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Historical items taken from Taranaki newspapers
Date: 1935-1937
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-7888-1
Description: The clippings are from the `Hawera Star' and `Taranaki Daily News', and refer to aspects of the Taranaki wars, and to Parihaka, especially with regard to forts and blockhouses. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 2)
Date: [1930-1940]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-03
Description: Contents comprise Waikanae area (J D Climie's surveys of 1880 and 1884); Otaki River mouth (Carkeek's survey of 1887); New Zealand (showing Te Rauparaha's and Te Puoho's routes and raids); plan of Manukorihi pa, Waitara; Kaiapohia pa, locality and plan; Manawatu River and Gorge etc (NZ Company's survey of 1842); Lower Wairarapa and Port Nicholson (NZ Company's surveys of 1842); Tararua Range, including Rimutaka Range and southwestern hill system; Hutt Valley; southwestern hill system of Wellington; Oroua and Awahou blocks (J T Stewart's survey, 1860); Horowhenua Lake and vicinity (NZ Co's survey, 1842); list of English place names transliterated into Maori Arrangement: Notebook no 2 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Scene at Manukorihi Pa, Waitara, Taranaki, where the ashes of Sir Peter Buck rested bef...
Date: Aug 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Ransfield, T, active 1950s
Reference: 1/2-040126-F
Description: Scene at Manukorihi Pa, Waitara, Taranaki, August 1954, where the ashes of Sir Peter Buck rested before being interred at Urenui. Shows a group on the verandah of a meeting house next to a display of photographs. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by T Ransfield. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. The ashes were taken to Urenui the following day. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Memorial statue of Sir Maui Pomare at Manukorihi Pa, Waitara, with Hera Retimana alongside
Date: 1936
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-006789-F
Description: Memorial statue of Sir Maui Pomare at Manukorihi Pa, Waitara. Hera Retimana sits on the steps below. Photograph taken in 1936 by an unidentified photographer for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Hera Retimana identified by family member. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Te Ikaroa a Maui meeting house, Owae Marae, Waitara
Date: [ca 1936]
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-009134-F
Description: Te Ikaroa a Maui meeting house, Owae Marae, Manukorihi Pā, Waitara. Hera Retimana, a weaver from Waitara, stands at the gate to the marae. Photograph taken by Steffano Francis Webb after June 1936. Source of descriptive information - Dated from opening of meeting house: 27 June 1936. Hera Retimana identified by family member, December 2006. Hera Retimana contributed to the weaving of the tukutuku panels in this whare. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Ramsden album
Date: 4th May 1946
By: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962
Reference: PA1-f-136
Description: Album showing the dedication ceremony for the Taranaki Mobile X-Ray Unit on Saturday 4th May, 1946, at Manukorihi Pā. This was the first unit of its kind in New Zealand, built in Taranaki for Maori and European peoples of the province Inside the front cover is a loose photgraph of a diagram of the "Duplex Photo-Roentgen Unit", showing an ideal installation layout for a bus; as is used in this particular unit. The official programme for the dedication ceremony is attached to page one; with various activities outlined; a list of speeches by local dignitaries, ministers of the crown including H G Mason (Minister of Native Affairs) and the Honorable A. Nordmeyer (Minister of Health); and the official unveiling and opening by Lady Miria Pomare. Scenes show the bus arriving, the Maori welcome of powhiri, karanga and karakia; a large crowd outside Te Ikaroa a Maui (the meeting house), with the statue in memory of Sir Maui Pomare in the background; and various scenes of dignitaries involved with the ceremonies. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black leatherette cover, loose-bound, entitled `Photographs'; 29.5 x 36.5 cm