Rock paintings

Pictographs, Pictured rocks, Rock art, Rock drawings
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Posters and other ephemera of A3 size relating to Māori issues

Date: 1985-1989

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1985/1989

Description: Includes: 1985: Aotearoa: Tihei Mauri Ora. [Poster promoting Maori nationalism. 1985] Nga Ingoa o Aotearoa; an oral dictionary of Maori place names. Two cassettes and a booklet, produced by Replay Radio in Wellington. Part I: Te Upoko o te Ika. [1985]. Flyer Nga Tamariki o te Kohu (Ngai Tuhoe, Ruatoki guardians of the sacred mountain Taiarahia). Conservation of Land and a People's Identity. Public meeting. Crossways, Saturday August 2 1986. Supported by the Native Forest Actions Council Theatre of the Eighth Day presents Te Tutakitanga i Te Puna: Encounter at Te Puna. National Tour. 23 February - 7 March 1985. 1986: Te Maori. Te hokinga mai; the return home. Evening Post, 14 August 1986 (8 page newspaper supplement) New Zealand Film Archive. Films by James McDonald. [Exhibition of films featuring Maori]. Embassy Theatre Sunday 17 August 1986. It was associated with the Te Maori exhibition. Rotorua Art Gallery. Pakeha - Maori; a conjuncture; documentary photographs taken in the Rotorua Region 1978-1986 by Mark Adams. Maori - Pakeha, he waerenga ururoa. He koha ohaki whakaahua i tangohia i Rotorua whanui 1978-1986 na Makere Arama. Organised by the Rotorua Art Gallery with assistance from the QE II Arts Council. Toured throughout New Zealand by the N.Z. Art Gallery Directors Council. [1986?] 1987: Aotearoa: Tihei Mauri Ora. Live -Wellington Teachers' College, Tues 7th April, 7.30 - 11.00 pm Te Reo Maori: The Maori Language Act 1987. [Notice to the community advising them that they can have their court trials conducted in Maori if they wish]. 1987. (2 copies) Te Reo Maori: Te Ture mo te Reo Maori 1987. This is the same notice but written in Maori. 1987. (2 copies) Victoria University of Wellington. Nga Kauwhau o te Ngahuru (Autumn lecture series). [19 March - 9 April; with speakers Derek Tini Fox, Taaringaroa Nicholas, Toarangatira Pomare, Dr Mason Durie]. Te Herenga Waka Marae [1981 or 1987?] 1988: National Art Gallery presents a Nga Puna Waihanga exhibition, Taki Toru. Three installations by Maori artists, Selwyn Muru, Paratene Matchitt, Ralph Hotere. Shed 11, 16 July - 28 August 1988 (2 copies) New Zealand Post. Maori Place Names. Poster listing some New Zealand towns and cities and their English names paralleled with the former Maori names or Maori transliterations. NZ Post PM 1031 [1988] Nga Toi o te Iwi; the arts of the people. An exhibition and demonstrations of traditional and contemporary Maori art practice. And Nga Hua o te Iwi; the fruits of the people, presented by the Northern Regional Arts Council. National Library Gallery, National Library of New Zealand. 5 - 26 March 1988. Take notice. On January 25th 1988, the Mongrel Mob attacked a family group at the Wairoa Carnival [flyer about the establishment of a Black Power Chapter in Wairoa] Issued by Nga Mana Mangu, Manau Kaha o Aotearoa Iwi katoa [1988] (2 copies) Ka Tuhuruhu o Nehera; the drawings of ancient times [1988](2 copies) 1989: He Putea korero [kit]; a collection of picture cards and verses of New Zealand native animals illustrating the Maori alphabet. Whanganui [N.Z.], Te Puna Publications, 1989. (Partial only - includes picture card sheets for Kiwi, Ruru, Ngaro, Aine, Huia, Tuatara, Mango, Weta, Namu and Naeroa, Eo, Papaka, Uere, Wheke; inside patterned red and cream light card envelope) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black and white and colour prints on posters, sizes varying below 500 mm.

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Tremain, Garrick 1941-:61 cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times between 10 Octobe...

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-661-001/061

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 61 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

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Stephen's Island, Maud Island, and Awaroa Valley, Kawhia

Date: 1975-1979

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6452

Description: Trip to Stevens Island. Shows party landing from boat. Landing rock and crane. Views of Stephens Island. Bush with prion burrows. Tuatara. Trip to Maud Island. Boat and party at wharf. Photographs of party on Maud Island. Maori rock paintings, Awaroa Valley, Kawhia area. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

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Barton, Shirley, d 1987: Further photographs relating to Shirley Barton and Rewi Alley

Date: 1948-1956, 1972-1973, 1977-1986

By: Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987; Barton, Shirley, -1987

Reference: PAColl-10189

Description: Contains images relating to Rewi Alley's career in China, and Shirley Barton and her Chinese friends. The photographs were taken by Alley, Barton and others unknown, between 1948 and 1986. Many of the prints have annotations on the back giving dates and comments, some in Alley's handwriting; most annotations are in English and a few in Chinese. One group of images relates to Barton's time in China during the 1940s-1950s era, including studio portraits of two Chinese people, a Shanghai street scene (1948), and a group portrait featuring Barton taken in Hong Kong. Another set of six photographs was taken during the Chinese Classical Theatre's visit to New Zealand in 1956. Many images show Rewi Alley in groups or by himself, sight-seeing, at beaches, formal functions and dinners, and with friends including George Hatem. They were taken in a mixture of urban and rural locations, including both exterior and interiors. Several images were taken on Hainan Island, including Alley walking with friends along a beach and visiting an unknown soldier's grave. Another image shows Alley at his 90th birthday celebrations in 1986. Six images show the rock paintings of Hua Mountain (Guangxi Zhuang province). Also photographs of Alley visiting construction sites. Other photographs show children and village scenes in China (and one in Vietnam), some probably taken by Alley. Includes shots of ethnic Miao and Li children. Also two images of painted portraits of Alley, one by Deng Bangzhen and another in socialist realist style. Other images include dinner parties and group portraits, some including Barton. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Relationship complexity - For other photographs relating to Barton and Alley, see PAColl-7812 The contents suggest it was originally created by Shirley Barton. Shirley Barton worked with Rewi Alley in China and they helped establish the New Zealand-China Friendship Association Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 32 colour original photographic print(s). 3 colour copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm frame. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, dye coupler prints, polaroid print, film negative Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2275: Barton, Shirley, d 1987: Further papers relating to Rewi Alley.

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Tupaia's Endeavour oral history project

Date: 2013-2014

By: Rolls, Lala, active 2013-; Tuffery, Michel, 1966-

Reference: OHColl-1222

Description: Oral history collection created by filmmaker Lala Rolls and artist Michael Tuffery which documents Māori oral traditions and viewpoints concerning Tahitian navigator Tupaia, the first landings on the East Coast of Aotearoa in 1769, and the impact of Captain James Cook's voyage on the 'Endeavour'. Interviews were conducted by Michel Tuffery, Paul Tapsell, with Lala Rolls. Interviewees are: Barney Tūpara, Nick Tupara, Jody Wyllie, Victor Walker, Anne McGuire, and Wayne Ngata. Project recieved funding from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Awards in Oral History in 2013. Filmmaker Lala Rolls and artist Michel Tuffery worked together to create 'Tupaia's Endeavour', a documentary based on the life of Tahitian priest and navigator Tupaia who acted as translator between Captain Cook’s crew and Māori, after a bloody first encounter at Poverty Bay/Tūranganui-a-Kiwa in 1769. The documentary has three-part series and feature length versions which feature interviews, re-enactments, art by Michel Tuffery, and the discovery journey undertaken by the film makers and participants themselves in learning about Tuapaia. As part of the film production, Rolls and Tuffery created an oral history research project focusing on the stories of first contact between Māori, the British, and Tupaia. This collection comprises the six interviews conducted on the East Coast of Aotearoa. Quantity: 6 Interview(s). 6 printed abstract(s) transcripts. 5 Electronic document(s) digital transcripts. 19 digital photograph(s). Search dates: 2013 - 2014

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Taniwha rock art

Date: [1960s-1980s?]

From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection

Reference: 1/4-130835

Description: Taniwha rock art drawing, Theo Schoon copy (information from accompanying note). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 8 x 10.5 cm Processing information: From box 4 of donor's listing

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Taniwha rock art

Date: [1960s-1980s?]

From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection

Reference: 1/4-130834

Description: Taniwha rock art drawing, Theo Schoon copy (information from accompanying note). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 8 x 10.5 cm Processing information: From box 4 of donor's listing

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Photographic prints of Māori rock art

Date: 1953

From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10532-11

Description: Photographic prints of South Island Māori rock art labelled as "Cave drawings. Te Ao Hou", taken by E Weibenga, 1953 in the Opihi River area. The sites include Ford's Shelter, near Hanging Rock Bridge; Gould's Shelter; and Bill Hart's Shelter near Waitohi. Title supplied by Library. The back of each print contains further information about location and other details including dimensions of original art works, and are stamped with original reference numbers. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographs

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AFCM album 3

Date: [ca 1927]-[ca 1943]

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; Goldie, Charles Frederick, 1870-1947

Reference: PA1-f-124

Description: Album of newspaper and magazine cuttings, photographs, and prints of paintings in colour and black & white, mostly of Maori subjects, with some images of geographically interesting sites in New Zealand, including Mount Tongariro, Lake Waikaremoana, and the Waimangu Crater. The Maori material includes prints of paintings by Goldie, and prints of paintings of Maori by T. Ryan, some of which are copies of works by Goldie. There is a print of a painting by T. Ryan, showing Tomika Te Mutu, painting done from an original sketch by Horatio Gordon Robley. There are many publicity photographs of Maori, showing clothing, particularly cloaks, and showing various activities in Maori pa, including weaving, firelighting, poi dances, and waka poi. Also includes images of Maori waka on the Waikato River; 2 pages of Maori rock carvings, found in a cave shelter on the Kaingaroa Plains in 1926, and one on Maori god-sticks (Pou whakapakoko).

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Schoon, Theo, 1915-1985 :Maori rock drawings [1947 or 1948]

Date: 1947 - 1500 - 1948 - 1899

By: Schoon, Theodorus Johannes, 1915-1985

Reference: C-027-001/010

Description: Copies of Maori cave drawings, South Canterbury, dating from 16th to 19th century. Copied probably in 1948, from caves in South Canterbury. A list enclosed with the paintings gives locations for each painting. See also TL3/1/1 13.2.1984, for archeological site references. Quantity: 10 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on card, sizes from 500 x 675 mm to 518 x 649 mm

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Liley, Peter, fl 1960s-1970s :Vogtherr's Hastings Bacon Company Ltd. An appreciation. M...

Date: 1968

By: Hastings Bacon Company Ltd; Liley, Peter, active 1960s-1970s

Reference: E-279-q-097

Description: A Christmas card sent to clients of Vogtherr's Hastings Bacon Company Ltd, Dec 1968. Inside is a screenprint by Peter Liley depicting the rock carving of a taniwha. No 35 of 150 prints. The outer folded card quotes from E J Wakefield's Adventure in New Zealand on the subject of curing hams and bacons Christchurch Art Gallery has a copy of this print, from the collection of William A Sutton, artist and teacher at Canterbury School of Fine Art Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signed and dated in ink: Petery Liley 1968 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint with linocut and hand colouring on card, 152 x 100 mm pasted in printed folded card 262 x 190 mm

Manuscript

Tabar cave and canoe drawings

Date: [1930?]

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers

Reference: 80-323-118

Description: Rock drawings in "Place Marsalai." Sketches of a frog Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing

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Otago Mobile Recording Unit - Record list

Date: 1948

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/03

Description: "Record list. Otago tour" written on folder. Contents includes a comprehensive list of the interviews that Leo Fowler conducted during his tour of Otago in 1948. Topics include early settler history, including Maori, Pakeha and Chinese history. Some of the interviews were conducted in Maori, so will be a good resource for Kai Tahu language research [full transcripts are not present here but does include a summary of topics spoken about in the recordings]. Includes information about mahinga kai or food gathering practices, rock art, early farming history, sheep rustling and bushrangers. Language - References to Maori language recordings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Maori Rock drawings and sites in the South Island

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PAColl-1524

Description: Maori rock drawings and sites in the South Island taken by Paul Thompson Arrangement: Slides housed at PA12-2386 to PA12-2392 Quantity: 144 colour lantern slide(s).

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Cleveland family holiday in Portugal, Spain, and Gibraltar

Date: [ca 1989]

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10645-15

Description: Contains photographs of a Cleveland family holiday on the Iberian Peninsula, circa 1989. Photographs taken by Les, Mary, and Peter Cleveland. Photographs feature scenes at tourist sites in Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. Group and individual family photos show Les, Mary, Peter, and Edward Cleveland at a number of different locations. Places visited include the Roman ruins in Mérida, Cave of the Pool, Bélem Tower, windmills and Castle of Consuegra, the Águas Livres Aqueduct, and the Rock of Gibraltar. Cities and towns photographed include Lisbon, Madrid, and Albufeira. There are numerous photographs of unidentified small towns, roads, horses and carts, and produce markets. Also includes photographs of a motorway in an unidentified country and a cricket match in progress at the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Photographs are dated based on the developing date of 26 June 1989, recorded on one of the photo wallets containing negatives and prints. This date corresponds with the ages of Cleveland family members in the photographs. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Prints and negatives arrived at Library loose and in print wallets inside a white file box labelled "Portugal. Misc." Quantity: 94 colour original photographic print(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Dye coupler photographic prints Transfers: Negatives separated from these prints to be found at 35mm-108383 to 35mm-108415.. Processing information: Prints were ordered to reflect the sets of negatives, which were in their original plastic photo processing sleeves. Prints were separated from negatives to facilitate appropriate storage. Not all prints have a corresponding negative.

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Creator of collection unknown :Photographs showing Aboriginal rock drawings

Date: 1930

Reference: PAColl-2067

Description: Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Manuscript

Lecture notes

Date: [ca 1870]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-269B

Description: Mainly on geology; includes section on Maori rock drawings (with illustrations) at Weka Pass.

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Māori people, taonga and rock art

Date: [between 1895 and 1915]

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

Reference: PAColl-6056-05

Description: Photographs taken between1895 and 1915 of Māori people, whare whakairo, meeting houses and communities, along with a variety of carved taonga such as poupou and rock art from across New Zealand. Also includes postcards of people and places photographed in different locations. Some of the prints are annotated on the reverse. Three prints have images of kōiwi - human remains. Kōiwi (human remains) visible at PAColl-6056-05-05, 06, and 24. Title supplied by Library. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnēi taonga. Please be aware this object contains images of human remains. Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Artist unknown :[North Canterbury sketches]. Maori drawings at Weka Pass. [1882].

Date: 1882

From: Artist unknown :[North Canterbury sketches] 1882-1883

Reference: E-404-013

Description: Shows about ten drawings arranged roughly in two rows. Some may represent humans or insects. Inscriptions: Album page - Inscription faces image. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour on page 90 x 130 mm. Provenance: Donation: David Gibson, Cheltenham, England, 1989.

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Cousins, Thomas Selby, 1840-1897 :Maori rock drawings in Weka Pass, North Canterbury 1876

Date: 1876

By: Cousins, Thomas Selby, 1840-1897

Reference: G-391

Description: Maori seated and standing around a rock shelter, with rock paintings of canoes and fish visible behind them on the limestone surface of the rock Possibly Cousins' painting of 'Ancient rock paintings' exhibited at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 378 x 863 mm