Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Te Torea
Other Name
Contributor/Publisher
Henry Nicholas
Place
Date
1895-1899
Physical Description
volumes : illustrations ; 34-35 cm
Serial Holdings
Current Holdings: Bound volumes (HB)- Set 1:
Vol.1 no.1 (26 Jan 1895) - Vol.1 no.10 (30 Mar 1895) : Vol.1 no.12 (13 Apr 1895) - Vol.1 no.24 (6 Jul 1895).
Vol.2 no.1 (13 Jul 1895) - Vol.2 no.26 (4 Jan 1896).
Vol.3 no.1 (11 Jan 1896) - Vol.3 no.51 (25 Dec 1896).
Vol.4 no.52 (9 Jan 1897) - Vol.4 no.95 (6 Nov 1897).
Loose issues (Boxed) - Set 2:
Vol.1 no.1 (26 Jan 1895) - Vol.1 no.3 (9 Feb 1895) : Vol.1 no.8 (16 Mar 1895)
Vol.2 No.1 (13 Jul 1895) : Vol.2 no.11 (21 Sep 1895) - Vol.2 no.14 (12 Oct 1895) : Vol.2 no.16 (26 Oct 1895) - Vol.2 no.24 (21 Dec 1895) ; Vol.2 no.26 (4 Jan 1896)
Vol.3 No.4 (1 Feb 1896) : Vol.3 no.10 (14 Mar 1896) - Vol.3 no.13 (4 Apr 1896) : Vol.3 no.16 (9 May 1896) : Vol.3 no.19 (16 May 1896) - Vol.3 no.20 (23 May 1896) : Vol.3 no.27 (11 Jul 1896) : Vol.3 no.29 (25 Jul 1896) : Vol.3 no.32 (15 Aug 1896) - Vol.3 no.33 (22 Aug 1896) : Vol.3 no.35 (5 Sep 1896) : Vol.3 no.43 (31 Oct 1896) : Vol.3 no. 45 (14 Nov 1896) : Vol.3 no.51 (25 Dec 1896)
Vol.4 no.96 (20 Nov 1897) - Vol.5 no.38 (8 Oct 1898) : Vol.5 no.40 (22 Oct 1898) - Vol.5 no.41 (29 Oct 1898) : Vol.5 no.43 (12 Nov 1898) : Vol.5 no.47 (10 Dec 1898) - Vol.5 no.50 (14 Jan 1899).
Vol.6 no.2 (28 Jan 1899).
Many other duplicates.
Language
English
Cook Islands Māori
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Subject Category
Content
The Torea bird was believed to be the messenger of the gods and conveyed warnings of coming good and evil to mortals'--Handwritten on the front page of Vol.3 no.45 (14 Nov 1896).
Bound into the back of the first volume are the Census for Rarotonga as at 1 June 1895 and a copy of the colony accounts.
Included reporting from other Pacific Islands, e.g. Honolulu, Tahiti & Aitutaki, letters to the editor and shipping news. Themes discussed were land alienation and politics - the French invasion of Tahiti for example.
Public Access Text
Collection Type
New Zealand Serials Outsize
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
29 Jul 2024
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