HMS New Zealand (1911)
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HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain, and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912. She had been intended for the China Station, but was released by the New Zealand government at the request of the Admiralty for service in British waters.
New Zealand in Australia, May 1919
Starboard elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual, 1915. Note: plan is of Invincible-class battlecruisers; the Indefatigable-class had a third superstructure element with 'P' & 'Q' turrets more widely spaced.
New Zealand's bell; this bell had previously been used on the battleship of the same name
![William Lionel Wylie, Tower House, Portsmouth [HMS “New Zealand” fitting out]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/William_Lionel_Wylie%2C_Tower_House%2C_Portsmouth%2C_1911_%288963703935%29.jpg/500px-William_Lionel_Wylie%2C_Tower_House%2C_Portsmouth%2C_1911_%288963703935%29.jpg)
William Lionel Wylie, Tower House, Portsmouth [HMS “New Zealand” fitting out]
Māori traditional textiles
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Māori traditional textiles are the indigenous textiles of the Māori people of New Zealand. The organisation Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, the national Māori weavers' collective, aims to preserve and foster the skills of making and using these materials.
Weaving of kiekie leaves
Weaving peg
Pīngao - treasured for weaving
An 1847 portrait of Hōne Heke and his wife Hariata wearing cloaks made from Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax) fibre