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Illustrated postcard by Horatio Gordon Robley, 1904

documentary heritage

Commercially produced blank postcard featuring a hand-illustrated (pen and ink) New Year's greeting incorporating Maori tattooing chisels, moko, pa, tiki, and mere. It reads: "Wishing you a particularly merry New Year from G. Robley." Inscribed in pencil on verso is "xmas 1904". This postcard is one of a small series known to have been illustrated by Robley for sending to his friends and acquaintances.

Whakahounga o Mua: 17 Jun 2026

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Ingoa Kōrero Noa

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Ingoa Kē

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Momo Ingoa Kē

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Kupu whakaahua

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Wāhi

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Wāhi Hāngai

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Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai

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Rā Kohinga

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Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake

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Accession Number

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Tohu Tuakiri Kē

MS-2004-38 (Reference Number)

3472 (Presto content ID)

42793 (DBTextworks system ID)

2004/38 (Registration number)

Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē

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Wāhanga

Manuscripts

Rūma Whakaatu

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Herenga

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Momo

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Tirohanga API

Rūma Whakaatu

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Momo Taonga

manuscript

Ingoa/Taitara

Illustrated postcard by Horatio Gordon Robley, 1904

Ingoa Kē

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Kaiwaihanga Matua

Dr Theodore Raw (PRIMARY MAKER)

Kaituku Kōrero/Kaiwhakaputa

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Wāhi

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Rā

1904

Ngā Tuhipoka Rā Whakaputa Tuatahi

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Waitohu/māka

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Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

85 x 135 mm

Ngā Puritanga Rangatū

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ISBN/ISSN

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Reo

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Kohinga

Horatio Gordon Robley

Taumata o te Mauhanga o Nāianei

Single Item

Ahanoa Mema

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Ngā Tuhipoka Ahanoa Hāngai

Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840 - 1930 [Greeting cards] PD 48 (50-51).

Melvin, Leslie W. "Horatio Gordon Robley, soldier artist in the Bay of Plenty, 1864 - 1866." Tauranga Historical Society, Tauranga: Alan Bellamy (ed), 1990. (Call No. DU420.1)

Walker, Tim, 1959-. "Robley : Te Ropere, 1840-1930" / Timothy Walker, 1985. [MA Thesis, University of Auckland] (Call No. GN672.6.T2 Wal)

MS-256

He Wāhi Nō

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Whakaahuatanga Rawatoi/Mātū

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Rawatoi/Mātū

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Raraunga Ine

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Tikanga Waihanga

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Putanga/Āhua/Whakaaturanga

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Tangata e Kōrerotia/Whakaahuatia ana

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Huinga Kaupapa

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Taumata whakarōpū

Card, Greeting/Correspondence/Other Documents/Documentary Artifacts/08 Communication Artifacts/Chenhall Nomenclature

Kōrero o Roto

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Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

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Ngā Tuhipoka a te Kairangahau

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Tuhipoka Hāngai

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Subject Notes

Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley was born in Madeira on 28 June 1840. He served with the 68th Regiment in India, Burma, South Africa and New Zealand from 1858 until his retirement in 1887. In 1863 he accompanied the 68th Regiment, as part of the Headquarters Staff, when it was sent to New Zealand, and took part in the Waikato and Tauranga campaigns. He was present at the battle of Gate Pa. He is noted for his studies and published works on Maori moko, and also the many water-colour sketches done mainly during the Tauranga campaign. After retiring in 1887 he took up residence in London, where he remained until his death on 29 October 1930.

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Whakahounga o Mua

17 Jun 2026

Illustrated postcard by Horatio Gordon Robley, 1904