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Monument to Tuaiwa Ngatipare at Patikirau, near Raglan, 1910 - Photograph taken by Gilm...

Date: 1 August 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001056-G

Description: Monument dedicated to Tuaiwa Ngatipare, who died 29 January 1909, aged 43, at Raglan. It is a large monument with a winged figure on a pedestal surrounded by an iron fence. There is a door into the monument beneath the inscription. Taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros', probably Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tuaiwa's monument, Raglan N.Z. 338.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G. Bros Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

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Rev Benjamin Yates Ashwell's mission school at Taupiri

Date: 1859

From: Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901: Photograph album of Bruno Hamel images of Government Scientific Exploring Expedition conducted by Dr Ferdinand Hochstetter

Reference: PA1-o-207-06

Description: Rev Benjamin Yates Ashwell's mission school at Taupiri, photographed in 1859 by Bruno Hamel. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Rev Ashwell Taupiri Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.9 x 20.3 cm mounted on album page

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Winete Paranihi & Kuini at Papakai, King Country

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Ingle, M A (Mr), fl 1967 :Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-37-09

Description: Photograph of a Maori woman seated on the ground wearing a flax cloak. Standing beside her is a Maori man wearing a full-length tag cloak. The couple are posing outside in an area surrounded by flax bushes. Photographed by Burton Bros, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3794 - Winete Paranihi & Kuini - Papakai, King Country. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.5 x 29 cm

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Artist unknown :Natives assembled to celebrate the Lord's Supper at Orona, Taupo, New Z...

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Selwyn, George Augustus (Bishop), 1809-1878

Reference: PUBL-0180-1845-084

Description: Two ministers of religion at Lake Taupo, each standing in a small tent, with a large canoe behind them, its centre draped in a white cloth, holding the communion bread and wine. In the foreground a crowed of Maori are seated. The drawing may be the work of G. A. Selwyn, since there is an ink version of this drawing in a letter to his mother dated Wellington, Sept 13 1842 (Manuscripts and Archives Section of the Library) Extended Title - From: The ecclesiologist. Vol. 4. No. 2. March 1845, between pages 84 and 85 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 75 x 91 mm

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Artist unknown :Photographs in the "King Country" of New Zealand. The Illustrated Londo...

Date: 1887

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-433-005

Description: Nine scenes in one engraving showing: 1. "Shooting" a native; an anxious moment [a European photographer photographs apprehensive Maori] 2. Terrified they take to their heels [photographed subjects take fright] 3. Reciprocity [a Maori girl looks back through the lens at the photographer] 4. Our mode of progression over rocks and shallows [A waka is steered through rocks by punters on board and guides in the water] 5. Taitua our helmsman in full dress [Maori man wears European hat and jacket and grass skirt] 6. The largest whare in the settlement [A Maori indicates a small hut to two European travellers] 7. Tangarakau, a hundred miles up the Wanganui River [Scenic view of the river in a narrow area] 8. Mouton [Moutoa] Island, the scene of battle between friendly and hostile natives 9. Ngatai, chief of the Ngatiawa Tribe, our host at Taumarunui [Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a bearded Maori] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 397 x 297 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

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Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia

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

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Annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia

Date: October 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0054-F

Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Matapaepae Clark has been identified in image 11. Shows groups of Maori women, particularly kuia, some of whom have moko. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

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Maori children outside a house, Maori girl with her doll

Date: 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0066-F

Description: Maori children outside a house, possibly in Huntly. Photographed by Ans Westra in 1961.Includes 5 photographs of a young Maori girl with her doll. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

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Annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia

Date: October 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0050-F

Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows people gathered on the porch of Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; kuia smoking; kuia with moko; Maori children; a family group. Paraore Herewini has been identified in image 4. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

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Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878 :View from Mt Pukekawa of the embuchure ...

Date: 1869 - 1901

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878; Anderson, Nora, active 1901; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: C-126-006

Description: Extensive view framed by tree ferns and flax in the foreground, looking down unto a small river winding through cultivated fields and scattered houses, with the kainga mentioned in the title presumably the cluster of buildings to the right. There is a ridge of low hills beyond the near river valley then the extensive plain of the Waihou River, formerly called the Thames, with mountains in the distance The original watercolour by Liardet is at C-137-005. The Thames River, named by Captain Cook, is now known by its original Maori name as the Waihou River. The "Kawaeranga" River is the Kauaerangi. Mt Pukekawa does not appear to be a name used in the area depicted any longer - the closest Pukekawa is some 50 kilometres to the west on the far side of the Waikato River. On the verso is a pencil and faint watercolour drawing of a pair of pink dancing shoes and a fan. Other Titles - Embouchure, Kauaerangi River, Waihou River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title, both artists' names and dates, in brown brushpoint in cursive calligraphic style.; Verso - "Mrs Anderson Coromandel sc" plus framing instructions dating from the 1960s. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 315 x 467 mm. Provenance: Owned by Warren Sisarich, 1960s. Sold at Dunbar Sloanes, Wellington, to Dr Neville Hogg of Dargarville.

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[Creator unknown] :[Maori land blocks in the Taupo District] [ms map]. [n.d.]

By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976; Carpenter, Ken, active 1995

Reference: MapColl-os832.18gbbd/[n.d.]/Acc.39821

Description: Cadastral map, with topographical information, of the Taupo District, showing numbered Maori land blocks. Includes the area from Te Poua Kani, eastwards to Te Kowhatu Whakairo, southwards to the Mohaka River and Mangatainoko, and westwards to Te Kohatu. Land blocks sited include Kaimanawa, Tapapa, Te Matai, Wharetoto, Waikare Mohaka, Runanga, Pohokura, Tauhara, Tauranga, Pukahunui, Kaingaroa, Paeroa, Whakamaru, Maraetai and Okahukura. The land north of Rotoaira and west and northwest of Lake Taupo has not been divided into blocks. The northeastern land blocks have been coloured blue, the southern blocks brown. Native (Maori) land is highlighted between Paeroa and Tauhara North. Map also shows Maori placenames, rivers, bush areas and other topographical features. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 100.7 x 110 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0358.

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Annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia

Date: October 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0027-F

Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; kuia with moko; etc Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

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Leahy, James. E., fl. 1883-1896: [Map of the Hauraki Plains District and areas west to ...

Date: 1883

By: Leahy, James Eugene, active 1883-1901

Reference: MapColl-832.1ecd/[1883?]/Acc.1797

Description: Map indicating boundaries of Maori lands and territories in the Hauraki Plains area extending to Thames and as far south as Tauranga Harbour. Includes the following Iwi references:- Uruopou lands now belonging to Ngatipaoa, Waitaha lands, Te Hakaipuku or Ngatikea land, Ngaiwi lands, Ngati Te Rauhea lands, Ngatihuarere territory, Lands of Ngatirotawa, Ngati Paeko, Ngati Tutea, Ngati Hotu, Ngatihako territory, Ngamarama lands. Some Maori placenames are hand-written on a printed, commercial map of what was then the Auckland district. Title supplied by cataloguer. Jas. E.L. believed to be James E. Leahy, fl. 1883-1896 Base map: Auckland, sheet 3. Wellington, N.Z.: General Survey Office, 1883. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 47.9 x 58.3 cm.

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Ngongo, Lake Rotoaira - Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers

Date: [ca 1885]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-041-01

Description: Ngongo on the shores of Lake Rotoaira photographed by the Burton Brothers in about 1885. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.7 x 14.2

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Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889 :Inside the stockade with natives outside. ca 1850.

Date: 1848 - 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889

Reference: B-089-001

Description: Shows a Maori man and woman at the far left, standing outside a whare with carved tekoteko figure. Behind the whare is a palisade and to the far right a waka is being launched into the sea. This work has also been know as 'Meeting house and stockade' A third foreground figure has been pencilled in beside the couple at the left, but has not been completed. This painting was used as the basis for 'Stranger's house (Houraki Pah)', Plate 5 in R A Oliver's 'A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand' (London, Dickinson Bros, 1852) Title from letter of authentication on backing board (accompanies painting in same folder). See also B-189-013 by R A Oliver ('Ihawera'), possibly showing the same woman dressed in striped shirt, knotted scarf and red blanket Other Titles - Meeting house and stockade Other Titles - Stranger's house (Houraki Pah) Inscriptions: Backing board recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 272 x 370 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously owned by the artist's descendent Mrs Madeleine McClintock and sold to Brian Groshinski. Sold at McArthur's auction to Goodman Fielder in 1984. Passed in at Webb's auction, March 1995, lot 114.

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View of Te Kumi, King Country, scene of the Hursthouse outrage

Date: 1885

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-28

Description: Photograph of the village taken by Alfred Hursthouse on 4 Jun 1885 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3609 - Te Kumi - King Country - Scene of the Hursthouse outrage. Burton Bros, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.5 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

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Trout fishing from a waka, Tongariro River

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs

Reference: 1/2-125116-F

Description: Unidentified Maori group in a waka on the Tongariro River, circa 1910. One man fishes for trout. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Service car and passengers at Taupo

Date: 1905

From: Mourant, Herbert Philip, 1881-1972 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4522-1

Description: Service car and unidentified Maori and Pakeha passengers arriving in Taupo, from Rotorua, 1905. A hotel is in the background. Photograph taken by H P Mourant. Inscriptions: Verso - The service car arrives at Taupo from Rotorua, fifty years ago. The building is the hotel. At that time there were only 10 white people in Taupo. (photographer) I T P Mourant. Photo taken 1905. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.9 x 13.9 cm (postcard)

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Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Ngaruawahia from opposite bank. General's quarters....

Date: 1864

From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-047-q-009

Description: View from across the Waikato River towards the main buildings of the Maori king's residence. The long low building on the left is the 'General's quarters', the 'King's palace' is in the centre with dark red barge boards, the 'council chambers' are futher to the right and the closest building and the flagstaff is on the far right. There are two small canoes at the landing place, along with people and horses. There are also tents amongst the remaining buildings on the site Copied from a watercolour by Hamley's superior officer, E. A. Williams 'Ngaruawahia from opposite bank of Waikato. 1864' in E. A. Williams' diary in the Hocken Library, p. 77 (The Turnbull holds a slide of this view) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on grey paper, 98 x 187 mm

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Beattie & Sanderson, 1897-1900 : Prime Minister John Seddon, Maori King Mahuta Tawhiao,...

Date: ca 4 Apr 1898

By: Beattie & Sanderson (Firm)

Reference: PA7-01-39

Description: Prime Minister John Seddon (far left of group in foreground), Maori King Mahuta Tawhiao (2nd to right of Seddon), James Carroll (3rd to right of Seddon), and others, during a Maori land meeting at Wahi Pa (also known as Waahi Pa), Waikato. Shows a group in the foreground with a Maori seated behind them. This is a Beattie and Sandersons photograph taken circa 4 April, 1898. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - After the speeches. Native land meetings, Waahi. (Protected, 4.4.98) Beattie & Sanderson, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.8 x 20.1 cm

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