Mahaanui Māori Council

Date: 1863-1921

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1138

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1863-1921, with the majority dated 1908-1919. Also includes coverage of South Africa's Eastern Cape and England. Series include: Wilson family portraits, with Joseph Lowthian, his wife, son Leonard, daughter Estelle, mother-in-law Emma Matthews, and brother Thomas. Estelle's children also feature, with some images taken in their adopted home in South Africa. Also Wilson family dogs Bruce and Nigger appear in a number of images. Street scenes and buildings in Kaiapoi are emphasised, with many taken following the July 1918 and 2 September snow storms. A number also depict World War One peace celebrations (including Kaiapoi 'tank' and parade). Interior and exterior images of Kaiapoi Woollen Mills and buildings in Hamner Springs (including Jollie's Hotel, Hamner Hall, Post Office, churches, and Public School) also feature. Events include funeral procession of trooper Nicholson (Kaiapoi) who was killed in the South African War, parade with decorated traction engine (Rangiora), celebration of coronation of Edward VII (Oxford), an unidentified shipwreck, street scene of 1908 Christchurch fire, the relocation of St Paul's Presbyterian Church (Kaiapoi), crowd at collie dog trials (Waikari), delivery of Anderson's boiler to Woollen Mills factory, railway accident at Chaimey's corner and funeral of R J Alexander, Armistice Day celebrations (Rangiora), Lord Ranfurly's visit to Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Ashley water supply project luncheon, and the relocation of assembly rooms building. Named figures include J Lang, J Perrin, and J M McGarvy; Mrs W A Parham with her flock of turkeys; J R Leithead; Chief Dinizulu (postcard from Estelle Wilson, annotated); portraits of soldiers Ralph and Leslie Feldwick (both killed in action in Dardanelles) and soldier C J Brighing; Reverend Wynter Blathwayt, Maaka Hape, and T Hape of St Stephen's Maori Church, J Murray and his three boys in Highland dress; cyanotype of Edward Devine, Miss Alice Bennett and her nieces; Mr Jeffrey; and S Johnston (Kaiapoi Postmaster). Group photographs depict [1st Wellington Battalion?] in France, the officers of the 1st Battalion of the Canterbury Rifles on Queen Victoria's 1887 jubilee, group (mainly Maori) at the Kaiapoi Bridge (1869 visit of the Duke of Edinburgh), Woodend Volunteer Rifles, unidentified Maori group outside Runanga Hall (Tuahiwi), and territorial soldiers in 1913 (Rangiora). Premiere Richard Seddon [last photograph before death?] with group at Newport Railway Workshops (Melbourne), soldiers at Trentham Military Camp (1918), Sir Apirana Ngata and the Mahaanui Maori Council, wedding party photographs from the Leech and Parsons wedding, old scholars of Kaiapoi Church School, North Canterbury Ploughing Match organisers (figures named), Kaiapoi Woollen Mills directors (1879), Captain Chaffey and Lieutenants Douglas and Grey of the Amuri Mounted Rifles, Parham family, and the Matthews family outside school house at Kaiapoi Church Day School. Buildings include Bruce Hotel (Akaroa), Hydro Grand Hotel (Timaru), Kaiapoi Parish Church, Wellington Post Office, Bank of New Zealand (Kaiapoi), Beauthorne, W J Robinson's stables and manager's house (Cheviot), Christ's College (Christchurch), South British Insurance (also Press Office, Kaiapoi), S Baldwin's home (Canada), Buckeye Hotel (with Cob and Co coach outside), Marston (Kaiapoi), J Sim's sawmill and store, Kaiapoi Parish Church, Glenmark Station homestead, Church of the Holy Innocents (Amberley), Woollen Mills Cashel Street, Maori pa formerly at site of Woollen Mills (painting), Malcolm Ross Cottage, and Glen Hoon (Hamner). Miscellaneous images include a volunteer camp in Oamaru (Easter, 1886), Akaroa monument to Captain Stanley, Dunedin (from Roslyn Hill), the construction of the Kaiapoi dredge, Rangiora War Memorial, Tikitere (Rotorua), Ashburton Domain, Wellington (from Te Aro Hill), Challenge Shield trophy (of the 1st Battalion, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers), Volunteer Rifle target practice on Kaiapoi beach, Cam bridge (with unidentified family group), the ferry 'Windermere' with Coniston Lake coach on board, Gore Bay and other images from Cheviot area, Reece Valley, Shetland pony Wee Davie, Kingston-Invercargill coach (cyanotype of photo taken by American Astronomical Mission), Purau farm panorama (site for 1893 volunteer military camp), fancy dress, the ketch 'Jannet', Lyttelton Harbour, the steamer 'Kairaki', farmland at Highfield (Waiau), Amuri, Dogs Creek intake, Otira Gorge, various Blue Mountain scenes (New South Wales), Conical Hill (Hamner), Rogerson Valley, D Rutherford Bridge and upper bridge cutting (Waiau River), an original pen drawn caricature, a copy of a painting of a coach by E M Lovell-Smith, and a number of river, garden, and street scenes. Various images (some postcards) from South Africa include three men in front of a cave, St Andrew's College and St Aiden's College (Grahamstown), Prince Alfred's Guards Memorial and Port Elizabeth, Hellgate, and the road to Walmer. Also images (many postcards) of England, including Penrith, Keswick, Braithwaite, Torquay, Boscobel House and Royal Oak (Shropshire), Cumberland Church, and Christchurch Gate (Canterbury). Collected photographs include many Burton Brothers' images of various New Zealand scenes (mainly scenic, including Wanganui River, Waitakere area, Manawatu Gorge, and Lake Manapouri) and work by other unidentified photographers. Album includes cyanotypes, copies of daguerreotypes, postcards, hand coloured images as well as original and reproduced artworks. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Purchase, 2011. The album was purchased from Mr Robin Rapley of Christchurch.

