Government House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 12 Dec 1997-7 May 1998 - 12 Dec 1997 - 07 May 1998

By: Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHColl-0636

Description: Interviews people who have had a close association with Government House over the last several decades. The recordings document the working and personal relationships in the House, relationships between Government House and the rest of New Zealand, the relationship between the Governor-General and politicians and the relationship with the Crown. The interviews document the personal views, experiences and memories of a group of people who have had the unique experience of working in the residence of, or occupying the position of the country's vice-regal head of state. Interviewees are Joy Bath, Sir David and Lady Beattie, Lady Blundell, Ray Hawthorn, Michael Muschamp, Richard Sweetzer, David Williams and Kitty Wood. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 29 C60 cassette(s). 8 printed abstract(s). 8 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 25 Feb 2000-20 Apr 2000 - 25 Feb 2000 - 20 Apr 2000

By: Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHColl-0642

Description: Interviews people who have had a close association with Government House over the last several decades. The recordings document the working and personal relationships in the House, relationships between Government House and the rest of New Zealand, the relationship between the Governor-General and politicians and relationship with the Crown. The interviews document the personal views, experiences and memories of a group of people who have had the unique experience of working in the residence of, or occupying the position of the country's vice-regal head of state. Interviews Jim Brown, Paul Canham, Beverley Reeves, Paul Reeves, Ken Richardson, Marie Shroff and Joe Walker Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 29 C60 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: [ca 17 Nov 1986]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1986/5797-F

Description: Tent outside Government House, Newtown, Wellington, a temporary dining room pitched by the army, for the many guests staying with the Governor General and his wife, Sir and Lady Reeves, over the weekend. Photographs taken circa 17 November 1986, by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1911

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-014149-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 30 July 1982

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1982/2562-F

Description: Governor-general Sir David Beattie and dancers from the National School of Ballet receive instructions from choreographer Liz Davies at Government House. The ballet under rehersal is 'Manco Capac' by Gary Brain. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley on the 30th of July 1982. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1966

Reference: PAColl-4542

Description: Two lines of soldiers presenting arms outside the gates of Government House at the Basin Reserve on the occasion of President Johnson's visit to New Zealand. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1 Jan 1943

By: Paddy, Laurence George Malvern, 1906?-1971

Reference: MS-Papers-10958

Description: Letter from H G Jaffray?, Government House, Wellington to Lauri Paddi, bandleader. Enclosed a cheque for 8 pounds for band supplied to Government House, 23 Dec Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by E M Alderdice, Kilbirnie, Wellington (84-252) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Album and loose photos (PA Coll-0089).

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1453

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Those that don't fit neatly into the art nouveau category are two windows from the Parliamentary Library and two from Government House which feature the National coat of arms. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1926-1959

From: Hull-Brown, Ian Norman: Collection

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Hull-Brown

Description: Includes a collection of ball programmes: Undated: Eastbourne Carnival Football Queen No 3 dance programme. Perfumed with Muguet. 1926: Public Trust Office. Annual dance. St Francis Hall Wellington. 11 June 1926. Programme. 1928: Government House Wellington. 25 September 1928. Programme. Government House. 12 October 1928. Programme HMS Dunedin. 27 November 1928. [Programme] Annual Charity Ball. Town Hall. 6th (17 July 1928), 8th (11 June 1930), 9th (17 June 1931), 10th (15 June 1932), 11th (7 June 1933), 12th (20 June 1934), 13th (26 June 1935), 17th (21 June 1939), 18th (5 June 1940) 1929: St Patricks College Old Boys Association. 4th and 6th annual ball programmes. 1929 and 1931. Government House Wellington. 13 August 1929. Programme. 1930: Post & Telegraph Department. Town Hall. 31 July 1930. Programme. [Vivienne Riddiford engagement party - identified in pencil on back, and with the initials "V&M" on front]. 21 October 1930. Programme. [Dr Herbert's 21st party for his daughter - identified in pencil on back]. 12 November 1930. Programme. Featherston Golf Club annual ball. 15 July 1930. Programme; and Menu. Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club. 8 May 1930. [Ball programme] [Palmerston North Golf Club?] Palmerston North. 1 August 1930 (shows humorous illustration of golfers on the front of programme) Masterton Golf Ball (identified in pencil on back). Programme 1930. 1931: B (Dr Herbert's daughter's coming out dance). 27 April 1931. Programme. 1932: Lever Brothers (N.Z.) Limited. Founder's Day celebration. Kirkcaldie & Stains' Ballroom. 16 September 1932. Programme. M.S. [and] J.N. [marriage?] 10 March 1932. Programme. J.P. [and] J.W. [marriage?] Dances. 21 April 1932. Programme Plunket Ball. Town Hall. 15 July 1932. 1933: Programme with red musical stave on the front. [Dr Herbert's daughter's arrival from India. 17/1/33. [Dance card]. 1935: B D G and F N G. 19 September 1935. [Marriage?]. Programme. 1936: Queen Margaret College. 22 August 1935. Programme (front half only) Public Works Department annual staff dance 1936 1937-1938: Marsden School. Debutantes' dance. 21.5.1937 and 6.5.1938. Programmes. George R. J. [and] Elizabeth R. [Ball] programme. 7.5.[19]38. 1939: Mayfair Cabaret. Shell Social Club dance. Thursday 29 June [1939] Post & Telegraph Department annual ball. Dance list and supper ticket. (5 different, including one dated 1939) Queen Margaret College. Debutantes' Ball. 18 April 1939. Programme. 1946: A T Young 22/5/46. Programme. General Motors. "Assembly line" of all those who have served General Motors for ten or more years. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George Wellington. 12 December 1946. Programme. 1948: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. 65th presentation of prizes and annuall. 17 July 1948. Wairarapa Hunt Incorporated. Annual ball. 30 July 1948. Programme. 1949: General Motors. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 15 December 1949. 1950: General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 14 December 1950. 1951: General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. Palm Lounge, Hotel St George. 13 Devember 1951. Programme. General Motors. Norm Hull-Brown, guest artist. 10-year get-together. [Three badges worn by Norm Hull-Brown at these events] Includes programmes: Wellington Orphans' Club. Annual ladies' night. Masonic Hall, The Terrace. 7 August 1930. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Bright and breezy". Majestic Theatre 23 May 1935. Programme. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Brighter and breezier". 11 July 1935. Programme. New Zealand Broadcasting Board presents All-Star Vaudeville "Brightest and breeziest". St James Theatre Wellington. 17 October 1935. Programme. Disabled Soldiers Civil Re-Establishment League presents its 1941 monster revue, "Britannia". Opera House, 1-10 May 1941. Programme. 2YA Camp Entertainers come to town with a non-stop variety show. Town Hall Wellington. 25 March 1944. Proceeds to Wellington Red Cross. 2YA Camp Entertainers return to town with another Non-Stop Variety Show. Town Hall Wellington. 4 November 1944. Programme. Wellington Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association. Smoke concert. Town Hall, 8 September 1950. Programme (autograph B C Freyberg) New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Non-Stop variety show. Town Hall Wellington. 4 September 1950. For the UN Appeal for Children. One day of your pay will save another child. Compered by Selwyn Toogood. Includes invitations: Nga Tawa Old Girls and Wanganui Old Boys. Ball at Drill Hall, Feilding. 14 June 1937. Invitation. Ohingaiti Citizen's [sic] annual Ball. Friday 12 August 1938. Music by Wellington's foremost dance band, Henry Rudolph's Dance Band. Flier. Wellington College Old Boys' Cricket Club. Annual dance. 9 March 1940. Invitation. Also includes a receipt from the Wellington Performing Musicians Industrial Union of Workers for membership, Mr Hull-Brown, 3 May 1927; and a business card of Jack E Michel, trap-drummer and xylophonist, Fuller's Vaudeville, Ambassador Cabaret. (in "Programmes" folder) Quantity: 30 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) invitations. 20 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (programmes, etc).

Date: [ca 1935-1941]

By: Button, Arthur Naylor, 1906-1981

Reference: PAColl-0309

Description: Two photographs showing Lady Galway and a dog with an SPCA collecting box strapped to its back. Lady Galway is accompanied by her children and some other people possibly from the SPCA. One is captioned on the reverse "How about this for the clinic" and the other "this does not show the box but it is a charming picture of Shell smiling" (Shell is presumably the dog). Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-057166 to 057167 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: ca 1920s

Reference: PAColl-4630

Description: Interior photographs of the dining room and sitting room and two of the exterior of the building. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Prints housed at PAColl-6075-22 to PAColl-6075-25.

Date: 2 September 1978

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1978/3032-F

Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "The Governor-General, Sir Keith Holyoake, put on his uniform this morning and as Chief Scout of New Zealand presented a number of awards at a ceremony in the Government House ballroom. Fifty-five Queen's Scouts and Guides received a certificate, a handshake and morning tea from Sir Keith and Lady Holyoake." Photograph taken 2 September 1978 by Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1961-1967

From: Girl Guides Association New Zealand Inc :Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-139

Description: Photographs of leaders of the Girl Guide Association, Girl Guides, Brownies and Rangers, and various activities throughout New Zealand. The first pages show the move from old headquarter buildings in Hastings to new buildings in Christchurch, in September 1961. They include the transfer of equipment by truck and by air freight, and views of different aspects of the new premises. Later views show visiting Girl Guide leaders attending conferences and training courses; ceremonial occasions attended by Lord Cobham in 1962, and by Sir Bernard and Lady Fergusson. Lady Fergusson was the Dominion President during their term in New Zealand. One section of the album shows activities of Girl Guides and Brownies in the Cook Islands, and also in Western Samoa. A number of the camps were attended by Girl Guides from Pacific countries, with many of the Guides named in the album. Various activities undertaken by the Guides include the sale of Girl Guide biscuits, ANZAC Day commemorations, Thinking Day ceremonies, rallies, and the awards of special badges. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, labelled in blue ink on front cover `Book 2. 1961-1967' with 1963-1968 crossed out; 38 x 52 cm

Date: Before 1894

By: Leitch, W A, active 1894; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-260

Description: Album of scenic views of Tasmania, Sydney and wider New South Wales, and of New Zealand, both North and South Islands. Views of lighthouses include Derwent Lighthouse (Tasmania), Macquarie Lighthouse (South Head, Sydney), and Farewell Spit Lighthouse (Tasman Region, New Zealand). The New Zealand photographs are nearly all taken by Josiah Martin, and include one that is a collage of scenes he photographed, and one of Maori weapons, with captions to say they were deposited [in Auckland Museum] by Captain Gilbert Mair. A photograph attached to the inside of the back cover is of the Farewell Spit Lighthouse, and was taken by the Tyree Brothers firm Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - W.A. Leitch. 1894 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering, with `Leitch' lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.5 cm Provenance: Purchase

Date: 1988

From: Freed, Dorothy Whitson, 1919-2000 : Papers

By: Freed, Dorothy Whitson, 1919-2000; Meyer, Frederick Charles, active 1936

Reference: fMS-Papers-6974-19

Description: First performance - For the Aids Society (Wellington Branch) at Government House, 23 Nov 1988 Form and medium - For trumpet, cornet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone, tuba, B flat clarinet, 2 pianists, narrator Contents: Mount Victoria -- Land of hope and glory -- I vow to thee my country -- Chopin's funeral march -- Grieg piano concerto -- Pokarekare ana -- The Teddybears' picnic -- I do like to be beside the sea -- Fanfare -- Early one morning -- Four seasons -- The Moldau -- Lullaby (God defend New Zealand) -- Fairest Isle -- Skye boat song -- Hymn -- Fanfare -- The Girl I left behind me -- Aloha -- There is a tavern in the town -- Brahms' 2nd Piano concerto Quantity: 1 folder(s) [1], [5], 9 leaves. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies), typescripts

Date: 1911

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-014150-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1988-1989

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-044

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Includes pamphlet on Government House. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1911

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-014151-G

Date: [ca 1945-1955]

From: Unwin, William Henry 1909-1992: Photographs relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

By: Herald sun (Newspaper); Photo News Ltd; Williamson, Hal, active 1950

Reference: PAColl-10379-1

Description: Photographs relating to Harry Unwin and his work with the Kiwi Concert Party, circa 1945 to 1955. Taken by a range of photographers, a number of whom are unidentified. - Contains a number of group portraits, including the reception of the Kiwi Concert Party in Adelaide during an Australian tour, the group at Government House with the Governor General Bernard Freyberg and Lady Barbara Freyberg (September 1950) and with Freyberg at a performance, the group beside a plane [tour to Australia?], at a railway station, with cars sold by Premier Motors during Western Australia leg of 1951 tour, and during a rest in the journey across the Nullabor Desert. Also includes photograph of a performance in action, the exterior of a theatre with "The Famous Kiwis" marquee, the group converged around a sign advertising their 857th performance, and official publicity photos printed by J C Williamson Theatres Ltd. The latter images include sets, performers (including female impersonators), scenes in action, and a group of women drinking and smoking [backstage?] with the women's autographs on the rear of the print. Also band performing in studio setting, as a mariachi band, and a cartoon titled "A H O Camouflage Unit 1942". One image of a female impersonator Phil Jay is autographed "To Happy/Slap-Harry". - A number of images, including all the official publicity photographs, were taken by Hal Williamson (for J C Williamson Publicity, Sydney). Other photographers stamps identify "News & Mail Photographs", "Herald Sun Feature Service", and "Photo News Ltd". Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints