Pukemiro

Date: between 1915-1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-q-102-061-1

Description: Coal being transported at the Pukemiro Coal Mine, Waikato. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1926. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Coal bins & screens. Pukemiro mine. Waikato. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: between 1915-1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-q-102-061-3

Description: Entrance to the Pukemiro Coal Mine, Waikato. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1926. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Entrance to Pukemiro Mines, Waikato Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1932-1950

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/08

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1960s-1980s]

From: New Zealand Centre for Photography :Photographs

By: Hoy, Douglas George, 1937-1992

Reference: PAColl-9528-2

Description: Photographs of railway scenes taken by Douglas George Hoy. Includes photographs of Wellington Harbour Board buildings and vessels, United Kingdom trip in 1980, and photographs of friends, pets and various artistic photographs. Accompanying material - Negative index Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1960s-1980s]

From: New Zealand Centre for Photography :Photographs

By: Hoy, Douglas George, 1937-1992

Reference: PAColl-9528-3

Description: Photographs of railway scenes taken by Douglas George Hoy. Includes photographs of trip to United Kingdom in 1980, and railways in New South Wales. Accompanying material - Negative index Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 25 Feb 1992

From: Huntly Coalfields oral history project

By: Mackie, David Waldrop, 1900-

Reference: OHInt-0020/05

Description: David Mackie recalls the miners' homestead; mining in Scotland; Scottish mobile cutters; Pukemiro in the 1920s; mining lights (lamps) in the 1920s; mining clothing; accidents in Scottish mines during World War II; the Glen Afton disaster of 1939; fire fighting; using dummy jigs (before conveyor belts and mechanical cutters); the different poisonous gases and dust in the mine; training to be a deputy and mine rescuer (Edinburgh Mining College); deputies as providers of first aid; compares mine rescue stations at Rotowaro and Scottish mines; glenie lamps and canaries; Scottish mining (sink mining); using fire for ventilation; pioneer versus modern mining. Describes the Huntly Working Mens Club; mining in Scotland as a boy; morning tea at Rotowaro mine; pit ponies; Shetland ponies in Scotland; endless ropes and conveyor belts; truckers' job; Australian mines during the depression (1930s); relations between miners and deputies; Rotowaro after World War II; process of firing the shot; testing for gas; underviewers and managers; local Maori; the 'sunburnt Scotsman'; transport; sports clubs at Rotowaro; fishing at Te Akau; shopping in Huntly in 1924; union action at Scargill; 'brushing' the roof; the modern mine at Glen Afton. Venue - Hamilton Interviewer(s) - Jamie Mackay Venue - Flat 10, 211 River Road, Hamilton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004392 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.25 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 725 - also contains excerpts of tape transcripts.

Date: 23 Mar 1992

From: Huntly Coalfields oral history project

By: Bullock, Cora Maude, 1923-; Bullock, Charles, 1922-

Reference: OHInt-0020/13

Description: Charles Bullock recalls earliest memory, replacing kerosene lights with electricity; travelling around the district in the Rotowaro Band; working in the mine on the bends of the rope-roads, pit top, clipping, trucking and on face; effect on health; arguments with management; disputes over wet time; making up weight illegally in skips; management avoiding dust time; comparison of Rotowaro and Pukemiro mines; more on deputies; compares pay between mines; travelling to the mine; hours worked; compares work in mines then and now. Cora Bullock describes Rotowaro School; Pukemiro Junction; going to the technical institute in Ngaruawahia; walking long distances; hours worked at home; working at the Rotowaro Post Office; facilities at Rotowaro; scavaging bottles as a child in the Depression (1930s); going to movies in Huntly as teenager; dances; billiard room in old Rotowaro Hall and alcohol. Charles Bullock talks about sneaking alcohol into dances; the Glen Afton disaster and accidents and deaths at Rotowaro; falls in the mine; removing pillars; exemption from war service; Welsh miners singing; working in the Huntly East Mine; putting up power poles at Rotowaro and the carbonisation works. Cora Bullock discusses the flax mill at Rotowaro; raising children; the Country Women's Institute; the medical service at Rotowaro; the 1951 strike; shifting house, local Maori families. Venue - Huntly Interviewer(s) - Jamie Mackay Venue - 200 Hakanoa Street, Huntly Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004402 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.28 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 733 - also contains excerpts of tape transcripts.

Date: 10 Mar 1992

From: Huntly Coalfields oral history project

By: Baker, William Richard, 1919-

Reference: OHInt-0020/08

Description: Bill Baker recalls horses at Macdonald Mine; canaries; how some dodged World War II; strikes as reason for getting deputies ticket; using the first scraper loader at Pukemiro; opening the new mechanical drives in the 1960s; learning mining skills; how deputy worked out the wages; combustion heating; practical jokes; showing mine to group of nuns; an example of good manager at Pukemiro; socialising between officials and miners; miners trying to get wet or dust time; life at Pukemiro in late 1930s; comparison of pays over time; higher expectation on miners during World War II; learning safety requirements; removing timbers; accidents. Describes the Glen Afton disaster (1939), as part of rescue team; pay rates; the 1951 strike; relief food; comparison of effect of strike on wharfies and miners; conditions for miners; training at mines rescue station; fire fighting; leisure activities at Pukemiro; the Saturday night train from Huntly; drilling for shots; caps and hats; using the dummy jig; bringing up skips. Venue - Huntly Interviewer(s) - Jamie Mackay Venue - 40 Harris Street, Huntly West Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004396 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 728 - also contains excerpts from tape transcripts.

Date: 11 Mar 1992

From: Huntly Coalfields oral history project

By: Scurr, David Leslie, 1907-1993

Reference: OHInt-0020/10

Description: David Scurr recalls father who worked as miner in England, South Africa and Australia before New Zealand; father in the 1913 Denniston strike; Golden Queen Gold Mine; flooding in Rotowaro; local Maori; going to school at Huntly; mail; bread and meat deliveries; first car on road from Pukemiro (ca 1920); dances and movies at Pukemiro; reference Mr Munro and establishment of Rotowaro store; delivering goods with horse and cart; first butcher's shop in Rotowaro; brother killed in mine accident; reference mine manager, Mr Ralph Cohen. Talks about various members of family; mining on the West Coast; Ralphs Mine; mothers work as midwife; houses in Rotowaro; Mrs Scurr talks about teaching at Rotowaro School; Maori farming; football; entertainment at Rotowaro; reference Cooper Awa; alcohol restrictions restrictions for Maori; policing the pa. Describes how Pukemiro and other mines were found and established; the Ralph family; Munroe's Store; connection with Pukemiro store; doing deliveries; general store at Seddonville; church and community at Seddonville; working winch at top of mine; spragging wheels; a fire at Rotowaro ca 1923; haircuts; more on West Coast mining; the Huntly Extended Mine; different levels of management jobs and qualifications; mining a 20 foot seam. Discusses old mining techniques; dangers of firing shot improperly; story about manager who became inspector and condemned his own mine; Canadian mining techniques and machinery; future of coalmining; cleaning the boilers at Rotowaro; haulage and installation of transformers to change from direct current to alternating current; farming during the Depression (1930s); clearing the land; learning to farm; problems of mines under farm; problem getting compensation; importance of good rope in mine; working the backshift; problems selling farm. Venue - Huntly Interviewer(s) - Jamie Mackay Venue - 36b Bailey Street, Huntly Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004398 - OHC-004399 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 730 - also contains excerpts of tape transcripts.

Date: 13 Mar 1992

From: Huntly Coalfields oral history project

By: McKenzie, Ruth Evelyn, 1913-1993

Reference: OHInt-0020/11

Description: Ruth McKenzie recalls going to school in Huntly from Pukemiro; entertainment at Rotowaro; husband's job as butcher at Rotowaro; facilities in parents' house; dances; concerts; delivering meat; parents lived next to Pendletons; daily routine as child and newlywed; cleaning windows; Huntly on Friday night; roads too rough to go to Hamilton or Auckland; delivering meat to mines; cost of meat during Depression (1930s); making mince and sausages; freezers; swimming in creek after school; food available in Depression; having children; going to hall, pictures; visiting neighbours; reference to the Awas and the Tawhas. Describes baking Christmas cakes; holiday with parents at Whitianga; the Druids; new arrivals in town; the Waahi Marae; concerts in the hall; present situation in Huntly; contact with local farmers; more on local Maori; boyfriends; hours of butchers shop. Venue - Huntly Interviewer(s) - Jamie Mackay Venue - 76 Hakanoa Street, Huntly Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004400 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 731 - also contains excerpts of tape transcripts.

Date: 03 Apr 1992

From: Huntly Coalfields oral history project

By: Pitt, Alison Thomas Waipa, 1916-

Reference: OHInt-0020/17

Description: Alison Pitt recalls Pukemiro School; getting medical help; entertainment at Pukemiro; the tennis courts being built; the swimming pool; horses; fishing and kids' play; looking through the Pukemiro School Jubilee Book; the doctor; shops; brother delivering groceries for local store; early roads and railways around Pukemiro and Glen Afton; delivering food to mine houses; icecream from Mr Dun; early movies and dances; 'kitchen teas' for girls about to be married; putting in roads for cars; their house at Pukemiro; lighting; heating; outhouses; water supply; first radio; house at mine; washing clothes. Describes coal delivery and power at mine; changing points on railway as kids; bonfires; the miners' picnic; comparison of the town then and now; going to Huntly; entertainment; chores; employment for women; going to school on horseback; crime in area; local Maori; compulsory education; the Depression (1930s) in Pukemiro and Auckland; contact with Rotowaro; visiting carbonisation works; the Waingaro hot springs; going underground with father and school; the Glen Afton disaster; the 1951 strike at Rotowaro; refusing to sell meths; doctors at Rotowaro; Glen Afton; tallies and cavels. Venue - Huntly Interviewer(s) - Jamie Mackay Venue - 8 Glasgow Street, Huntly Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004406 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 737 - also contains excerpts of tape transcripts.

Date: 21 May 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-07781-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 21 May 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-07784-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 Sep 1952

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-31083-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 Sep 1952

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-31082-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 Sep 1952

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-31084-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 5 Apr 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-38775-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 5 Apr 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-38768-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Pukemiro identified by Library client. Whites Aviation register describes image as being of the Glen Afton area. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 5 Apr 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-38769-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Location identified by Library client. Whites Aviation register describes image as being of the Glen Afton area. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 21 May 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-07783-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches