Photographing Along the Fire Belt.

[At the suggestion of the Editor of the Otago Daily Times, I have torn out a few leaves from "A Photographer's Diary," which bear upon the scenes of the terrible convulsions of Nature now at work, and have supplied a few annotations thereto.— Alfred H. Burton.]

That trip of mine — " Through the King with the Camera" (see several issues of the Otago Daily Times in July last year), was tolerably successful, I think. Anyhow, it resulted in a fair amount of coin and kudos but it did not content me. The distant views I got of Ruapehu and Ngaruhoe (Tongariro) from Taumaranui, determined me to make an early occasion to plant my camera at the very feet of those giant mountains. Accordingly, late in October last, I got a "slant," and taking coach from Napier, I found myself, in the evening of the second day, on the shores of the great inland sea. Lake Taupo. This glorious, sheet of water—nearly 30 miles across—at once reminded me of our own Otagan lakes and sounds, - I mean by being so utterly unlike. Here are no mighty steep-to walls, reared on the very margin of the water, their snow-clad heads ever and anon bursting through the rifting clouds as it seems right over head. Huge mountains there are indeed - Tongariro and Ruapehu to wit - but they lie back many a mile from the lake, and are seen very low down on the horizon; but when the atmosphere is sufficiently clear to afford a full view of them, the picture seen from Tapueharuru is one of exceeding beauty. But beauty is only one of the attractions of this neighbourhood; for we are now all among geysers, steam holes, hot rivulets, boiling mud volcanoes, and other manifestations of satanic activity. Within a few hundred yards are the Crow's Nest, the Little Crow's Nest, the Witches' Cauldron, baths of alum and baths of sulphur, the Devil's Pitch Pot, the Steam Hammer, and scores of other wonders and terrors.

Tokaanu (we have now crossed over to the southern shore of Lake Taupo) is remarkable even in this most remarkable region, for the number and variety of its natural warm baths. Every morning and evening the inhabitants to a man - aye, and to a woman and a child - turn out of their whares, and turn into these "puias," which form the grand gossip-shops of the neighbourhood. As to the proceeding - why, it is just the custom of the country; and Honi soit qui mal y pense; so we pakehas put prudery behind us and accommodate ourselves to circumstances. Within a couple of miles of Tokaanui [sic] is Waihi, famed for its waterfall; and between the two places is the site of the pa of Te Heu Heu, head chief of the Tuwharetoa or Taupo tribe, a famous warrior and statesman of his time. One morning about forty years ago, the people of the next village suddenly missed a well-known object in the landscape. The pa of Te Heu Heu, with the chief and all his people, had vanished - buried in the night under a landslip! The descendant of this chief - bearing the same name - sat to me for a portrait. It was most refreshing to see the old tatooed [sic] chief, while waiting for his turn under the camera, holding a looking glass in one hand, and with the other carefully "going over" and accentuating all his tatoo [sic] marks with a pointed stick dipped in blacking. After the old warrior had been polished off, it was intimated to me that the dusky maidens would not object to be "taken" in all the delicious abandon of their morning bath, if only every bystander (of course excepting the photographer) would "clear out." This was of course agreed to, and some most characteristic pictures of Maori life were the result.

Got a number of shots at the great mountain this morning under various atmospheric conditions, and then took up our camping ground as close as possible to its foot. Ngaruhoe was not visible from our tent, but then, right opposite us, was the saddle - a huge curtain of lava that connects Tongariro itself with the great volcano. To-morrow, all going well, we mean to reach the top of the burning mountain. Accordingly [we are now in "next day"] we turned out of our blankets at half-past 3, and having got breakfast over, and the photographic traps divided into three convenient "swags," made a start from camp at 4.30; the saddle - which an inexperienced, person might perhaps have rashly undertaken to reach "in half an hour, or threequarters at the outside"—took us till a quarter to 7, and we had walked pretty smartly too, for we were fresh, and the air was cool, but not a little of the way was just a scramble over lava heaps. Now, before and right above us was our goal - the huge black cinder heap, veined with snow and capped with wreathing steam. Should I ever plant my camera on yonder summit? I began to have grave doubts, but determined to "go at it." Oh! that climb! Sometimes we were fortunate enough to "strike a patch" of hard rock, and we got on gaily for a little. Then would come a weary spread of loose lava, which gave no grip to the feet; so that a long stride upwards would only secure two or three inches of progress, the cinder treacherously giving way under our tread. I think I hear someone say - "Why, this is a common experience in climbing all volcanoes!" No doubt! No doubt. But then my life has not been full of volcano-climbing, so this experience had all the advantage (?) of novelty to me. As we mounted, the pauses for rest became more and more frequent; and still the summit seemed scarcely any nearer. We turned aside more than once to the strips of snow that filled the rifts in the otherwise comparatively smooth sides of the mountain, and munched a piece of biscuit and a bit of the granulated snow alternately. My guides had hitherto led the way; and, ever and anon, when I was contemplating giving up what I had now quite taught myself was just a fool's enterprise, I would look up at them growing more and more tiny, and, calling up pride to my assistance, once more trudge my weary way upward. About 11 o'clock - six-and-a-half hours from the camp - I caught the guides up, only to learn that one of them was seized with giddiness, and "wouldn't go any further for twenty pounds." Here was a fix! Now again was I sorely tempted to give in. Encouraged by the other guides, however, I screwed up my courage once more, and making a new division of the traps, we took a good long rest - watching the descent of our mate, who seemed to think there would be no safety for him till he should reach the bottom of the cone. Down, down he went, and when we could no longer distinguish his tiny form, we two tackled the ascent once more, and precisely at noon I had the proud satisfaction of reaching the mouth of the crater with my camera and all appliances for taking twelve negatives! So utterly "doneup" was I, though, that I just turned my back upon the wonders now revealed, and threw myself upon the ground, cursing in my heart the mountain and all his works. This feeling, of course, soon passed off; for I was now on the summit of the great volcano, nearly 7,000 feet above the sea! We found the crater to be really in triplicate. Away to the left of us rose a wall pierced with innumerable steam holes, so that the whole seemed to be a mass of burning matter thinly covered with earth. Right in front of us sank a basin-like hollow - a crater of the past - now at all events, out of work; while beyond we could see proofs of great fiery activity. Thitherwards, after securing pictures all round us, we made our way. Getting along the lips of the crater was rather a ticklish proceeding; for there is a walking space of only a few inches. On one hand yawns the crater, and on the other the side of the mountain. We tested the steepness by starting apiece of rock from the summit. Away it went, by leaps and bounds - stopping not till it reached the saddle - we had reason to believe; for, of course, it was long ere then quite out of sight. We had to make our way very cautiously along the crater lips, for seams and crevices, with the sulphur exuding, were tolerably frequent; and when I stopped to focus a view, I had repeatedly to shift my feet, so hot were the cinders. It was scarcely pleasant, too, when with a sudden change of wind, we found ourselves enveloped in the scalding steam. Tongariro, Ngaruhoe, and Ruapehu are nearly in a line; and as we climbed the cone from the saddle of Tongariro, Ruapehu was on the further side of the volcano. I had a strong desire to make a picture of the great snowy mass of Ruapehu from the summit of the burning mountain, and felt sure, that if we steadily worked round the lips of the crater we should get a sight of the giant. We had ascended the mountain at the lowest dip of the crater; and between us and Ruapehu, it rose about a hundred and fifty feet higher than our point. We steadily pursued our somewhat dangerous way, and were richly rewarded; for now, right opposite to us - just across the valley - albeit seven miles and more away - is Ruapehu in all his glory! And no further round could we have got, for there is here a mighty chasm in the crater lip; and to attempt to clamber down and up again on the other side, would be madness, as the way is a succession of pitfalls of steam and sulphur. Now I feel repaid for all the trouble and all the weariness, for I have photographed Ruapehu from the top of the burning mountain! We have now spent three hours on the summit, and having exhausted all the plates, prepared to take the back track. We spared a few minutes in admiration of the glorious view to the northward. We are far above the highest point of Tongariro, and the whole of Lake Taupo beyond is spread before us. A slight haze hides the extreme distance, and prevents us from seeing Mount Egmont. We had, however, a line view of this mountain (properly "Taranaki") two nights before, when its pyramidal form - a dark grey - stood clearly cut against the evening sky, though 80 miles distant. An hour and a quarter of descent - to set against five hours and a quarter of ascent, brought us again to the saddle, and the guides pushed on to camp, which I, proceeding more leisurely and confessing the fagging effect of the day's work, reached at seven o'clock. Having thus photographed from the volcanic cone, I thought I should like a portrait of the cone from the summit of Tongariro itself; so three days afterwards we made our way thither. This was a tolerably stiff climb, but a trifle only compared with the other. At the top of Tongariro are numerous, craters in various stages, some of them just spitting with steam, and others that look as if they had long been out of work -one in particular being a huge circular plain at least half-a-mile in diameter, where we could imagine some Olympian games being carried on in a truly Titanic scale; the sides forming a perfect amphitheatre with room for the whole population of Australasia as spectators. Again I got a "shot" at Ruapehu; this time with a huge rugged crater of Tongariro, the volcanic cone Ngaruhoe, and Ruapehu itself, all in echelon. But the most noteworthy feature of Tongariro is not on the summit, but on the northern slopes, about two-thirds down, for that was the way we approached Ketetahi, which constitutes the grandest collection of steam holes to be found on the whole of the fire-belt of New Zealand. It is as though the Government had summoned a meeting of all the locomotives of the railway system, and as though they in emulation of another assemblage we wo[?] of - were blowing off steam at the same instant, Venturing here rather close to get a good "shot," I inadvertently "put my foot into it,” breaking the crust and slipping into the sulphur workings, to the terror of my guide, and the peril of my camera. But no harm came of it though I took the hint, and focussed at a safe distance for the future. Having done the mountains I returned to Tapueharuru, and taking the Huka Falls on the Waikato on my way, made a day at Wairakei. If this place were only a little more comeatable, or if the White and Pink Terraces did not exist, the world would deal a great deal more of the wonders of Wairakei; but as we have a very embarrassment of riches, we can afford comparatively to neglect this place.

