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Papers of Henry Harpur Greer
Reference NumberAms 263DescriptionCollection comprises:
Ams 263/1:
Correspondence and images between donor and librarian regarding Greer memorabilia (email printouts), 2007. Includes discussion re Colonel Greer and Robley in Burma. Colonel Greer kept a painting of the last Mughal Emperor of Northern India, Bahadur Shah Zafar. Dotteridge felt it was probably executed by Robley. Conversations had with Tim Walker at the Hutt Gallery re three paintings (Hori Tupea, Maripa and Zafar). Paintings of Hori Tupea and Maripa at National Archives.
8 cartes de visite photographs: four of Māori, two of Europeans, two of the house in Melbourne:
Cartes de visite in Ams 263/1:
Name Aihipene Kaihau written beneath photograph: Back of photograph: Photographed by H. Webster Auckland
Name Ana Rangipukohu written beneath photograph. However may be named incorrectly as this same photograph appears on internet as "Harieta, wife of Ahipene Kaihau" (Auckland City Art Gallery : Photographer unknown)
Young girl wearing a korowai (Māori cloak). Handwritten notes on back of photograph: "1871 Eliza Porirua". [Possibly Wigglesworth photograph]
Older Māori male with striped scarf around his neck and wearing a bone earring.Handwritten notes on back of photograph: "A New Zealand native. Tommy Roundhead". Undated. Photographer unknown
Unidentified European male, balding with beard, late 30s/early 40s, wearing tweed type coat/cape buttoned at neck. Photographer Milton G. Wilde of Blackpool. No notes on back of photograph
Studio portrait of European family group. Young parents with toddler. No notes on back of photograph
Family group in front of weatherboard house with verandah. On ground in front of house group consisting of husband, wife carrying baby and two little girls standing beside their father. On the veranda a second group. Mother with baby sitting on verandah railing looking down at little girls below. Father on right hand side of verandah, leaning on railing, looking out at photographer. Notes on back of photograph: Front of house 7 Alfred Street, off Montague Street, Emerald Hill, Melbourne
Photograph appears to have been taken from the backyard of same house (Emerald Hill, Melbourne) looking towards the back of the house, where the family pose for the photograph. Father holding a baby. Wife not included in the photograph. Baby belonging to other couple also not present. Photographer unknown. No notes on back of photograph
Ams 263/2:
"Mrs Greers scrapbook": a collection of newspaper articles from the 1860's which discuss the situation in Tauranga:
mainly New Zealand papers: Daily Southern Cross, Evening Mail, The New Zealander Daily
articles from The Times, and The Irish Times
casualty lists from Gate Pā, accounts of formal surrender
article from the New Zealander, January [1865?, mentions submission made by Tauranga Māori to government in the wake of the Battle of Te Ranga
article from the New Zealander, ‘The year 1864’, 2 January 1865, gives an overview of military activities during the previous year
the poem ‘Storming of the Gate Pa’ by T.H. A.B., H.M.S. Esk
letter which Colonel Greer wrote on the Te Ranga battlefield to his wife
note on inside front cover of scrapbook: Donated to Tauranga City Libraries by Mike Dottridge, a descendant of Greer's.
Ams 263/3:
Correspondence and images between donor and librarian regarding Greer memorabilia (email printouts).
A3 colour laser prints of pages from Greers album: Cartes de visite of Māori, Robley paintings and photographs of Tauranga in the 1860s
Cartes de visite in Ams 263/3: identification of images via National Library of New Zealand's "Timeframes" photographic archive and searches of Te Papa Collections”
Arowa (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Young, bearded [Arawa?] warrior, standing pose, wearing pake style of korowai (cloak) and holding a ko in his right hand. Striped mat beneath feet. Photograph taken in a tent?
Whakatare (Handwritten note beneath photograph) Warrior (short hair with moustache, kneeling pose, holding rifle, tassled fabric worn diagonally across chest and tied on his left hand side.Striped mat beneath feet. Photograph taken in a tent?
[Remuera?] (Handwritten note beneath photograph) Young, bearded warrior, approx. 6 feathers in his hair, seated pose, looking out beyond the (viewers) right side of photograph, resting rifle across his legs, gunpowder carrier? slung across bare chest. Carpeted floor?
Wi Maki Maketu (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Warrior, dressed in ?, standing pose, beard, moustache, top knot with feather and comb?, gunpowder carrier worn around waist and patu/mere tucked in behind it. Carpeted floor?
Hamuera Tu (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Māori warrior [Hamiora Tu?], standing pose, short hair with beard and moustache, looking out beyond the (viewers) right side of the photograph. Approx. 9 feathers in hair, gunpowder carrier? slung across bare chest, checked patternedd cloth around waist, bare legs, rifle with bayonet attached resting on ground, supported by right hand. Striped object in foreground immediately in front of Hamiora Tu. Carpeted floor?
A Waikato girl (Handwritten note beneath photograph) Young Māori woman, long hair parted in the middle, seated on the floor, wrapped in a kaitaka style of korowai (cloak). :
A Māori girl (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Young Māori woman, waist upwards view, wrapped in a kaitaka style of korowai (cloak). Identified as "Louisa" via Te Papa Collections search.
Motiti mother and daughter (Handwritten note beneath photograph) Two Māori women seated on floor together. Young woman (curly hair) wearing large shawl and a scarf around her neck. Older woman (straight hair) wrapped in a blanket (checked pattern) with tassles on it.
Ngatipero (Handwritten note beneath photograph). [Ngati Porou?] elderly man, mid length hair parted in the middle, standing pose, pipe in mouth, wearing pake style of korowai (cloak) and holding a kete.
