Places

Date: [1960-1961]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-52

Description: Comprises report of visit to Paremata for further colour slides, with notes re these and map showing Maori sites, place-names and European development and slide viewpoints; pannoramic photograph of Porirua Harbour showing geographical features, Maori sites and place-names; map, Motukaraka; sketch plan, earthworks, Fort Strode. Arrangement: Notebook no 51 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1911

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B083

Description: Contains diary entries with particular focus on land tenure, the operations of the Mareikura newspaper, and visits to and from Elsdon Best; also contains lists of addresses, Maori places around Wellington, and lists of owners of various land blocks Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: [Circa 1935]

By: New Zealand Railways; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PA1-f-059

Description: Album of publicity photographs, taken by unidentified photographers, chiefly in 1935 At the beginning of the album there are a large number of photographs of the buildings, and crowds at a race meeting at the Trentham Racecourse. (See article by O.N. Gillespie in New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue, 12, March 1, 1935). The album has many publicity photographs, designs for railway advertisements and posters, all showing the advantages of travel by rail. The advertisements include methods for travel savings: `Buy travel stamps. Travel savings N.Z.R. 1/-, 2/-, 2/6, 5/-, from railway stations & booking offices'; also `Start saving to-day for your trip away...'. Other posters advertise cheaper travel in the off-season, including summer holidays at the Hermitage, with low combined rail and motor fares" as well as advertising full season trips to tourist destinations. There is one photograph of a programme [?] for "New Zealand Authors' Week, 1936. Souvenir". Near the start of the album there is a large group of views at Flock House, agricultural college at Bulls. They show pig farming, dairy cows, sheep, lucerne for pasture and vegetable growing (See New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 12, March 1, 1935); and in one of these Lord Bledisloe is bending down examining pasture (See New Zealand Railways magazine, Vol. 9, Issue 11, February 1, 1935) There are a few individual and group portraits, but only one or two are identified. Interior photographs of Union Steam Ship Company luxury liners Rangatira and Aorangi, are shown as individual pictures, as well as in a montage (published in New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, issue 4, July 1, 1935). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscelleous 5'; 41 x 59 cm

Date: 1860s-1950s

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8066-01

Description: Three images of groups of veteran soldiers of the New Zealand Wars photographed outside Government House Auckland. Groups and portraits of people including Elsdon Best. Also Best's study and house "Mataimoana" at Highland Park, Wellington. One image of a Fijian man dating from ca 1880s. Unidentified monument, and scenic postcards of places in New Zealand which include Wairoa, Auckland, Howick, Devonport, Waihi, Taumranui, and the lagoon at Miramar, Wellington. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1860

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B001

Description: Contains notes about the circumstances in which Te Matorohanga dictated the material, which includes cosmological notes about Maui, Mataaho and the divine origins of various items and practices; there are also notes about Kupe, Toi and Whatonga and the discovery and settlement of New Zealand The text also discusses the interaction between the original inhabitants and the Maori settlers; there are also discussions about the activities of the canoe commanders in discovering and naming places around the North Island; there are also extensive whakapapa, waiata and karakia There are notes about the settlement of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington which were subsequently used by Best for journal articles, there are also annotations in Ngata's hand that refer to another publication Publication - Material has been used in `The Lore of the Whare Wananga' according to annotations thoroughout the book Relationship complexity - Some of the material was also published in 'The Land of Tara' , an article written by Elsdon Best for the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917-1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1864, [ca 1913-1933]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/04A

Description: Includes A short account of Ngapuhi raids on Ngatiporou under Hongi and Pomare, written by a Ngatiporou man, 1864; A story of Pomare of Ngatikuhungunu written by Te Wharetoroa of Te Arawa, submitted by George Graham; A story of Hine-Kiore of Te Arawa, written by Te Wharetoroa of that tribe; three Maori songs from T W Downes, and photograph and accompanying letter describing a 19th century Maori burial cave at Tawhata, Whanganui River, by Downes, 1916; unfinished article on stone carvings in Taranaki, by T G Hammond; The period of Hiro and Honokura: from Tahitian, Raiatean and Paumotuan accounts, by A Leverd; notes on Rarotongan and Mangaian words; Some Oceanic colour names, Notes on some Chamorro plant names, and Names of Mangaian string puzzles, all by F W Christian; also obituaries for Elsdon Best and Robert McNab, and other notes and correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Includes photograph of adzed totara coffins and relics, 1916; and photographed sketches of cosmology, and ships