And here I would ventilate my views as the proper way of doing the fire-belt, viz., to take the course I did - from Napier to Lake Taupo see all the wonders round about Lofley's; sail down the lake to Tokaanu; thence ride through the bush over the saddle, by the shore of Rote Aira; ascend Tongariro, taking Ketetahi on the way; mount the volcano (if you like) and Ruapehu; return to Tapueharuru; go by the Huka Falls and Wairakei to Rotorua; try to exhaust all the wonders of this neighbourhood; then see Rotokanapanapa and the Terraces, and go on to Auckland. Of course the traveller has not even then exhausted all the wonders of our Hot Springs district, for there are natural hot baths at Te Aroha, and very famous ones at Waiwera, not to mention others of less note. But he may fairly claim to know something about what I venture to call "New Zealand's Fire Belt."
Otago Daily Times, Issue 7587, 12 June 1886, Page 2
 
 
 
arrived Napier on the s.s. Wairarapa 31 October 1885 from Dunedin
Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7308, 2 November 1885, Page 2
 
 
Intelligence from Taupo states that Mr Burton, photographer, has made a most successful second invasion of the King Country with the camera. On Nov. 29 he ascended the active volcano Ngaruahoe, in spite of the supposed rigid tapu, planted his camera on the top of the crater and down in it photographed the whole locality, and took five views of Ruapehu from the crater. On Dec. 2 he ascended Ruapehu, worked all over the summit, and procured a grand view of Ruapehu and Ngaruahoe. He was favoured by grand weather.
Clutha Leader, Volume XII, Issue 595, 11 December 1885, Page 6
 
 
Telegrams received from Taupo in Auckland state that Mr Burton, photographer, of Dunedin, made a second successful invasion of the King Country, with the camera, on the 29th ult. He ascended the active volcano of Ngarhoe, in spite of the supposed rigid tapu, and photographed it from all points, and took a fine view of Ruapehu from the crater of Ngaruhoe. He ascended Tongariri, and operated all over the summit, procuring grand views of Ruapehu and Ngaruhoe. From that point coming down he took the great steam holes of Keterahi. The result of the whole tour has been satisfactory, he having been favored with splendid weather.
Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7345, 15 December 1885, Page 2
 
 
Messrs. Cooper and Co., the local agents for Burton Bros , the well-known photographers, have received a new series of photographs, comprising about 700 pictures of New Zealand scenery, the results of Mr. A. H. Burton's recent tour in the North Island. These include some splendid pictures of the volcano Tongariro, with its numerous craters and wonderful steam-holes, illustrations of the White and Pink Terraces, Rotomahana, the geysers of Wairakei, &c.
Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1886, Page 2
 
 
 
 
3712 - Lake Taupo - From - Tapuaeharuru
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Burton Brothers (Dunedin), 1868-1898: Lake Taupo from Tapuaeharuru, Maori group. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 6. Ref: PAColl-5932-20. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22794529
 
 
3713 - Lake Taupo - From near Lofley's
 Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). By Lake Taupo, from near Lofley's. Burton Bros. Ref: PA7-05-25. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22338363
 
 
3714 - Lofley's Dining Room - near Taupo [Canterbury Museum]
 
 
3715 - Lofley's Glen - Near Taupo
Lofley’s Glen - Near Taupo, Late nineteenth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.034315)
 
 
3716 - Lofley’s Glen - Near Taupo
Lofley’s Glen - Near Taupo, Late nineteenth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio.
Te Papa (O.034314)
 
 
 3717 - Lofley's Glen - near Taupo
  Lofley’s Glen - Near Taupo, Late nineteenth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.034316)
 
 
3718 - Alum Bath - Lofley's Glen - near Taupo
 
 
3719 - Sulphur Bath - Lofley's Glen - Taupo
Sulphur Bath, Lofley's Glen, Taupo, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.015742)
 
 
3720 - Devil's Pitch Pot - Lofley's Glen - near Taupo
Devil's Pitch Pot, Lofley's Glen, near Taupo, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.015741)
 
 
3721 - Lofley's Baths - near Taupo
 Lofley's Baths, near Taupo, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio.
 Te Papa (O.031499)
 
 
3722 - The Steam Hammer - Lofley's Glen - Taupo
The Steam Hammer, Lofley's Glen, Taupo, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.015740)

 
3723 - Little Crow's Nest - near Lofley's - Taupo
Little Crow's Nest, near Lofley's, Taupo, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.015739)
 
 
3724 - Witches Cauldron - Near Lofley’s - Taupo
Witches Cauldron - Near Lofley’s - Near Taupo, 1880S, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.034317)
 
 
3725 - Crow's Nest - near Lofley's - Taupo
 Crow's Nest, near Lofley's, Taupo, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.015737)
 
3726
3727
3728
 
 
 
3729 - Waitako River - Near Lofley's - Taupo
1998.245.183 Waikato River
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
 
 
3747 - Were Were and Kiriwere, Waipahihi, Lake Taupo
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 355
Other number(s) Album 2, 355, 78235 
 
 
3768 - Fall at Waihi - near Tokaanu - L Taupo - King Country
Fall at Waihi, near Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, King Country, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.016320)
 
 

3769 - Fall at Waihi - Near Tokaanu - Lake Taupo - King Country
Fall at Waihi, near Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, King Country, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.016319)
 

3770 - Tokaanu - Lake Taupo - From Munganamo - king Country
Tokaanu, Lake Taupo from Munganamo, King Country, 1880s, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. 
Te Papa (O.000945)


 3771 -  - Tokaanu - Lake Taupo - From Munganamo - King Country.
Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, from Munganamo, King Country, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio.
 Te Papa (C.016311)

 
3772 - Pihanga - from Tokaanu - Lake Taupo, King Country
Pihanga, from Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, King Country, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.017717)
 
 
 3774 - At Waihi - Lake Taupo - King Country
Asset number 497092001
© The Trustees of the British Museum
 
 
3776 - Waihi - Lake Taupo - King Country
Burton Bros: Waihi village, Lake Taupo. Ref: 1/4-008627. 
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22881603
 
 
3779 - Te Heu Heu - At Tokaanu. Lake Taupo - King Country.
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino IV. Ref: 1/2-041319-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22354754
 
 
3780 - Te Heu Heu - at Tokaanu - King Country
 
  
3781 - Blake's Hotel, Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, King Country 
 Te Papa (C.016312)
 
 
 3784 - Ngongo - Roro Aira King Country
Ngongo, Lake Rotoaira - Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. New Zealand Free Lance: Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-0785-1-041-01. 
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23154096
 
 
3786 - Ngongo - Roto Aira - King Country
 Ngongo, Roto Aira (sic), King Country, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.016314)
 
 
3794 - Winete Paranihi & Kuini - Papakai, King Country.
 Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Winete Paranihi & Kuini at Papakai, King Country. Ingle, M A (Mr), fl 1967 :Photographs. Ref: PA7-37-09.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22308842
 
 
Bonhams 
 
 
3806 - Ngaruahoe - (Tongariro) Active Volcano
Ngauruhoe (Tongariro), active volcano, 1880s, North Island, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. Te Papa (O.000946)
 
 
3807 - Ngaruhoe - (Tongariro) Active Volcano
 Ngaruhoe [sic] (Tongariro) active volcano, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.031063)
 
 
 3808 - Ngaruahoe - (Tongariro) - Active Volcano
Ngaruahoe - (Tongariro) - Active Volcano, Late nineteenth century or early twentieth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio.
Te Papa (O.036540)
 
 
3809- Ngaaruhoe (Tongariro) Active Volcano
Ngauruhoe (Tongariro), active volcano, 1880s, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds.
 Te Papa (O.000947)
 
 
3811 - Ngaruahoe - (Tongariro) - Active Volcano
Ngaruahoe - (Tongariro) - Active Volcano, Late nineteenth century or early twentieth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio.
Te Papa (O.036539)

 
3812 - Ruapehu
Ruapehu, 1880s, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds.
Te Papa (O.000948)
 
 
3814 - Ruapehu
1998.245.184 Mount Ruapehu
Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford

 
 
3815 - Ruapehu
Ruapehu, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.016329)
 
 
3818 - Ketetahi - Steam Holes - Tongariro
Ketetahi - Steam Holes - Tongoriro, Late nineteenth century or early twentieth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.036536)
 
 
3819 - Ketetahi - Steam Holes - Tongariro
Ketetahi - Steam Holes - Tongariro, Late nineteenth century or early twentieth century, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.036537)
 
 
3823 - Summit of Tongariro Shewing Cone of Ngaruahoe
 1998.68.53 Mount Tongariro
Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford
 
 
3825 - Ngaruahoe & Ruapehu - from Summit of Tongariro
Ngaruahoe [sic] and Ruapehu, from summit of Tongariro, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (C.016332)
 
 
3825 - Ngaruahoe & Ruapehu - from Summit of Tongariro
 1998.245.185 Mount Ruapehu and Mount Ngaruahoe
Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford


 
 3827 - Ruapehu - from lips of crater Ngauruhoe - (Tongariro.)
Ruapehu from lips of crater, Ngauruhoe, 1880s, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. Te Papa (O.000952) 

 
3828 - Interior of Crater - Ngauruhoe (Tongariro)
Interior of crater, Ngauruhoe (Tongariro), 1880s, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. Te Papa (O.000953)
 
 
3832 - Interior of Crater - Ngaruhoe (Tongariro)
Interior of crater, Ngaruahoe (Tongariro), New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (C.016334)
 
 
3833 - Interior of crater - Ngaruahoe (Tongariro)
Interior of crater, Ngaruahoe (Tongariro), New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (C.016335)
 
 
3835 - Wairakei
Wairakei, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (C.017867)
 
 
 
3841 - Wairakei
1998.245.186 Geothermal landscape
Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford
 
 
3846 - Runanga House (Hinemihi.) Wairoa
Webbs
 
 
 3847 - Runanga House (Hinemihi). Wairoa
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 
290 Other number Album 2, 290, 78048
 
 
3847 - Runanga House (Hinemihi). Wairoa
 1998.68.29.2 Maori meeting house (whare rūnanga)
Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford
 
  
 
 3849 - Wairoa Hotel
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) : McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa. Ref: 1/2-003332-F. 
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23243636
 
 
3862 - Rotokakahi - Wairoa
Rotokakahi, Wairoa, 1885, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.010811)
 
 
 
 3864 - Lake Tikitapu - Wairoa
Lake Tikitapu, Wairoa, circa 1885, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. 
Te Papa (O.000959)
 
 
3865 - Lake Tikitapu - Wairoa
Lake Tikitapu - Wairoa, circa 1885, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio.
Te Papa (O.034003)
 
 
3866 - Tikitapu Bush
Tikitapu Bush, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (O.034005)
 
 
 3867 - Te Ariki - Lake Tarawera. (Mount Tarawera)
1998.245.187 Maori group at Lake Tarawera
Pitt Rivers Museum. Oxford
 
 
3868 - At Te Ariki - Lake Tarawera
Webbs 

 
3870 - A Te Amuri - Wairoa
A Te Amuri - Wairoa, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.031460)
 
 
3872 - Horo Horo - (With "Hinemoa"-)
Horohoro (with "Hinemoa"), 1885, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. Te Papa (O.000971)
 
 
 3880 - The Sunken Pa - Ohinemutu
The Sunken Pa - Ohinemutu, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio.
Te Papa (O.034009)
 
 
3883 - Interior [next words obscured] - Ohinemutu.
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Maori carvings and tukutuku panels at Tamatekapua meeting house in Ohinemutu. Burton Bros. Ref: PA7-05-36. 
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23107324
 
 
3885 - Kuirau (Spring)-& Ngongotaha-(Hill) Ohinemutu
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Creator unknown: Photograph of an area including Kuirau hot spring and Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua district, taken by the Burton Brothers. Ref: PAColl-9032. 
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22869365
 
 
 
3886 - Rotorua
 Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa (OP-2750)
 
 
3891 - Rotomahana
Rotomahana, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.010656)
 
 
  3892 Rotomahana (Pink Terrace)
Rotomahana, Pink Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (C.010594)
 
 
3896 - White Terrace - From the Top
White Terrace - from the top. From the album: Land of Loveliness New Zealand, circa 1890, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.042286)
 
 
3897 - The Boar's Head - White Terrace
The Boar's Head, White Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.010639)
 
 
3899 - The Hot Water Basins - White Terrace
The Hot Water Basins, White Terrace, 1880s, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. 
Te Papa (O.000761/01)
 
 
3900 - Cold Water Basins - White Terrace
Cold water basins, White Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton.
Te Papa (C.010635)
 
 
 
3901 - White Terrace
White Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.010634)
 
 
 3902 - White Terrace
White Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.010633)
 
 
3904 - White Terrace
White Terrace, circa 1885, by Burton Brothers studio. Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. 
Te Papa (O.000806)
 
 
3905 - White Terrace
AbeBooks
 
 
3906 - White Terrace
White Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.010625)
 
 
3907 - White Terrace
Webbs
 
 
 3914 - Pink terrace
Pink Terrace, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio.
Te Papa (O.030748)
 
 
3916 - Pink Terrace
Pink Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (C.010619)
 
 
 3919 - Pink Terrace
Asset number 343263001
© The Trustees of the British Museum
 
 
3921 - Pink Terrace
Pink Terrace, 1885, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton.
Te Papa (C.010601)
 

