Waikaretāheke River

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

From: Brown, Thomas Watson, 1878-1947 :Photograph albums relating to New Zealanders in the South African War and of New Zealand scenes

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA1-o-075

Description: Album belonging to T W (Thomas Watson) Brown. Scenes around New Zealand, many probably taken by Brown, some taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, and some of Lake Te Anau, Lake Wakatipu, and Milford Sound taken by FGR (Frederick George Radcliffe). The first part of the album is mainly images of tramping, camping and hunting in the Orongorongo Range and the Rimutakas, with some of the people identified, including Roley Neale and W A Neale (William Augustus Neale). Other sequences of images are a number in and around Lake Waikaremoana, including several of men fishing showing their catches; climbing in the Tongariro National Park area; views of the small towns Mohaka, Mataatua; areas around Titirangi, Kawau, Hamilton and Tauranga. Inscriptions: Album page - top left - TW Brown Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red covered album, lettered in white ink "Photographs. T.W. Brown", 240 x 305 mm

Date: [ca 1929-1938], [ca 1942], [ca 1980], 1990

By: Kelliher, Patrick, active 1935-1990

Reference: PA1-o-1803

Description: Album compiled by Patrick Kelliher. Chiefly photographs relating to the construction of the power station at Tuai in the 1930s taken by Kelliher, a keen amateur photographer who worked in the powerhouse. Includes images of pack horses, heavy machinery and trucks, the construction of tunnels, spillway, a bridge, pipes, the power house and the huts in which workers lived. Also includes five images taken after the Kopuawhara flash flood of 19 February 1938 (in which 21 people were drowned) and a newspaper cutting from a year after the flood. Also a set of 14 images taken at Wairoa railway station at the the opening ceremony of the 97 mile Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu portion of the Napier-Gisborne railway, also taken by Kelliher. Images include steam and diesel engines, visiting dignitaries and Maori performers. Also one photograph of Kelliher on a horse drawn cart in Masterton, Wairarapa, taken circa 1980s and a 1990 certificate to Kelliher from the Lions Club of Wainuiomata. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 32 x 24 cm album with an embossed synthetic cover featuring a spear-bearing rider on a horse taking aim at a lion (or similar animal). Provenance: Donated by Christine Hayvice, New Zealand/Vancouver, Canada, 2013. Donor is the niece of Patrick Kelliher. The album was passed down to Ms Hayvice from her mother.

Date: [ca. 1926-1953]

By: McClymont, John Alistair, 1906-1979; Welsh, John, 1891-1964?

Reference: PAColl-10434

Description: Contains photographs relating to the Waikaremoana Hydroelectric Power Scheme taken by the Otago Daily Times, and a photographer possibly named John Welsh, likely between 1926 and 1953. Images show landscapes, waterways, buildings, and hydro-electric technology around Waikaremoana, focusing on the Tuai power station. Almost all prints are captioned. 18 are inscribed with 'Welsh, Hastings'. Most images depict the Tuai Power Station under construction and the landscape at Lake Whakamarino. This includes multiple views of the powerhouse under scaffolding and its surroundings (mountains, temporary buildings, a rugby field, staff quarters, sheep, power lines, and construction equipment). Images also depict the outdoor technology at Tuai (surge chamber, large double pipeline, pylons, and voltage step-up stations). One image shows the powerhouse without scaffolding in use. Five prints depict waterways upstream of Tuai. These include: Lake Waikaremoana’s overflow at Onepoto Bay, an artificial waterway diverting water to Lake Kaitawa, the Waikaretaheke River, and two views of the Kaitawa storage lake, taken during and after construction. Four prints depict the Tuai construction site in detail. Images show: workers, large scale equipment (cranes, concrete mixers), and multiple views of a generator under construction inside the powerhouse. The generator is labelled ‘Metropolitan-Vickers Manchester’ and ‘Armstrong Whitworth Manchester England’. Two images not precisely identified as the Tuai Power Station depict interiors. Images show: three men with instruments in a control room, and a large machine room containing turbines. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Recto - Welsh, Hastings Arrangement: Photographic prints have been arranged by location. Collected by John Alistair McClymont who worked on the Waikaremoana Hydro Electric Power Scheme site ca. 1939. Tuai Power Station is located on the eastern shore of Lake Whakamarino. It was completed in 1929 and is the oldest of the three stations (Kaitawa, Tuai, Piripaua) comprising the Waikaremoana Hydroelectric Power Scheme. Tuai's intake comes from Lake Kaitawa. The 1928 New Zealand Electoral Roll lists a John Welsh, photographer, at 806 Willow Park Road, Hastings. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 20 black and white silver gelatin photographic prints

Date: 27 Dec 1897-4 Jan 1898

By: Crawford, William Fitzgerald, 1844-1915

Reference: PA1-o-1812

Description: Photograph album of images taken by William Fitzgerald Crawford illustrating a trip to Waikaremoana and Nuhaka, Hawkes Bay, and Gisborne District taken between December 27 1897 and 4 Jan 1898 by Crawford, Captain Thomas Crisp, E Crisp, the Rev Edward Jennings, and driver J R Redstone. The album is likely to have been compiled by Crawford as he has made similar, but the annotations were possibly written by one of the Chrisps. The images include many scenic images of rivers, mountain ranges, waterfalls as well as images of camps, huts, ferries,horses, waka, dinghies, carts, hotels, bridges and people, including Maori groups, the men on the trip, a Chief Surveyor's party and other people they met. Ngati Ruapani and Ngati Kahungunu are the two principle iwi associated with the places identified in the album. There may also be other relevant iwi and hapu. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Comments regarding the compilation of the album and the annotations - from Dudley Meadows at Tairawhiti Museum. Relationship complexity - Tairawhiti Museum holds over 5000 W F Crawford negatives Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hard-covered album 24 x 19 cm, with word 'Photographs' embossed in gold on the front.

Date: [ca 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Neale, William Augustus, 1852?-1930

Reference: 1/2-000749-G

Description: View of Ta Hia Na Kota Falls, 1/2 mile below the outflow of Lake Waikaremoana. Photograph taken by W.A.N. (William Augustus Neale, sheepfarmer and photographer at Waikaremoana), in a series put out by D. Duncan (David Duncan, photographer at Opunake). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ta Hia Na Kota Falls 1/2 mile below outlet of Waikaremoana. 140,000 horse power going to waste. No. 1983. W.A.N. Photo.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - D. Duncan Series Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 :[Sketchbooks] 1883-1899, 1904-1943.

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: E-300-q-1-033

Description: Panekiri Bluff on the left, with Lake Waikaremoana below it. The view looks west from Kaitawa, at the outlet to the Waikaretahake River Other Titles - Panekiri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 90 x 152 mm