Housing - New Zealand - Auckland Region

Date: 1946

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union : Records

Reference: 80-307-57/15

Description: Includes two letters re Australian transfers The scheme originated owing to concern over the housing shortage in the Auckland area. The scheme planned to build houses in the new suburb of Tamaki for the rehabilitation of returned servicemen Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1972

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards and solutions]

By: Auckland (N.Z.). City Council. Architectural Division

Reference: Eph-B-HOUSING-1972-01

Description: Pamphlet advertises a group of eleven townhouses in the area bounded by Gwilliam Place, Napier Street, Hepburn Street and Sheridan Lane. Each unit is two-storeyed. Includes floor plans, a perspective drawing of a courtyard; prices, terms of sale, rental prices and rates. Sale prices range from $21,100 down to $16,750. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 390 x 570 mm, folded to 210 x 297 mm, with inserted sheet 297 x 210 mm.

Date: 12 Feb-16 Sep 1946

By: O'Connell, Tom, active 1946

Reference: MS-Group-1452

Description: Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and financial information relating to O'Connells involvement in the `Walmata' project to increase housing in Auckland and for the rehabilitation of returned servicemen. The scheme originated owing to concern over the housing shortage in the Auckland area. The scheme planned to build houses in the new suburb of Tamaki for the rehabilitation of returned servicemen. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by E O'Connell, Timaru, December 2005 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 2 black and white photographs (PAColl-8743).

Date: 1942-1982 (1982)

By: Wynne, Christine, active 1942-1983

Reference: MS-Papers-2388

Description: Describes Wynne's efforts to obtain home loan finance for women after World War Two and her involvement in a project to build blocks of own-your-own flats for single women in Auckland, the first, Wynhome, opened in 1962 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (34 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1913-1916, 196-

By: Boaden family

Reference: MS-Papers-1369

Description: Correspondence re purchase of a house built under auspices of Housing Branch, Dept of Labour in Ellerslie, 1913-1926; information on Boaden family genealogy, includes extract from the letter of Nicholas Boaden re the voyage of the 'West Briton' to Adelaide in 1850; and letter written by Joseph Orchard re voyage of the 'Westminister' to Adelaide, 1848 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript (some photocopies)

Date: 2015

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to ethnic communities and cultures in New Zealand]

By: James Law Realty Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-ETHNIC-Chinese-2015-01

Description: Illustrated real estate pamphlet showing apartments for sale in St James Suites, Victoria Residences, Auckland City Hotel, Corinthian View (Albany), Queens Residencies, Sugartree, The Ivory, Park Residences; and residential properties at Waterview, Orewa Beach, Manly, The Reserve (Flat Bush), a vineyard at Oratia, land at Dairy Flat, industrial land at Hobsonville. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Thomas Wong, Newlands, in 2015.

Date: 7 May 1998 - 07 May 1998

From: Citizens Advice Bureaux oral history project

By: Harwood, Peter Keith, active 1960s

Reference: OHInt-0443-05

Description: Peter Keith Harwood backgrounds his career in social work, starting it in residential care in Stamford House London while overseas in the 1960s and recalls using Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) during that period. On returning to New Zealand completed some academic qualifications at Victoria University. Recalls involvement in the establishment of Otara in the early 1960s. Outlines career in social work, becoming President of the New Zealand Association of Social Workers. Recalls being Assistant Manager to the Owairaka Boys Home. Backgrounds involvement in the setting up of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) in Ponsonby ca 1969. Discusses the issues being presented, the main one being housing. Mentions Annie Tia, Fred Ellis and Coral Lavu?. Also refers to [Sir Robert] Muldoon. Recalls that in the early days there was much concentration on getting things in place, eg constitutions, standards, reporting systems, training processes and notes that being a voluntary organisation there was little funding. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Ian Dougherty Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009634 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3125.

Date: 2013

From: Various artists :[Entries in the Young Cartoonist Award. 2013]

By: Morris, Toby, 1980-

Reference: A-460-022-3

Description: Shows three zombies stumbling through a cityscape and all saying "HOUSE PRICES". The cartoonist is making an exaggerated comment on the way that his age group (early thirties) in Auckland are obsessed with house prices and the purchase of their first home, noting that 'I feel like I'm hiding in my (rented) basement, trying not to get bitten and roped into the whole absurd situation.' Toby Morris was a runner-up in the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and the Listener's Young Cartoonist Competition 2013 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 210 x 295 mm

Date: 1994

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards and solutions]

By: Housing New Zealand; New Zealand Public Service Association

Reference: Eph-B-HOUSING-1994

Description: Includes: Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Auckland Central Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Far North Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Henderson Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Mt Albert Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Mt Roskill Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. New Lynn Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Royal Oak Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Takapuna Neighbourhood Unit Housing New Zealand. Home run. Newsletter to customers [1994]. Whangarei Neighbourhood Unit Public Service Association. Why Housing NZ staff are on strike [1994]. Leaflet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying. Provenance: Acquired from various sources.

Date: 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-064

Description: A building on Parnell Road, Auckland is on fire. Police, firemen and an ambulance are on the scene. Two senior firemen or policemen in the foreground stand by a barrier; one holds a report and makes the comment about the inquiry 'This is nothing...the REAL stink starts with the inquiry'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and Chinese white on watercolour paper, 205 x 260 mm

Date: 1926

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the sale and purchase of real estate, domestic dwellings, commercial buildings, houses, subdivisions and sections]

By: Princes' Court Association Ltd; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-REAL-ESTATE-1926-01

Description: A prospectus for a proposed 11-storey block of apartments to be erected "in the Waterloo quadrant", Auckland, with a colour illustration of the building inside the front. The building was to contain 77 self-contained luxury flats, with telephone, verandahs, lifts, a choice of interior decor. There was to be a communal laundry. Garaging was not provided for, but it was a possible consideration depending on finances. There are floor plans for each of the floors, and advertisements for furnishings and carpets by Milne & Choyce, a retail firm in Queen Street, Auckland. Hill & Plummer advertises wallpaper, the National Electrical & Engineering Company advertises electrical fittings, and Mason Struthers advertises bathroom fittings. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklet of 32 pages, each 270 x 223 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in September 2002.

Date: [late 1930s]

By: McNaughton, Henry Leslie, -1969; Woodward, Joan, active 1960s-1990s

Reference: PA1-o-914

Description: Album showing housing conditions in Newton Gully, Ponsonby and Freeman's Bay, compiled by H L McNaughton, headmaster of Grey Lynn School in Surrey Crescent, as part of an investigation undertaken in the late 1930s into the living conditions of children attending his school. The album also contains H L Mc Naughton's report to the Department of Health. The area in which these photographs were taken is bounded by Nelson Street, Union Street, Fanshaw Street and Victoria Park Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Joan Woodward's father was headmaster of Grey Lynn School in the 1940s, after H L McNaughton.

Date: 12 Nov 1998

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Corcoran, Fiona, active 1999; Flood, Thomas Clendon, 1930-

Reference: OHInt-0483-05

Description: Tom Flood was born in Rawene in 1930. Describes graduating from Auckland University College with a science degree and an engineering degree. Recalls working for the Auckland City Council before going to Columbia University, New York on a Fulbright Scholarship. Describes returning to New Zealand and working for the architect Doug Angus in Hamilton. Discusses a project relocating St Mary's Church. Mentions architect Bernie Gleeson. Discusses his role as engineer working on supporting structures. Talks about work done for Waikato Wines and Spirits and for Woolworths. Mentions that he became a partner in the firm which became D H Angus and T C Flood and later Angus, Flood and Griffiths. Recalls work done for schools in American Samoa and for an ice cream factory in Saudi Arabia. Discusses other projects including the Turangawaewae Marae, the German Embassy in Wellington, Kempthorne Prosser and the Water Sports Centre at Karapiro. Talks about Doug Angus being based in Auckland working on a townhouse contract. Discusses his interest in rowing and music. Interviewer(s) - Fiona Corcoran Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3096.

Date: 23 Nov, 10 Dec 1998 - 23 Nov 1998 - 10 Dec 1998

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Griffiths, John Alexander, 1930-; Corcoran, Fiona, active 1999

Reference: OHInt-0483-07

Description: John Griffiths was born in Martinborough in 1930. Describes working for architect Doug Angus in Hamilton from 1958 and finishing his architectural qualification over a period of time while his family was young. Mentions that Tom Flood and he became partners in the firm with Doug Angus. Discusses the requirements for architectural registration and qualification. Mentions Dick Mercer and Bernie Gleeson. Talks about John Fitzgerald who ran the firm's Autoprint business and was also a cartoonist. Discusses a conman known as `Robert Sterling McMonies' and a land transaction scam. Describes a campaign to save trees at the Ferrybank park reserve, the active involvement of some architects' wives and his firm's indirect involvement. Mentions Mayor Dr Denis Rogers, Ross Jensen, John Mashland and Mike Minogue. Notes the absence of Council work after this campaign. Discusses work done for the Catholic Church, hotels and clubs and the Ngaruawahia Cultural Centre. Describes how this job led to other marae work and flood protection work for the Waahi marae in connection with the Huntly power station. Mentions work on the Ritchie, Evans and Cornille houses. Discusses work for Woolworths, the Auckland townhouses worked on by Doug Angus, the National Mutual Building, the Riverbank Development Committee and the Riverbank Mall. Talks about the use of offsite, precast, prestressed concrete and an Institute of Engineers award for the National Mutual Building. Discusses being the partner who ran the practice on a day to day basis. Mentions Doug Angus' Auckland base and Tom Flood often being overseas. Talks about staff management, administering contracts and dealing with local body authorities and regulations. Mentions the advantage of having Tom Flood as an engineering partner. Discusses the importance of research, planning and simplicity in design. Discusses work on the German Embassy in Wellington and the Rowing Club at Karapiro. Interviewer(s) - Fiona Corcoran Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3098.

Date: Date unknown

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: Eph-B-ROTH-Housing

Description: Leaflet about Auckland City Council evicting a 73-year-old woman from her home to make way for development. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript cyclostyled and offset print material, sizes varying up to 330 x 220 mm.

Date: 27 Dec 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-19144-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation above Orakei, Auckland. Shows housing around Fenton Circus, and looks towards Okahu Bay Reserve and Kupe Street, Orakei. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches Processing information: Record updated with location information from Library client on 28 July 2016.

Date: 2013

From: Various artists :[Entries in the Young Cartoonist Award. 2013]

By: Morris, Toby, 1980-

Reference: DCDL-0025755

Description: Shows three zombies stumbling through a cityscape and all saying "HOUSE PRICES". The cartoonist is making an exaggerated comment on the way that his age group (early thirties) in Auckland are obsessed with house prices and the purchase of their first home, noting that 'I feel like I'm hiding in my (rented) basement, trying not to get bitten and roped into the whole absurd situation.' Toby Morris was a runner-up in the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and the Listener's Young Cartoonist Competition 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0025876

Description: The Minister of Housing, Nick Smith, in the role of a real estate agent, stands in front of a facade of a house. Behind the facade there is nothing. In August 2013, the Housing Minister, Nick Smith, turned the first sod to open a project to construct new houses in Northern Glen Innes and visited one of the last state houses in the Hutt region to receive insulation under Housing New Zealand's energy eficeiency retrofit programme. These could only be window-dressing: the housing crisis in Christchurch and Auckland remained. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0026175

Description: An excited woman shows 'a key to the door' to her partner who assumes that it is the key to their first home. Unfortunately it is only the key to a literal door. It is all that the couple can afford. During 2013 house prices and costs rose dramatically, especially in Auckland and Christchurch, putting the goal of owning their first home out of reach of many people. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Metro (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0024438

Description: Shows a sea of urban sprawl houses and a single highrise tower along the waterfront. A figure in the foreground says that she'd never live in 'one of those things'. Refers to the reluctance of Aucklanders to live in apartment buildings, despite a blueprint by Auckland Council to create additional apartment buildings in order to accommodate a growing population and keep the city compact. (One News, 15 March 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).