Matapihi boy (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Young Māori boy, 5-6 years old, standing pose, short straight hair, dressed in European child's knee-length smock. Feet belonging to some sort of stand visible directly behind boy.
Ngatipero (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Head and shoulders photograph of unidentified [Ngati Porou?] man, tattooed face looking to the right of the photo, pipe in mouth, wearing korowai (cloak), ear adornment, lively hair.
[Wi Maki/poke poke] (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Head and shoulders photograph. Middle aged, beard and moustache, 4 feathers in his hair, wearing shirt buttoned to neck (white collar), two tattoo lines just visible on the left hand side of his face. Wearing either a plain blanket or a korowai (cloak).
Tomika (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Identified as Tomika Te Mutu. Head and shoulders photograph. Sitter facing camera. Heavily tattooed face, 6 feathers in short greying hair, wearing European jacket and scarf, top edge of a korowai (cloak) and mere? visible against Tomika's chest.
[Parrera?] (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Identified as Wi Purera. Waist upwards photograph. Sitter facing camera. Short greying? hair and wearing approx. 4 feathers in hair. Wearing European shirt, plain blanket or korowai (cloak) draped over upper body, holding a tewhatewha with feathers? attached close to top of weapon.
[Mongataps?] girl (Handwritten note beneath photograph). [Maungatapu girl?]. Identified as . "Erana (Ellen) wife of Haora Tupaea". Head and shoulders photograph of young girl, short straight hair in a roundish cut, moko, earrings visible in both ears and wearing a korowai (cloak)
Patera Pai Marire prophet (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Identified as Wiremu Patera. Photographer Hartley Webster. Seated on chair. Short hair and moustache. Age 35-45 yrs. Wearing European clothing, including a waistcoat with a cross embroidered on it. Holding a mere in his right hand.
Tomika (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Identified as Tomika Te Mutu. Photographer Hartley Webster. Seated at angle on chair. His right shoulder towards left corner of photograph, Tomika looking out beyond photograph with most of face (tattooed) visible. Western dress with scarf tied at neck. Draped in korowai? or blanket?. Right hand holds a carved walking stick or tokotoko with paua? eyes inset into the wood.
Hohepa (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Identified as Hohepa Paraone Hikutaia. Waist upwards pose. Facing camera but on angle with left shoulder towards right corner of photograph. Wavy short hair with beard and moustache. Western style dress. Wearing jacket. Top two buttons done up and angled pocket visible on left side. Right hand holds walking stick or tokotoko.
[Wauiera or Waniera?] (Handwritten note beneath photograph). Possibly Raniera Te Hiahia. Seated pose. Seated at an angle looking down towards right hand corner of photograph. Middle aged man. Short hair, facial stubble. Wearing check patterned shirt. Leather gunpowder? belt slung across chest and worn around waist. Wearing ?. Holding a patu? in his right hand.
colour photocopy of painting of a Māori family (man, woman and child) outside a whare. Handwritten notes beneath figures identify them as Maripi and Heni Paia. Man draped in blanket or korowai and woman wearing European corsetted dress with large hei tiki around neck. She is holding a young child.
“The Gate Pa" (handwritten note beneath photograph). Photograph identified as "Gate Pa, Pukehinahina ridge, during the New Zealand Wars". Photograph of the fortifications at Gate Pa. Company of horsemen to left of photograph. To the right some buildings.
"Officer's Mefs [sic] Hut Tauranga" (handwritten note beneath photograph). Photograph identified as "Officers' mess hut, Tauranga". View of the Officers' mess hut at Tauranga, with officers of the 68th Durham Light Infantry Regiment posed in front. Photograph taken ca 1864 by an unknown photographer.
"Māori Chief Hori Tupeia" [Hori Tupaea?], colour photocopy of painting. Note attached to painting with title details. ; Seated pose. Short hair with beard and moustache.Tattooed face. Draped in blanket. Attributed to Col. Greer [as artist]
"War dance" by Robley, colour photocopy (handwritten title beneath painting). Painting identified as "War dance of the Ngaiterangi. Native games at Te Papa Camp, Tauranga, New Zealand" [1865]
"Surrender of the Ngaiterangi to Colonel Greer CNS? commanding Tauranga district, after the batte of Te Ranga June 21 1864" by Robley. Colour photocopy.
"Cemetery, Tauranga". (handwritten note beneath photograph" Photocopy of original photograph taken by John Kinder. Identified as "The cemetery, Te Papa, Tauranga"
Unidentified military buildings. Photocopy of original photograph. Letter "C" painted on exterior of buildings "C Barracks?". Wooden concertina style temporary fence surrounds buildings. Word "Office??" sign on front building. Possibly barracks of Greers regiment?
"Gates of Maketu Pa". Photocopy of original photograph. Identified as No. Palisade fence made of saplings and a tall, intricately carved gateway structure. Two carved figures within the structure. Both with reflective material in eye area. Structure topped with decorative foliage as are posts each side of structure. Similar to that portrayed in Robley's "One of the famous old gates, Maketu." CreatorGreer, Henry Harpur (Col.), 1821-1886LevelCollectionLanguageEnglish
Ams 263/1:
Cartes de visite in Ams 263/1:
Ams 263/2:
"Mrs Greers scrapbook": a collection of newspaper articles from the 1860's which discuss the situation in Tauranga:
Ams 263/3:
Cartes de visite in Ams 263/3: identification of images via National Library of New Zealand's "Timeframes" photographic archive and searches of Te Papa Collections”
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Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.Access ConditionsNo access restrictions apply to this collectionAcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Ams 263
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Source of ContributionLibrary collection
Greer, Henry Harpur (Col.), 1821-1886, Papers of Henry Harpur Greer. Pae Korokī, accessed 05/12/2024, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/57184
