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Whakaahua

 Subject
Subject Source: Reo
Scope Note: A collective term covering contemporary images of the Māori world, including portraits, illustrations, drawings, graphics, paintings, photography, etc.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Payton photographs, etchings and sketchbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-FA 2013/02
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection consists of photographic prints taken in the early 1900s by Edward Payton. The photographs are mainly of landscapes taken by Payton during his travels around Aotearoa New Zealand, but there are also photographs of Māori, Pākehā settlers, pā sites and settlements. The collection also contains etchings by Payton and photocopies from his sketchbooks.

The collection includes sepia-toned and black and white images in a variety of print sizes.

Dates: 1880 - 1915

John Hugh Boscawen photographic prints and tranparencies of pa sites.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-204
Scope and Contents

Prints and transparencies of Auckland pa sites. Copied from an album held by Auckland War Memorial Museum which is on permanent loan from Te Papa.

Dates: 1899

Judy Siers collection of James Chapman-Taylor photographic prints.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2010/12
Scope and Contents Black and white photographic prints collected by Judy Siers, author of the bookThe life and times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor . Series 1 comprises photographs of a number of well-known Auckland landmarks, including the University of Auckland clock tower. All of these photographs have been mounted for exhibition; the original mounts include Chapman-Taylor’s pencil captions and signature. The photographs in Series 2 are all of Maori subjects, including...
Dates: 1920s-1940s