Dog reading newspaper, F N Jones. (Nelson Provincial Museum)
Mayo dog, Tyree studio. (Nelson Provincial Museum)
Mrs Churton (1900s), Tyree studio. (Nelson Provincial Museum)
Fairey and Plum shooting party (c.1900), Tyree studio. (Nelson Provincial Museum)
Dog at the wheel of a car (1920s), unknown photographer. (Alexander Turnbull Library)
Boy in dog-drawn cart (c.1910), Arthur J Northwood. (Alexander Turnbull Library)
Mr Drummond, Tyree studio. (Nelson Provincial Museum)
Paddy, the canine mascot of the Wellington Regiment, at a troop inspection in France (30 June 1918), unknown photographer. (Alexander Turnbull Library)
Firemen and fire engine, Whanganui (1926), Tesla Studios. (Alexander Turnbull Library)
Mike White and Cooper, Credit Nikki Macdonald
Mākereti [Thom (Papakura)] at Tukiterangi, Whakarewarewa (1907), Harold Hislop. (Alexander Turnbull Library)
Some of New Zealand's earliest dog photographs have been compiled into a delightful new book, with an introduction written by Mike White. Dogs in Early New Zealand Photographs take us back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a range of photos from carefully staged studio portraits, to more relaxed photos taken on the family farm. Lynn Freeman speaks to Mike about the enduring love we have for our dogs, and taking their picture.
