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Coxhead album 1
Date: [1880s-1890s?]
By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908
Reference: PA1-q-056
Description: Scenic views of New Zealand and Australia photographed by Frank Arnold Coxhead (F.A.C.). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue buckram cover, with spine title "New Zealand and Australia, 3360-3417", 31 x 27 cm
Garden and dining room at the Spa Hotel, Taupo
Date: [ca 1905]
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/1-010995-G
Description: Garden and dining room (inside Maori meeting house building) at the Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1905. Photograph taken by Edward George Child. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Spa. Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
In the meeting house lounge of the Spa Hotel, Taupo
Date: [ca 1950]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-010388-F
Description: Scene in the meeting house lounge of the Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1950. Shows the carved central support pole of the building and a hotel employee arranging roses alongside. Photograph taken for National Publicity Studios. Notes on back of file print, from National Publicity Studios, read: "This carving of the head man of the Tribe is very valuable, and is insured for £350. The whole structure is supported by this God and Tuatara Lizard which he holds." Source of descriptive information - File print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Telling a fish story in the meeting house lounge, Spa Hotel, Taupo
Date: [ca 1950]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-010390-F
Description: Man telling a fish story in the meeting house lounge, Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1950. Shows a group around a fire. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Albert Percy Godber standing beside the amo of Maori meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu, ...
Date: Circa 1928
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1937-1/2-G
Description: View of the amo of Maori meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu at Taupo. It was later named Mauri-ora after John Joshua (proprietor of the Spa Hotel in Taupo) bought it for use as a lounge, smoking room and dining room. The photographer, A P Godber is standing beside the amo. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1928. This image is reproduced in "Carved Maori houses of western and northern areas of New Zealand" by William J Phillipps (1955, p 187), which has the inscription "Fig. 112. Te Tiki o Tamamutu, The Spa, Taupo. (Mr Godber in photo). A P Godber photo". For further information see also "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches