Papakura, Makereti

Submitted by Dean Johnston on July 2, 2014 - 13:48

Charming and astute, ethnographer Mākereti Papakura was a talented communicator of traditional Māori knowledge...

Fabulous fakery

Submitted by Dean Johnston on June 10, 2014 - 16:51

Look closely and you will see that the book-lined libraries, elegant drawing rooms and sweeping landscapes in these photographs are nothing but painted backdrops.

Musical instruments

Submitted by Dean Johnston on May 16, 2014 - 10:18

From guitars to trumpets, cornets, violins and pianos – New Zealanders have always entertained themselves and others by playing music.

Marsh, Edith Ngaio

Submitted by Dean Johnston on May 15, 2014 - 11:06

Though best known as the author of numerous detective novels, the flamboyant and multi-talented Ngaio Marsh was also a playwright, actor and director…

WWI military uniforms

Submitted by Dean Johnston on April 14, 2014 - 16:05

From 1914 to 1918, military uniform was the usual garb for many men and some women.

Andersen, Johannes Carl

Submitted by Dean Johnston on April 7, 2014 - 11:03

Zealous scholar Johannes Andersen acquired a public profile as the first librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library from 1919 until 1937…

Low, David Alexander Cecil

Submitted by Dean Johnston on March 6, 2014 - 10:15

David Alexander Cecil Low earned world fame, and the particular hatred of Adolf Hitler, in the years leading up to the Second World War for his cartoons attacking European fascism and the Nazi regime…

Cooper, Whina

Submitted by Dean Johnston on February 5, 2014 - 10:34

‘The Treaty was signed so that we could all live as one nation in Aotearoa’ – so said Whina Cooper, leader of the 1975 Māori land march…

Couples

Submitted by Kristy Mayes on January 30, 2014 - 13:14

February brings Valentine’s Day, and we remember loving couples of times gone by.

Jones, Frederick Nelson

Submitted by Dean Johnston on December 20, 2013 - 17:29

After retiring from a long career as a Nelson photojournalist in 1933, Freddy Jones constructed whimsical ‘Magic Caves’ and ‘Pixietowns’ for local department stores, enchanting local children during their Christmas holidays…

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