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Date: 1906

From: [Ephemera relating to exhibitions in New Zealand in 1906-1907, including the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch]

By: Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920

Reference: Eph-B-EXHIBITION-1906-02-cover

Description: Shows two young women, one European and one Maori, standing together under a carved Maori gateway, with a New Zealand flag wrapped around both of them. The Maori woman holds up a palm leaf. She wears a grass tunic and rata blossoms, and the European woman wears clematis. They may represent the bicultural nature of Zealandia. Attributed artist is Robert Hawcridge; information provided by Dr Polly Cantlon (26 September 2017), from a privately-owned volume of testimonials complied by Hawcridge in support of his application for the position of Head of School of Art in Dunedin 1909. Other Titles - HaereMai Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on cover of invitation booklet.. Physical Description: Lithograph, 155 x 110 mm (irregular), stuck on cover, 256 x 178 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Harris, John, active 1930s

Reference: Eph-C-SHIP-1930s-01

Description: Shows Maori chief Mita Taupopoki in cloak and ornate costume and headdress, with taiata and tiki, standing in front of palisades, carved post, and whare, with snowy peak in distance. At bottom are vignettes of Rotorua's steaming geysers, and of steamship. Identity of the subject confirmed by the February page of a 1933 calendar featuring a colourised photograph of the chief from the NZ Tourist Department. Other Titles - The chief Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Liverpool agents: White Star Line, 30 James St., Liverpool. Glasgow agents: P. Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell St., Glasgow C.2.; Recto - bottom right - John Harris Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 456 x 303 mm.