Te Haahi Rātana - Clergy

Date: [ca 1918-1970s]

By: Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013

Reference: PA-Group-00874

Description: Scrapbook, folder and colour slides with images of people and places relating to the Ratana Church between circa 1918 and circa 1970s. The scrapbook and folder both contain newspaper cuttings and illustrations in addition to photographic prints and negatives. Photographs taken by a range of photographers including Ans Westra and William Hall Raine. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s) red scrapbook containing papers, cuttings etc, and 43 b&w original photographic prints, 8 photo mechanical prints, 5 b&w copy photographic prints, 4 b&w original photographic negatives, 1 b&w digital photographic print, 1 colour digital photographic print. 1 folder(s) pink folder containing papers and 18 b&w original prints, 7 b&w original negatives, 2 b&w photo mechanical prints. 35 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 1 photograph album, colour transparencies, original film negatives and copy negatives, silver gelatin photoprints, and photo mechanical prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2234.

Date: 1896, 1934

By: University of California, Santa Cruz

Reference: MS-Papers-12678

Description: Collection of papers comprising: - Undated letter from Sister Hobbs to G.F. Saunders in response to his questions about Wiremu Rātana and Rātana Pā. Written on letterhead from the Grand Hotel, Taumarunui. - Note from G.F. Saunders to [Morrell]. Appears to have been sent with Sister Hobb's letter. Written 9 December, 1934 in Wanganui. - One double-sided page from an 1896 publication by James Mackay titled 'Whakaaturanga o nga tikanga o te whakapuraretanga o Hauraki mo te mahinga koura / Narrative of the opening of the Hauraki district for gold mining', pages 31 and 32. Text relates to land claims in the Pakararahi block. Title supplied by Library. Full text of publication by James Mackay, 'Whakaaturanga o nga tikanga o te whakapuraretanga o Hauraki mo te mahinga koura / Narrative of the opening of the Hauraki district for gold mining', available at BIM 1453 and MS-Papers-11946-052 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Papers were found within a bound volume held by the University of California Library, Santa Cruz. The volume, "Ratana, the Maori miracle man: the story of his life, the record of his miracles", was published in 1921 and later acquired by the university library, which was founded in 1965. No other information regarding the custody of the material is available.

Date: 1962-1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10765-3

Description: Photographic prints taken by Ans Westra of Māori people and Māori events. Includes images of: - Annual Kīngitanga coronation hui at Tūrangawaewae marae, Ngāruawāhia - Opening of the Whare tupuna at Maketū Marae in Kāwhia - New year Ringatū hui, Rūātoki - Royal visit to Waitangi, 1963 - Ratana Pā - Ngāti Pōneke club - Te Ahuahu and Te Hāpua playcentres - Scenes from Wellington, Rotorua, Whanganui River Negatives associated with the proof sheets are digitsed and available at Series-6708-1 The proof sheets are housed in plastic sleeves, two per sleeve, back-to-back, with a paper sheet separating each pair. These are annotated by Ans Westra with additional information. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 99 b&w original photographic print(s) contact proof sheets containing 12 frames.

Date: 1903-[ca 1955]

By: New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic; Niederer Studio

Reference: PAColl-8347

Description: Portrait of a Ratana clergyman taken ca 1955 and photograph of an inscription relating to a memorial window in Otorohanga church installed in 1903, to commemorate the pact between the Government and King Country Chiefs agreeing to ban the sale of alcohol in King Country hotels. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 1/2-230215-F Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) Mounted. 1 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 77-206-17 : New Zealand Alliance records..

Date: 1905

From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records

Reference: MSY-3831

Description: A book containing whakapapa with the following in the inside cover `Naku na Piripi Waaka tenei pukapuka. Whakapapa tupuna, Hune 9, 1905. Ka tuhia nga korero o tenei pukapuka'. Ten white feathers enclosed between various pages. Also contains notes about a meeting to discuss the Ratana church, notes about Māori cosmology and narratives about Kahungunu (tipuna) and Pouwharekura. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (in grey phase box) Processing information: Item rehoused April 2023 for reasons of preservation and storage. Feathers removed from pages and enclosed in mylar sleeves, page numbers recorded.

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12467-G

Description: Portrait of Keepa Te Ahuru of Korohe, a Māori minister for the Rātana church. Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Information sourced from annotated file prints at PAColl-10010-034. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 1938]

From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands

Reference: PAColl-4872-1-16

Description: Ratana bishop Paniora Te Arahu Naera with a horse at the beach. Photograph taken circa 1938 on the Chatham Islands by E M C Guest. Inscriptions: Verso - Paniora Te Arahu (Ratana Bishop) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.2 x 6.8 cm

Date: [late 1940s]

From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands

Reference: PAColl-4872-1-15

Description: Ratana bishop Mr Paniora Te Arahu Naera, his wife Ngauare, and their great-grandchildren Photograph taken on the Chatham Islands in the late 1940s, by E M C Guest. Inscriptions: Verso - Mr and Mrs Paniora Te Arahu with their great grandchildren Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6 x 8.8 cm