Porotiti

Date: [ca 1910, ca 1946-ca 2004]

From: Nunns, Richard, 1945-2021: Collection

By: Nunns, Richard, 1945-2021

Reference: Series-6231

Description: Prints, slides and negatives are mainly of taonga puoro (Maori musical instruments), instrument makers, students and performers. The majority of the images relate to Richard Nunns' involvement with a group of people interested in the playing and making of taonga puoro, from 1991. In this year, during a conference held at Te Araroa by the East Coast branch of Nga Puna Waihanga (the Maori Artists and Writers Association), Nunns began a strong relationship with Hirini Melbourne and Brian Flintoff which resulted in the revival of the playing and making of traditional Maori musical instruments. Some of the taonga shown are old (the group includes images from museum collections) and many were made from the 1980s by Brian Flintoff, Clem Mellish, Huata Holmes, John Collins and others. Photographs highlight the variety of materials used for the instruments which includes clay, gourds, bone - from birds including moa, dog, chamois, whale and human, whale tooth, shell - of land and marine creatures, native woods and stone - including pounamu (greenstone) and pakohe (argillite). Photographs also shows a range of events held between 1991 and 2004 (some overseas), and the musicians, actors and others involved. Also included are images from Nunns' student years at the University of Canterbury and Teachers College (1965-1969), and from his years as a secondary school teacher (Drama and English) in Hamilton and Nelson (1970-1978). There are three negative strips (and prints) which comprise images of Mauri Tirikatene in various poses with a pūtōrino. Arrangement: Images left in original order. Some duplicates are located in different boxes. Negatives at 35mm-85518 to 85581. Quantity: 519 colour original photographic print(s). 47 digital print(s). 111 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 39 colour original transparency/ies. 54 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 185 images. 3 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 9 images. Provenance: Donated by Richard Nunns in February 2007. Processing information: This series was previously described as a separate collection PA-Group-00060. It was brought into this record with manuscripts of the same provenance at ATL-Group-00247 in November 2017. The film negatives are mostly not described at item level (apart from three 35mm negative strips). See the series scope and content for general information on the content of these photographic formats. The film transparencies were described at an item level in April 2019. The transparencies now at PA12-3921 were previously housed as 35mm negatives.

Date: 2005, 2008, 2009

From: International New Zealand Artists: Records relating to Richard Nunns

By: Watkins, Gareth, 1972-

Reference: PADL-001543

Description: Digital photographs of Richard Nunns at various workshops and performances, close up images of musical instruments, black and white publicity headshots of Nunns, portraits of Nunns playing instruments both in indoor and bush settings. Also includes scanned images of album covers featuring work by Nunns. Many images taken by Gareth Watkins, or scanned from prints. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 128 digital photograph(s).