Places

Date: [ca 1900-1905]

By: New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library; Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-o-1883

Description: Photograph album containing outdoor views taken circa 1900-1905 by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department in the Northland Region of New Zealand. Photographers unidentified but many possibly taken by Thomas Pringle who was employed by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department in 1901. Compiler of album unidentified. Some images have captions. Images mainly show outdoor views, including landscapes, buildings, beaches, industry (including logging and gum digging), and harbours. Some show people. Whangarei and Whangaroa Harbour feature. Despite the title of the album: 'Maori life and scenery', Maori people do not predominantly feature, except in a loose print taken by Thomas Pringle in circa 1905, showing three girls playing 'whai' string game, and some other prints showing Maori families and individuals. Other: All prints have an inscription "New Zealand Government and Tourist Department Protected 7.1.03", however 7 January is not the date the photographs were taken. It is likely to be the date the was registered/patented. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Backing board recto - On spine: "ZZ/P575/Photographs of Maori Life and Scenery" and "General Assembly New Zealand library" insignia. This insignia is also on the front of the album. Relationship complexity: This album relates to PA1-o-1884 and PA1-o-1885 which came to the library at the same time and belongs to the same series of albums which were from the Parliamentary Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green album bound by General Assembly Library, with gold embossed lettering. 24cm x 31.5cm. Transfers: From Book Collections - From NZ & P Book Collections as part of a large ongoing donation of mainly published material.

Date: 1851 - 1855

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1853/Acc.24010

Description: Cadastral map of the area surrounding Makara Beach, Ohariu Bay, southeast and northwest of the Makara and Ohariu rivers, including parts of both the Ohariu and the Makara Districts. Shows several numbered sections, with the names of the property owners, including: G Hart (occupied by John ?Monk), T Molesworth, R Barton, Smith (former Hallets), Stevens, Captain Daniell, H St. Hill, New Zealand Company, James Bain, Johnston, ?Barten, John Cook. Two blocks of land include annotations indicating they were sold in October and December 1855, one to the Provincial Government and one to James Baines. Several ink and pencil annotations indicate subsequent owner names and cadastral information. One area marked in pencil as unsurveyed. Large blocks of land are coloured coded as Native (Maori) land; smaller areas as Native (Maori) cultivations. A pa (kainga) at Makara Beach is shown. James Drake was a surveyor for the New Zealand Company. Written on map above Drake's signature: 'copy'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 75.8 x 67.1 cm.

Date: [ca 1900-1904]

By: New Zealand. Parliamentary Library; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-o-1884

Description: Photograph album containing images of Maori taken circa 1900-1904 by the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. Photographers unidentified but many probably taken by Thomas Pringle who was employed by the Tourist Department in 1901. Compiler of album unidentified. Some images have captions. Images show Maori men, women and children, wearing both European and traditional Maori style clothing, including various types of Maori cloaks. Many are shown involved in Maori cultural activities and mock ceremonies, in poses that appear to have been arranged by the photographer. Despite the title of the album: 'Maori life and scenery', there are no scenic views in this album. One notable series of images shows Lord Ranfurly's visit to the Urewera, the first visit of a governor into the Urewera heartlands in 1904. Ranfurly was accompanied by leading Maori figures including James Carroll and Maui Pomare, as well as war veteran Gilbert Mair and writer/enthnologist Elsdon Best. They include photographs of Te Whai a Te Motu (Wharenui) at Mataatua Marae, Ruatahuna. Other: Many prints have an inscription "New Zealand Government and Tourist Department Protected 7.1.03", however 7 January 1903 is not the date the photographs were taken. It is likely to be the date the image was registered/patented. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Backing board recto - On spine "ZZ P575" and "Photographs of Maori Life and Scenery". Also the General Assembly Library's insignia appears on the spine and on the front of the album. Relationship complexity: This album relates to PA1-o-1883 and PA1-o-1885 which came to the library at the same time and belongs to the same series if albums which were from the Parliamentary Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green album bound by the General Assembly Library, with gold embossed lettering. 24cm x 31.5cm. Transfers: From Book Collections - From NZ & P Book Collections as part of a large ongoing donation of mainly published material..