Places

Date: 1929

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1929-01

Description: Poster is a proclamation to all tribes of New Zealand, and differentiates Aotearoa (the North Island) from Te Wai Pounamu. The text is in a poetic form of Maori with the logo of the newspaper Te Paki o Matariki at the top centre. The text announces the opening of the house at Ngaruawahia on Monday the 18 March 1929. Guest would arrive on Friday 15 March for the powhiri. The following day the Ngaruawahia Regatta would be held. There would be prayers and meetings on the Sunday, and the opening of the house on Monday morning, followed by the Maori Lawn Tennis Tournament at 2 pm. The text appears over the name of the King, Rata Mahuta Potatau Te Wherowhero. Staff Maori Curator Paul Diamond comments (February 2013) that the Maori language used is poetic, with the heading "He niu ka torona" being a quotation from King Tawhiao (He niu ka torona ki nga iwi katoa = A staff is being held forth to all the tribes). Sir Apirana Ngata was one who attended this hui. The Ngata entry in the DNZB continues: "But there were tragic consequences for the Ngata family. At the hui Ngata's eldest son, Makarini, contracted dysentery and Ngata's wife, Arihia, nursing him at home, caught it too. Both died before they could get proper medicine. Ngata was devastated, and for a time there was bad blood between Ngati Porou and Tainui. But Ngata's close working relationship with Te Puea continued and her land development schemes survived. When she had a row with one of the Pakeha supervisors of a scheme, Ngata sided with her, sacked the Pakeha, and put Te Puea in his place". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, blue ink on cream paper, 540 x 422 mm.

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0951-1/2-G

Description: Three Maori seated in front of the carved door panels at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Original print in Godber Album Vol 100, p 47 (Pa1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [1904?]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-021344-G

Description: Scene at a meeting house in Tokaanu, Taupo district, circa 1904, when a Maori member of Parliament returned home. Includes a tohunga who has just called up a dead ancestor. Photograph possibly taken by James McDonald. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Identified from photograph 1/2-043263 of same event. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0952-1/2-G

Description: The korupe (carving over the window frame) at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. It shows the Tainui canoe (ca. 1350) with its captain, Hoturoa. Above the canoe is Te Hoe-o-Tainui, a famous paddle, the kete (kit) given to Whakaoterangi by a tohunga of Hawaiki, the bird Parakaraka (front) who was able to see in the dark, and another bird who warned of approaching daylight. See "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell, 1977 (p 31). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Original print in Godber Album Vol 100, p 48 (Pa1-o-194) Inscriptions: Album page - Ngaruawahia Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [Between 1880 and 1887]

Reference: 1/2-018166-F

Description: Group of Ngāti Hauā Māori, outside Te Wai O Turongo meeting house, near Matamata. Hohua Ahowhenua is seated in the centre, with staff. Photograph taken by either Charles Hemus or John Robert Hanna, circa 1880s. Note that 1/1-001887 (and its copy neg 1/2-041315) is very similar photograph belonging to the Schmidt Collection, therefore, if they are dated circa 1870s, they would have been taken by either John Robert Hanna or Charles Hemus. This photograph is part of a sequence which includes a portrait of Hohua Ahowhenua which was commissioned by Josiah Clifton Firth. The original negatives for these images, which are now part of the Alexander Turnbull Library collections, are dry plates, which would indicate that they were taken after 1880, but before Firth's departure from his Matamata estate in July 1887. In "Nation making" (pp260-261), Firth states that after his own departure, Hohua was abandoned in the Runanga house by his people. This photograph would appear to have been taken before this. The negatives form part of the collection of Auckland photographer Herman Schmidt. Schmidt in 1904 took over the studio of Hemus & Hanna, who are therefore most likely to have taken the images. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1043-1/2-G

Description: Carvings on Te Tikanga a Tāwhiao meeting house at Ngātira Pā [Marae], Ngatira. Alongside, from left to right, are Harry Waea, Pita Thompson, Harema Thompson, Tap Whare and Haki Thompson alongside. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/2-024157-G

Description: Unidentified group outside the Te Tokanganui-A-Noho meeting house in Te Kuiti, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. (This copy made by James McAllister). Original image was taken by Charles Herbert Holland circa 1880. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Transfers: Another copy of this image is held in the Anthropology Photographic Archive, University of Auckland (see library reference 486615)..

Date: [ca 1900]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008206-G

Description: Front view of Te Tokanganui-A-Noho meeting house, Te Kuiti, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: ca 1930

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1041-1/2-G

Description: Te Tikanga a Tawhiao meeting house, Ngatira. Image shows a closeup view of the right amo with the photographer Albert Percy Godber standing beside it. Taken by Godber circa 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1900

Reference: 1/1-000642-F

Description: Exterior frontal view of of Rahurahu meeting house in the village of Te Hapuia, Orakei Korako valley, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. The same image is also at 1/1-022998 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - [230?] Carved house Orakeikorako Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1905]

From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district

Reference: 1/1-010995-G

Description: Garden and dining room (inside Maori meeting house building) at the Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1905. Photograph taken by Edward George Child. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Spa. Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1941-1/4-F

Description: Te Miringa Te Kakara meeting house, built in a cruciform shape, near Tiroa and Benneydale, with a man crouching near the door. Photograph taken circa 1920 by Albert Percy Godber. There is a copy negative filed at 1/2-002756-F. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 13.0 x 7.5 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0953-1/2-G

Description: Front view of Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. For further information see "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell, 1977 (p 31). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Inscriptions: Album page - Ngaruawahia Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1917

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0481-1/2-G

Description: The carved doorway of the Maori Meeting House Te Tokanganui-A-Noho at Te Kuiti. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print at Pa1-q-102 (Godber Album, Vol 109, p 63) Inscriptions: Album page - Carved doorway. Meeting House. Te Kuiti. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008801-G

Description: Interior of Tokanganui-A-Noho meeting house in Te Kuiti, circa 1920s. Shows kowhaiwhai (rafter patterns). Also shows painted wood carvings and tukutuku (lattice work) on the walls. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: ca 1930

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1008-1/2-G

Description: The entrance doorway of Te Tikanga a Tawhiao meeting house, Ngatira. It shows the pare (door lintel) and whakawae (carved doorframes). Above the pare are the inscriptions: "Aperira 1927. Tetikanga". Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 3

Reference: PAColl-5671-53

Description: Tuwharetoa i te Aupouri meeting house at Pukawa, near Waihi. Wiripine is seated on the left and on the the right is Moengaroa. Taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000788-G

Description: Front view of the carved meeting house Te Tokanganui-A-Noho, built by the followers of the prophet Te Kooti. A man is seated on the righthand side. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Other - 387B stuck on on back of negative Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Carved house. Te Kuiti. [No.] 1643 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1917

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0485-1/2-G

Description: Maori Meeting House Te Tokanganui-A-Noho at Te Kuiti, showing the carved panels, rafters and entrance. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print at Pa1-q-102 (Godber Album, Vol 109, p 63) File print not sighted (June 2002) Inscriptions: Album page - "The great paddling of Anoho" Meeting House. Te Kuiti. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1928

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1937-1/2-G

Description: View of the amo of Maori meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu at Taupo. It was later named Mauri-ora after John Joshua (proprietor of the Spa Hotel in Taupo) bought it for use as a lounge, smoking room and dining room. The photographer, A P Godber is standing beside the amo. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1928. This image is reproduced in "Carved Maori houses of western and northern areas of New Zealand" by William J Phillipps (1955, p 187), which has the inscription "Fig. 112. Te Tiki o Tamamutu, The Spa, Taupo. (Mr Godber in photo). A P Godber photo". For further information see also "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches