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Tag Archives: Art
Maori Prophet and Temple
Tūhoe prophet, Rua Kēnana Hepetipa, and his temple, 1908.
Posted in Alternative Religion
Tagged Architecture, Art, Bay of Plenty, Maori, New Zealand, NZ, Object
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Vera Wyse Munro, Radio Pioneer
Vera Wyse Munro (1897-1966) was a pioneering New Zealand ham radio broadcaster, improviser, and sonic experimenter. Her primary media were amateur radio broadcasts, Morse poetry, and sono-topographical scores. Via her broadcasts, which were frequently received by amateur radio operators as … Continue reading
Concept for a “processional way” for new Auckland war memorial
The project will see a “processional way” built down the grassy bank in front of the Auckland War Memorial Museum to Domain Drive. Photo / Supplied New war memorial designs questioned (Jan 9, 2016) Outside of this blogs usual chronological concerns … Continue reading
Posted in War
Tagged Ancestor Worship, ANZAC, Architecture, Art, Landscape, Monument, New Zealand, NZ, Ritual, Spatial Design, War
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Illustrations from ‘The Enchanted Packman’, New Zealand’s only pre-tolkien fantasy
From the Whitcombe’s Story Book book series, Written by Alister McClunie, Illustrated by Alice Polson. Polson also illustrated two books by Edith Howe as well as McClunie’s only other book ‘The adventures of Toby and Sphinx in Flowerland’. ‘The Enchanted … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Art, Children, Fairy Tale, FairyTale, Fantasy, New Zealand, NZ, Writing
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The Situation of the Writer in New Zealand
Jane Mander author of ‘Story of a New Zealand River’ and Ngaio Marsh, famous crime novelist, on the cultural obstacles facing New Zealand writers in the 1930’s NEW ZEALAND NOVELS Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21348, 15 December 1934, Page 19 … Continue reading
Animal Elements on Duendin Buildings
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd building in Thomas Burns St Phoenix House in Queens Gardens
Another Hokitika Postcard
Posted in Art
Tagged Art, Customs, New Zealand Social History, NZ, Object, Photography
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Circus Postcard Hokitika
A postcard with 2 performers, a woman whipping a cigarette from a mans mouth, sent to hokitika? a watermark appears to read wellington. probably early 20th century.
A Whare Ra Manuscript
the Pentagram Ritual from http://www.esotericgoldendawn.com/tradition_wharera_pentagram.htm
An Occult Argument Against Music Education
The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1884. THE PROPAGATION OF DISCORDS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 879, 16 December 1884, Page 2 With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AMBPA18841216.2.8&srpos=1&e=——-10–1—-0tHE+PROPAGATION+OF+DISCORDS–
Posted in Interpreting Myth
Tagged Art, Gods, Music, Nature Worship, NZ, Our Mandate
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