Whatitoka

Date: 1924

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1637-1/2-G

Description: View of a carved doorway (whatitoka) at a deserted whare at Matapihi. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, in 1924. Named and dated from Godber File in Photographic Archives (Under 76. Matapihi. Near Tauranga. 1924. Carved doorway of deserted whare whakairo.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-082-2

Description: Shows a man standing at the doorway of a whare near Takapuna Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 108 x 229 mm

Date: Between 1936 and 1939

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038875-G

Description: The carved doorway (whatitoka) of Raukawa meeting house, Otaki, photographed, probably between 1936 and 1939 by Albert Percy Godber. Raukawa meeting house was opened on 14 March 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [Between 1903 and 1906]

By: Mair, John Thomas, 1876-1959; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts

Reference: PA1-o-321

Description: Album of scenic photographs, chiefly taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, with views of the North Island and South Island. North Island scenes include a number of tourist views of Maori, showing carved meeting houses; a group performing a haka; two women demonstrating the hongi; a young woman wearing a feather cloak, hei tiki and huia feathers, and holding a mere; a group of young boys in a haka pose; a woman smoking a pipe; a group of children bathing in a hot pool at Ohinemutu; and Mr. Nelson's carved house at Whakarewarewa. Other North Island scenes show Mount Taranaki, the Auckland wharves, Lake Waikaremoana, and a man fishing at the Ohau Channel, Rotorua. South Island views cover Lakes Wakatipu, Manapouri and Te Anau; the Tasman Glacier; peaks in the Southern Alps; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; a team of four horses with a laden Cobb & Co coach on a ferry, crossing the Mangahua [i.e. Inangahua] River, the Lyell River Bridge and Hawks Crag, all in the Buller Gorge. The last few images are exterior and interior views of the Dunedin Railway Station soon after it was finished in 1906. Inscriptions: Album page - John T. Mair, Wellington, New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, entitled `Photographs' lettered in gold; 26.0 x 31.5 cm

Date: [Between 1880s and 1906]

From: Wairakei Album

By: McKnight, Robert M, 1853-1933

Reference: PA1-o-509

Description: Album of photographs relating to a trip taken by a group travelling on the first "Motor Reliability Contest" in 1906; probably created and in part photographed by Robert M McKnight. The contest involved ten cars (4 Daracqs, 2 Cadillacs, and 1 Rover, 1 steam car, 1 Oldsmobile and 1 Leyland) travelling 400 miles from Auckland to Taupo and back. Photographs relating to the contest, including scenes photographed during the trip are on even numbered pages from 2 to 36, possibly taken by R M McKnight in 1906; odd numbered pages from 1 to 63, were taken by unidentified professional photographers, circa the 1880s to 1890s; all relating to the route taken on the 1906 road contest. Most of the earlier photographs are scenes in the thermal area around the Wairakei and Bay of Plenty Regions and include images of the Pink and White Terraces taken before and after the 1886 Tarawera Eruption. One of these earlier images shows "Macandrew and party at Wairakei." Views of the Motor Reliablity Contest show scenes taken on the route; groups of people involved; lineups of all ten cars; and one car fording a river. Loose print of view of Huka Falls, from this album, at PA7-49-08. The "Motor reliability contest" was held under the ausspices of the Auckland Automobile Association (Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12451, 14 March 1906, Page 7, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19060314.2.31). contests of the same name were held in Melbourne, Australia, and other countires. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, heavily decorated border pattern in gold; 28 x 38 cm

Date: [ca 1944]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001717-F

Description: Carved wooden door surround at Tu Kaki meeting house, Te Kaha, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe, circa 1944. `Maori meeting houses of the North Island' by John C M Cresswell, states that Tu Taki opened in 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1910

From: Blue album

Reference: PA1-o-042-11-2

Description: Unidentified Maori group, three women and a young girl, alongside the entrance to Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house, Mataatua, photographed ca 1910, by Thomas Pringle. Shows the whatitoka (carved doorway), including the pare (lintel) and whakawae (doorjambs). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 1401; Album page - beneath image - Carved doorway "Te Whi-ati-motu [sic] Mataatua Uriwera [sic] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 20 x 15.5 cm, mounted on album page 26 x 34.7 cm

Date: ca 1908

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-179-52-2

Description: Carved doorway, entrance to the meeting house at Mourea Pa, Lake Rotoiti. Phtotgraphed by Thomas Pringle in about 1908 According to John C M Cresswell (Maori Meeting Houses of the North Island, P.C.S. Publications, Auckland, 1977), the present meeting house at Mourea Pa was "reconstructed in 1914 from timbers of an older house of the Ngati Pikiao." This may be a photograph of a detail of that older house. The name of the present house is Kahumatamomoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-007035-G

Description: Carved doorway to Te Rauru meeting house in Whakarewarewa, photographed by Thomas Pringle in 1905. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No 542 Thos Pringle Wellington Protected 1.5.05 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1920s]

Reference: 1/2-051416-G

Description: Whare whakairo interior, with carved pare, and tukutuku taken circa 1920s by an unidentified photographer. Probably Taihoa Marae, Wairoa. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: Scope and contents updated in April 2024 following information from a researcher.

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/1-006417-G

Description: Makereti Papakura seated in the carved wooden doorway of Te Rauru meeting house in Whakarewarewa. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis between circa 1901-1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Maggie the Guide. Rotorua Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [between ca 1901-1910]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 13

Reference: PAColl-6407-83

Description: Makereti Papakura in the doorway of Te Rauru meeting house in Whakarewarewa. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis between circa 1901-1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Maggie the guide in [c?] `Maggie the Guide. Rotorua' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 147 x 199 mm, mounted on card

Date: [Chiefly between 1934 and 1947]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-194

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber, chiefly between 1934 and 1947, but including copies of some of his earlier photographs. Views include trips in the North and South Islands, and views of his home and family, especially in Whiteman's Valley Road and the area around Silverstream. Also various scenes of floods (Hutt River), and storm damage. Photographs associated with roads and railways include steam locomotives, tunnels, bridges and viaducts, some under construction. Among the trip photographs are views of Ngaruawahia, including King Koroki's house (opened in 1938) and the Maori Parliament House. Other views of Maori interest include meeting houses, rock paintings and wood carving. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 100 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26.0 x 33.5 cm