Date: 1864-1907

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burke, Walter Ernest Messervy, 1866-1954; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1127

Description: Personal and news photographs taken and collected by J L Wilson featuring North Canterbury 1864-1907, predominantly from 1900-1907. Contains various scenes illustrating Maori life at Tuahiwi, and the powhiri welcoming Governor General Plunket and Lady Plunket (27 April 1905). Plunket series also covers Kaiapoi receptions at Borough Council Chamber and Oddfellows Hall. Other named figures include Wiremu Te Kakakura Parata, Mrs Rotangi, Chief Pohipi outside his Ashley dwelling, Manihi and his wife, and George Leech. Extensive coverage of June 1905 flood featuring damaged Ashley Railway Bridge, Waimakariri River, Gorge Bridge, Stewart's Gully Bridge, submerged farmland, and numerous images of, and relating to, the railway accident at Chaimey's Corner, including train wreck and the burial of R J Alexander (Kaiapoi Public Cemetary) and the funeral procession of John Richards (both accident victims). Other bridges in album include Rutherford's Bridge (Waiau River), Kaiapoi Suspension Bridge, and the Cust Bridge (opened 1906). Empire Bridge opening series features politician Joseph Ward, regional officials, speeches, crowds, and traction engine. Other miscellaneous photographs include Kaiapoi (funeral of trooper Nicholson of Woodend, Wilson family at Marston (Estelle, Jamie, Myra) and homestead, boat landing and bridge, domain, and woollen mills), Rangiora (Helmore's residence, high school, streets scenes, tree planting), The Lodge in Hamner Springs, Cust Dairy Factory, Cheviot (post office (1893), workmen building road (1895), and coastal scene), John Dobson's farm near Ashley, swimming races at Lyttelton dock, horse sale at farmers' co-operative, Mrs Harrison Lee speaking on balcony of Scott's Junction Hotel (Rangiora) during a prohibition rally, and workmen laying electric tramway at Bank Corner (Christchurch). Churches include Horsley Down (interior and exterior), Durham Street Methodist (Christchurch), St Barnabas (Woodend), and the opening of a new vicarage at St Stephen's (Tuahiwi), by Bishop Julius. Various boats including ketch 'Emma Sims' beached at Kaiapoi, ketch 'Winnie' on Heathcote River, and SS 'Wootton' on Kaiapoi River. Group portraits include: Reverend J Holland and the Kaiapoi parish church choir; Premiere Richard Seddon at Rangiora Sale Yards; Seddon, Ward, Lady Onslow and her son Hui, and a visiting group of North Island Maori; a group of women in matching fancy dress; Mahaanui Maori Council official photograph (1902-05); Ngai Tahu leader and politician Hori Kerei Taiaroa and family; Kaiapoi School Cadets (1904); Arbour Day in Kaiapoi Domain; and Parham and Blackwell Wedding. South African War images include parade of Amuri and also North Canterbury Mounted Rifles, members of the Cust Mounted Rifles at camp, Jack and George Oram at Durban, and Sergeant Major Crisbin on his horse. Album also includes various images taken by other photographers, including Burton Brothers and Walter Burke, and also illustrations depicting Maori life from unknown sources. Joseph Lowthian Wilson appears in an image with Maori MP [Hone?] Heke, and Thomas Wilson is also pictured with his niece in garden. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1859-1907

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1136

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1859-1907, predominantly dated 1900-1902. Series include: Akaroa (1876); 1901 Royal Tour of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, with events including review of volunteer rifles (Christchurch) and parade in Auckland; South African War departures, transport ships (including 'Tongariro'), and return celebrations (Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Christchurch), as well as training and volunteer camps (Woodend, Redcastle, and Newtown), peace announcement, and various related events and images; Birch Hill bush, logging, sawmill and bullock teams; flood damage to Ashley rail bridge; and potatoes being sent to South Africa. Events include opening of Lyttelton dock, jubilee celebration for deaf and dumb community, Amuri cattle sale at Culverden (with Captain R A Chaffey and Lieutenant Wynaham-Grey), wedding breakfast at Ashley, funeral in Rangiora [Mr A Foreman?], Lyttelton Regatta, Kaiapoi boat race, Grand National Steeplechase and races at Riccarton Racecourse, public school displays at Lancaster Park, wreck of the SS 'Taupo' at Greymouth (also 'Hesketh' run aground), crowd in Cathedral Square for Bishop Wilson's wedding, bazaar in Nelson, religious gathering in tent (Christchurch Showgrounds), Premiere Richard Seddon's visit to Kaiapoi, Rangiora sheep sale, J G Ward visit to Kaiapoi [Kaiapoihia monument?], Imperial Troops marching through Christchurch, Waikari sheepdog trials (judge W Rutherford), Rangiora Agricultural and Pastoral Show, washout at Cam flour mill (Leech Brothers), Governor Ranfurly at A & P Show, opening of Canterbury Hall by Ranfurly and Seddon, dispersal sale of R W Chapman's sheep, Mayor J Daly turning over first sod of Coronation Baths (Kaiapoi), unveiling of Queen Victoria Jubilee memorial, and Victoria Jubilee celebrations (Auckland). Identified figures include Reverend Garbett and Dr J E Weld, H Marton and Mark Scott, A S Clarkson (in South Africa), Rev Canon James Wilson, W Stapleforth (with dog), Colonel Stuart Newall, Miss Ethel Bell, Richard Seddon, E G Wakefield (bust), Pohipi and his wife, and Mr G Leech. Group photographs include: R J Alexander and [M J] Lynskey and Kaiapoi Borough School Cadets; Christchurch Hockey Club men's team; staff of A Moore coach builders, including H Land, J Jeffrey, A Moore, and W Baker; Kaiapoi Hinemoa Hockey Club (and instructor Mr Kinvig); Mrs W R May and troupe of entertainers from Richmond, Nelson; Amberley Caledonian Society; wedding of A Pearce and Miss Zuppicich; Colonel H Gordon and North Canterbury Volunteer Rifle group (including nurses), also Lieutenant A Horne with volunteers, and Lieutenant E B Millton, Captain H Lance, and Lieutenant Johnson of Cust Mounted Rifles; telegraph staff at Bloemfontein; Rev Wynter Blathwayt and St Stephen's Maori Church Choir; Rev H H Mathias and Kaiapoi Church Sunday School teachers and church choir members (including Estelle Wilson); Mrs J G Blackwell (chaperone) and campers on Sumner trip; Archdeacon B Dudley, Fanny Dudley, and Mrs Dudley at Earnley (Rangiora); Kaiapoi football [rugby] team; Dr H C Parsons and family; staff at Kaiapoi Woollen Mills; crew of the ship 'Discovery' (Tuahiwi visit); Rangiora Oddfellows; Mahaanui Maori Council; Rev Nicholls wedding (Ravenstone); and Wesleyan Church Conference. Also soldiers Rule, Moody, and Sanson (departing for South Africa). Buildings include Canterbury Provincial Chambers, Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Kaiapoi Methodist Church, East Oxford Church, Johnsons Building (Rangiora), Press agency (Kaiapoi), Red Lion Hotel (Oxford), Masonic Lodge (Rangiora), Lyttelton Times and Warner's Commercial Hotel (Christchurch), Building and Land Society (Christchurch), Moore's Beehive store, round house with turf roof and punga trunk walls (Water of Leith, Dunedin), Rangiora Post Office, ruins of early Rangiora house, Kaiapoi Borough School, H Martin's house (site of murder) and St Thomas's Church (East Eyreton), Boys High School (Christchurch), Mrs Lamhert's house (Jack's Pass), Canterbury Museum, Bank of New South Wales and church (Amberley), Waiau ferry [terminal?], creamery (Woodend), A S Clarkson's office and Presbyterian church (Rangiora), Wilson residence Marston (Kaiapoi), Kaiapoi Railway Station, and Colonial Bank of New Zealand (Rangiora). Interior of Kaiapoi church (featuring decorated font) and Wellington Public Library. Also garden at Beauthorne. Miscellaneous images include Maori scenes [ca 1860s], motorised quadricycle, Purau Bay, unidentified sports team [rugby?], J Pearson's wool being carted and shearing at Burnt Hill, High Street (Rangiora), ambulance tent for mounted rifles (Tuahiwi), boats moored at Lyttelton, hot springs at Hamner, Boyd and Kier contractors, trappe bridge (Kaiapoi), brass band outside Mrs Moorhouse's dining rooms, Manchester Street and Hagley Park (Christchurch), Napier, Thames, Ashley Bridge protective works, race at sports day, and unidentified men on railway jigger. Illustrations include various scenes of early Kaiapoi, Queen Victoria portrait, and soldier [South African War?] by R Caton of Woodville. Named photographers of collected images are Burton Brothers and [Deale?]. A small number of photographs in album are hand coloured. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1864-1911

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-1128

Description: News and personal photographs taken and collected by J L Wilson featuring North Canterbury 1864-1911, predominantly dated 1905 to 1911. Named figures include Governor William Lee Plunket, M J Dixon, J O'Halloran, McLennan and Wilson, G R Hart, J Moses Willowby, Mrs Clothier and daughters, and R W Chaffey, Lewis, Hunter, and Johnson of Cust Volunteer Rifles. Group photographs include Mahaanui Maori Council [1905?], Apirana Ngata at Tuahiwi meeting, Kaiapoi Borough Council (1905), early Canterbury settlers at Pilgrim's corner, 'Glentanner' shipmates reunion, Oxford Branch of Farmers' Union (H T Cooper, J O'Halloran, J Wells, and McCormack), and Coe-Roberts Wedding. Series include: scrub (manuka) mowing machine designed by M J Dixon and land clearance; Oram family (Durban, South Africa), including Josie, Bobbie and unidentified Indian nurse; Christchurch Press, including offices, printing press, and binding room, as well as staff photograph in front of Press building; Threlkeld's farm 'Inglewood' (Flaxton); various Wilson family photographs, including [father?] W Wilson as an old man, Joseph Lowthian Wilson, his wife, daughter Estelle, son Leonard, and [son-in-law George?], and with the Christmas visit of Ms Pattinson from England featured; John O'Halloran and family and mustering scenes from Glentui Station (Oxford) including Seddon Falls; views, some panoramic, from the Ashley Gorge-Snowdale road; wheat harvest at R Evans' farm 'Clifton' (Waikari); photo-mechanical postcards of United Kingdom, Canterbury area, and New Zealand scenes (including Tongariro, Wellington Botanic Gardens, and bush scenes); and the wedding of two unidentified Maori couples (Tuahiwi). Events covered include Amberley Horse Show, Northern Agricultural & Pastoral Show (Rangiora), opening of J S White's Beehive Store, laying wreath at Queen Victoria statue, David Graham laying foundation stone at Woodend Methodist Church, and procession celebrating coronation [George V?]. Featured buildings include St Barnabas Church (Woodend), The Lodge (Hamner Springs), City Council Chambers (Christchurch), Colonel E B Milton's house 'Birch Hill', J Barton's house, and Woollen Mills, Post Office and Court buildings (Kaiapoi). Local scenes include Avonside (poplar trees), Kaiapoi (domain, bridge, wharf, regatta, swimming baths, Kai Tahu memorial), Clarkville, Ohoka, Woodend, Kairaki, Clifton, and Waikari. Farming images include turkeys, draught horses and ploughing, and cattle Miscellaneous images include M Thompson's sketching class at the School of Art, Boy Scouts doing dishes at camp, coach at Bealey, river being forded, Lees Valley Road, an unidentified African beach, Tangarakau Gorge (Stratford-Ongarue line, Taranaki), whitebaiting, sorting mail on board Antarctic ship HMS 'Discovery', HMS 'Challenger' in Lyttelton as well as harbour and port view, Upper Waiau bridge, monument to schoolmaster Charles George Chapman, [Scaitcliff?], Weka Pass, and Day's Bay (Wellington). Also includes a collage of newspaper mastheads, a photograph of the first Press newspaper editorial (1861), and a 1911 clipping from the Weekly Press 'Closer Land Settlement in the Oxford District: Some views on the Ashley Gorge-Snowdale Road' folded in the back of the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1860-1925

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Bettger, Hubert D, active 1910s?; Jones, Douglas, active 1907

Reference: PA1-q-1132

Description: News and personal photographs, and original artworks by E Oram, taken and collected by J L Wilson and featuring North Canterbury and South Africa 1860-1925, predominantly dated 1922 to 1924. Series include: Wilson family portraits, featuring Estelle and family, various holiday scenes, Christmas 1910 and 1922, Mrs [Bing's] residence Port Alfred, and Walmer (South Africa); the opening of the Whare Runanga at Tuahiwi, including program 'Dedication of the whare runanga at St Stephen's Pah' and a manuscript recording speech by [J C Coates, Archbishop Julius?]; crowds watching rowing and boating on the Kaiapoi River [regatta?]; fire at R Evans' flour mill; illustrations of Otira Coach; paintings of South Africa by E Oram (and one by J Oram); 1923 floods and snowstorm in Kaiapoi (various streets and Woollen Mills interior); and visit of Governor General Lord Jellicoe and Lady Jellicoe, including Mayor H MacIntosh's welcome. Images of news and events include Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association show and luncheon (visit of Lord Islington and Mr Clarkson), Mayor A Blackett proclaiming king [coronation?] to crowd at Rangiora Borough Council Chambers, [Langley?] and Blackwell wedding [Kaiapoi Methodist church interior?], Kaiapoi War Memorial unveiling and Anzac Day services (1922 and 1924), Kaiapoi Woollen Mills picnic at Glentunnel, and baby show at Kaiapoi Domain. Named figures include Estelle Wilson, kaumatua Manahi, W N Taylor, [young J L Wilson and brother?], chief Taurau Kukupa, Lady Stewart and A W Rutherford (Hamner), guide Sophia, Nell Scott, Mrs Leithead, J L Tetlow, and Mrs A J Baldwin and son Bruce. Group photographs include reunion of pupils of Charles Merton's school (Rangiora), Apirana Ngata, Tatuha (chairman), and unidentified members of the Maahanui Maori Council, Kaiapoi Bowling Club members, Rangiora High School teaching staff and building, reunion of scholars of Kaiapoi Church School, fancy dress at Kaiapoi Barbarian Society banquet, Kaiapoi Fire Brigade, Clarkville school jubilee, schoolmaster Matthews and family outside residence, and Kaiapoi School cadets. Buildings include Parakai House (Helensville), unidentified Kaiapoi church, Mr McFarlane's house Coldstream (Rangiora), H J Horrell's house (Horrelville), C W Wearing's Terminus Hotel (Christchurch), Oram's Pier Hotel (Kaiapoi), church at Glenmark, Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, T R Leithead's house Lindean (Kaiapoi), various unidentified factories, Kaiapoi Brewery (Sidey Quay), Kaiapoi Methodist church, house in Asquith (Saskatchewan), and Kaiapoi Borough School. Miscellaneous images include panorama of Oxford, Corriedale stud sheep of W McIntosh (Whiterock Station), ship 'Emma Sims' on Kaiapoi bar, Christchurch Press picnic, Waiau cemetery, Ship 'Galilee' at Lyttelton, trespass notice on bridge, various unidentified bridges, carting wool fadges, flax treated at C Leach mill, McKenzie memorial (Cheviot), SS 'Niagara', school children disembarking train (Christchurch), display of early refrigerator at [New Zealand exhibition?], coach at Kellup Creek, coach at Palmerston, SS 'Wootton' being loaded at Kaiapoi wharf, house fire, chickens, cyanotypes of Derrett's coach fording river and another coach crossing Hamner River, and Rangiora Soldier's Monument. Also cartoon depicting politician James Dupre Lance. Collected postcards include images of South Africa (Port Alfred, Port Elzabeth, Walmer), England (Forth Railway Bridge, Honnister, Penrith, Ravenstone), and Italy (Bordighera). Postcards from New Zealand depict 1860 Christchurch Volunteer Fire Brigade, Northland (Treaty House at Waitangi, Church at Russell, Kerikeri, ruins of Paihia house where Colenso had first printing press), Press Building (Christchurch), mountaineers on Onslow Glacier, Kaiapoi man with large cabbage, and reception for Edward, Prince of Wales, at Christchurch City Hall (including magistrate Mr Eadie and his wife). Panoramic postcards show Zambesi River below Victoria Falls and the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition. Some prints are hand coloured. Named photographers of collected images include H D Bettger and Douglas Jones. Images not listed include unidentified people and places. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album