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Adkin album 27
- Date
- 1931-1934
- By
- Law, Dora Isabel, 1894-1982
- Reference
- PA1-f-009
- Description
The Maori place names and old historical sites of Horowhenua together with a pictorial record of Maori artifacts and customs. Also place names etc elsewhere in New Zealand (Vol 1, figures 147-334). Includes maps and diagrams. Images show eel weirs and traps in the Hokio Stream; stake-fields in Lake Horowhenua which were constructed by Maori to impede enemy canoes, and which were exposed above water level by the lowering of the lake in 1926; artifacts in various collections, including kumete, waka-huia, stone adzes etc.; views of the Takihiku meeting house belonging to the former pa called Pua-o-Tau (figs 198-202); porch of Poutu meeting house at Whakawehi kainga near Shannon (fig 204); site of Pakakutu Pa, Otaki; site of the Wairarawa Maori burial area where artifacts were found by Arthur Black in Feb 1932 (figs 210, 213, 223-224); carved meeting house Te Poho-o-Kahungunu at Porangahau (fig 233); funeral ceremonies on 17 April 1932, after the death of Hema Te Ao, at Raukawa meeting house (undergoing reconstruction at the time) and Rangiatea Church, service taken by Rev. Temuera Tokoaitua, funeral procession through Otaki, preparations for hangi; Titahi Bay; site of the former Korohiwa Pa; copy of a picture of Wellington Harbour by T Allom, showing place names and former Maroi sites; sites and place names along the Paekakariki-Pukerua Bay coast; sites & features at Titahi Bay, Whitireia Peninsula & Porirua Harbour.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negatives of items of p.24 at 1/2-157045 to 157049
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- Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
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The funeral procession of Hema te Ao passing through Otaki
Date: 17 April 1932
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-240
Description: The funeral procession of Hema te Ao, showing the casket and pall-bearers, passing through Otaki from Raukawa meeting house to Rangiatea church. Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin on the 17th of April, 1932. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.2 x 10.5 cm
Sites and features at Titahi Bay, Whitireia Peninsula, and Porirua Harbour
Date: 1933
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-54
Description: Photographs by George Leslie Adkin Top left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-301) Carved wooden bowl showing details of carving. Photographed 5-3-1933. Top centre photograph (PA1-f-009-54-302) Toa Rangatira, meeting house at the Takapuwahia kianga on the south west shore of Porirua Harbour. Photographed 12-3-1933. Top left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-303) one of two old native ovens (umu or hangi) shown in section by the road cutting at Titahi Bay. Photographed 12-3-1933. Centre photograph (PA1-f-009-54-304) Maori cultivation terraces on the hills near Mount Cooper. Photographed 12-3-1933. Centre left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-305) Site of the former Kaitawa kianga at the south head of Porirua Harbour. Photographed 12-3-1933. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-54-306) Bay at northern end of Whitireia Peninsula, site of the former Onehunga kianga. Photographed 12-3-1933 Bottom right photograph (PA1-f-009-54-307) The church at Pahautanui, the site of Te Rangihaeata's pa in 1846. Prior to the 1855 earthquake the flats on the left were covered by sea water. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Part of Horowhenua dune-belt, with corrections. Archeo...
Date: April 1963
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-33
Description: Two maps on one sheet. The first shows the Horowhenua dune-belt, with the routes of expeditions undertaken on 8 May 1932 and 14 August 1932, and Muaupoko territoral boundaries marked. The second shows the northen end of Lake Horowhenua, with the sites of pa, canoe-landings and other centres of activity marked. Drawn in April 1932 by G L Adkin. Quantity: 1 mss map in indian and coloured inks. Physical Description: 333 x 206 mm
Koruru figure head from meeting house gable
Date: 1933
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-60-321
Description: Original caption reads "Koruru (figure head in gable) of the old Kotahitanga meeting house at Manankau. Height, 3ft; width, 2ft.6in. Extremely heavy." Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on 26 November 1933. Kotahitanga was the name of a meeting house built about 1863 at Manakau, a community south of Levin. It was built to bring together the Ngati Wehiwehi people of Manakau with the Maori King movement. It was pulled down about 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 13.7 x 10.6 cm, mounted on album page
Remarkable series of weapons and artifacts from the bed of Lake Horowhenua found by Mes...
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-210
Maori artifacts from Horowhenua district
Date: 4 November 1932
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-288
Description: Maori artifacts from the Horowhenua district, in the possession of Mr & Mrs R J Law, of Shannon. All except numbers 2,3,4 & 5 are from the vicinity of Waikiekie and Roha-a-te-kawau island-pa. No 1: Model canoe; length 3 ft 4.5 inches; note holes along gunwale for lashing on topsides (rauawa). No 2: Kaheru with 3 pairs of holes for repairing break; lenth 15 inches; from Mangaroa Nos 3 & 4: Kaheru (scoops - broken) from Mangaroa No 5: Comb No 6: Wooden implement of unknown use; length 19.375 inches Nos 7 & 8: Pumice bowls - cinder carriers; diamters 3.875 & 2.5 inches x 3 inches; groove across under-surface for carrying-cord No 9: Wooden bowl for same use - a tawa knot or nodule; diameter 2.125 x 2.375 inches; depth of hollow, 1 inch. No 10: Pumice float for fishing net - circular disc with hole; diameter 2.75 inches No 11: Wooden wedge, obviously cut to taper with stone adze; length 4.75 inches No 12: Stone wedge or adze (?); length 5.563 inches No 13: Wooden teka (footrest for ko); size 4.25 x 6 inches No 14: Unique object of unknown use; length 14.75 inches No 15: Wooden pin; flattened cross-section; length 11.875 inches No 16: Barbed spear-point with 5 alternate barbs; length of fragment 13 inches (Source of information: original album caption). Photograph taken 4 November 1932 by G L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Collection of Horowhenua artifacts in possession of Mr & Mrs R J Law, of Shannon: all except nos 2,3,4 & 5 from alongside or near Waikiekie & Roha-a-te-kawau island-pa. Lake Horowhenua.... 4.11.32 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 67 x 153 mm mounted on album page
Tangi of Hema te Ao at the Raukawa Meeting House, Otaki.
Date: 1932
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-34-241
Description: Tangi of Hema Te Ao at Raukawa Meeting House with mourners and display of paintings and portraits of relatives and ancestors of deceased. Photographed by George Leslie Adkins on the 17th of April 1932 The meeting house in the photograph is Raukawa I. This was built in 1853, but by the late 1920s had become delapidated. When this photograph was taken the carvings had been removed as the meeting house was undergoing reconstruction. It was replaced by the present Raukawa II which opened in 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
[Images from Adkin album]
Date: 1931, 1932
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964
Reference: PA1-f-009-26
Description: Photographed by George Leslie Adkin in 1931 and 1932 Top left hand photograph (PA1-f-009-26-213) shows Maori artifacts found in Lake Horowhenua. Photographed 10-11-1931. Top centre photograph (PA1-f-009-26-214) shows two Maori girls of Ngati-wehi-whei hapu at Whakahoro. Photographed 15-11-1931. Top right hand photograph (PA1-f-009-26-215) shows the beach settlemrnt of Manawatu Heads on the north bank of the Manawatu River near it's mouth - the former site Wharangi Kianga. Photographed 24-1-1932. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-26-216) shows a carved bailer and a blackstone adze. Both from the Horowhenua district. Photographed 29-11-1931. Centre left photograph (PA1-f-009-26-217) shows the remains of an old canoe burried in sand on the Rangitikei beach. Photographed 7-2-1932. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-26-218) shows the remains of an old canoe partly excavated from the sand on Rangitikei beach. Photographed 7-2-1932. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Stone adzes from Horowhenua region
Date: 12 April 1931
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-172
Description: Three types of stone adze, in the possession of Mr R A Prouse, Levin. Specimen on left: splay, broad-edged shape, from Turakina. Length 4 inches, breadth 2.75 inches, cutting edge 2.75 inches, breadth of butt 1.75 to 2 inches, thickness 1 inch, colour black with faint mottlings. Specimen in centre: from Mr J Hill's run, Hokio Beach Road, Levin. Rudely chipped except close to cutting edge; triangular cross-section; length 5.75 inches, breadth 2 inches, cutting edge 2 inches, thickness 1.25 inches; of black, cherty, fine-grained greywacke or indurated argillite. Specimen on right: from R A Prouse's garden, Makomako Road East, Weraroa. Fine cutting edge and well-ground bevels meeting at a rather obtuse angle; cutting edge narrows in; length 6.375 inches, breadth 1.625, cutting edge 1.125 inches, butt 2.25 inches long & breadth from 1 to 1.25 inches, thickness 1.75 inches; of light green chertose rock with patches of black carbonaceous argillite (almost certainly from Tararua range). (Source of information: original album caption). Photograph taken 12 April 1931 by G L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Three types of stone adze, in possession of Mr R A Prouse, Levin.... 12.4.31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 93 x 156 mm mounted on album page
Hei-matau of nephrite found near mouth of Wai-kawa River by Mrs P M Dimock, of Manakau,...
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-009-188