Aotearoa (Aircraft. ZK-AMA)

Date: 1940

From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers

Reference: MapColl-800hkm/1940/Acc.49791

Description: Chart of Tasman Sea and New Zealand (142E-170E, 27S-53S) showing the routes of air and naval patrols searching for the German raider Orion which had sunk the N.Z. Steamship Company steamer Turakina in the Tasman Sea. Aircraft were: flying boat Awarua from Auckland, 21st, 22nd and 25th August; flying boat Aotearoa from Auckland 21st August; DH 89s from Kerikeri. Naval patrols: HMS Archilles 21st-23rd August; Stewart Island patrol 23rd August; Wellington approaches patrol 25th August; Captn Mercer's patrol, north of Northland, 22nd & 23rd August; HMAS Perth, Sydney to mid-Tasman then Bass Strait. The patrols around Stewart Island and Wellington were carried out because signals had been detected from another German ship. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on photographic paper, 27.5 x 38 cm.

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: Bowden, Beverley, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-3704

Description: Voyage to NZ on Rangitane Dec 1939 - Jan 29 1940, RNZAF at Hobsonville, Rongotai, Bougainville. Quantity: 23 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (ie photocopies made from album deposited on loan for copying).

Date: 1940

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1940-01

Description: Booklet containing a calendar for July 1940-June 1941, timetables for Wellington-Lyttelton and Wellington-Picton services, Australia services and fares. It also lists timetables for Union Airways and Cook Strait Airways, as well as New Zealand and Australian railway timetables. The booklet contains three pages of photographs: "Aotearoa" flying boat over Auckland, Interior of a Tasman Empire Airways flying boat, "Awarua" flying boat of Tasman Empire Airways. The front cover shows a drawing of the ship "Awatea". Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 50 pages, 122 x 87 mm.

Date: 6 Aug 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-14320-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Other - Notes on negative sleeve reads: Short Bros. Aotearoa, Mission Bay Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 1939 - 1940

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1940-02

Description: Poster shows at the top a four-engined aeroplane, number ZK-AMA "Aotearoa", seen from below as it flies over a globe of the world, with its route marked from Auckland to London via Australian cities. It travelled via Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Karumba, Groote Eylandt, Darwin, Koepang, Sourabaya, Bima, Batavia, Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Rangoon, Akyab, Calcutta, Allahabad, Gwalior, Raj Samand, Karachi, Jimani, Sharjah, Dabai [Dubai], Bahrein, Basra, Lake Habbaniyeh, Tiberias, Alexandria, Athens, Rome, Marseilles, London. The route from South Africa to London is also marked but with no city names written in. The poster background is coloured yellow. Other Titles - TEAL Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1000 x 643 mm.

Date: 1939

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04518-F

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: Dec 1944

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04452-F

Description: Copy negative taken by Leo White. Photographer of original unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Apr 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-02905-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: [between 1945-1947]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04920-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative ¼ plate 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1939

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04516-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 13 Aug 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-03073-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: ¼ plate Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04918-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative ¼ plate 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1939

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04514-F

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 1940

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-03884-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 18 June 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-01302-G

Description: photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [194-?]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05241-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 14 Nov 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04332-G

Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation. Photographer of original unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative 1/2 plate 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1940

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-00332-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1940

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-00328-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1939

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-04517-F

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate