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Sites and features at Titahi Bay, Whitireia Peninsula, and Porirua Harbour
Date: 1933
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-54
Description: Photographs by George Leslie Adkin Top left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-301) Carved wooden bowl showing details of carving. Photographed 5-3-1933. Top centre photograph (PA1-f-009-54-302) Toa Rangatira, meeting house at the Takapuwahia kianga on the south west shore of Porirua Harbour. Photographed 12-3-1933. Top left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-303) one of two old native ovens (umu or hangi) shown in section by the road cutting at Titahi Bay. Photographed 12-3-1933. Centre photograph (PA1-f-009-54-304) Maori cultivation terraces on the hills near Mount Cooper. Photographed 12-3-1933. Centre left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-305) Site of the former Kaitawa kianga at the south head of Porirua Harbour. Photographed 12-3-1933. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-306) Bay at northern end of Whitireia Peninsula, site of the former Onehunga kianga. Photographed 12-3-1933 Bottom right photograph (PA1-f-009-54-307) The church at Pahautanui, the site of Te Rangihaeata's pa in 1846. Prior to the 1855 earthquake the flats on the left were covered by sea water. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Koruru figure head from meeting house gable
Date: 1933
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-60-321
Description: Original caption reads "Koruru (figure head in gable) of the old Kotahitanga meeting house at Manankau. Height, 3ft; width, 2ft.6in. Extremely heavy." Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on 26 November 1933. Kotahitanga was the name of a meeting house built about 1863 at Manakau, a community south of Levin. It was built to bring together the Ngati Wehiwehi people of Manakau with the Maori King movement. It was pulled down about 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 13.7 x 10.6 cm, mounted on album page
Tangi of Hema te Ao at the Raukawa Meeting House, Otaki.
Date: 1932
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-34-241
Description: Tangi of Hema Te Ao at Raukawa Meeting House with mourners and display of paintings and portraits of relatives and ancestors of deceased. Photographed by George Leslie Adkins on the 17th of April 1932 The meeting house in the photograph is Raukawa I. This was built in 1853, but by the late 1920s had become delapidated. When this photograph was taken the carvings had been removed as the meeting house was undergoing reconstruction. It was replaced by the present Raukawa II which opened in 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Raparapa from old Uawhaki whare-whakairo, Waikawa.
Date: [ca 1933]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-323
Description: Raparapa (projecting carved ends of maihi) of old Uawhaki whare-whakairo at Waikawa, Horowhenua district. Photograph taken ca 1933 by G L Adkin. Dated from other photographs in album Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Raparapa (projecting carved ends of maihi) of old Uawhaki whare-whakairo, Waikawa. Height 30"..... Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 100 x 146 mm, mounted on album page
Maori sites about the mouth of the Waikanae River
Date: 1932
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-44
Description: Photographs by George Leslie Adkin. Top left photograph (PA1-f-009-44-272) The Waikanae River, so called by the tohunga, Hau. The name is said to refer to "glancing eyes" (kanae - to stare wildly). Photographed on the 24th of July 1932. Top right photograph (PA1-f-009-44-273) The mouth of the Waikanae River,and Kapiti Island showing the site of the former Kuititanga Pa. Photographed on the 24th of July 1932 Centre left photograph (PA1-f-009-44-274) Arapawaiti, on the south bank of the Waikanae River. The old hotel of coaching days can be seen. Photographed on the 24th of July 1932. Centre photograph (PA1-f-009-44-275) The kauri tree on the site of the late Wi Parata's Pa, Tukurakau, at Waikanae. Photographed on the 24th of July 1932. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-44-277) Midden No.4 on the Horowhenua dune belt. Photographed on the 11th of September 1932. Centre right photograph (PA1-f-009-44-276) Model of a Kaka, the old time scoop net on a long handle, used to collect the kakahi shell fish in Lake Horowhenua. Photographed on the 9th of August 1932 Bottom right photograph (PA1-f-009-44-278) Typical cluster of old broken Hangi stones so frequently seen on the broken dunes of the Horowhenua aeolian belt. Photographed on the 11 th of September 1932. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
The Hokio Stream, a quarter mile below the outlet of lake Horowhenua
Date: [ca 1930]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-179
Description: View of the Hokio Stream and surrounding country, a quarter mile below the outlet of Lake Horowhenua, showing house on site of old McDonald homestead (centre), Te Reti Ridge (right), Whitire Hill (left background), and the sand-drift burial site at Komokorau (right background). Photograph taken ca 1930 by G L Adkin. Photograph dated from other photographs in album. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Hokio Stream a quarter of a mile below the outlet of Lake Horowhenua. The central house stands on the site of the old McDonald homestead. Te Reti ridge on right. Whitire Hill and Komokorau (sand-drift burial site) in background, left and right respectively. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 109 x 157 mm mounted on album page
Adkin album 27
Date: 1931-1934
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
By: Law, Dora Isabel, 1894-1982
Reference: PA1-f-009
Description: The Maori place names and old historical sites of Horowhenua together with a pictorial record of Maori artifacts and customs. Also place names etc elsewhere in New Zealand (Vol 1, figures 147-334). Includes maps and diagrams. Images show eel weirs and traps in the Hokio Stream; stake-fields in Lake Horowhenua which were constructed by Maori to impede enemy canoes, and which were exposed above water level by the lowering of the lake in 1926; artifacts in various collections, including kumete, waka-huia, stone adzes etc.; views of the Takihiku meeting house belonging to the former pa called Pua-o-Tau (figs 198-202); porch of Poutu meeting house at Whakawehi kainga near Shannon (fig 204); site of Pakakutu Pa, Otaki; site of the Wairarawa Maori burial area where artifacts were found by Arthur Black in Feb 1932 (figs 210, 213, 223-224); carved meeting house Te Poho-o-Kahungunu at Porangahau (fig 233); funeral ceremonies on 17 April 1932, after the death of Hema Te Ao, at Raukawa meeting house (undergoing reconstruction at the time) and Rangiatea Church, service taken by Rev. Temuera Tokoaitua, funeral procession through Otaki, preparations for hangi; Titahi Bay; site of the former Korohiwa Pa; copy of a picture of Wellington Harbour by T Allom, showing place names and former Maroi sites; sites and place names along the Paekakariki-Pukerua Bay coast; sites & features at Titahi Bay, Whitireia Peninsula & Porirua Harbour.