Medals

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: 1931 - 1981

By: Berry, Reginald George James, 1906-1979

Reference: Curios-017-006

Description: A depiction of A. H. Turnbull's house, Bowen Street, the first premises of the Alexander Turnbull Library and the first meeting place of the Royal Numismatic Society in Wellington in 1931. Issued to commemorate the 50th jubilee of the Society, 1931-1981. Other Titles - Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Copper medallion, 49 mm (diameter) in black leather box, 85 x 65 x 32 mm

Date: 1880 - 1899

Reference: Curios-038-012

Description: Plain undecorated hand-operated medal press, with the plates for each side of the medal screwed into place. Downward pressure on the handle brings the two plates together above and below the material of the medal. The writing on the seal cannot be deciphered owing to its position. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Iron press with wooden handle, base length 220 mm (total length including handle 270 mm) x 85 mm, height 185 mm.

Date: 1963

Reference: PAColl-6640

Description: 7 views of the Royal Tour of 1963: the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in full regalia at the top of steps; two of the Queen and the Duke at a parade ground with clergy and royal standard bearers in attendance; the Queen, the Duke and Josiah Hanan, Minister of Maori Affairs, greeting Sir Eruera Tirikatene and Lady Tirikatene outside the Treaty House at Waitangi; the Queen greeting Mr Vernon Reed member of the Waitangi Trust Board in the grounds of the Treaty House; and two of lifeguards holding banners of their home towns and a pipe band on a beach waiting for the arrival of the Queen. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-020504 to 020510 Quantity: 7 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1849-[ca 1880s]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: Objects-0125

Description: Made up of five medals held within a jewellery box. Manufactured by V. Mayer’s Söhne, Vienna. Medals presented to Sir Julius von Haast: Austria - Order of Franz Josef - Knight. Red cross and gold with "FJ" on the front and "1849" on the back. Italy. Order of the Crown of Italy - Knight. White cross with crown on centre front, and an image of a bird on centre back. Austria. Order of the Iron Crown - 3rd class. Damaged - only the suspension and crown are present. Originally showed a gold double-headed eagle. Saxony. Duchies of Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen. Ernst House order, Knight, second class. White cross with central green ring; silver crown on top and silver lion images at each corner between crosses. Germany. Order of Philipp / Hesse. Knight 1st class. White cross. Inscription on front: "Si Deus nobiscum quis contra nos". Inscription on back: "Ludovicus II Magn. Dux Hassiae Instit". Source: Press, Volume XXII, Issue 2868, 17 October 1874, p 3. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18741017.2.25 accessed 2 May 2023. von Haast, Heinrich . "The life and times of Julius von Haast", 1948. Wellington. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived at Library within a jewellery box containing 6 medals with ribbons, one partial medal with ribbon and one ribbon. In 1874 the Emperor of Austria awarded Julius von Haast a hereditary nobility. According to "The life and times of Julius von Haast", by Heinrich von Haast (Wellington, 1948), the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown was presented in 1874 (see page 776), and the Order of the Crown of Italy was awarded in 1880 (see page 841). Quantity: 1 container(s). 7 object(s). Physical Description: Six medals on ribbons, one ribbon and jewellery box, 95 x 214 x 44 mm (box). Transfers: Separated materials at Objects-0126 and Objects-0127.. Processing information: Description changed March 2023 as part of the Objects survey. Previous reference: Curios-005-007/012. Previous title: Medals presented by the House of Hapsburg to Sir Julius von Haast. 1849-[ca 1880s]. One medal and one ribbon separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1983

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-:Editorial cartoons

Reference: C-125-026

Description: Robert Muldoon as a tramp, beaming as he reads a newspaper headline 'Two golds for NZ. Brazillian billions?" He has dollar signs in his eyes Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, white paint, pastel

Date: [ca 1870s-1970s]

By: Taiaroa, Hori Kerei, -1905

Reference: PAColl-4558

Description: Three photographs of the vestibule and interior of the Hall of Memories at Waitaki Boys High School, including the bell of HMS Ajax and a plaque unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester ca 1930s; sheep being mustered at Maraekakaho Station ca 1930s; a group of men and two women outside City Council offices (location unknown) ca 1910s; the Duke of Gloucester and Viscount Bledisloe next to the commemorative plaque at Waitangi 1934; a girl, possibly Maori, standing on a cart with milk urns holding the horse's reins ca 1910s; William Robert Hudson with his arctic medal pinned to his chest ca 1870s; studio portrait of Te Honi ca 1890s (at PAColl-4558-1-29); photographs of two directors of the Development Finance Corporation, Mr Rowlands and Mr Wakefield ca 1970; photograph of a portrait of Admiral Sir Joseph Nias ca 1840; the main hall of the New Zealand High Commission in London showing examples of New Zealand products ca 1920s; and a large group of women, names, positions etc unknown ca 1890s. Arrangement: Prints housed at PAColl-4558-1, PAColl-4558-2, and PAColl-4558-3. Tintypes housed at PA10-11-01 and PA10-11-02. Cabinet cards housed at PA3-0047 and PA3-0128. Carte de visite housed at PA2-0196. Provenance: The material is likely to have been deposited in the General Assembly Library by MP H K Taiaroa. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-77-124.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-647-001/080

Description: 80 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Laila Harre and views on liberalisation of cannabis laws, Helen Clark asserts authority over Ms Turia, Maori and pakeha racial guilt and shame, Ms Turia reluctantly apologises for 'holocaust' comments, Dr Cullen ponders low business confidence as Grouch Marxist, Timor's Indepencence birthday celebrations destroyed by violence, Fijian-Indian refugees in Fiji following coup, political posturing over Treaty of Waitangi clause in free trade agreement with Singapore, US dollar blasts kiwi dollar, Sydney 2000 Olympics begin, Winston Peters plays the race card in the hopes of raising his popularity, Olympic swimming athletes get the once over by their female onlookers, Australian-New Zealand currency merger proposal, Prebble gets axed by Jenny Shipley, Kiwi dollar low and oil prices high, New Zealand is best at all the wrong things, sports couch potatoes, Milosevic runs for the presidency, US dollars gains steam with President Clinton in charge, women's performance at the Olympics, political awards, NZ toasts the Olympics, army peace keepers get pay review by Clark, 3 Middle East faiths based on love and compassion unable to share sacred site, Don Brash fails the Kiwi dollar, Clark and Milosevic relations, Israeli and Palestinian relations, court call for accountability of parole officers, NZ cricket sports fan still in the dark, NZ dollar down - sharemarket down - petrol prices up, Middle East pro-war protest singer, Clinton attempts to negotiate Middle East and National Party crises, Mr Mudgeway in padded cell waiting for big NZ sports win, rural economy on the up for farmers, Swain and Horomia on ownership of the Taranaki oil and gas fields, Lions rugby team claim the Air New Zealand trophy, Clark seeks an alliance with big business, Clark's alliance with big bisiness consumated, one-tree-hill pine tree felled along with Mike Smith, same-sex marriages, Clark preparing to kneecap Ruth Dyson for Norm Hewitt comments, Property Bill, Dyson resigns over drunk driving incident, purity pledge, cricket match-fixing, support for Paul Holmes' salary, lack of real choice in US presidential elections, NZ Melbourne Cup race winner, US election results on a knife edge, boxing - Lennox vs Tua, All Blacks beat France, Lennox Lewis vs David Tua boxing fight, US presidential election goes to court, English strung up as heretic, Tipene O'Reagan let's nature take its course with stranded whales, Labour Party victory conference, CNN backgrounds the US election count process, petrol prices high, US presidential election fought out on American flag, George Hawkins' suggested cost cutting measures for the Police, National Party leadership based on personality deficit of Bill English, George W. Bush wins Florida, Clarks preparation for Waitangi Day, Tainui iwi's new grievance cycle, Mrs Mudgeway's son hopes to qualify for ACC compensation, Clinton is back as President?, the new and the old All Black diet, signs of recovery in NZ economy being hidden from Don Brash, NZ/Australia defence spending and policies, Hawkins hands out pornography to Police to cut phone-sex costs, being a modern day All Black, Clark and Cullen's popularity increases, Simon Upton departs the National Party, obituary to reporter Mike Robson, America - where every judge counts in becoming President, Clark still unable to apologise to Dover Samuel, cricket at the Basin Reserve for Boxing Day test, petrol war, Anderton and Bunkle over question of where Phillida resides, Paul Holmes CD for Christmas makes Granddad throw-up. Quantity: 80 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: 1994 - 2000

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper); Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Sunday star times (Newspaper); Manawatu standard (Newspaper); Nelson evening mail (Newspaper)

Reference: H-629-001/013

Description: 15 cartoon photocopies on Australia/New Zealand topics from 1994-2000 period which were published in the Christchurch Press, Otago Daily Times, Sunday Star Times, Manawatu Standard, Nelson Mail, Northern Advocate, Evening Post. Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies of black ink cartoons.

Date: 1974

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-133-056

Description: An athlete, his neck festooned with medals from the 1974 Commonwealth Games is waving goodbye to his friends departing down the suburban street in a taxi. Behind him his wife looks out the window of their house, grinning at him and the "winner's stand" she has set up in the garden for him - in first place is the lawn mower, in second place the garden tools and in third, the roof paint. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and letratone 470 x 635 mm

Date: 1883 - 1899

Reference: Curios-038-011

Description: Plain undecorated hand-operated medal press, with the plates for each side of the medal screwed into place. Downward pressure on the handle brings the two plates together above and below the material of the medal. The Lodge Valley True Blue, Dunedin was established in 1883, and was still going in the 1960s. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Iron press with pointed handle, 240 x 76 mm, height 220 mm.

Date: [ca 1943]

Reference: PA-Group-00352

Description: Mounted photographs of: French colonial troops in an allied parade in Tunis after the campaign in North Africa; the Third Echelon farewell parade in the grounds of Parliament, Wellington; three soldiers sharing a cigarette in the desert with mosquito netting draped round the head to protect against flies; a New Zealand truck on the way to Azizia, Libya in January 1943; a New Zealand signaller helping a linesman from the Free French forces at the top of a telegraph pole; two transport ships berthed at Queen's Wharf, Wellington used to carry the First Echelon to the Middle East; a soldier leading a mule pack through the cactus used to supply front-line troops in the hills of Tunisia; an axis supply ship sunk in the port of Tripoli taken when the New Zealanders entered in January 1943; Maori infantry on the back of a truck entering Tripoli; and the road to San Marino with large white crosses painted on the hillside to mark its boundaries. Two loose prints, one a sketch of and one an actual Victoria Cross. Arrangement: Prints housed at PAColl-D-0059 and PAColl-D-0168 to PAColl-D-0176, and PAColl-4576 Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1963

By: Beaglehole, John Cawte (Professor), 1901-1971

Reference: Objects-0039

Description: Medal maker(s) not identified. Silver medal commemorating Captain James Cook's death in 1779 at Kealakekua Bay, Hawai'i.  In a small plastic box, formerly lined with green foam. The foam had deteriorated and has been removed Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Sterling (around edge); also initials F O beneath image of monument Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver, 39 mm (diameter). Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-003-001 Previous title: Cook, James, 1728-1779 :Captain James Cook discovers Hawaii in 1778. Kona, Hawaii, 1963.

Date: 21 Apr 1999

From: Southland oral history project

By: Faul, Alva M, active 1998; Humphries, Arthur Leonard, 1922-2010

Reference: OHInt-0464/10

Description: Arthur Humphries was born in Mataura in 1922. Describes his schooling at Tuturau School, training with the RNZAF and having lived at Tuturau, Rotorua, Canada, England and Invercargill. Summarises his interests in local government, education, farming, golf, tennis, bowls, fishing, hiking, the Masonic Lodge and the Justice of the Peace Association. Mentions marrying Doreen in 1946 and having two daughters and one son. Describes long-term involvement with the Edendale School Committe and the Southland Education Board. Mentions the burning down of the Edendale School and the establishment of the school bus service. Describes other Board involvement including Cargill High School, the Secondary School Boards Association, the Education Boards Association and St Peter's College in Gore. Describes life as an airman in World War II stationed at Brighton, England before being posted to 75 Bomber Squadron. Describes being a navigator and going through the ranks. Recalls difficult flights including daylight raids after Normandy landing, flying with the windows blown out of the plane and having 140 bullet holes in the aircraft. Recalls being one of seven shot down in a plane in the Ruhr Valley in Germany. Describes how three were shot by Germans and he was a a prisoner of war for three months before being released by Allied troops. Comments on bombing destruction in Germany and England. Recalls working in Brighton at the Personnel, Despatch and Reception Centre responsible for sending people home to New Zealand, meeting his wife Doreen, marrying and returning to New Zealand in December 1946. Recalls his investiture for the DFM at Buckingham Palace and talking to King George VI. Describes settling on his uncle's farm at Kamahi near Tuturau and taking over half of the property in 1949. Mentions riding a horse to get supplies, draining the swampland on the farm and increasing the stock. Describes shearing, harvesting wheat and belonging to the Morton Mains branch of Federated Farmers. Discusses having been a Justice of the Peace for forty years, dealing with preliminary hearings, attending an educational seminar and setting up a training programme for local JPs. Describes being awarded a QSO for Community Service to education, the RSA and JPs. Recalls his investiture with Sir Paul Reeves. Discusses hydroponics and living at Otatara. Interviewer(s) - Alva Faul Quantity: 2 MiniDisc(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.25 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2687. Photograph of Arthur Humphries Search dates: 1999

Date: 20 May 1998

By: Dawber, Carol, 1951-; Cropp, John Urquhart, 1927-2016

Reference: OHColl-0521/1

Description: Jack Cropp and Peter Mander won an Olympic Gold Medal for New Zealand sailing their Sharpie-class centreboard yacht at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The interview covers boyhood sailing and racing at Mt. Pleasant Yacht Club, Lyttelton Yacht Club, Canterbury regional competitions, national sailing regattas and the Melbourne Olympics. Comments on the development of yacht racing in New Zealand to America's Cup level, a boat building career and the recent development (2000) of the Cropp 4.6 Fun Sailer with the Nelson Marlborough Fun Sail Trust. Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1849-[ca 1880s]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: Objects-0125-5

Description: Manufactured by V. Mayer’s Söhne, Vienna. Comprises one medal presented to Sir Julius von Haast, possibly between 1870 and 1887. State of Hesse, House Order of Ludwig, Knight, 1st class. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived at Library within a jewellery box containing 7 medals and one ribbon. Quantity: 1 object(s).

Date: 2007

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

By: Ellis, Robert, 1929-

Reference: Objects-0905

Description: Silver medallion designed by the artist Professor Robert Ellis. Circular disc shows on the obverse the coat of arms of the University of Auckland and motto in Latin, "Ingenio et labore". The reverse shows a koru design. Held within a lined blue box. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Circular silver medallion, diameter 70 mm, thickness 5 mm, in navy blue hinged box, 90 x 85 x 20 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1976. Processing information: "Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-046-002. Previous title: The University of Auckland New Zealand. Ingenio et labore / Alumni Award Judith Binney, 2007.

Date: 2011

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: Objects-0907

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Circular disc shows on the obverse the school emblem featuring the 'Lion Rampant', with 'Epsom Girls Grammar Founders Award' engraved around it. The reverse is undecorated but with Dame Binney's name and the year the medal was awarded engraved. Posthumously awarded. The medal was awarded in September 2011 to Dame Binney, who died in February that year. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Gold-plated medal on a ring, diameter 40 mm, thickness 2 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1976. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-046-004. Previous title: Maker unknown :Epsom Girls Grammar School Founders Award / [posthumously awarded to] Judith Binney. 2011.

Date: 2011

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: Objects-0908

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Circular disc that shows, on both sides, an inner circle coloured half green and half black, with a grey band around the edge of the circle, into which the wording is engraved; 'Fellow of the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Awarded to Dame Judith Te Tomairangi O Te Aroha Binney. 2011'. The award is encased in a simple circular wooden box, the lid of which lifts off. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 curio(s) in wooden box. Physical Description: Circular metal disc, diameter 90 mm, thickness 5 mm, in circular wooden box, diameter 95 mm, thickness 27 mm Provenance: The award was presented to Dame Binney posthumously, at an event held in February 2012 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1976. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Objects-0908. Previous title: Maker unknown : Maker unknown :Fellow of the Auckland War Memorial Museum / Awarded to Dame Judith Te Tomairangi O Te Aroha Binney. 2011.

Date: 1974-1988

From: Watt, James Norwood, 1928-2018: Collection

Reference: PA12-12019

Description: Colour transparencies taken by James (Jim) Watt of yachting trips and events relating to yachting, 1974 to 1988. Royal yacht 'Britannia' is pictured moored at Lyttelton during the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Watt's yacht 'Matariki' is photographed in a number of locations, including moored at Great Barrier Island. Also includes photograph of Sea Bee Air float plane ZKENY, which flew to locations in the Hauraki Gulf such as Great Barrier Island. A series of transparencies show the launch of Gerry Clark's book 'The Totorore Voyage' at a tearoom venue in 1988. Also included is a photograph of Clark's sailing medals and awards including the Royal Cruising Club Tilman Medal, The Blue Water Medal of the Cruising Club of America, and the North Harbour Board Blue Water Trophy. Quantity: 15 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies