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Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

Date: [1890s?]

By: Finch, Olive, 1883-1984; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hawley & Company; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-o-172

Description: Photograph album containing views of the South Island, including Christchurch, Diamond Lake, Otira Gorge, Bluff, Skippers Gorge, Waiau River and Hanmer. North Island views include views of Mount Tarawera after the eruption in June 1886, and views of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed in the eruption. Other views show Napier, showing the first ship to berth at the new breakwater, SS Flora, on 22nd October 1895; Marine Parade in Napier; street views in Gisborne and Whangarei; Parihaka; and the Rotorua, Wairakei area with the Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, and the Waimangu Geyser. Photographs taken circa 1890s, by some unidentified photographers, but many by named photographers, including Arthur James Iles (Thames), E Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Hawley & Co (Napier). All named photographers are listed in the name sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, with ornate gold decoration on spine, 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/2-008306-G

Description: Row of women with poi, dressed in traditional Maori clothing, at Kaiwhaiki, circa 1900-1910. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington. Relationship complexity - This is one of a group of photographs taken at Kaiwhaiki - see 1/2-008302 to 1/2-008310; 1/1-003142 to 1/1-003146 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003129-G

Description: Four young Maori women photographed standing outdoors in a row with hands on each other's shoulders. They are wearing European clothing and all but one are bare-footed. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s at Taumarunui. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/2-008310-G

Description: Row of men in semi-tradional Maori clothing, Kaiwhaiki, circa 1900-1910. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington. This is one of a group of photographs taken at Kaiwhaiki - see 1/2-008302 to 1/2-008310 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003066-G

Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified young woman. She is wearing traditional Maori clothing and is wearing a hui tail feather behind each ear. Photographed standing beside a chair in side profile from waist up. She is holding a tewhatewha. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s. Studio portraits of the same young woman also at 1/1-003069, 1/2-003067, 1/1-003068. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 68. Eti Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003116-G

Description: Unidentified young Maori woman draped with piupiu (Maori flax skirts), reclining on a flax mat with her head supported by her right hand. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, ca 1900, at Putki. The same women appears on the far left of a group photograph taken at Putiki (1/1-003149) Source of descriptive in information: Te Awa; Partrington's photographs of Whanganui Maori, p 44 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 41 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003067-G

Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified young woman. She is wearing traditional Maori clothing and is wearing a hui tail feather behind each ear. Photographed standing beside a chair from waist up. She is holding a tewhatewha in her right hand and resting it on her shoulder. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s. Studio portraits of the same young woman also at 1/1-003069, 1/2-003066, 1/1-003068. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 77. Eti Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/2-008307-G

Description: Row of five women with poi, Kaiwhaiki, circa 1900-1910. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington. This is one of a group of photographs taken at Kaiwhaiki - see 1/2-008302 to 1/2-008310 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/2-008302-G

Description: Row of women in semi-traditional Maori clothing, with poi, Kaiwhaiki, circa 1900-1910. Photograph taken by William Henry Partington in early 1900s. This is one of a group of photographs taken at Kaiwhaiki - see 1/2-008302 to 1/2-008310 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003069-G

Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified girl and a young women (possibly sisters) sitting on a mat in front of a scenic backdrop. They are wearing traditional Maori clothing. They hold Maori weapons: on the left, a patu and on the right, a tewhatewha. The young woman is wearing a huia tail feather behind each ear; the young girl is wearing a piupiu. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s, probably at Wanganui. Studio portraits of the young woman with the tewhatewha also at 1/1-003066, 1/2-003067, 1/1-003068. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 76 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1901

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003142-G

Description: A large haka party crouching down waiting to perform the haka on the occasion of the visit of the Duke & Duchess of York & Cornwall to Rotorua in 1901. Standing in front of the haka party is a woman holding a taiaha. She is wearing a dark-coloured long sleeved blouse, and a piupiu over a long plaid skirt. There is a large ring on her left hand. Photograph taken William Henry Thomas Partrington, staff photographer, Auckland Star newspaper. Source of descriptive information - Back of file print - `At Rotorua 1901 on occasion of the visit of the Duke & duchess of York & Cornwall (compared with photograph in the Weekly News, June 21 1901). Information from Sandra Coney, AT 13/12/4, 1 Jun 1993.' Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 70 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003124-G

