Places

Date: 1862 - 1880

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]

Reference: E-926-049

Description: Shows two Maori figures. The man on the left stands in a knee-length tunic holding a patu, wearing moko and a feather standing up from the front of his head. The heair may be in a low pony-tail at the back. The figure at the right, probably a woman, is seated on the ground in a long robe and with an earring. She is smoking a pipe. Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [49 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm

Date: 1 October 1975

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1975/4088-F

Description: Group of women at Otoko Pa pealing potatoes which went towards feeding Maori land marchers. They are from left; Mrs M Kumeroa, Mrs M Patea, Mrs G Robertson, and Mrs H Taitumu. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 30th of September 1975. Otoko Pa expected to host and feed between 250 and 300 people who spent the night at the pa on the way to Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-014

Description: Views of a trip along the Whanganui River with views of Paranui kainga (listed as Parinui in the album), showing groups of whare, groups of Maori, various activities in the kainga, canoes on the river, and many scenes of waterfalls along the river. These include Taraipokiore (or Tarei-po-Kiore), Otuitu Falls, Ohura Falls, Kakahi Falls. The "Ladder scene", copy of Denton photograph, and other views of the Whanganui River and Ohura River. There is a gap in the album, followed by a separate sequence on Napier. These images include panoramic views of Napier from various locations, church buildings (including exterior and interior views of St John's Cathedral), hotel buildings and other public buildings and memorial statues. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers circa 1900s. Inscriptions: Album page - top right - Wanganui trip. Napier. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

Date: 9 December 1934, January 1937

From: Salmon, Albert Armitage, 1899-1982: Photographs taken on a trip to New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-10262-3

Description: Mounted images with annotations from Albert Armitage Salmon's 1936-1937 trip to New Zealand. The images follow the route of Salmon and his companions' travels tramping and travelling from Franz Josepf Glacier to various locations in the North Island. Photographs taken by Salmon. - The photographs show aerial images of the South Island including Franz Josef Glacier and snowfields, Fox Glacier and nearby mountains and bush, and a series of images of Bert Salmon and Mary Hansen on the ice at Fox Glacier. Also includes views of Fox River, the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki, Buller Gorge, a suspension bridge over the Buller River, and farmland near Nelson. - Photographs of the North Island show Chateau Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park, views of Mount Ngauruhoe, including a copy of a photograph of the eruption of Ngauruhoe on 9 December 1934, and group portraits of Irene Booth, Mary Hansen, Eric Keehn, and Reg Booth playing in the snow on Mount Ruapehu. - Other images show views of the Waikato River at Huka Falls, the Aratiatia Rapids, and geothermal activity around Taupo and Rotorua. Images show geysers and mud pools at Wairakei, the Lady Knox Geyser erupting at Waiotapu, the exterior of the Rotorua bathhouse, and views of Whakarewarewa, including hot pools, thermal springs, boiling mud, and steam. One image shows a pataka (store house) at Whakarewarewa and local Maori women washing clothing outdoors in a hot pool. Another photograph shows Maori children bathing. Also includes photographs of the Arapuni Dam and an image of glow worms hanging from the roof of Waitomo Caves. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s) on mounts. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-030-3

Description: Shows five sketch studies of Maori women or girls, including a profile of a woman in European clothing, carrying her child wrapped on her back in a blanket; a front view of a woman looking down; a woman wearing a scarf, with moko; and a back view of a child in a long blue shift Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on paper, 95 x 144 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003118-G

Description: Portrait of an unidentified young Maori woman with a moko and short hair. She is carrying a young child on her back, both wrapped in a korowai (Maori tag cloak). Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s, probably at Wanganui. Other - The moko appears to be retouched, possibly no actual moko? Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 28 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0072-F

Description: Maori at Jerusalem in 1961. Shows a girl with a guitar; a mother breastfeeding; a group sitting outside the post office; groups of children. 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: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003206-G

Description: Group of men, women, children with their dogs outside Huriwhenua meeting house at Ranana, circa 1900. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 49 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: ca 1900?

Reference: 1/2-078101-G

Description: Scene with unidentified Maori woman, possibly Moutoa Gardens, Wanganui region. She stands alongside a cart, (a trunk?), and a row of tents. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003068-G

Description: Full-length studio portrait of an unidentified young women. She is wearing traditional Maori clothing and is wearing a hui tail feather behind each ear. Photographed standing and resting her right arm on a tewhatewha. A patu is on the ground at her feet. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s. Studio portraits of the same young woman also at 1/1-003069, 1/2-003067, 1/1-003066. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 73. Eti Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0080-F

Description: Group of Maori girls, boys and women, on the verandah of a house at Pipiriki in 1961. 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.

Date: ca 1880s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15

Reference: PAColl-7081-20

Description: Unidentified Maori group before Oruamatua meeting house at Moawhango, circa 1880s. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of photograph reads "Herima [sic] Paerau's whare puni" Other - Inscription Oruamatua Patea refers to the area in the Rangitikei district near the Mokai Patea Range. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Oruamatua Patea [sic]; Verso - Herima [sic] Paerau's whare puni Moawhango Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.2 x 20.1 cm

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003114-G

Description: Full length portrait of an unidentified Maori woman, with moko, wearing a kahu huruhuru (feather cloak). Standing outdoors against a photographer's scenic backdrop. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, circa 1900-1910, probably at Wanganui. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257

Description: Album of photographs taken 1921 by James Ingram McDonald while on an ethnographic expedition up the Whanganui River. The expedition was undertaken by McDonald, Elsdon Best, Peter Buck, and Johannes Carl Andersen, under the auspices of the Dominion Museum. There are many views of the Whanganui River and villages, including numbers of waka at Koriniti, and views of eel traps across the river. Very detailed sequences of photographs show flax weaving, coarser weave for kete and eel traps, and finer quality for clothing and ceremonial mats. The captions appear to have been added later, in pencil, with some names being unclear. Many of the photographs have copy negatives, some are 1/4 and some 1/2. Other Titles - Wanganui River Expedition 1921 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cloth cover, black leather spine and corners, entitled "Photographs. Wanganui River Expedition 1921" on paper label attached to spine; brown paper pages with silver gelatin prints, all approx 10 x 15 cm, affixed; 35.0 x 22.5 cm