Religion

Date: 25 March 2013 - 25 Mar 2013

By: Oldham, Philippa Jane, 1957-; Geering, Lloyd George (Sir), 1918-

Reference: OHColl-1041-01

Description: Interview with Lloyd Geering, born 1918, Rangiora Canterbury. Geering served as Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Victoria University of Wellington, and made Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours of 2001, and Member of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year Honours of 2007. Abstracted by - Robert Petre Interviewer(s) - Pip Oldham Relationship complexity - This oral history interview, along with an interview with Professor Les Cleveland conducted in tandem, is also available at the J.C. Beaglehole Room at the Victoria University of Wellington Libraries. Quantity: 1 interview(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7683. 9 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word files. 1 digital photograph(s) JPEG file. 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s) TIFF file. 1 digital sound recording(s) WAV files. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Sue Hirst, Victoria University of Wellington, September 2013 Search dates: 1918 - 2013 Number of interviews/events: 1

Date: 1902-1941

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew 1859-1944 :Scrapbooks, nos 1 and 2

Reference: qMS-1930

Description: Includes clippings of prominent Maori people and issues pertaining to New Zealand at this time Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph annotations

From: Various artists :[Examples of Japanese art. 19th and early 20th centuries]

Reference: A-055-006

Description: Seven figures, one a woman, walking diagonally from top left to bottom right of the picture A square surimono format woodblock print The name Korezane is a nom-de-plume for an unidentified artist, possibly the nom-de-plume of a member of a commissioning Japanese poetry club. Seal appears to have been printed in reverse Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature: Korezane. Seal. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour woodblock print, 241 x 250 mm

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-661-001/061

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 61 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-066/087

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Obituary to the Queen Mother. The two methods of applying pressure in the Middle East crisis, awesome fire power and suicide bombers. Helen Clark welcomes Jim Anderton back into the fold of the Labour party. The New Zealand cricket team manage to pull a rabbit from the hat to draw a test series. Jim Anderton leads his followers to another promised land shown as a high wire that's going nowhere. As President George W Bush calls for Israel to withdraw from Palestine, a dog (Ariel Sharon) urinates on his leg. President Bush tries to mediate peace negotiations betweem Arafat and Sharon. A septic tank is on daily call to clean up the mess in the Alliance Party caucus. Two coffins are carried by pallbearers. The first contains the body of the Queen Mother, the second, the remains of Helen Clark's plans for a Republic. Bill English hears the news that Helen Clark has enough support to rule for life. Comment on Helen Clark's involement in signing art works that she didn't paint. Graham Murries coaching career is resurected following the Hurricanes win over the Brumbies. Lawyers discuss the reasons not to sever links with the Privy Council; many of the reasons are led by self interest. The United States congratulates itself while Israel and Palestine come closer and closer to annihilation. New Zealand's arm is severed by an axe as they reach out to hold the Rugby World Cup host status. The axeman is Australian. Baby Kahu Drurie is returned to her family by a New Zealand police officer following being kidnapped. Winston Peters wonders whats happening to New Zealand when he exposes the Treaty grievance industry and Helen Clark is shown to be a forger, the result is her popularity soars and his doesn't move. Comment on the Catholic church's lax approach to priests having sex with their congregation. Shows the positive effect on the New Zeland Police the progress of two high profile cases have had. The NZRFU offer the two executives who negotiated the World Cup Host contracts a gun and two bullets to end their misery. Israeli tanks crush the Palestinian Refugee Camp in an effort to end the cycle of hate. Derek Fox accuses jounalists of Maori-bashing when they ask for accountability over the appointment of conman John Davy as CEO of the Maori Television Service. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1903-1930s

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: 1999

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-557

Description: Political cartoons and caricatures. Quantity: 48 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size

Date: 1970

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-027

Description: Detailed programme for the visit to Taumarunui by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington, His eminence, Cardinal McKeefry, October 17th and 18th 1970; also includes a demographic and regional profile of the area for the visitors which include the Maori and iwi history of the area Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1973

