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View of the lower valley of the Arapeti Stream
Date: 6 January 1918
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-008-136
Description: View of the lower valley of the Arapeti Stream, the site of the storage dam for the Mangahao Hydro. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin 6 January 1918. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fig 136. The basin-like lower valley of the Arapeti Stream - the site of one of the proposed storage reservoirs of the Mangahao Hydro-electric Scheme. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 15.2 cm, mounted on album page.
Lake Horowhenua
Date: 2 June 1929
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-q-002-106
Description: Lake Horowhenua, showing the former island pa of Waikiekie and Roha-a-te-kawau joined to the shore after artificial lowering of the lake level. Photograph taken 2 June 1929 by G L Adkin. Right part of 2-part panorama with PA1-q-002-105. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - "The old order changeth" - Lake Horowhenua shewing the former island-pa of Waikiekie and Roha-a-te-kawau joined to the shore as a result of the recent artificial lowering of the level of the lake. 2.6.29 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 103 x 154 mm mounted on album page
View of the TEAL reclamation, Evans Bay, Wellington
Date: 1 Decamber 1951
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-o-014-275
Description: View of the Tasman Empire Airways Ltd's (TEAL) recamation for a flying boat terminal, Evans Bay, from above the south western side of Rewa Bay. The mooring pontoon for the seaplanes can be seen off the end of the reclamation. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on the 1st of December 1951. Source of descriptive information - Caption under print in album Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Mooring pontoon in position at TEAL landing, Evans Bay. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.7 x 6.2 cm
View of Evans Bay from above TEAL reclamation
Date: 7 April 1951
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-o-014-269
Description: View of Evans Bay, Wellington, from above the reclamation for the Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL) flying boat terminal. The reclamation can be seen in the foreground. Beyond is the bay, Evans Bay Parade, wooden boat sheds, jetties, and tree and house clad hills. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on the 7th of April 1951. Source of descriptive information - Caption under print in album Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Early stage in construction of TEAL landing reclamation area, from pine tree on hillside opposite. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.7 x 6.2 cm
Hamaria canoe on Lake Horowhenua
Date: 8 June 1926
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-q-002-072
Description: Taueki family fishing for eels on Lake Horowhenua aboard the Hamaria canoe, the last war canoe on the lake. Photograph taken 6 June 1926 by G L Adkin. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 72 & 73. The Hamaria canoe - the last of the old war-canoes on lake Horowhenua, now used by the Taueki family for eel-spearing. Length cof canoe about 60 ft. 8.6.26 Arrangement: Image in PA1-q-002 on page 15 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.5 x 15.3 cm, mounted on album page
Cooks with dried eels, Raukawa marae, Otaki
Date: [18 March 1950]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-005-496
Description: Group of cooks with dried eels on a line at Raukawa marae, during the centenary celebrations for Rangiatea church. Photograph taken on 18 March 1950 by George Leslie Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 496. Group of cooks at Raukawa marae, where the centenary celebrations continued. Line with dried eels in front. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.2 x 10.5 cm, mounted on album page
Swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington
Date: 9 Mar 1918
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: 1/4-023289-G
Description: Swimming carnival at Island Bay beach, Wellington, 9 March 1918. Shows a crowd of people on the beach. Includes the Blue Platter Tea House (right of centre). Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Land Clearance
Date: 6 September 1905
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: 1/4-023357-G
Description: Men clearing land, Queen Street East, Levin, 6 September 1905. Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative
Mrs Kuiti
Date: 1925
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964
Reference: PA1-q-002-086
Description: Portrait of Mrs Kuiti photographed at Muhunoa kainga on the south-western shore of Lake Papaitonga, Horowhenua, by George Leslie Adkin in 1925 Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Source of descriptive information - Notes in album. Note that a Library client states that Adkin's information regarding Mrs Kuiti's iwi/hapu is wrong, and that the correct iwi/hapu are Ngati Kikopiri and Ngati Pareraukawa of Ngati Raukawa. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 85 & 86. Youth and age: Members of the Ngati-Tukorehe hapu of Ngati-Raukawa living at Muhunoa kainga on the south-western shore of Papaitonga. Left Mai Tahaia; right: Mrs Kuiti. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Removal of a rimu tree stump at Cheslyn Rise, Levin, Horowhenua - Photograph taken by F...
Date: Apr 1899
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963
Reference: 1/2-065713-G
Description: Removal of a rimu tree stump at Cheslyn Rise, Levin, Horowhenua, April 1899. Photograph taken by Frank James Denton. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Cheslyn Rise was the property, and house, of William George Adkin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Carriage driver with Leonard and Ernest Lancaster, at Waihohonu Hut, Tongariro National...
Date: 12 Feb 1910
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-o-003-105
Description: Horse drawn carriage hired from Crowther and McCauley, and group, outside Waihohonu Hut, Tongariro National Park, during an expedition with George Leslie Adkin. From left to right: carriage driver (unidentified), Leonard Lancaster, and his uncle Ernest Lancaster. The corrugated iron hut backs on to the edge of a beech forest. Photograph taken 12 February 1910 by George Leslie Adkin. Original caption reads: "Arrival at the Waihohonu Hut, a two-roomed structure of corrugated iron." for further information regarding this expedition see "An eye for country, the life and work of Leslie Adkin" by A Dreaver, 1997, pages 60-63 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fig 105. Arrival at the Waihohonu Hut, a two-roomed structure of corrugated iron Arrangement: See album PA1-o-003, page 14 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11 x 15.4 cm, on album page 30.5 x 41.7 cm
Crowd at a swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington
Date: 9 March 1918
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: 1/4-023275-G
Description: Crowd at a swimming carnival on the beach, Island Bay, Wellington. Taken by George Leslie Adkin, 1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Dried eels on pataka-tuna, Raukawa marae, Otaki
Date: [14 March 1936]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-005-386
Description: Mrs Henry, of Otaki, with eels drying on racks (pataka-tuna), at Raukawa marae during the opening ceremony of Raukawa meeting house. Photograph taken on 14 March 1936 by George Leslie Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 386. Dried eels on racks (pataka-tuna). The lady is Mrs Henry, of Otaki. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.3 x 10.2 cm, mounted on album page
A Tararua thunder cloud
Date: 1928
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-006-23-386
Description: Great cumulo-nimbus cloud formation that appeared over Tararua Range at 3pm. Upper level of cloud was probably 11,000 ft or 12,000 ft. Rolling northwards it broke over Tokomaru and Palmerston North as an exceptionally severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail. The above view was taken from Ohau and shows Mount Wiopehu. Photographed by George leslie Adkin at 3pm on the 24th of December 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
View of the site of former Pa-o-Toata on the Waikanae River
Date: 6 June 1938
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-005-439
Description: View of the site of the former Pa-o-Toata, a toungue of land above the Waikanae River within the Tararua Range. Kapiti Coast District, Wellington Region, New Zealand. Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin in June 1938. Pa was built by the Muaupoko tribe after they were attacked by the Ngati Toa under the chief Rangihaeta. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 18.6 x 6 cm, mounted on album page. Print irregular and comprised of two images.
View overlooking the Oteikaike district
Date: [189-?]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: 1/4-023484-G
Description: View overlooking the Oteikaike district, probably during the 1890s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
TEAL air terminal with Solent flying boat in pontoon dock, Evans Bay
Date: 31 December 1951
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-o-014-278
Description: View of the Tasman Empire Airways Ltd's (TEAL) flying boat terminal, Evans Bay, Wellington. The first solent flying boat is at the pontoon mooring. Photographed by George Leslie Adkin on the 31st of December 1951. Source of descriptive information - Caption under print in album Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Close-ups of Solent - from outer margin of reclaimed area Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.7 x 6.2 cm
Group at the Adkin property of Cheslyn Rise in Levin, Horowhenua - Photograph taken by ...
Date: Apr 1899
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963
Reference: 1/2-065697-G
Description: Scene amongst trees at the Adkin property of Cheslyn Rise in Levin, Horowhenua. Shows members of the Adkin family by a stream. From left: Dora, Mrs Annie Adkin, Clare, and Gilbert. Photograph taken in April 1899 by Frank J Denton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Bleaching and dying paddocks at Miranui flaxmills, showing racks of fibre
Date: 1917
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: 1/2-065687-G
Description: Bleaching and dying paddocks at Miranui flaxmills, showing racks of fibre with sheep grazing in between. Photograph taken by George Lesley Adkin, ca 1917. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Sheep dipping on the Adkin farm in Levin
Date: 1906
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: 1/4-023365-G
Description: Sheep dipping on George Adkin's parents farm in Levin 2 March, 1906. Persons unidentified. Photograph taken by George Adkin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative