Lattice work to adorn the walls of ancestral houses
Tukutuku
Papers relating to Maoritanga
Date: 1959-1976
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-1/19A
Description: Papers relating to Maoritanga including research papers, articles, correspondence and stories. Includes whakatauki (proverbs), a poem/song called "The Song of Maoritanga," an article about Maori education and educators' attitudes to the cultural heritage of Maori youth, a Maori Land Court interim decision on Raharuhi Rukupo delivered at Gisborne 19 Sep 1975, some notes about moemoea (dreams) and their interpretation within the Maori culture, an article by Fowler titled "The teaching of Maori in schools," papers relating to the significance of tukutuku patterns for Ngati Porou and other articles relating to various topics including Wharepuni [sleeping houses], a Maori almanac (re: fishing and planting), a draft story of "The taniwha of Tuparoa" and some loose papers relating to Fowler's autobiography. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Tukutuku and kakaho papers
Date: 1947
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0005
Description: Contains tukutuku and kakaho designs as well as lecture notes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and drawings
200 - Sketches of tukutuku
Date: 1946-1948
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0405
Description: File 200 - Contains sketches of Tukutuku Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sketches
Wharenui (b)
Date: 1938-1939
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0127
Description: Contains letters, record and architectual plans of wharenui includes tukutuku designs. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and maps
150 - Papers re land development assistance
Date: 1899-1947
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0354
Description: File 150 - Contains early submissions on land development assistance Includes five copies of 'Matakokiri Taima': - No 22, 31 December 1912 - No 25, 29 April 1913 - No 26, 31 May 1913 - No 27, 30 June 1913 - No 31, 31 December 1913 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Processing information: Description updated 14 December 2023 following information provided by a staff member.
Wharenui (j)
Date: 1939-1941
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0137
Description: Contains letters and accounts pertaining to the building of wharenui; also contains tuktutuku designs Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
158 (a) - Horouta tribal committees
Date: 1948-1949
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0361
Description: File 158 (a) Contains material regarding business of the tribal and marae committees in the Horouta area. Also contains material on the art work at Hukarere and Te Aute college. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Pearse, John, 1808-1882 :Otaki Church - New Zealand. Built by natives under the superin...
Date: 1851 - 1856
From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]
Reference: E-455-f-077-2
Description: An interior view of Rangiatea Church, Otaki, looking towards the east windows. Three Maori are standing in the right foreground. Tukutuku panels are visible between the beams and the altar (or kneelers?) also appear to be made of plaited flax. Kowhaiwhai patterns are on the rafters Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 220 x 157 mm
Photographs relating to Nga Hau E Wha, the National Marae, Christchurch
Date: [1982-1990]
From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ
Reference: PA12-5936
Description: Photographs relating to Nga Hau E Wha, the National Marae, Christchurch, New Zealand. Shows wood carvers at work and the interior of the workshop. Also shows the sign with the the Marae's name and history on it. Examples of completed carved work. Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies 35mm strips comprising 9 images.
Interior of Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Mair, Gilbert Henry, 1875-1966 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-2315-08
Description: Interior of Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa showing kowhaiwhai (rafter patterns), tukutuku (woven lattice panels), carved wooden slabs and flax floor mats. Photograph probably taken by Josiah Martin circa 1880s. Exhibited in 'Collect' exhibition on the role of collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, mounted in National Library Gallery, 15 December 2006. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Carved Maori House Whakarewarewa Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.1 x 19.8 cm
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Miscellaneous large prints
Date: 1939-1945
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Elmar Studios; Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-222
Description: Miscellaneous uncaptioned photographs. Include: Panorama of Cassino (mounted); linesmen up a power pole; tukutuku panels and carved panels in a Maori meeting house (photographer J T Salmon); anti-tank practise; V8 engine; grave of regimental mascot No 1 dog Major Major (d 1944); WAACS on board transport ship; Maori soldier; NZer in Long Range Desert Group; Burnham Military Camp, 1939 (photographer Elmar Studios) Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).
Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931 :[Maori woman with hoe (canoe paddle)]
Date: 1905
From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle
Reference: 1/1-006854-G
Description: Two Maori women, one wearing a korowai (tag cloak), carrying a taiaha and a carved hoe (canoe paddle), photographed in Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa in 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Negatives 1/1-006842-G, 1/1-006845-G and 1/1-006846-G were taken on the same occasion. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre left - 682 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Photographs relating to Nga Hau E Wha, the National Marae, Christchurch
Date: [1982-1990]
From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ
Reference: PA12-5934
Description: Photographs relating to Nga Hau E Wha, the National Marae, Christchurch, New Zealand. Shows wood carvers at work. Also Tukutuku panels, some decorating the walls of a shop selling souvieners. Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies 35mm strips comprising 18 images.
Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931 :Playing whai
Date: 1905
From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle
Reference: 1/1-007012-G
Description: Three young woman, one wearing a korowai (tag cloak), playing whai (string games), photographed in Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa in 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected, Thos Pringle, Wellington N.Z. 1-10-05; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - D697 Playing "Whai" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches
Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931 :[Interior of Te Rauru meeting house, Whakarewarewa]
Date: 1905
From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle
Reference: 1/1-007042-G
Description: Interior of Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa showing kowhaiwhai (rafter patterns), tukutuku (woven lattice panels), and carved wooden slabs. Photograph taken ca 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Protected, Thos Pringle, Wellington N.Z. 1-5-05; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No. 540 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches
Tukutuku for museum and Architectual Centre
Date: 1949
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7575-214
Description: Contains materials relating to the design of an architectural centre in Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931 :[Maori woman with hoe (canoe paddle)]
Date: 1905
From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle
Reference: 1/1-006846-G
Description: Maori woman wearing a korowai (tag cloak) and carrying a carved hoe (canoe paddle), photographed in Te Rauru meeting house at Whakarewarewa in 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Dated from other negatives in sequence Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
National Council of Adult Education :Learning for our future; e ako mo nga ra kei mua. ...
Date: 1984
From: [Posters and ephemera about education spending, education programmes, teachers and teaching. 1982-1984]
By: National Council of Adult Education (N.Z.); Williams, Jennifer Anne, active 1966-2005
Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1984-01
Description: Shows a photograph of a section of tukutuku panelling. Around the perimeter are greetings in several Pacific languages: Maloe lelei, Talofa, Kia Orana, Fakaalofa, Kia ora. The conference was held to provide "a forum for those concerned about the future and place of education as part of a national development strategy". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 592 x 420 mm. Transfers: From same accession: Fireworks photograph offered to PA. Tree fern screenprint in D&P..
Mair album
Date: [Between 1903 and 1906]
By: Mair, John Thomas, 1876-1959; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts
Reference: PA1-o-321
Description: Album of scenic photographs, chiefly taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, with views of the North Island and South Island. North Island scenes include a number of tourist views of Maori, showing carved meeting houses; a group performing a haka; two women demonstrating the hongi; a young woman wearing a feather cloak, hei tiki and huia feathers, and holding a mere; a group of young boys in a haka pose; a woman smoking a pipe; a group of children bathing in a hot pool at Ohinemutu; and Mr. Nelson's carved house at Whakarewarewa. Other North Island scenes show Mount Taranaki, the Auckland wharves, Lake Waikaremoana, and a man fishing at the Ohau Channel, Rotorua. South Island views cover Lakes Wakatipu, Manapouri and Te Anau; the Tasman Glacier; peaks in the Southern Alps; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; a team of four horses with a laden Cobb & Co coach on a ferry, crossing the Mangahua [i.e. Inangahua] River, the Lyell River Bridge and Hawks Crag, all in the Buller Gorge. The last few images are exterior and interior views of the Dunedin Railway Station soon after it was finished in 1906. Inscriptions: Album page - John T. Mair, Wellington, New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, entitled `Photographs' lettered in gold; 26.0 x 31.5 cm
Nga Tukutuku me nga Kowhaiwhai o Te Koanga Matauranga
Date: [ca 1970s]
From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history
Reference: 88-070-09/6
Description: Contains copies of tukutuku and kowhaiwhai patterns from the meeting house Te Koanga Matauranga (at Makoura College, Masterton), with information about the meaning of each design Quantity: 1 folder(s).