Thatched buildings - New Zealand

Date: [ca 1903]

By: Rowntree, William Walter, 1873?-1945; Rowntree, John Burgess, 1906-1986

Reference: PA1-o-442

Description: Album of photographs taken by W W Rowntree. They cover a journey between Wairoa and Taupo, travelling on foot with a packhorse, and with two companions between Taihape and Wairoa. The album includes two envelopes with loose photographs, one contains one photograph of a Maori family seated on the ground in front of a thatched building, and the other contains four photographs entitled "Waikaremoana" in pencil on the envelope. Three of these show groups of Maori, and one shows the lake. A handwritten slip inserted in the front of the album gives the following information: "The exact location of Maori homes not known. Note storehouse in actual use; totara bark (?); thatch (in loose photo); Mokau Falls; track at Hopuruahine Bluffs; men's dress (one man wearing a waistcoat with fob watch chain, p 16); Maori boy holding a camera; Earthquake Gully; a road around a lake; Crow's Nest Geyser etc" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, embossed title which reads `Photographs'; 16 x 18 cm Provenance: Donated by John Rowntree, Auckland

Date: 1841 - 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-056

Description: Three drawings on one page. 'Whata' shows a carved storehouse (pataka) on a raised platform (whata). 'Keri Keri store' (Church crossed out) shows the stone store at Kerikeri, viewed from the side, with Kemp's house visible beyond it. [Raupo houses and tents] shows two small raupo houses, one with four windows and a door, a fenced garden and two tents pitched, two small groups of Maori, hills behind. The Library holds only photographic copies of originals in the British Library Add MS 19953, folio 56 (163 to 165) Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of three drawings, various media

Date: 1900

From: NZ Parliamentary Library :Two albums. Construction on the Dunedin and Moeraki Railway, and the annexation of the Cook Islands

By: Baynes, Henry Compton Anderson, active 1900; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); May, Percival, active 1900; Muir & Moodie (Firm); T B Banks and Company

Reference: PA1-q-632

Description: Views of annexation ceremonies, of the local people and their leaders, of Lord Ranfurly and his party which included Naval personel from the Mildura who added presence to the occasions and raised flags during the ceremonies. There are photographs of two lepers on Molokani Island in the Penryn group and the Governor on a pearl shell diving boat on Manihiki. On the way back to New Zealand the Mildura stoped at the Kermadec Islands. Photographs were taken of Sunday (Raoul) and Macaulay Islands, and of the crater on Curtis Island. This part of the album ends with the Mildura in Lyttelton Harbour and the Governor coming ashore in a boat. Most of the rest are scenic shots of the Tourist highlights of New Zealand. There are three photographs of women crossing the Tasman Glacier and boiling a billy. The album ends with a group of photographs of the Channel Islands According to a note at the front of the album, all photographs, other than the New Zealand scenic tourist shots, were taken either by Captain Baynes or P M May, Surgeon, both of HMS Mildura. However, this is one of several albums recording the annexation of the Cook Islands held in the Photograph Archive. Many of the same images occur in all of them and a large number of these came from negatives held in the Malcolm Ross Collection. Malcolm Ross was a New Zealand Journalist who as the correspondent for the Times news paper, accompanied Lord Ranfurly's party on the Mildura, and was responsible for photographing the occasion. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: This album was offered to the National Library of New Zealand by Isabel Baynes, probably the widow of Captain Baynes. It was selected with some other items in July 1935 by Dr Scholefield, New Zealand Parliamentary Librarian, during a visit to Hampton Court Palace where Isabel Baynes lived. From 1935 to 1998 the album was housed in the New Zealand Parliamentary Library.

Date: 1899

Reference: PA1-o-858

Description: Views taken on coach trip through Buller Gorge; also views showing the crossing of the Mohaka River, Taupo, Aratiatia, Wairakei, Hamurana Springs and Tikitere. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1940s-01

Description: Information sheet shows information and illustration of two topics. The upper part relates to Maori housing showing photographs of a Maori house at Wairarapa, a model village erected at the Christchurch Exhibition, a carved meeting house, raupo whare, the interior of a whare. There are eleven illustrations in all. The lower half shows photographs of Maori in traditional and in European dress, and includes reproductions of two paintings by James Ingram mcDonald. The text describes the process of preparing flax, weaving and dying, and describes the piupiu. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 592 x 457 mm.

Date: ca 1930s

Reference: PAColl-4713

Description: Two Maori men outside a raupo whare, one holding a taiaha and the other a patu. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Circa 1900s

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

Reference: APG-1965-1/4-G

Description: Two Maori in front of an unidentified raupo meeting house. The seated woman is wearing European clothes and a Hei Tiki; the man standing beside her is also in European clothes. The building is thatched completely (roof and walls). There is a cross above the koruru (carved head ornamenting the front gable); there is no carving on the maihi (facing boards on the front gable), but the raparapa (projecting portion of the maihi) is carved. A bush-clad hill is visible behind the meeting house. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [ca 1860s-1880s]

From: Rhodes, Beatrice, fl 1978 :Photographs

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Chapman, Alfred, 1828-1874; Rhodes, Joseph, 1826-1905

Reference: PA1-q-193

Description: Album owned by Joseph Rhodes containing photographs and sketches and ephemera dated between 1860s-1880s of New Zealand and overseas. Includes photographs of Hawkes Bay dated between 1860s-1870s. Many of the sketches were drawn by Alfred Chapman, one section containing an illustrated tale "The life and adventures of Thomas Pinniger" (p 34a-d). On p 34b Governor Eyre is pictured lower left at Government House, Wellington. There are two photographs of paintings by Charles Barraud (one of Te Aro Flat, City of Wellington (p 68), and one of Wellington Heads (p 104). Many of the photographs of the Hawke's Bay area show the houses on various sheep stations, including Clive Grange Station, and Spring Hill Station (Joseph Rhodes), Maraekakaho Station (Donald Mclean), Woburn Station (Thomas Purvis Russell), Mount Herbert Station (Henry Robert Russell), and Mangatarata Station (Donald Gollan). There is also one of George Fannin's house in Napier, one of the Reverend Hamlin's mission station at Wairoa, and one of The Grange (Wellington home of Joseph Rhodes's brother William Barnard Rhodes).Others in the area are related to military encampments, barracks, stockades, and mission stations. On page 31 there is a photograph of "The great peace meeting, 1863", and one entitled "Whaka & tribe". On page 53, the caption reads "Donald McLean Esq. Superintendent, Hawkes Bay, purchasing Wairoa from the natives, 18[55?]." There are many photographs, postcards and tourist scenes taken in Egypt, Ireland, Norway, Italy and Australia. The Australian scenes show views in Queensland, including Australian Aborigines fishing for dugong, the Railway Mortuary Chapel at the Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney (subsequenlty sold to a church group, dismantled and rebuilt in North Ainslie in Canberra) and views in the Maryborough area. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown leather embossed cover 29 x 23 cm, with 79 leaves

Date: [1890s-1930s]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007289-G

Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1860]

Reference: 1/2-011751-F

Description: Raupo house near New Plymouth, ca 1860. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Note on back of file print reads "see also 1/2-111063 which is the same image, but cropped" "The kennel on the right suggests that a large dog shares this home. Equipment for doing the laundry can be seen by the hedge on the right. Raupo, a marsh reed, was a traditional building material of the Maori. The raupo was tied in bundles and lashed to a wooden framework with flax. The roof was then thatched. These homes were cheap and quick to build, and relatively weathertight. They were, however, highly inflammable and were eventually forbidden in towns. The imported doors and windows would later be transferred to a more permanent home." (Information taken from 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).

Date: [ca 1870s]

Reference: 1/2-003135-F

Description: Unidentified Maori group alongside a raupo whare, circa 1870s. Location and photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-009920-G

Description: (Family?) group outside raupo whare, circa 1900. Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head. Note on back of file print reads "Family group outside raupo whare, c. 1900" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1910

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-356-013

Description: Shows a raupo hut on the water's edge, with a view of an offshore island (probably Kapiti Island) in the distance. Te Rauparaha died at Otaki in 1849, so the location is likely to be there, with Kapiti Island in the distance. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, impression 134 x 180 mm, on sheet 235 x 282 mm.

Date: Between 1875 and 1885

From: Parihaka album 1

Reference: PA1-q-183-25-2

Description: View of a mother and infant sitting outside a raupo house in Taranaki, photographed 1875-1885, by William Andrews Collis of New Plymouth. A baby's phaeton may be seen in the doorway. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Raupo whare Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.6 x 20.2 cm, mounted on album page 26.6 x 34.7 cm

Date: 1940s

From: Dominion Museum Education Service Māori posters

By: Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1940s-01

Description: Information sheet printed on both sides. One side relates to Maori housing showing photographs of a Maori house at Wairarapa, a model village erected at the Christchurch Exhibition, a carved meeting house, raupo whare, the interior of a whare. There are eleven illustrations in all. The other side shows photographs of Maori in traditional and in European dress, and includes reproductions of two paintings by James Ingram mcDonald. The text describes the process of preparing flax, weaving and dying, and describes the piupiu. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) 2 copies. Physical Description: Photolithograph on both sides of sheet 293 x 457 mm. Processing information: Description changed and poster re-housed 20 November 2023.

Date: 1868

Reference: 1/2-004735-F

Description: Napier military barracks in 1868. Shows buildings made of raupo. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Military Barracks 1868 This was later to become the site of the Napier Hospital. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Chaytor, Isabel Clervaux, 1890-1976 :Chaytor family photographs

Reference: 1/2-049922-F

Description: Maori woman outside raupo dwelling (European style house with chimney) at Wairau Pa, circa 1880s. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1885

From: Long album 2

Reference: PA1-q-146-29

Description: Women standing beside a raupo pataka holding a bunch of flowers. Photographed by Alfred Burton in 1885. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 3787-Hinepoto-at Ngongo-Roto Aira-King Country. Burton Bros. Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albuman print 20 x 15 cm, mounted on album page

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).

Date: 1859

From: Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901: Photograph album of Bruno Hamel images of Government Scientific Exploring Expedition conducted by Dr Ferdinand Hochstetter

Reference: PA1-o-207-05

Description: Rangiriri, on the Waikato River, photographed in 1859 by Bruno Hamel during the visit of the Government Scientific Exploring Expedition conducted by Dr Ferdinand Hochstetter. The same image occurs in an album held by the Auckland Institute and Museum, with the title "Rangiriri". A photocopy of this album is held at PAColl-1637. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Karakarike. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20.6 cm mounted on album page