Electric lines

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-077

Description: View looking up Queen Street showing the business of W S Whitley on the left. On opposite corner is an unidentified building with a large gas lamp at the entrance. The righthand side of Queen street is lined with telegraph posts. There is a line of carts down the middle of the street. Partington's windmill can be seen in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

Date: 1963

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: MSY-8449

Description: Volume 2 contains the continuation of hearing evidence and submissions from the 1963 Commission of Inquiry, into the proposed transmission of electricity from the New Zealand Electricity Department's Otahuhu to Henderson substations. Title transcribed from report cover. Quantity: 1 volume(s) continues pagination from volume 1: pages 248-285.. Physical Description: Bound volume report, 238 pages, 22 x 35 cm.

Date: 1963

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: MSY-8448

Description: Volume 1 contains hearing evidence and submissions from the 1963 Commission of Inquiry, into the proposed transmission of electricity from the New Zealand Electricity Department's Otahuhu to Henderson substations Title transcribed from report cover. Quantity: 1 volume(s) Includes maps, reprints and submissions. Physical Description: Bound volume report, 247 pages, 22 x 35 cm.

Date: 1968

By: New Zealand. Electricity Department; R E Owen (Firm)

Reference: Eph-C-ELECTRICITY-1968-01

Description: Poster shows a map of New Zealand from New Plymouth south to Benmore, showing the route of the transmission line. It also shows an illustration of a man working at the Haywards substation, the transmission line on pylons, and the hydro station at Benmore. The text gives statistics of the number of pylon towers, the line lengths of each stage, and the roads and bridges built as part of the project. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, red ink, on sheet 475 x 330 mm.

Date: [ca 1948-1955]

By: Harris, Herbert, 1921-2006; Milne, Isabella, active 2010

Reference: PAColl-9779

Description: Photographs of Wellington and Hutt Valley, taken ca 1948-1955 by Herbert Harris of Stokes Valley. Includes views of Slazenger factory, Petone (where Harris worked), Rotorua, and ship Gothic in Wellington Harbour, as Royal yacht for 1953-1954 tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Herbert Harris came from Australia in 1948 to work at the Slazenger factory in Petone. He built his own house in Horoeka Street, Stokes Valley. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: ca 1890-1925

By: Levin Public Library

Reference: PAColl-0155

Description: Contains photograph of Queenstown, the Adkin house Levin, and the high tension electric cables carrying power from Mangahao Station. There is also a view of the Main Street of Levin in the late 19th century. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-184

Description: Shows two children staring up at their kite, which is tangled in overhead power lines. Attached to the end of the kite is a pair of their mother's stockings. A newspaper article with the headline 'Kite flying can be dangerous' is adhered to the top left of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, newsprint and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1960 - 1999

By: Accident Compensation Corporation (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Electrical-1900s

Description: Includes: 1960s?: "He's safe, are you?" Before using portable power tools, check these points with a qualified electrician. Green Cross for safety. Issued by the National Safety Association of NZ Inc [1960s?] 1968?: Forms I and II pupils. Have you heard about the big electrical safety in the home project competition? Splendid prizes to be won! See your class teacher for full details. Sponsored by the National Safety Association of N.Z. Inc W & T Ltd [ca 1968] ca 1971: Don't get your wires crossed. There are now 2 colour codes for electrical flexes. Issued by the National Safety Association of N.Z. [ca 1971] (2 copies) 1980s: It's a shocking way to go. Check cables and connections before use. Issued by the NZ Institute of Electricians with the support of the Occupational Safety Trust Board. Accident Compensation Corporation [1980s?] (2 copies) 1985: Cut off the power before you paint. Accident Compensation Corporation preventing accidents is our first task. Produced with the assistance of the Electrical Safety Committee [ca 1985] (2 copies) Don't get your wires crossed; leave it to the experts. International Youth Year 1985. Accident Compensation Corporation (2 copies) Don't put your life on the line; watch out for overheads. Accident Compensation Corporation. Preventing accidents is our first task. Produced with the assistance of the Electrical Safety Committee [ca 1985?] (2 copies) Watch for overhead lines; don't make the connection. Accident Compensation Corporation preventing accidents is our first task. Produced with the assistance of the Electrical Safety Committee [ca 1985] Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to around 500 mm.

Date: 1956

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-100

Description: Shows four frames illustrating news headlines. In the first frame, titled 'Scouts 'Bob-a-Job' next week', a woman is scolding her lazy husband. The second frame is titled 'Bowls played by moonlight' and shows young couples playing bowls at night. In the third frame, 'Engineer urges laying of power lines across strait', one man asks another 'What would you say to the North Island receiving our surplus power?' The final frame is called 'Sky writing in city' and shows sky writing which reads 'Income tax due this month' The words '2nd March '56, No. 224' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-084

Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. The first frame is about the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) tax system. It shows a man looking at his payslip in shock. Tax has been deducted for a long list of things including 'TAB investments' and haircuts. The man says, 'Pay-as-you-earn? The trouble REALLY is, to earn what you've got to pay!' The second frame shows the cartoonist asking another man for a funny idea about cricket. The man replies, 'Cricket! Funny!! Heck no! It's just blooming PATHETIC.' The final frame is about plans for underground wiring. A man is gesturing up at all the power lines above the street Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: December 1968-November 1989

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: Series-5989

Description: Albums of black and white and colour photographic proof sheets taken by unidentified photographer(s) for the Electricity Department and its successors, the Electricity Division of the Ministry of Energy and the Electricity Corporation, between 1968 and 1989. Images include power station interiors and exteriors, dams, spillways, intakes, canals, transmission towers, cooling towers, offices, information centres, technical training school attendees and training activities, equipment, signs, displays, electrical substations, control rooms with computer equipment, construction of power stations and dams, scenic and aerial views of dams, storage lakes, power stations and surrounding areas, views of the towns and villages serving construction projects and power stations, openings of dams and power stations, anniversary celebrations for power stations, informal pictures and formal portraits of some staff members, and New Zealand scenery (mostly from areas near power stations, dams and substations). The proof sheets are in individual plastic pockets in ringbinders, and each sheet is backed with a description sheet that provides a number, the subject or location of the photographs, and the date the photographs were taken, generally expressed as a month and a year. Some of the sheets also have a descriptive name and date written on the back, and some names and dates have been mistranscribed onto the description sheet. The number range for the black and white proof sheets begins at 330 and ends at 916, with numbers 402-583 missing. The number range for the coloured proof sheets begins at 1 and ends at 1244; numbers 890-899 and 1233-1242 are missing (or sheets have been misnumbered). Some pockets do not contain proof sheets and are usually but not always annotated "Not used". Many of the individual images within the sheets have numbers written on them and some have been marked up to show how the images should be cropped, presumably for printing or publication. Some are annotated with notes about where the negatives are; in particular many images of the construction of New Plymouth Power Station are annotated "Negatives with CE" and various dates in the late 1990s. Arrangement: By type of photographic process (black and white, and colour) and within each sequence largely chronological, although there are some overlaps between years. Quantity: 36 album(s). Physical Description: 36 A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinders containing plastic pockets holding photographic proof sheets with images of various sizes.

Date: 1929

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Te Whaiti, H N, active 1929

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbh/1929/Acc.27412

Description: Sketch map of the Papawai Pa Reserve, and surrounding streets showing the official electricity connection and two proposed main electricity routes from the main road to the Papawai Pa. Shows the Greytown - Te Parae main road; Waiohine River; road to A Jury's and Ruamahanga River; Mangarara Stream; by-way to Pa; and the road to Basil Burch's farm. Indicates the dwellings of White Rangi, D Rewi, Tipene, Tauria and Waitere, as well as a bakery and a Native (Maori) school. Lists the trustees of the Pa (including Niniwa-i-te-rangi, Nireaha Tamaki, H.J. Kingi, H. Manihora, Henare Parata, Raukura Mahupuku and government representative A Hamilton), and the present committee in charge of renovating the Pa, including H.N. te Whaiti of Greytown, Whana Himona of Pikio and W Tahana of Gladstone. Includes list of Pa trustees when transfer was effected and list of present committee in charge of renovating Pa. Map drawn on letter head paper of Hukarere School, Napier, 192?. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on letterhead note paper, scale indeterminable, 24 x 19.3 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Te Whaiti papers Group-0805. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0027909

Description: Shows two frames of Good Friday. The first shows Good Friday in 30 AD with three people on crucifixes. The second shows Good Friday on 2014 AD with three linesmen repairing power lines. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-2010-02

Description: Poster shows an illustrations of black and white pencil sketches of twelve tui wearing hats and jackets, perched on telegraph wires, superimposed on a coloured backgroun of wooden Wellington houses and a blue and lime sky. The text giving the itinerary is at the lower edge. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 2006

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0008306

Description: "Jitterati" cartoon strip. Shows Jaimee complaining to Tony how she is not feeling sorry for Telecom, or the Government for losing tomorrow's budget centrepiece because of the lack of electrical line upgrades, motorway upgrades, infrastructure upgrades. She believes that our leaders have let a lot of things slide over the last decade or so and how we are suffering now. Tony asks what Jaimee is using the crowbar and vaseline for. Jaimee tells him that she is getting on a bus. Suggests that the buses are so old that she is unable to get on to the bus without the aid of a crowbar and vaseline to open the doors. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1881

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-024

Description: Shows group of wooden buildings in the foreground, possibly barracks, with people talking. A barrel, a trunk, a dog and a gun carriage are amongst the main group of people. Two men on horseback on a path to the left may be soldiers.There are horses in a corral in front of a large shed to the left. A path with steps leads past a telegraph pole to buildings on a rise in the middle ground, one building possibly being a church. Mount Egmont in the background. The constructions and people are probably associated with the raid on nearby Parihaka in November 1881. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Other Titles - Pungarehu Inscriptions: Title in pencil on separate label (formerly part of backing board) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 235 mm Provenance: By descent to the Wilkie Family