Memorials - New Zealand - West Coast Region
Westland Hospital, Hokitika
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Bruce, Thomas Wanless, 1861-1934
Reference: Pan-2253A-F
Description: Panoramic view of the Westland Hospital, Hokitika. Various buildings, two-storeyed in parts. Group of people at the entrance to the left-hand building, including some nurses, and doctors? Other nurses standing in the doorways to two buildings in the centre of the image. Memorial lampstand in the foreground "In memomoriam Marion R. Little. Died 30th March 1923". A car is parked on the drive on the far left (number plate: WN-7640). Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Westland Hospital. Hokitika; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Westland Hospital. T.W. Bruce. Hokitika Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 103.6 cm
Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of the memorial to James Colvin
Date: ca 1920s
Reference: PAColl-7628
Description: Two photographs of the memorial to James Colvin, the MP for Buller 1899-1919, made by Parkinson of Auckland ca 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographer unknown: Scenes at marae and at the Abel Tasman memorial
Date: [ca 1950s]
Reference: PAColl-6722
Description: 20 scenes on at least three different marae. On one the occasion is probably a tangi and on the others there are large gatherings including dance. A lot of detail can be seen of the whare whakairo. There are also two scenes of a man addressing a gathering near a memorial to Abel Tasman on which the inscription reads "Abel Tasman Dutch navigator voyaged West Coast 13th December 1642". There is also a scene of men carving waka. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034222 to 1/4-034241 Quantity: 20 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives
Photographs relating to history
Date: 2002-2004
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000328
Description: Photographs relating to history in the West Coast Region. Includes the re-opening of the Brunner bridge, various memorials, and the opening of the Groom Bros Butchery replica store at Shantytown (the Open-air village museum). Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Historic" Quantity: 179 digital photograph(s).
Unveiling of memorial stone at graves of miners killed in Strongman Mine disaster, Karo...
Date: 18 Jan 2004
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000288
Description: Views of the unveiling of a stone memorial on 18 January 2004 to mark the graves of the 19 men who died in the 1967 Strongman Mine disaster. Shows ceremony at Karoro Cemetery, Greymouth. Source of descriptive information - Event identified by Library client Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Events (brunner memorial)" Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s).
Photographs relating to South Westland, West Coast
Date: 2001-2003
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000507
Description: Photographs of South Westland, West Coast. Includes photographs of the Franz Josef and Haast villages and glaciers, coastlines and lakes in the southern region of the Westland district. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (south Westland)" Quantity: 170 digital photograph(s).
Photographs relating to fire and ambulance services, West Coast
Date: 1999-2005
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000480
Description: Photographs relating to the fire and ambulance services in West Coast. Includes photographs of fire fighting, award and medal presentations to ambulance officers and fire fighters, fire fighting competitions, Klempel memorial, and fire fighting and rescue demonstrations. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Services (Fire-Ambulance)" Quantity: 74 digital photograph(s).
Kowhiterangi massacre memorial
Date: 21 March 2008
From: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Photographs of the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, Inangahua, Mount Ngauruhoe, and various New Zealand locations
Reference: PADL-002146
Description: Memorial to the seven men killed by a deranged local farmer, Stanley Graham, in October 1941. Each man who died is commemorated by a bronze plaque. Descriptive text supplied by Simon Nathan. Title supplied by photographer. Arrangement: File was delivered in a digital folder titled "SN West Coast". Quantity: 1 digital photograph(s).
Strongman disaster memorial
Date: 21 March 2008
From: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Photographs of the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, Inangahua, Mount Ngauruhoe, and various New Zealand locations
Reference: PADL-002147
Description: Memorial to the 19 men who died in the Strongman Mine disaster on 19 January 1967 on the roadside near Strongman Mine. Descriptive text supplied by Simon Nathan. Title supplied by photographer. Arrangement: File was delivered in a digital folder titled "SN West Coast". Quantity: 1 digital photograph(s).