3923 - Pink Terrace
Pink Terrace, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. 
Te Papa (O.033866)

3924 - Pink Terrace
Webb's
 
 
3925 - Pink Terrace
Pink Terrace, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton.
Te Papa (C.010597)
 
 
3927 - Sulphur Crater - Rotomahana
Sulphur crater - Rotomahana, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio.
Te Papa (O.034001)
 
 
3929 - A Geyser - Rotomahana
A geyser, Rotomahana, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton. 
Te Papa (C.010642) 

 
3932 - Rotokanapanapa -(Mud Volcano.)
Rotokanapanapa, mud volcano, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio, Alfred Burton.
Te Papa (C.010648)
 
 
 
3934 - Picton
Picton, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (C.013094)


3936 - Holy Trinity Church - Picton
Holy Trinity Church, Picton, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers studio. Te Papa (C.013092)






 
 
 
 

3714 - Lofley's Dining Room near Taupo - Canterbury Museum
 
3815 - Ruapehu - Canterbury Museum 
3817 - Ruapehu - Canterbury Museum
3848 - Wairoa - Canterbury Museum 
3855 - Fall at Wairoa - Canterbury Museum
3875 - Oruawhata - Rotorua - Canterbury Museum
3881 - Ohinemutu - Canterbury Museum
3886 - Rotorua  - Canterbury Museum
3888 - Fall at Wairoa - Canterbury Museum

3904 - White Terrace - Canterbury Museum
3907 - White Terrace -  Webbs
3909 - Pink Terrace - Canterbury Museum
3910 - Pink Terrace - Canterbury Museum
3915 - Pink Terrace - Canterbury Museum
3917 - Pink Terrace  - Canterbury Museum
3919 - Pink Terrace - Canterbury Museum
3922 - Pink or White Terrace - Canterbury Museum
3923 - Pink Terrace - Canterbury Museum

Pitt Rivers Museum https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/databaseterms.html
 

FLAVEL, Joseph




Joseph Flavel
[or Joseph Flavell]
12 Chester Street, Christchurch.
 
Joseph Flavell was later a painter and paperhanger
Previously worked for H. Gamble & Co.
 
 Star, Issue 5750, 15 October 1886


1890-1891
Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory

 

 

A unnamed man photographed by Joseph Flavel, Christchurch
purchased November 2021


 
family:
Joseph Flavel or Joseph Flavell born 1864, reg 1864/6790 son of Elizabeth and Henry Flavel, died 19 October 1940 aged 76 years, reg. 1940/19714, married 5 January 1889 Baptist Church, Oxford Terrace, Christchurch by the Rev. Dallison, Eliza Jane McCausland born about 1867, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, daughter of Robert McCausland and Mary Robinson, died 10 July 1935 Christchurch.
 
issue:   
1. Joseph Henry Flavel born 26 October 1889 Christchurch, reg. 1889/13857, died
27 August 1946 Christchurch,
married 10 March 1921 Durham Street Methodist Church, Christchurch by Rev. William Ready, reg. 1921/946 Mary Hall Lamont
 
2. Harriet Mary Flavell born 21 November 1894 Christchurch, reg. 1894/14598, died 30 November 1975 Christchurch, married 1916, reg. 1916/8733 Reginald Charles Schultz
 
3. Catherine Lucy Flavell born 7 February 1897 Christchurch, reg. 1897/2723, died 3 July 1924 Christchurch Hospital, married 4 March 1920 Durham Street Methodist Church, Christchurch by Rev. W. Baumber, reg. 1920/2884 [as Lucy Catherine Flavell], Percy Sampson
 
4. Leslie Huia Flavell [glass beveller] born 21 July 1899 Christchurch, reg. 1899/7720, died 27 October 1949 Christchurch, married 1923, reg. 1923/1610 Muriel Genet, daughter of Ada Genet and Edward William Genet
 
5. Ruby May Flavell born 19 March 1901 Christchurch, reg. 1901/9251, died 28 November 1977 Christchurch, married 1924, reg. 1924/6610 Percy Sampson
 
6. Robert John Flavel born 29 November 1904 Christchurch, reg. 1905/11251, died 15 December 1980 Christchurch, married 1927, reg. 1927/1012 Phoebe Elizabeth Vincent
 

 
Wedding.
Flavell - Lamont. A wedding was solemnised in Durham Street Methodist Church on Thursday, March 10. The contracting parties being Mr Joseph Henry Flavell, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. Flavell, of Merivale, and Miss Mary Hall Lamont, eldest daughter of Mr William Lamont, of Addington. The Rev. William Ready performed the ceremony. The bride entered the church on the arm or her brother, Mr Alfred Lamont, a returned soldier, who subsequently gave her away. Mr Leslie Huia Flavell, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man, and Mr George Lamont, brother of the bride, as groomsman. Miss Helen Lamont, sister of the bride, was chief bridesmaid, and Miss Ruby May Flavell, sister of the bridegroom, second bridesmaid. After the ceremony, the guests were entertained at a wedding breakfast at the Cadena. Afterwards, the bride and bridegroom left for the North Island, where the honeymoon is being spent.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 16380, 19 March 1921, Page 6
 
 
A pretty wedding took place recently at the Durham Street Methodist Church, the contracting parties, being Mr Percy Sampson, a returned soldier, and Miss Catherine Lucy Flavell, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Flavell, of Merivale. Mr Sampson left with the Twenty-first Reinforcements and went through all engagements up till the time the Armistice was signed. He was also in the army of occupation in Germany.
Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18362, 20 March 1920, Page 4
 

 
 

Mundy & La'Mert 
Cartes de visite of Members of the General Synod,
Christchurch, 1865.
 
 

also see -  Daniel Louis Mundy
 
General Synod.— The meeting of this body, which has been called this year in Christchurch, will commence to-morrow, unless circumstances should arise to cause a postponement, of which due notice will be given. We understand that the Metropolitan Bishop of New Zealand, accompanied by other bishops of the different sees of this colony, is expected to arrive in time for the Synod, in the mission schooner.
Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1391, 25 April 1865, Page 4


General Synod.—The session of the General Synod will commence its sittings on Wednesday next in Bonnington's room. This is the first occasion on which this body will have met in Christchurch. Bishop Selwyn, accompanied by the Bishop of Waiapu, Bishop Pattison, Sir William Martin, and several of the clergy and members of the General Synod were to have left Auckland on Tuesday last in Bishop Selwyn's yacht, the Southern Cross, and were to call at Wellington for the Bishop of Wellington, and the Rev. Archdeacon Hatfield. The Southern Cross is expected to arrive in Lyttelton to-day...
Press, Volume VII, Issue 776, 25 April 1865, Page 2 


Otago, s.s., 457 tons, William Smith, from Wellington. Passengers: Cabin — Mr. and Mrs. Moreton, Mr. Dransfield, Rev. F. Tripp, Mr. Stocks, Rev. and Mrs Cannell, Mrs Floyd, the Bishop of Wellington, Mrs Abraham and son, Miss Butler, Rev. F. Floyd, Mr. E. C. Wyvell, Mr. Andrew, Mrs. Brown and nurse, the Bishop of New Zealand, Bishop Pattison, Bishop Williams, Sir W. Martin and Lady Martin, Mrs Selwyn, Mrs. Williams, Rev. Mansell, Mis Mansell, Rev. Burrows, Rev. Clarke, Mrs. M'Gee, and 9 for the South...
Press, Volume VII, Issue 777, 26 April 1865, Page 2
 
 
General Synod of the Church of England
Tuesday, May 16. The Synod met at 11 a.m. The Primate having opened the sittings with prayer, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Primate read a communication from Messrs. Mundy and LaMert, requesting to be allowed to take the photographs of the members of the Synod.
Press, Volume VII, Issue 795, 17 May 1865, Page 2
 
 
 
Press, Volume VII, Issue 806, 31 May 1865, Page 1
 
 
Press, Volume VII, Issue 807, 1 June 1865, Page 4
[this notice continued in the Press until 16 June 1865]
 
 
Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1865, Page 6
[this notice continued in the Lyttelton Times for one month until 1 July 1865]

 
 
We have been shown some excellent photographic likenesses of the Right Reverend Prelates and others who attended the late meeting of the Synod at Christchurch.

Messrs, Mundy and LaMert are the artists. The Right Reverend the Primate of New Zealand occupies the centre. The firm determination of his character is capitally produced. It is the portrait of a most remarkable man — the man of an age - one who, if he had chosen to remain in England, and to have followed out the path his talents fit him for, might, instead of the doubtful and onerous honours of a colonial Episcopate, have occupied the palace of Lambeth.

Then we have likenesses of our own honoured and respected Bishop, the kindly and genial face of the good Bishop of Waiapu, the intellectual countenance of the Lord Bishop of Wellington, and the earnest, thoughtful head of the Missionary Bishop of Melanesia. 
 
There is also, a very good portrait of one who has, perhaps, in his own sphere, done more to help on the work of the Synod than almost any other man—Sir William Martin. To his advice and counsel the Synod is indebted for the reconciliation of those unfortunate disagreements and differences which at one time threatened the unity, if not the existence, of the Colonial Church.
Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1865, Page 5 and Volume XXIII, Issue 1412, 13 June 1865, Page 3
 
 
Literary Society.
The Town Hall was crowded to excess last evening on the occasion of the Conversazione given by the Literary Society. The Hall was decorated in a very tasteful manner with evergreens and flags, and the walls were hung with paintings and photographs ... Mundy and LaMert displayed photographs of the members of the late Synod of the Church of England, and many of the leading men in Christchurch...
Press, Volume VII, Issue 832, 30 June 1865, Page 2
 
 
Literary Society.
A Conversazione, in aid of the funds of this society, was given on Thursday, at the Town Hall, and was in every sense of the words a complete success ... The walls were covered with pictures and photographs ... and Mundy and LaMert had, perhaps, the greatest show of photographs, including portraits of the members of the Synod, the Provincial Council, and likenesses of the leading celebrities of the province. They also sent in a beautiful bust of the gentle and graceful Princess of Wales, and some other elegant busts. These were arranged on a long table immediately below the dais.
Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1420, 1 July 1865, Page 5
 
 
 
  
Bishop of Melanesia - John Coleridge Patteson (1 April 1827 – 20 September 1871)
 by Mundy and La'Mert 
 
 



Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams (18 July 1800 – 9 February 1878)
by Mundy and La'Mert
 
 



Bishop of Wellington - Charles John Abraham (1814 – 4 February 1903)
 by Mundy and La'Mert
 



Bishop of Christchurch - Henry John Chitty Harper (c. 1804 – 28 December 1893)
by Mundy and La'Mert
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
Those attending the General Synod, Christchurch 1865 included:
Bishop of New Zealand - George Selwyn (5 April 1809 – 11 April 1878)
Bishop of Christchurch - Henry John Chitty Harper (c. 1804 – 28 December 1893)
Bishop of Wellington - Charles John Abraham (1814 – 4 February 1903)
Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams (18 July 1800 – 9 February 1878)
Bishop of Melanesia - John Coleridge Patteson (1 April 1827 – 20 September 1871)
Sir William Martin - Auckland
 
Archdeacon of Christchurch, Archdeacon of Waikato, Archdeacon Maunsell - Auckland, Rev. James Wilson, Rev. John Charles Bagshaw - Nelson, Rev. F. Tripp - Nelson, Rev. A. Stock - Wellington, Rev. R. Taylor - Wellington, Rev. E. G. Edwards, Rev. J. F. Lloyd - Auckland, Rev. E. B. Clarke, Rev. R. Burrows - Auckland, Rev. Cannell, Rev. Tudor - Nelson, Rev. Wilson

lay members
Hart - Wellington, Williams - Wellington, Grigg - Auckland, McKellar - Auckland, King - Auckland, Dutton, Mason, King, Fitzgerald, Stocks, Tancred, Hawkins, Ross, Quick, Hon. John Hall - Marlborough, Mr Clark, Mr Mason

 
 
Five bishops of the early Anglican Church in New Zealand assemble in Christchurch in 1865 for the church's General Synod (national council). They are (from left) the first Anglican Bishop, George Selwyn; the Bishop of Christchurch, Henry Harper; the Bishop of Wellington, Charles Abraham; and the Bishop of Melanesia, John Patteson. Seated in front is William Williams, the Bishop of Waiapu (East Coast).
photograph by Alfred Charles Barker
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
 

Bishop George Augustus Selwyn and Sir William Martin
Credited to the photographer Harley Webster this photograph should correctly be credited to Alfred Charles Barker. The chair known as the "Godley Chair" and the table appear in a number of other Barker photographs including five Bishops photograph above.
Portrait of Bishop George Augustus Selwyn and Sir William Martin - Photographed taken by Harley Webster. Abraham, Charles John (Bishop), 1814-1903: Photographs. Ref: PAColl-10135-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/32377982

 
Mary Ann Martin, Caroline Abraham and Sarah Selwyn
 Photograph of "The Three Graces" - Caroline Harriet Abraham, Lady Mary Ann Martin, and Sarah Harriet Selwyn. Abraham, Charles John (Bishop), 1814-1903: Photographs. Ref: PAColl-10135-3. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/32377984
 
 
 
In 1870 Mundy's negatives were acquired by William John Grand of the Christchurch Fancy Bazaar. Following the death of the Bishop of Melanesia, John Coleridge Patteson on 20 September 1871, Grand advertised that portraits of the late lamented Prelate could be had at the Christchurch Fancy Bazaar.

From an advertisement in another column it will be seen that those desirous of possessing a memento of the late Bishop of Melanesia can do so at the Fancy Bazaar, where photographs may be obtained. The picture is really a good one, and is pronounced by those who knew the deceased prelate to be a very good likeness.
Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 2661, 9 November 1871, Page 2
 
 
Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 2661, 9 November 1871, Page 1
 
 
Bishop of Melanesia - John Coleridge Patteson (1 April 1827 – 20 September 1871)
copied by an unknown photogrpaher
purchased December 2021