Places

Date: 1929

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1929-01

Description: Poster is a proclamation to all tribes of New Zealand, and differentiates Aotearoa (the North Island) from Te Wai Pounamu. The text is in a poetic form of Maori with the logo of the newspaper Te Paki o Matariki at the top centre. The text announces the opening of the house at Ngaruawahia on Monday the 18 March 1929. Guest would arrive on Friday 15 March for the powhiri. The following day the Ngaruawahia Regatta would be held. There would be prayers and meetings on the Sunday, and the opening of the house on Monday morning, followed by the Maori Lawn Tennis Tournament at 2 pm. The text appears over the name of the King, Rata Mahuta Potatau Te Wherowhero. Staff Maori Curator Paul Diamond comments (February 2013) that the Maori language used is poetic, with the heading "He niu ka torona" being a quotation from King Tawhiao (He niu ka torona ki nga iwi katoa = A staff is being held forth to all the tribes). Sir Apirana Ngata was one who attended this hui. The Ngata entry in the DNZB continues: "But there were tragic consequences for the Ngata family. At the hui Ngata's eldest son, Makarini, contracted dysentery and Ngata's wife, Arihia, nursing him at home, caught it too. Both died before they could get proper medicine. Ngata was devastated, and for a time there was bad blood between Ngati Porou and Tainui. But Ngata's close working relationship with Te Puea continued and her land development schemes survived. When she had a row with one of the Pakeha supervisors of a scheme, Ngata sided with her, sacked the Pakeha, and put Te Puea in his place". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, blue ink on cream paper, 540 x 422 mm.

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Green & Colebrook (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000176-G

Description: Great South Road, the main street through Ngaruawahia, looking South. On the left an unidentified hotel is partially visible, with the business premises of Green & Colebrook beyond. A number of people are on the street outside the hotel. Photographed by G & C Ltd (Probably Green & Colebrook, merchants, with a branch in Ngaruawahia) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Main Street looking South. Ngaruawahia. 115; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G & C Ltd. Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Fleming, Robert Stanley, active 1910-1915

Reference: 1/2-001603-G

Description: View of the Waipa Hotel (proprietor S. Draffin), and Jesmond Street, Ngaruawahia. Photographed by R.S.F. (probably Robert Stanley Fleming, storekeeper of the Novelty Depot). The business premises of the Novelty Depot are visible centre right, behind a horse and cart. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Jesmond St. Ngaruawahia. 24.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - R.S.F. Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 28 July 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62362-G

Description: Aerial photograph of Ngaruawahia Royal Village. Photograph taken 28 July 1964 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on negative envelope Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0951-1/2-G

Description: Three Maori seated in front of the carved door panels at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Original print in Godber Album Vol 100, p 47 (Pa1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Green & Colebrook (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000174-G

Description: View of the Wesleyan Church at Ngaruawahia. Photographed by G & C Ltd (Probably Green & Colebrook, merchants, with a branch in Ngaruawahia) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wesleyan Church. Ngaruawahia. 118; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G & C Ltd. Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [Feb 1949?]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-19395-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: March 1929

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 10

By: Robson, Edward Thomas, 1875-1953

Reference: PAColl-6208-07

Description: Ngati Porou group, including Apirana Ngata, at the opening of Mahina-a-rangi meeting house, Turangawaewae marae, Ngaruawhahia, March 1929. Photograph taken by Edward Thomas Robson. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: Ca 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Fleming, Robert Stanley, active 1910-1915

Reference: 1/2-001610-G

Description: View of the Waikato Esplanade, with the Ngaruawahia Rowing Club building centre right, on the banks of the Waikato River. Photograph taken by R.S.F. (probably Robert Stanley Fleming, storekeeper at Ngaruawahia). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Esplanade. Ngaruawahia. 21; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - R.S.F. Protd. 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-088

Description: Shows a horse swimming across a stream, a laden canoe being paddled across, another horse on the bank on the left and cabbage trees and other vegetation on both banks. Inscriptions: Album page - on opposite page - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 160 mm.

Date: 1905 - 1914

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Bessie Cornish. 1905-1920].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-12-057-1

Description: Shows a photograph of an arrangement of four postcard photographs interspersed with floral decoration. Postcards shows the Waikato River, the railway station, the Post & Telegraph Office, and cows in a field. Extended Title - From Postcard album of cards collected by Bessie Cornish. 1905-1920, page 57. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Photograph, 93 x 141 mm.

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Green & Colebrook (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001599-G

Description: View of the small wooden Presbyterian Church at Ngaruawahia, possibly known as Knox Presbyterian Church. The church has a white picket fence in front and a macrocarpa tree growing on the left. There are hills in the distance. Photograph taken by G & C Ltd (probably Green & Colebrook, merchants, with a branch in Ngaruawahia) in early 1900s; a copy in William A Price Collection Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Presbyterian Church. Ngaruawahia. 107; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G & C Ltd. Protd. 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001611-G

Description: Bandstand at Ngaruawahia, circa 1910, situated on "The Delta", the junction of the Waipa and Waikato Rivers. There is a park bench in the foreground, and the Waipa River is visible centre right. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Band stand Ngaruawahia No 3636 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 31 March 1979

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-74731-F

Description: Aerial view of Ngaruawahia. Photograph taken 31 March 1979 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 12.2 x 14 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder: Blue 310 Ngaruawahia.

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Green & Colebrook (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000161-G

Description: Looking from the Wesleyan Church near Ropers' coach and stables premises, up an unidentified street in Ngaruawahia. Photographed by G & C Ltd (Probably Green & Colebrook, merchants, with a branch in Ngaruawahia) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Looking up street from Wesleyan Church by Ropers. Ngaruawahia. 123; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G & C Ltd. Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 Aug 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Green & Colebrook (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000173-G

Description: Wrigley's Street, Ngaruawahia. Two children may be seen in the foreground. Photographed by G & C Ltd (Probably Green & Colebrook, merchants, with a branch in Ngaruawahia) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wrigley's St. Ngaruawahia. 111; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G & C Ltd. Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: Circa 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000956-G

Description: View of Ngaruawahia, showing a bullock team hauling a small office building across a field. There are houses on the slope behind the building. Photographed by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Early days. Ngaruawahia. No. 2407 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Green & Colebrook (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001592-G

Description: View along a wide road at Ngaruawahia with a large building on the right, and a row of houses on the left. Photographed by G & C Ltd (Probably Green & Colebrook, merchants, with a branch in Ngaruawahia) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Street scene. Ngaruawahia. 122; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G & C Ltd. Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0952-1/2-G

Description: The korupe (carving over the window frame) at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. It shows the Tainui canoe (ca. 1350) with its captain, Hoturoa. Above the canoe is Te Hoe-o-Tainui, a famous paddle, the kete (kit) given to Whakaoterangi by a tohunga of Hawaiki, the bird Parakaraka (front) who was able to see in the dark, and another bird who warned of approaching daylight. See "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell, 1977 (p 31). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Original print in Godber Album Vol 100, p 48 (Pa1-o-194) Inscriptions: Album page - Ngaruawahia Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1860 - 1869

Reference: A-159-044

Description: Subject: Ngaruawahia from opposite bank, showing flagstaff, King's palace and other buildings See photo file for very similar sketch Accompanied by green card inscribed `Laura Harper', and another hand `sketch by Taylor', attribution to Richard Taylor is questionable on stylistic grounds Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash, 149 x 230 mm