiao (1855?-1912). King Koroki (1909-1966). Queen Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu (1931-2006). Maori soldiers from the period of the First World War. The Parliament House (Turangawaiwai House) at Ngaruawahia (built 1912-1919). The photographs relating to Te Puea were gathered at the time that Michael King was writing her biography. Quantity: 62 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0078-F

Description: Maori, possibly at Huntly. Shows 6 images of a young girl alongside a drink vending machine and a sign advertising Rosco Ice Cream; 6 images of a group of adults. 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: February 1934

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004 :Photographs relating to Te Puea Herangi

Reference: 1/4-022334-F

Description: Te Puea Herangi and other Waikato leaders at Waitangi, February 1934. Te Puea and Raukura Te Heuheu lead the procession. Koroki is behind Te Puea and Pei Jones beside him. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 7.7 x 6.1 cm

Date: [Feb 1949?]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-19395-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: October 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0051-F

Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows action songs; Maori children; other groups. 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: 1933

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25304-G

Description: Marutuna and her husband seated with their dogs beside an Austin 7 car, Orakeikarako. Photograph taken by Leo White in 1933. Source of descriptive information - Subject identified by descendant Marutuna was the sister of Pitiroi of Tuwharetoa Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder Yellow 04, Maori Studies A.

Date: October 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0048-F

Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; rows of Maori men seated alongside the house; women gathered around the porch of the house; lines of people greeting each other with a hongi; a koroua (elderly Maori man) making a speech. 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.