Surfing
Lyall Bay Reef Charitable Trust :Lyall Bay Surf Reef; help make it happen. [2002?]
Date: 2001 - 2002
By: Lyall Bay Reef Charitable Trust
Reference: Eph-A-RECREATION-2002-01
Description: Explains the reasons for wanting a reef, where it would be best positioned, how constructed, and a form to complete when sending donations to the Trust. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on two sides of folded pamphlet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded sheet, 211 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated in March 2002.
Crowd at surf carnival, Worser Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: 16 March 1970
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1970/1307-F
Description: Crowd at a surf carnival, Worser Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 16 March 1970. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[22 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in September-Decembe...
Date: 1987
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Sunday star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-364-058/079
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 22 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[23 copies of cartoons published in the Evening Post between 1 an...
Date: 2001
By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: H-673-024/046
Description: Cartoons on political and social issues, includes: Shows scientists' adhock research into the potential uses of genetic modification at the expense of commonsense. Comment on the intimidation tactics of Qantas Airlines toward Air New Zealand. Singapore Airlines are shown as Air New Zealands big sister ally. Christine Rankin considers taking further action following the release of the Employment Courts findings. Shows the Government (surfer) riding the knowledge wave only to be wiped out and lodged head first in the sand. Discussion between an Israeli soldier and Palestinian child. The soldier is trying to explain to the child how violence and retaliation works. The child just wants to play and go to the movies. Shows Helen Clark dealing with Steve Maharey and his use of obscene language. Shows members of the Electoral Reform Committee as angelic, working for the best interests of the country while having vested interests in the Committees outcome. Helen Clark calls on the All Blacks to crush the Australians while they've down. New Zealand reaction to the loss by the All Blacks to the Australians. Shows All Black Anton Oliver taking the blame for the loss against Australia. Comment on the Qantas involvement in running Ansett into the ground and leaving small creditors in ruins. Comment on the lack of constructive action being taken by the Pacific Forum to deal with global warming and the consequent rising of the ocean level. Shows Helen Clark encouraging all her Ministers to keep pets. Jim Anderton is shown wrapped in the arms of his pet octupus (Peoples' Bank). Shows West Coast MP, Damien O'Connor, addressing an audience about local mining and the poor decision made by Alliance MP Sandra Lee. He is reminded by a miner in the wings that his seat is still marginal. Shows Jim Anderton and Sandra Lee observing the Reefton Alliance office being pelted with food in reaction to Sandra Lee saying 'no' to mine expansion in the area. Shows a new army armoured vehicle running over an air force plane. Comment on the current situation where the armies supplies are being boosted while the air force is having its wings clipped. Shows thugs from the power company breaking into a persons house to extract money for the latest exorbitant power bill. Shows an All Black player finishing a Springbok (South African Rugby Team) and still feeling hungry. He thinks he could polish off the entire Australian Rugby Team (Wallabies) as well. Shows the relationship between government controlled power generators, empty lakes and increased revenue for power for the Reserve Bank. Shows a proposed statue for the entrance of the Sydney Harbour. Comment on Australia's policy to exclude refugees. Shows Michelle Boag's National Party purge of Parliamentary faithful. Comment on the level of ignorant public opinion over the boat people refugees trying to gain entry to Australia, by people ringing talkback radio. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.
Field: Photographs of Byrd's Antarctic expedition, sport events, ships, and other scenes
Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]
Reference: PAColl-6881
Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives
Jerry Nepia and Rajee Patel surfing at Titahi Bay - Photographs taken by Ross Giblin
Date: 15 January 1991
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s
Reference: EP/1991/0112
Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "Surfers Jerry Nepia and Rajee Patel make the most of the rejuvenated Titahi Bay." Photographed on 15th January 1991 by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :This week, for you to peruse, we present our sport a l...
