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Date: 1832

By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867

Reference: G-402

Description: A portrait of the seated figure of Tohitapu, with long hair and beard. Inscribed on verso: 'Tohitapu from sketch by Rev. H. Williams. Carved and coloured wooden frame is from church at Te Wairoa which was buried by the eruption of Tarawera in 1886'. Tohitapu feasted on the body of Marion du Fresne. Frame: in a frame carved with Maori designs A copy of an original drawing in Auckland Museum Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of pencil drawing, 215 x 165 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1843

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-047-2

Description: Te Puni standing, with full facial moko, clad in a dogskin cloak and holding a taiaha in his right hand. Behind him is Petone Pa, and a flagpole with the New Zealand Company flag on the right. The western Hutt hills are in the background. After the drawing by Charles Heaphy. See lithograph entitled `Epuni, or greedy... '. Engraver unknown. Accompanying text reads: Annexed is a portrait of Epemi, a chief of Port Nicholson, in North Island. He is tattooed, wears the native robe, and carries a long spear; but most of the chiefs are familiar with the musket and their strength is counted not by men but by muskets. Other Titles - Te Puni Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 2 II, p 247 [1843 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 115 x 70 mm

Date: Between 1900 and 1914

From: North, Esther Mary, 1892-1968: Photographs

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm); Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-178

Description: The first half of the album consists of a collection of postcards from many parts of the world, including New Zealand; many are coloured. One tourist postcard taken by George Valentine is labelled `Patarangukai, Maori chief'; others show groups of Maori; and another taken by Muir and Moodie is of a "House boat, Wanganui River". The latter part of the album consists of photographs of the Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Islands, Whangarei and Kawau, taken on a Christmas cruise, 1913-1914. Inscriptions: Album page - "To Esme North, with best love from Auntie Winnie, April 7th 1906, Easter" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey-brown cover with embossed roses in white, dark green leaves and stems; entitled `Post card album'; 34.5 x 19.5 cm

Date: 2006

By: Chrisp, Makere, active 2000s

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-2006-01

Description: Front cover of programme shows a photograph of the Parliament building, with a statue of King Mahuta, the third Maori king in the foreground. Inside is a programme and list of karakia. The back cover has the words for "Ka Mahue Ihipa", and "Te Ariki". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print on both sides on pamphlet, folded to 211 x 149 mm.

Date: 1908 - 1910

By: Willott, Victor Alfred, 1888-1932; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-CALENDAR-1909-01

Description: Colourful poster has a perpetual calendar in the centre, and is surrounded by advertisements for local businesses of Pukekohe, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, Otahuhu and Papakura. Above the calendar panel is a circular head and shoulders portrait of a clean-shaven Maori chief with facial moko; he is flanked by illustrations of the Scottish thistle and the English rose. Immediately above the calendar is a line of three-leafed clovers, and other illustrations included a boy and girl scout, and two illustrations of a taiaha and long-handled tewhatewha together. Advertising businesses include: Pukekohe: Herb Brunton, hairdresser and merchant; J Adams & Sons, butchers; H Dell & Sons, saddlers; R Miller, tailor; Frank Perkins & Co, grocers; W Wright, watchmaker Manurewa: Grand View Accommodation House; D R Tabot & Sons, storekeepers Otahuhu: B Jenkins, tailor; T Jameson, bicycle builder Papatoetoe: J Hunter, plumber and gasfitter; S E Moe, motorcycle shop; Frank H Wells, building contractor; W J Dilworth, saddler; G Rawnsley, boot and shoe maker Papakura: Richardson Bros, Papakura Steam Joinery Factory; Papakura Hotel (Mrs W A Waterman, proprietress); A Watson, boot and shoe emporium Text refers to 1906 in the past. The artist Victor Willot was 21 in 1909. Mrs Waterman of the Papakura Hotel died in 1915 aged 74 (information from Papers Past). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on sheet 780 x 580 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private owner, June 2013.

Date: 1820

By: McCrae, Alexander, 1799-1861

Reference: qMS-1172

Description: Comprises copies of McCrae's diary (pp1-24); a similar diary, extending somewhat later, and perhaps complete, with variations in the text as if both were written from some shorter memorandum (pp25-39c); parts of a sea-diary, evidently in McCrae's handwriting describing the voyage of the `Dromedary' to the landing of the convicts (ie the outward voyage) (pp39d-39f); a list of native chiefs in NZ (pp 40-42); notes on NZ (pp43-49); some scraps of notes (pp50-51) McCrae visited the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa and Hokianga harbours and writes of his experiences meetingt Maori and missionaries and describes many of the personalities he met including Kendall and Hongi Hika Language - Some notes in Maori (pp 40-42) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (51 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; ½ brown calf, brown linen) Provenance: McCrae's sister, Mrs Thomas, sent the originals to Sir Frederick Chapman; this typescript was made by Miss Hardie in 1925

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1890 - 1910

By: Gault, G A, active 1900; Valentine, K B (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: G-658

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a rangatira with moko, a shark's tooth earring, a feather in his hair, a tiki at his neck and the taniko border of a cloak passing diagonally across his chest Note on brown sticky paper, now removed: "Lived at Ranana" [i.e. Whanganui River. Other sources indicate that he lived at Jersusalem on the Whanganui River] Other Titles - Tattooed Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed with monogram: A G. Title written on verso (covered by backing board); also additional information on brown sticky paper label, now removed:'Lived at Ranana' Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 540 x 385 mm Provenance: Provenance: K B Valentine (i.e. previous owner, source of name of painter and identity of subject?).

Date: ca 1920s

Reference: 1/4-015253-F

Description: The old wooden bank used by Te Whiti at Parihaka Pa in a delapidated condition. Some carving on the eaves. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1900]-1966

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

Reference: PAColl-9977-8

Description: Portraits of elderly Maori women with facial tattos (moko kauwae) most taken by Marti Friedlander for Michael King's book `Moko,' first published in 1972. All of the subjects lived in the North Island of New Zealand. Most of them are identified. Photographs relating to Te Puea Herangi. These include - Portraits of Te Puea at different times during her life. Photographs relating to her work, such as the group of orphaned children she fostered after the flu epidemic of 1918. The construction of the ceremonial waka (canoe) Ngatokimatawhaorua. Building works at Turangawaiwai Marae, in particular the meeting house Mahinarangi (1929), and the Maori monarch's official residence, Turongo House including the opening of this in 1938. Te Puea's tangi, and her coffin being carried up Taupiri Mountain. Maori monarch's include - King Mahuta Tawhiao (1855?-1912). King Koroki (1909-1966). Queen Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu (1931-2006). Maori soldiers from the period of the First World War. The Parliament House (Turangawaiwai House) at Ngaruawahia (built 1912-1919). The photographs relating to Te Puea were gathered at the time that Michael King was writing her biography. Quantity: 62 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [Between about 1879 and 1899]

From: Bothamley family: Papers and photographs

By: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936

Reference: PA1-q-192

Description: Photographs taken by Henry Wright in the Wellington Region between about 1879 and 1899. In the album there is one photograph (p 33), of the Pink Terraces which was possibly taken by the Burton brothers. They include two photographs (on p 1, 36) of his wife (probably his second wife Mary Jane (nee Woolman), as it is likely they were taken between 1886 and 1890, dated from the style of her dress, and he didn't marry his third wife, Elizabeth Hughes Hallett, until 1907) Many were taken around the Wellington coast, including views of the Wellington Heads; two views of Maori whare at Karaka Bay (circa 1879)(p 13) and one with a Maori chief in front of a whare (p 15); and three photographs of a bay near Karaka Bay showing torpedo sheds (p 20), a naval camp (p 30), and the explosion of a torpedo in the sea (p 31). Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, decorated with gold patterns, central section with red, white and green inserts with the Scottish thistle, English rose and Irish clover (one section, presumably the Welsh one missing). Entitled `Photographic scrap album'; 28.5 x 24.5 cm

Date: 1844 - 1847

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: B-192-038

Description: Shows intricately carved wooden mausoleum (papatupapaku), about twelve or fourteen feet high, in which the body would have been placed upright Other Titles - Te Whero Whero Other Titles - favourite Extended Title - From: The New Zealanders Illustrated by G F Angas. London, 1847. plate 10 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 370 x 265 mm, in matt 535 x 405 mm

Date: 1882

By: Graphic (London, England); Nash, J, active 1880s

Reference: B-033-007

Description: Shows 5 illustrations entitled: Orakei, the only Maori settlement near Auckland; Water display by the fire brigade; The public banquet; Tawhiao, the Maori king; Entertainment at Clifton Mount Eden .. Extended Title - From the Graphic London, 29th July 1882 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: 1 engraving 305 x 228 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-10

Description: Shows intricately carved wooden mausoleum (papatupapaku), about twelve or fourteen feet high, in which the body would have been placed upright. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Other Titles - Pa Other Titles - Te Wherowhero's favourite daughter Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 345 x 230 mm.

Date: 1885

From: New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-32

Description: Group of men, women and children photograph with Wahanui by Alfred Burton on the verandah of his house at Alexandra in Jun 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3629 - The great Ngatimaniopoto chief Wahanui, family and friends at his house - Alexandra. Burton Bros, Dunedin.; Mount recto - bottom centre - Registrar of Copyrights, New Zealand. 697 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-04

Description: Depicts the whare whakairo (carved house) "Kaitangata" with carved lintel, posts and gables, said by the artist to have been carved by Te Rangihaeata himself. Two figures are seated on the edge of the porch, and a gourd stands on the ground beside them. The carved face supporting the ridge pole is said to represent Rangihaeata himself. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 245 x 340 mm.

Date: 1932

From: Henry, Annie (Sister) : Photographs owned by Sister Annie Henry

Reference: 1/2-030853-F

Description: Sister Annie Henry and Sister Isabel with Taawhare and others at Ruatahuna. In the foreground is the Mataatua calabash and a pot believed to have come from Cook's Endeavour. Photographer is probably the Auckland Weekly News, taken in 1932. Dated assuming that Sister Henry was circa 70 years old at the time this photograph was taken. Descriptive information provided by reader. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative Processing information: Record updated in June 2021 with date and photographer information provided by a reader.

Date: 1867

From: Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :Illustrations of New Zealand 1865?-1867

Reference: E-370-013-2

Description: A taller and a shorter Maori man, both with moko, performing the hongi on Picton wharf, watched by sailors on the ship moored at the wharf, and two Pakeha men and a dog standing on the wharf. According to the caption, the sailors are urging the two Maori men to hurry along, because the ship is waiting to depart. A number of the men are smoking pipes. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 115 x 205 mm

Date: [ca 1905]

From: Blue album

Reference: PA1-o-042-42

Description: Group, with Te Whenuanui at front left, taken circa 1905 at Mataatua Marae. Te Whenuanui wears a kahu huruhuru (Maori feather cloak) and a tiki around his neck. He holds a patu. Other persons, and the photographer, are unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Late Te Whenua; Album page - bottom of page: Mataatua Uriwera [sic] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print (approx due to uneven edges) 10.3 x 9.8 cm

Date: 1839

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-02-2

Description: Te Puni standing, with full facial moko, clad in a dogskin cloak and holding a taiaha in his right hand. Behind him is Wellington Harbour with two Maori by the shore to the left, and Petone Pa, a canoe and a flagpole with the New Zealand Company flag on the right. The western Hutt hills are in the background. Accompanying text reads: These two chiefs sold the site of the present Wellington Settlement to Colonel Wakefield, the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company, in September 1839... Epuni is the uncle of Warepori. Under the same unfavourable circumstances as his nephew, he has nobly deserved the name of "a true gentleman." He still lives at the village of Pitone, loved and respected by the English inhabitants of all ranks. These portraits were drawn at the time of the purchase in 1839... the village of Pitone and the flag-staff at the foot of which Colonel Wakefield took formal possession, appear in the back-ground. Other Titles - Te Puni Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 247 x 172 mm on sheet 350 x 544 mm