Indigenous peoples

Date: 1948

From: Pollock, Nancy, fl 2001 : Papers relating to Micronesia and the Pacific

Reference: fMS-Papers-7196-2

Description: Two issues of `The Native voice', the official organ of the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia (v2, n8-9, Jul, Aug-Sep 1948) which have parts two and three of a series of articles by John M Sinclair on Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1837-1909

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2426-2435

Description: Quantity: 10 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [2000-2001]

From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)

Reference: 2003-333-04

Description: Correspondence, draft summaries, reports etc relating to Royal's presentation, `An exquisite journey' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2011

Reference: Eph-D-GRAPHIC-ARTS-2011-PML

Description: Posters produced under the supervision of Xavier Meade, each showing a myth or legend "concerning the nature of reality and the human condition" ("Purakau" catalogue page [2]). The series draws on legends from the cultures of each country, and expresses ideas about indigenous sovereignty, colonisation and decolonisation, keeping the purity of the land: Aotearoa: 1. The duke, his hat, the Chief and his feather, by Natalie Robertson 2. The tangler (in favour of artists), by Denis O'Connor 3. God is on our side, by Michael Reed 4. 100% pure New Zealand, by Xavier Meade Cuba: 5. Origin of the poisonous maiden plum or guao plant, by Michele Miyares Hollands 6. Cafunga, by Giselle Monzon Calero 7. Twelve laps around the ceiba, by Eric Silva Blay 8. Flew away like Matias Perez!, by Claudio Sotolongo Mexico: 9. To be Cortes does not prevent one from being courageous, by Carlos PeZ [sic] 10. I sing, therefore I suffer, by Arturo Meade 11. Hun Nal Ye, first maize seed, in the beginning of time, by Yescka (ASARO Collective) 12. Blessed Virgin of the barricades, by Xavier Meade This set of posters is numbered 6 out of a print run of 50. The posters are documented fully in: "Purakau; myths and legends, mitos y leyendas international poster project". Auckland, N.Z. : Clouds, 2011. Copy held in ATL NZ&P q507668, Wellington General lending NZ Pacific PAM 398.08999442 PUR 2011, and in the Ephemera Workroom. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 6/50 Quantity: 12 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprints, 720 x 510 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2012.

Date: 1993

By: Māori Women's Welfare League

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1993-07

Description: A poster announcing a conference of indigenous women. Shows the stylised heads of five indigenous women in profile, the one at the left facing right, and the rest facing left. The one at the left wears a greenstone earring and is greeting the one next to her with a hongi. Other Titles - Ropu Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 600 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1998

By: New Zealand. Māori Language Commission

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1998-02

Description: Poster announcing a conference shows a Maori motif in a central panel, in shades of gold, purple, maroon and green. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, in 2013.

Date: 1999

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1305

Description: Ring binder storing photographs taken by Les Cleveland during his travel in New Mexico, United States, 2003 to 2004. Contains 35mm negative strips in sleeves and the corresponding contact sheets as well as handwriten notes on the content of the photographs, such as information on subjects such as locations and people, on interleaved pieces of notepaper. Photographs feature the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, the Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Tortugas, and inscriptions on rocks at El Morro National Monument as well as towns such as Magdalena, Gallup, Pie Town, Pena Blanca, Taos, and Madrid. Also photographs taken on Central Avenue, Albuquerque. Subjects include shop clerks, cafes, gun shops, motels, cantinas, dwellings, theatres, mining machinery, sculptures by Michael Austin Wright, and landscapes and geographic formations. Chris Smith is identified, photographed with two children in a cafe. Trip to New Mexico dated based on photographic ephemera held in PAColl-10647-17. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Prints and negatives originally stored in a ring binder labelled "New Mexico 2004" on the spine. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 50 b&w negative strips and eight contact sheets. Physical Description: 35mm film strips, contact sheets, and holograph notes. Processing information: Due to the high likelihood of the presence of PVC in the plastic covering of the original ring binder, the photographic materials were removed and placed in a new binder that met with the Library's conservation standards. The original binder has been disposed of. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.

Date: 1828-1837

By: Buxton, Thomas Fowell (Sir), 1786-1845

Reference: 89-096

Description: Internal evidence indicates that these papers are part of the correspondence files of Sir Thomas Folwell Buxton. They include correspondence from Mr J Ross to Dr Philip, dated 1831 re expulsion of the Kaffirs from the Kat River District; documents relating to South African affairs, 1833-1836; papers relating to Tasmania, New Zealand, New South Wales and Tahiti. Source of title - Supplied The Aborigines Protection Society was founded in 1837 by Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (President) and Saxe Banister (Secretary). Quantity: 1 box(es) (hollinger box). 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed item-level list available in back file.

Date: 1957-1964

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers

Reference: 80-323-180

Description: Material comprises eleven reprints and articles on health issues affecting indigenous peoples. Types of issues are paralysis agitans in natives of New Guinea, phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Micronesian peoples, measles in Australasian indigenes, genetics of primitive human populations, scrapie etc Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material

Date: 1838-1842

By: Cleveland, William, active 1838-1842

Reference: Micro-MS-0505

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (c900p.).

Date: 2001-2002

From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)

Reference: 2003-333-05

Description: Report, brochures and certificates relating to Royal's Fulbright award which led to his `An exquisite intimacy, exploring indigenous worldviews' presentation Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1880s-1910s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-260

Description: Collection of photographs taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, George Valentine, Josiah Martin and Marc Ferrez. On page [67] there is a hand-traced map of the world with a route marked on it from London, to Plymouth, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Tasmania, Wellington, Lyttelton, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Canary Islands and back to Plymouth and London. The distance travelled out was 12,948 miles, and distance home was 11,915 miles. The photographs cover most of these places, with more detailed travel through Tasmania, and especially New Zealand. Scenes in New Zealand were mostly taken by the Burton Brothers and Josiah Martin. They include views of the main cities, and a large number in the thermal area around Lake Rotorua and Mount Tarawera, showing the area around the Pink and White Terraces before and after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Photographs by Josiah Martin include portraits of Maori, and one entitled "The old order changeth" with Maori artifacts, shrunken heads, and a portrait of Tawhiao. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, black leather coners and spine; 27.5 x 37.5 cm

Date: [ca 1980s-1990s]

From: Keith, Jocelyn Margaret, 1938-: Nursing speeches, research and papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12889-08

Description: Contains mostly speeches, conference papers, and research by Jocelyn Keith on topics related to nursing. Includes nine overhead projector transparencies, entitled “Sanitary statistics: Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals. Florence Nightingale”. Quantity: 1 folder(s) Includes nine transparencies for use on an overhead projector.

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: A-033-014-1

Description: Standing portrait of a dark-skinned man, wearing a small pouch, front and back. He holds a spear in his left hand and wears anklets See closely similar wash drawing at A-033-014 Other Titles - Sporran? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - G. R. Also beneath image, in pencil, 'Sporran?' Spleuchan is a Gaelic word for tobacco pouch Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of a wash sketch on postcard, 140 x 90 mm

Date: 1993

From: Maori Women's Welfare League : Records

Reference: 95-177-4/4

Description: Formerly AD05 01-2 Vol 1 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (file).

Date: 2008

By: Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematografica (Havana, Cuba)

Reference: Eph-D-GRAPHIC-ARTS-2007-AL

Description: Posters produced under the supervision of Xavier Meade, each showing a portrait of a liberator: 1. Tane Mahuta, by Xavier Meade 2. Maui, by Josh Watene 3. Te Whiti, by Xavier Meade 4. Tuaiwa (Eva) Rickard, by Jenny Rhodes 5. Rua Kenana, by Dion Hitchens 6. King Tawhiao, by James F Ormsby 7. Susi Newborn, by Tessa Laird 8. Ralph Hotere, by Katerina Mataira 9. Owen Wilkes, by Simon Cuming 10. Dean Hapeta aka Te Kupu, by Leafa Wilson 11. Hemi / James Keir Baxter, by Warren Olds 12. Richard Henry, by Nicola Farquhar This set of posters is numbered 42 out of a print run of 50. The posters are documented fully in: Aotearoa liberators poster project, by Xavier Meade, Waikato Institute of Technology. [Hamilton, N.Z] : Ramp Press, Wintec, c2008. Copy held in ATL NZ&P P Box q769 AOT 2008, General Lending NZ Pacific PAM 769.993 AOT 2008, and in Ephemera Workroom Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 42/50 Quantity: 12 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprints, 760 x 510 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2012.

