Rapids - New Zealand - Waikato Region

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PA5-0108

Description: Aratiatia Rapids. Tanner Bros photographic series no 578-D. Note on back in pencil reads: E E Grimwood Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 87 x 139 mm

Date: 1956-1977

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-7973

Description: North Island trips. Includes - Rangataua, 1974. Lakes Rotopounamu and Rotoaira, February 1968. Countryside near Te Porere, February 1968. Views of Tokaanu, Lake Taupo, 1977. Aratiatia Rapids, January 1956. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1900-1910]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-013

Description: Views around the Taupo Tongariro area, including Mounts Ngaruahoe and Tongariro, Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, Lake Taupo and Wairakei. There is one image of the Maori interior of Tom Ryan's whare, one of the Terraces Hotel at Lake Taupo, and others of various buildings at the Spa Hotel (Taupo), including the interior of the dining room. This building was the meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu, purchased by John Joshua (proprietor of the Spa Hotel) for use as a smoking room and dining room for the hotel guests. Several images show unidentified Maori women in posed groups, or working with flax, and in one case a woman using a treadle sewing machine. An unidentified man is seen, in several images, fishing at pools below the Aratiatia Rapids. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers around the turn of the 19th-20th century. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

Date: 1905 - 1915

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-237

Description: Shows rapids of a river flowing over rocks. The river (possibly Tokaanu Stream) is surrounded by bush Very similar to image at A-462-238 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 148 x 90 mm

Date: 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1931-F

Description: Panoramic view with the Waikato River in the foreground, the dam on the right. A group of five men are on a barge with planks across to the river bank. The barge appears to be laden with bags, with another pile on land, perhaps in preparation from further construction of the Horahora Hydro Station. Hills in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Hora Hora Rapids" Waikato River. N.Z. 1924. No. 46; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tyape] Hora Rapids. Waikato, N.Z. No. 46. 4 40x10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.3 cm

Date: 1908-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PAColl-7502-3

Description: Hawke's Bay earthquake, mostly damage to Napier port. West Coast bridges taken during assesment of damage after the Murchison earthquake View of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction, and the Grafton Bridge, Auckland under construction in 1908 View of the Tuakau Bridge over the Waikato River Arapuni falls and Aratiatia Rapids, liners entering Pago Pago Harbour American Samoa, and a view of the weastern part of Wellington Harbour including the lower Hutt Valley, and the Tararua Ranges in the background Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca1931]

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 :Photographs relating to family and scientific interests

Reference: PA1-o-1318

Description: Photographs of geysers and other thermal activity at Whakarewarewa, Wairakei, Okere. Beaches at Karekare and Waihi. Aratiatia Rapids. Birds in trees. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1917-1924

From: Heath, Henry C, fl 1890s-1920s :Photographs of New Zealand scenes and Heath's family

Reference: PAColl-8432-3

Description: A man and a woman in a garden, 1917; formal flower beds in a park; a brick tea kiosk; a group of women beside a lilly pond in a park planted with Canary Island palms; the Government Bath House, Rotorua; St Faith's Church and a general view of Ohinemutu; geysers and the model pa at Whakarewarewa; view to Lake Rotorua from a hill at Whakarewarewa; Rainbow Mountain and the Spa Hotel, Taupo; the Aratiatia Rapids and the Huka Falls; men working in a milking shed. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 box(es).

Date: ca 1890

By: Eustace, C H, active 1890s

Reference: PA4-0968

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Ohinemuri River Rapids, Karangahake, taken by C H Eustace ca 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Ohinemuri River Rapids, Karangahake; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - C H Eustace photo - Waihi N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Between 1955 and 1965]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-202

Description: Album of photographs taken around the Taupo District. Many are contacts from 35mm film; some are prints, taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1955 and 1965. Most of the images are indicative of John Salmon's interest in photography. Examples can be seen in the series of images taken in various lights on the Taupo Golf Links including on misty mornings, the "Picket fence" of fishermen standing at the mouth of the Waitahanui River Mouth on Lake Taupo, a series showing Pohutu Geyser playing, views of the Aratiatia Rapids and Huka Falls, and views of Mission Bay where he spent camping holidays. Three views show Maori ramparts on Motutaiko Island (Lake Taupo), several show dwellings at Waihi, and one shows a group of Maori children in a hot pool at Whakarewarewa. Other Titles - Spine title - Taupo District Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with fawn cover, Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: [1927-1932]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-068

Description: Photo of boat pulled up on stony bank of the Mokau River. Photographed between 1927 and 1932 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - "The old boat" at the rapid at the old coal mine - see photos of mine-shaft entrance, also ruined trucks. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.3 x 20.3 cm

Date: December 1903-January 1904

From: Teale, Edmund Oswald (Sir), 1874-1971 : Birell album

Reference: PA1-o-037

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by Sir Edmund Oswald Teale, who visited New Zealand to attend a meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in Dunedin between December 1903 and January 1904. Images include a number showing geological formation along the route between Napier and Taupo; images of hot springs and mud pools, and the Aratiatia Rapids; Napier and Wellington. Views of the South Island include many in the Mount Cook region, and show various glaciers, including the Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter Glacier, and the Hooker Glacier; geological aspects of moraines, crevasses and moulins associated with glaciers; Lake Pukaki; alpine flowers in the Tasman Valley; a carriage and horses near the Hermitage, with Mount Sefton visible behind; the Mataura River and Bluff. A collection of duplicates are filed in a pocket at the front of the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, 235 x 185 mm

Date: 1855 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-029-056

Description: Shows a section of rapids on a riverflowing between steaming wooded slopes, possibly the Waikato at Orakei Korako. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 242 x 343 mm

Date: [ca 1925]

By: Lomas, George, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1274

Description: Album includes photographs of motor tours in the North Island, the Bealey Glacier and the Otira Gorge, and the Waikato River and Paturuahine Gorge at the site of the Arapuni hydro dam. Images relating to the motor tours include New Plymouth, Mount Egmont, the Napier-Taupo Road, hot waterfalls on the Napier-Taupo Road, Mohaka bridge and river, Rununga Falls, Eskdale Valley and memorial church, Napier, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, a Maori guide, Waikato River, Tarawera Hotel, Trout at Fairy Springs Rotorua, geysers, Mount Messenger Road, Wanganui River, and Kape Kidnappers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005

Date: ca 1930s

From: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946 :Prints and negatives of New Zealand wildlife and scenery

Reference: 1/4-003487-F

Description: Aratiatia Rapids, Waikato River, photographed circa 1930s by Thelma Rene Kent. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1940's]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091478-F

Description: Zeila Wells, wife of the photographer, standing under a pine tree beside rapids on the Waikato River photographed by Robert E Wells in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [194-?]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091425-F

Description: View of rapids on the Waikato River above the Huka Falls with Zeila Wells (photographer's wife) and another woman standing in the foreground under pine trees. Photographed by Robert E Wells in the late 1940s. Caption - Zeila and Rene above Huka Falls [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1930 - 1959

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: B-168-003

Description: Shows the Aratiatia Rapids on the Waikato River. Te Papa records call this "Three and a Half Mile Bay", but the title on the item is "Aratiatia. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Aratiatia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 215 x 350 mm (sight)

Date: Ca 1910s

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000750-G

Description: View of the Horahora Rapids on the Waikato River. Photographed by Price Photo Co. William Archer Price was operating as Price Photo Co circa 1910-1930. Photographed before the construction of the Horahora Hydro, and the creation of Lake Karapiro. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Hora Hora Rapids. Waikato River. 1168. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [between ca 1890-1930)

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007283-G

Description: Aratiatia Rapids, Waikato River, photographed by Samuel Heath Head, between circa 1890-1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).