Māori and Pacific historical portrait and artwork cartographic collection

This diverse collection was gathered from Māori and Pacific material both gifted to the Museum and from the records of the Museum itself.

The collection was housed in a large wooden cabinet with each drawer signifying different subjects.

Files in this series are:

• Model of a Maori village and Pa (Board)
• Rubbing of Fijian dance paddle.
• Manu-Korihi Pa lithograph, 1842
• Plan of Savaii; 1922
• Print of Ranganui Leonard
• Plan of Upolu (Island); circa 1920
• Plan of Upolu (Island); 1921
• Cross sections of Makara Pa; circa 1962
• Plan of Savaii; 1900
• Field sketch plan of attack on Gate Pa, April 1864, gazette of 9 May 1864 - original plan mounted, tracing linen on backing; 1864
• Original print, an unknown man with a moko; circa 1900
• The vanishing Maori moko - special photographic feature, mounted photographs from Weekly review publications; 1970s
• Sketch showing Te Ngutu ote Manu and Te Maru clearings - copy of blueprint
• Tattooed face of Maori (mounted original drawing)
• Original Maori artwork and ephemera
• Copy of letter to Mr Ince from William Walmsley relating to sketch of Gate Pa fight (mounted); 03.09.1895
• Hapi hapi, Arawa chief of Tauhourangi tribe - original print
• Map of New Zealand lithograph: routes from Rarotonga added (Elsdon Best annotations); circa 1920
• Plan illustrating the operations at Ngatapa - 1884 lithograph; 1884
• Monochrome ink copy of paintings by Mantell illustrating sites of Moa remains
• Island of Rapa and fortifications (lithograph, New Zealand Transactions)
• Rubbing of ceremonial paddle, High Island, Astral Group - Augustus Hamilton, two drawings; 1912
• Waitara Survey District - Land and Survey Plan, annotated lithograph
• Sections and sketches of Maori Pas (Hamilton's Maori Art section drawing), lithograph; circa 1896
• Fijian comb drawing - fragile oil painting; circa 1920
• Rangitoto and Waimate Pa, Heaphy lithograph (1839), mounted on board
• Charles Heaphy sketch and text relating to section of walls near a gateway (pallisading), mounted original linen;
• Sketch of Makara Pa; 1962
• Original print (untitled) - Unidentified Maori settlement
• Maori studies photograph album - published by T.H .Pringle of Wellington and gifted to the Museum by Tony Cuni in 1970).
• Copy of W Fox drawing of native wata or storehouse in Petone
• Untitled print of 3 Maori boys sitting on a rock (mounted print)
• Plan of Popoia Pa (presented by Native Affairs Department, January 18, 1938) with card backing; circa 1938
• Tauranga Ika pah lithograph (Gate Pah, 1864) - damaged
• Illustration of method of locating a fishing ground (New Zealand) - B Osbourne sketch; circa 1920
• 30 printers proof sheets of illustrations used in Pa Maori publication
• Plan and sections of Pukearuhe Pa lithograph
• Routes of Polynesian voyages in Pre European times (Elsdon Best annotated and lines marking routes); circa 1920
• Ruatahuna natives - Te Maipi Te Whenua-nui in centre - mounted print, Augustus Hamilton
• Sketch map of North Island of New Zealand showing approximately the loyal and rebel districts - linen backed; 1869
• Sections of Ngatapa Pa, Poverty Bay - taken by Colonial forces under Colonel Whitmore, lithograph (on backing); 1884
• Wairarapa Meridional Circuit and Survey District - annotated lithograph; 1877
• Taumaihi, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, fighting stages, 1839 - Hamilton's Maori Art reduced for photography; 1896
• Lithograph plan of operation at Ngatapa (two copies held); 1884
• Pacific Islands, showing voyages of Polynesian navigators (Elsdon Best annotation); 1923
