New Zealand Law Society

Date: 14 May 1964-11 Sep 1972

By: New Zealand Law Society

Reference: MSY-5476

Description: Vistors' book begun 14 May 1964 with the opening of the Law Society Building which was attended by the governor-general, Sir Bernard Fergusson and his wife, lady Fergusson, the prime minister, Keith Holyoake, and his wife, Norma, and various prominent people. It was maintained until 1972. Source of title - Supplied The visitors' book was started when the Law Society building was opened in 1964 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the New Zealand Law Society, per Ms M Bryson, Oct 2002

Date: [1930-1982]

From: Perry, Charles Stuart, 1908-1982 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8211-09

Description: Correspondence, personal references etc relating to Perry's education and career; certificates, small family tree for Sir James Wilson and the Adams family, educational certificates etc. Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1975

From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: [Programmes of quarto size]

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-NZSO-1975

Description: Includes: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. 1975 concert calendar (2 copies) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Subscription special, 29th season. 1975 Wellington series. Chief conductor Brian Priestman. As from 1 January 1975 the NZBC Symphony Orchestra wil be called the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Folded pamphlet NZBC in association with the Christchurch Arts Festival Inc. presents a Ravel centenary concert with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Guest conductor John Hopkins, pianist Pascal Rogé. Christchurch Town Hall, 19 March 1975. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor John Hopkins, soloist Charles Rosen. Christchurch Arts Festival. Christchurch Town Hall, 20 March 1975. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor John Hopkins, soloist Pascal Rogé. NZBC Christchurch Arts Festival. Christchurch Town Hall, 21 March 1975. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor John Hopkins, soloist Charles Rosen. NZBC Christchurch Arts Festival. Christchurch Town Hall, 22 March 1975. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Champagne concert on the occasion of the 16th Triennial Conference of the New Zealand Law Society. Wellington, 5 April 1975. Programme (2 copies hardback, 2 copies softback) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Lunchtime concert. Invercargill Civic Theatre, 25 June [1975]. Programme / flier NZBC concert artist - David James - pianist. [Tour itinerary 29 January - 12 April 1975]. Biographical flier NZBC concert artist - Alex Lindsay memorial award. Notice for concert on 23 March 1975. Flier Alex Lindsay memorial award. Concert 23 March 1975. Flier Symphony Orchestra. A tribute to Alex Lindsay on behalf of the NZ Symphony Orchestra. Flier New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Maurice Hasson - violinist. Auckland [Tour itinerary 10-20 May 1975]. Biographical flier New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. RNZ concert artist - Michi Inoue - conductor. Wellington 12 July, Auckland 19 July, Hamilton 21 July 1975. Biographical flier New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. NZ concert artist - Richard Mapp - pianist. Auckland 19 July, Hamilton 21 July 1975. Biographical flier New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Radio New Zealand concert artist - Roger Woodward - pianist. [Tour itinerary, 2-15 August 1975]. Biographical flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on pamphlets and programmes, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1930-1950

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0669

Description: Contains a pamphlet entitled `Set rule for Samoa' a publication entitled `Service of thanks giving and benediction for the centenary and restoration of Rangiatea 1848-1948' (Otaki, 1950) and an article entitled `Uepohatu Hall, Waiapu Memorial, Big September Hui'. Accompanying material - Includes 1989 seminar paper on the Treaty of Waitangi Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some photocopies)

By: Hanhart, Michael, active 1870-1882; New Zealand Law Society

Reference: G-155

Description: Three-quarters frontal half-length portrait of lawyer Sir Samuel Griffith On deposit from the New Zealand Law Society, since the 1970s? Do not deframe Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - in ink: Yours very truly, S W Griffith Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 408 x 287 mm

Date: 30 Sept, 1 Oct 1985 - 30 Sep 1985 - 01 Oct 1985

From: NZOHA Wellington District Law Society Oral History Project

By: Parker, Vera Frances Macdonald, 1916-1986

Reference: OHInt-0082/01

Description: Vera Frances Parker outlines her family background, noting that her maternal grandparents built and lived in Inverlochy House, Wellington. Describes how they had 3 sons who died of diphtheria and her mother was only surviving child. Notes that maternal grandfather Thomas Kennedy MacDonald was in Legislative Council, founder of Gear Meat Company and friends with Seddon family. Talks about father becoming editor of Evening Post. Details her secretarial training at Miss Ederbeen's Secretarial college and her working life; going to London in 1938, her experiences in the Blitz while working at Windsor, returning to New Zealand in 1944 and working for Bowden Bass & Cooks, Chartered Accountant and TEAL, returning to England and working at Eaton College, BOAC and Qantas. Describes her job as secretary for Sir Wilfred Sim, QC with reference to Sir John Whites `Memoirs of Times with General Freyberg during WWII' and to Sir Michael Myers. Describes becoming Assistant Secretary of New Zealand Law Society and Secretary of Wellington District Law Society and her work for both of these societies. Reference made to David Perry, Mr A E Hurley, Librarian Miss Christine McDonald, Gerald Blathwayt, Michael Hardie Boys and to various presidents including A R Cooper, Tom Birks, C H Wild (Sir Richard), Sir John (J C) White QC, Albert Eaton Hurley, W G Smith, A R Cooper, L L (Frank) Parkins, Denis McGrath, R S Simpson, J B (Mr Justice) O'Regan, J F Jefferies, Michael Hardie Boys and Paul Neazor. Gives impression of legal profession, relationship between the New Zealand Law Society and the Wellington District Law Society and comments on the working of the AMICUS Panel (known in Auckland as the Uncles panel) and the Complaints Committee. Notes that she was awarded QSM for services to the Law Society and to Legal Profession. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Fyfe, Judith Venue - Ms Parker's house, Wellington Accompanying material - Printed abstract contains an article from the `Freelance', ca 1944 about Frances Parkers time in England during the early 1940s, most specifically at Eton College. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000830, OHC-000831, OHC-000832, OHC-000833 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0190. Search dates: 1916 - 1985

Date: 19 Oct, 2 Nov 1989 - 19 Oct 1989 - 02 Nov 1989

From: NZOHA Wellington District Law Society Oral History Project

By: O'Regan, John Barry (Sir), 1915-1995

Reference: OHInt-0082/04

Description: Barry O'Regan details family background, childhood on the West Coast, Catholic education, legal training, legal work and period as a High Court Judge plus anecdotal material about members of the legal fraternity. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Fyfe, Judith Venue - Sir Barry O'Regan's home in Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003137, OHC-003138, OHC-003139, OHC-003140 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0598. Printed abstract contains two portrait photographs of Barry O'Regan dated 1968 and ca 1975. Search dates: 1915 - 1989

Date: 5 Jul 1988 - 05 Jul 1988

From: Macalister Mazengarb 75th Anniversary Oral History Project.

By: Parkin, Frank Lloyd, 1918-1993

Reference: OHInt-0203/02

Description: Frank Parkin was born in Wellington in 1918. Gives details of the family's emigration to New Zealand about 1912. Describes visiting his maternal grandparents in Yorkshire with his mother. Recalls moving to Evans Bay Parade, to a house built by his father about 1922. Recalls family-oriented entertainment, particulary round the piano. Notes that his father, a builder, was President of the New Zealand Builders Federation. Describes a happy childhood including education at Kilbirnie Primary School and Rongotai College. Mentions a favourite teacher, James Tier. Recalls beginning work as a law clerk at Macalister Mazengarb. Notes the importance of getting into a secure profession as the result of the Depression. Describes an authoritarian work system where the men addressed one another by surname. Comments in detail on the partners O.C. Mazengarb, E.P. Hay and R.L. Macalister. Describes Mazengarb as a very powerful advocate, Hay (who became Judge of the Supreme Court at Lower Hutt) as in demand for his legal opinions and R.L. Macalister as a businessman and local body politician. Recalls the hard work of Leo Coley who was the only man left in the office during the war and who died shortly after. Mentions A.J. (Alf) Mazengarb and L.G. (Leslie) Rose. Describes how his law studies were interrupted by World War II when he served with the Artillery Division in the Pacific. Notes that he and Les Rose became partners in Macalister Mazengarb in 1947. Comments on staff shortages after World War II and how stressful work was. Examines changes in legal qualification requirements. Talks about some of his contemporaries when he was a law student. Talks about the daily routine in the office and work culture and social life. Discusses the firm's policy of restricted expansion and mentions branches in Lower and Upper Hutt. Talks about the firm's involvement in commissions of inquiry including O.C. Mazengarb's work on the Mazengarb Report. Discusses his own presidency of the Wellington District Law Society. Explains the relationship of the district law societies to the New Zealand Law Society and comments on inter-society rivalry. Lists a number of Wellington District Law Society presidents. Describes E.P. Hay as a major influence on his career. Venue - Wellington : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Parkin's home in Karori Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003610; OHC-003611 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 620.

Date: 1979

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[Miscellaneous original cartoons. Published in the Auckland star, 1976 - 1979].

Reference: A-335-126

Description: A judge in wig and gown (The Law Society 1879- ) shakes hands with a prisoner (Mt Eden Jail 1872-'79), who says congratulations to him. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 210 x 283 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 6-7 May 1998 - 06 May 1998 - 07 May 1998

From: Government House oral history project Stage I

By: Blundell, June Daphne (Lady), 1922-2013

Reference: OHInt-0636/3

Description: Lady Blundell talks about her husband Sir Denis Blundell, the first Governor General to be a New Zealander. Lady Blundell was born in Wellington in 1922. Her father was Jack Halligan, an exporting and importing company director. Mentions he was the honorary consul for Norway. Describes growing up in Kelburn and attending Samuel Marsden School. Recalls teachers, uniforms, subjects and punishment. Talks about her friends, girls' minimal career aspirations, and a year playing sport with friends when she left school. Talks about her family and entertaining. Describes joining the Red Cross First Aid when World War II was declared. Describes going nursing, training at Wellington Hospital and getting married. Talks about husband Denis Blundell being a lawyer who worked for Bell Gully. Mentions he did a lot of court work for railways. Describes his involvement with Birthright. Mentions he was President of the New Zealand Law Society, knighted in 1964 and was High Commissioner in London from 1968 to 1972. Talks about friendships with Harold Wilson and Sir Alex Douglas Home. Describes being invited back from London for Sir Denis to become Governor-General and his filling that role from 1972 to 1977. Discusses their feelings about Government House. Talks about the staff including David Williams, official secretary; Colonel Hoare, the Comptroller; Robert Sisson-Stretch, the butler; Anna Bidwell, the chief lady in waiting and other staff. Mentions the challenges of Sir Denis being first New Zealander in the job. Comments on the effect on friendships. Describes the Royal visit in 1973, the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Discusses friendships with the Cobhams and the Freybergs (previous Governors General). Discusses the role of his daughter Sally Winstone (nee Blundell) in helping at Government House. Discusses etiquette. Talks about other guests at Government House including royalty from Japan, the Netherlands, Burma and Iran and Margaret Thatcher. Discusses furnishings at Government House and upstairs rooms. Talks about investitures and time spent at Government House in Auckland. Talks about Sir Denis' friendship with Jack Marshall. Talks about Norman Kirk's health, her husband's opinion of Kirk, his death and fear of a hung Parliament. Comments on the attitude of New Zealanders to Bill Rowling. Mentions Sir Denis' tradition of asking the Prime Minister to Sunday night supper. Discusses her attitude towards the monarchy and the Commonwealth. Talks about the appointment of Sir Keith Holyoake as successor to Sir Denis Blundell. Describes being awarded the Order of New Zealand and the Queens Service Order. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3397.

Date: 1985-1993

From: Smith, Shirley Hilda Stanley, 1916-2007 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11369-069

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2000-2019

By: Auckland District Law Society; Butterworths of New Zealand Ltd; Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand; New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Organisations; New Zealand Law Society; New Zealand. Legal Services Agency; New Zealand. Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment. New Zealand Companies Office; New Zealand. Ministry of Justice; New Zealand. Office for Senior Citizens; New Zealand. Office of the Ombudsmen; Palmerston North (N.Z.). City Council; Phillips Fox (Firm); Rainey Collins Armour & Boock (Firm); University of Auckland; Wellington Community Law Centre

Reference: Eph-A-LAW-2000/2019

Description: Comprises ephemera of octavo size relating to law, law societies and legal services in New Zealand from 2000 to 2019. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 47 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1976-1977

From: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005 : Papers

Reference: 2000-235-6/09

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1993-1996]

From: National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges : Records

Reference: 2001-162-117

Description: Correspondence, reports, circulars and other material relating to domestic violence Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950-1957

From: Marshall, John Ross (Sir), 1912-1988 : Political papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1403-545/2

Description: This series is composed of the Ministerial files 7/13 and some additional material extracted from correspondence files throughout the entire period. Nevertheless letters relating to clubs and associations remain scattered throughout the various correspondence series, particularly the constituents' correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1840-1876, [1966-1968]

From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host

Reference: 2003-325-10

Description: File of letters of enquiry relating to Brunner research and file of newspaper extracts from vrious newspapers; most correspondents and institutions entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1973-1995

From: Phillips, Hilda : Further papers

Reference: 2002-339-03/3

Description: Material includes correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets and newspaper cuttings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1960-1998]

From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 : Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-8044-098

Description: Correspondence, tax summaries and accoountant's summaries Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1930

By: Eichelbaum, Clara Vera, 1885-1953; New Zealand Law Society

Reference: G-328

Description: Half-length frontal portrait of Judge Chapman. He is seated in front of a bookcase On indefinite loan from the Law Society. Mrs Eichelbaum was the daughter of Sir Frederick Chapman Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 736 x 584 mm

Date: 1966-1968

From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host

Reference: 2003-325-11

Description: File of replies to letters of enquiry relating to Brunner research Quantity: 1 folder(s).