Date: 1962
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Reference: B-137-251
Description: Shows a father reading the newspaper to a baby in a cot followed by three scenes of a shooter, surfers and rugby players accompanied by parodies of nursery rhymes. Extended Title - And with this all-out effort, we feel we can claim to have shattered the iambic meter record for all time Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, chinese white, crayon and letratone on card, 560 x 380 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Auahi Kore; Pipiri 2002 - Haratua 2003 [Calendar]
Date: 2002-2003
From: [Posters and other ephemera of A3 size relating to Maori issues. 2000-2001]
By: Auahi Kore (Organization)
Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-2002-01
Description: Calendar issued by Smokefree. Part of the subtitle is in English and states "During Matariki we celebrate our unique place in the world. There is a photograph for each month: Pipiri: Taki Rua - large picture shows George Henare and Nancy Brunning Hongongoi: Taiaha wānanga at Mokoia Island. Large image shows a waka crew Here-turi-kōkā: photographs show kapa haka groups Mahuru: Smokefree Pacifica beats - images of performers Whiringa-ā-nuku: Māori surfing images (mentions Steve Ria, Aotearoa Māori Surf) Whiringa-ā-rangi: Māori touch rugby (quotes Gerard Ngawati, Māori Touch NZ) Hakihea: Wahine Mau Rākau (shows Tania Stanley) Kohi-tātea: Waka ama Hui-tanguru: Te Uhi (quotes Derek Lardelli and Te Rita Papesche) Poutū-te-rangi: Te Kiwai Auahi Kore Paenga-whāwhā: Aotearoa Maori Netball Oranga Healthy Lifestyles programme Haratua: Attitude towards children Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on pages of spiral-bound calendar, 462 x 333 mm.
McLean, Shona 1949- :Oriental Bay, Wellington, N.Z. [1987]. Nelson, Painted Pots Partne...
Date: 1987
By: McLean, Shona, 1949-; Painted Pots Partnership
Reference: C-123-003
Description: Shows sketchlike view of Oriental Bay, with people sitting, talking, walking dog, embracing, swimming, windsurfing. Original picture won the Wellington/Sydney sister cities poster competition, 1987. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Shona; Recto - bottom left - c P.P.P. 359 Hardy Street Nelson Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph on glace paper, 420 x 560 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.
Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :The west. 10 September 1982.
Date: 1982
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One Folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, 1981 - 1989].
Reference: A-331-111
Description: The cartoon shows a man, representing the west, surfing. In the water near him the dorsal fin of a shark, representing the Middle East, can be seen. The man surfing is shaking from the appearance of the shark. Refers to relations between western countries and the Middle East Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 270 x 200mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
[Calendars for the year 1997, of approximately A4 size]
Date: 1997 - 1998
From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]
Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1997
Description: Includes calendars: Biodynamic farming and gardening calendar 1997-1998 Cleo / Durex Bachelor of the Year 1997-1998. [Calendar] (2 copies) East Harbour Kindergarten. Eastbourne historical calendar 1997. Feline friends 1997 calendar.Pictorial Publications Limited Images of New Zealand calendar 1997. Craig Potton Publishing. Sara Macready's New Zealand country gardens calendar 1997 National Provident. The Provident year 1997 New Zealand country life calendar 1997. Craig Potton Publishing New Zealand's Eye on the Sky weather trivia calendar 1997 New Zealand's whales, dolphins, seals & seabirds calendar 1997. Craig Potton Publishing Surf New Zealand calendar 1997, with tide tables. Ocean Fun Unlimited Nancy Tichborne's favourite cats, 1997 [Calendar] Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 5 calendars. Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Some items donated from the collection of Dr Margaret Bailey. One donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1998.
Butterton, Maxwell Stuart, 1914-1982: Photographs of trips around New Zealand
Date: 1931 - 1939
By: Butterton, Maxwell Stuart, 1914-1982
Reference: PAColl-0005
Description: Quantity: 328 b&w original photographic print(s) on 168 sheets.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :Our beaches. Nevile Lodge, 1952.
Date: 1952
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[39 copies of cartoons from 'Lodge looks at Wellington', Nevile Lodge, 1952]
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; A H & A W Reed (Firm)
Reference: J-059-010
Description: Shows six scenes of Wellington and Petone beaches: a couple and a child struggling against the wind at Island Bay as a boat pitches in high seas; a couple and a child struggling against the wind at Lyall Bay as a surfer runs past them into the waves; a view from the footpath of a row of legs of sunbathers lying under the wall at Oriental Bay; sunbathers lying on the beach at Days Bay and man looking at a shapely woman in a bikini; a man and a woman bracing themselves against the wind at Petone Beach; a man, woman and buried child in mounds of sand at Worser Bay. Exhibited in 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington: Celebrating the life and works of cartoonist Nevile Lodge' exhibition of cartoons By Nevile Lodge on Wellington topics over the period 1943-1988, curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive for the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and exhibited at the Museum from 25 May to August 2004. Published in book 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington' by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2004. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy on poster paper.
