Hand weaving

Date: 1950

By: Beach, Earle, active 2008

Reference: Curios-032-039

Description: Sword with wooden handle, the blade covered with woven flax. Shark's teeth stand out on both edges of the blade, tied in place with light brown and dark brown cord. A few of the shark's teeth are missing from the edges, about eight from one side and six from the other. Sword estimated by Gail Clay, to be dated ca 1950. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Wood, shark tooth, flax, cord, 620 x 52 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-8935 - Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from here..

Date: 18 March 1995

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1995/0789-F

Description: Kia Kingi practising flax plaiting beneath the damaged statue of John Ballance in Moutoa Gardens, Wanganui, photographed on 18 March 1995, by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. From 28 February until 18 May 1995, Moutoa Gardens were occupied by members of Whanganui iwi in protest at land seizures. During the occupation the area was renamed Pakaitore, the original Maori name for the site. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 11 Sep 1992

From: Maniapoto Archives Oral History Project: He Taonga Tuku Iho

By: Tauariki, Sonny, active 1992; Hetet, Rangimarie, 1892-1995

Reference: OHInt-0085-17

Description: Rangimarie Hetet outlines family and tribal affiliations with Ngati Maniapoto and Ngati Kinohaku. Provides childhood recollections including schooling at Pio Pio, Te Kuiti and Oparure. Describes old times, fishing, tending tobacco plants after school, planting food, games and sports, World War I, Ratana and the building of his temple, World War II, marriage and her family and working life at Waiheke. Talks about the King Movement, Wahanui and Princess Te Puea in detail. Outlines skills in flax work and weaving. Interviewer(s) - Pateao Sonny Tauariki Accompanying material - Abstract contains outline of the 'He Taonga Huku Iho' project, pictures of the interviewee, he korero whakamutunga and various karakia. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004891, OHV-0978 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0938.

Date: 1970-1972

From: Parry, Margaret Joy, 1935-2003: Photographs of events relating to Māori and papers relating to Te Ao Hou

Reference: PAColl-8969-2

Description: Events recorded include: Royal visit, March 1970. Visit of Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, to Waiwhetu Marae, May 1970. Upper Hutt Marae Queen Carnival, September 1970. Governor Gerneral Porritt, Putiki, 6 December 1970. Mawaihakona rally camp, January 1971. Women weaving flax, Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, Rotorua, January 1971. Teachers at course on Maori language run by Koro Dewes at Victoria University, January 1971. Waitangi Day, Palmerston North, 1971. Commonwealth Parliamentary delegates at Waiwhetu Marae, 16 February 1971. Coronation hui, May 1971. Inia Te Wiata's tangi, 15 July 1071. Inia Puketapu's tangi, July 1971. Turangawaewae 50th jubilee, August 1971. First New Zealand Polynesian Festival, Rotorua, March 1972. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s) Proof sheets.

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-o-331

Description: Album of New Zealand views by Thomas Pringle, in two sequences. The first sequence are scenic views of famous beauty spots; the second sequence are tourist photographs of young and old Maori women. Other Titles - Art photos of New Zealand Other Titles - Maori studies Inscriptions: Album page - Art photos of New Zealand. 18 exquisite photos of famous beauty spots in N.Z. Copyright Thos. pringle, Wellington, N.Z."; Album page - Maori studies. Permanent carbonette photos. Copyright Thos. Pringle (Sequence after the landscapes) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan suede cover with poker work design and title, and embossed hei tiki, coloured green; entitled Maoriland pictures; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [1915-1931]

By: Frank Duncan and Company

Reference: PAColl-9995

Description: Set of photographic prints and envelope titled 'Maori Life and Customs, New Zealand' published by Frank Duncan & Co, Auckland. Taken for the tourist market between circa 1915-1931 by an unidentified photographer. Images show Maori in Rotorua wearing traditional clothing and engaged in a variety of traditional activities, including ta moko, weaving, poi dances, haka, and cooking in thermal hot pools. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 envelope. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Donated by Mary J Brady, USA, 2012

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Kiwi Colour Slides; Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: PA12-8809

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. This sheet shows aspects of the thermal areas at Whakarewarewa and Waimangu, and scenes of Maori life. These include a group using a hot pool for cooking, a group of poi dancers, women weaving flax, a Maori carver at work with a group of tourists watching, a Maori warrior at the gate of a pa, and a group of women and children wearing a variety of Maori cloaks. The next set are from the Tarawera area, and include views of the Frying Pan Lake, Gibraltar Rock; three images copied from publications, one showing the White Terraces, and two showing the effects of the Tarawera eruption in 1886; a launch for hire on Lake Tarawera; and the entrance to the buried village at Te Wairoa. The last two views show the beach near Gisborne looking south, and looking down over Gisborne township from a hill. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1967-1972

From: Girl Guides Association New Zealand Inc :Photographs

By: Orr, Russell William, 1916-1977; Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-140

Description: Photographs of leaders of the Girl Guide Association, Girl Guides, Brownies and Rangers, and various activities throughout New Zealand. Leaders from other countries including Pacific Islands, Japan and Korea, attending conferences and training courses in New Zealand; and ceremonial occasions attended by Lady Fergusson; by Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne; and by the Commonwealth Chief Commissioner, Mrs D Parker-Bowles. Activities include Thinking Day, Anzac Day ceremonies, and the sale of Girl Guide biscuits. One section shows Girl Guides and Brownies in the Cook Islands. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, with chalk lettering `1967-1972'; 38 x 52 cm

Date: 16 Jul 1990-3 Sep 2003

From: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11148-13

Description: Contains papers relating to trust activities, including financial records, meeting minutes, constitution, correspondence, and legal documents. Focuses include Driving Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, flax swamp and weaving house (pink house), and calls to liquidate the trust in 1998. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: [1900s]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-316

Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: 2 April 1993 - 02 Apr 1993

From: Women's suffrage centennial year project

By: Noble, Kaye, active 1993; Dunne, Joan Pomeroy, 1915-1994; Meade, Dorothea Mary Hope (Sister), 1923-2013

Reference: OHInt-0402-05

Description: Sister Philippine was born Joan Pomeroy Dunne at Timaru. Interview outlines her schooldays in Timaru before becoming a nurse aide with the Calvary Sisters in Christchurch for two years. At the age of nineteen she entered the Order of the Sisters of Compassion. Recalls during her novitiate being sent up the Whanganui River as teacher relief at Ranana in 1939 and taking a one year correspondence course in Maori. Notes that she was the first student in New Zealand to complete a teacher's certificate by correspondence. She remained on the river living at the convent at Jerusalem until she was recalled to Wellington for administrative duties in 1963. Gives history of convent at Jerusalem. Reference to Ani Haami who was matriarch and taught the sisters how to `miro' the flax. Describes Haami marae (Tumanako). Sisters were instrumental in forming `The River Schools Association' which inspectors considered unique as it was unusual for the catholic schools and state schools to work together. Sister Philippine became Superior General in 1969 for twelve years, returning in 1981. She received a QSO in 1979 at the request of the Maori people in the Whanganui district. She was ill at time of this interview and died nine months later. She resided with Sr Dorothea who joined in the interview. Sister Dorothea, who lived in Ranana and Jerusalem and now resides at Te Pekerangi with Sister Philippine, was born and bred on the Whanganui River at Retaruke in the 1920s and entered the Order of the Sisters of Compassion in 1940. She recalls a time when a dozen homes were built at Jerusalem with reference to Prime Minister Fraser. Other recollections include; orphanage; Ron Hatrick; haymaking; Bricky Hall (a farmer from Mangapourua); fire in the convent; Whanganui River floods (1940 & 1989); Ranana carving; prison chaplaincy; Maurie Curran; holiday camps. Refers to Father Durning. Te Pekarangi where they both live was named by Father Te Awhitu and means `The Jumping Off Place to Heaven' and can also mean `The outer boundaries of a pa'. Abstracted by - Karen Kitson Awards/funding - Funded through the Women's Suffrage Centennial Year Trust Other - Additional information including newspaper articles and books (A pictorial history of the Wanganui River by Arthur P Bates. Printed and published by Wanganui Newspapers Ltd in 1985 and Audacity of Faith. Sisters of Compassion Centennial 1892-1992. Published in 1992 by Home of Compassion, Wellington New Zealand. Interviewer(s) - Kaye Noble Recorded by - Kaye Noble Venue - Te Pekerangi, Wanganui Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006704 Tape numbers - OHC-006705 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1563. One photograph of Sister Philippine

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-11364

Description: Weaver at work at a loom. Woman inspecting a woven wall hanging. Large examples of studio pottery. Quantity: 3 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 25 Sep 1968

From: Kapunga Te Matemoana (Koro) Dewes collection of sound recordings

Reference: OHInt-0782-005

Description: Contents: Mihi, Whaikorero; Whaikorero; Comments on Flax Kit and Taniko work (in English). Held in Wellington. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-2481 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Catalogue of Recordings from the Koro Dewes Collection.

Date: 1961

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-06

Description: Photographs for the Arts of the Maori instructional booklets on action song, the single long poi, and weaving with flax. All are associated with the educational art specialist, Mere Rewiti Kururangi who may be the woman in the photographs. Quantity: 184 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1950s, October 1988

From: New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association :Photographs

By: McCredie, Athol, active 1970s-1987; Westra, Ans, 1936-2023

Reference: PAColl-8028-09

Description: Photographs collected by the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association for use in the PPTA Journal. Includes photographs of school buildings, kohanga reo in the North Cape, pupils during lessons and playing sport, children at Otahuhu Primary School and Porirua Intermediate School, gang members, Maori culture groups, and street scenes. Photographs chiefly taken by Ans Westra. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1908-ca1912

Reference: PAColl-7608

Description: Largest number of images are of groups of people, especially women and girls. Others include what may be a hunting party photographed beside a motor car. Three show women and girls around an outside table set for tea and cake. Another shows three women standing behind an elaboratly set dining table. There are images involving men and women standing beside or in a coach and other horse drawn vehicles, and views of houses, some with groups on the verandas, or seen across lawns or paddocks. Other buildings may be industrial or farm buildings, one has a tall wooden tower. There is an image of the Government bath house at Rotorua, and a park with ornamental hot pools. Two images show a large pond with water lillies and surrounded with pampas, tree ferns and young pinus radiata. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-107962-G to 1/4-107987-G and 1/2-201437-G to 1/2-201463-G Quantity: 53 b&w original negative(s) 1/4 and 1/2 plate glass.

Date: 3 November 1971

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1971/5474

Description: Mrs M F Taylor teaches flax weaving to a group of children, including Cherie Brunton (left) and Ann Wilton (third from left), at Otaki School. Photographed 3 November 1971 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1967-1969

From: Parry, Margaret Joy, 1935-2003: Photographs of events relating to Māori and papers relating to Te Ao Hou

Reference: PAColl-8969-1

Description: Events recorded in this collection include: Coronation Hui, May 1967. Maori Women's Welfare League conference, Tauranga, July 1967. Regatta on the Waikato River, March 1968. Visit of East Coast parents to Parliament, August 1967. Photo of hei tiki on feather cloak. Coronation Hui, Tekuiti, May 1968. Unveiling at Watene grave, June 1968. Ringatu Hui, July 1968. Weaving workshop run by Miria Simpson, August 1968. Bible Society event, August 1968. Seminar associated with the consecration of an Anglican Bishop, October 1968. Ratana Hui, November 1968. Rapaki Hui, 22 May 1969. Coronation hui, June 1969. Maori Women's Welfare League conference, Gisborne, July 1969. Cloak sample, 1969. Young Maori man and woman of the year, 1969. Arrival of and farewell to a group of visiting American Indians, April 1969. Colombo Plan students, February 1969. Quantity: 68 b&w original photographic print(s) proof sheets.

Date: 2000

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Education

Reference: Eph-D-PRESCHOOL-2000-02

Description: Poster shows an inset oval photograph of a Maori woman holding a chubby naked baby, surround by a background of woven flax texture. Down the sides are the words: Mana Atua, Mana Whenua, Mana Tangata, Mana Reo, Mana Aoturoa, Tinana, Hinengaro, Wairua, Whatumanawa. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 593 x 420 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1604 and MS-Papers-10796-39-54, also Published Collections, and Oral History Centre..

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-47-5

Description: View of a carry bag (kete) from below showing the the structure of its weave and its patterning. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921, probably at Koroniti. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print