Places

Date: 1897 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-008

Description: Shows a marae with trees in the background. A carved whare to the left, a pataka or storehouse to the right. Possibly Papawai Marae, Greytown Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: 1897 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-009

Description: Front view of a small Maori dwelling, possibly at Papawai Marae, Greytown Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-343-003

Description: A Maori family, in traditional Maori clothing, reclining at the top of a cliff in the foreground, with an extensive view beyond of Palliser Bay, the sandbank formed at the mouth of the Ruamahanga River and Okorewa Pa, also at the mouth of the river on the flat land below. The Library holds the original watercolour on which this engraving is based at B-031-019, with the same title Other Titles - sandbar Extended Title - From S C Brees' "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London, J Williams, 1847. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 76 x 130 mm.

Date: 1981, 1982

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works and Development

Reference: Plans-99-023

Description: Plan shows the Maori meeting house Tuhirangi at Kohuni Marae, Wairarapa. Other Titles - Original scales: 1;500; 1;100; 1;50. Sheet 1 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 593 x 830 mm. Processing information: Separated in 1999, combined with ATL-Group-00693 in August 2023.

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Lindauer, Gottfried, 1839-1926

Reference: E-204-q-007

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ngati Kahungunu leader of Otaria Pa, Wairarapa, Ngatuere Tawhirimatea Tawhao. He is shown in a flax cloak with a greenstone tiki around his neck, full moko and full white beard. No artist's name is given on this reproduction but the painting appears to be the work of Lindauer. The reproduction has the additional information "From a painting in the possession of Mrs Aperera Mohi, Carterton, New Zealand". The reproduction appears to date from the 1940s or 1950s Other Titles - Ngatuere Tawhirimatea Tawhao Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 276 x 215 mm

Date: 1845 - 1865

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Waghorn, Florence Mary, 1908-1989

Reference: A-035-029

Description: Shows a Maori pa beside the mouth of the Pahaoa river on the south-east Wairarapa coast, looking inland; palisades and houses are clearly visible. Driftwood is piled up on the beach in the foreground and there are rock formations in the sand on the opposite bank with hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 180 x 260 mm Provenance: Previously in the collection of Russell Mein Smith, Wairarapa.

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

Reference: B-031-019

Description: A view from a high standpoint, looking down into Palliser Bay, with Okorewa Pa faintly indicated at the mouth of the Ruamahanga River, with the sandbar beyond it. A Maori family, dressed in traditional Maori clothing, and two redcoats in the foreground Original of no Plate 15, 44 in Brees' "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" (London, 1847). The Pa is much more clearly drawn in the engraving than in this watercolour. The soldiers have been removed in the engraved version. Other Titles - sand bar Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 203 x 368 mm

Date: 1897 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-007

Description: Shows the marae at Papawai, Greytown. A large carved house is in the foreground, a tent pitched close to its entrance way. Several people on the porch and two inside the tent. A row of two-storied houses is visible in the background Other Titles - Greytown Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Whare runagna - Papawai Grey Town [in pencil, in the artist's hand] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 (page size)

Date: 1897 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-010

Description: Shows a Maori village at Papawai, Greytown. Includes a frontal view of the wharenui, with several people seated and standing inside the carved verandah. To the right is a fence, dividing off a flat area, with a row of houses, a tent pitched, and a dray full of hay. There are three people seated inside the tent, and a brown dog is nearby Another watercolour of a similar scene is at E-380-007 Other Titles - Greytown Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Papawai - Grey Town Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 165 x 230 mm (page size)