He manu itiiti, kei ngā wāhi katoa. He kōkirikiri, he kōtiutiu te rere, he kaikai ngārara. He pango te tinana, ko te remu he kōheuheu te hanga, he tauhokohoko he mā he pango.
A common darting bird which feeds on insects. It is easily identified by its white and black fan shaped tail. Rhipidura fuliginosa.
Ngā Upoko Tukutuku. https://natlib.govt.nz/librarians/nga-upoko-tukutuku/tirairaka accessed 27 September 2024.
Date: 1976 - 1979
From: Air New Zealand Ltd :[Ephemera of octavo size, timetables, tickets, and advertising relating to Air New Zealand flights, routes and aircraft]
By: Harvey, Norman Bruce, 1931-1992
Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-ANZ-1978-Menus
Description: Covers depict natural history prints by Bruce Harvey, including: Fleshfooted shearwater and tuatara (2 copies); Waxeye; Kiwi (Brown and Spotted Kiwi); Fantail; Kakapo (2 copies); White Heron; New Zealand kea, Banded dotterel, Kokako. Menus are for breakfast, dinner and light refreshments. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Photolithographs on menu booklets, folded, 163 x 237 mm. Provenance: Some menus donated by Mrs E Herron, Ms Maree Moxon, Dr Margaret Bailey, Alice Megget, Clare Murphy. Others purchased in 2002 and 2005.
Date: 1976 - 1979
From: Air New Zealand Ltd: [Ephemera of quarto size, timetables and advertising relating to Air New Zealand flights, routes and aircraft]
By: Harvey, Norman Bruce, 1931-1992
Reference: Eph-B-AVIATION-ANZ-1978-Menus
Description: Covers depict natural history prints by Bruce Harvey, including: Fleshfooted shearwater and tuatara; Waxeye; Kiwi (Brown and Spotted Kiwi); Fantail; Kakapo; White Heron; New Zealand kea, Banded dotterel, Kokako, Grey warbler, Tui, Pukeko, Kingfisher. Accompanied by envelope used to contain the illustrations. It is embossed in gilt letters with the words: "With the compliments of Air New Zealand" Quantity: 13 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded covers 322 x 238 mm. Provenance: Donated by Bill Archie, Auckland, in 2011.
Date: 1932 - 1934
From: Daff, Lily Attey, 1885-1945 :[New Zealand birds] / L A Daff [ca 1933]
By: Daff, Lily Attey, 1885-1945
Reference: A-272-002
Description: Shows a pair of fantails, one seated on its nest, both in the branches of a kawakawa bush, showing its leaves and green flower spikes Original illustrations for the artist's An album of New Zealand birds. Wellington : Reed, 1974; published to celebrate 50th anniversary of Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. Mounted on boards Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gouache on board, 328 x 221 mm (image) on board 370 x 233 mm
Date: 1983
By: Jaquiery, Merrilyn, 1948-
Reference: A-003-010-a
Description: Subject: Two young fantails on nest From original watercolour Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 330 x 380 mm
Date: 1983
By: Jaquiery, Merrilyn, 1948-
Reference: A-003-009
Description: Subject: Bush scene with one fantail From original watercolour Signed and titled in pencil by artist Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 330 x 380 mm
Date: 1844
From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]
By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886
Reference: A-020-036
Description: A weka seen from the side, pecking at the ground. A fantail, top right. The head and tail feather of a huia. The weka appears to have been drawn from a living specimen, the huia from a dead specimen Exhibited in 'Huia: Sacred Bird, Lost Treasure' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 24 July to 7 November 1999. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Weka or wood hen Quantity: 6 drawing(s) (4 on recto, 2 on verso). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour
Date: 1895-1905
From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings
Reference: PA12-1438
Description: Most of the windows are of geometric design using unpainted coloured glass. Many of these windows have realistically painted inserts depicting birds on leafy branches -- some of them native birds, and in one case the head and upper body of a woman in a classical style. All of the windows are in styles originating in the late 19th century. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
Date: 1890-1905
From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings
Reference: PA12-1439
Description: Mostly windows of geometric design using unpainted coloured glass. Many have realistically painted inserts depicting birds on leafy branches. A number of these are native birds. One set of entrance windows is in an art nouveau style overall with realistically painted birds on inset discs of glass. One of the set of windows in this section belonging to the Historic Places Trust is currently (1998) housed at the Dowse Art Museum. These with their pictures of native birds came from the chemist shop of W C Fitzgerald, Lambton Quay and Willis Street Wellington. Another window from the same source in this section, also belonging to the Historic Places Trust, is also housed in the Dowse Art Museum. It depicts a leafy shrub growing out of a pot, surrounded by a boarder of round coloured pieces of glass and leaf scrolls. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
Date: 1988
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-060
Description: Shows study of fantails in flight, one sitting; and details of bristles on face and of a wing. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Bush and high country birds of New Zealand" (1988). This image appears on page 28 of this book. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet 297 x 210 mm.
Date: 1950 - 1960
From: Acres, Avis, 1910-1994 :[Greeting cards and small sketches. 1950s].
Reference: E-508-003
Description: A card for a child's eighth birthday, featuring an elf perched on a branch of clematis paniculata, holding a number 8. A fantail is also perched on the number. Inside is a verse in ink, with a further drawing of the elf and the fantail Other Titles - Eight Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Card, 130 x 103 mm
Date: 1976
By: Marshall, Janet, 1947-; Marshall Prints
Reference: B-108-027
Description: An image of a fantail Limited edition of 1000 signed and numbered copies Same as C-108-027-a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 430 x 305 mm
Date: 1952 - 1961 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-750
Description: Includes pencil sketches of R. nivicola Jan 31st the last just above Kapuni hut, Kapuni hut Feb 1952, Geranium Kapuni hut 7/3/52, Dawson Falls March 1952, on way to Ohakune to stay with Tom [...] 21/11/55, Luxmore with kowhai [and] snow, kawakawa May 1961 (design for woodcut?), black fantail at Te Anau (design for woodcut), kingfisher and stilt. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey-covered booklet of 24 leaves, each 100 x 168 mm.
Date: 1950 - 1959
By: Williams, Stephen, active 1960s
Reference: A-077-015
Description: Signed. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil 6.9 x 6 inches
Date: 1792 - 1798
Reference: A-438-005
Description: Shows a fantail perched on a branch, with the tail spread in a fan. Other Titles - Fan-tailed flycatcher Extended Title - From "Allgemeine Uebersicht der Vogel" by John Latham. Nurnberg, 1792-1798 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engraving, plate 194 x 140 mm, on sheet 220 x 173 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, July 2010.
Date: 1941 - 1949
From: New Zealand Forest Service :[Posters. ca 1945-1959].
By: New Zealand. State Forest Service; Gordon, Peter, active 1978
Reference: Eph-D-FOREST-SERVICE-1940s-01
Description: Shows a pukeko on a teacher's mortar board, using a pointer and a blackboard to teach the message of care to prevent forest fires. Its pupils are a kiwi in checked shorts, a kingfisher and a rabbit, while a tui and a fantail watch from above. The setting is a native forest with kowhai flowers and ferns. The blackboard is propped on a easel carved with Maori motifs. The State Forest Service was issuing various warnings to trampers and cigarette smokers during the 1940s, particularly in newspapers for 1948. The State Forest Service was renamed the New Zealand Forest Service in December 1949, so this poster predates the change. It is unlikely to have been made before 1940 although the State Forest Service was operating in the 1920s. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on poster, 540 x 408 mm.
Date: 1916
From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2366-504
Description: Includes 1 exercise book and 1 of loose drawings Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items.
Date: November 1984
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: PA12-6503
Description: Photographs of birds on Kapiti Island. Silvereye (Tauhou) and nest of chicks. Fantail (Piwakawaka) and nest of chicks. Bellbird (Korimako) and nest of chicks. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.
Date: 1960 - 1969
Reference: Eph-E-STATIONERY-1960s-01
Description: Shows twelve reproductions of the same image, the face of a greetings telegram with a fantail perched on a kowhai branch at lower left. At top right is a scene of a lake (possibly Lake Matheson) with tree fern and native bush on its shore and snowy mountains in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 760 x 1010 mm.
Date: ca1970s-ca1980s
From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui
By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-
Reference: PA12-0305
Description: Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
Date: 1987
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-009
Description: Shows studies of the head of a fantail, a fantail on a branch, the undertail of a shining cuckoo, and its fine legs and feet. Also shows a juvenile shining cuckoo. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Countryside and garden birds of New Zealand" (1987). This image appears on page 16 of this book. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet 297 x 210 mm.