Ski lifts - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-031

Description: Views of New Zealand with particular interest in mountain scenery, both in the North Island and the South Island. They include numbers of images of chairlifts, skiing, rivers and springs, and thermal regions in the North Island. Most of the images are colour photos, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, during the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover labelled "Photographs", 250 x 300 mm

Date: 1968 - 1969

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA12-11559

Description: Transparencies of alpine and ski scenes, Mount Ruapehu, 1968 and 1969. Taken by Les Cleveland. Photographs from 1968 include snow clearing (showing snow plough and chalets) and views from the top of the Bruce Road at Whakapapa ski field. Also photographs of skiers and the first chairlift on Ruapehu (Knoll Ridge) as well as vies of Pinnacle Ridge. Photographs from 1969 show a charter plane on a grass airstrip at National Park, National Park village and Mount Ruapehu from the air. Whakapapa Ski Field images include Happy Valley ski area, a series showing the Knoll Ridge chair, skiers queuing for the tow, ski field boundary, and National Downhill slope. Also Central Plateau roads [Desert Road?] and views of Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies mounted in card slide frames

Date: 1984-1985

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PA1-f-307

Description: Includes - Event at the Heritage, Mount Cook. This included horses, carts, coaches, early motor vehicles, morris dancers, people in tents, and dinner in the hotel. A plane trip to mountain snow fields. Interior of a neo-gothic church. Friends, family and flower arrangements. Views of the Wellington south coast. Two storied Edwardian houses moved from kelburn Parade to the grounds of Victoria University. Unidentified coastal and other scenic views. Event proably in Mount Cook School, Wellington, that may have something to do with teaching and the Maori language. Event at a marae (this may be Te Ore Ore Marae near Masterton). Group of women meeting in the sitting room of a house. Trip with a Fijian woman. Places include - The Chateau Tongariro and the ski fields on Mount Ruapehu. St Faiths Church and monument, Ohinemutu, Rotorua. The model pa and thermal areas, Whakarewarewa. An exhibition of Maori carving and weaving. Tourist event involving sheep. Lake Tarawera. Waiuru Army Museum. At the Dennis' house in Wellington. Fijian people, November 1984. People on a yacht in Suva Harbour and views of Suva Harbour, November 1984. Toberua Island, and resort facilities on the island. Plants, fruit and flowers, Fiji. Wellington's south coast, hilly farmland, mountains and a sunrise. Baring Head lighthouse. Wellington Harbour and coasts. Wairarapa coast and seals. Michael Dennis and his wife, Wellington, March 1985. Birthday party for Lawrence Dennis, March 1985. New Plymouth Girls High School centennial, Easter 1985. Visit with friends to Picton and the sounds, February 1985. Palliser Bay, April 1985. Hamilton lake and Gleneden, May 1985. Te Kaahui Kohangareo christmas party, December 1985. Visit to the Whanganui River and Matahini Marae, March 1985. Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 2004

By: Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-SKIFIELD-Ruapehu-2004-01

Description: One side of the sheet shows a map of the Whakapapa Ski Field and the other shows the Turoa ski field. There is an explanation of signs for facilities and for safety signs. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded pamplet 90 x 60 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kirsty Willis, Wellington, in 2004.

Date: 1958-1983

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PAColl-7359-3

Description: Photographs of Ski lifts most probably on the Whakapapa skifield; a young woman seated on a low wall at Chateau Tongariro Hotel; a ski group on their way to the snow in 1958; interior and entrance area of the Parkroyal Hotel, 360 Oriental Parade, Wellington; Lawrence Dennis with a group of people at an unidentified location. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: FMUS - MSZ-0947 - From Manuscripts & Archives - MSY-5367 - From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-pps-7261-40.

Date: [ca 1993]

From: Friar, Denis Ashwood, 1952- :Transparencies of public and private gardens in New Zealand

Reference: PA12-9977

Description: Unidentified men firing guns. Three views of a ski lift. These came from a folder labled "Stock-120." Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies 120 strips comprising 10 images.

Date: [1950-1959]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-f-014-69

Description: Skiers on a Mount Ruapehu snow field with Mount Ngaruahoe smoking in the background. Photographed by Kenneth Stewart Birrell some time in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 23.6 x 19.2 cm

Date: 1963

From: [Ephemera relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in the region of the Chateau Tongariro, Ruapehu and National Park. 1900s]

By: Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Tongariro-1963-01

Description: Pamphlet lists prices for bed tariff, meals, bistro facilities, and two kiosks on the slopes. It also gives details of equipment hire, ski instruction, chairlift and rope tow prices, and transport to the mountain from the Chateau. The front cover shows an illustration of a group enjoying time on the slopes, two people carrying skis, and two bending to help a small child. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet, folded to 203 x 94 mm.

Date: 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/3128-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm