Sports tournaments

Date: 1974

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1974-01/08

Description: Xth (Tenth) British Commonwealth Games, Christchurch New Zealand: Opening ceremony (24 January 1974); programmes for events on 25-27, 29, 31 January, 2 February 1974 (with closing ceremony). Other Titles - Tenth Quantity: 8 programmes. Physical Description: Booklets each of about 30 pages, 210 x 147 mm.

Date: 1950

By: New Zealand Table Tennis Association

Reference: Eph-B-TABLE-TENNIS-1950-01

Description: A list of all the contestants in the various sections of the championship competition. There is a list of past champions, photographs of present title holders, both individuals and teams. There is also a photograph of the New Zealand Executive, and of the Canterbury Table Tennis Association Executive. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 40 pages, each 280 x 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in February 2003.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1951/1959

Description: Includes: 1954: City of Dunedin New Zealand. Visit of Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Royal Sports Meeting, Carisbrook, January 26 1954. Souvenir programme (2 copies) New Zealand Amateur Weightlifters Association 1954 Championships, held in the Savage Club Hall, Saturday October 23 1954. Order of events 1955: Kaikoura Axemen's Club. Carnival sports. South Bay Domain, New Year's Day, 1 January 1955. Programme North Island Training Colleges. Summer tournament, 28-30 March 1955. Programme 1956: Olympic Games mini-diary. XVIth Olympiad Melbourne 1956. Bank of New South Wales. Flags of 77 Olympic nations. Olympic Games, melbourne, Australia, 22 November to 8 December 1956. [Pamphlet] Olympic Games, Melbourne 1956. Football final and closing ceremony. Saturday Dec 8 1956, 2-15 pm, Melbourne Cricket Ground. Programme 1957: Waikato sportsmen's digest 1957, published for your pleasure by Waikato Breweries Ltd. 1958: Wales 1958. British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Festival of Wales. A booklet for visitors to Wales during the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the Festival year, presented with the compliments of the Barclays Group of Banks. Quantity: 9 publications. Physical Description: Pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources.

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1970s-1

Description: Includes: 1970s: New Zealand Sports & Social Club. [Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, SW London] ca 1970?: Sportman's guide to New Zealand. New Zealand Government Travel Commissioner. Printed in USA [ca 1970?] 1970: Inter-Port sports tournament at Mt Maunganui & Tauranga, 16-20 February 1970, supported by Rothmans. official programme Auckland weekend sports guide. Issue for week ending 8 August 1970. 1974 (See also separate folders for 1974 Commonwealth Games): 1974 Titahi Bay All Round Sportsman of the Year. Programme of events 1975: New Zealand Darts Council (Inc) presents the 20th North island Darts Championship final. Members' Dining Room, Tauranga Race Course, cameron Road, Tauranga, 25-27 July 1975. Souvenir programme 1976: The New Zealand Olympic guide (16-page booklet) NZ Olympic Team, Montreal appeal, June 11th 1976. 50c. Thank you for your donation. [Two "mystery envelopes", entitling bearer to a novelty poster, and to a sauna] 1978: Centre for Continuing Education, University of Auckland. Seminar on Sport; the nature and meaning of sport in new Zealand, 15-16 April 1978. Programme / registration form 1979: New Zealand Sport & recreation. Fieldays. Mystery Creek, Hamilton, 3-4 November 1979. Official programme Auckland Highland Games and gathering. Avondale Racecourse, December 1st 1979. [Programme] Quantity: 13 publications. Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources

Date: 1845 - 1900 - 1929

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1800/1929

Description: Includes: 1845: Programme of sports, Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 1845. Anniversary fete [includes Sailing match, whaleboat race, hurdle race, hack race, rural sports (jumping in sacks, donkey race, etc)] 1906: United Friendly Societies' Sports. A&P Association's Ground [Carterton?], on Boxing Day 1906. [Programme] 1907: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07. Axemen's carnival held in the Exhibition ground, and Besses o' th' Barn Band. Thursday and Saturday, 17 & 19 January 1907. Official programme 1909: Victorian Lacrosse Association (Melbourne). Official handbook, season 1909 1912: Napier 1912 Industries Week. Sports programme [and] amusements guide, August 14th to 22nd [1912] 1914: Marton Junction Athletic Club. Second annual sports meeting to be held on Marton Racecourse, Wednesday March 4th, 1914. Official programme 1919: Caledonian Society of Otago. Seventh annual junior sports and bands display. Caledonian Grounds, 1 Novemner 1919. Order of events New Zealand Sports Gala; proceeds devoted to Cottage Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. Saturday 12th April 1919. Souvenir programme (Shows Maori haka on cover, and events include haka) 1922: Hawke's Bay Highland Society. Annual caledonian sports. Saturday February 11 1922. Programme 1928: IXe Olympiade, Amsterdam, 1928. Identity card for Norma Wilson, New Zealand Quantity: 10 programmes. Physical Description: Pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources

Date: 1930 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1930/1949

Description: Includes: 1935: A new use for a wheelbarrow (the new "Snailaplane"). [1935]. Pamphlet Wheelbarrow push; Auckland to Wellington within one month. Andrews Baty & Co Ltd, Christchurch. Pamphlet 1937: Labour Day sports to be held in Newtown Park at 11.30 am on Monday October 25 1937. Official programme 1938: British Empire Games of 1938. Sydney Australia. Souvenir programme (2 copies) 1943: Christchurch Training College - Dunedin Training College tournament. Christchurch, July 1943. Programme 1946: Intercollegiate Tournament at Nelson on August 24th and 26th 1946. (Wanganui Collegiate, wellington College, Christ's College, Nelson College). Programme Labour Day Sports to be held in Newtown Park on Monday October 28 1946. Official programme 1948: National Trolley Derby. Derby park, Wellington NZ. First annual race meeting, Wellington 27th November 1948. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Quantity: 8 publications. Physical Description: Pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources. One copy of British Empire Games programme donated by P J Marks esq in 1938; one item donated in 2015 by Morva Croxson from the papers of Robert J Matthews.

Date: 1971 - 1974

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992

Reference: B-187-001

Description: Shows Neville Pickering(?) relaxing in a garden on a deck chair. Over the fence, two men (possibly Sir Dove-Myer Robinson and Frank Kitts) are shaking a plum tree, and Robinson raises a spade in anger. The tree has a single fruit ('the Games') which looks set to fall into Pickering's garden Christchurch hosted the 10th Commonwealth Games in 1974, with Pickering in place as Mayor at the time Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Minhinnick / NZ Herald, 16.11.71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, 277 by 413 mm on sheet 390 x 495 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Ephemera (Eph-D-LOCAL-Christchurch-1971/1973); other items transferred to Manuscripts, Photographic Archive and published collections.

Date: 2 July 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-052880-F

Description: Table Tennis, 4th test between New Zealand and Japanese women's teams. Photograph taken 2 July 1960 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photorapher. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 2 July 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-052871-F

Description: Table Tennis, 4th test between New Zealand and Japanese women's teams. Photograph taken 2 July 1960 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photorapher. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 2 July 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-052869-F

Description: Table Tennis, 4th test between New Zealand and Japanese women's teams. Photograph taken 2 July 1960 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photorapher. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 2 July 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-052872-F

Description: Table Tennis, 4th test between New Zealand and Japanese women's teams. Photograph taken 2 July 1960 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photorapher. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 18-25 June 1994

From: Diva Productions Ltd: Records of the Topp Twins

Reference: MS-Papers-11685-120

Description: Official Gay Games IV programme and 1994 'pride guide' for New York City. Also the June 1994 Lesbian & Gay directory of services and resources. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2014

By: New Zealand Chinese Association

Reference: Eph-A-ETHNIC-Chinese-2014-01

Description: Programme booklet gives the programme of the tournament, rules and guidelines, photos of the various sporting teams and individuals. Accompanied by Basketball format notes, and Athletics draw (both at Eph-C-ETHNIC-Chinese-2914, 2 copies of each) Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Spiral-bound booklet of 129 pages, 213 x 150 mm. Provenance: Donated by Lynette Shum, Wellington, in 2014.

Date: 1966 - 1960 - 1969

By: Tikao, George Waitai Tama, 1933-

Reference: Curios-049-008/009

Description: Two fabric badges belonging to Tony Tikao, one for the British Columbian Curling Club 71st annual bonspiel (tournament), held in Kelowna, 1966; the other, a set of Corporal stripes for an army uniform, possibly Tikao's own, during his service in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam in the 1960s Quantity: 2 curio(s). Physical Description: Cotton braid, silk and felt, varying sizes Provenance: Donation: George Tikao, Christchurch, April 2014 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; other transfers made to Ephemera collection - From Photographic Archive - pacoll-10204.

Date: [ca 1914-1917], 1990

From: Bellingham family: Collection relating to Arthur Bellingham

Reference: MS-Papers-12700-2

Description: Material belonging to Arthur Bellingham, relating to his service in the New Zealand Army during World War One. Comprises: - Pressed flowers "picked up in a ditch outside Ypres, Belgium". [Bellingham did not serve in Belgium. The flowers may have been gifted to him or picked up when he was on leave. They were likely picked between 1914 and 1917.] - An annotated menu for the 'Re-union of British Section New Zealand Expeditionary Force' held on 6 May 1916 at Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London. The menu has been signed by Bellingham and a number of men he served with. - An annotated menu and toast list for the 'New Zealand Expeditionary Force "Records" Dinner' held on 15 February 1917. It has been signed by Bellingham and a number of men he served with. - A souvenir booklet titled 'The First Anniversary of Anzac Day. Celebrations at Hornchurch, April 25th, 1916' by Charles T. Perfect. The booklet details events attended by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in England, to commemorate the first anniversary of Anzac Day. These included: a memorial service on 23 April 1916 (Easter Sunday) at the Parish Church of St Andrew's, Hornchurch; a march through the streets of London followed by a memorial service at Westminster Abbey on 25 April 1916; a ceremony at Grey Towers, Hornchurch on the afternoon of 25 April; and sports and races on 26 April at Grey Towers. The booklet also contains: a description of Te Whare Puni at Grey Towers; commemoration and congratulatory telegrams; and a description of the 'Masonic Anzac Festival' held on 27 April 1916 at the Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford. The booklet has been signed by Bellingham. - A certificate for 'The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal' which was awarded to Bellingham on 19 April 1990. It is signed by Her Majesty The Queen, Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, and Governor-General Paul Reeves. Accompanying the certificate is an explanatory note detailing the 'Order of Wear', 'Bow', and 'Miniatures'. Date information for pressed flowers taken from Arthur Bellingham's service record. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1949-1950

By: Joe, Jean, active 1949-2018; Minicam Photography

Reference: PAColl-10663

Description: Photographs of people attending annual Chinese community sports days and picnics celebrating Double Tenth Day at Karori Park, Wellington, One photograph is taken by Minicam Photographers with the other photographer unidentified. The first photograph is a group portrait, taken September 1949. Jean Joe (née Ngan) is standing at the far left, holding infant Mark Chiu. Mark Chiu's father, Chiu Man-Chung, is centre back. The second photograph shows a group of spectators at a sports event in 1950. Jean Joe is third from left and looking at the camera. Jean's sister, Nancy, is behind her. Other people in both photographs are unidentified. Individuals identified by donor. Title supplied by Library. Double Tenth Day is the national day of the Republic of China. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic prints

Date: 1916-1927

Reference: Eph-A-YMCA-Gym

Description: Includes: YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 4 November 1916. Programme (2 copies) YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 27 October 1919. Programme YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 19 October 1921. Programme/pamphlet (2 copies) YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 7 October 1922. Programme (2 copies) YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 29 September 1923. Programme YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 11 October 1924. Programme (2 copies) YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 3 & 5 October 1925. Programme YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 11 & 13 September 1926. Programme (2 copies) YMCA Gymnastic Carnival. Grand Opera House, 1 & 3 October 1927. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 220 x 145 mm.

Date: 1906

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1906-01

Description: Programme printed at the Wai[kato ...] lists stalls, competitions, entertainment programme, minstrel entertainment and "Living Pictures" (probably tableaux performed by locals), followed by a dance at 10.30 pm. Stalls included fancy goods, children's toys, fruit, refreshments, lollies, tobacco & flowers, fortune teller's tent, shooting gallery, art gallery, Aunt Sally and skittles. Competitions included Ladies' cross-cut sawing, Ladies' nail-driving, range finding, Ladies' sawing, Gentlemen's hat-trimming, weight guessing, candle-burning, peas in bottle, guessing weight of cake, Name of bride (doll). Entertainment programme included pianoforte music, orchestral music, musical dumb bells drill, musical club drill, songs, and a humorous recitation. Minstrel entertainment included comic songs, "coon" songs, sentimental songs, Mr W Tait as "Signor Mazzoni", and "The Great Negro Fishing Haka" performed by the troupe. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on light card, folded to 205 x 138 mm. Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 as part of reparative description work.

Date: 1978 - 1979

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to fishing clubs in New Zealand]

By: Bay of Islands Billfish Tournament International

Reference: Eph-B-FISHING-CLUBS-BOI

Description: Quantity: 2 album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each 297 x 210 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1945

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Egypt

Description: Includes: Undated: Services guide to Cairo. Published by the Co-Ordinating Council for Welfare Work in Egypt. 54 pages Rail ticket - Heluan-les-Bains to Meadi [aka Maadi]. 1st class The Australian Glory restaurant, Heliopolis (Cairo). Square dinkum tucker bill of fare 1941: 2nd NZEF Sports. Prince Farouk Stadium, Cairo. Tuesday August 5 1941. Programme with cover illustration by Peter McIntyre (2 copies) 1942: Sergeants' Mess 2 Echelon. Christmas dinner [menu] 25 December 1942. Maadi [with autographs] 32 NZ Field Regiment, N.Z.A. Xmas dinner. Egypt 1942 [Menu]. Plus one for the same regiment in an unknown year. Reunion dinner, First echelon members. NZ Div Headquarters 1942. In Egypt (Too -- long) [Menu] 1943: Anniversary dinner 1943. "What's a '39'er Pop?" [Menu] 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force Masonic Association. 2nd annual dinner, held at Freemasons' Hall, Cairo. 1 January 1943. Menu 1944: Empire Day celebrations, 24 May 1944 for the forces of H B M King George VI at El Alamein Club Ground, Gezira, Cairo [Sports programme] El Alamein Club. Empire Day service for the forces of His Majesty King George VI. El Alamein Club Ground, Gezira, Cairo. 24 May 1944 (2 copies) NZ Maadi Camp's Christmas meeting. Donkey races, Monday 25th December 1944. Programme Royal Opera House Cairo. A season of plays, revue and musical comedy for the general public and the Allied Forces. Celebrity concert (with Miriam Licette, Nancy Evans, Walter Widdop, Dennis Noble, Alfred Cave, Ivor Newton, of Covent Garden Grand Opera Company). [1944] Programme Quantity: 13 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, relief prints, gestetnered items, sizes varying under 250 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Mr Lindsay Shelton, Wellington, in 2012; one by Maree Kibblewhite, Wellington, in 2017.