Places

Date: 1964-1966

From: Meikle, Pauline :Slides of New Zealand scenes and photograph of British Solomon Islands

Reference: PA12-6124

Description: Standard Four school children lined up performing a poi dance. Same group of children performing stick games. Views of Kaiteretere, Golden Bay. Dawson Falls, Mount Egmont. Coast and beach, Kaupokanui, Taranaki. Crater Lake, chair lift, Taranaki Falls, and building, Mount Ruapehu. Pauline Meikle's 21st birthday presents, 1964. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1983-1985

From: Hames, Jenny :Negatives and photographs

Reference: PAColl-5811-1

Description: Greek Week in Wellington, reading recovery teachers and pupils, Sir Graham and Lady Latimer, piano teacher Judith Clark, Wellington City buses, Author Fiona Kidman, Kristelle Plimmer bringer of gorilla grams, the Heng family from Cambodia, Children's author Lynley Dodd, teacher and students at Kimi Ora school Wellington, Election night 1984 including Bob Jones, artist Janet Paul, editor Margaret Moony, Buskers on Wellington's streets. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950

From: [Whitefriars Glass Works] :[Six designs for stained glass windows for New Zealand churches. 1940-60s].

By: James Powell & Sons (Firm)

Reference: C-129-026

Description: Shows Gothic-arched window in late Gothic style with ornate canopies and pinnacles, depicting two scenes: the raising of Jairus' daughter, and the sentence "Suffer little children to come unto me". Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - 9338/167 1950 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 520 x 185 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's London auction 28.5.1997, lot 92.

Date: 1910-1915

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSX-1035

Description: Includes a copy of the deed from the minute book of 1910 in the opening pages. Deed outlines the general objectives and purposes of St Marys' Guild, rules pertaining to Guild trustees and membership, names of elected officers. The minutes detail the number of children in care, attending school, returning to their mothers; further entries include vistors' names, comments on girls leaving and returning to the Home, financial accounts, administrative records etc. Guild reports indicate that on average twenty-six girls resided at the main home and fourteen younger girls at Duncan Cottage during this period Relationship complexity - Loose material removed from volume is at MS-Papers-1925-39/1 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1968-1969

From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8203

Description: Aerial view of rift on Mount Tarawera and adjacent lake and forest. A lake giving off steam. Shadbolt children. Views of an unidentified Pacific island, 1968. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1987 - 1895 - 1905

From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]

By: Gateway Pictures

Reference: B-123-032

Description: Shows a group of six children outside a wooden hut with wooden roof and chimney. There are two pigs in the foreground, and a cat at the far left. Pukapuka is in the Rodney District in the Auckland Region. Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm

Date: 1892 - 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-001

Description: Seven small children, members of the Dewitt and Barton families, swimming in a river, probably the Oroua River, with an adult drying another child. The accompanying caption refers to Horace's Dewitt's question to his mother about family friend, Mary Medley, and her drawing ability. The Dewitts lived at Feilding. The Bartons were Mary Medley's grandchildren and included Cranleigh and Onslow Barton. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1980-1981

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5692

Description: Larks in Parks, a summer enterainment for children presented by the Nelson Community Recreation Advisor over the summer of 1980/1981. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1980/1981. Quantity: 13 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-558-042/063

Description: Political cartoons. Nato forces are briefed on their bombing target which is surrounded by civilian services like hospitals and schools. The Police encourage IBM to take their INCIS computer and jump off a bridge. IBM spent millions of taxpayer dollars on creating a new Police computer system that never worked. Mt Eden prison guards try to work out how prisoners are getting out and drugs getting in. Admidst the ruins of Belgrade Milosevic stands victorious. The Police consider getting rid of the INCIS computer to a crime consortium believing it will stop them dead in their tracks like it has done to the Police. Milosevic uses peace talks to buy time to destroy war crimes evidence. Police operations are stoped in their tracks by the weight of the INCIS computer disaster. Comment on retailers selling liquor to underagedrinkers The Serbs pull out of Kosovo as Nato forces enter the area. Comment on the New Zealand cricket team making hard work out of limited over cricket. The Soviets welcome the Nato forces to Yugoslavia. Shows a ship load of Chinese boat people on a collision course with New Zealand as the National coalition Government passes emergency legislation allowing mass, indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Inland Revenue Department assures the public that all small and powerless taxpayers are bullied equally. Serbia puts the blame for large scale death and destruction in Kosovo on the Nato bombing campaign. Shows newspaper ad for a crown entity boss, all perks and no responsibility. Minister of Immigration, Tuariki Delamere sets one standard for migrants and another for himself and his family. Jenny Shipley shoots TV news presenter, John Hawkesby in the head with a rubber arrow. He received a substantial pay-out when his contract was terminated. The Mongrel Mob supports Tony Ryall's plans to introduce tougher penalties for home invasion, if it relates to their homes being invaded but not their neighbours. Comment on breach of privilege by the Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and TVNZ over the John Hawkesby pay-out. Rugby supporters froze to their seats during a recent rugby match. Poor school results restrict career options for students. Jenny Shipley has put both her feet in her mouth over the John Hawkesby TVNZ pay-out affair. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1971-1977

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-13

Description: Wellington district art and craft. Many of the images record teacher training courses. There are also images of children in class making art. Children in class painting. Boys carving wood. Clay figures and tiles. Children emroidering. Children and teacher among grasses in a field. Children performing action songs, Wadestown School, 1977. School camp, Gladstone/Castlepoint, Wairarapa, 1973. Intermediate teachers course, 1973. Stick games, flax weaving, making tukutuku panels, and lino cutting, Wadestown School, 1977. Ceramic and pebble mural, Landsdown School, Masterton. Scout camp, Wainuiomata, 1976. Children making models from paper, Hampden Street School, Nelson, 1974. Children making models from paper, Victory School, Nelson, 1974. Stick games, and boys performing haka, Wadestown School, 1977. Clay tiles, Masterton Intermediate School, 1971. Children dressed in womble masks, 1976. Children working with paper, Hampden Street School, Nelson, and Pomare School, 1974. Teen aged students painting in large studio, 1973. Children drawing outside. Dominion children's art exhibition, Masterton, 1973. Boy with Greek temple modled in clay, Mount Cook School, 1973. Children making patterns based on Maori conventions. Intermediate teachers course, 1973. Otaki teachers course, 1973. Unidentified teachers course, 1972. Clay tiles. Blenheim Maori art course for teachers, 1974. Lower Hutt Maori art course for teachers, 1974. Integrated arts course for teachers, Hutt Valley, 1973 and 1974. Intermediate art course for teachers, 1974. Blenheim teachers course, 1972. Art by Belgian children, Landsdowne School, Masterton, 1973. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s) Proof sheets.

Date: 1892 - 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-007

Description: View across a river, surrounded by mature bush, including tree ferns, at the Dewitt's property, Oroua River, Feilding. Three children are swimming in the shallow water. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: ca 1968

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2895

Description: Transparencies showing a family outing to Castle Point, Wairarapa, New Zealand, taken by Cyril Beavis circa 1968. Also includes transparencies showing views of Huka Falls, Taupō. Transparencies showing Huka Falls are continued at PA12-2896. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 colour original photographic print(s). Processing information: Reference number changed in March 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-84.

Date: 1928 or 1929

Reference: PAColl-7738

Description: Portrait of Isobel Shirley Albiston (1921-1995) aged 7-8 years, taken ca 1928-1929 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Shirley Albiston Aged 7-8 yrs Taken at Cambridge Nth Is New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprint, 8.3 x 5.6 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1160 : Albiston, Isobel Shirley, 1921-1995 : Diaries and autograph book..

Date: 1900 - 1902

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketches

Reference: E-346-3-020

Description: Plimmerton Beach in the foreground, with children and a dog at the water's edge. Mana Island out to sea and the South Island visible in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 163 x 224 mm

Date: [1982] 1986

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PA1-f-306

Description: Visit to Vanuatu and Noumea includes - Views of the hotel grounds and the sea, Port-Vila, Vanuatu. Taking tea outside with other tourists or friends. A Cruize liner, Port-Vila. Gardens, houses and social occasions. Traveling in Vanuatu. This includes countryside, forest, villages, coastal views, churches, a metal bridge-like structure, and people, especially children. Events surrounding the opening ceremonies of the first Vanuatu Games (called First Interdistrict Games Vanuatu), Port-Vila, 1982. Two storied colonial house. Old church and religious figures in a Roman Catholic church. Volcano erupting. Noumea, New Caledonia, its surroundings, and in particular church buildings. Loose pages in the front of the album record a holiday in New Zealand, 1986. This includes Hawke's Bay. Picnics by the way. White baiting at the Rangitaiki River mouth. The Coromandel Peninsula. Oil rig at Moturoa. Friends. Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1950s

By: McCracken, Joan Mary, 1954-

Reference: PA11-212

Description: Amature lantern slides depicting people on a farm and in a country setting, a pipe band marching down a street, children on the front fence of a town house, and children on a horse lead by a man wearing gumboots. Quantity: 2 b&w lantern slide(s).

Date: ca 1913

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6565

Description: Three views of Te Kao School, one showing the school and the children outside doing keep fit; one captioned "Te Kao native school boys who are walking from the North Cape to the Auckland Exhibition November 1913" with some of them in an acrobatic formation; and another of a teacher and some of the boys doing acrobatics. Photographer for the captioned image is Northwood. Arrangement: Negatives housed at: 1/4-015200 to 015202 Quantity: 3 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-671-001/018

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows the 'Peace Processor' machine in action where Jewish and Palestinian antagonists are placed in one end of the machine and after numerous processes they come out the same. Jim Anderton proposes drastic remedies for medical problems. Shows Helen Clark as a mother trying to deal with her infantile fighting MPs. Shows Labour's Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, taking money from Health and Education to top-up the Government's Superannuation Scheme and then borrowing money to fund Health and Education. This is to show people that the Government is not borrowing to fund the Superannuation Scheme. Shows the Alliance Party waka spliting apart with rowers rowing in two different directions. Comment on Israel blaming Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians for the devastation caused to Palestine by the Israeli military. Shows Queen Elizabeth expressing her appreciation for having turned up for her mothers funeral and having worn a dress rather than her trade-mark trouser suit. Comment on the effectiveness of Jim Anderton in Government. Comment on Jim Anderton's pattern of changing political skins from Labour to New Labour to the Alliance and now onto what ever his new Party will be called. Comment on the poor showing of the National Party in public opinion. Shows a customer to the new Kiwibank wanting to have an account in both Kiwibank and with his existing bank until he decides later which way to go. He adds that Mr Anderton must understand this as he is assuming the same position over being the Government leader of the Alliance but setting up a new party in opposition to them later in the year. Comment on shift from Privy Council to NZ Appointed Court - infers that the new system will be more a roll of the dice rather than a matter of impartially balancing the scales of justice. Comment on the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Illustrates the demonisation of Yasser Arafat. Comment on the increasing need for vigilence in protecting our children from all forms of violence and abuse. Comment on NZ losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup with reference to the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Shows the Auckland public looking for alternate ways to blanket spraying to get rid of the Painted Apple Moth. A suggestion is to make the Rugby Union and Trevor Mallard responsible for its protection. This refers to them losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup. Comment on National's new tax package. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies.

Date: [1959-1990]

From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection

Reference: 91-046-2/02

Description: Articles, speeches and scripts: `Te Rauparaha', `Maori village', `Poetry programme', `An Island of spirits' (script), `Influence of childhood on my writing', `Speech for launching of Island to Island', `Influence and independence', notes on personal poetry, 5th ACLALS conference introduction, `Island of spirits' notes and extracts, address to Glendining Homes Old Boys and Girls association, copies of letters to Simon, Frances, Mr Singh, Bill, Margaret and Marjorie, report on `Puha Western' script, `NZ poetry since WWII', `All that blue can be, poems by Brian Turner', NZBC talks on poetry, `Where are the NZ children's authors?', `The Dark lord of Savaiki', `On the road' with Pat Wilson, letter re family benefit capitalisation; flyer, Pacific Writers Series Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

From: Commons family :Assorted negatives, photographs and postcards relating to the Commons family

Reference: PA5-0091

Description: Children, supervised by two staff members, sitting at table in the dining room at Leslie Presbyterian Orphanage, Auckland, New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 87 x 140 mm Provenance: Donated by Commons family 1976