Places

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-006854-G

Description: Two Maori women, one wearing a korowai (tag cloak), carrying a taiaha and a carved hoe (canoe paddle), photographed in Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa in 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Negatives 1/1-006842-G, 1/1-006845-G and 1/1-006846-G were taken on the same occasion. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre left - 682 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1983

From: [Posters relating to the Treaty of Waitangi. 1800-1999]

Reference: Eph-C-WAITANGI-1983-02

Description: Shows an arrangement of text and a taiaha. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, black and red, on poster 415 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1716-F

Description: View of Maori performers in front of Tamatekapua, Ohinemutu Meeting House. Several of the men, including Mita Taupopoki, are wearing ornate head-dresses. Large audience of spectators behind fences on the left and the right, police in uniform. Houses visible in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Maori Meeting House, Ohinemutu, Rotorua. N.Z. No. 131; Marginal notes on negative - Maori Meeting House, Ohinemutu. Rotorua. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 97.2 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1720-F

Description: Group of Maori men performing a haka (war dance). They are carrying various weapons, including taiaha. Groups of women behind, some seated on the right. Buildings in the background include a whare nui, and a pataka. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore, between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Maori haka. N.Z. No. 127; Marginal notes on negative - Maori haka. No. 2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 115.7 cm

Date: [ca 1900-1929]

Reference: PAColl-6911

Description: 8 miscellaneous images: 5 aerial views of Wellington, including Hataitai before the building of the Mount Victoria tunnel, the Botanic Gardens with Karori in the distance, inland from Point Jerningham, and the railway lines and Thorndon; two of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) greeting Maori performers; and a studio portrati of an elderly couple, the man holding an intricately carved walking stick. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048897 to 048904 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1983

From: [Posters relating to the Treaty of Waitangi. 1800-1999]

Reference: Eph-C-WAITANGI-1983-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of text and a taiaha. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, black and yellow, on poster 415 x 297 mm.

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: ca 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-007021-G

Description: Two men, with taiaha, in front of the carved gateway at Mataatua, photographed ca 1905 by Thomas Pringle. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: ca 1920s

Reference: 1/4-018081-G

Description: Group of Te Arawa men performing the "peruperu" haka at Ohinemutu. They are seated in rows holding their taiaha aloft. Two men face them also holding aloft taiaha, the detail of the one on the right being clearer. A man in the middle of the front row is wearing a very fine kakahu. There are some on-lookers round the perimeter. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-006849-G

Description: Maori woman wearing a korowai (tag cloak) and carrying a taiaha, photographed at Whakarewarewa in 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Protected, Thos Pringle, Wellington N.Z. 1-10-05; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 672 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches

Date: [1930-1950]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-072

Description: Typescripts of `Residence of Tamatea and Rongokako', by Matiu Kapa of Kaikohe; letter, Enid Tapsell to Mr Taylor with `The Twin legends of Tainui and Te Arawa' (1950); `Maori women, their place in New Zealand society; part of article on spirituality; notes on the taiaha; `The Development of Maori culture since the advent of the pakeha'; `Tongariro-Waikato River'; `Reliable ancient history' by Hare Hongi (H M Stowell) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph Typescript

Date: 1932

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

Reference: APG-2059-1/2-G

Description: Albert Percy Godber wearing a Maori cloak and holding a taiaha, standing beside a gateway at his home in Silverstream. The gateway is decorated with Maori designs, and there are Maori style carvings around him, all made by Godber himself. Photograph taken by Godber in 1932. Dated from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence under G. Godber, A P (2). Silverstream. 1932. In Maori cloak, & carvings. Box 124. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [1900-1910]

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-007024-G

Description: Mock combat between (Te Anewa and Wharepapa ?), between circa 1900-1910. Both hold taiaha (traditional Maori fighting staffs). Taken in the vicinity of Mataatua, probably outside a model pa. The name of the ancestor Te Tahi o Te Rangi is written above the carved gateway. Photograph taken by Thomas Pringle. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1908]

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

Reference: 1/2-001495-G

Description: View of a Maori youth posing in front of an old whare at Ohinemutu. He is standing in front of the whare holding a taiaha and striking a `fierce' pose with his tongue out. The right hand maihi has become detached from the building and the lower part is resting on the ground. Photograph taken by William A Price ca 1908. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Old Maori whare. Ohinemutu. Rotorua. 1611 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [March 1904]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-45-4

Description: Tuhoe men wearing piupiu and blankets, and carrying taiaha, during the vice-regal visit to Ruatoki, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Warriors of Tuhoe Land Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 102 mm diameter mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: 1932

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

Reference: APG-2065-1/2-G

Description: Phyllis Mary Godber wearing a Maori cloak and holding a taiaha, standing beside a collection of items, including two fire-screens, carved in Maori style by her father Albert Percy Godber. Photograph taken at Silverstream by A P Godber in 1932. Dated from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence under G. Godber, Miss P M. Silverstream. 1932. In Maori cloak, & carvings. Box 124. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-006827-G

Description: Toiroa Te Hou Kotuke performing a haka in front of the meeting house Tama te Kapua at Ohinemutu. Photograph taken by Thomas Pringle. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected, Thos Pringle, Wellington N.Z. 1-10-05 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-006828-G

Description: Toiroa Te Hou Kotuke performing a haka in front of the meeting house Tama te Kapua at Ohinemutu. Photograph taken by Thomas Pringle. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected, Thos Pringle, Wellington N.Z. 1-10-05 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches

Date: 2003 - 1905

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-004584-F

Description: Copy negative, made in 2003, of a phlotographic print of Hurae Puketapu (left) and Te Whenuanui (right), in front of the carved gateway at Mataatua Pa, photographed ca 1905 by Thomas Pringle. The name of the ancestor Te Tahi o Te Rangi is written above the carved gateway. A similar image is at 1/1-007020 Identified from 1/2-001948-G. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: October 1930

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

Reference: APG-1676-1/2-G

Description: Chief Matekuare and his daughter Tuki standing outside a meeting house at Te Whaiti. He is wearing a kakahu (cloak) and holding a taiaha. His daugher is also wearing a cloak and holding a mere. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in October 1930. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under 118. Matekuare & Tuki. Te Whaiti. 10/1930. Chief & daughter) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches