Postcard album relating to Maori and thermal areas

Album of postcards of Maori and thermal areas. Most date from ca 1900 to ca 1930. There are a large number depicting Whakarewarewa village and thermal area. Wairakei and Waimangu thermal areas are also well represented.

Images include - Bath House and Government gardens, Rotorua. Whakarewarewa village and thermal area. Mermaids bath, Wairakei. Mud volcano, Waiotapu. Steaming hills, Lake Rotomahana. Waimangu geyser in action. Rachael spring, Rotorua. Blue Bath. Wairoa geyser in action. View of Lake and Mount Tarawera. Hinemoa's bath, Mokoia Island. Waikite geyser. Pink and white terraces, Lake Rotomahana. Malfroy geyser, Rotorua. Pohutu geyser. The twins geyser, Wairakei. The inferno, Tikitere. Hamurana springs, Rotorua. The eagles nest, Wairakei. Crows nest geyser, Taupo.

Tourist views of Maori and Maori life are well represented. These include - Maori maidens, many in traditional costume. Maori children bathing and diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa. Maori children bathing at Tokaanau. Maori children performing mock haka. Women cooking in hot pools, Whakarewarewa. Women washing clothes in hot pools, Whakarewarewa. Women carrying children on their backs (pikau). Women performing a poi dance. War canoe race. Men performing a dance, Parihaka. Men performing a haka. Men sparring with taiaha. Men dressed in traditional costume, some identified as "chiefs."

Buildings represented are - Interior views of Saint Faith's Church, Ohinemutu. Interior views of Rangiatea church, Otaki. Carved pataka in Auckland Museum. Meeting houses, Rotorua. Carved gateway, Ohinemutu. Carved gateway, Whakarewarewa.

Communities other than Whakarewarewa village are - Parihaka Pa, Taranaki. Karohirohu Pa. Te Kumo Pa, King Country.

Lakes include - Echo Lake. Lake Rotoiti. Lake Rotomahana. Lake Taupo. Green Lake. Blue Lake.

Some people are named. Whakarewarewa guides include - Guide Maggie Papakura. Guide Rangi. Guide Kathleen. Guide Bella. Guide Pipi. Guide Spohia. Guide Georgina. Guide Eileen. Guide Edie. Guide Susan.

Notable men are as follows. The names here are as they appeared on the postcards - Rewi Maniapoto. Ruetiwatea. Te Rangituataka. Te Here. Ruatara Turaumoko (died 1905).

One card shows commercial flax cutters at work.

Two coloured cards have biblical quotations in Maori.

Quantity: 1 album(s).