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Lysaght, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945 :"Moreroa", Chatham Islands, sketch by S A Moore ab...
Date: 1889 - 1890
By: Moore, Sophia Augusta, 1862?-1945; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965
Reference: A-181-018
Description: A house of one-and-a-half storeys amongst trees with other farm buildings visible, the sea (or Te Whanga Lagoon) to the right Note on verso states that this is the cottage where F E Moore and S A Moore lived. Their farm was named Moreroa, and they occupied it between 1885 and 1891. The area is still named Moreroa. Inscriptions: Verso - Title plus additional note; Where F E Moore & S A Moore lived Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 121 x 179 mm
Point House, Pitt Island
Date: ca 1910
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
By: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957
Reference: PAColl-4872-1-04
Description: House on Pitt Island known as Point House. Photograph taken by either by Ernest Guest or J J Guest, between circa 1900 and circa 1920.. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935 :Chatham Islands [ca 1890]
By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965
Reference: A-180-016
Description: Shows hills alongside water, with three figures seated by the shore, near a rowboat. Three men are carrying another rowboat ashore underneath trees Dating: The artist's sister Sophie Augusta Moore lived on the Chatham Islands between approximately 1885 and 1891, giving a likely date for a visit from her sister, the artist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Chatham Islands. M G C L Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 344 mm
The chief Tapu Hirawanu (also known as Maitarawai) and his wife Rohana
Date: 1891
Reference: 1/2-020706-F
Description: A portrait of the chief Tapu Hirawana Maitarawai and his wife Rohana, 1891. They are standing at the door of a wooden house with a thatched roof. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Chatham Islands; Recto - beneath image - The Moriori chief Tapu Hirawana Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Father Christmas goes to the Chatham Islands
Date: [December 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
By: Campbell, Duncan, active 1951
Reference: 114/408/48-F
Description: A man on the Chatham Islands during a visit to the islands by Father Christmas. Photograph taken December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Travellers Rest Hotel, Chatham Islands
Date: ca 1914
From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992: Photographs, chiefly relating to the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-038461-G
Description: Travellers Rest Hotel, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, with an unidentified group of men outside. Photograph taken circa 1914, by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Group of men on the Chatham Islands
Date: ca 1910
From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992: Photographs, chiefly relating to the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-077398-F
Description: Group of men on the Chatham Islands photographed about 1910 by an unknown photographer. Youth with back against window, M T McGregor; man with beard in front of him, Gabriel Timolius Heinrich Odman (licensee of the Mangoutu Hotel); Third from left seated with white hat, Rangitapua Horomona Rehe (father of Tommy Solomon); centre middle, Mr Stone; right standing, Mr Te Paki; seated right, Reuben Cannon; centre back, Charlie Murphy. 1/2-077259, 1/2-077262, 1/2-077384, 1/2-077387 to 077394, 1/2-077396 to 077400, 1/2-076196 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Unidentified woman, Chatham Islands
Date: 1956
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1956/2928-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Members of the Young Women's Christian Association, serving early morning tea to travel...
Date: 1956
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1956/2958-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Te Roto, Chatham Islands
Date: [ca 1890s]
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/1-013306-G
Description: The Dix family, with cattle and horses, outside a dwelling in Torotoro, Chatham Islands, circa 1890s. Photograph taken by Ernest Matthias Guest. Guest Collection Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Father Christmas goes to the Chatham Islands
Date: [December 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
By: Campbell, Duncan, active 1951
Reference: 114/408/56-F
Description: Father Christmas in an aeroplane during a visit by him to the Chatham Islands. Photograph taken December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Father Christmas goes to the Chatham Islands
Date: [December 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
By: Campbell, Duncan, active 1951
Reference: 114/408/42-F
Description: Father Christmas and children during the visit of Father Christmas to the Chatham Islands. Photograph taken December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Boat Lady of the Lake at Lake Huro, Chatham Islands
Date: 1877
From: Rockel, Ian Robert, 1939- :Photographs of Chatham Islands
Reference: 120-0038-2-F
Description: Thomas Ritchie (left), W Swain (in boat) and Mr Newsham with boat Lady of the Lake at Lake Huro, Chatham Islands, photographed in 1877, probably by Alfred Martin. Information used to date and describe image taken from inscription from print housed at PAColl-3957-1. Alfred Martin visited the Chatham Islands in March 1877. (Source: "A Canterbury album", by Joan Woodward, 1987, p 104). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on 120 strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative
Lysaght, Louisa Marion, 1862-1956 :Chatham Islands probably from boat of Islands in lak...
