Places

Date: 1959-1963

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Education

Reference: MS-Papers-11990

Description: Contains typescript copies of data and reports relating to Maori education and leadership, which relate to the Maori leadership conferences of 1959 and 1963. Including papers relating to the urbanisation of Maori communities, careers advice for Maori school pupils in the Auckland region, Maori health, and discrimination towards Maori. Also includes a data paper for the Young Maori Leaders Conference of 1959, a programme for the 'Maori Leadership Conference & Seminar' at the University of Auckland in 1963, and a paper by Roger Oppenheim 'Maori children in Auckland schools' ca 1963. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Transfers: From Book Collections - One folder of typescript material (PR-15-0304).

Date: 1867

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

By: Henderson, William Hannam (Sir Vice-Admiral), 1845-1931

Reference: MSDL-2176

Description: Research digital photographs from the Photograph album of Sir William Hannam Henderson, held at the National Maritime Museum in England. Quantity: 29 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1860-1880

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911

Reference: MSDL-2178

Description: Research digital photographs from the Photograph album of Lieut-Colonel Hamley (50th Regiment), held at the Centre of Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, England. Quantity: 31 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2011

By: Te Matatini Society Incorporation (Organisation)

Reference: Eph-E-MAORI-2011-01

Description: Poster advertising a dance spectacular with Maori theme, shows a photograph of a Maori man in traditional dress standing behind a Maori woman who wears a white strapless dress, a feather sash, and feathers in her hair. The background shows Maori motifs. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Phantom Billstickers Ltd in December 2011

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916 :Maori portraits and artifacts

Reference: PAColl-1893-11

Description: An exhibition of Maori artifacts, Auckland Museum, New Zealand. Included are Tiki, flutes, combs, and items carved out of bone. Photographed by Josiah Martin, probably some time in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JM 496 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 15 x 20.6 cm

Date: 1884-1936

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-27

Description: Contains correspondence about McDonnell's business as a book trader, letters about land tenure, politics, and letters about the printing of various items (including the establishment of a Maori newspaper for the Labour Party) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: October 1975

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Ethnology-Maori lands 1975-03

Description: Crowd of Maori land marchers crossing Auckland Harbour Bridge. Photographed by an unknown photographer in October 1975. This image published in the Evening Post on the 26th of December 1975, and the 27th of June 1995. This image accompanied an extended caption about the docmentary of the Land March made by Geoff Stevens and Phillip Dadson, a co-production between TV2 and Auckland's Seehear Films. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1919-1933

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-38

Description: Contains material about the Ratana Church and the related organisation, the United Maori Welfare League (Te Kotahitanga); there are letters and receipts relating to the purchase of rare books and the printing of various items for the Church and the League, information about the operation of `Te Whetu Marama' (the Ratana newspaper), newspaper clippings from Pakeha media (mostly derogatory) about the Church and printed invitations to various Ratana gatherings; there are also letters about land shares and an electoral petition Quantity: 1 folder(s) (ca 177 leaves). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: Nov 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902 : Letters

Reference: MS-Papers-1038-1-09/bc

Description: Sketch by Thomas Bernard Collinson contained in his letter to his mother of 30 Nov 1846. Numbered key lists prominent buildings and some local Maori. North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the distance. Quantity: 1 sketch on two pages. Physical Description: Ink 402 x 185 mm

Date: 1901

By: J. Wilkie & Company; Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920; Baillie, William Douglas Hall, 1827-1922

Reference: Eph-C-ROYAL-1901-03

Description: Invitation shows head and shoulders portrait of the Duke and Duchess at the top centre. A European soldier stands on the left, and a Maori in traditional costume on the right. Below the central text panel are the New Zealand and British flags, and four vignettes: Lake Taupo and Ruapehu, Whakarewarewa, Milford Sound and Mt Cook. An independent source gives the artist as Robert H Hawcridge (1867-1920). The signature appears faintly below the image of Whakarewarewa. Other Titles - His Majesty's Ministers for New Zealand request the honor of the presence of [The Hon W D H Baillie & Mrs Baillie] to witness the ceremony...by Their Royal Highnesses. Extended Title - J Wilkie & Co, lith[ograpers], Dunedin, N.Z. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 330 x 250 mm (irreg)

Date: 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-029

Description: Shows four seated Maoris with three dogs, underneath a pohutukawa tree, possibly near Auckland The drawing occupies two thirds of the right-hand side of a double-page spread. On the left and extending into page 29 is Tamaki Settlements, Auckland [1844], with a view along the Tamaki foreshore towards Bastion Rock, with Mount Victoria and North Head in the distance Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 135 x 162 mm

Date: 1994

From: Scott, Tom, 1947- :Cartoons published in the Evening Post. 1-30 June 1994

Reference: H-163-009

Description: Shows a cracked muddy surface caused by water shortage in Auckland. Papers headed "Waikato River plan", "Resource Management Act", Concerns of Waikato tribes" are slipping down the parched cracks, indicating that the wants or needs of Aucklanders will win out over these broader environmental concerns. Published in the Evening post on 13 June 1994. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide, on sheet 185 x 252 mm.

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916 :Maori portraits and artifacts

Reference: PAColl-1893-16

Description: Three carved wooden Maori artifacts, Auckland Museum, New Zealand. Photographed by Josiah Martin, probably some time in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JM 496 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.9 x 15.2 cm

Date: 14 Feb 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-19353-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Shows the waka taua (war canoe) Te Toki a Tāpiri displayed at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Other taonga Māori are visible in the background. Information sourced from annotated file prints at PAColl-10010-034. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1881-1882

From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0196-406

Description: Also contains copies of letters from King Tawhiao to various politicians warning them not to heed the land claims of various people with regard to the Poutama block near Mokau, because he controlled the land and also mss of a waiata. Relationship complexity - A4 items formely from folder, fMS-Papers-0196-341B. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss

Date: 1979

From: Posters and other ephemera relating to Maori issues

By: He Taua (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1970s-1-05

Description: Shows a pair of hands in chains, reaching upward. Other Titles - Friday Auckland Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 420 x 300 mm. Processing information: Description updated 7 December 2023. Previous reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1979-01.

Date: 1860-1895

From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-0196-341B

Description: Contains copies of speeches by King Tawhiao and others, on the occasion of the laying down of arms in 1881, together with a narrative account of this and related events. Also a listing of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the list is of the hapu affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Contains copies of letters from King Tawhiao to various politicians warning them not to heed the land claims of various people with regard to the Poutama block near Mokau, because he controlled the land . The item also contains a `doomsday book' of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the book contains a list of hapu that affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Also contains addresses by various local body authorities in Waikato to King Tawhiao, to mark the occasion of his visit to them; there is a printed item about `Ko te korero o te haerenga mai o Kiingi Tawhiao ki Akarana', information about land sales at Horahora and Maungatautari (with lists of vendors), and notes about the relationship of the Kingitanga and the Kotahitanga in the 1890s. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss Grey phase box

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-041

Description: A Roman Catholic priest in soutane and saturno, his back to the viewer, standing alongside Maori members of his flock in a New Zealand (probably Auckland) bush setting. Two of the men are wearing European clothing including hats, one of them smoking a pipe. The other five, including a child, are in Maori dress. A small dog is standing to the left of the priest Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 135 x 209 mm

Date: 1859

By: Hamel, Bruno Lancel, 1837?-; Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901

Reference: PA1-o-207

Description: Album of photographs, with printed title page, signed (in pencil) A. Koch, 1859. Also includes contemporary newspaper articles relating to the expedition. One photograph is entitled Rev. Ashwell Taupiri. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Album of photographic views, taken during the Government Scientific Exploring Expedition conducted by Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter, geologist, of the Imperial Austrian Expedition, of the Province of Auckland, by Bruno L. Hamel, photographic artist, Auckland, New Zealand. 1859. Inscriptions: Album page - `An album of photographic views, taken during the Government Scientific Exploring Expedition conducted by Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter, geologist, of the Imperial Austrian Expedition, of the province of Auckland, by Bruno L. Hamel, photographic artist, Auckland, New Zealand. 1859'--Title page. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album 29.5cm x 24cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-0653 : Koch, Augustus 1834-1901 : Papers.

Date: 1844 - 1848

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Trafford, Benjamin William Rawson, 1824?-1891; Methodist Missionary Society

Reference: A-255-019

Description: Shows Tamati Waka Nene, standing in flax cloak, with rifle held across his body. Probably painted around the time of the Northland wars, 1845-46, in Auckland or Northland. Cf two very similar portraits, also by Merrett, of Tamati Waka Nene held by Waihi Arts Centre and Museum and by Auckland Public Library. Has also been attributed to Benjamin William Rawson Trafford, in Wanganui from 1847 Attribution based on style. Date based on date of Auckland Public Library version. However the work is also very similar to a lithograph attributed to Benjamin Trafford 'Tamati Waka Nene, Chief of the Ngapui'; 'Lieut B Trafford del', published in Power, J T. Sketches in New Zealand, with pen and pencil ... (London, 1849), opposite p 104 Other Titles - Tamati Waka Nene; Bejamin William Rawson Trafford Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 295 x 258 mm Provenance: Previously the property of the Methodist Missionary Society, London