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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: 1939-1940

From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel

By: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996

Reference: PA1-o-988

Description: The images record three separate events: 1. Leslie Verry's trip to Europe in 1939 as the world prepared for war. 2. The New Zealand Centennial celebrations at Waitangi in 1940. 3. A climbing trip to Tongariro National Park, easter, 1940. In relation to the Second World War, this album is interesting in that it has several photographs showing mobilisation in Holland, and troops on the move in Utrecht and the Hague following the Italian invasion of Albania in April 1939. It also has photographs taken in Kassa (Hungary) after the partition of Czechoslovakia. While in Britain and Europe Leslie Verry also practiced as a freelance journalist Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1949

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-033

Description: Contains typescripts for a number of speeches given by Sir Peter Buck during the month of March in 1949 during his tour of the Maori areas. Some of the venues where he spoke were at Parliament building, Ngati Poneke Hall, Manukorihi Pa - Waitara, Urenui Primary School and others where he spoke on issues like Maori leadership and health care Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

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: September 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0042-F

Description: Scenes during the opening of the meeting house at Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, photographed in September 1960 by Ans Westra. Shows Taranaki Maori women and children; a kuia smoking a cigarette; a woman with a moko; people at a dining tables; etc. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0012-F

Description: Maori women and Rei family children inside the kitchen of Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, 1960. Shows a boy eating a meal; Una Epae, Miriama Morgan (nee Daymon) and Netta Puketapu playing cards; a toddler trying on footwear; and a boy looking at a book/magazine. Photographed in 1960 by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: September 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0036-F

Description: The evening meal at the opening of the meeting house at Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, photographed in 1960 by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.