Date: 1885 - 1891
By: Atkinson, Louisa Marion, 1862-1956; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965
Reference: A-181-022
Description: A misty view across low-lying swampy land with rushes in the foreground, the lagoon of the Chatham Islands and low hills in the background Attributed on accession to the Library as the work of Sophie Augusta Lysaght; however a note on the verso states 'By LML' (Louisa Marion Lysaght, later Atkinson, sister of Sophie Lysaght). The place name Awapatiki appears to be no longer in use. Te Whanga Lagoon is open to the sea at Waikawa, on the east of Chatham. Dating: Probably painted between 1885 and 1891, when the artist's sister Sophia Moore was living on the Chathams at Moreroa. Inscriptions: Verso - in pencil, probably inscribed after the event by the artist with an additional note in the hand of John L Moore: title and 'By LML'; also a note 'Awapatiki is where the lake ran out into the sea. JLM'. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 176 x 354 mm
Settlement at Torotoro, Chatham Island
Date: [ca1880-ca1895]
From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands
Reference: PA1-o-1333-45
Description: Settlement at Torotoro, Chatham Island. Two men and four horses stand in the foreground in front of a thatched house and out-building made of tree fern logs. A stand of native forest rises behind the buildings. (Information from George hough and Bill Carter). 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
Huriroa Panirau and Mrs Kupa Piwari
Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/4-021411-F
Description: Huriroa Panirau and Mrs Kupa Piwari sitting on the steps of a building (probably the Post Office) in Chatham Islands. Photographed by Ernest M Guest, circa 1930s to 1940s. Note on back of file print reads: Huriroa Panirau (Mrs Oka or more commonly Mrs Joker) with Mrs Kupa Piwari at Chatham Islands. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Protector of Aborigines - Papers
Date: Apr-Oct 1844
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0001
Description: Memos and correspondence with George Clarke, the Chief Protector of Aborigines, including draft reports by McLean on his meetings with Maori relating to disputes and negotiations over land. Also includes translation of a letter (1844) from Te Wherowhero to the Taranaki chiefs urging them not to follow Te Rauparaha's example of confrontation refering to the Wairau conflict (1839) and notes of a meeting between Ngamotu Maori and McLean, 27 Sep 1844. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Rayner, Richard William, d 1908 : Chatham Islands diary
Date: 23 Aug 1866-31 Dec 1868
By: Rayner, Richard William, -1908
Reference: MSX-3694
Description: Diary written on the Chatham Islands. Internal evidence establishes the writer as being Richard William Rayner, a sheep farmer, guard of "Hau Hau" prisoners and government clerk on the Islands. Describes daily life, duties, activites of the Church, other inhabitants of the Islands. Details the arrival and departure of vessels to the Chatham Islands including the `SS St Kilda'. The endpages of the diary list the scale of daily rations. Name changed 10 March 2016 from Robert Rayner to Richard Rayner at the request of the great-granddaughter of the author. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph; grey box Provenance: Originally held by the Te Awamutu District Museum
Unidentified man, Chatham Islands
Date: 1956
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1956/2926-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Mission Church and graveyard on Chatham Island, near Kaingaroa
Date: [between circa 1910-1920]
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-037637-G
Description: Mission Church and graveyard on Chatham Island, near Kaingaroa. Photograph taken by either E M C or J J Guest betwen 1910 and 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative