Scope and Contents A photocopy of a report in Maori by Parakaia Te Pouepa of a meeting of chiefs from Manawatu (Palmerston North), Waikanae, Otaki, Ngati Toa of Porirua, Waikato and Te Arawa (Roturua area) at Otaki on 17 September 1861. The meeting discussed the setting up of a Maori King in the Waikato Area. Most of the chiefs were opposed to this idea, and accepted Queen Victoria's representative, Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, as the chief of the country. They passed a motion that a letter should be written...

Scope and Contents 254 x 195 mm. A view showing the mud lake, dotted with craters of mud and with steam rising from the hillside behind. In a reproduction of this print in Hochstetter (1875), the steam rising from the hills has been retouched to make it more visible:'The bottom of the ravine consists chiefly of mud in a fluid state ... farther on are numerous small mud cones, from two to five feet in height, some of which, like miniature volcanoes, throw up hot mud from their craters, with a deadened,...

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90 x 125 mm. Showing a man (Dickinson?) fishing beside a river.

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73 x 66 mm. A close-up of an airplane.

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54 x 53 mm. A mud bank.

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125 x 80 mm.

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73 x 65 mm. A view of the countryside from the road.

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150 x 110 mm.

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185 x 135 mm. Oval.

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[Close up of Maggie Papakura on her verandah].

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[Six men gathered round pile of gum lumps].

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[Four men round heap of gum lumps].

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[No print]. [Missing].

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Landscape format. Looking across towards Oriental Bay : view taken from back of Government Bdgs [i.e. Buildings].

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201 x 84 mm. A view showing the two ships steaming out of the harbour with yachts, rowing boats and two crowded paddlesteamers following behind. North Shore and Devonport can be seen in the background.

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201 x 83 mm. A view showing the two ships steaming out of the harbour with yachts, rowing boats and two crowded paddlesteamers following behind. North Shore and Devonport can be seen in the background.

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200 x 84 mm. A view showing ships at the harbour mouth, followed by the yachts and paddlesteamers.

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205 x 148 mm. A photograph showing Sir George Grey sitting in the centre of a group of Europeans and Maoris at Whakarewarewa. The other members of the party have not been identified.

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Landscape format. Shannon Flax Mills, near Paikakariki, N.Z.

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7006-7085 (originally there were 100). Added numbers: 6891-6917; spoiled: 7034, 7035, 7051, 7052, 7066; not used: 7012 and 7074.Subjects covered in the album are:New Zealand: Dunedin; journey to Southern Alps: Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter; Balmoral: sheep shearing; Timaru; Christchurch: Lincoln Agricultural College: Domain Fete and general; Wellington: from sea;...

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[No print]. Missing.

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Landscape format. [Scattered trees about].

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253 x 190 mm. A view showing the front of the Supreme Court, a red brick building in Gothic Style, designed by Edward Rumsey in the late 1860s. Rumsey's original plan for the building included spires on the roof, but these were never built.

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Landscape format. [This is Oriental Bay. Baths known as Te Aro Baths. J.S.]. [Distant view from a boat].

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[No print]. Missing.