Kauri gum industry

Date: 1865-1911

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6996

Description: A printed christmas message from the headmaster, Frederick Knapp, to the pupils of Central Girls' College, Nelson 1907; carts on Commerce Street, Kaitaia, one passing the Kaitaia Hotel ca 1890s; newspaper photograph of early Nelson settlers W H Cole and M P Hargreaves in 1924 taken by Tyree; two of bullock teams in Kaitaia; Devonport and Northcote ferry terminal in Auckland ca 1911; girls of Nelson College for Girls with L Sheat on the left of the second row with Muriel Bell next to her in 1914; Awanui looking towards the wharf ca 1914 by Northwood Bros; Marsland Hill Memorial to the men who died in the New Zealand Wars in New Plymouth designed and erected by W Parkinson & Co, Auckland; seated portrait of Thomas Thompson 1865; a group of gum diggers outside Tynan's gum store in Waihopo ca 1890s; a group of Maori adults and children on an outing by bullock team, one man holding a concertina ca 1890s; a group of twelve Austrian gum diggers some with shovels and one holding a cat ca 1890s; Elizabeth Levestam and her four sons ca 1900; three of the camp site set up by a surveying party in the Victoria Valley ca 1890; the school at Richmond with the children lined up in the yard ca 1900s; the Anglican church at Richmond 1910; Headingly, the home of Thomas Thompson with Mrs Thompson and her eldest son in front of it 1911; a carriage outside a house holding about 12 people; John Sheat ca 1880; Alfred Sheat ca 1880; and Victoria Street, Hamilton showing a number of shops and businesses and some advertising hoardings on the left 1908. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007700 and 007708 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Albumen prints and silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: PA4-0870

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of gum being loaded at Waitangi Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Loading Kauri Gum, Waitangi; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Akon - Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1 April 1897

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA11-269

Description: Photographic glass plate transparency (lantern slide), by Josiah Martin, with the title 'An Aristocratic Gumdigger' and the manuscript caption 'Gumdigger's Hut, Waitakere'. Features the imprint 'Josiah Martin, Photo., Auckland, N.Z.', along upper margin. Photographer's negative number is illegible, possibly reads "967" or "567". Image shows male subject seated on a wooden crate together with a small dog, alongside of an abode roughly thatched with nikau fronds, while the ground is strewn with various utensils and a glass bottle. Alice Rea identifies the location as Waimauku and not Waitakere. Rea, Alice. "They came for kauri but... : The Waimauku centenary, 1863-1963 ". 'Waimauku Early Settlers' Association', New Zealand, 1963, p. 19. https://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1s57t7d/NLNZ_ALMA21265923830002836 Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Verso - above image - Josiah Martin, Photo., Auckland, N.Z.; Verso - bottom centre - Gum diggers Hut, Waitakere; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - An Aristocratic Gumdigger Protected 1/4/97 [negative number] [?]67 Similar photograph held at Auckland War Museum, reference PH-1958-1-15482 Quantity: 1 b&w original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Glass transparency - lantern slide Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath Rare Books, 2015. No further provenance information available. Processing information: Description updated 10 May 2023 following information from a staff member.

Date: 18, 21 May 2009 - 18 May 2009 - 21 May 2009

From: Honouring seniors oral history project

By: Morgan, Reginald John, 1916-

Reference: OHInt-0979-05

Description: Interview with Reginald John (Jack) Morgan, born in Auckland in 1916. Describes the family background, and his parents, who ran the Hukerenui hotel. Tells of his father's death from influenza after World War I, and his mother's subsequent labours on the rough farm she ran - while raising seven children - after her husband's death. Talks about farming methods, and the transportation of materials and farm produce. Describes horse, rail, barge and railway transport of timber, lime rock, coal and dairy products. Gives details of collecting and marketing kauri gum and other jobs he did while at school. Describes milking cows twice a day, and getting the produce to the Whangarei Dairy Company, on atrocious roads. Discusses his shift from dairy farming to agricultural contracting, in particular to hay baling, which he worked at for 49 years. Explains the progress from manual to automated methods. Talks about his wife, and her supportive role running the family farm while he worked as a contractor. Describes the local extractive industries: native timber milling, kauri gum, prospecting and mining (for gold, coal, manganese, red ochre, mercury), mineral water, and quarrying. Talks about his interest in the history and the people of the district - Maori, and European settlers and community life Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001254 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 3 digital photograph(s). 6 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 interview(s) over 2 days. 2.06 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Textual files - Microsoft word; Image files - Jpeg Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7483, OHDL-001264. Three digital photographs of Jack Morgan, one in his workshop (2009). Scanned B&W or sepia photographs of: Morgan farmhouse, early 1919; Hukerenui Store, 1920s; Hukerenui School (1923); Hukerenui Hotel 1936 flood; Hukerenui Home Guard; Morgan farmhouse, 1970s Search dates: 1916 - 2009

Date: 21 Oct 1994

From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part one

By: Nicholls, Hector Richard, 1914-2002

Reference: OHInt-0430/07

Description: Hec Nicholls was born in 1914. Describes the family's move to the Otakanini Block, previously Maori land, which was subdivided in 1910. Describes how the milking herd was built up. Discusses the return of the land to Ngati Whatua, efforts to gain compensation and the opposition of Judge Acheson. Mentions the Croslands estate was next door. Describes being in the Navy in World War II and buying land after the war from George Lowe. Discusses the South Head area settled by the Young family and its use for beef grazing. Talks about Francis Fenton, the first judge of the Maori Land Court, who farmed in the area and married a local Maori woman. Discusses rehabilitation land offered in the area after both world wars. Mentions the South Head area after World War I and the Ototoa and Kawau blocks after World War II. Mentions that Alfred Buckland was compelled to sell land for rehabilitation. Talks about the Kaipara Dairy Company, the planting of pine trees and some deer farming. Mentions that deer were liberated off Sir George Grey's Kawau estate. Describes the cost of a block of rehab land, management of rehabilitation land by John Harmer, the improvement in the roads as a result of rehabilitation and the nature of the new rehab community. Describes the establishment of a school at Waioneke and its use for dances, meetings, cards and tennis. Mentions the building of a hall at South Head. Describes local personalitites the Bishop brothers, Mrs Shine, Bobby Waddell and Mate. Mentions gum digging. Interviewer(s) - Gabrielle Hildreth Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3329.

Date: Jan 1969 - 01 Jan 1969

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Tolley, Leon, active 1950s-1969

Reference: OHInt-0105-54

Description: Leon Tolley, Waipoua Forest Officer in Charge talking about Nick Yakas as he knew him in the 1950s. Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000380B Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: Jan 1979 - 01 Jan 1979

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Lulich, Nikola, 1896-1981

Reference: OHInt-0105-13

Description: Nickola Lulich describes his experiences in the Austrian Army during World War I, information on the two Dargaville Yugoslav clubs, gum digging at Aranga. Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000367B; OHC-000386B; OHC-000379A Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1896 - 1979

Date: 1906-1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: PA1-o-371

Description: Views of various factories and businesses in the Auckland Region, taken circa 1906, by unidentified photographers. They include interior and exterior views, and employees. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Factories and workrooms, Auckland Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Factories and workrooms, Auckland. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 31.0 cm

Date: [ca 1900-1919]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-7219

Description: Postcards of a Maori chief from Whangape in a feathered cloak with moko and carrying a taiaha; mail coaches leaving Ohaeawai; sheep mustering on McKenzie's Estate, Herekino where the sheep are being herded into a field next to a beach; two of the second oldest church in New Zealand at Waimate North; Bedgood's Mill at Waimate North; Bedgood's mill waterwheel; a horse and cart heading to the Waimate Show in the distance; Te Paki Cattle Station; Houhora Hotel and harbour; Mount Camel and heads, Houhora harbour; moonlight on Houhora harbour; Herekino settlement; Herekino harbour overlooking Keay's with Manukau in the distance; Kerikeri Falls; Kohukohu showing the hotel and other buildings on the waterfront; two boats on the Waihopo River; a girl talking to a boy on a horse with the staff quarters of the Kaitaia Wireless Station behind them; three views of the Kaitai Radio Station (in operation 1912-1929); two men on rope slings gathering gum from a kauri tree; view of Kaikohe; Government Buildings, Kaikohe; Kaikohe Hotel with two men on ponies outside; two men on bicycles with the Kaitaia Post Office behind them; view of Mangonui; a man boating in Mangamuka Gorge; the Mangamuka River; sheep being driven along a road in Marangai, looking west; two views of Marangai looking east; a view of Kerikeri from the river showing the Stone Store and Kemp House; the bathing pool at Ngawha Springs; the Black Lake, Ngawha Springs; Ngataki Lake, Waihopo; boys from Te Kao North Cape Native School doing a haka; Ohaeawai Hotel; the Church of England, Ohaeawai (with additional photography by Radcliffe); the pier in Parengarenga Harbour; sheep on the road at Ohaeawai; a loaded horse-drawn cart on the main street in Ohaeawai, looking west; a steam locomotive pulling kauri logs at Puketi; and a kauri tree in a forest with a hut behind it. Photographer was Northwood Brothers. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002254, 002392, 002395, 002741, 002742, 002744 to 002746, 002748 to 002750, 002788 to 002795, 002809 to 002811, 002825, 002826, 002828, 002881, 002882, 002889, 002909 to 002911, 003123, 003156 to 003159, 003187, 003260 (additional copy at 1/2-021628), 003499 to 003503, 003543, 026804, 002998 to 003000, 032360 Quantity: 48 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1915-1921

From: McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1902-1927 : Business papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0154-08

Description: Department of Lands and Survey report of kauri gum industry, 1915, 1916; report of Commission appointed to inquire into the kauri gum industry, 1921; NZ Peat Oils Ltd report to Under Secretary of Mines Dept on peats from Kaimaumau by J S Maclaurin (Dominion analyst), Aug 1918 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Jan 1969 - 01 Jan 1969

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Perich, Mate Ante, 1897-1991

Reference: OHInt-0105-07

Description: Mate Perich describes life on the Ahipara Hill gumfields during the 1920s and life in the Austrian army during World War I. Venue - Dargaville Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Venue - Dargaville Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000385 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1897 - 1969

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Dawes, Stanley Arthur, 1908-1987

Reference: OHInt-0105-08

Description: Stan Dawes discusses packing on the Omamari Gumfields during the late 1920s. Venue - Mamaranui Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000362A; OHC-000363; OHC-000383A; OHC-000384C Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: Jan 1969 - 01 Jan 1969

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Yakas, Marco, 1898-1991

Reference: OHInt-0105-26

Description: Marko Yakas describes life on the Waipoua and Kawerua gum fields during the 1920s. Venue - Dargaville Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000387A Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: Jan 1969 - 01 Jan 1969

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Gurbin, Kristo, active 1920s-1969

Reference: OHInt-0105-14

Description: Kristo Gurbin talks about gum digging at the Northern Wairoa gumfields in the 1920s. Interviewer(s) - Mathews, Peter Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000368A Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1920 - 1979

Date: Jan 1979 - 01 Jan 1979

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Blitvich, Mate, active 1920s-1979

Reference: OHInt-0105-12

Description: Mate Blitvich talks about his gum digging days on the Dargaville gum fields during the early 1920s. Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000367A - OHC-000383B Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1920 - 1979

Date: Jan 1969 - 01 Jan 1969

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Yezich, Petar, active 1913-1969

Reference: OHInt-0105-16

Description: Petar Yezich talks about his life on the Northern Wairoa gum fields from 1913 to the early 1920s. Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000372A Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1913 - 1969

Date: 1979 - 01011979

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Wyatt, Jim, active 1914-1979

Reference: OHInt-0105-06

Description: Jim Wyatt talks about gum digging days North of the Wairoa River, diving for gum at the Kaiiwi Lakes, gum digging around Aranga and Katui before 1914, gum bleeding in Waipoua Forest, Zeppelin raid on London in 1917, gum climbing days. Venue - Dargaville Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Venue - Dargaville Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000375 - OHC-000377A; OHC-000378B Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1910 - 1979

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Kennedy, Harry, active 1979?

Reference: OHInt-0105-20

Description: Harry Kennedy talks about being the last manager of Marriner & Co, Omamari Gum Block. Venue - Dargaville Interviewer(s) - Mathews, Peter Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000379B Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: Jan 1969 - 01 Jan 1969

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Birch, Dawson, 1906-1981

Reference: OHInt-0105-21

Description: Dawson Birch talks about gum climbing experiences in the 1920s, life on the Waipoua Forest gum fields, the Peter Stuart gang, Nick Yakas. Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000380A; OHC-000395A Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 1.50 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: Feb 1979 - 01 Feb 1979

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Mitchelson, Richard Ewin, 1893-1988; Fletcher, Jacqueline, 1896-1992

Reference: OHInt-0105-22

Description: Dick Mitchelson and his sister, Mrs Jacqueline Fletcher talk about the Dalmatians around Dargaville and the Queen Carnival in 1915. Venue - Dargaville Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000382A Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.