New Zealand. Customs Department

Date: Apr - May 1984

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive; New Zealand. Customs Department; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-

Reference: OHColl-0101

Description: Quantity: 74 C60 cassette(s). 22 printed abstract(s). 22 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 2003

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-738-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1984

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Closer Economic Relations. Published in the Auckland Star 1981 - 1984].

Reference: A-331-124

Description: The cartoon shows an unusual machine named, the great NZ clobbering machine. It is being driven by a man representing the reserve bank and a man representing NZ customs. The machine is destroying a car that represents the supercar lottery to aid children's peace prize award. Refers to CER and New Zealand trade controls. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 235 x 195mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1938-1940

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

Reference: 94-106-77/13

Description: Includes correspondence, material about the Spanish civil war, university papers and applications to travel to New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1980

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-135-609

Description: The three scenes in this cartoon each illustrate some aspect of closer trans-Tasman co-operation. In the top left it is 'co-operation in finance and industry'. Two customs officers are looking at a computer on a table belonging to a passenger. One is saying to the other "he says it's a computer to monitor New Zealand investments, supplied by a big Australian investment organisation called the 'St George's Rugby League Club'". In the lower left the subject is 'the most favourable treatment possible for each other's citizens'. In the scene Australian rugby players are trying to decide whether they should let the All Blacks beat them. In the lower right the subject is 'frequent discussion and consultation on matters of common concern'. Muldoon is talking to Malcolm Fraser on the phone about the Melbourne Cup and New Zealanders concern about which horse to bet on. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache, letratone and crayon, 460 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 7 Nov 1934-26 Mar 1947

From: Wellington Aquarium and Water Garden Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-11965-05

Description: Inward and outward correspondence of the New Zealand Aquarium and Water Garden Society, 7 Nov 1934-26 Mar 1947 from folder labelled "NZAWGS important correspondence. Includes correspondence + papers on incorporation of Society". Also includes related papers. - Contains minutes of first annual general meeting of NZAWGS (7 Nov 1934); outward correspondence from President William John Phillipps on a variety of matters including society administration, membership, and with the Wellington Town Clerk regarding an aquarium at the zoo (1938); inward correspondence from Dan Watkins regarding the formation of a branch in New Plymouth (1934) and a copy of NZAWGS society rules sent to Mr Watkins (1935); inward correspondence from The Mikado, Sydney, regarding purchase of goldfish handbook (1935); inward correspondence from the Exotic Trading Company, Wellington, regarding the importation of fish (1935); letter from Professor Harry Borrer Kirk regarding joining the Society (1937); list of members in 1939; entry form template for the NZAWGS competition in Lower Hutt (1940); W J Phillipps letter of resignation from position of President (11 Nov 1940) and Charles W Sievwright's reply; application for incorporation (1943); signed slips from members agreeing to incorporation (circa 1942); constitution (1943) and amendments to constitution (1947); outward and inward correspondence with Office of the Registrar of Incorporated Societies and Assistant Registrar (1942-1943); inward correspondence from other branches and aquarium societies including between Mr Sievwright and Mr Thomas Marlowe of Dunedin regarding establishment of Christchurch and Dunedin branches (1943) and with L Joyce Purves of Dominion Aquarium and Pond Society regarding the importation of fish (1945) and copy of Customs Import Prohibition order 1946/51; and correspondence with Walter Oliver of the Dominion Museum regarding the donation of specimens (1944). Also includes correspondence regarding NZAWG publication 'New Zealand aquarium bulletin' including printing by Harley Printing Co and permission to print from the Ministry of Supply and Munitions (1943), and deposit of the bulletin at the General Assembly Library in public libraries (1945-1946); correspondence with the Education Board regarding supplying the bulletin for schools and how fish might be used in education (1946); with T C Roughley and his publishers regarding his publication 'Cult of the Goldfish' (1943); and correspondence with Commissioner of Taxes (1944). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter

Date: 12 December 1997

From: Office of the Ombudsman oral history project

By: Laking, George Robert (Sir), 1912-2008

Reference: OHInt-0811-03

Description: Oral history interview with Sir George Laking, Chief Ombudsman from April 1977 to October 1984. Talks about growing up in Auckland - details schooling at Auckland Grammar School, Auckland University and Victoria University of Wellington. Discusses his acceptance into the Public Service - talks about his work for the Customs Department, Prime Minister's Department, Organisation of National Security, War Cabinet Secretariat, and the Department of External Affairs upon its creation in 1943. Discusses his international work in the government sector from 1948 to 1967 - details his time as Counsellor of External Affairs, Acting High Commissioner in London, and Ambassador to Washington. Talks about his role as Secretary of External Affairs upon returning to New Zealand. Discusses his appointment as Ombudsman in 1975, and Chief Ombudsman in 1977. Discusses attitudes towards the Office of the Ombudsman - mentions Sir Guy Powels and A. Eaton Hurley. Discusses relations between the Office and the Prime Minister, Ministers and Heads of Departments during his time as Ombudsman - mentions Keith Holyoake, Sir Robert Muldoon, Jim Bolger and the New Zealand Police. Talks about his involvement in the Office's investigation of the Springbok Tour - refers to the creation of the Police Complaints Authority. Talks about the Office's acquisition of the Wanganui Computer privacy work in 1977. Details his involvement with the Human Rights Commission. Mentions Chief Ombudsman Lester Castle. Discusses the development of the Official Information Act 1982 - details his involvement in this process. Talks about the Commissioner of Police vs Ombusman case of 1988 - details the court proceedings. Discusses his management of the Office during his time as Chief Ombudsman. Accompanying material - Copy of transcribed interview Interviewer(s) - Bryan Gilling Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.13 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5396. Search dates: 1997