Views of Houghton Bay, Wellington City
Date: 1999
From: Kember, Ian :Photographs of Wellington City, events, and personalities
By: Kember, Ian Robert, 1953-1999
Reference: PAColl-6924-02
Description: Most of the images are of the bay itself with distant views of people surfing or swimming in wet suits. One photograph shows a dwelling faced with stone built to suggest a castellated tower. Photographed by Ian Kember on Sunday 10 January 1999 between 7.30 and 7.40 pm. Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm, 36999 to 35mm, 37005 Quantity: 18 colour original photographic print(s).
Santa Claus photoshoot surfing and on board a catamaran
Date: ca 1970
From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints
Reference: PA12-3045
Description: Transparencies taken by Cyril Beavis circa 1970s showing Santa Claus as the subject of a photoshoot, surfing and posed on board a catamaran. Transparencies showing Santa Claus photoshoots are also at PA12-3044. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "Father Christmas" and "Santa Claus". Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in September 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-26.
New Zealand Water Safety Council :Be water wise. Issued by the National Water Safety Co...
Date: 1958
From: [Programmes and ephemera relating to lifesaving, surf life-saving, including programmes of the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Association. 1958-1959]
By: New Zealand Water Safety Council; R E Owen (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-LIFESAVING-1958-01
Description: Pamphlet advises on safe methods of swimming, diving, fishing, boating. The back cover shows illustrations of the Holger-Nielsen artificial respiration technique, and lists the golden rules of safe swimming. The front cover shows at the left an owl wearing a mortar board, bathing suit and spectacles and carrying an inflated lifebelt. Other images around him show figures surfing, swimming, diving, rowing, fishing, boating and lifesaving. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) in programme.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on pamphlet folded to 187 x 215 mm. Provenance: Donated by Owen Spearpoint from the estate of Brian Edward Spearpoint, 2014.
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992: Rising seas on the coast
Date: 5 January 1977
From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: C-179-207
Description: Skinner is seen riding a surfboard labelled "Unions" on a wave labelled "Wages". Another man on a board labelled "Commerce" is waiting to catch a wave. A man labelled "Public" clings to Rob Muldoon who is depicted as a rubber ring. A small splash is labelled "Fixed income", large waves labelled "Prices" and "1977" are coming. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone, and chinese white on paper, 385 x 485 mm.
Photographic prints from January 1995
Date: January 1995
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PAColl-10788-01
Description: Colour and black and white photographic prints by Damer Farrell from January 1995 when he was active as a freelance press photographer on the West Coast. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s). Processing information: Photographic prints originally enclosed in brown paper bag annotated "January 1995" were rehoused in archival enclosures.
Photographic prints from February 1996
Date: February 1995
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PAColl-10788-02
Description: Photographic prints of press photography by Damer Farrell from February 1995. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). Processing information: Photographic prints originally enclosed in brown paper bag annotated "February 1995" were rehoused in archival enclosures.
Sporting activities and personalities: From Rowing to Wrestling
Date: [ca1960s-1976]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: PAColl-9882-069
Description: General photographs of sporting activities and personalities, mainly in New Zealand but also overseas, circa 1960s to1976, taken and collected by the Dominion Newspaper. Photographs are in broad subject order arranged alphabetically from R to W (excluding rugby). Subjects are Rowing, Running, Sailing, Skating, Soccer, Softball and Softball World Championships 1976, Surfing, Swimming, Table tennis, Tennis, and Wrestling. Also a file of single prints showing gliding, walking, mountaineering, fencing, a pancake race, hurdling, weightlifting, skiing, and a file showing an unidentified group on army manoeuvres dated 26 November 1970. Some prints have captions and/or dates on the reverse. Quantity: 147 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Photographs were in a box labelled 'sporting activities and personalities'. They have been sorted into broad subject categories by the Library. The photographs in file titled 'Softball World Championships 1976' were in an envelope with the same name.