Overhead electric lines

Date: 1959

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: MapColl-WRC-8-4/9/1-Acc.

Description: Identifies NZED power line routes and optional alaignments - Whitby area. Belmont Regional Park, a regional park project by Wellington Regional Planning Authority and Wellington Regional Water Board. Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Coloured ink on cream paper. Scale indeterminable, 84 x 57 cm.

Date: 1931

From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931

Reference: PAColl-0153-03

Description: View of the rubble of a building that was demolished by the Napier earthquake in 1931. There is one overhead power pole standing next to the demolished building, and there are unidentified people just looking at the rubble. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939, 1946

From: Smith, Elizabeth Gael, fl 1946-2006 : Papers

By: Smith, Elizabeth Gael, active 1946-2006

Reference: MS-Papers-8672-2

Description: Collection comprises: Two letters and one telegram to Mr David Smith concerning employment on power line construction at Maungatapere and Tutira, and possible accommodation there. From Robert Williamson and C McIntyre. Letters collected by Elizabeth Gael Smith. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1952

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[39 copies of cartoons from 'Lodge looks at Wellington', Nevile Lodge, 1952]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: H-727-030

Description: The scene is outside a rugby match where four men are leaning on the rails of an overhead platform watching the match. They are supposedly there to fix the power lines but the rugby ground gate keeper has realised that is a ruse. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 1971 - 1975

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Webb, Norman David, 1913-2005

Reference: G-236

Description: A two part picture, showing heavy snow falling on small island on left, pylons weighted down with snow and couple by small fire made from last surviving trees, trying to cut through Cook Strait cable with an axe; whilst on righthand island, with its healthy pylons, man rests comfortably in armchair, hat and scarf, in front of TV which announces:"Storms bash S.I. Possible cuts". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath; Recto - beneath image - [Title] (very faded); Recto - beneath image - (Written in crayon on the glass, by Norman Webb, because original had faded): [Title] Appeared in the Dominion for 8 March 1973. "New Zealand energy journal", vol. 48 (Dec 1975) pages 261-263, has article entitled "A study of the implications of cutting the Cook Strait cable", by P D Lucas, B A Murtagh, and B R Smith; this tells that power had been conveyed from South to North for more than a decade, but that in recent years, South Islanders had been dissatisfied with shortages they had been forced to endure because of the power needs of the North Island. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and Chinese white on paper, 450 x 640 mm (sight). Provenance: Donated by Norman Webb, in 1996.

Date: 1992

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc], 1949- :New Zealand Herald; Cartoons, 11 June - 30 June 1992

Reference: H-012-002

Description: Shows power lines attached to the Beehive, the top of which has become a generator from which the noise of politicians emanates. Refers to power shortages and consideration of alternative power sources Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

Date: 1976

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-C9/20A-Acc.

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) (aerial photograph). Physical Description: Ink on white paper. 74 x 58 cm.

Date: 1976

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-C9/20B-Acc.

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) (aerial photograph). Physical Description: Ink on white paper. 74 x 58 cm.

Date: 23 July 1985

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1985/3280

Description: Wellington City Council's Municipal Electricity Department staff moving power lines from one pole to another, Karaka Bay. Mr Harold Braumann won a court order to have a pole removed from in front of his garage door and a new pole has been planted a little further south. Photographed 23 July 1985 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1978

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: MapColl-WRC-8-4/11/4-Acc.

Description: Shows proposed NZED pylon routes, existing Water Board road etc and details of Education Farm, Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale ca 1: 4000, 125 x 59 cm.

Date: 1979

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-8-4/9/2-Acc.

Description: Aerial photograph Waitanagirua showing proposed power lines running through Education farm. Belmont Regional Park, a regional park project by Wellington Regional Planning Authority and Wellington Regional Water Board. Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Aerial photograph. 43 x 51 cm.

Date: 24 Sept 1987 - 24 Sep 1987

From: NZOHA Electricity Centenary Oral History Project Stages I, II and III

By: Webb, Norman David, 1913-2005

Reference: OHInt-0003/20

Description: Norman Webb describes family background; father, Herbert Webb as pioneer in the early electrical industry; childhood; early education; life as an electrical apprentice at W B Alexander, Wanganui; details of staff; rudimentary power system in houses; umbrella aerial installations for early radio; electrical wiring regulations; standards; accidents; development of the Wanganui domestic electricity supply; staff at W B Alexander, Stan Terry, Roy Blewitt; education at Canterbury University studying for an electrical engineering (civil) degree; lecturers, J E L (Jelly) Cole, Percy Powell, Billy Darwin. Recalls work as a cadet for Hydro Electric Branch, Public Works Department, Addington; construction of sub station; function of sub station; as assistant engineer work on transmission supply of Highbank Power Station; wiring at Burnham Camp during World War II; the domestic wiring process; electrical hazards and safety; live line testing; reference to distribution engineer, John Stevens and assistant, Jack Fazackerley; restricted occupation during war; training as pilot in Tiger Moths; service for Royal Airforce 61 Squadron in Lancasters and Wellington Bombers; attitudes to survival and wartime lifestyle; parachuting after being hit by night fighters; capture; internment at Sagan as prisoner of war; transition to civil life. Describes construction work at Methven; construction village; details of erecting poles and running power lines; relations with farmers; isolation and social problems in the construction villages; roles as engineer at head office, Wellington from 1948; in purchasing section; fifteen years in sub station design work; attitude to head office; layout of Department; period of rapid change post war; rapid growth; personality of F T M Kissell; reference Bob Semple; personality of A E Davenport; social structure at head office; details of design of sub station; heavy post war demand; relationship with district engineers; background to promotion to maintenance engineer; role as inspection engineer, 1966-1968; travel involved; reference to Johnny Lough and Jerry Meredith. Discusses role as commercial engineer; work with the supply authorities; reference to Alec Heir, E B McKenzie, Phil Blakeley; relationship between the Electrical Supply Authorities Association and the New Zealand Electricity Department; rationing of power before the Cook Strait cable; power blackouts; recalls ministers of electricity, Tom Shand, Les Gandar, Brian Talboys, Lance Adams-Schneider; future of power generation in New Zealand; work at the Electric Supply Authorities Association after retirement. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Webb's home at 11 Corlett Road, Plimmerton, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001702 - OHC-001704 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 270. Search dates: 1913 - 1987

Date: 14 Sep 1988

From: NZOHA Electricity Centenary Oral History Project Stages I, II and III

By: Ellis, James Douglas, 1915-1997

Reference: OHInt-0003/24

Description: Doug Ellis describes family background; father's involvement with encouraging people in the Waikato to have electricity in 1920s and 1930s; childhood; views on the importance of religion; scheme introduced in Hutt Valley Electric Power Board (HVEPB) to provide staff with opportunities for self improvement; objections from Electric Supply Authorities Employers' Association; bringing in an industrial chaplain; bonus improvement scheme introduced as General Manager of HVEPB, 1976; strike in 1964 HVEPB; union negotiator, Tony Neary; difficulties in keeping good staff. Describes his views on ideal local body / power authorities structure; relationships between board and chief executive; recalls electricity shortages; some chairman of HVEPB, Ted Holdaway, Andy Ash and John Seddon; effect of national politics on boards in 1950s; use of natural gas for generating electricity; reference to ministers of electricity: Tom Shand, Percy Allen, Les Gandar, Tom McGuigan, Ronald Bailey, E S F Holland, George Gair; social role of supply authority; tarriffs. Discusses load factors of domestic versus commercial consumption; boards actively encouraging industrial development; importance of longterm planning; role involved with the establishment of board supply of gas; reference Percy Dowse, former Mayor of Lower Hutt; study into viability of distributing natural gas; hazards of changeover from coal gas; importance of public relations. Recalls work as Distribution Engineer, Wellington Municipal Electricity Department, 1947 - 1956; fire in tunnel carrying electical circuits from Jervois Quay Sub Station; demolishing concrete generator supports inside buildings; street lighting design; lighting pedestrian crossings properly; reference Reginald Maunder; work on overhead lines and their insulation; importance of design in underground cable work; move to underground cabling; service as officer with Second Division, NZEF in the Middle East, Italy in World War II; back to HVEPB as distribution engineer, 1956 - 1975; reference Hector McBain, I R Robinson, Mr Horn; power cuts in 1950s and public reaction. Describes purchase of new 33,000 volt cable; development of work on live wires; introduction of aluminium conductors; importance of good planning, good staff, good public relations; memberships of organisations; reference to Wahine storm, 1968; crisis of getting loan finance when General Manager, Hutt Valley Electric Power and Gas Board, 1975-1980; relationship with New Zealand Electricity Department; reference to Bruce McKenzie, Phil Blakeley, A E Davenport; feelings about retirement; consultancy work; investigations into amalgamations; future sources of energy in New Zealand. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Venue - Eastbourne Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Mr Ellis' home at 8A Tui Road, Days Bay, Eastbourne, Wellington Accompanying material - Copy of retirement notice 'Kapuni promotor retires' from Dominion, 1980 (no month given); copy of retirement notice 'Having the last laugh' from Evening Post, 1980 (no day/month given); copy of 'Mr J D (Doug) Ellis General Manager retires after 24 years with the Board' from The Power & Gas Line, No. 26, April 1980; copy of minutes of last meeting attended by Doug Ellis at the Hutt Valley Electric Power and Gas Board, 26 March 1980; copy of curriculum vitae Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 285 AY=AB AR=285. Black and white photographs:-. Doug Ellis, 1988. Doug Ellis, 1941 Search dates: 1915 - 1988

Date: ca1970s-ca1980s

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0378

Description: Mainly fungi and high tension power pylons Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1972 - 1979

From: Price, Nina, 1953- :[Lino cuts, biro drawings and a painted cardboard model of a house, relating to Denniston, West Coast. 1972-1979]

Reference: A-460-002

Description: A view from inside through two sash windows, looking towards a house and power lines across the road Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Linocut, 203 x 240 mm, on paper 293 x 360 mm

Date: 1989

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :New Zealand Herald; Cartoons, 20 February 1988 - 27 November 1991

Reference: H-011-012

Description: Shows David Butcher with a pair of scissors cutting a power line running between two telegraph poles. Refers to government's decision to deregulate the supply of electricity Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0498

Description: Shows a group of men working on overhead power lines in the Symonds Street area, Auckland, in 1971. One negative frame is of a young boy watching. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: [ca 1906]

Reference: 1/2-020778-F

Description: Looking south along Customhouse Quay, Wellington, circa 1906. The Government Life Building and the Post Office are on the right. A double decker electric tram, horse drawn carriages and overhead electric power lines are also visible. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1888]

Reference: 1/2-025255-b-F

Description: Photograph of Reefton, West Coast, circa 1888. Shows a roadway that joins a bridge over the Inangahua River. The township is in the background. Power lines are just visible in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. In 1888 Reefton became the first town in the country to be lit by hydro-electric power. (Information from (1979) Wises New Zealand Guide: A gazetteer of New Zealand. Auckland: Wises Publications Ltd) Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2004

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DX-014-595

Description: A series of six scenes showing the positive aspects of power transmission lines. In November 2004, residents of South Waikato formed an action group to oppose power company Trans Power's plans to run a 200 kilometre line of huge pylons from Whakamaru to Auckland. Extended Title - Washing. High wire acts. Swing seats. Viticulture. Signs. Talking point. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).