By: Duffy, Alex Edward (Rev), active 1973

Reference: MS-Papers-4190

Description: Translation entitled - The Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah. Founder of the church was Simon Patete and it was established in the Wairarapa ca 1895. First Wairarapa leader was Taiawhio Te Tau. Doctrine taught that the Seventh Rule of Jehovah had Maori prestige, scriptural authority and European influence. Also included are whakapapa of seven of the Maori canoes. Research exercise for Maori 302, Dept of Anthropology and Maori, Victoria University of Wellington Accompanying material - Maori text accompanied by whakapapas Language - Paper in Maori with English translation Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (37, 38 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopies)

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-192

Description: A translation in S P Smith's hand, with explanatory notes, of a story supplied by Wahawaha. Also includes Maori texts of iri spell given by Wahawaha and a variant version. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1941

Reference: PAColl-1508

Description: Group portrait of National Council of Churches meeting held at Christs College Christchurch in 1941 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transfer from Manuscripts. Manuscripts accession no. 87-204.

Date: 1789

By: Gillray, James, 1757-1815; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-034-008

Description: A chaotic orgy reflecting the politics and new attitudes to religion and philosophy of late eighteenth century England and France. A huge Leviathan (depicted as a whale-like figure) is the Duke of Bedford (to the left of the view). The name Lepaux (i. e. Louis de Lareveilliere-Lepeaux, a French politician and philosopher) is repeated regularly in the satiric verse below the caricature and Lepeaux himself is seen standing on the right on a dais, holding a book. The caricature satirises the offering of an ear of wheat and a bouquet of flowers, one of the rites of Theophilanthropy, of which Lareveilliere-Lepeaux was the high priest. On the right, two kneeling figures in front of Lepeaux are poets Samuel Taylor Colderidge and Robert Southey. The man carrying a basket of flowers labelled Zoonomia or Jacobin Plants is Erasmus Darwin. The crocodile in stays is Tom Paine (who founded 'a little church of Theophilanthropy' in 1796) and the serpent spitting fire is David Williams, founder of the Royal Literary Fund, who visited France in 1792-3 and was made a French citizen. British Museum catalogue of political and personal satires, no 9240 Theophilanthropy was a system of religion framed under the Directory in France in 1796 and designed to replace Christianity. Its rites were simple and its only dogmas were the existence of God and the immortality of the soul. Its first Director was Louis-Marie de Lareveilliere-Lepeaux. Other Titles - instalment Inscriptions: Rhyming invective beneath cartoon Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 281 x 627 mm Provenance: Unknown. Possibly collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: [1965-1969?]

By: Whitwell, Harold Jeffery, 1921-2013

Reference: fMS-Papers-8856

Description: Speech is comprised of the 34 speech cards Baxter used in his presentation. The talk centres on the role of training to become a teacher but diverges into religion, politics, poetry, advertising, the middle classes, Maori customs and stories. Baxter uses personal anecdotes to highlight his points and briefly touches on his settlement at Jerusalem on the Wanganui River. Also included with the speech notes is a letter from Pat Whitwell describing the circumstances in which the speech notes were acquired and a personal commentary on Baxter. Baxter gave the speech cards used in this talk to Whitwell. These cards have been photocopied and donated to the Library. This speech was presented by Baxter to students at the Palmerston North Teachers College. This manuscript is a photocopy of the typed speech cards Baxter used in his talk. Source of title - Supplied by Libray Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographic typescript (photocopy))

Date: 1934-1937

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-66

Description: Includes clippings on Maori history, trans-Pacific migration, New Zealand and Pacific Island flora and fauna, moko, geography and poetry Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: 1860-1864, 1944

By: Bomford, G Frederick, active 1860-1863

Reference: MS-Papers-1813

Description: Comprises three letters from W Sisam, Epsom, and Edward Street in the Auckland district to Bomford in England, reflecting settlers' attitudes to Grey and Selwyn, Maori unrest, etc (1863-1864); also includes letters to Bomford from J B Coombs in Melbourne on religious matters, incomplete letter to him written from Carlton, Melbourne, by unknown writer, and letter from Frances E Bomford to Noela, written from Evesham, Worcester (1944) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 21 Jul 1988

From: Housing Corporation of New Zealand oral history project

By: Hopkinson, George William, 1908-1990

Reference: OHInt-0185/03

Description: George Hopkinson was born in Temuka in 1908. Gives details of his family background. Describes the threshing mill and sawmill business owned and operated by his father. Notes that his family were the local scholars and members of the Presbyterian Church and comments on the Catholic/Protestant division in Temuka. Describes contact with local Maori. Talks about his childhood interests including reading and sport, his milk round and sitting next to Jack Lovelock at school. Describes passing the Public Service Examination and being offered a job in the Land Transfer Office. Discusses transferring to State Advances Corporation in 1937. Describes achieving his LLB and his professional accountants exam. Discusses the Mortgage Corporation name change to State Advances Corporation in 1935 when the Labour Government paid out private shareholders and notes that the Corporation took over the mortgage work of Lands and Survey. Mentions T.N. Smallwood and others. Refers to the first state house in Miramar in 1937. Discusses the relationship between State Advances Corporation and Treasury. Comments on the Royal Commission on State Services. Discusses the impact of World War II on the Corporation and the increase of rural work when the rehabilitation scheme for soldiers began. Describes overseeing a lot of the Porirua state housing. Talks about the grading of applicants by the Housing Allocation Committee. Comments on Ministers of Housing including Bill Fox, Bill Sullivan and John Rae and Prime Ministers Norman Kirk, Sir Keith Holyoake and Sir Walter Nash. Describes time in Invercargill and Nelson as Branch Mananger before returning to Wellington in a variety of jobs culminating in Deputy Managing Director. Venue - Lower Hutt : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Venue - Mr Hopkinson's home in Lower Hutt Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002221; OHC-002222; OHC-002223 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 406.

Date: 22 May 1998

From: Gore District oral history project

By: McGowan, Terence Alexander, 1913-2002; Frizzell, Helen Isobel, active 1986-

Reference: OHInt-0428/14

Description: Chappie McGowan was born in Invercargill in 1913. Describes how his father worked at the paper mill for fifty six years. Talks about his mother being Presbyterian, becoming Catholic when she married his father and his parents having strong religious views. Notes they did not oppose alcohol and they and Chappie made home brew. Describes how Mataura was in a `dry' area until prohibition was voted out. Mentions making elderberry wine, parsnip wine and beer. Talks about `Waimahaka swamp juice' and Mr Enright. Mentions Mr Enright's whisky was delivered to the rabbit sheds where he was foreman. Describes heavy fines and jail sentences for making Hokonui whisky. Comments on the role of Customs rather than the police in bringing charges. Discusses the influence of the Depression and the war on the popularity of Hokonui. Contends that people were in it to make money. Describes how Hokonui was sometimes delivered in milk cans and `Waimahaka swamp juice' was delivered by the rabbit lorry. Mentions the closest pub was at Mandeville and locals would hire a taxi to the pub. Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - Photocopies of photos of Chappie as a boy, young man and with his wife Nellie McGowan Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2606.

Date: 21 May 1998

From: Gore District oral history project

By: Hill, Ballington Everard Richard, 1926-2011; Frizzell, Helen Isobel, active 1986-

Reference: OHInt-0428/10

Description: Ev Hill was born in Invercargill in 1926. Recalls a close relationship with his father who had a difficult time in World War I and was given a very poor rehab (rehabilitation) farm after the war. Recalls living in a tent on a farm his father bought in Gorge Road. Describes a religious mother who was a Salvation Army officer and head of the local Temperance Union, regular attendance at church and an absence of fun. Recalls the values of `God and the King' passed on by his parents. Mentions that the Mataura Licensing Trust was `dry' until 1954. Recalls having his first drink of Hokonui whisky, made by local supplier Major Gerald Enright (known as the Major or Del), when he was fourteen. Describes Hokonui as the `local moonshine'. Discusses the Major, his farm and stills, amiable relationship with the community, regular attendance at Mass and friends in high places providing petrol coupons. Comments that everyone, including the Inland Revenue department and the police, knew about the Major's activities. Explains how he became a driver for the Major from 1941-1942 because he wanted a motorcar. Describes how the Major bought him a 1934 Chevrolet for which he worked, doing deliveries of Hokonui around Southland, Otago and Christchurch, until the car was paid off. Notes he worked for him for about a year. Describes the smell of cooking the mash for the alcohol and the process of distilling it. Discusses his delivery routes, safe houses, the excise men, a network of informants and an incident when he transported Constable Bandy to an accident when the car was full of Hokonui. Mentions the Major was later prosecuted. Comments on the legacy of Hokonui. Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - Copy of photo of Lilly, Priscilla and Ruth Wilson ca 1917, Invercargill; copy of newspaper article `Prohibition runner recalls the rush' Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2602.

Date: 22 Nov 2000

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Cairns, Kenneth James, 1917-2011

Reference: OHInt-0593/13

Description: Ken Cairns talks about his family's church-going activities in Oamaru, Ngaio and Upper Hutt. Describes his awareness of God and degrees of openness to questioning in religion and between church goers. He mentions having met Lloyd Geering while his wife Jean was at Otago University, and the influence of Jung on the unconscious. Touches on socialism v. capitalism, the institution of marriage and the power of prayer. Interviewer(s) - Elaine Bolitho Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHA-009249 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 50 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2976, OHDL-000933.

Date: 2 Mar 2000 - 02 Mar 2000

From: Government House oral history project Stage II

By: Reeves, Paul Alfred (Right Rev Hon Sir), 1932-2011

Reference: OHInt-0642/5

Description: Sir Paul Reeves was born in Wellington in 1932. Mentions the friendship of his grandparents with the Freyberg family and his uncle Alfred Reeves being in the Maori Pioneer Battalion in World War I. Talks about his Maori maternal grandmother Roka Te Hei Marama and the links kept with Waikawa marae, Taranaki. Recalls racism at school, dealing with his Maori background and his mother's attitude. Discusses the effects of the world wars on his father and brother. Describes how his father did shift work on the tramways in Wellington. Recalls the family's Newtown home and neighbours. Describes the family's support of the Labour Party. Comments on returning to Newtown as Governor-General. Recalls going to church with his grandmother and the importance in his life of St Thomas' Church in Newtown. Gives details of his education at South Wellington School and Wellington College. Mentions his feelings of class awareness and the difficulty of being Maori at Wellington College. Describes attending Victoria University of Wellington and its socialist, radical tradition at Victoria. Recalls J C Beaglehole, Ian Gordon, James Bertram, James K Baxter, Anton Vogt and Louis Johnson. Gives details leading to his going to St Johns College, the training there and going to the Tokoroa parish. Mentions applying for and getting the Sir Apirana Ngata Memorial Scholarhip and marrying Beverley Watkins before going to Oxford, England on the scholarship. Describes life as a student there, being ordained at Christchurch Cathedral in Oxford and being in parishes in Lowestoft and London. Recalls returning to New Zealand and a parish at Okato, Taranaki in 1964. Comments on the growing Maori consciousness in New Zealand. Describes teaching at St Johns in 1966, becoming Director of Christian Education and being elected Bishop of Waiapu in 1971. Comments on his relationship with the clergy. Discusses involvement in the Citizens for Rowling campaign and the response to his political stance. Discusses the nature of poverty. Gives a background to his appointment as Archbishop. Discusses his attitude to the Springbok Tour. Recalls his decision to go on the 1984 hikoi to Waitangi and the role of Governor General Sir David Beattie. Describes the unexpectedness of being offered the position of Governor-General. Comments on the Maori perspective and awkward situations which arose during his term. Mentions lessons in Maori from Huirangi Waikerepuru. Comments on divisions within New Zealand society and his desire to help bridge them as Governor-General. Recalls his relationship with Sir Robert Muldoon. Describes travelling widely, trying to attend Maori events and preparing speeches with relevance. Mentions Cindy Beavis. Mentions open days and Maori staying at Government House. Discusses Government House staff including Paul Canham, Official Secretary and Norm Richardson, the Comptroller. Recalls meetings of the Executive Council and the gradual lack of cohesion of David Lange's Labour government. Discusses assistance from Solicitor General John McGrath. Comments on Michael Bassett, Richard Prebble and Roger Douglas and the inability of David Lange to stop the development of a market driven free-fall economy. Mentions reaction to an article he wrote in the `Listener' on the economy. Mentions other incidents including trouble from the Malaysian government after comments about Lorraine and Aaron Cohen and the pig-killing ritual in Vanuatu. Talks about discussions with Sir Tipene O'Regan, Georgina Kirby and Sir James Henare. Discusses the Treaty of Waitangi and claims. Gives his impressions of visiting the Queen and encouraging her involvement in the 1990 Treaty celebrations. Comments on his agenda and aims as Governor-General and on earlier Governors-General. Mentions his work in New York on leaving Government House. Comments on the Church as an institution and the trend towards it being conservative, charismatic and evangelical. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3406.