• The vanishing Maori moko - special photographic feature, mounted photographs from Weekly review publications; 1970 s
• Original plan (coloured), Taurangaahika Pa, West Coast for geological survey; 1869
• List of plans for Pa Maori (Elsdon Best), handwritten; circa 1920
• Nga Puke-Pango Pa, Taiamai District lithograph
• A study of moko (mounted print, taken from Goldie painting (image of))
• Print of Terati Pera (aged 87) - print made by WJ Phillips; 1960
• Illustration of navigational stick chart, Marshall Islands - Journal of Polynesian Society (source)
• Sketch plan of Miramar Peninsular (pencil) from Translations volume 5, Plate 21
• Original Maori artwork and ephemera
• Map showing original layout of sections for small settlements, 1928 copy of 1856 survey (Wairarapa/Masterton area); 1928
• Plan of Victoria, Bay of Islands - 1934 print; 1934
• Original print (untitled) - Two Maori women greeting
• Photograph (mounted print) of Re Kereke
• Urewera Native Reserves (lithograph); 1907
• Warrior receiving moko (colour proof print of Lindauer painting)Maori works at Rangiriri : taken by forces, drawn by E Brook (Engineer) - mounted lithograph with annotations; circa 1864 - 1865
• Map showing routes of entry and some recorded voyages of the Polynesians in the Pacific Ocean by Elsdon Best; 1918
• Ngatapa Pa, Poverty Bay, 1884 - lithograph; 1884
• Miramar Peninsular (from Transactions volume 15, Part XXI (21)), lithograph; circa 1870
• Photographic print of an unnamed Maori warrior
• Ngatapa from the East, JC Richmond lithograph; circa 1869
• Te Aho Te Rangi (mounted original print)
• Plan of Ground surrounding Orakau Pa, RJ Anderson draftsman, gazette (9 April 1864) - linen mounted on card, original plan; 04.1864
• Print of Ranganui Leonard (whakapapa details on back); circa 1970
• Plan of Horahora - Kakahu Pa, Port Underwood (lithograph); 1912
• 'The Orator' painting, Weekly News, October 19, 1936 - colour reproduction; 1936
• Mrs Waireka Tamehuna, Tatahoata Pa (near Waikaremoana) - framed print
• Ngatapa Pa (section), Poverty Bay, 5 January 1869 - lithograph; 1869
• Sites of Rangiawha and Orakau Pas and Block House (item possibly from the WF Gordon collection); circa 1910
• Rangiriri sketch of Maori works on day of capture - lithograph, Charles Heaphy; 1863
• Plan of Taurangaika Pa, West Coast (lithograph); 1869
• Tracing from Plan of Ruapekapeka scenic and historic reserve, Bay of Islands (WM Atkinson); 01.1912
• Mounted coloured print of Hongi Hika from 'The Maori and the Musket'.
• Plan of a Pa, Massacre Bay, lithograph and Heaphy text (item mounted on Board), 1839
• Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato 1863 - WH Gordon original tracing, mounted
• Plan of Taurangaika Pa (West Coast), block for photograph, February 1869 lithograph
• Waimate Pa, 1839 lithograph (mounted)
• Original print (untitled) - Maori women washing clothes
• Ruapekapeka Kawiti's Pa, 1846 - from House of Commons papers dated 1847, page 360; 1847
• Island of Kapiti, unsigned and undated lithograph
• Printers' copy - stockade (image of)
• Oil sketch of New Guinea combs (fragile)
• Plan of New Plymouth and County districts (large linen) - item possibly from the WF Gordon collection; circa 1880
• Print by Harrington's Ltd of Wellington of a Maori Woman; 03.1924
• Extracts from newspapers, showing Maori portraits; 1906 - 1925
• Sections of Ngatapa Pa, Poverty Bay, 5 January 1869 - coloured lithograph; 1869
• Map of Wellington District showing location of shell middens (Journal of Science and Technology, number 2); 1918
• Eskimo arrow flakes - fragile oil drawing (Augustus Hamilton)