Tory Channel / Kura Te Au

Date: 13 Aug 2004 - 20 Oct 2006 - 13 Aug 2004 - 20 Oct 2006

By: Brehaut, Loreen, active 2006-2014; Seahorse World Science Heritage and Education Trust

Reference: OHColl-0856

Description: Interviews with eighteen former whalers who were based in Tory Channel, Cook Strait. Recorded are their experiences, attitudes and lifestyles when involved in whaling and their experiences and attitudes, including whale watching after the whaling industry ceased being active. Interviewees are Tim Barnes, John Bunt, Noel Davis, Geoff Godsiff, Bob Hansen, Joseph Heberley, Neil Henderson, Stuart Howden, Mana Huntley, Waru Huntley, Basil Jones, Noel Mears, John Norton, Tom Norton, Adrian Perano, Ted Perano, Peter Perano and Ron Perano. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Relationship complexity - Tory Strait Whalers' Families & Whekenui School oral history project (OHColl-0860) Arrangement: Digital files arranged as OHDL-001387 to OHDL-001422 Tape numbers - OHC-015994 to OHC-016032 Quantity: 39 C60 cassette(s). 18 printed abstract(s). 36 Electronic document(s) - abstracts. 18 digital photograph(s). 18 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Abstracts contain a photograph of each interviewee

Date: 1840-1926

From: Wesley Methodist Church (Taranaki Street, Wellington) : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1185-010/1

Description: Baptism records for the Cloudy Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Tory Channel districts. These records mostly relate to the Maori and whaling communities, including Ngati Toa, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Koata, Rangitane and Ngai Tahu (?). Note, the names included are indicative only and represent some of the Ngati Toa personalities recognised and researchers should carefully check the contents for other names and tribal associations. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-052-1

Description: A scene in Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - In Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte's Sound. 23/10/82 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 92 x 23 mm

Date: 1959 - 1960

From: Frieboe, Conrad, d 1989 :[Original drawings for "Whaling in early New Zealand", by A W Reed, 1960. ca 1959-1960]

Reference: A-407-009

Description: Illustration shows sealer Jacky Guard, having climbed a cliff at Tory Channel, seeing two right or baleen whales near the shore below him. The illustration was made in preparation for "Whaling in early New Zealand", Reed Publishing Ltd, 1960. Supplied title is taken from that of the corresponding image in the book "Whaling in early New Zealand". Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 378 x 270 mm.

Date: [ca 1882]

From: New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers :Photographs of the Star of Canada, the Taranaki and the Rangitira (ships) ; panorama of a New Zealand Expeditionary Force leaving Albany

By: Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers

Reference: PAColl-D-0062

Description: Photograph of a painting depicting the raising of the S.S. Taranaki. Painting done by an unknown artist. Copy made by Muir & MacKinlay, Wellington (date unknown) The S S Taranaki was wrecked in Tory Channel in August 1868. She was raised in September 1869. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - Presented by Mr Chas Seager. Raising S.S. Taranaki 1872 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 30.5 x 39 cm on card

Date: 1860 - 1870

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :Album. [1860s?]

Reference: E-297-001

Description: A sailing ship in the foreground, the entrance to Tory Channel and the snow-capped Kaikouras in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour with scraping out 79 x 151 mm glued to album page 177 x 225 mm

Date: [Between 1940 and 1954]

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

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-208

Description: Album of photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1940 and 1954. The sequence of images is not chronological. Slip attached to spine reads: Trips - Bold Peak, 1943, Mt. Arthur tbld, Marlb. Sounds, Mt. Algidus, 1946, Honeymoon, 1948. 7th Pacific Sc. Congress. West Coast. The album opens with views taken on a trip to the West Coast in January 1954; followed by a West Coast museum trip, February 1940; a Neslson-Westhaven expedition, November 1952; John and Pam Salmon's honeymoon in the South Island in December 1948; and a trip to Mt. Algidus, February 1946. The next trips in the album were the Mt. Arthur tableland museum expedition, February 1946, and again in February 1948; the Bold Peak district, February 1943; trip around the Sounds on "The Alert", August 1948; air trip over the Sounds in April 1949; and then the South Pacific Science Congress, Auckland-Christchurch, February 1949. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: 1831 - 1834

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/10/2-Acc.37942

Description: Identifies Whaling station, ship-building areas and trade Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on greaseproof paper bound with brown paper. Scale indeterminable. 41 x 40.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Jun 1935

By: Lindsay, Charles John, 1902-1966

Reference: PA7-49-16

Description: View of a boat and a yacht in Jacksons Bay, Tory Channel. Photograph taken by Charles Lindsay, June 1935 Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 26 x 31.7 cm

Date: 1959 - 1960

From: Frieboe, Conrad, d 1989 :[Original drawings for "Whaling in early New Zealand", by A W Reed, 1960. ca 1959-1960]

Reference: A-407-017

Description: Illustration shows a speedboat in the foreground, with a man standing by a mounted harpoon in its prow. In the left distance is a similar baot, and two whales swimming in the water. The illustration was made in preparation for "Whaling in early New Zealand", Reed Publishing Ltd, 1960. Supplied title is taken from that of the corresponding image in the book "Whaling in early New Zealand". Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 378 x 270 mm.

Date: 1844 - 1888 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: B-110-021-4

Description: Shows the carved decorated tomb (wahi tapu) of the Ngati Rahiri chief Huriwhenua, set within its own fence and with the palisades of a pa for protection. The carved war canoe of Huriwhenua is set upright into the earth. The pa was close to Te Awaiti, Tory Channel, Marlborough Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. This is a redrawing of his lithograph 'Tomb of Huriwhenua' plate 23 in his The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847). The copyist is probably H. W. Kirkwood One of four lithographs on one sheet, all copies of work by Angas and probably all copied by Kirkwood. The centre of the sheet is inscribed in blue pencil 'Printed 2500 copies' Other Titles - Tomb of Huriwhenua, a late chief of the Nga ti toa tribe, Queen Charlotte Sound. Ngatitoa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 145 x 216 mm

Date: Between 1912 and 1933

By: Lindsay, Charles John, 1902-1966

Reference: PA1-o-263

Description: Photograph album created by Charles John Lindsay, containing scenes of various holiday yachting cruises, usually at Christmas and Easter (between 1925 and 1933), to the Marlborough Sounds and Kapiti Island. Crew members are identified with initials and surnames. The yachts they crewed on were the Viking, Iolanthe, Wairere (I), and Rawene. Many other yachts seen while sailing are also named. Picnic parties including men and women are shown in group portraits Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs'; 18.5 x 30.0 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available

Date: [ca 1900s, ca 1925-1942]

From: Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942 : Photographs, negatives and photo albums

Reference: PAColl-10392

Description: Three images taken by Leslie Hinge, taken probably ca 1900s and at some time between 1925 and Hinge's death in 1942. The prints were originally loose in two photo albums (see ref PA1-o-1911 and PA1-o-1912). The images show: - One of the `Twin' geysers at Wairakei Valley near Taupo. - Woman seated on the monument to commemorate the heroism of Arthur Ambury, with Mt Taranaki in the background. - Aerial view of the passenger ship Tamahine leaving Tory Channel for Cook Strait. Other - An image very similar to that found here of Mt Taranaki was published in `New Zealand Railways magazine' (1 June 1939, p 55), credited as a Railways publicity photograph. Leslie Hinge worked for the Railways Publicity Branch from 1929 onwards. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [1914-1941]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-11310-16

Description: Newspaper clippings from New Zealand and overseas on the subject of whaling. Arrangement: Papers in this folder were folded into a notebook and were a part of 51 in the preliminary list. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1917-1930]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-11310-18

Description: Newspaper clippings from New Zealand and overseas on the subject of whaling. An excerpt of the story `A whale chase' published in NZ Catholic Schools Journal [date unknown]. A story about the Rotoaira Track. A story about the American Civil War. Arrangement: Papers in this folder were folded into a notebook and were a part of 51 in the preliminary list. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974, 1979-1980, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11675

Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Most slides are not dated. Arrangement: The second of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1994

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :Editorial cartoons. 1 March - 30 April 1994

Reference: H-114-003

Description: Shows an interisland ferry (hospital services) with a damaged hull patched up with dollar notes. It is steaming towards Tory Channel. Refers to the Cook Strait ferry running aground in Tory Channel and to the injection of funds into cash-strapped hospital services Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 11 Aug 1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Richards, Robert Samuel, active 1951

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148-044

Description: Original caption reads "Whaling season closes. The Tory Channel whaling party has ceased operations for the year with a tally of 111 whales as against last season's catch of 79. Left: general view of factory and moored whales with oil store on left and boiling-down facilities in centre". Photograph taken 11 August 1951 by Robert Samuel Richards of Picton. Published in New Zealand Free Lance, 29 august 1951, p 28. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - P 29/8/51; Verso - top centre - End of whaling season. View of factory and moored whale. Oil store on left, boiling down in centre, bone treatment on right (sorry I can't send a sample of the smell). Photographically the place stinks too. Shocking light here as it is on the wrong side of Tory Channel.; Verso - bottom centre - 11/8/51 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.3 cm

Date: [1938-1942]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-048

Description: Includes: Westport Drill Hall (1938), 5" gun, expense magazine, parade ground at camp, Gun & Marine Dept Signal Station, and general view of Coast Defence Camp, 1942 (Series 23/9); Waimarino buildings (Series 23/19); Waihi Drill Hall ("B" Co, 6th Hauraki Regiment), 1938 (Series 23/20); Waitara Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 23/18); aerial view of Waikato Camp & Kelms Road magazine, Ngaruawahia (Series 23/26); Woodville Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 28/17); aerial view of Perano Whaling Station, Whekenui, Tory Channel (Series 23/13); Wright's Hill (Series 23/15) - General view of battery position, view of access road and excavations, interior of engine room, gun emplacements, including aerial views looking towards Wellington Harbour and to Karori. Includes photocopied printed material relating to gun emplacements and tunnels at Wright's Hill (some of which was published by Lions Club of Karori, 1979). Includes 25 photographic prints of Fort Drummond at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia Quantity: 103 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1949-1958

By: Tyrell, Norman, -1994; Hayward, Margaret Jane, 1940-

Reference: PA-Group-00367

Description: Photographs of holiday excursions and job sites taken ca 1949-1958 by railway engineer Norman Tyrell. Covers hydro-electric dams and their construction, bridges and their construction, the construction of a septic tank at Palmerston, cities, ports, Auckland Zoo, tramping and mountains and scenic New Zealand. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives in registers at F 71104 1/4 - F 71731 1/4 Photographs taken by Norman Tyrell, railway engineer, d 1994 Quantity: 627 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4779 to PA-Group-00367 in 2009.