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[Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1940s].

Date: 1940 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940s?: Sheet of pins. New Zealand has a "charm" of its own [describing tiki] Memorial service for members of the Maori Battalion and thanksgiving for the first Maori Victoria Cross 1940: An Arawa souvenir. Wahiao Meeting House Whakarewarewa. Official opening by the grace of His Excellency the Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, 16 November 1940. Pamphlet with salutations to Hoani te Heuheu, and genealogical tree from Tamatekapua down to Wahiao. Otakou Maori Centennial 1840-1940. Foundation stone laying ceremony. 24 February 1940 [Order of ceremony] 1941: "Maori carving", by W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum. Publication flyer 1943. Election campaign booklet in Maori for Right Hon Peter Fraser New Zealand Centennial 1840-1940. Tihee! Mauri Ora! Official opening ceremonies of the third and fourth Te Arawa Centennial Memorials, Tawakeheimoa (Whare Wananga at Te Awahou) and Tamatekapua (national whare runanga at Ohinemutu), by His Excellency the Governor-General ... Sir Cyril Newall. 24 March 1943 [Order of ceremonies; includes 2 sheets containing translations of some passages] 1946: Maori national welcome to the 28th Battalion of the 2nd NZEF. Imperial Government Shed at Aotea Quay, 22 January 1946 [Invitation card to Hon HGR Mason] 1948: Rangiatea restoration 1848-1948. Diocesan Maori Mission. Pamphlet. 1949?: New Zealand National Party. Te Maori a ona ra e tuku iho nei: The Maori and the future. He who stands at the prow of the canoe shall be renowned (critical of the Labour Party's policy for Maori) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm. Processing information: Ngarimu Investiture souvenir programme; [and] Supplement to souvenir programme. Ruatoria, 6 October 1943: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, October 2022.

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Trinity Farm :[Rose catalogues].

Date: 1996 - 2004

By: Chapman, Lloyd, active 1990-2000s

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Trinity

Description: Mail order catalogues listing roses for sale. The rose nursery is run by Ann and Lloyd Chapman at Otaki. Years held are: 4 (1996), 6 (1998), 12 (2004) Serials and monographs to be passed on to NZ&P and Serials. Quantity: 3 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 215 x 103 mm. Provenance: One catalogue donated by Lloyd Chapman in 2005; one donated by Donal Duthie 2005.

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Brown, Byron Paul, 1866-1947 :Photographs

Date: [ca 1860s-1930s]

By: Brown, Byron Paul, 1866-1947; Billens Studio; Butterfield, Frederic Augustus, active 1938; Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Hay, Mary-Annette, 1925-2024

Reference: PAColl-9373

Description: Photographs of Byron Brown and family taken ca 1860s-1930s by a variety of photographers. Includes photographs of; his wife, Susie Brown nee Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Bright; his parents Arthur and Jane Brown; his wife's parents Mary Ann and Frederic Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Brown; and Bright and Brown properties and businesses in Otaki. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 29 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photographic prints and photocopies Provenance: Donor is grand-daughter of Byron Brown. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1739 : Brown, Byron Paul: Papers. See also Oral History Collection..

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Otaki Marching Committee: [Ephemera relating to marching competitions, marching teams a...

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: [Ephemera relating to marching competitions, marching teams and marching girls. 1900-2000s]

Reference: Eph-A-MARCHING-Otaki

Description: Includes: 1950: Annual championship competition. Otaki Domain, 1 April 1950. [Programme] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and offset prints on programmes pamphlets, sizes varying

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The wedding party of Joe and Rewa Ropata, 1908

Date: [Between 1900 and 1920]

From: Otaki Women's Suffrage Coalition :Images of Otaki Women

Reference: 1/2-177002-F

Description: The wedding party of Joe and Rewa Ropata, in front of the Mission House, Te Rauparaha street, Otaki (1908). Back row from left: Rev. Temuera Tokoaitua; Mrs Te Hana; Puku Rikihana; Rev. and Mrs C Smith. Centre: Joe Ropata (seated centre left); Rewa Ropata (standing). Front row seated: Mrs Ngareta Simeon; Mrs Wallace; Whata Hakaraia; Mrs Tuihana Tokoaitua. Children from left: Dan Simeon; Bill Simeon; Henrietta Morrison. Arrangement: Photocopy of this image housed at PAColl-4813 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative

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Pearse, John, 1808-1882 :Otaki Church - New Zealand. Built by natives under the superin...

Date: 1851 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-077-2

Description: An interior view of Rangiatea Church, Otaki, looking towards the east windows. Three Maori are standing in the right foreground. Tukutuku panels are visible between the beams and the altar (or kneelers?) also appear to be made of plaited flax. Kowhaiwhai patterns are on the rafters Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 220 x 157 mm

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Photographer unknown: Archbishop Redwood's Jubilee

Date: 1934

Reference: PAColl-7010

Description: Photographs of the celebrations for Archbishop Redwood's golden jubliee in 1934 including the mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral, the parade along Lambton Quay, and the assembly in Athletic Park. Also included are events outside the Maori catholic church and presbytery in Otaki. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-094358 to 094381 Quantity: 22 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

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Godber, Albert Percy, 1876-1949 :[Drawings of Maori rafter patterns] [1939?]-1947. No. ...

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1876-1949 :[Drawings of Maori rafter patterns or kowhaiwhai] [1939?]-1947

By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949

Reference: E-302-q-2

Description: Kowhaiwhai patterns from a range of named sources, including Otaki (Rangiatea Church) Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Quantity: 33 watercolour(s) on 11 pages. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 248 x 310 mm in sketchbook

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Church service held alongside charred ruins of Rangiatea Church, Otaki - Photograph tak...

Date: Oct 1995

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

Reference: EP/1995/4102F-F

Description: Overlooking a church service held alongside the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church, Otaki. Shows a group, including Anglican clergy, gathered by the graveyard. Photograph taken by Ray Pigney of the Evening Post in October 1995. The Rangiatea church was destoyed by fire in the early morning of 7 October 1995. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) individual image on negative strip. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 14, drawer 2 at Religion-Anglican Churches (2), in an envelope labelled "Rangiatea Church".

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Kui Taruru Etekia 1864-1945

Date: [Between 1900 and 1920]

From: Otaki Women's Suffrage Coalition :Images of Otaki Women

Reference: 1/2-177003-F

Description: Study of Kui Taruru Etekia, of the Ngati Kapumanawawhiti hapu of Ngati Raukawa, in old age. The chiseled moko on the lips and chin are clearly visible. Arrangement: Photocopy of this image housed at PAColl-4813 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative

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Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :Waimanu Road, Otaki. George Eiby. Oct '73

Date: 1973

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook].

Reference: E-480-f-009

Description: Farm buildings and stock yards Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 282 x 350 mm

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McIntosh album 11

Date: Circa 1900 to 1905

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-295

Description: Album of photographs, probably taken by George William Barltrop, chiefly taken on a tour around the South Island. The first images relate to an area around Wellington, including Waiwhetu and Wainuiomata, including scenes of the Wainuiomata Reservoir. Two photographs taken in a park show three women wearing hats, full-length outfits, and carrying umbrellas, the "McNabs". One photograph shows a group of men and women, members of a camera club. The tour aound the South Island travels from Sheffield, down to the Otira Gorge, up to Lake Brunner and Inangahua, past Murchison, through Longford. In Wellington Harbour the steamship Ophir is sailing out, with people standing on the wharf in the foreground. Also in Wellington, is a large group portrait of men associated with the Missions to Seamen, gathered together on Labour Day 1901. Five photographs are taken around Otaki, one a pastoral scene, and two of three young Maori people (a young woman and a young girl in two scenes, with a second young girl in the third scene); a water mill; and a group of four people having a picnic in a field (two women (one obscured) and a young boy on the left, and a man with a bandaged hand on the right). The last few scenes are again of the South Island, at Temuka, Otago Harbour, Dunedin (including the Octagon), and a tram belonging to the Roslyn Tramway Company with a group of men on the front cab, and three standing in front. Inscriptions: Album page - G W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green album, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

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Clere, Fitzgerald & Richmond :Otaki Maori Church. April 1890.

Date: 1890

By: Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm); Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952

Reference: Plans-80-0988

Description: The building burned down in 1995. Clere did strengthening work on the church in the early 1890s, hence this group of drawings Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - stamp showing firm's name, date & signatures Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on wove paper Provenance: Donated by the architect's son, 1940s?

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Interior of the Rangiatea Church, Otaki

Date: [ca 1990s]

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

Reference: EP/1995/4652-F

Description: Interior of the Rangiatea Church, Otaki. Looks down the body of the church showing pews, central columns, and kowhaiwhai panels. Photograph taken circa 1990s by an unidentified photographer. Other - These images were made for the Evening Post. They are copies of a photograph. Location, ownership, and photographer of original photograph unknown. Quantity: 1 colour copy negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm

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Otaki residents in the graveyard alongside the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church - Phot...

Date: 7 Oct 1995

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

Reference: EP/1995/4101-F

Description: Looking across a graveyard towards towards the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church. Two images shows Otaki residents standing alongside. Photographs taken by Ray Pigney of the Evening Post, on the 7th of October 1995, the day the church was destroyed by fire. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 14, drawer 2 at Religion-Anglican Churches (2), in an envelope labelled "Rangiatea Church".

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Mason, James Malcolm (Dr), 1864-1924 : Papers

Date: 1856-1917

By: Mason, James Malcolm (Dr), 1864-1924

Reference: 77-075

Description: Papers include correspondence, diaries, financial records, and miscellaneous papers Accompanying material - Chronological list of papers in collection compiled by reader; in collection file Source of title - Supplied title Arrangement: Preliminary listing available Mason served as Chief Health Officer for New Zealand (1900-1909) Quantity: 3 box(es). 4 folder(s). 1.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Detailed calendar of correspondence arranged in chronological order (in back file). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Negatives found in 1903 diary in box 77-075-3; two photographs - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Pen and ink framed sketch, initialled TM 1894.

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Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :Otaki Motor Camp / H.C.C. 1938.

Date: 1938

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: A-424-037

Description: Shows a tent pitched among pine trees. The tent flap of the tent is partially drawn back to reveal the interior. Photographed in E-918-q, 255/219. Listed in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 255 x 360 mm.

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Architect unknown :[Plans including shelter shed, assembly hall and latrines at Otaki S...

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: A-408-028/033

Description: Plan and elevations of boys' latrines and girls' latrines; plan, elevation and section of shelter shed; stand for assembly hall constructed of Hyloplate board; detail of classroom windows; elevations of a watertank stand (this last may not be related to Otaki School). Quantity: 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, 420 x 297 mm.

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Sue Sutcliff in front of the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church, Otaki - Photographs tak...

Date: [ca 11 Oct 1995]

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

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1995/4142-F

Description: Sue Sutcliff in front of the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church, Otaki. Photographs taken by Phil Reid of the Evening Post, circa 11th of October 1995. The church was destroyed by fire on the 7th of October 1995. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

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New Zealand Railways: [Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, ...

Date: 2000 - 2009

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-2000/2009

Description: Includes general promotional material for the railway's services including Tranz Metro timetables for Wellington suburban services. Also includes a flier for International Rail Action Day 2004; a flier announcing "Walk the Johnsonville Line Day, 4 February 2009 (Crofton Downs to Wadestown Loop); copies of Metro news for 2002 and 2003; and a flier about Loco Miniature Railway and Gardens at Otaki 2007. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset print, sizes varying under 330 mm.

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