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New Zealand (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1182 Collections and/or Records:

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3 legged race - Ionic Sports, 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/1
Scope and Contents

75 x 56mm. A view showing boys taking part in a three-legged race on the deck of the 'Ionic'.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

[5 photographs of Auckland. c.1897]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089P
Scope and Contents

Loose photographs, some captioned, measuring approximately 210 x 150 mm, and showing views of Auckland and Waitemata Harbour.

Dates: 1897
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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30 Government Building, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/36
Scope and Contents

360 x 260 mm. A view looking across the hillside behind the town towards the Government Building, a two storey wooden construction with a few officials standing outside the entrance. With small houses in the background.

Dates: 1876
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A bit on the Milton and Lawrence Road, Otago, New Zealand, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/59
Scope and Contents

362 x 265 mm. A view looking down on the road which runs through a rocky gorge across two small stone bridges. Milton lies near the coast south west of Dunedin and this road follows the Clutha River north west up to Alexandra.

Dates: 1876
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A boundary dog near 'the Wolds' on the way to Lake Pukaki, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6801
Scope and Contents

South Island, New Zealand. [Dog sitting near heap of rubbish].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A country scene], 1858 - 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/4
Scope and Contents

191 x 126 mm. A view at an unidentified location, looking across a field towards a well-trimmed hedge, with a chimney visible among trees at the right.

Dates: 1858 - 1860
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A ferry in Otago, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/26
Scope and Contents

72 x 55mm. A slightly blurred photograph showing a ferry crossing a river on pulleys.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A garden, private residence, Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/6926
Scope and Contents

Full-plate (landscape format). [Showing house in distance].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Geyser Rotomahana, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/3
Scope and Contents

197 x 135 mm A view from above looking down into the steaming mouth of one of the many geysers in the area with Lake Rotomahana visible in the background.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Maori salute: rubbing noses, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089R/7
Scope and Contents

200 x 146 mm. A view showing three Maori women, two of whom are engaged in 'Hongi', or nose-pressing (rather than rubbing). Hands are clasped at the same time. The women are wearing traditional costume, two in cloaks decorated with black cords ('korowai') and one in a woven cloak decorated along the edges.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Maori warrior, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/53
Scope and Contents

199 x 143 mm. Portrait of a Maori, with feathers in his hair and wrapped in a woven cloak. Tattooing can be seen around his nose and chin and he holds a broad wooden dagger.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A Maori warrior], 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/59
Scope and Contents

99 x 135 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait of a Maori, heavily tattooed and with feathers in his hair.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A Maori warrior], 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/60
Scope and Contents 99 x 134 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait of a heavily tattooed Maori, with feathers in his hair. The photographer of this picture has retouched the negative, clarifying the man’s tattoo marks (a fairly common practice when the lines did not show up well). This plate gives a very clear picture of Moko designs: the pu-kauwae or spiral designs on the chin, the rerepehi, a series of parallel curved lines from the cheek to the side of the nose, the rerepi and pongiangia, spirals on the...
Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A Maori warrior], 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/61
Scope and Contents

94 x 126 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait of a tattooed Maori, with a feather in his hair and wearing a korowai, or cloak decorated with black cords.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A Maori warrior], 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/65
Scope and Contents

95 x 136 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait of a tattooed Maori warrior, with feathers in his hair and a woven blanket draped around him. As in Y3089D/60, the tattooing has been retouched to give it greater clarity. This man’s moko is more elaborate than that of Y3089D/60. As well as the features mentioned there, he had additional spirals on his chin, called paepae, and the curved tiwhana on his forehead turn down towards his eyes and then back towards his ears.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A Maori woman], 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/62
Scope and Contents

95 x 136 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait of a Maori woman, with feathers in her hair, a woven blanket draped around her, and tattooing around her mouth and chin.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A Maori woman], 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/64
Scope and Contents

97 x 139 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of a long-haired woman, draped in a blanket and with tattooing on her chin.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A native bath, Whakarewarewa, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089R/9
Scope and Contents

201 x 147 mm. A view showing Maoris in and beside one of the hot pools at Whakarewarewa.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A New Zealand Garden, Palmerston, NZ, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/88
Scope and Contents

56 x 73 mm. A view looking along a large ornamental garden.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A New Zealand lake, Mackenzie, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/25
Scope and Contents

56 x 73mm. A view looking towards the lake, with poplar trees on either shore.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A NZ River, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/95
Scope and Contents

71 x 55 mm. A view showing an unidentified river spanned by a metal bridge in the background.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A N.Z. river, Mackenzie, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089S/24
Scope and Contents

70 x 57mm. A view looking across the river to pasture land beyond.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

[A photograph of a drawing of Napier in 1864]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089O
Scope and Contents

A print, mounted on card, and measuring 142 x 100 mm, with a caption stating 'Napier, N.Z. 1864' and signed 'E.J. Mountier. 1894'. The photograph is a reproduction of a painting of the young settlement viewed from an overlooking hill, with the sea at the left and houses and enclosed land in the foreground.

Dates: 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A private garden: Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/6924
Scope and Contents

Full-plate.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A private residence: Christchurch, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/6927
Scope and Contents

Full-plate (landscape format). [A large rambling house probably built in stages, with gable windows, greenhouse and balcony and many creepers. Elderly man standing by greenhouse].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).