Bridges - New Zealand - Bay of Plenty Region

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-052

Description: Shows St Faith's Church, Ohinemutu, a white church with brown roof, on the water's edge beyond a small inlet, with arched wooden footbridge. There is a motorboat on the inlet, and horse grazing in a field near the church. A woman walks at the right of the footbridge. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 107 x 184 mm.

Date: 1883

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

Reference: E-328-f-084-2

Description: A bush scene on the Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road showing a bridge across the Mangorewa River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mangorewa Gorge - Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 202 mm

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 1970

From: Oettli, Max Christian, 1947-: Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PAColl-10851-25

Description: Comprises photographs taken by Max Oettli in 1970 in Rotorua. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Delivered in a folder titled “Rotorua 1970”.   Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927

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

Reference: APG-1771-1/2-G

Description: View across a gully looking down on the road near Oropi. The road runs across the picture in the centre, and there is a narrow bridge across a stream. The area is on the eastern slopes of the Kaimai Range on the old route between Tauranga and Rotorua. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1927. Information from Godber's index (TL 6/1/15) held in Photographic Archives (under 1/2 plate negatives: Box 109. Road. Oropi. 1927). Identified by a process of elimination within the items in Box 109. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1927-1929

From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga

By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970

Reference: 1/2-164160-F

Description: Man on a bridge over a ravine. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative Transfers: File prints on shelf at PAColl-3756.

Date: 1934

By: Taylor, Jon, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-6970

Description: Photograph of the Motu Bridge, taken ca 1934 by W H Taylor. W H Taylor was employed by the Public Works Department in Opotiki. Among his duties was bringing cash by horseback to pay the bridge workers. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white digital photograph

Date: [17 March 1904]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-51

Description: A washout on the road from Whakatane to Te Teko, photographed on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1904, by Malcolm Ross, during the visit of Lord Ranfurly to the Bay of Plenty.. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - En route to Te Teko - crossing the Whakatane R. After attending the St Patrick's Day race meeting at Whakatane, the vice-regal party left for Te Teko at 4pm, and reached their destination by nightfall. A few miles past the Whakatane River "a big culvert had been entirely washed away, leaving a great gap across the road." (source: Malcolm Ross, "Through Tuhoe Land"). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 207 x 159 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: [Between 1880s and 1906]

From: Wairakei Album

By: McKnight, Robert M, 1853-1933

Reference: PA1-o-509

Description: Album of photographs relating to a trip taken by a group travelling on the first "Motor Reliability Contest" in 1906; probably created and in part photographed by Robert M McKnight. The contest involved ten cars (4 Daracqs, 2 Cadillacs, and 1 Rover, 1 steam car, 1 Oldsmobile and 1 Leyland) travelling 400 miles from Auckland to Taupo and back. Photographs relating to the contest, including scenes photographed during the trip are on even numbered pages from 2 to 36, possibly taken by R M McKnight in 1906; odd numbered pages from 1 to 63, were taken by unidentified professional photographers, circa the 1880s to 1890s; all relating to the route taken on the 1906 road contest. Most of the earlier photographs are scenes in the thermal area around the Wairakei and Bay of Plenty Regions and include images of the Pink and White Terraces taken before and after the 1886 Tarawera Eruption. One of these earlier images shows "Macandrew and party at Wairakei." Views of the Motor Reliablity Contest show scenes taken on the route; groups of people involved; lineups of all ten cars; and one car fording a river. Loose print of view of Huka Falls, from this album, at PA7-49-08. The "Motor reliability contest" was held under the ausspices of the Auckland Automobile Association (Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12451, 14 March 1906, Page 7, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19060314.2.31). contests of the same name were held in Melbourne, Australia, and other countires. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, heavily decorated border pattern in gold; 28 x 38 cm

Date: [ca 1870s-1920s]

Reference: PAColl-9494

Description: Collection comprises tourist and scenic views of New Zealand, including envelopes of collectible souvenir photographs of New Zealand cities Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) stereoscopic images. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopic images. 93 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1878

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: G-009

Description: Shows a view of two Maori greeting each other in a landscape setting that features a pathway between two walls of rock, spanned by a bridge. One of the Maori stands on the bridge, waving down to greet the other, who walks along the path below, and who waves back up to him. The bridge appears flat and solid and has railings supported by forked branches. Native trees and bush also feature in the scene Adhered to the back of the frame is a typewritten label, identifying the place depicted; although the words 'New Zealand' are legible, the actual location is not. Possibly shows a scene near Te Wairoa (the 'buried village'), near the site of the Pink and White Terraces Related works: G-010 was painted as a pair along with this painting; it is fair to suggest that it was also painted in the proximity of its companion, which was painted at Rotomahana Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D B / 78 [in red brushpoint]; Verso - centre - Prepared by / Brodie & Middleton / 79 Long Acre, London [stamped on back of canvas] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil paint on canvas, 360 x 207 mm

Date: Circa 1928

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

Reference: APG-1011-1/2-G

Description: View of a bridge over the Otara River near Opotiki, circa 1928. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1908

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

Reference: 1/2-001465-G

Description: View of the bridge at Mourea where it crosses the Ohau Channel which connects Lake Rotorua with Lake Rotoiti. St Mary's Church is just visible behind trees on the leftbank. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, Jan 1908. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protd. W.A.P. 10.1.08; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ohau Channel. Rotorua. 1348 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 3 Apr 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-49884-F

Description: Aerial view of Matapihi and surrounding area, Tauranga. Two bridges are visible. Mount Maunganui is in the background. Photograph taken 3 April 1959 Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 12.5 x 13.8 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder: Blue 473i - Tauranga.

Date: [between 1900-1920]

From: New Zealand. Ministry of Works :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4239-04

Description: Settlement at Te Teko, and the Rangitaiki River bridge. Photograph taken circa 1910s. Photographer unidentified. Other - Note on back of file print reads: "see P.W.D 33207" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 19.7 cm

Date: [ca 1910-1930]

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

Reference: 1/2-000395-G

Description: View of the river with the new road bridge in the far distance. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Waiawa River showing new bridge. No 3729 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: Circa 1920s

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

Reference: APG-1045-1/2-G

Description: One-way bridge over the Rangitaiki River at Te Teko, Whakatane District. There is a house on the other side of the river with verandahs around two sides. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1920s. Library client identified the building in the photograph, September 2009. The Te Teko bridge was first in use in December 1915. Replaced circa 1980. The building on the other side of the river is a hotel today (2009). It was owned by a Mrs Dunderdale as a guesthouse/roadstop (info from Alister Johnson, 2009). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1908]

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

Reference: 1/2-001481-G

Description: View of tourists lining the bridge which crosses the river at Whakarewarewa. Children are diving for pennies or looking for pennies in the river below. Photograph taken by William A Price ca 1908 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Whakarewarewa. The old bridge and toll-house, Whakarewarewa Rotorua [1880s?] Ohinemutu Rotorua [1880s?]

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: G-452-2-1

Description: Shows steam rising in thermal area with four Maori, a whare and a cottage and an arched bridge Framed with G-452-2-2, Backhouse's Ohinemutu Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Whakarewarewa; Verso - bottom centre - The old bridge & toll house, Whakarewarewa Rotorua Quantity: 1 oil(s) one of two framed together. Physical Description: Oil on postcard 74 x 122 mm (sight)

Date: 1860 - 1870

From: Spratt, Henry Thomas, b 1827 :[Sketchbook. 1860s?]

By: Spratt, Henry Thomas, 1827-1908

Reference: E-572-009

Description: Shows two bridges spanning a curve of a river. Artist attributed by inscription inside front cover. Artist assumed to be Dr Henry Thomas Spratt, rather than his son Henry Howell Spratt. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 1, Wellington, page 884. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, on sketchbook page 186 x 247 mm. Provenance: Donated by Barry Smith in 1999. Donor is descendant of William Mein Smith.