Places

Date: ca 1930s

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-7974

Description: New Zealand scenes taken by Ben Thiem of Hokitika ca 1930s. Comprises scenes in the thermal district, Maori portraits, mountains and glaciers, pastoral scenes, rivers and lakes, and bush. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from John Arnold, book and antique dealer, February 2004

Date: 1954

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-07-04

Description: Includes words of Te Arawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa haka; pōwhiri; Posture dance by Ngāti Tūwharetoa; Poi dance by Te Arawa; Mataatua tribes action dance; Taihauauru Poi Aotea, Whakapapa Kawai Rangatira, He Ngeri; Haka Waka Atua; Ngati Porou tribe women's haka of welcome; men's ceremonial haka. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, 38 pages, 220 x 144 mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, October 2022. Previous reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1954-01.

Date: 1958 to June 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Kiwi Colour Slides; Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969

Reference: PA12-8800

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand between 1958 and 1959, and his return voyage to England aboard the Corinthic. This sheet of slides has two sections. The first 6 images relate to his voyage home with views of Fort Nassau and Willemstad in Curacao, and distant views of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The second section shows purchased slides of New Zealand. These include some from a set of Maori images and New Zealand plants produced by "Kiwi Colour Slides" and one of pohutukawa flowers taken by N. Hatwell. Subjects listed above. Slides on this sheet are numbered 699-722 with gaps for nos. 705, 707-709 which were removed for lectures on New Zealand when he returned home to England. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 705, 707-709), purchased slides showing a Maori poi dance, plaiting flax, Maori cloaks and a Maori carver for his representative collection on New Zealand used in a lecture series when he returned to England. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1950

From: [Programmes and other ephemera relating to Maori concerts, festivals and entertainment. 1950-1969].

By: Larsen's Tours Ltd; Chalmers, Barry Lionel, 1950-2009; Grubb, Dora Grace, 1909-1992

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1950-02

Description: A programme for a Maori concert performance featuring powhiri, love ditties, poi dances, action songs, haka, Maori games, poetry (patere), waiata, combination poi, toutou (war dance). There is a photographic portrait of Guide Rangi in the centre of the programme side. Soloists and named performers are: Wiremu Keepa, Ani Patiti, Kere Ratema, Hep Waretini. The non-programme side advertises Larsen's bus tours of the North Island, with an illustration of a bus and of a hostess with a microphone. There is also an illustration of a carved wooden figure, a woman performing with poi, and a cloaked man performing with a taiaha. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet 202 x 340 mm, folded to 135 x 85 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Barry Chalmers, Wellington, in 2005. Previously owned by Mr Chalmers' aunt, Mrs Dora Grace Grubb (1909-1992).

Date: 1959 - 1962

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Competitions-1900s

Description: Includes: 1959: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 19 September [1959]. Compere Rev R Rangiaho. (Haka include: Ruamoko, Kura Tiwaka Taua, and Paikea). Souvenir programme 1960: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 2 September [1960]. Compere Rev R Rangiaho. (Includes Haka Taparahi). Souvenir programme 1961: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 1 September [1961]. Compere Rev A Takurua (Includes words of "Te Urunga Tu, Te Urunga Pae"; and the "Ngeri" - Ka mate! Ka mate!) 1962: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 31 August - 1 September [1962]. Compere Rev A Takurua. Souvenir programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and programmes, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1950-1954].

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1950-01

Description: Includes list of committee members, the programme for a grand Maori concert on Sunday 19 March 1950; for a Maori competition "Whakataetae" on Friday 17 March, advertisements for local businesses, and a photograph of some members of the Ngati Poneke Concert Party. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programme, 25 cm.

Date: 1950 - 1954

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1950/1954

Description: Includes: 1950s: Aotearoa; greetings from New Zealand. Kia ora Katoa. Regal greeting card 2OX3-9W [1950s?] Hot pool cooking, N.Z. [Postcard. 1950s?] New Zealand tattoed Maori. Produced by G B Scott, photographer, Auckland H26-12 [Greeting card. 1950s?] Real photographs for your snapshot album. Maori. Published by Tanner Bros. Ltd [1950s?] NZ Post Office. Public relations Division. Who first discovered New Zealand? [1950s?] Pamphlet 1950: Micromodels Ltd (London) :Three dimensional volumetric micromodels. Maori war canoe. Set S.XV [ca 1950] Ngati Poneke Maori Association. Dance at Ngati Poneke Hall, 2 August 1950. With the Royal Hawaiians Dance Band. Invitation card Rangiatea Centennial Celebration. Service of thanksgiving & benediction for the centenary & restoration of Rangiatea. Otaki, 18 March 1950. Order of service (2 copies) Rangiatea Church Otaki. Centennial celebrations, 18 March 1950. Invitation card to the Evening Post Representative and Photographer Rangiatea Centennial Celebration. Souvenir programme [for various events]. March 1950. Tainui Canoe sexcentennial celebrations 1350-1950. Turangawaewae Pa, Ngaruawahia, 5-10 October 1950. Souvenir programme 1951: Pukekaraka Hui Aranga Katorika 1951 (the annual Easter hui of the Federated Catholic Maori Clubs of the Archdicoese of Wellington). 22-26 March 1951 at Pukekaraka, Otaki. Souvenir programme. 1952: The Maori as he was, by Elsdon Best. Pamphlet / order form [1952?] Valedictory dinner tendered by the staff of the Maori Affairs Department to Robert Preshaw Dykes, esq, Judge of the Maori Land Court, on his retirement. wanganui, 21 November 1952. Menu 1953: Te Hinota Maori (Maori Presbyterian Synod), "Te Maungarongo", Ohope, 16 May 1953. Service of dedication. Maori and English on alternate pages. 1954-1857: A traditionally carved Maori meeting house; a new amenity for Wellington and the Hutt Valley. 7000 [pounds] already raised. Will you help? Pamphlet [1954-1957] (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Kiwi Colour Slides; Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: PA12-8809

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. This sheet shows aspects of the thermal areas at Whakarewarewa and Waimangu, and scenes of Maori life. These include a group using a hot pool for cooking, a group of poi dancers, women weaving flax, a Maori carver at work with a group of tourists watching, a Maori warrior at the gate of a pa, and a group of women and children wearing a variety of Maori cloaks. The next set are from the Tarawera area, and include views of the Frying Pan Lake, Gibraltar Rock; three images copied from publications, one showing the White Terraces, and two showing the effects of the Tarawera eruption in 1886; a launch for hire on Lake Tarawera; and the entrance to the buried village at Te Wairoa. The last two views show the beach near Gisborne looking south, and looking down over Gisborne township from a hill. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1950/1969