Date: [1853-1975]

By: Connell, Marjorie Bertha, 1907-1995

Reference: MS-Group-1479

Description: Papers of William Seed, chiefly correspondence relating to career in the New Zealand Customs Department and autobiographical notes written by Seed in 1887. Papers of Arthur Seed, including juvenalia, diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, business papers, including Westhaven Ltd and May Morn Estates (NZ) Ltd, of which Seed was Managing Director; biographical notes on William, Arthur and Bertha Seed by Marjorie Connell. Papers relating to Austin Strong and his mother Isobel (Teuila) Strong. Papers relating to the The Firm which published the newspaper `The idle talkative', produced by Austin Strong, Arthur Seed and C E Kember in Wellington, 1896-1897. Source of title - Supplied title William Seed was the grandfather, and Arthur Seed the father, of Marjorie Connell Quantity: 5 box(es). 1 folder(s). 1.66 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketches books (E-775/784) and loose sketches by Austin Strong (A-058-014/065) ca 1890s, 2 autograph books, one belonging to Mary Seed and the other belonging to Jessie Seed, 1901 (both include sketches by Austin Strong) (E-785/786) - To Ephemera Collection - Christchurch Savage Club programme, 1899 [Eph-A-SAVAGE-1899]; menu for supper held on 19 Jun 1901 in commemoration of the visit of Duke & Duchess of Cornwall and York to Wellington [Eph-A-ROYAL-1901-01]; Wellington Jockey Club race programme, Dec 1875 [Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1875]; The Trilby Art Competition, ca 1901 [Eph-C-ADVERTISING-1896-1901]; PIT card game [Eph-F-GAMES-1900-01] - To Book Collections - Rules of Wellington College, 1900 (PR-06-0148) - To Photographic Archive - Loose photos relating to Seed family members, Austin and Isobel Strong, and timber industry [PAColl-8805]; 3 prints (including glass plate) [PA-Group-00435].

Date: [ca 25 July 1990]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Coote, Mark, active 1992

Reference: EP/1990/2435-F

Description: A Customs officer and pornographic material to be read through. Photographed ca 25 July 1990 by Evening Post staff photographer Mark Coote. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35 mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [1970-1978]

From: Condliffe, John Bell, 1891-1981 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7641-4

Description: The first part of Condliffe's autobiographical account of his life in which he describes his origins and family background in Australia, arrival in New Zealand, school, church associations, beginning his working life in Customs, marriage and university career, his army service in World War One, his time at Cambridge University and return to New Zealand to teach economics at Canterbury University. He describes the beginning of his writing life, return to Cambridge, his association with the League of Nations and the economics of the time, the events contributing to World War Two, moving to the United States and his time there until the war ended. Condliffe also describes his family life in some detail. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 24 August 1974]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1974/4715-F

Description: Cartons of playing cards and 8mm movies seized by Customs. These were part of the pornographic material found on board the freighter Atrevida during a routine search. Photographed ca 24 August 1974 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35 mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1 August 1987

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1987/3888-F

Description: Ace, a drug sniffer dog, is carried down a steep stairway on the ship, Union Rotorua, by his handler. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid 1 August 1987. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1842-1866

By: Ward, Charles Dudley Robert, 1827-1913

Reference: Micro-MS-0164

Description: Service as locker with HM Customs, Wellington; conditions, personalities, patronage; election to House of Representatives 1855. Also includes fragment of journal kept by James Kearsley on the `George Fyfe' en route to NZ 1842. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1989

By: White, Cecil John, 1900-1986; Finey, George Edmond, 1895-1987; Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963; Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017; Moir, Alan, 1947-; Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; New Zealand. Ministry of External Relations and Trade; Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940-; Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891?-1938

Reference: A-370-001/049

Description: Forty nine cartoons by Unk White, George Finey, Peter Bromhead, David Low, Murray Ball, Alan Moir, Tom Scott, Tom Glover and Bob Brockie for the Drawing the Line exhibition for the Ministry of External Relations and Trade, 1989. 'Drawing the Line: Cartoons across the Tasman' was an exhibition of cartoons by New Zealand cartoonists about Australian issues and the relationship between New Zealand and Australia, curated by Ian F. Grant for the New Zealand Ministry of External Relations and Trade. The exhibition toured Australian cities in 1989. Quantity: 49 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 49 laser prints on card, sizes vary.

