Places

Date: 1943

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0238

Description: File - 43 Contains letters, plans and notes from meetings regarding the Ngarimu VC Investiture celebrations at Ruatoria Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, plans

Date: 1945-1947

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0370

Description: File 166 - Contains finances of the station and also a programme regarding the dedication ceremony to Maori soldiers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1942

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0234

Description: File 40 - Contains correspondence regarding the Maori war effort, the Waipiro Consolodation scheme and historical references to the Ruatoria district Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript

Date: 1924-1949

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0568

Description: Contains books, pamphlets, correspondence, receipts and a ration book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photograph and printed matter

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1996

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1996-01

Description: Programme includes a welcome from R.S. (Sonny) Sewell. Activities included meals, formal presentations, static displays, a Battalion parade. The names of the organising committee are listed on the back cover. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 210 x 150 mm.

Date: 1943

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4830

Description: Contains administrative records of the South Wairarapa Home Guard, including a list of members

Date: 1942-1943

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-259

Description: Most of the photographs relate to the remedial treatment camp set up in Rotorua. On the first page, the photographs are flanked by newspaper cuttings about another camp set up for the same purpose at Papakura, Auckland. The photographs on this page may relate to the Papakura camp. Most of the photographs are of groups of men doing various forms of excersise, and playing sport. There are group photographs of men in military uniform and others of groups posing with tennis raquets and medicine balls. Other photographs record the launch of "Bonds for Bombers" campaign in Rotorua, March 1942, and the ANZAC parade 1942 (also Rotorua). There are seven original cartoon drawings of military personnel by Stenberg. These were used in the Rotorua camp's newspaper. The photographs are supported by many newspaper cuttings about the camps and their purpose. There is a photograph relating to the camp newspaper "The Arawa Guerilla" and two copies of the paper are pasted onto the same page. Other newspaper cuttings and two programmes relate to a very successful entertainment developed by the men in the Rotorua camp. This was "Splitzkreig Army Review" which from September 1942 to March 1943 toured the upper North Island and raised 2,000 pounds for the Patriotic Fund. Remedial treatment camps were set up for men who had been judged by the military medical authorities as unfit for military service, but whoes ailments were considered curable. Examples of the sorts of conditions treated are knee problems, flat feet, \"underdevelopment,\" nervous conditions, and chronic backache. The Rotorua camp occupied Arawa Park, and the racecourse. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1895-1966

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: Series-4925

Description: Papers, including prose and descriptive writing (about places, people, and events), travel diaries and letters Quantity: 13 folder(s).

Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.48998

Description: Hand-coloured diazo print of a topographic manuscript map of the Kaimanawa Range. Gives the locations of Desert Road and Roto Aira Road along with the location of rivers, swamps, lakes and camps. A grid on the top left provides a list of additions and corrections with associated dates and signatures. Waihohoru Hut, Boyd's Hut, Golden Hills Hut, Te Apunga Hut, and Peter's Hut are highlighted in red ink. Inscriptions: Signature P L B Williams located on the reverse side of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print,coloured, scale [1:63360] 54 x 74 cm

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-023

Description: War effort on the home front. Soldiers helping with harvesting linen flax, tobacco, oats, wheat and managing pigs Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

Date: [1941-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-020-88

Description: Views of the camp for Japanese prisoners of war at Feilding, taken 1941-1945 by an army photographer. Quantity: 1 paper sheet with 36 contact prints attached.

Date: 26 Nov 1940-17 Oct 1943

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2851

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: [ca 1890-1990]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5268-2-6

Date: 1943

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0235

Description: File 41 - Contains whakapapa lists, plans and papers regarding the Maori V.C. Investiture at Ruatoria and correspondence regarding the death of Te Moana Ngarimu in battle, including newspaper clippings, a funeral programme and a copy of the book "The price of citizenship" Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-031-12

Description: Mainly photographs of military officers probably involved in recruitment and selection of troops Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1943

From: Elmes, Jack George, fl 1943 :Photographs relating to service in World War II

Reference: PAColl-8342

Description: Photographs relating to Jack Elmes' service in World War II, taken ca 1940-1945 in New Zealand, Australia and Egypt. Includes photographs of Elmes and other soldiers in Egypt; of Perth, Western Australia, purchased on the way to Egypt; of soldiers at the swimming pool at Gezira; the club, commuter train, Maadi suburb and Maadi military Camp; views of Cairo and the pyramids; and of soldiers on a 2nd Junior Officers staff course at Massey College in New Zealand. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints, ephemera

Date: 1943-2000

From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers

Reference: Series-2328

Description: Quantity: 41 folder(s).

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-025

Description: Two photographs of people on the back of a truck campaigning for suport for a forty million dollar victory loan, and a photograph of packages of aplication forms Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).