Date: 1891-1930

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2759

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: Oct 2002

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: 35mm-96745-96776

Description: Colour negatives from five rolls of film taken by Binney in Oct 2002, showing images taken in the Ureweras. Corresponding prints are at PAColl-9928-20. Images comprise: - Copies of a pencil drawing of Rakuraku Rehua by an unidentified artist. - Memorial to Jean Guerren at Te Poronu. - Signs on corrugated iron at the entrance to the Tuhoe area, at the confiscation line, Ruatoki. Messages include "Welcome to the Tuhoe nation" and "Tuhoe did not sign the Treaty!". - Temporary meeting house 'Te Urupatu', near Ruatoki. - Ruatoki Mission House. - Tuhoe flag painted on a corrugated iron fence, opposite Ruatoki School - Meeting house Whare Toroa Wairaka, Whakatane, near river mouth. - Painted Maori wood carvings surrounding the entrance to Muriwai's Cave, Whakatane. - Scene with hill identified by Binney as "Tiritiri Whetu from Matakerepu (or what Hohepa Kereopa calls Whakarae)" - Looking across Lakes Waikaremoana and Waikareiti - Bush at Waikareiti including Ruapani Track - Puna Hokoi lake on Ruapuni Track. - Binney in Te Kooti's stone chair. - Stone at Onepoto, Hawke's Bay, with graffiti by members of the armed constabularly. - Hopuruahine Landing and flats, Lake Waikaremoana - Mokau Falls. - Te Poho o Kuri Kino meeting house at Te Wai-iti marae, Ruatahuna. Exterior views. - Scenes at Heipipi showing 'Tamahou's old house' and the site of Elsdon Best's house. - Te Whatu o Te Kanohi meeting house at Papueru marae, Ruatahuna. Exterior views. - View, from a distance, of a house identified by Binney as 'Whare Kawenata at Papueru' - Scenes from Tarapoumanu summit, looking into the Ureweras. - Catholic church St Paul's at Ngaputahi. Exterior view. Accompanying information - Paper packets that originally held prints and negatives, have a few descriptive comments written by Binney. They are held at PAColl-9928-20. Quantity: 32 colour original negative(s) strips with 113 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm

Date: Oct 2002

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: PAColl-9928-20

Description: Colour prints from five rolls of film taken by Binney in Oct 2002, showing images taken in the Ureweras. Corresponding negatives are at 35mm-96745-96776-F Images comprise: - Copies of a pencil drawing of Rakuraku Rehua by an unidentified artist. - Memorial to Jean Guerren at Te Poronu. - Signs on corrugated iron at the entrance to the Tuhoe area, at the confiscation line, Ruatoki. Messages include "Welcome to the Tuhoe nation" and "Tuhoe did not sign the Treaty!". - Temporary meeting house 'Te Urupatu', near Ruatoki. - Ruatoki Mission House. - Tuhoe flag painted on a corrugated iron fence, opposite Ruatoki School - Meeting house Whare Toroa Wairaka, Whakatane, near river mouth. - Painted Maori wood carvings surrounding the entrance to Muriwai's Cave, Whakatane. - Scene with hill identified by Binney as "Tiritiri Whetu from Matakerepu (or what Hohepa Kereopa calls Whakarae)" - Looking across Lakes Waikaremoana and Waikareiti - Bush at Waikareiti including Ruapani Track - Puna Hokoi lake on Ruapuni Track. - Binney in Te Kooti's stone chair. - Stone at Onepoto, Hawke's Bay, with graffiti by members of the armed constabularly. - Hopuruahine Landing and flats, Lake Waikaremoana - Mokau Falls. - Te Poho o Kuri Kino meeting house at Te Wai-iti marae, Ruatahuna. Exterior views. - Scenes at Heipipi showing 'Tamahou's old house' and the site of Elsdon Best's house. -Te Whatu o Te Kanohi meeting house at Papueru marae, Ruatahuna. Exterior views. - View, from a distance, of a house identified by Binney as 'Whare Kawenata at Papueru' - Scenes from Tarapoumanu summit, looking into the Ureweras. - Catholic church St Paul's at Ngaputahi. Exterior view. - Building labelled Waikotikoti, probably at Waikotikoti Marae. - Hine nui te po meeting house at Waikotikoti Marae at Te Whaiti. Exterior views. Accompanying information - Paper packets that originally held prints and negatives, have a few descriptive comments written by Binney and are held with PAColl-9928-20. Quantity: 91 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler prints

Date: 1000 - 1930

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-01/1

Description: Includes an ms list of place-names (in alpha order); the printer's proofs; notebook labelled "W'gtn 3" Publication - The great harbour of Tara Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1965-1966

From: Dell, Richard Kenneth, 1920-2002 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5156-4

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1897

From: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937 :[Collection of views of scenic areas of New Zealand. 1896-1900]

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937

Reference: E-141-q-014

Description: Waikaremoana Lake surrounded by bush-clad hills Used as an illustration in Best, Elsdon 'Waikaremoana' (1897) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: G.N.S. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 164 x 229 mm

Date: ca 1923]

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962; McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935

Reference: PAColl-1430

Description: Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1921

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

Reference: PA1-q-257-61-2

Description: Photograph of Elsdon Best talking with a priest (Father Augustine Venning), before a group of Maori men, women, and children sitting on the porch of a wooden whare. Photographed in 1921 by James Ingram Mcdonald. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 10.2 cm Processing information: Title and details altered in September 2018 when name of priest was confirmed by a researcher.

Date: 1915

By: Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937; Hogg, Helen Hume, -1971

Reference: B-035-022

Description: A view looking up to a conical hill with a path winding up it and palisades at various points, especially on the top of the hill. According to a note on the back of the mount this pa was "constructed by Ngati Pukeko at Te Whaiti early in the nineteenth century. They were expelled from it by Tuhoe. Many of the palisades, of totara, were standing in 1895, but those depicted are a restoration by the artist, and are wrongly placed." The note is signed Elsdon Best and dated 6.2.1915. There is another view of the same pa site by Boscawen, titled A bush pa in the Urewera Country. It is a wash drawing, ca 180 x 250 mm in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. It is in the scrapbook of T. E. Donne titled Maoris and Maori antiquities, 1844-1846, reference number PXA 2073 f 32. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and signature H. Boscawen in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 150 x 260 mm

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Taylor, J N fl 1900s :Photographs of Wellington

Reference: 1/2-104832-F

Description: A tangi at the Ngati Toa marae "Takapuwahia", Porirua, showing Elsdon Best, second man from left; Sir Maui Pomare, third from left; and George Katene eight from right, standing in front of the tupuna whare (ancestral house) "Toa Rangatira". Photograph taken J N Taylor [ca 1920s]. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1896

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4249-02

Description: Road inspectors camp at Te Whaiti. From left: Elsdon Best, Tutakangahau, C Turner, Mr and Mrs Manson, Te Kura and A Cross. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1896.

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: A-143-017

Description: A hollowed out tree trunk, with a carved loose flap, able to be hit so that it reverberates The original for an illustration in J. C. Andersen's 'Maori Music' (1934); also used in Elsdon Best's 'Games and pastimes of the Maori' (1925). The work was purchased with a portrait of Elsdon Best and the connection with him seems more likely than that with Andersen. Ryan visited Te Whaite in 1891. There may have been a third carved head at the base of the flap shaped from the tree trunk. An inscription on the verso may read 'Erase the lower head' and the base of the flap has been painted over with Chinese white gouache. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - 84. The pahu or tree gong at Te Whaite. Erase [?] [one crossed out] the lower head [in pencil, in an unknown hand. Probably inscribed in association with the work's reproduction in books by either Elsdon Best (Games and pastimes of the Maori, 1925) or Johannes Andersen (Maori music, 1934)] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash with Chinese white on buff-coloured paper, 305 x 207 mm

Date: [March 1904]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-47-2

Description: The address from the chiefs, during the hui at the vice-regal visit to Ruatoki, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross. Shows Elsdon Best in foreground. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The address from the chiefs. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 89 x 117 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: 1923-1925

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: MS-0053

Description: Diary of Dominion Museum ethnological expedition to the East Coast in 1923. In the expedition party were Best, Buck, Ngata and others. Describes a visit (Mar-Apr 1923) to East Coast Maori pā (East Cape to Waipiro Bay) and Waiomatatini collecting recordings of Māori songs from Ngāti Porou. In the same party were Best, Buck, Ngata and others. Also an account of a visit to Tauranga (Dec 1923) and Kapiti (Dec 1924 -Jan 1925). In the back of the diary are research notes on Māori songs, string games, and New Zealand bird songs. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (118 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (22 cm; green boards, green linen slip case) Few pencil sketches