Rewarewa

Knightia excelsa, New Zealand honeysuckle, Rewa rewa

A tall slender tree with long narrow, toothed leaves which are glaucous (have a bloom) underneath. The red brown flowers grow in a bunch and have long spiky anthers. Knightia excelsa.

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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :Knightia excelsa, rewa-rewa. N. Z. honeysuckle tree...

Date: 1937

From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938

Reference: E-251-f-2-038

Description: A branch of native rewa rewa showing the flower, leaf and seed-pods Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size, 251 x 360 mm

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Royal International Hotel (Auckland) :Royal International Hotel, Auckland New Zealand. ...

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Royal International Hotel (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Auckland-1960s-01

Description: Pamphlet describes wood used in the panelling of the counter in the Greenstone Bar (rimu, totara burr, beech, kauri, and hinau, with strips of kahikatea, rewarewa and puriri), and the panelling used in the office counter in the foyer (rimu, kauri, totara burr). The interior and bistro stonework is also described (mica schist), as is the interior stonework (volcanic and other stone from Atiamuri) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet 134 x 352 mm, folded to 134 x 90 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in May 2010.

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AFCM album 4

Date: Early 1900s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

Reference: PA1-f-125

Description: Album of newspaper and magazine cuttings, black and white photographs, and prints of colour illustrations. Mostly connected with New Zealand native trees, and the timber industry. There are pages dealing with different native trees, and then with the various processes involved in felling the trees; transportation, including horse-drawn, logging railways, and water-born timber using dams; and timber mills. On page [7] of this album there are three personal photographs taken by John Logan Campbell from his home in Parnell, used as Christmas cards in 1900 and 1901; on page [27] is a print of a photograph originally taken by Albert Percy Godber, showing a poster in Maori warning against carelessness in lighting fires in the bush (see full information about the original, in the record at APG-1454-1/4-G).

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Watercolours of New Zealand native plants by Audrey Eagle

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1925-2022; Burk Harper Photography; Taylor, Fred, 1875-1963

Reference: PA12-10863

Description: Botanical watercolour drawings of five native plants, and a coloured drawing of the interior of a grocery shop in about 1914. This last was done by Fred Taylor for the Empire Marketing Board. Quantity: 6 colour original transparency/ies.

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Watercolours of New Zealand native plants by Audrey Eagle

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1925-2022; Burk Harper Photography

Reference: PA12-10862

Description: Botanical watercolour drawings of five native plants, two of which are Kauri and New Zealand Honeysuckle. Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies.

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Brenkley, Hanna Eliza Jane, 1882-1972 :Rewa rewa. [1960-1961].

Date: 1960 - 1961

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Native wild flowers, berries and weeds. 1960-1961.

Reference: E-164-q-098

Description: A branch of the New Zealand shrub, Rewa rewa in flower, showing the leaves with a separate branchlet of seed pods Other Titles - Rewarewa Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 246 x 310 mm

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Featon, Sarah Ann 1847 or 1848-1927 :Knightia excelsa. Rewa rewa, or NZ honeysuckle. A ...

Date: 1920 - 1925

From: Featon, Sarah Ann (Porter) 1848-1927 :[New Zealand flower studies not published in the Art album of New Zealand flora ca 1889-1926]

By: Featon, Sarah Ann, 1848?-1927

Reference: A-171-042

Description: Stem showing leaves and single red flower Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 250 x 175 mm

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New Zealand Plants

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0395

Description: Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

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Stowe, Jane, 1838?-1931 :[Native honeysuckle. 1902-1910?]

Date: 1902 - 1910

From: Stowe, Jane, 1838?-1931 :Wild flowers of New Zealand. [ca 1902-1910]

Reference: E-635-f-017

Description: Shows a small branch of native honeysuckle (elytranthe) in flower and leaf. The flowers are red and yellow. Other Titles - Elytranthe Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JS; Recto - top right - [Upside down]: Parsonsia albiflora Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page of album, 350 x 233 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, Wellington, through the family of the artist, in 2004.

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Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Cabinet for Department of Internal Affairs]. Diagram ...

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Architectural plans. ca 1930-1980]

Reference: Plans-94-039-398

Description: Diagram of a cabinet showing the woods used for the cabinet and drawers. These include rewarewa, kauri, totara knot, and puriri Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, 300 x 294 mm

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Chadderton, Yvonne Mary Sefton, 1914-1999 :[Greeting card]. New Zealand tui feeding fro...

Date: 1966

From: Chadderton, Yvonne Mary Sefton, 1914-1999 :[Greeting cards of New Zealand birds. Wellington ; McGregor Wright, ca 1966]

Reference: E-279-q-030

Description: Tui feeding from the flower of rewa rewa New Zealand Fine Art Series 102/18 CPL Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured print, 145 x 103 mm on card 215 x 145 mm

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Holdsworth, Alice Mabel, 1878-1963 :[Knightia excelsa, rewa-rewa. N. Z. honeysuckle tre...

Date: 1937

From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938

Reference: E-251-f-2-051

Description: A branch of native rewa rewa showing the leaf and seed-pods Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sheet 143 x 288 mm, glued to back cover of album

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Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837?-1925 :Knightia excelsa (rewarewa). [1880s or 1890s]

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Harris, Emily Cumming 1837?-1925 :New Zealand flowers in colour. Volume 2

By: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837-1925

Reference: C-023-017

Description: Shows a branch of New Zealand honeysuckle in flower. (Maori name rewa rewa, species nameknightia excelsa). Compare 'Emily Harris' almost identical watercolour with the same title (C-024-008), which shows the same branch in flower, but with the seed pods shown to the right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title underlined in ink; signature in pencil; title is also repeated in pencil bottom left and there is a faint pencil outline of the leaves of the specimen, lower right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream paper, 522 x 344 mm (sight)

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Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :Cabinet for Department of Internal Affairs. [Plans for...

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Architectural plans. ca 1930-1980]

Reference: Plans-94-039-399

Description: Front and back elevations; diagram of top drawer; 2 sections; detail of drawer pull Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tracing paper, 470 x 715 mm

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[Harris, Emily Cumming], 1836?-1925 :Honeysuckle. Knightia excelsa [1900]

Date: 1900

From: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1836?-1925 :New Zealand flowers, 1900 [Album of 21 watercolours and illustrated title page in bound volume].

Reference: E-790-q-019

Description: Shows leaves and deep pink flowers of Knightia excelsa (rewarewa or New Zealand honeysuckle). Extended Title - No 17 from her New Zealand flowers album, 1900. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on fawn paper, 291 x 221 mm, stuck to page of hardbound album

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Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771: Knightia excelsa, R. Br. [Knightia excelsa (Proteaceae) -...

Date: [ca 1894-1899]

From: British Museum (Natural History): Botanical plates from Banks' Florilegium and the second voyage of James Cook

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771

Reference: B-026-540

Description: A sprig of knightia excelsa or rewa rewa (New Zealand honeysuckle) showing flower, seed-pod and leaves. Includes detail of flower parts Other Titles - New Zealand honeysuckle Other Titles - Rewarewa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Copperplate engraving, 462 x 295 mm, on wove paper, 500 x 377 mm.

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Tizard, Frances Walker, 1850-1895 :Knightia Excelsa, Hook. Fl. NZ, p.241. Rewarewa. Hon...

Date: 1880

By: Tizard, Frances Walker, 1850-1895

Reference: A-367-031

Description: Shows a twig of rewarewa with four leaves, a dark pink flower head and a head of brown seed pods. Other Titles - Honeysuckle, Hooker Flora New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 357 x 267 mm.

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Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :[New Year card with rewarewa and waterfall. ca. 1880]

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :New Zealand scenery; original oil paintings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-053-020

Description: An enlarged rewarewa flower (Knightia excelsa), with maidenhair fern and a view of a waterfall flanked by native bush. At the base is inscribed For auld land syne. Other Titles - [... card with rewa rewa....] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on page 183 x 203 mm

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Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837?-1925 :Knightia excelsa (Rewarewa). [ca 1890]

Date: 1885 - 1897

By: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837-1925

Reference: C-024-008

Description: A branch of the red-flowering New Zealand shrub Rewa rewa (Knightia excelsa) in flower, showing the leaves and with a separate branchlet showing the seed-pods. On brown paper Other Titles - New Zealand honeysuckle tree, rewa rewa Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title, partially underlined in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 559 x 408 mm (sight)

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National Publicity Studios :Wild flowers of New Zealand. 1966.

Date: 1966

By: New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Collott, Eugene Gregory, 1909-1971; Roach, Mark, active 1980-1990s

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1966-01

Description: Shows arrangement of flowers including Mount Cook lily, mountain buttercup, rata, pohutukawa, clematis, kowhai, manuka, kaka beak, honeysuckle, fuchsia, and other plants. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - National Publicity Studios 1966; Recto - bottom left - Eugene Collott Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1025 x 635 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mark Roach in 1997.