Baptism - New Zealand

Date: 1969

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-009

Description: Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence about books, critiques, research enquiries, whakapapa of Ngati Koroki, speeches from the Treaty of Waitangi and visits from Queen Elizabeth and the then Vice Regal, includes whakapapa of Te Rongorito, Tamatehura, Ngati Maniapoto, Marutuahu, karakia for baptism, war, bird snaring also includes a biography on Te Whitiki II, also includes the introduction of the Waikato University tie and an essay on early Maori leadership in the Kingitanga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1881

By: Te Kairangi, Atanatiu, active 1870-1913

Reference: Micro-MS-0949

Description: Arranged in four parts this journal explores the history and whakapapa of the Ngati Toa people. It includes detailed whakapapa from Marangaiparoa, son of Toa Rangatira, with a special emphasis on the relationships between Ngati Toa and other closely related Kawhia tribes. The manuscript also details the migration of the Tainui and Te Arawa canoes to Aotearoa, with accompanying karakia; Purakau, or short historical narratives, about numerous Ngati Toa tupuna (ancestors); The migrations of the Ngati Toa tribes from Kawhia to the Kapiti district; And an examination of Maori theological concepts, and includes a discussion about the descent of the Maori people from Adam and Eve. Also records the baptism of various people into the Mormon church at Takapuwahia pa, Porirua, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Publication - This manuscript may be the original source material used by Sir Maui Pomare for the book "Legends of the Maori", 2 volumes [1930]. Other - Microfilmed in 2001 from original in private hands Manuscript journal by Atanatiu Te Kairangi, later acquired by Sir Maui Pomare. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1856 - 1873

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0085C

Description: Early Maori marriage certificates from within the greater parish districts of Octavius Hadfield and James McWilliams. Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and folders MSZ-0085A, MSZ-0085B Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1837

From: [Sainson, Louis Auguste de] b. 1801 :[Plates from Malerische Reise um die Welt] / Lohse sc. - [Leipzig ; Baumgartner, 1835, 1837]

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: A-211-026

Description: A group of women dipping sprigs of leaves into a bowl of water and sprinkling them on the head of an infant. The baby is lying on a blanket spread across a pile of logs From Malerische Reise um die Welt, derived from engravings after Louis De Sainson, who in turn derived his work from his own earlier engravings and drawings, from the drawings of Louis Lejeune and from the illustrations to Cook's voyages. Malerische Reise um die Welt was the German translation of Dumont d'Urville's 1834 publication Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. Reversed from the original version in Voyage pittoresque autour du monde Other Titles - Ceremonie d'un bapteme zelandais [original title]; New Zealand baptism ceremony [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 99 x 100 mm to 105 x 139 mm

Date: [1900-1940]

From: Baker, Matenga, 1902-1988 : Waiata and whakapapa books

Reference: MSY-5308

Description: Notebook of Hema Ropata Te Ao with personal notes about the Te Ao family; numerous waiata, mostly Ngati Raukawa, and some historical notes. Includes waiata for Te Puke Te Ao, waiata by Keepa Wharewhiti for Hema Te Ao during his parliamentary campaign. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1978

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1628

Description: All frames taken at a Christening ceremony for an unidentified baby at an unidentified location, probably in Wellington. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1978

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1629

Description: All frames show a baby in a christening gown, being held, fed, and changed, probably in the Wellington area. A toddler is stroking the baby's head in frames 2 & 3, and is standing watching the baby being bottle-fed by her father in frame 12. A group of young women is seen in the background in frame 12. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 11 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: October 1972

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0705

Description: Five negative frames show a baptism in a fountain (probably 'The Bucket Fountain'), Cuba Mall, Wellington, in 1972. Two negative frames show a group of people sitting on boxes of beer in Pigeon Park, Wellington, in 1972. Five negative frames show people at James K. Baxter's funeral, Hiruharama (Jerusalem), Whanganui, in October 1972. Negative frame 8 features Maurice Shadbolt on the right. Negative frames 9 and 10 show a marquee erected in front of the meeting house, for the tangi. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

From: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :[Twelve engravings from Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde" (Paris, 1836)]

By: Beyer, active 1830s

Reference: A-433-013

Description: Top image shows a Maori man about to strike a seated figure on the back of the head with a patu. The seated figure is tending a camp fire. A group of other Maori watch from the left background. The lower image shows two Maori women in front of a whare, sprinkling the head of a naked infant with water on springs of leaves. There is a bowl of water at the left where other women are dipping sprigs of leaves. The infant lies in a makeshift cradle made from a cloth laid over logs. Other Titles - Human sacrifice in New Zealand; New Zealand baptism ceremony Other Titles - De Sainson Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 282 x 183 mm.