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Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Keesing, G S (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: D-001-009-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. This copy lacks a printed inscription on the recto of copy D-001-009 "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm Provenance: Donation: G S Keesing

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: D-001-023

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 142 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm

Date: ca 1880s-1890s

By: Harris, Charles Henry, -1907

Reference: PAColl-6534

Description: 9 views of the station and railway in Palmerston North, the nearby viaducts and The Square, Palmerston North showing the Luncheon Rooms on the left (this photograph taken by Charles H Harris of Grove Road, Blenheim). Two of the images are in the form of a collage. The photographer for the remainder of the images is unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-009326 to 009334 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm); New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Manatū Aorere

Reference: D-001-023-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 221 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm Provenance: Donation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington, July 1994

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-30

Description: View of the Mangoutu Hotel on Waitangi Beach, Chatham Island. A large number of people are lined up in front of the hotel building, and dogs and horses can be seen on the beach in the foreground. The sign over the hotel's main entrance is `Mangoutu House.' Another name attached to this building was `Odman's Hotel.' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

Date: 1844

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-007-018

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Photograph of watercolour held by the Hocken Library, Acc. no 12,282 Fp/M568. The watercolour measures 284 x 912 mm and the photographic copy is 118 x 378 mm on a sheet measuring 160 x 390 mm. Copy of the original for a tinted lithograph with title The New Zealand Festival, published 1845; and for lithographs with title Maori feast at Remuera, published 1890. The lithographs include numbered keys to features and activities depicted. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy of watercolour 118 x 378 mm

Date: 3 November 1886

Reference: 1/1-000661-F

Description: A crowd of people watching the last spike being driven in the Wellington Manawatu railway at Otaihanga, Waikanae, 3 November 1886. Inscriptions: Driving the last spike in the Wellington Manawatu railway, November 3, 1886 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 26 Sep 1887

From: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931 :Negatives of Wairarapa and Taranaki

Reference: 1/2-011707

Description: A crowd of people outside the tobacconists store run by R Farmer in Masterton, 26 September 1887, the day of the general election. The group includes a row of boys and some unidentified Maori. Above, three male effigies are attached to the upper wall of the shop. These represent the three candidates for the seat. They are George Beetham (the dandy), who was the winner of the election, R E Hawkins (the pirate), and A W Hogg (the pig). The photograph was taken by Albert Edward Winzenberg, from the verandah of the Club Hotel. (The effigies were later auctioned). Source of descriptive information - Date from Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1887, Page 2, as advised by Library client, and accessed from Papers Past: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WDT18870927.2.7&e=--- ----10--1----0-- Photograph formerly wrongly identified as 22 July 1884 from file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1896

Reference: 1/2-125757-F

Description: A crowd watching a wood sawing competition in Kaponga in 1896. Dave Briggs and W Bigham are present. The information on the back of the file print does not clarify where Dave Briggs and W Bigham are in the image. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1860s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000013-G

Description: Group of people sitting outside a shop in the Wanganui area, possibly waiting for a land court hearing. Taken by William James Harding, ca 1860s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 24 May 1893

From: Babbage, Charles Whitmore, -1923 :Negatives of family scenes and Wanganui views

Reference: 1/1-013360-G

Description: Parade and crowd outside the nearly completed Egmont Hotel in Hawera. The hotel is a two storied wooden building with flags flying on the roof. Scaffolding can be seen on one side of the hotel. Photograph taken 1893 by Charles Whitmore Babbage. Date provided by researcher who has identified the occasion as being the parade for the opening of the Hawera Industrial Exhibition. See Papers Past Hawera & Normanby Star 25 May 1893 for description of parade, and Hawera & Normanby Star 29 May 1893 for mention of flags on the roof of the hotel. The Egmont Hotel and surrounding buildings on Princes Street, Hawera, were destroyed by fire in August 1895 (see Hawera & Normanby Star 30 August 1895). The hotel was rebuilt in 1896 to a design by Architect C. Brodrick (see Hawera & Normanby Star 30 January 1896). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1890s

Reference: 1/1-000734-G

Description: Crowd outside the Union Steam Ship Company building, Port Chalmers. To the right is a Baldwin T class locomotive. Taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1890s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1880s

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PAColl-3060-044

Description: Opening of the Midland Railway at Jacksons, Westland, by Joseph Ward (not visible), circa 1880s. Shows a group of men and women, all wearing hats, standing on the tracks by the railway station. A steam locomotive is on the left. Flags hang above the crowd. Tree ferns stand in a row alongside the station. Photograph taken by James Ring. Not published in 'Making New Zealand' Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.2 x 21.6 cm Provenance: Item lent by the Post and Telegraph Department to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939. Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 6. Westland Co. Jacksons. ca 1880s

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Tegg, Samuel Augustus, active 1845; Day & Haghe (Firm)

Reference: D-001-013

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. There is "an immense pile of dried sharks" ready for consumption in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. The image was republished in 1890 as a supplement to Brett's Almanac with the title Maori feast at Remuera, and in 1969 as a photolithographic reproduction. Other Titles - Maori feast at Remuera Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 240 x 955 mm

Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927

Reference: D-001-009

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Features noted include: Mount Hobson, Mount Eden, Captain Scott's farm, The positions of each tribe and their huts, the tribes which gave the feast carrying out provisions to their guests, a structure bedecked with handkerchiefs and shawls used as flags, an immense quantity of dried sharks, the chief police magistrate, Epiha a native chief on his own horse, Captain Fitzroy, Mr Sheppard the Colonial Treasurer, Mr Swainson the Attorney-General. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, (with title The New-Zealand festival), which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library, Dunedin. Words below the image read: The Maori feast depicted in this picture was one of then largest ever held in New Zealand. It was given by the Waikato chiefs. The site chosen was in the vicinity of Mt Hobson, at Remuera, near Auckland. About four thousand natives were present. A shed 400 yards long had been erected and was covered with blankets; and tents decorated with little flags, dotted the ground. The provisions comprised 11,000 baskets of potatoes, 9,000 sharks, 100 pigs, and large quantities of tea, tobacco, and sugar. A thousand blankets had been provided as presents. Governor Fitzroy, with his suite, visited the meeting on the 11th May 1844, when 1,600 natives, armed with guns and tomahawks, danced the wardance. The assembling of so large a force near the infant capital caused some uneasiness among the settlers, but admirable order was maintained throughout. The various tribes were accompanied by their missionaries, and religious services were well attended. The feast lasted about a week. Other Titles - The New-Zealand festival Inscriptions: Recto - "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Greymouth Evening Star : Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: 1/2-050052-F

Description: Crowd outside Revington's Hotel in Greymouth. The hotel is decorated with banners that read "V.R." (Victoria Regina), and Cead Mille Failthe (one hundred thousand welcomes). The public reading room and school of mines is on the right. Taken by an unidentified photographer in the 1890s, possibly during Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1869]

Reference: 1/2-002559-F

Description: Photograph of a wood engraving depicting The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Tour, Auckland 1869. Shows crowds waving and flags flying with sign `Peace and Plenty'. The Duke is in a horse-drawn carriage. Probably photographed from the "Illustrated London News". Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Wilson, Kenneth Adrian, 1924-2012: Photographs relating to Wellington

Reference: 1/2-136059-F

Description: Crowd of people at the beach, Island Bay, Wellington, taken ca 1900 by an unidentified photographer. The Blue Platter Tea House can be seen to the centre left of the image. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017614-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017642-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.