Date: 5 -6 February 2000

From: CORSO 50th anniversary oral history project

By: L'Estrange, John Michael, 1942-2000

Reference: OHInt-0504/13

Description: John Michael L'Estrange born India 1942, of parents in exile from Burma. Gives some family background - father who was in British Burmese Army organised exodus of people of 'mixed blood' to India after Japanese occupation. Recalls returning to Burma after the war and attending Montessori school between 1945 and 1949 when family left Burma. Talks about education at St Benedicts in Auckland, Marist, Vermont Street and gaining a scholarship to Sacred Heart College. Discusses decision to enter Seminary, starting at Holy Cross College, Mosgiel for theology and later continuing studies in Rome where he was exposed to great ideas during Vatican II. Mentions discussions on celibacy, contraception etc. Recalls being sent as a priest to Huntly and talks about the difference between keeping tradition intact and adapting tradition to new needs. Mentions relationship of Catholic Church at that time with indigenous people. Refers to Pope John Paul who brought intellectual innovations to the Church but also brought in some conservative elements in terms of morality. Describes three years at Loretto Hall [Catholic teacher training college] lecturing in theology. Backgrounds decision to leave the priesthood and recalls obtaining a job with NZSCM (New Zealand Student Christian Movement) with aim to develop critical christian thinking on various aspects of life. Talks about involvement with CORSO as Chairperson. Refers to Toby Truell, Trevor Richards (working for HART), Kevin Clark and Jim Kebbell. Refers to the `Seven Sisters' [multinational companies]. Refers to Paper `Christian Attitudes towards work'. Mentions ACORD - group of Pakeha graduates and the setting up of [NPR] New Perspectives in Race, whose purpose was to run workshops. Refers to Titewhai Harawira. Also refers to UTCR [Urban Training to Combat Racism]. Recalls that out of New Perspectives on Race grew the Churches' Programme on Racism run by Bob Scott. Discusses the critical thinking of CORSO and reaction against it. Mentions World Vision and TEAR. Mentions visit of Rex Rumakiek [from Vanuatu]. Mentions Ross Stevens. Recalls that all organisations were involved in Anti-Vietnam War, Anti-Nuclear, and Anti-Racism. Other work experience includes: working with Trade Union Training Board; 1988 doing mediation work for the Tenancy Bond Division of Housing Corporation; running taxi business combined with child care of own children and job as Principal Tenancy Mediator in Tenancy Board Division. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Cecily McNeill Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011203-011206 ; OHC-005490-005493 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3918. Search dates: 05/02/2000 - 06/02/2000 Processing information: Description updated 26 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member, as part of reparative description work.

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to dance parties, social dances, discoes]

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-Social-1950-01

Description: Flier announcing a staff party, reminiscing about the tom toms, evening frocks, pom poms, etc of the previous staff party, shows an illustration of three women Islanders dancing under a palm tree while two men play drums. Dated by perpetual calendar, and known years in which Bill Norris and his Band were performing. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on flier, 225 x 143 mm.

Date: 1873-1874

From: New Zealand. General Assembly Library: Photograph albums from the Mangaroa collection

By: Lindt, John William, 1845-1926

Reference: PA1-q-1317

Description: Album of 12 mounted studio tableau photographs portraying individuals and groups of Aboriginal Australians, positioned in front of painted landscape backdrops among artefacts and specimens of native Australian flora and fauna, taken by John William Lindt, produced between 1873 and 1874. Title transcribed from item. A series of 12 photographic prints portraying Aboriginal Australians by John William Lindt are included in an album of photographs at Library reference PA1-q-330. Of the 12 photographic prints, nine appear to be taken from the same negatives as those found in this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 12 mounted photographs. Physical Description: Album, brown leather half-binding with brown cloth boards, raised bands, decorations and lettering in gilt, containing 12 albumen photographic prints mounted on recto of album leaves, 37 x 28.5 cm.

Date: Mar-Apr 1995

From: Powell, Graeme fl 1995 : Report of a trip to Canada, the United States of America and New Zealand

Reference: MSX-4256

Description: Part II of report of Powell's visit in March and April 1995 to archival institutions in Canada, the US and New Zealand, dealing with collections and services relating to indigenous peoples. Quantity: 1 volume(s).