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Story: Visitors’ opinions about New Zealand

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Early visitors, 1769–1860

  3. The ‘Britain of the South’, 1860–1900

  4. ‘Social laboratory of the world’, 1890–1920

  5. 20th- and 21st-century travellers

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Early visitors, 1769–1860

Sydney Parkinson's image of Poverty Bay

Sydney Parkinson's image of Poverty Bay

Flax collected on Cook's first voyage, 1769

Flax collected on Cook's first voyage, 1769

Conflict in Golden Bay

Conflict in Golden Bay

'A war canoe of New Zealand'

'A war canoe of New Zealand' (1st of 3)

Depiction of Māori by a French artist

Depiction of Māori by a French artist (2nd of 3)

Māori preparing food

Māori preparing food (3rd of 3)

Charles Heaphy, 'Part of Lambton Harbour'

Charles Heaphy, 'Part of Lambton Harbour'

From page 2 - The ‘Britain of the South’, 1860–1900

New Zealand railways poster, 1889

New Zealand railways poster, 1889

The Pink Terrace

The Pink Terrace

Mark Twain in Dunedin

Mark Twain in Dunedin (1st of 2)

Rudyard Kipling in Dunedin

Rudyard Kipling in Dunedin (2nd of 2)

Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 1867

Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 1867

Tent hotel in Taranaki

Tent hotel in Taranaki

From page 3 - ‘Social laboratory of the world’, 1890–1920

Henry Demarest Lloyd

Henry Demarest Lloyd

Wellington Conciliation Board, 1900

Wellington Conciliation Board, 1900

Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Visit to New Zealand

Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Visit to New Zealand

From page 4 - 20th- and 21st-century travellers

Shaw's newspaper utterances

Shaw's newspaper utterances (1st of 2)

Eleanor Roosevelt thanks the women of New Zealand

Eleanor Roosevelt thanks the women of New Zealand (2nd of 2)

The Beatles in New Zealand

The Beatles in New Zealand

Impressions of Fulbright scholars

Impressions of Fulbright scholars

Mt Cleese

Mt Cleese

Coolest little capital

Coolest little capital

How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/visitors-opinions-about-new-zealand/media (accessed 20 January 2021)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 20 Jun 2012

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