Description: Shows four Maori women dressed in European clothing with piupiu worn as cloaks over their shoulders. They are standing in front of the Moutoa Flag which measures 8 feet in length by 5 feet 6 inches and is made of heavy quality white silk with a Union Jack oversewn on the upper left corner. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington. "...a banner known as the Moutoa Flag, was worked by the ladies of the [Wanganui] district and presented to the loyal Maoris. It was the inspiration of Mrs Logan, wife of Lt. Col. Logan, officer commanding the Imperial Forces stationed in Wanganui, that some practical expression of their gratitude from the ladies of the district be made to the loyal Whanganui chiefs to honour their victory against the Hauhaus at Moutoa Island. (from: Smart & Bates. 'The Wanganui story p. 106-) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/2-008297-G

Description: Portrait of an unidentified Maori girl wearing a korowai (tag cloak) and a feather in her hair. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, circa 1900, probably in the Wanganui region. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003149-G

Description: Four young Maori women with piupiu around their shoulders, standing in a row on a mat outdoors, at Putiki. Moari Maraea Graham is on the far right. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, circa 1900. Other - The unidentified woman on the far left features in another photograph by Partington, reclining on a mat. See 1/1-003116. Source of descriptive information - Moari Baily identified in Te Awa; Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori (Auckland, N.Z. : Godwit, 2003), page 143, see number 45. Family member states that the correct spelling is BailEy. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003131-G

Description: Portrait of Aramoho girls, Te Kuia Whairei, Kawirue, Te Whaikeau. Shows three young Maori women, wearing korowai (tag cloaks). They have moko, and the woman in the middle is holding a wahaika (type of patu). The two on the the left have short hair. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, probably at Aramoho. Other - Formerly identified as Taapu Winiata and Rawinia Wamikau from notes in Alexander Turnbull Library negative register. Other - These women are also seen in the image at 1/1-003132, with the two on the left having changed places. Source of descriptive information - Identification from William Henry Thomas Partington, Te Awa : Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori (Auckland, N.Z. : Godwit, 2003), pages 36 and 143. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 57 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/2-008303-G

Description: Row of women wearing semi-traditional dress with poi, Kaiwhaiki, circa 1900-1910. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partinton. This is one of a group of photographs taken at Kaiwhaiki - see 1/2-008302 to 1/2-008310 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1900

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/2-012420-G

Description: Maori men in front of the Moutua flag. Copy of photograph originally taken circa 1900, probably by W H Partington of Whanganui. "...a banner known as the Moutoa Flag, was worked by the ladies of the [Wanganui] district and presented to the loyal Maoris. It was the inspiration of Mrs Logan, wife of Lt. Col. Logan, officer commanding the Imperial Forces stationed in Wanganui, that some practical expression of their gratitude from the ladies of the district be made to the loyal Whanganui chiefs to honour their victory against the Hauhaus at Moutoa Island. (from: Smart & Bates. 'The Wanganui story p. 106-) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003147-G

Description: Two Maori women outside Huriwhenua meeting house at Ranana, circa 1910. The woman in the foreground is identified as Ngarangi, and reclines on a flax mat and holds a taiaha. Photograph taken by a W H T Partington. Source of descriptive information - "Te Awa; Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori", p. 31. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 71 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: 1/1-003132-G

Description: A portrait of three young Maori women, two of whom are identified as Taapu Winiata and Rawinia Wamikau. They are all wearing korowai (tag cloaks), and have moko, and the woman in the middle is holding a wahaika (type of patu). The two on the the left have short hair. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, probably at Aramoho. Other - These women are identified as Aramoho girls; Te Kuia Whairei, Kawirue and Te Whaikaeu in "Te Awa; Partington photographs of Whanganui Maori" (p 36) Other - These women are also seen in the image at 1/1-003131, with the two women on the left having changed places. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 38 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).