Date: 1884

By: Flux, George, active 1884

Reference: MS-Papers-0529

Description: Draft of unpublished article written for `Chambers journal'. George Flux (father of the donor) arrived in Wellington in 1884. In this paper he recounts lax customs procedure, building materials in Wellington, and the ready availablity of meat (including mention of the refrigerated ship "Coptic" in port). Also includes impressions of New Zealand politics. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1988

By: New Zealand. Customs Department; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0102

Description: Interviews with K J Campbell, C M Coutts, J D J Fitzgerald, M G Howley, P J McKone and W Wood. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 19 C60 cassette(s). 6 printed abstract(s). 19 listening copies donated also, together with accompanying photos. 6 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

By: New Zealand. Customs Department; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0096

Description: Quantity: 102 C60 cassette(s). 28 printed abstract(s). 28 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 23, 24 May 1983 - 23 May 1983

From: NZOHA Customs Department Oral History Project Part I

By: Findlay, Cecil Stanley, 1891-1989

Reference: OHInt-0096/03

Description: Cecil Stanley Findlay born Dunedin 1891, 4th child of William Findlay. Outlines family background and describes childhood in Otago. Describes swaggers, remittance men and some of the Chinese men who frequented parent's hotel. Recalls his arrival in Napier where he worked for Henry Williams and Son Ltd, the biggest hardware and building materials firm on the East Coast - they also owned the Bolton Foundry engineering shop and a plumbing business. Talks about Napier. Describes the old route of the Tuteakuri River which was reclaimed. Mentions World War I (1914-1918) and explains how he was one of the first to volunteer with friend Charlie Collins when the notice of declaration of war was declared but was turned down as medically unfit. Discusses his career as a customs agent which continued until retirement in 1978. Describes requirements for the job concerning tariffs and regulations and gives details of a typical day's work. Explains New Zealand Customs Agent's Licence. Collectors of customs mentioned include: William Rose (1915); Willy Ruffle (1928); Jim Nichol (1935); W Thomas (1935); Henry Foster (1946?); Jim Letcher (1951); Arthur Richards (1955); Frank `Bob' Howell (1960); Claude Collar (1964); Jim Rout (1968); Dennis Flower (1983); George Lindsay; Johnny Johnsten; Pat Gunson; Bill Johnson; Doug Neilson; John Hardy; Ross Russell; Bunny Unsworth; Jean Urqhart; Gwen Cullen; Pam ?Brasley; W Bowen and P Fitzgerald. Also mentions Brooke-Taylor. Talks about changes in customs and recalls the large amount of work after the Depression. Other agents mentioned include: Williams & Gray, F G Smith & Co. and Barry Brothers. Also describes the perks, bribes, inspections and disputes. Recalls his interest in football, playing for the Union football club, Dunedin and the 1905 All Black tour to Britain - played until 1914 and has been in administration since. Describes the disputed try against Wales which is still being disputed. Recalls being treasurer during the financial crisis in 1920's. Mentions Rugby Union Creditors: Daily Telegraph; Hawkes Bay Herald; and Jimmy Ross, tobacconist. Refers to Springbok tour. Recalls the great jubilation when New Zealand was proclaimed a Dominion (1907) and seeing Duke of York during his visit to Dunedin. Recalls first flight in aeroplane. Describes Napier earthquake and how it affected him. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000582-000584, OHC-000586-000588 Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1511.

Date: 1986-1987

From: HART Aotearoa: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12829-08

Description: Comprises records relating to the illegal importation of agricultural products from South Africa. Includes: correspondence between Halt All Racists Tours (HART) and David Lange, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the New Zealand Customs Department; reports; and newspaper clippings. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived to the Library in a box labelled 'Box 5'. Housed at Library in box labelled 'Box 30'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: All faxes have been photocopied on to acid free paper for preservation reasons.

Date: [1939-1948]

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-082

Description: Correspondence and official papers in English, German, French and Russian, telegrams and notes relating to the efforts made by Nicholas Danilow to bring Ariadne de Conne to New Zealand; includes list of book quantities; inquiries as to the welfare of Ariadne de Conne in Vienna and Anna Danilow in Tartu; financial arrangements by Nicholas in NZ for Ariadne; entry permit applications; telegram from Stockholm (Kelvin Lindemann) that Mrs Daniklow and Ariadne were well (1944); letters to Esper de Conne, Ariadne and Maraietta; letter, `For Mother only' from Nicholas (1946) Ariadne de Conne and Nicholas Danilow were engaged to be married before WWII but were separated by the war with Nicholas arriving in New Zealand in 1940 and Ariadne remaining in Vienna; they were finally reunited in 1948 and were married in Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).