Volcanoes - New Zealand - Auckland Region

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958, 1960

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7766

Description: Phase 8 continued - 170. Cornwall Park, sheep grazing; 171. One Tree Hill Memorial, Sir John Logan Campbell (Early settler); 172-173. Overlooking Ellerslie, Penrose; 174. Onehunga, Manukau Harbour; 175. Memorial, Mt Hobson in background; 176. Royal Oak, Epsom, Memorial; 177. Volcanic crater below memorial; 178. Auckland airport. Three slides of views of Auckland in 1960. Includes views of the Winter Garden (Auckland Domain), and aerial views over the city Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1999

By: Auckland (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council; New Zealand. Department of Conservation; Barton, Phillip Lionel, 1925-2010

Reference: Eph-D-LOCAL-Auckland-1999-01/04

Description: Includes: Stonefields of South Auckland. Shows on one side a re-creation of everyday activities in a Maori pa - the view looks north over the Puhinui Stream and Matukutureia stonefields at Manurewa. South Auckland. Maungarei (Mt Wellington) can be seen in the background and Rangitoto Island in the distance. The verso includes photographs and text about the stonefields. Conserving Auckland's maritime heritage. Shows a reconstruction of a scene showing the arrival of the Tainui Canoe at Devonport. Shows settlements on Mount Victoria, North head, and Rangitoto in the distance. The verso shows Devonport's historic foreshore (including European landmarks) Our heritage - landscapes - One Tree Hill, Shows an aerial photograph of One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie) with emphasis on the geological shaping. Our heritage - landscapes - Mangere Mountain. Shows an aerial photograph of the extinct crater of mangere Mountain (Te Pane o Mataaho). Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying around 420 x 610 mm. Transfers: Accompanied by eight postcards - "Our heritage - landscape" - housed at Eph-A-GEOLOGY-ca1998..

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-11235

Description: Includes - Tree fern. Two views of One Tree Hill, Auckland. View over native forest. Deciduous trees including willows. Map of the pacific sea bed showing ocean trenches and other configurations. Quantity: 8 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1885 - 1886

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: E-964-q-024

Description: Shows sailing boats on a stretch of Auckland Harbour, with Devonport in the middle distance and the distinct shape of Rangitoto rising in the distance. There is a fenced roadway in the bottom left foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on wove paper, 180 x 150 mm (image)

Date: 1907

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-086

Description: Recto, two views of Auckland Harbour from Mount Eden, one placed on top of the other which, placed side by side, would form a panorama. The top shows Rangitoto Island on the left, and looks out towards St Heliers and Buckland's Beach in the foreground, with a glimpse of Brown's Island, Motuihe and Waiheke Islands in the distance. The bottom view shows Rangitoto on the right, with a view across North Head and Devonport in the middle ground, and Auckland Hospital and grounds in the foreground. On the verso, a sketch of Mount Albert from Cabbage Tree Swamp, part of what is now Kingsland. A colour code has been pencilled in for later inclusion, and emboldened in ink Not certain if the mount from Cabbage Tree Swamp is Mount Albert or Mount Eden Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, pen and pencil on two sides of sheet, 250 x 310 mm

Date: 1907

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-087

Description: Recto, a view of Auckland Harbour with bush, houses in the foreground and yachts on the water; below it, a steamer, a yacht and a three-masted ship in the harbour with Rangitoto Island rising in the background. Verso, top view is of Mount Eden from Cabbage Tree Swamp, with a view towards the harbour from Arch Hill below it. A colour code has been pencilled in for later inclusion Not certain if the mount from Cabbage Tree Swamp is Mount Albert or Mount Eden Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, pen and pencil on two sides of sheet, 250 x 310 mm

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-472-037

Description: Ink pen tracing on tracing linen with caption "Summit of Rangitoto Island Auckland. 900 feet high, extinct crater remains of ancient ditches and banks", with imitation of signature "C. Heaphy". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C. Heaphy [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black ink on tracing linen, 162 x 223 mm.

Date: 1992

By: New Zealand geographic (Periodical); Meeson, Garry, active 1980-1990s

Reference: Eph-E-GEOLOGY-1992-01

Description: Shows a bird's eye view of Auckland's harbours and outlying islands, including the airport in the left foreground. The lower edge shows a series of panels illustrating the stages in a typical Auckland eruption. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 595 x 830 mm.

Date: 1884 - 1885

From: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :[Sample album of greeting cards, produced by A D Willis of Wanganui. ca 1885]

Reference: E-936-f-022-1

Description: Shows a view looking across to Rangitoto Island, probably from the foreshore. North Head can be seen in the middle distance. In the foreground are tree ferns and other various bushes, and several boats and ships in the channel between the island and the mainland. The message included reads 'A merry Christmas' Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 105 x 145 mm

Date: 1862

By: Stack, Frederick Rice, -1873; Day & Son (Firm); Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-060-015-a

Description: The crater of Mount Eden in the foreground, with grazing cows, goats and sheep and the city and harbour spread out in the background. Partington's Windmill can be seen on the left and various church spires. North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the distance Proof before lettering, which is inscribed in pencil. Otherwise the same as C-060-015 Extended Title - Plate from: Stack, F R. Views in the province of Auckland (London, 1862). Plate 2. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-col., image, 200 x 408 mm on sheet 380 x 570 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull. Ordered from F. Edwards, London, 11 November 1892, for 20/- the set of six

Date: 1889 - 1890

From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]

Reference: E-394-f-027-2

Description: Rangitoto island seen from the Waitemata Harbour Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash, 59 x 204 mm

Date: 1988

From: [Posters concerning the environment and environmental protection. 1980s].

By: Buchanan, Dean Leonard, 1952-; Auckland Heritage Trust

Reference: Eph-E-ENVIRONMENT-1988-01

Description: Shows a reproduction of a painting by Dean Buchanan showing Auckland land forms. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 840 mm. Provenance: Donated by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2004.

From: Roydhouse, Garth Sutherland 1912-1981 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2470-01

Description: Includes paper by George Matthew Fowlds on the history of names of the volcanic cones of Auckland, report by Otago Museum on a skull found at Golden Bay, press release on the 1962 New Zealand expedition to the Andes and photos of the inter-island ferry Aramoana Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 30 Jun 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62287-G

Description: Mangere, Auckland, including Waitomokia Volcano. Shows an aerial view looking east of the explosion crater with central scoria cones being quarried, (later completely removed). Next to Ouarangi road and the then Mangere sewage treatment oxidation ponds. Photograph taken by Whites Aviation in 1964. Source of descriptive information - Information regarding the Waitomokia Volcano and the oxidation ponds from Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1840 - 1850

From: Mathew, Felton 1808-1847 :[Scrapbook. ca.1845].

Reference: E-389-q-010

Description: Shows 2 peaks in the foreground and 2 further away. A jumbled line of rocks stretches across the near foreground. The site shown is almost certainly Three Kings in Mount Eden, Auckland Identified as likely to be Three Kings by a local Auckland historian Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, / and the Residence of the Chief Police Magistrate. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 240 x 288 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist / Inventory available..

Date: 1849 - 1860

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Robertson, Amy, active 1915-1922

Reference: C-025-003

Description: Two European men carrying guns and bags, a Maori man with a gun and a backback, and a dog in the foreground, making their way up a path though tree ferns, cabbage trees and ferns. Three Maori are seated on a low hill in the middle ground and there are volcanic cones in the middle ground and background. One of the group is likely to be the artist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C. Heaphy [in ink]; Recto - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour & Chinese white 414 x 540 mm

Date: 1868

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-147-010

Description: Shows section of perimeter of crater, with detached rock resting on edge at left. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] / see over; Verso - top centre - Note. This crater is on the eastern slope of the larger crater on Hawkins Hill, near the Tamiki at Otahuhu. It has discharged its lava towards the eastward. The [appearance?] of the wall of the crater is that which would result from a basin being for a time filled with melted matter cooling on the top and at the edges and which suddenly found vent. There are other places in the Auckland district where similar appearances exist as at the Lake, North Shore, and the Grotto, Onehunga - both craters. C.H. / 20/1/68 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 250 x 350 mm

Date: 1862

By: Stack, Frederick Rice, -1873; Day & Son (Firm); Thomas, Beatrice Rosemary, 1911-1996

Reference: C-060-015

Description: The crater of Mount Eden in the centre foreground with cows, goats and sheep grazing, and the city and harbour spread out in the distance. Partington's Windmill can be seen on the left, several church spires stand out and North Head and Rangitoto Island are in the background Same as C-060-015-a on sheet 380 x 570 mm Extended Title - Plate from: Stack, F R. Views in the province of Auckland (London, 1862). Plate 2. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-col., image, 200 x 408 mm on sheet 358 x 564 mm

Date: 13 Dec 1967

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-67377-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 30 Jun 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62288-G

Description: Volcanos Otuataua (centre) and Puketapapa (also known as Pukeiti) (at left, small), Mangere, Auckland, taken 30 June 1964 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Exact location providied by Library client in 2013. Formerly wrongly identified by Library archivist as Mangere Mountain. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches