Butter making

Date: 1919-1920

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-3/2/14

Description: Continued from MS-Papers-3763-3/2/13 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1915

By: Bunyard, A; Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-

Reference: PAColl-3124

Description: Negatives include views the Talisman Mine; Karangahake Gorge; NZ Co-op Dairy Co factories at Ngatea and Waitoa; and the Grand Junction Mine, Waihi. One photo only Waihi-Paeroa water main. Arrangement: Negatives accessioned at 1/4-023515-F to 1/4-023533-F. Some withdrawn from sequence to recatalogue as 1/2 plate Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). 9 b&w copy photographic print(s) (of 7 images) from above negatives. 1 b&w copy photographic print(s) (with no negative). Physical Description: ¼ plate nitrate negatives

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: New Zealand. National Film Unit; Marriott, (Lieutenant), active 1943

Reference: PA1-q-292

Description: Photographs of military activities and war work in New Zealand during World 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This album contains photographs on pages 1-54 (Pages 55-149 are empty). Activities include training in building of fascines and revetments for protecting trench walls; barbed wire "concertina"; excavation of command posts (part of a defensive trench system); the use of a 2" mortar; anti-tank rifle instruction; instruction in identifying enemy weapons including grenades and land mines and use of an electric mine detector. The cookery wing in action in the open air; artillery school of instruction; signallers establishing communication & erecting a telegraph pole; use of a 25-pounder; bayonet practice; medical training including rescue of wounded, use of an improvised stretcher, improvised raft for a river crossing carrying the stretcher, transfer to an ambulance, and finally a view of an actual open-air operation. The arrival of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, shown with New Zealand dignitaries (p 18). Men and women who have returned on furlough parading through Wellington on their way to a luncheon given in their honour by the RSA (p 19-21, 38-40); the arrival of repatriated Prisoners of War being greeted by friends and family in Wellington (p 33-36) A huge crowd celebrating the victory over the Italians at Liberty Corner, on the intersection of Hunter Street, Featherston Street and Lambton Quay (Friday 3rd September 1943) Ceremonies at an undentified marae including Maori dance, haka, poi dances and speeches by military officers. Pages 28-30 show the visit of a British Military Mission to the Forest & Jungle Warfare Wing of the Army School of Instruction, with demonstrations of jungle training. Women are shown with views of the Women's Land Service (Land Army), and also as Post & Telegraph drivers collecting huge bags of mail from a ship. Infantry students at the Army School, Trentham are shown in a river crossing exercise near Foxton, building rafts big enough to carry people, vehicles and weaponry. Launching a fuel barge built at the Wellington Patent Company's shipyards at Evans Bay, where the ceremony was performed by Managing Director Mr Jamieson. Pages 49-53 show photographs of Polish refugee children arriving and settling into the refugee camp at Pahiatua. Pages 53 and 54 show the official opening of a new Model Kindergarten in Hospital Road, Newtown (Saturday 18th November, 1943), opened by the Prime Minister Peter Fraser. Also present were the Labour MP for Wellington South, Robert Mckeen and his wife Jessie Mckeen, Mrs J A Doctor (President of the Free Kindergarten Association), and Dr Clarence Beeby (Director of Education). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 438-598 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1946 - 1950

From: New Zealand. School Publications Branch: [45 double-sided photographic posters, photographed by National Publicity Studios and other photographers. ca 1949]

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1949-1-31/60

Description: Photographs are by National Publicity Studios, V C Browne, Tudor Collins. Includes posters numbered: 31. Wool. Preparing bales of wool for export (National Publicity Studios) 32. Port Chalmers. This is the main port of Otago. Notice the dry dock on the right (V C Browne) 33. Wool. "Dumped" wool being stored for export. "Dumped" bales have been tightly pressed to save shipping space (National Publicity Studios) 34. Making butter. The cream from the receiving vat at the bottom is pumped through a heater. It is then cooled quickly on the cooler behind the man. This heating and cooling is called "pasteurising" (National Publicity Studios) 35. Buying wool. At this auction sale in the Town Hall at Wellington, buyers from many countries are bidding for New Zealand wool (National Publicity Studios) 36. Raglan. This little port is a holiday place for Waikato people (V C Browne) 37. Making cheese. The milk arrives at the factory where it is weighed and a sample taken for testing (National Publicity Studios) 38. Wellington. The business centre of the capital city. Can you find the railway station? (V C Browne) 39. Making cheese. The milk pours into a receiving vat (National Publicity Studios) 40. Mangaweka. This country town is on the Main Trunk railway south of Taihape. Notice the main highway north, and the white-cliffed gorge of the Rangitikei River (V C Browne) 41. Making cheese. After being heated and cooled to kill germs, the milk is set with rennet. Then the curds are cut with knives into cubes (National Publicity Studios) 42. Nelson. Harvesting a crop on the Waimea plain near Nelson (National Publicity Studios) 43. Making cheese. After cooking, the whey is drained off and the curds are left in piles along the vat (National Publicity Studios) 44. A fishing port. Kaikoura, eans "crayfish food". It lies at the north side of the isthmus of the Kaikoura Peninsula (V C Browne) 45. Making cheese. After being cut into cubes, turned, and salted, the curd is poured into "hoops" lined with cheese cloth (National Publicity Studios) 46. Tolaga Bay. Notice the jetty at the top right. Few vessels call at this coastal port (V C Browne) 47. Making cheese. The "hoops" full of cheese have been in the pess al night (National Publicity Studios) 48. Tarakohe. This port has one factory and was built to ship one product - cement (V C Browne) 49. Making cheese. These cheeses are being weighed and crated ready for export (National Publicity Studios) 50. Sheep country. This photo shows what parts of North Auckland look like. It was taken on the Takatu Peninsula near Matakana (Tudor Collins) 51. New Plymouth Harbour. The breakwater protects ships at the wharf. Notice the oil derricks (V C Browne) 52. Auckland. This photo shows the main road and rail outlet to the south. What kind of trees grown close to the shore here? (V C Browne) 53. Making butter. After one night in a storage vat the cream goes to the churn. Here half a ton of butter is being removed from a churn (National Publicity Studios) 54. Lime Hills, Southland. What takes place in these buildings? Why are they built in steps? What do you call the workings on the hill top? (V C Browne) 55. Butter. Weighing and packing bulk butter for export (National Publicity Studios) 56. Timber. How can you tell which of these forests are native and which are exotic? This is part of Karioi State Forest (V C Browne) 57. Butter. Each box contains a 56 pound block of butter. What is happening to it here? (National Publicity Studios) 58. Irrigation. The Rangitata Diversion Race runs north along the Canterbury Plains (V C Browne) 59. Maori fortifications. Turu-turu Mokai Pa, near Hawera - the best preserved Maori fortifications in New Zealand (V C Browne) 60. Irrigation. The Highbank Power Station, at the end of the Rangitata Diversion Race, can be seen near the centre of the picture. Mt Hutt is in the background, the Rakaia River is in the foreground (V C Browne) Date estimated from the fact that some have been date-stamped 31 August 1950. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset photographic prints, 513 x 584 mm., on both sides of sheets

Date: 1919-1920

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-3/2/13

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 4 Jul 1994 - 04 Jul 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Bennett, Samuel Ernest, 1915-1998

Reference: OHInt-0616/04

Description: Samuel Earnest Bennett born Mosgiel 1915. Gives details of family history - father, Percy Francis Bennett, was a draper in Alexandra. Family owned a poultry farm and recalls stamping eggs at night for Otago Egg Circle. Other childhood recollections include: schooldays at Green Island school and later Concord school with reference to Fife and Drum Band; playing outdoors; catching and cooking lobsters from creek on own farm; father's involvement with Abbotsford Methodist Harrier Club, referring to Dale Fincham, an original member; three trips to church on Sundays and parent's involvement in Bible class; Mother making own butter, later getting a [milk] separator and family getting telephone. Describes the Milburn Lime and Cement building during the 1920s and Otago Rolling Mills. Refers to Jack Orr, the Smellie family, Frosty Crimp, Crimp & Sons, Jock, Marcus & Earl. Recalls going to the old picture theatre on Saturday afternoons, referring to Logan Johnson, who played for the (silent) movies. Recalls people standing outside Campbell's store to listen to boxing match between Tommy Campbell and Johnie Leckie on the radio. Mentions Cecil and Jim McMullan (bakers), Bezett (butchers), McLean (bakery), Bolger (bakery), Geordie Findlay, Clarkson (chemists), Donovan (drapery) and Bert Ryan (taxi driver). Talks about Depression, lack of jobs and work on the dole which depended on marital status and number of children. Refers to 1935 election and recalls how some viewed the Labour Party at the time. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010056-010058 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 2.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3354.

Date: 19 April 2002 - 19 Apr 2002

From: Agricultural heritage oral history project

By: Stanford, Caroline Ivanhoe, 1897-2006; New Zealand National Fieldays Society

Reference: OHInt-0639-1

Description: Carol Ivanhoe Stanford was born in Stratford in 1893, later moving to Hawera. Talks about her father milking 20 cows by hand, and learning to cook by the age of seven. Describes wash day, boiling laundry in a copper, using washboards and homemade soap. Talks about ironing day, using heated sets of irons, and the weekly bath night in a tin bath. Talks about kerosene lamps for lighting, a food safe hanging in a tree for refrigeration and making butter. Recalls entertainment: her father's music, dances, sing alongs, and games such as marbles, rounders and skipping. Recalls riding a horse to school. Talks about a fireworks accident, and finishing school at age 13. Describes transport, her father's horse and gig, and her mother riding side saddle. Mentions their first battery powered radio in 1938. Describes the effect of World War I on her brother, and her husband who served at Gallipoli, and the effect on his health. Talks about getting married in 1920 and her honeymoon. Recalls being married 20 years before buying a car, and talks about having a party line telephone. Talks about living in Hamilton. Abstracted by - Jean Brown Interviewer(s) - Terry Harpe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-10837 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3841. Search dates: 1897 - 1940

Date: 1975

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-822

Description: This cartoon relates to butter shortages and is set in a domestic kitchen. A man has brought home a tin of milk powder and a butter churn and is telling his wife he is going to experiment with it. His wife, who has been cooking the dinner, looks doubtful. The calendar is set at April 1976 cartoon filed with those from 1975 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 305 x 388 mm

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/2-061084-F

Description: Making butter at the Eltham Co-operative Dairy, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1950s

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-027366-F

Description: Shows a modern New Zealand creamer or butter factory, circa 1950s. In the front are the cream trucks which have just completed delivery of the suppliers' cream. Photographer unidentified. Practically every butter and cheese factory in New Zealand was co-operatively owned and controlled by the farmers, the proceeds being distributed according to the butterfat delivered by each supplier after the deduction of working expenses Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 9 January 1954

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982

Reference: 1/2-042081-F

Description: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip watch butter being taken from a churn during their visit to the Bell Block Co-operative Dairy Factory, New Plymouth. Escorting the Queen is Mr L A Chivers, Manager of the factory. Photographed on 9th January 1954 by Edward Percival Christensen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: ca 1950s

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-030645-F

Description: Farm worker separating cream for butter production in the farm dairy. Undated photograph (possibly taken in the 1950s) by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: Sep 1951

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982

Reference: 1/2-030643-F

Description: Interior of a New Zealand Co-op Dairy Company Factory, Tirau. Shows a large quantity of butter being removed from the barrel of a 100-box churn, one of a row of four churns in production in the factory room (including one of 64-box capacity). Two men are working in the background. Photograph taken in September 1951, by Edward Percival Christensen. Other - Original file print caption reads: "N.Z. Co-Op Diary Company's Factory, Tirau. Photo shows nearly one ton of butter being removed from a 100-box churn. Three 100-box churns and a 64-box churn are in production at this factory." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - A25228 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: [ca 1950]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-034251-F

Description: Butter in an industrial butter churn. A man is standing next to the open machine, holding a steel bucket. Photograph taken ca 1950 by an unidentified photographer. Other Titles - Butter manufacture Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - A1924 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 1890

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: D-022-008

Description: Shows Tarureka homestead, (the home of James Donald) a two-storeyed house with verandah along the front of the lower level, in centre of picture, with two outbuildings to the left. To the immediate left is a large barn, built in 1870. Further left, is a building with a tall smoking chimney. It may be the butter factory opened in 1881. On the road in the foreground, an elegantly-dressed man and woman on horses gallop by. Two children stand watching in the right foreground. On the driveway to the house is another man on horseback, and two women and a man stand close to the house. Accompanied by typescript label with historical details about the family. The name Tarureka, according to "Memories of South Wairarapa" pp 24-26 (NZ & P q993.1 MEM), means "grass, or sweet herbs". The family of James Donald moved to Featherston in 1870 (from South Featherston) into this new house. The butter factory started operation in 1881. The Donald family still lived in the house in the 1980s? or 1990s. By 2009 the house had become a wedding and conference venue, owned by the Forlong family Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C. Aubrey /90 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 380 x 690 mm.

Date: [ca 1950]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-034247-F

Description: Butter factory interior at an unidentified location. Shows trolleys, each carrying one ton of butter, and churns. Photograph taken circa 1950 for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Other - National Publicity Studios caption on back of print reads "Butter manufacture. Each trolley holds one ton of butter and the butter in the 2 1/2 ton churn on the left is just being sorted. The large 65 box (1 5/8 ton) church next to 2 1/2 ton churn looks small by comparison. Dairy factory laboratory staff carrying [sic] out routine tests to ensure that the butter does not exceed the legal limits for moisture and salt and checking on the bacteriological content of cream." Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.