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Wright, Frank W, 1860-1923 :The meeting of the Waipa and Waikato Rivers, 1912 [by] F.W....

Date: 1912 - 1973

By: Wright, Frank, 1860-1923; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-020

Description: The rivers merging with low banks and some bush on both sides. On the right bank are two Maori women, one with a small girl, the other carrying a baby, descending to a canoe and a rowboat at the water's edge Reproduced from original watercolour in the Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 355 x 533 mm, on sheet 522 x 636 mm

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Events at the Ngaruawahia Regatta

Date: March 1986

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Hargest, Miles, active 1982

Reference: PA12-10771

Description: Events at the Ngaruawahia Regatta. Quantity: 17 colour original transparency/ies 35mm slides.

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Tattooed Maori women, and images relating to King Tawhiao

Date: [ca1880-1971]

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004 : Photographs relating to Maori

Reference: PAColl-9977-12

Description: Includes:-- The Maori Parliament House (Turangawaewae House) Ngaruawahia built 1912-1919. Portraits of tatooed Maori Women, all but one, unidentified. The ceremonial waka (ceremonial canoe) Ngatokimatawhaorua fully manned, off Paihia, Bay of Islands. Philip Munro and Toni Muru in large interior decorated with a Cliff Whiting mural. Photomechanical copy of an engraved portrait of King Tawhiao. Dame Te Atairangikaahu enthroned at her coronation, 23 May 1966. Photomechanical print of portraits of King Tawhiao's head wife and second wife. Entrance to Maori King's residence (Turongo House) Turangawaewae Marae. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

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[New Zealand Railways]. Auckland Section. :Ngaruawahia Regatta, St Patrick's Day, March...

Date: 1904

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: Eph-C-RAILWAYS-1904-01

Description: Arrangement of text, with small photograph of train engine at the top. Lists the train fares and train arrangements on the Auckland-Frankton line, the Te Awamutu line, the Cambridge branch, and the Thames branch. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 444 x 143 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the Ken Webster Collection.

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Auckland Star album 4

Date: [1900s?]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-015

Description: Album of images from various areas in the North Island. Includes images of Hawera, including streets, swimming baths, bowling greens, church buildings, the post office, hospital buildings, and public school. There are a several views inside caves, including caves and rock formations at Marakopa and Waitomo; views of coal mining at Mokau, the regatta at Ngaruawahia, cement works at Limestone Island in Whangarei Harbour, tree-felling in kauri forest. Images of Hastings include church buildings, school buildings, and other public buildings. One image shows a young man at a burial site in a cave, surrounded by a number of skulls. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers around the turn of the 19th-20th century. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound volume, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

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Waka with vice-regal party on board, Waikato River, Ngaruawhaia

Date: [ca 1950]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-033064-F

Description: Waka with vice-regal party (Sir Bernard and Lady Freyberg ?) on board, Waikato River, Ngaruawhaia, circa 1950. Photograph taken circa 1950 for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Ngaruawahia from opposite bank. General's quarters....

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-009

Description: View from across the Waikato River towards the main buildings of the Maori king's residence. The long low building on the left is the 'General's quarters', the 'King's palace' is in the centre with dark red barge boards, the 'council chambers' are futher to the right and the closest building and the flagstaff is on the far right. There are two small canoes at the landing place, along with people and horses. There are also tents amongst the remaining buildings on the site Copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams 'Ngaruawahia from opposite bank of Waikato. 1864' in E. A. Williams' diary in the Hocken Library, p. 77 (The Turnbull holds a slide of this view) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 98 x 187 mm

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[Bates, Henry Stratton] b. 1836 :Ngaruawahia from the Waikato [1860?]

Date: 1860

By: Bates, Henry Stratton, 1836-1918; Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979

Reference: A-159-004

Description: View across the Waikato River towards the Maori King's residence and village. 'The house on the extreme left with the sentry box near it is the King's' (note on verso). A large flagpole and ten other houses are visible. A small canoe is in the foreground, with another in the middle distance and others moored at the distant bank. The King was Potatau te Wherowhero Accompanied by letter and newspaper article about the picture. "The house on the extreme left with the sentry box near it is the Kings", and other notes on back Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title; Verso - various inscriptions Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 127 x 170 mm Provenance: Found loose inside volume 2 of Rees' 1892 biography of Sir George Grey. The volume was once the property of the artist, Henry Stratton Bates.

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Spencer Perceval Talbot Nicholl album 1

Date: 1863-1864

From: Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums

By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-046

Description: Album compiled by Spencer Perceval Talbot Nicholl when he was serving with the 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry during the New Zealand wars. The photographs were chiefly taken by John Kinder and by Daniel Manders Beere, in the Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty areas. Many of the views have no captions, but can be identified in comparison with images known to have been taken by these photographers. Views identified include Mr. Ashwell's church at Taupiri (Rev. Benjamin Yate Ashwell); thatched buildings; flagstaff at Ngaruawahia; the monument to the 43rd Regiment at Gate Pa near Tauranga; Potatau's tomb with a sentry guarding it; a carved stern-post of a waka; and a group of Maori men. Some, but not all, photos taken by Kinder. Inscriptions: Album page - `S.P.T. Nicholl (subsequently Lieut-Col), 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Album compiled probably about 1863/4' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled blue cover, brown leather spine with gold bands; 35 x 42 cm

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Maori waka on the Waikato River at the Ngaruawahia Regatta.

Date: Circa 1910

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0709-1/2-G

Description: View of a Maori waka (canoe) on the Waikato River at the Ngaruawahia Regatta. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1910. Original print in Godber Album Vol 110, p 72 (Pa1-q-103). Date from other images in this album. Inscriptions: Album page - Maori canoe on Waikato at Ngaruawahia. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Maori waka hurdle race on the Waikato River at the Ngaruawahia Regatta.

Date: 1910

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0710-1/2-G

Description: View of Maori waka (canoes) in a hurdle race on the Waikato River at the Ngaruawahia Regatta. A group of people line the river banks to watch. A bridge crosses the river in the right background. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1910. Original print in Godber Album Vol 110, p 72 (Pa1-q-103). Date from other images in this album. Inscriptions: Album page - Maori canoe hurdle race on Waikato. Ngaruawahia. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Wright, Frank W, 1860-1923 :The meeting of the Waipa and Waikato Rivers, 1912 [by] F.W....

Date: 1912 - 1973

By: Wright, Frank, 1860-1923; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-020-a

Description: The rivers merging with low banks and some bush on both sides. On the right bank are two Maori women, one with a small girl, the other carrying a baby, descending to a canoe and a rowboat at the water's edge Reproduced from original watercolour in the Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 355 x 533 mm, on sheet 522 x 636 mm

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