Performing arts - Competitions - New Zealand

Date: 1928

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-West-Coast-1900s

Description: Includes: 1928: West Coast Elocutionary and Musical Competitions. Annual festival, Greymouth, 27 August - 3 September 1928. [List of classes and book of prescribed words] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1921-1963

By: White, Harold Temple, 1881-1972

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Wanganui-1900s

Description: Includes: 1921: Wanganui Competitions Society. Grand demonstration night. Opera House, 13 December 1921. Program[me] 1923: Wanganui Competitions Society. Third annual musical and elocution competitions. His Majesty's Theatre and Opera House, 2-12 October 1923. Programme (previously owned and annotated by Harold Temple White) 1926: Wanganui Competitions Society Incorporated. Sixth annual festival. October 5 to 16, 1926, Opera House and His Majesty's Theatre. [Programme]. 1926 1950: Wanganui Competitions Society. 1950 revival festival. Wanganui Opera House, Repertory Theatre, St Paul's Hall, Harmony Hall, 28 August - 2 September 1950. Official programme and timetable 1961: Wanganui Primary Schools' Festival Association: Ninth annual festival. Opera House, 27 - 28 September [1961] 1963: Wanganui Primary Schools' Festival Association: Eleventh annual festival. Opera House, 2-3 October 1963. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1928

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Wellington-1928-01

Description: Hardbound booklet, previously owned by Mr H A Huggins, one of the judges, and containing his notes. Filed in folder separate from Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Wellington-1920s Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Hardbound volume of 159 pages, 215 x 140 mm., with inserted typescript list, and other papers

Date: 1937-1940

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Wellington-1937/1940

Description: Includes: 1937: New Zealand National Eisteddfod 1937 Festival. 16-24 July 1937. Programme 1938: New Zealand National Eisteddfod 1938 Festival. 7-14 May 1938. Competition syllabus and book of words New Zealand National Eisteddfod 1938 Festival. 7-14 May 1938. Programme 1939: Wellington Competitions Society Inc. 1939 Festival opening. Town Hall, 19 August 1939. Invitation / ticket 1940: Wellington Competitions Society. Annual Festival 1940. Final demonstration matinee and Final demonstration concert. 31 August, 1940. Programme (2 in one) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1930-1936

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Wellington-1930/1936

Description: Includes: 1931: [Wellington Competitions Society competitions 1931. Programme (see page 136 for confirmation of date)] Wellington musical and elocutionary competitions. Fourteenth annual festival. 19 August - 5 September 1931. Programme 1936: New Zealand National Eisteddfod Incorporated 1936 Festival. Competition syllabus and book of words New Zealand National Eisteddfod Incorporated 1936 Festival. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1920-1929

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Wellington-1920s

Description: Includes: 1920: Wellington Comptetitions Society. Final demonstration concerts and matinee. Grand Opera House Wellington, 7-9 October 1920. Programme 1927: Wellington musical and elocutionary competitions. Town Hall, 27 August - 17 September 1927. Programme 1928: Wellington Competitions Society. Eleventh annual festival; musical and elocutionary festival. Final demonstration concerts. Town Hall, 8 September 1928. Programme 1929: Wellington musical and elocutionary competitions. Twelfth annual festival. 24 August - 7 September 1929. [Prospectus] programme of 88 pages (2 copies) Wellington musical and elocutionary competitions. Twelfth annual festival. 24 August - 7 September 1929. Programme of 200 pages Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1910-1919

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Wellington-1910s

Description: Includes: 1911: New Zealand Competitions. 1st grand demonstration night by the prize winners. Town Hall Wellington, 9 November 1911. Programme 1913: New Zealand Competitions Society. Third annual festival, commencing 3 November 1913. Text book 1919: Wellington Competitions Society. Grand demonstration concerts. Town Hall, 27-28 February - 1 March 1919. Programme Wellington Competitions Society (Incorporated). Musical and elocutionary competitions. Second annual festival. Town Hall, 6-22 November 1919. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1959 - 1962

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Competitions-1900s

Description: Includes: 1959: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 19 September [1959]. Compere Rev R Rangiaho. (Haka include: Ruamoko, Kura Tiwaka Taua, and Paikea). Souvenir programme 1960: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 2 September [1960]. Compere Rev R Rangiaho. (Includes Haka Taparahi). Souvenir programme 1961: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 1 September [1961]. Compere Rev A Takurua (Includes words of "Te Urunga Tu, Te Urunga Pae"; and the "Ngeri" - Ka mate! Ka mate!) 1962: Annual Maori competitions. Opera House Gisborne. 31 August - 1 September [1962]. Compere Rev A Takurua. Souvenir programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and programmes, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1990

From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0937-0733

Description: Tamati [Kaiwai]? on the Aotearoa festival, interviewed by Piripi [?] Quantity: 1 event(s). Search dates: 1990

Date: [1960s]

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

Reference: Eph-D-MARCH-APRIL-2022/1

Description: Comprises posters advertising musical, cultural, and sporting competitions, dated to the 1960s. All events sponsored by cigarette companies W.D. & H.O. Wills or John Player & Sons. Made up of seven posters and one paper banner with colour illustrations: - '1964 Rugby Tours and Special Matches poster'. Touring teams mentioned include New Zealand Colts, New Zealand Maoris [Māori All Blacks], and Australia. Also features tour itinerary down right-hand side of the poster and Player's Gold Leaf cigarette branding. Offset lithographic print, approximately 634mm x 450mm. - 'Wills Show Jumping Circuit Prize Meeting', no date, possibly 1964. Features branding for Gold Leaf cigarettes. Screenprint poster, 560 x 450mm. - 'A qualifying meeting for the Wills Individual Meeting & Circuit Aggregate Points Prizes', 'The Showgrounds, Gisborne 23, 24 and 25 January, 1964'. Features branding for Gold Leaf cigarettes. Screenprint poster with overlay, 585mm x 460mm. - 'Wills Giant Slalom Race, for the Inter-Club Challenge Trophy', Ruapehu, Broken River Basin, Coronet Peak 18-28 July. 'Finals Ruapehu 21-25 September'. No year, probably 1964. Features branding for Gold Leaf cigarettes. Screenprint poster, 550mm x 420mm. - 'Wills National Traditional Maori Concert Party Championships, Tauranga Memorial Hall, Saturday May 2nd'. No year, possibly 1964 or 1965. Features branding for 3 Castles King-Size Virginias. Screenprint poster 553 x 443mm. - 'Dominion Pipe Band Championships, Carisbrook, Dunedin, 13th-15th March', no date, possibly 1964. Features branding for W.D. & H.O. Wills manufacturers of 3 Castles King-Size Virginias. Screenprint poster, 585mm x 460 mm. - 'Dominion Pipe Band Championships, Carisbrook, Dunedin, 13th-15th March'. Features branding for '3 Castles King-Size Virginias'. Screenprint banner, 106mm x 450mm. - 'Player's National Darts Championships, singles and pairs. Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt, 3rd October 1964'. Features branding for Player's Navy Cut and Gold Leaf cigarettes. Screenprint poster, 585 x 435mm. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains eight pieces. Provenance: Posters and banner recieved by Art + Object together, auctioned in separate lots; 110, 112, 114, 115, 116, and 123.

Date: 1900 - 1999

Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-Competitions

Description: Includes: Physical Description: Pamphlets and programmes, sizes varying up to 350 mm.