Description: 1950: Canterbury (N.Z.) Centennial Association. Souvenir programme of Maori celebrations and centennial concert presented at the Civic Theatre, Christchurch, 8 September 1950. Souvenir programme Ngati Poneke. Maori Entertainment, Wellington Town Hall, 15-16 March 1950. Souvenir programme. (Contains essay on Rangiatea Church, Otaki, by Eric Ramsden). 1950s: The Arawa Concert Party of Rotorua present Guide Rangi and Concert Party. Concert Chamber, Rotorua every Wednesday and Saturday. Souvenir programme. [Date unknown, possibly 1950s] (Acc PR-00-0353, and PR-13-0049) (2 copies) 1953: Whakarewarewa Maori Concert Party will give their unique entertainment in the Concert Chamber [Tuesday 10th February 1953 - handwritten on front cover]. Programme 1956: Whakatane Maori Youth Club. Grand Maori concert and All-Maori play "Tu Terangi & Kihi". Souvenir programme with folded flier for a performance on 12 October 1956 (2 copies). 1957: Pataka Enterprises Inc presents a grand Maori concert on board the SS "Southern Cross". 24 October 1957, by Te Roopu Ngahau. Programme (with shipboard menu slipped inside) 1958: New Zealand presents the Overseas Touring Party in "Maori", sponsored by the Auckland Public Relations Office Inc., and the NZ Travel & Holiday Association. 1958. Programme ( 2 copies - one with autographs and photographs of Touring Party members) Wellington Teachers' College Maori Club 1958. Programme. 1960: Guide Rangi's sensational Te Arawa Maori Entertainers. Souvenir programme [ca 1960] (Acc PR-10-0136) Guide Kiri presents the famous Whakarewarewa Rotorua Maori Concert Party in their unique entertainment, promoted by the Public relations Office. Rotorua Printers. Programme [ca 1960] (Date assigned because it includes a photo of 12-year-old Dell Aratema, whose age was confirmed by Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku) Presenting the famous Whakarewarewa Maori Concert Party in a full programme of traditional entertainment. Every Sunday at 8.30 pm. Programme and souvenir brochure of Rotorua. One shilling [ca 1960] 1963: University of Waikato Welcome home Te Arohanui Maori Company. America loved the Maoris [1963] 1965: Extraordinary announcement! Maori concert, farewell appearance before leaving for overseas, lovely Kiri Te Kanawa, supported by Lou & Simon, Yvonne Thomas (The Poi Wizard), and Maori groups - compere Laurie Borck. Founders' Theatre 20 January [1965]. Flier (2 copies) Waihirere Maori Club of Gisborne. Opera House Wellington, 28 August 1965. Programme (2 copies) 1966: Arawa Concert Party of Rotorua presents Guide Rangi and Concert Party. Concert Chamber Rotorua, every Wednesday and Saturday. Souvenir programme [1966] Wellington Competitions Society Inc. [Concert, 1966 Festival of the Arts - with Muturangi Maori Club, Wellington Maori Anglican Club, Ngati Poneke Maori Club, Arohata Maori Girls' Club, Wellington Teachers Training College Maori [Club], Mawai Hakona Maori Association]. Programme 1968: Te Rangatahi. Grand charity concert. St James Theatre, 25 August 1968 (With Inia Te Wiata, Isobel Cowan, Howard Morrison, Myra Love, Ratana Brass, Nick Smith Trio. The New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust presents the creation scene from James Ritchie's "He mana toa", produced by Richard Campion; music by Douglas Lilburn; choreography by Leigh Brewer). Programme. Plus NZ Maori Council invitation for Tony Murray-Oliver to a reception the previous evening at the NZ Display Centre. Quantity: 18 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and programmes, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1950-1954].

By: Tanner Brothers (Photographers)

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1950s-01

Description: Envelope with decorative border showing a Maori motif. Inside are eleven black and white photographs of Maori in traditional costume, performing haka, poi, cooking in hot pools. Most scenes are probably from Rotorua and Whakarewarewa. Most photographs are taken by the National Publicity Studios and four are by A B Hurst & Sons. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) with b&w photographs. Physical Description: Relief print on envelope 87 x 112 mm, with black and white photographs enclosed Provenance: Donated by the Waitomo i-site Information Centre, 2009.

Date: Jan 1957

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-033530-F

Description: Maori poi dance being performed for American tourists at the Whakarewarewa model pa. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios in January 1957, by W Walker. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 1950 - 1965

By: Qantas Airways Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-Qantas-1950s-01

Description: Poster advertising Qantas flights to New Zealand shows a composite illustration of a Maori girl in traditional costume dancing with poi, in front of a carved pou. Behind and to the sides are vignette illustrations of a geyser, Milford Sounds, a pataka, hunters and marlin catcher, golfer, sheep and trout fisherman, Waitomo Caves, mountain skiers, Mount Taranaki, and an orange sun. An aeroplane flie overhead at the right. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 745 x 492 mm

Date: 1953

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-1953-01

Description: Shows drawing of young Maori woman holding poi, with spouting geyser in the left background. Other Titles - Pamphlet cover Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover ofpamphlet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 223 x 99 mm.