Places

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-0014-23

Description: Scene depicts the carved and decorated tomb (wahi tapu) of the Ngati Rahiri chief Huriwhenua, set within its own fence and with the palisades of a pa for protection. The carved war canoe (waka taua) of Huriwhenua is set upright into the earth and marks where the chieftain is buried. Framed with hills behind and whare (raupo houses) on both sides and beyond. The location is described in Angas' accompanying text as a 'small and now entirely deserted Pah on the shores of Tory Channel, not far distant from the entrance of Queen Charlotte Sound', probably close to Te Awaiti. The site was tapu and Angas did not have permission to draw it. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. It is uncertain if Huriwhenua was of Ngati Toa descent, but he was the principal chief of the Ngati Rahiri tribe from Taranaki. His sister Te Wharemawhai, was married to Nohoroa (Tom Street), the eldest (half) brother of Te Rauparaha. Other Titles - Ngati Toa Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 240 x 311 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-02-3

Description: Hand-coloured engraving from a watercolour [Ngauranga Gorge and Stream, ca 1845], Ref. no. B-031-008, by S. C. Brees. It shows the stream viewed from the Wellington Harbour side, looking back into the Ngaio hills, with a Maori man carrying a European woman on his shoulders across the stream. On the right side is Ngauranga Pa, with the canoe memorial to Wharepouri amongst small houses. The waka-taua (canoe) is named "Te Wheke-a-Muturangi" and belonged to Te Wharepouri. It was captured at the battle of Waiorua 1824, or Whakapaetai as it also called, and was erected by the Te Ati Awa chief Rawiri Te Motutere, grandfather of Mere Ngamai, the wife of Wi Tako. Two Maori with a dog are in the foreground. Historical information from Matiu Baker - Ngati Toa project. Other Titles - Ngauranga Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 80 x 145 mm

Date: 1855

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-012-1

Description: The interior of a pa, with a whare and the palisades. Two people are seated, weeping, while a visiting man stands alongside and another person lies outside the whare. Two more visitors are standing nearby on the left, their heads bowed. One visitor is carrying a baby on her back. Two pigs are asleep on the ground in the right foreground and two kete, or food baskets lie on the ground in the left foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 115 x 165 mm

Date: 1861 - 1862

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of a trip up the Wanganui River, December 13, 1861-Jan 8, 1862]

Reference: E-041-009

Description: Shows a group of Maori sitting around a fire and cooking pot, with a hut in the background. In the right foreground a woman is bent over with a small leafy branch on her head. A dog or pig stands in the centre background. The name of the location appears to be written two different ways, and is not entirely clear. Other Titles - Papatahi Other Titles - Popotahi Other Titles - Popatahi Quantity: 1 drawing(s) In his sketchbook of a trip up the Wanganui R. 1861-62.. Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 130 x 177 mm

Date: 1861 - 1862

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of a trip up the Wanganui River, December 13, 1861-Jan 8, 1862]

Reference: E-041-025

Description: Shows a woman bent over at the right, weeping. In the entrance to the whare on posts, there are two seated figures, and two more seated on the ground at the left. There is a small dog in the centre foreground. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) In his sketchbook of a trip up the Wanganui R[iver]. 1861-62.. Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 130 x 177 mm

Date: 1846

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-117-2

Description: Scene on a marae inside a palisaded pā (Motuopuhi Pā?) with an orator surrounded by a large crowd of seated Māori, several whare and a whare nui, hills behind with a cabbage tree on the skyline and Lake Rotoaira to the left. Te Heuheu and his wives were killed in the landslide that wiped out Te Rapa on 7 May 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 85 x 155 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

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

By: Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse, 1807-1894

Reference: PUBL-0014-09

Description: A seated Maori woman wrapped in a blanket (E Wai inscribed beneath her) to the left of a standing Maori woman in a flax cloak. Behind the women is the Wellington Harbour, with part of Te Aro Pa (pallisades and a house) to the left. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. Rakapa Kahoki is the daughter of Te Rangi Topeora and Te Wehi-o-te-Rangi of Te Arawa, and niece of Te Rangihaeata. She later married Petera Te Pukuatua also of Te Arawa (Ngati Whakaue). E Wai is thought by some to be Te Wainokenoke, however this is highly unlikely as Te Wainokenoke is shown in another Angas picture with her husband Nohorua (or Tom Street) as a much older woman. This is probably Te Waitaoro who later married the whaler James Cootes. She was closely related to Te Rauparaha, her father Te Poa was Rauparaha's childhood friend, and two of her daughters were later married to Te Rauparaha's great grandson Wineera Te Kanae. Other Titles - Te Wai A similar version of this image is available as a physical lithograph, see A-274-052. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm