New Zealand Collection

Strigops habroptilus, kakapo
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905), from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A history of the Birds of New Zealand (1887-88)

Ahaetulla prasina, Short-nosed vine snake
Hand-coloured engraving from An account of Indian Serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel. The Patrick Russell Collection 1796 Date: 1796

Metrosideros excelsa, Christmas tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax
A watercolour commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and sketched by Sydney Parkinson during the Endeavour Voyage

Hatteria punctata, great fringed lizard of New Zealand. Illustration taken from The Lizards of Australian and New Zealand by Gray, John Edward (1800-1875)

Corynocarpus laevigatus, karaka tree
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

c. 1890s New Zealand - Jackson, west coast
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - Jackson, west coast

c. 1890s New Zealand - the harbour at Lyttelton
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - the harbour at Lyttelton - showing RMS Tainui

Scene in New Zealand, with some of its remarkable birds
Plate 13 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)

Maori chief of Houa-Houa (Uawa), Tolaga Bay, North Island, New Zealand. He wears a cloak, necklace, face tattoos, Te moko, and carries a spear. Chef d'une Tribu de la Nouvelle Zelande (Oceanie)

Busts of Maori men with face tattoos or Ta moko from New Zealand. Man from Tolaga Bay with feather in his hair (top) and man from Cape Terawhiti (below). Types des naturels de la Nouvelle Zelande

Maori warrior of Souraki (Hauraki Gulf), North Island, New Zealand. He has face tattoos or Ta moko, wears a striped cloak and holds a broad-bladed paddle. Guerrier de Souraki ou Chouraki

Costumes of Polynesia and Oceania, 1858. Inhabitants of Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands), tattooed chief in feather headdress and cloak, tattooed woman

Vulnerable tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, on the shore. Hatteria or tuatara are living-fossil reptiles native to New Zealand. Neuseelandische Bruckeneidechse

Moa birds being hunted by men with bows and arrows
Moa birds (Dinornis robustus) being hunted by men with bows and arrows. The moa were species of flightless birds native to New Zealand hunted to extinction by the Maoris. Moa-Vogel

Maori family with moko facial tattoos, New Zealand
Heads of Maori men with tamoko or moko facial tattoos, New Zealand. Maori family with man holding a taiaha club, woman with carved club, and girl with fish. Homme: Race mongolique

Maori warrior of New Zealand. With hair comb or heru, black and red facial tattoos or ta moko, short cloak, woven skirt, armed with spear and patou-patou ax. Guerrier de la Nouvelle Zeelande

Maori girl in her finery, New Zealand. With feather headdress, flowers in her long hair, bone necklaces, armlets, striped woven grass skirt, holding a rose. Fille paree de la Nouvelle Zeelande

Maori woman and child of New Zealand. With feather headdress, striped cloak with fringe, woven grass skirt with feather fringe. Sauvagesse de la Nouvelle Zeelande

Maori man in feather cloak or Kakahu
Maori man of New Zealand with beard. In feather cloak Kakahu and woven skirt, armed with spear and patou-patou ax, feather headdress on the ground. A house in the background

Mountain flax or wharariki, Phormium colensoi, native to New Zealand. Imported by nurseryman William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. As Phormium colensoi-variegatum

Giant moa and dragon tree. South Island giant moa, Dinornis robustus, extinct flightless bird of the south island of New Zealand

Large mock-olive, Notelaea longifolia
Large mock-olive or long-leaved-oliva, Notelaea longifolia. Petal-less olive, Olea apetala. From New Holland (Australia) and New Zealand, in Lee and Kennedy's Hammersmith Nursery

The Pink Terrace, Te Otukapuarangi Māori
The Pink Terrace, Te Otukapuarangi M─üori, or White Terrace, Te Tarata, New Zealand, 1880s

Maori Girl with facial tattoos, New Zealand, c. 1880
Maori Girl with facial tattoos, New Zealand, c.1880

c. 1890s New Zealand - Harrison Cove, Milford Sound
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - Harrison Cove, Milford Sound

c. 1890s New Zealand - Buller Gorge
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - Buller Gorge

c. 1890s New Zealand - Swyncombe, Kaikoura
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - Swyncombe, Kaikoura

c. 1890s New Zealand - harvesting corn in a 500 acre field
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - horses and reaping machines binders, harvesting corn in a 500 acre field

c. 1890s New Zealand Victoria Bridge Supreme Court, Christchurch
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - Victoria Bridge and Supreme Court, Christchurch

c. 1890s New Zealand - the harbour at Akaroa
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - the harbour at Akaroa

c. 1890s New Zealand climber in snow Mount Cook Aoraki?
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - climber in the snow (on Mount Cook / Aoraki?)

c. 1890s New Zealand - Aoraki / Mount Cook in snow
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - Aoraki / Mount Cook in the snow

c. 1890s New Zealand The Skippers, Wakatipu, Otago
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - The Skippers, Wakatipu, Otago

c. 1890s boat in the Sound at Wet Jacket Arm, New Zealand
c.1890s vintage photograph New Zealand - boat in the Sound at Wet Jacket Arm

Nephrite jade
A specimen of nephrite jade from New Zealand. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite (calcium magnesium iron silicate hydroxide)

Hydrophis cyanocinctus, Annulated sea snake
Hand-coloured engraving from An account of Indian Serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel. The Patrick Russell Collection 1796 Date: 1796

Leiopelma hamiltoni
Hamiltons frog is probably one of the rarest frogs in the world. Donated in 1922 by the Dominion Museum in New Zealand

Agathis australis, kauri pine
Kauri pine, New Zealand. This tree is the source of resin known as kauri gum. Figure 5 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule by Andrew Ross, 1998

Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa pepper tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Piper myristicum

Pimelea prostrata, strathmore weed
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Pimalea laevigata

Captain James Cook
British Admiralty memorial statue of Captain James Cook (1728-1779)

Prototroctes oxyrhynchus, New Zealand grayling
The New Zealand grayling (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) is an extinct fish of the genus Prototroctes, which lived in New Zealand. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mollusc, Arca (Barbatia) novaezelandiae
Specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Six molluscs including four gastropods and two bivalves
Watercolour 396 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Drawer from Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 18
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Oceanites maorianus, New Zealand strom petrel
This skin is one of only three in the world that can prove the New Zealand storm petrel is a living species

Tray of shells

Trapa natans, var. bispinosa
Image of trapa natans var. bispinosa in Plants of the Coast of Coromandel by W. Roxburgh

Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820)
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Copal
Stalactite of New Zealand copal locally known as kauri gum. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber. Figure 8 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule

Anthus novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pipit
Watercolour 270 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Lark

Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl
This owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown

Petroica macrocephala, New Zealand tit
Ff. 149. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Brachyglottis repanda, bushmans toilet paper
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Knightia excelsa, rewarewa honeysuckle tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illlustration annotated Brabejum sparsum

Euphorbia glauca, sea spurge
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Rhabdothamnus solandri, matata
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pigeon
Ff. 137. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Columba argetraea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Collospermum hastatum, perching lily
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Celmisia gracilenta, dainty daisy
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Pseudopanax arboreus, five finger
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Petroica australis, New Zealand robin
Ff. 148. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus ochrotarsus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Tetragonia trigyna, spinach
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Rhipidura fuliginosa, New Zealand fantail
Ff. 155. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Muscicapa ventilabrum and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Astelia banksii, coastal astelia
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Calystegia tuguriorum, powhiwhi
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Leptospermum ericoides, kanuka honey
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Leptospermum scoparium, tea tree
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Coprosma australis
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallow
Ff. 165. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Motacilla longiceps and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Elatostema rugosum, parataniwha
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Hedycarya arborea, pigeonwood tree
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Parsonsia heterophylla, jasmine
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Aciphylla squarrosa, speargrass
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Olearia furfuracea, tree daisy
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Senecio rufiglandulosus
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Hebe parviflora, koromiko
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Veronica floribunda

New Zealand copal
A piece of New Zealand copal or Kauri gum with crazed surface. Specimen is less than 40, 000 years old. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber

New Zealand Natives
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mount Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana, Rotorua, New Zealand
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Wellington, New Zealand
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View of Wellington, New Zealand
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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