Born in Kohukohu, Hokianga. Trained as a surveyor. Served with General Cameron as interpreter during Waikato war. Worked on surveys of military settlements in Waikato. Took part in Tauranga campaigns ...

Postcard depicting the ceremony choosing the "first National Flag of New Zealand, by the Maori chiefs". The illustration includes James Busby, Maori chiefs and dignitaries. In the background is the ...

Clear thinking -- Communication technology --Speaking -- Listening -- Business writing -- Memos -- Business letters and faxes -- Report writing --Report writing -- Proposals -- Assertiveness and ...

Date: [between 1949-1957] By: Murray, Charles Preston, 1912-1988 Reference: PAColl-8662 Description: Photographs taken during a protest march against the closure of Webb coal mine, Westport, taken ...

Description: Death certificate for Collier, dated 1925, Manly, NSW, Australia Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript ...

Māori ancestor, responsible for naming various places in the lower North Island. He was the great-grandson of Kupe and husband of Wairaka from Poverty Bay who was the daughter of Toroa, Captain of the ...

Loose-leaved poetry, and bound pamphlets of George Moor's `The Trial of the jewelled peacock' (1951) and William McDermott's `Leaves in the wind' (1950) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Brief information on this woman from Nga Puhi who was married to Potatau's younger brother Kati as a peace gesture after Matakitaki in 1823. Text in Maori and English. Take the reference to your local ...

Mariner, surveyor, engineer, licensed interpreter and Maori scholar. Born in Ireland, came to New Zealand in 1857 and after some time at sea qualified for a mate's certificate. Later he took up ...

Description: Contains correspondence (and translations into English of correspondence) about religious topics, including the availability of missionaries and the establishment of a college at Porirua ...

Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in PDF (240 pages). "This report catalogues 505 New Zealand war fortifications, 322 (63.8%) of them European and 183 (36.2%) Māori. Episodes covered are ...