Places

Date: [ca 1885]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020634-G

Description: A photograph of a group at Te Karaka kāinga, facing south towards Te Au a Tāne, taken by Henry Wright circa 1899 to 1910. Rīpeka Te Puni is holding the baby and sitting with Amy Wright under a woven cloak or kaitaka.The two men next to her are thought to be her two brothers Nopera and Atanatiu. The man in the back is Captain William Shilling, Harbour Pilot, and on the right is Amy Wright, daughter of the photographer. People identified from information on page 18 of ‘Motukairangi: Taranaki Whānui kiTe Upoko o Te Ika, Cultural Safety Report’, 2020 https://www.linz.govt.nz/sites/default/files/culturalsafetyaudit_-_motukairangi_-_taranaki_whaanui_cultural_safety_report_2020.pdf. Accessed 13 September 2023. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: Title changed and people identified following information from staff member, 13 September 2023.

Date: 1839

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-02-2

Description: Te Puni standing, with full facial moko, clad in a dogskin cloak and holding a taiaha in his right hand. Behind him is Wellington Harbour with two Maori by the shore to the left, and Petone Pa, a canoe and a flagpole with the New Zealand Company flag on the right. The western Hutt hills are in the background. Accompanying text reads: These two chiefs sold the site of the present Wellington Settlement to Colonel Wakefield, the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company, in September 1839... Epuni is the uncle of Warepori. Under the same unfavourable circumstances as his nephew, he has nobly deserved the name of "a true gentleman." He still lives at the village of Pitone, loved and respected by the English inhabitants of all ranks. These portraits were drawn at the time of the purchase in 1839... the village of Pitone and the flag-staff at the foot of which Colonel Wakefield took formal possession, appear in the back-ground. Other Titles - Te Puni Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 247 x 172 mm on sheet 350 x 544 mm

Date: 1940

From: Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986 :Collection of prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-036226-F

Description: Unidentified Maori group performing at one of the sound shells during the 1940 Centennial Exhibition in Rongotai, Wellington. Photographed by Eileen Deste in 1940 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 28 Mar 1846

From: Selwyn family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10105-15-07

Description: Letter to William Selwyn, written on HM Brig Victoria, off Cloudy Bay, Cooks Strait. Sailing for Waikanae Mission Station. Hadfield ill. Anxiety over effect on Maori of news of the fighting at Kororareka. War in the North Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 17 October 1937

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-005-424

Description: Maori gathering the pipi shellfish on the margin of the Manawatu River at Foxton heads. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on the 17th of October 1937. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 6 cm

Date: 1950

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046153-G

Description: Centenary celebrations at Rangiatea Church in Otaki, photographed in 1950 by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows a crowd of people gathered in front of Raukawa meeting house with the New Zealand flag, the Ngati Kapu flag 'Tainui', and the flag 'Raukawa' flying to the left. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-173-052/053

Description: A view of the South Wairarapa coastline from Castlepoint to Te Awaiti, viewed from the sea, showing various areas of sandstone, limestone, mudstones, slate and carbonaceous material, etc, with the names of various properties also marked in their relevant area. Other Titles - Te Awaiti Inscriptions: Recto - title as above but with additional geological information inscribed in the sea area; more detailed geological information written above the outlines of the hills. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 360 mm

Date: [1900-1920]

From: Topp, Molly :Photographs of Hikurangi College, Wairarapa

Reference: 1/2-092653

Description: Group photograph of school cadets from Hikurangi College. Some of the boys are bearing rifles. Two school masters sit in the front row. Hikurangi College was an Anglican Maori Boys College that stood at Clareville, near Carterton, between 1900 and the 1930s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

From: Brierley, Kathleen Connaught, 1903-1979 :Photographs of New Zealand people and places

Reference: PAColl-0495-01

Description: View of the Tauweru River, Masterton. Whare can be seen in the distance, above the river. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-070-1

Description: A race on the Ruamahanga Plain, South Wairarapa, many Maori spectators and Europeans horse-racing. A European man stands in the right foreground, holding his horse. The plants in the foreground include flax in flower, toe-toe and a small mamaku (tree fern) The original for a wood engraving published in the Illustrated London News, 1853 (Dec. 10). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 170 mm

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :[Two works. 1. Palliser Bay, Wairarapa, &c (with dwelling and figures) [ca 1843]. 2. (On verso) Porirua / Paremata whaling station [1842-1844]]

Reference: C-126-021

Description: Pencil sketch is a preliminary sketch for Plate 12 in "Illustrations to adventure in New Zealand" (1845), "Porirua Harbour and Paramatta whaling station, 1843", showing two food drying platforms in the right foreground, the curve of Porirua Harbour, and the entrance to Paremata Harbour in the right distance. Dated from other views of the same area. Other Titles - Porirua Harbour and Paramatta whaling station Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 227 x 380 mm, on verso of watercolour. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at an English country auction, 1986 or 1987, by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm. Brian Groshinski of McArthur's Auction, 14. 8. 98)

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-173-059

Description: Looking eastwards, out to sea, from close to the mouth of the Whareama River, Wairarapa. A small Maori whare on the left, close to the sea and driftwood cast up on the far bank, with turblent water indicated near the river mouth, where the incoming water meets the outflow. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 180 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-02-3

Description: Hand-coloured engraving from a watercolour [Ngauranga Gorge and Stream, ca 1845], Ref. no. B-031-008, by S. C. Brees. It shows the stream viewed from the Wellington Harbour side, looking back into the Ngaio hills, with a Maori man carrying a European woman on his shoulders across the stream. On the right side is Ngauranga Pa, with the canoe memorial to Wharepouri amongst small houses. The waka-taua (canoe) is named "Te Wheke-a-Muturangi" and belonged to Te Wharepouri. It was captured at the battle of Waiorua 1824, or Whakapaetai as it also called, and was erected by the Te Ati Awa chief Rawiri Te Motutere, grandfather of Mere Ngamai, the wife of Wi Tako. Two Maori with a dog are in the foreground. Historical information from Matiu Baker - Ngati Toa project. Other Titles - Ngauranga Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 80 x 145 mm

Date: [ca 1920]

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

Reference: PA1-q-102-053-1

Description: 'Taumata', at Korokoro, the home of Hapi Love, photographed ca 1920 by Albert Percy Godber. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A modern Maori residence. Hapi Love. Koro Koro Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 110 x 155 mm mounted on album page

Date: 24 October 1960

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 1

Reference: PAColl-5471-039

Description: Photograph of the Maori Peace Monument at Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton. Photograph taken on the 24th of October, 1960. The Monument was erected by the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah in 1921 to celebrate the absence of armed conflict between Maori and Pakeha in the Wairarapa district Note on back of file print reads: `Collerton'. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1900-1920]

From: Topp, Molly :Photographs of Hikurangi College, Wairarapa

Reference: 1/2-092647

Description: Group photograph of the Hikurangi College pupils and masters. The photograph was taken on the steps of the College's main buildings at Clareville, Carterton District, probably between 1910 and 1920. Hikurangi College was an Anglican Maori Boys College that stood at Clareville, near Carterton, from about 1900 to the 1930s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1932

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-009-34-241

Description: Tangi of Hema Te Ao at Raukawa Meeting House with mourners and display of paintings and portraits of relatives and ancestors of deceased. Photographed by George Leslie Adkins on the 17th of April 1932 The meeting house in the photograph is Raukawa I. This was built in 1853, but by the late 1920s had become delapidated. When this photograph was taken the carvings had been removed as the meeting house was undergoing reconstruction. It was replaced by the present Raukawa II which opened in 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1852

From: Wynyard, Robert Henry 1802-1864 :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / R.H.W. - 1852.

Reference: A-081-027

Description: A group of single-storey buildings surrounded by a fence on a raised area of land at the edge of Pauatahanui Inlet, with a single small building in front at the water's edge. Hills in the distance and the estuary to the right Probably shows Te Rangihaeata's pa Matai Taua, on the rise now occupied by St Alban's church, Pauatahanui. The pa, built in the mid-1840s was not used defensively. Rangihaeata withdrew from this pa in 1846 and made a stand against the British soldiers at Battle Hill, further up the Horokiwi Valley Other Titles - Pauatahanui Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash and ink, 200 x 250 mm.

Date: ca 1920s?

Reference: 1/1-000641-F

Description: Pataka (Maori storehouse) Whakairo Nuku Tewhatewha at Brancepeth Station, Masterton area, Wairarapa, (circa 1920s?). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1885]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020509-G

Description: Māori woman in a tag cloak, and a pakeha woman, alongside a raupo whare at Karaka Bay, Wellington. The photograph was taken, circa 1885, by Henry Wright. The woman on the right is the photographer's eldest daughter, Amy Elizabeth Wright. "The Maori settlement at Karaka Bay, on the east side of the Miramar Peninsula, was long established when this photograph was taken. Wooden extensions and windows have been added to the traditional raupo construction. Other photographs of this settlement show extensive plantings of cabbages, which were probably sold in the Wellington markets. The lower edge of this print shows damage to the emulsion of the original negative." (Information taken from the caption used in "Darling, I'm home!" display). Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).