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Through Tuhoe Land
- Date
- March 1904
- By
- Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930
- Reference
- PA1-q-634
- Description
Photographic record of the state visit of Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand, to the Bay of Plenty and the Far North in March 1904. The vice-regal party, which comprised Lord Ranfurly, his secretary Dudley Alexander, James Carroll, Dr Maui Pomare, Gilbert Mair, and the journalist Malcolm Ross, travelled on horseback through an unroaded region via Lake Waikaremoana and the Huiarau Ranges, to attend a meeting of the representatives all the Maori Councils of New Zealand, at Ruatoki. The party then returned to Auckland and sailed on HMCS Iris to the Far North, where they attended a number of hui. Most of the photographs were taken by Malcolm Ross, whose pamphlet "Through Tuhoe land" (Christchurch Press, 1904), describes the journey.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Ranfurly family: Collection / Ranfurly family photographs
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs
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Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :Men of war - past and present. General Babington and two Maor...
Date: [March 1904]
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-49
Description: Major-General James Melville Babington with two chiefs, photographed during the visit of Lord Ranfurly's party to the Far North, March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. The man on the right is Take Take Rangitupu of Ranana, Wanganui River. The man on the left is wearing a korowai (tag cloak). The photograph was probably taken at a kainga inland from Mangonui, where a hui to farewell Lord Ranfurly was held. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Men of War - past and present. General Babington and two maori warriors. The vice-regal party left Te Teko on the morning of 18 March 1904, reaching Auckland (by coach and train) the same evening. They then boarded HMCS Iris and cruised up the east coast. After landing at the Doubtless Bay cable station, they "proceeded inland from Mangionui to a village where a native meeting was held for the purpose of bidding farewell to Lord Ranfurly." (Source: Malcolm Ross, "Through Tuhoe Land"). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 208 x 157 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :Descending a mountain stream on the Huia-rau Trail
Date: March 1904
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-27-3
Description: Lord Ranfurly and party descending a mountain stream on the Huiarau Trail, during their journey from Waikaremoana to Ruatoki. The riders are, from left, Dudley Alexander, James Carroll, Lord Ranfurly and Maui Pomare. Photograph taken by Malcolm Ross, March 1904. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Descending a mountain stream on the Huia-rau trail. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Sliver gelatin print 116 x 90 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :On the Huia-rau trail
Date: March 1904
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-14
Description: A scene on the Huiarau Trail, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross, during the journey of Lord Ranfurly's party from Waikaremoana to Ruatoki. Paitini is standing at the extreme left, the two horsemen in the centre are Lord Ranfurly and Maui Pomare (in white hat), and standing at the right are Dudley Alexander and James Carroll. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - On the Huia-rau trail Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 207 x 157 mm mounted on album page 287 x 255 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :The grand stand, Whakatane races
Date: [17 March 1904]
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-46-3
Description: The grandstand at the Whakatane races, photographed during the visit of Lord Ranfurly and party on St Patricks Day, 17 March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Grand Stand, Whakatane Races Malcolm Ross, in "Through Tuhoe Land" (Christchurch Press, 1904) states that "Next day being St Patrick's Day, our landlady, who hailed from the Emerald Isle, presented us with shamrocks and bits of green ribbon. The Governor drove to the Whakatane race meeting, a smart native contingent under white officers forming an escort.... Arrived at the course we were conducted to a pretty little grandstand, roofed and walled with interwoven fern and leaves of nikau palm." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 80 x 91 mm (irregular shape) mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :Lord Ranfurly on his Maori pony
Date: March 1904
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-21
Description: Lord Ranfurly on his pony, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross, during the journey of Lord Ranfurly's party from Waikaremoana to Ruatoki. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Lord Ranfurly on his maori pony. Malcolm Ross, in "Through Tuhoe land" (Christchurch Press, 1904) states that "All day our horses had proved their mettle in a most surprising manner. By this time also, we found that they possessed individualities as diverse as our own. The Governor rode a wonderful grey pony, that never made a mistake, and willingly and uncomplainingly took the rough with the smooth. Lord Ranfurly subsequently declared that this pony could go anywhere that a goat could go, and I verily believe he could." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 206 x 158 mm mounted on album page 287 x 255 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :[Maori children in a waka]
Date: [March 1904]
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-54
Description: Maori children in a waka, photographed during the visit of Lord Ranfurly's party to the Far North, March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A water frolic The vice-regal party left Te Teko on the morning of 18 March 1904, reaching Auckland (by coach and train) the same evening. They then boarded HMCS Iris and cruised up the east coast. After first landing at the Doubtless Bay cable station, they returned south to Russell. (Source: Malcolm Ross, "Through Tuhoe Land"). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 146 x 203 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :[Lord Ranfurly's party halted on a river bank, in the vicinit...
Date: [March 1904]
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-46-2
Description: Lord Ranfurly and party at rest on a river bank in the vicinity of Ruatoki, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross. The stop was possibly occasioned by a breakdown to the carriage. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Kia Ora! A break-down and a pick-me-up! Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 70 x 96 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :At Wairoa [Welcome to Lord Ranfurly]
Date: [March 1904]
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-03
Description: Wairoa, showing the Maori welcome to Lord Ranfurly and party, on their visit in March 1904. Photograph taken by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - At Wairoa "Through Tuhoe land", by Malcolm Ross (Christchurch Press, 1904), says of this occasion: "Once over the bar the steamer swerves into the broad river, and glides onward round a bend to the township of Wairoa. As we near the wharf the well-known strains of a Maori song of welcome to the Governor break the stillness, and a moving line of gesticulating Maoris, men and women, greet the Governor. As the steamer proceeds they advance along the bank in a line, keeping up the strange gesticulations of the haka and the weird melody of their chant in a minor key." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 154 x 201 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :[Lord Ranfurly's party crossing the Whakatane River, shortly ...
Date: March 1904
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-31
Description: Lord Ranfurly's party crossing the Whakatane River, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross, during the last stage of their journey from Waikaremoana to Ruatoki. Lord Ranfurly is riding the grey pony in the centre. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - "Late in the afternoon we rode through the broad swift-flowing waters of the Whakatane". Malcolm Ross, in "Through Tuhoe land" (Christchurch Press, 1904) states that "Late in the afternoon the Governor and his party rode through the broad, swift-flowing waters of the Whakatane, here a noble river, and rode slowly forward towards the native village of Ruatoki, where were gathered about a thousand of the tribespeople and the representatives of all the Maori Councils of New Zealand." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 157 x 210 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :In Doubtless Bay
Date: [March 1904]
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-52-1
Description: Lord Ranfurly (extreme left) and party, including officers of HMCS Iris, photographed at Doubtless Bay during their visit to the Far North in March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - In Doubtless Bay The vice-regal party left Te Teko on the morning of 18 March 1904, reaching Auckland (by coach and train) the same evening. They then boarded HMCS Iris and cruised up the east coast. After first landing at the Doubtless Bay cable station, they returned south to Russell. (Source: Malcolm Ross, "Through Tuhoe Land"). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 147 x 104 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm