Waimangu

Waimungu

Locality about 16 kms south-east of Rotorua.

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Howorth, Charles Henry 1856-1945 :[Steaming cliffs of Lake Rotomahana, ca 1908?]

Date: 1906 - 1912

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945

Reference: G-345

Description: Shows a corner of a lake with steaming cliffs around it. May show the Waimangu area, rather than Lake Rotomahana Similar to the painting at G-446, but warmer in colouring. Howorth's thermal area paintings were likely to have been completed between 1906, when he left Invercargill, and 1912, with around 1908 as the most likely date Other Titles - Waimangu Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C.H. Howarth Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 635 x 889 mm

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Howorth, Charles Henry 1856-1945 :Waimangu, steam clouds, 400ft. 1907

Date: 1907

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945

Reference: G-673

Description: View of steam rising from a geyser or other thermal feature Inscriptions: Signed: C. H. Howorth Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 124 x 997 mm Provenance: Donation: New Zealand High Commission, London: 1.9.76

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Waimangu, Rotorua District

Date: [197-?]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6921

Description: Photographs of Waimangu, taken ca 1970s by John Ingle Includes views of silica formations, hot springs, and a waterfall Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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Waimangu, Rotorua District

Date: [197-?]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6919

Description: Photographs of Waimangu, taken ca 1979 by John Ingle Includes views of Cathedral Rock and mud pools Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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Salmon album 11

Date: [Between 1930 and 1941]

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

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-207

Description: Album of photographs (mainly landscapes) taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1930 and 1941. The album is divided into sections (not in chronological order), many relating to camping holidays with an unidentified companion. Areas covered included a Christmas holiday trip in 1937 to the East Coast and thermal regions around Tikitere and Waimangu, the Morere nikau forest, Mount Maunganui beach, Hongi's track, the buried village at Te Wairoa, and Rotorua. A North Auckland trip in December 1938 included camping as far north as Paihia, Russell and Waitangi, the Waitangi Falls, the Waipoua Kauri Forest and Trounson's Kauri Park, also Auckland, the Kaingaroa Plains and Waiouru Valley. Areas of erosion were noted, and mangrove swamps. An Anniversary Day trip (22-23 January 1939) took Salmon to the Putangirua Pinnacles in the Wairarapa; and in September 1941 he went to the Hawke's Bay area. In 1945 he went on a North Island Expedition working on malaria control, with ?Bissett, and William John Phillipps. February 20-27 1939 was a trip across the Napier-Taupo Road, and included a number of images of the silt and desolation caused by a great flood in the Esk Valley in 1938. In 1936 Salmon went on a geological trip to the Rotorua area, and at Orakei Korako he was particularly interested in "sinter formations" (thermal deposits of silica, of which the Pink and White Terraces were examples). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

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Howorth, Charles Henry 1856-1945 :[Steaming cliffs ca 1908]

Date: 1906 - 1912

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945; New Zealand. High Commission (Great Britain)

Reference: G-446

Description: Steaming cliffs probably of the Lake Rotomahana or Waimangu area Similar to oil at G-345, but cooler in colouring. Howorth's thermal area paintings were likely to have been completed between 1906, when he left Invercargill, and 1912, with around 1908 as the most likely date Inscriptions: bottom right - C H Howorth Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 665 x 905 mm Provenance: Donation: New Zealand High Commission, London: 28.4.76

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Scenes in New Zealand Album

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Sklenars, Linda :Album of views of North Island, New Zealand

Date: 1924

By: Sklenars, Linda, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1212

Description: Album compiled on a tour of the North Island in 1924 by an unknown photographer. The album includes views of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Wairakei, Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoehu, Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotomahana, Hamurana Springs, Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Waitomo. The scenes in Wellington include views of Parliament, Government Buildings, St Mary of the Angels church, Oriental Bay, Island Bay, Wellington Heads, Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Miramar, Lyall Bay, Khandallah and Days Bay. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album

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Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I and photographs of the Suez Canal

Date: ca 1900 - 1920

From: Commons, Jeremy Paul Axford, 1933- :Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I ; photographs of New Zealand, and of the Suez Canal

Reference: PAColl-2297-1

Description: Set of eight postcards from the Daily Mail series on the ANZACS in France, including ones of troops cheering the king, the arrival of the New Zealand Prime Minister by air, and a Maori butcher chopping up meat; other postcards of the Tauranga area particularly of houses damaged on the beach; and three prints of shipping on the Suez Canal including one of a dredge (photographer possibly named Langahi). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-075321, 075324 to 075333 and 075335 to 075343 Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Royal Society of South Australia :Photographs of Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Rotorua

Date: [187-?, 1911-1940s]

By: Birks, Lawrence, 1874-1924

Reference: PAColl-0890

Description: Two photographs of thermal activity at Whakarewarewa, one showing the Maori village in the background; people watching the Ngauruhoe eruption of 1926; looking over the thermal area at Waimangu; the crater of Wahanga in 1911 with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance taken by L Birks; men watching the volcano on White Island; the grounds of the Sanatorium at Rotorua; a crowd watching the Pohutu geyser at Whakarewarewa Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

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Waimangu, Rotorua District

Date: [197-?]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6920

Description: Photographs of Waimangu, taken ca 1970s by John Ingle Includes views of Inferno Crater, silica formations, and Cathedral Rock Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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Sharp, Barbara, fl 2003 :Photographs taken and collected by the family of Kathleen Dye

Date: ca 1900-ca 1915, 1930s, 1960s

By: Dye, Kathleen, active 1930s; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015; Sharp, Barbara, active 2003

Reference: PAColl-7713

Description: Photographs of the Rodney district, Russell, Waitangi, Te Kuiti, Te Aroha, Wanganui, Hunua Falls, skiing in Tongariro National Park, Rotorua, Nelson, and army groups. Kathleen Dye was the donor's mother. The family lived north of Auckland, in the Kaukapakapa - Warkworth area. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Barbara Sharp, Levin, in August 2003.

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O'Grady, Charles, fl 1964 :Photographs and postcards

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

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Mount Tarawera, viaducts under construction, and the mountains of the Volcanic Plateau

Date: 1908-1910

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1226

Description: There are three main groups of images in this album. The first is about a climb up Mount Tarawera in September 1908. It includes views of the craters and the rift resulting from the eruption, and views over the surrounding countryside from the summit including lakes Tarawera and Rotomahana. The party also did some sailing in a launch on the lakes before moving on to the Waimangu thermal area and Wakarewarewa. The second group feature railway viaducts being constructed on the main trunk line in May 1908. Those depicted are the Makatote Viaduct, the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, and the Taonui Viaduct. There are two photographs of the road bridge over the Makatote River, and two photographs of the party picnicing in the bush by the river. The third group relates to climbing Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe over Easter 1909, and again over Easter 1910. There are views of Ngauruhoe erupting, the Mangaehuehu Glacier on Mount Ruapehu, the Crater Lake, the Ohinepango Spring, the party on both mountains, and a view Of Paretetaitonga Peak on Mount Ruapenu. Other images are photographic postcards one of which shows a group of Ohakune Boy Scouts on Mount Ruapehu (this group also includes four women). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Sachse, K H (Mr), fl 1972: Postcards of New Zealand scenes

Date: [ca 1909-1920]

By: Sachse, K H (Mr), active 1972; Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-0863

Description: Postcards of "The Flower Pots" - boiling mud in Rotorua, Waimangu basin and Frying Pan Flat, Gibraltar Rock, Waimangu blow hole and general view of Waimangu taken by R G Marsh; Wellington harbour from Tinakori Hill by Tanner Bros; two of Oamaru Gardens; the Trooper's Memorial, Oamaru; three girls and a dog on Nile Street, Nelson (taken by F N Jones); a house next to Hooper's Inlet, Otago Peninsula; a view of Queenstown from across Lake Wakatipu; Rainbow Mountain (Maungakaramea); Bowen Peak above Queenstown; two views of the Poleford Bridge over the Matai River in Nelson; Greymouth as seen from Cobden; and a view looking down Otira Gorge. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

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Perkins, G (Mr), fl 1966 :Postcards

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Perkins, G, active 1966; William Beattie & Company

Reference: PAColl-4690

Description: The junction of the rivers at Cromwell; horse and cart driving past a cricket match in the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Postcards of Lake Tarawera, the Waimangu Geyser basin and the desolation around Waimangu published by W Beattie & Co. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: One print housed at PAColl-5744-21 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr G Perkins, Wellington, 1966 Transfers: Print at PAColl-5744-21.

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Panorama of Waimungu [i.e. Waimangu], Rotorua, New Zealand

Date: [Between 1923 and 1928]

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2485-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Waimungu [i.e. Waimangu] area, looking down over a steaming lake on the left, and pockets of steam in the hills nearby. Tussock covered hills all around. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Waimungu. Rotorua. No. 86. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.5 cm

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Colour transparencies of Rotorua, Wellington and Auckland scenes

Date: 1962-1968

From: Kelly, Jim and Glenys: Transparencies of locations in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and memorabilia of the TSS 'Monowai'

Reference: PA12-11192

Description: Colour transparencies of scenes in Rotorua, Wellington and Auckland areas photographed by Jim Kelly and Thomas Guy. Five colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 3 of 4'. Four colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 4 of 4 final'. Two colour transparencies of Rotorua area, entitled 'Rotorua taken by Thomas Guy c 1962', including an image of the Government Gardens with the Bath House builiding (formerly known as Tudor Towers) in the background. Three colour transparencies labelled on the slide cases 'Fairy Springs Labour Weekend 1980', 'Waimangu 1980', and 'Waimangu 1980 Huts made for Film Fire on the Mountain'. (Note that the film is most likely to be 'Children of Fire Mountain', a television series made by South Pacific Pictures in 1979). Three colour transparencies of Wellington area entitled 'Wellington Oct 1967 1st weekend of 10 pm closing 1 set only'. One colour transparency of Parnell Baths Auckland entitled 'Feb 1968 Auckland Parnell Baths (1 only)'. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 18 colour film transparencies in cardboard mounts with either printed or handwritten identifying information

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Colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes

Date: 1960-1962

From: Kelly, Jim and Glenys: Transparencies of locations in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and memorabilia of the TSS 'Monowai'

Reference: PA12-11191

Description: Colour transparencies of Rotorua scenes, some photographed by Jim Kelly and others commercially produced. Six colour transparencies of Rotorua area entitled 'Rotorua "shop bought" 1 set only', which include two transparencies of White Island. Six colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 1 of 4', which include images taken while boating on Lake Okataina. Nine colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 2 of 4'. Three commerical slides are labelled 'Rotorua Scenic Gems' and two are labelled 'Tasman Colour Slides'. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 21 colour film transparencies in cardboard mounts with either printed or handwritten identifying information

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Photograph album relating mainly to Rotorua

Date: 1890, [ca 1900]-1904

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

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-o-1912

Description: An album containing prints relating to the Rotorua District and Maori tourism in particular. The images were taken by Leslie Hinge, ca 1900-1903, except for one image taken by Josiah Martin in 1890. Many of the images have short captions written by Hinge giving subjects and locations. Images show various subjects, including: - The whare whakairo (carved meeting house) Tokanganui-a-noho with a sign 'Ko Rawaho' for the ancestor Rawharo at Te Kuiti. - Games of bowls being played on the green at the Government Gardens, Rotorua, showing the band rotunda in the background. - Whare at Te Ngae pa, with Maori families sitting and standing outside, including a woman weaving baskets. - Mud pools and steam vents at Tikitere (Hell's Gate) and Whakarewarewa. Also the Wairoa geyser hole at Whakarewarewa being "soaped", with tourists looking on, and subsequently spouting. - The bush-lined Kaituna River and the Okere Falls, including a flume for a hydroelectric plant servicing Rotorua. - A small motor launch pulled up on the shore of Lake Rotoiti, with tourists aboard and Maori captain. - Scenes at Whakarewarewa village, including children penny diving from bridge and bathing in hot pools, kettles and kete (baskets) for cooking, and views of houses. Also images of the whare whakairo Rauru, one with Sophia Hinerangi and a man who may be Mita Taupopoki outside; and another with the caption "Sold to Berlin - 1904". Also portraits of Sophia and Bella Papakura. - Scenes at Ohinemutu, including interior and exterior shots of the whare whakairo Tamatekapua, bust of Queen Victoria with St Faith's Church beyond, children bathing, and a woman named Merepaea Paea washing clothes. - A waka taua (war canoe) being paddled on Lake Rotorua and shots of canoes being manoeuvred over obstacles in races. - Broad views of Waimangu valley with steam rising from vents, Lake Rotomahana with Mt Tarawera beyond, and the inlet on Lake Tarawera below Te Wairoa. Mud from the 1886 Tarawera eruption is still visible. - Hangi (earth oven) being prepared. - Men performing a haka near Whakarewarewa (this image taken by Josiah Martin). Three of the photographs are composites of two images, arranged one above the other. Other - Two prints formerly loose in this album are now at PAColl-10392 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, 20.5 x 26.5 cm