Rites and ceremonies - Samoa

Date: 1922-1936

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-448

Description: Photographs of Samoa, related to the period when Donald Alexander john Rutherford was a teacher, and then Superintendent of Schools in Samoa, between 1922 and 1936. Inside the front cover is a list of names of over a hundred native Samoan teachers who trained in Western Samoa during that period. There are group portraits of members of staff in the Samoan Education Department, teachers, students, sports teams; groups of boy scouts on parade; and one of a group attending the Conference on the Education of Native Races in the Pacific held in Honolulu in 1936. Several images show local and visiting dignitaries, including the Duke of Gloucester, Sir Herbert Hart, General Richardson, and Lord Bledisloe; and the visit to Samoa of a group of New Zealand teachers. Many of the images relate directly to the farewell ceremonies held at the departure from Samoa of Donald Alexander John Rutherford and his family in 1936. They include images of his home and personal servants. Inscriptions: Album page - "Staff of Native Teachers, Western Samoa, 1922-1936" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth; 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1949-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9770

Description: Contains photographs relating to Guy Powles' time as High Commissioner to Western Samoa. Includes: photographs of Guy Powles at official occasions, in both formal and informal dress; photographs of working life of Samoans; photographs of a small hydroelectric project; photographs of the visit of an unidentified New Zealand Government minister; photographs of Samoans at ceremonies and in traditional dress; idealised photographs of Samoan women; photographs of traditional and modern buildings Quantity: 68 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1942-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-111

Description: Photographs taken during the visit of the Governor General to Western Samoa (undated) but sometime during WWII. Includes those taken at Piula Methodist Mission; meeting Samoan chiefs; with Fono Faipule (meeting of representatives at Mulinu'u); school children dancing at Apia; during King's kava ceremony at Savaii; meeting NZ officers; group photo with members of Fono Faipule (Riput, Tamasese, and Malietoa, administrator); with Samoan nurses at Apia. Also photos of scrap metal collected on Rarotonga for National Patriotic Fund. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1948-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1662

Description: Includes photographs of Samoan dancers, Samoans in traditional costume, Samoan dignitaries in formal dress, and a photograph of United Nations dignitaries. Also includes loose captions describing the contents of the photographs. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photographs, mss

Date: 1981

From: Jowitt, Glenn, 1955-2014 : Photographs of Polynesia

Reference: PAColl-0198-02

Description: Selecting 'ie toga, or fine mat, to be presented at a title investiture, Moata'a, Apia, Western Samoa. Photograph taken 1981 by Glenn Jowitt. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome print 20 x 25.5 cm

Date: [ca 1949-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9769

Description: Contains photographs relating to Guy Powles' time as High Commissioner of Western Samoa. Includes: photographs of a ship preparing in Wellington Harbour in the late 1940s; photographs of coming ashore by longboat in Samoa; photographs of a welcome ceremony in Samoa; photographs of a large number of unidentified ceremonies in Samoa, including many people in costumes; photographs of chiefly Samoans, including paramount chief Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole; photographs of Samoan men and women in formal and everyday situations; portraits of Samoan children; photographs of Samoan buildings and villages; photographs of rivers, waterfalls and seascapes; photographs of official occasions and ceremonies relating to a visit to Samoa by the Governor General of New Zealand, Sir Willoughby Norrie; formal portraits of Guy and Eileen Powles. May also contain Powles family photographs unrelated to their time in Samoa Quantity: 215 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: ca1923-ca1927

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-446

Description: Photographs of Samoa taken during the 1920s by unidentified photographers. Images include scenes of Samoan ceremonies, including the presentation of Fine Mats at Mulinu'u; an investiture; Anzac Day, placing wreaths on the graves of soldiers who died in samoa; scenes of the Faipule (this image with the inscription "Faipule. Samoan Parliament"); ceremonial welcoming canoes; Sir Charles Fergusson, and General George Spafford Richardson; and scenes at various schools, including group portraits of pupils and staff, and sporting teams. Another sequence shows the damage which occurred during a hurricane in 1925, including the grounding of the ship Lady Roberts, and destruction of plantations and buildings. Two photographs have an additional historical note: On page 72: "Visit to native village. `Historical photo. This indicates the rising of the organisation of the "Mau". General Richardson visits the biggest villages. Note the poor attendance and the disturbed countenance of the Chief'. General Richardson and party listening to the orator's speech" and, on page 77 "Visit of General Richardson to the village of Lufi Lufi (Note the poor attendance. General Richardson's disappointment)". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, dark green cloth spine; 26 x 31 cm

Date: 1919-1921

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1281

Description: Consists of ca 100 photographs documenting Lord Liverpool's tour in 1919 of the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Suva, Fiji. Record ceremonies, feasts, dances, military inspections and other performances, as well as shipping harbours, streets, buildings, plantations, reefs and beaches. Includes five photographs of the coronation of the Ariki, Tiuirua in Avarua, Rarotonga on 30 Aug 1921. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: The album is owned by the family of Saxon W B Foster Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2008

Date: 2010

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Samoa]

By: Samoa. Parliament

Reference: Eph-A-SAMOA-2010-01

Description: Booklet gives the order of service for the ceremony. The front cover shows a photograph of a memorial showing the names of the tsunami victims. Inside covers and back cover show coloured photographs of the funeral service in 2009. The pages of text have a border of sea shells. Other Titles - Programme; October Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 205 x 149 mm.

Date: 2007

By: Samoa. Parliament

Reference: Eph-B-SAMOA-2007-01

Description: Booklet gives text in both Samoan and English. It gives the order of service for the state funeral on 17-18 May 2007; for the Lie-in-State on 17 May; for the procession and entombment on 18 May. Gives a biography of the man, and many photographs throughout of occasions in his life. Pages 20-26 contain condolence messages. Most sources give Malietoa Tanumafili II's year of birth as 1913. Other Titles - Afioga i le ao mamalu o le Malo Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, 04 Ianuari 1912 - 11 Me 2007 Quantity: 1 volume(s) booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 26 pages, 200 x 207 mm. Provenance: Donated by the University of Auckland in 2014.

Date: [1920s]

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Armstrong, Charles Clark, -1946

Reference: PA1-o-447

Description: Photographs of Samoa, taken by unidentified photographers, most with no description. Identification for many of them from comparison with Rutherford albums 1 & 2 (PA1-o-445, PA1-o-446). One photograph, taken circa 1890s, taken in Dunedin by Armstrong Photographers, shows the Riddell family with Bessie and James Mathieson (grandparents of Donald Alexander John Rutherford?) Samoan scenes include damage caused by a hurricane in 1925; celebrations for Lord and Lady Bledisloe, with General Herbert Hart and his wife, and George Frederick Hufnagel-Betham. Schools shown include the London Missionary Society Boys' High School at Malua, Ifi Ifi School, Vaipouli School, the Apia Technical School, Avele School and Malifa School. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm

Date: [ca 1948-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1664

Description: Includes photographs of ceremonies in Samoa, showing formal and traditional elements. Also includes portraits Guy Powles along with other dignitaries, who can be presumed to be New Zealanders. Also includes urban and rural scenes from Samoa. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: ca1956

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-821

Description: Record of Sir Guy Powles New Zealand High Commissioner Western Samoa Also landscape, public works, and state ceremonials in Western Samoa Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1949-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9771

Description: Contains photographs relating to Guy Powles' time as Governor of Samoa. Includes: photographs of working life of Samoans; photographs of New Zealand officials at ceremonies and in casual or social situations; photographs of Samoans at ceremonies and in traditional dress; photographs of traditional Samoan buildings; photographs of Samoan children Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints