Places

Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Keesing, G S (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: D-001-009-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. This copy lacks a printed inscription on the recto of copy D-001-009 "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm Provenance: Donation: G S Keesing

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: D-001-023

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 142 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-029

Description: Various Maori artifacts, including a carved shark's tooth, a tiki, a dagger and a club, a flute, a greenstone earring and a drawing of a woman's lip and chin tattoo. Other Titles - Pounamu (greenstone), he kumete (a bowl) Quantity: 7 drawing(s) (on recto). 1 drawing(s) (on verso). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 230 x 313 mm

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm); New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Manatū Aorere

Reference: D-001-023-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 221 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm Provenance: Donation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington, July 1994

Date: 1844

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-007-018

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Photograph of watercolour held by the Hocken Library, Acc. no 12,282 Fp/M568. The watercolour measures 284 x 912 mm and the photographic copy is 118 x 378 mm on a sheet measuring 160 x 390 mm. Copy of the original for a tinted lithograph with title The New Zealand Festival, published 1845; and for lithographs with title Maori feast at Remuera, published 1890. The lithographs include numbered keys to features and activities depicted. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy of watercolour 118 x 378 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: PUBL-0014-46

Description: 1. [Centre]: 'The celebrated image of Rangihaeata carved by himself. This forms the lower portion of the central pillar, supporting the roof of Rangihaeata's house on the Island of Mana, called 'Kai-Tangata'...The image is about 4 feet high'. 2 [Centre right]: Stern-post of a large canoe from the River Thames. 3. [Top]: 'Papa' a carved box for the reception of the tail feathers of the huia ... 4. [bottom]: Another box for similar purposes ... 5. [Above the image of Rangihaeata] Head of a carved wooden spear about 12 feet long from the Ngatiawa tribe. 6. [Left]: Raised stand for supporting tapued articles consecrated to the dead. Found at Waitahanui Pa, Lake Taupo. 7. [Below the image of Rangihaeata]: A sketch in Port Nicholson Harbour [a man poling himself along in a small canoe] Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-034-1

Description: An elderly woman, wrapped in a flax cloak, squatting in front of the palisades of a pa at Pouketuti (Puketutu), top left. Two canoe paddles with elaborate carving to the left and right. In the centre, a squatting child and to the right a carved mere with feathers at the handle, from Taupo. Angas was in the Puketutu area in mid-October 1844 and at Taupo in late October - early November. Original sketches for lithographs in: Angas, G.F. "New Zealanders Illustrated", Plate LV, no 14, p24; Plate XLII, nos 4 & 5, p96; Plate XXXIX, no 12, p89; Plate LVIII, No. 10, p130. Acquired before 1941 Quantity: 5 drawing(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 315 x 260 mm

Date: 1844 - 1908

From: McCormick, Arthur David 1860-1943 :[Illustrations from "New Zealand; romance of empire", by Reginald Horsley...with twelve reproductions in colour from drawings by A.D. McCormick, R.I. London, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1908].

By: McCormick, Arthur David, 1860-1943

Reference: A-004-037

Description: Shows Heke at the top left, wielding an axe. The flagpole is at the centre, and another figure holds the British flag which has been lowered. A group of armed Maori watch from the right foreground. Extended Title - From Horsely, Reginald. New Zealand. Romance of Empire. London, 1908. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 155 x 115 mm image size, support 203 x 136 mm.

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Tegg, Samuel Augustus, active 1845; Day & Haghe (Firm)

Reference: D-001-013

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. There is "an immense pile of dried sharks" ready for consumption in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. The image was republished in 1890 as a supplement to Brett's Almanac with the title Maori feast at Remuera, and in 1969 as a photolithographic reproduction. Other Titles - Maori feast at Remuera Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 240 x 955 mm

Date: 1844

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-17

Description: Standing portrait of Maori chief Tamati Waka Nene, in full Maori dress, with full moko, and holding a taiaha. He is standing against an extensive landscape background. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Based on an original watercolour in the Library's collection "Nene, Hokianga 1844", ref. no. A-114-022 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927

Reference: D-001-009

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Features noted include: Mount Hobson, Mount Eden, Captain Scott's farm, The positions of each tribe and their huts, the tribes which gave the feast carrying out provisions to their guests, a structure bedecked with handkerchiefs and shawls used as flags, an immense quantity of dried sharks, the chief police magistrate, Epiha a native chief on his own horse, Captain Fitzroy, Mr Sheppard the Colonial Treasurer, Mr Swainson the Attorney-General. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, (with title The New-Zealand festival), which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library, Dunedin. Words below the image read: The Maori feast depicted in this picture was one of then largest ever held in New Zealand. It was given by the Waikato chiefs. The site chosen was in the vicinity of Mt Hobson, at Remuera, near Auckland. About four thousand natives were present. A shed 400 yards long had been erected and was covered with blankets; and tents decorated with little flags, dotted the ground. The provisions comprised 11,000 baskets of potatoes, 9,000 sharks, 100 pigs, and large quantities of tea, tobacco, and sugar. A thousand blankets had been provided as presents. Governor Fitzroy, with his suite, visited the meeting on the 11th May 1844, when 1,600 natives, armed with guns and tomahawks, danced the wardance. The assembling of so large a force near the infant capital caused some uneasiness among the settlers, but admirable order was maintained throughout. The various tribes were accompanied by their missionaries, and religious services were well attended. The feast lasted about a week. Other Titles - The New-Zealand festival Inscriptions: Recto - "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0014-58

Description: A group of pictures with accompanying text as follows: 1.[Top centre] A richly carved adze with a greenstone head, ornamented with dogs' hair and kaka feathers; from the Middle [South] Island. 2. [Top left]. Tomahawk with a European head and a handle of carved bone. 3. [Top right] Tomahawk belonging to Pomara, the Chatham Island chief. 4. [Top right] A wooden dagger. From the interior, near Tuhua. 5, 6 & 7. [Far left]: E Hani - a staff of hard wood [taiaha]...The head is carved. 8. [Lower right] Patu. 9. Warriors preparing for battle [including thigh and buttock tattooing]No.s 10-14 not annotated, but they show 2 mere, a detail of a war-gong, a club and the striking of the war-gong. This final image is derived from a drawing by Joseph Jenner Merrett, as is the view of the warriors preparing for battle. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Angas' preliminary drawing for no. 10 is located at A-020-034 with title 'Meri-meri [i. e. mere] of Taupo'. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1844

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-027

Description: A Pakeha male and two Maori walking on a rocky beach with cliffs and low scrub to their right, looking towards Palliser Bay and Wellington in the distance. Both Maori are in cloaks and are carrying taiaha. This work was given the title Turakirae Head by Library staff, possibly in the 1950s, 60s or early 1970s. Close inspection in January 1996 revealed a previously unnoticed title. Cape Palliser is a considerable distance from Turakirae Head, although along the same stretch of coastline. Modern photographs confirm that the site is Cape Palliser, and that the topography as recorded by Brees is accurate. The only modern change is a (probably man-made) pool half-way between the high tide mark and the cliffs. A copy of modern photographs of the same scene is with the watercolour. On verso: section of a manuscript map of Pauatahanui and Porirua Harbour, presumably by Brees. Pauatahanui is called Pawai Tang[inui? - paper trimmed]. Other Titles - Turakirae Head, Palliser Bay coast ca 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - lower centre over a sandy patch between the foreground rock outcrop and the closest Maori and rocks; in brushpoint and very faint and illegible in parts: Cape Palliser towards the Wairarapa. 1844. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 173 x 372 mm

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