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Date: 2012

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0021560

Description: The Rimutaka Hill Road is represented as a winding track running over the caricatured features of Robert Muldoon. Muldoon's Corner is sign-posted. A construction worker remarks 'Once that's done there's a wide, slippery bit we could look at...' Below him is another sign-post labelled 'Key's Mile'. The cartoon is titled 'News: State Highway 2 over the Rimutakas is being made safer'. Muldoon's Corner, not named after Sir Robert Muldoon, is one of the dangerous bends. 'Key's Mile', an invented name, refers to John Key's reputation for slipperiness, as well as to his habitual grin. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1869

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-172-002

Description: Shows the Rimutaka Road with a bridge and a ford over the stream, bush-clad hills and the hills of the Rimutaka Range in the background. In the left foreground are two men on horseback, with dogs, herding cows Sale catalogue gives title as 'Abbotts [sic] Creek crossing'. The name Torohonga Creek is no longer used, but may be Abbots Stream (or Creek) on the South Wairarapa side of the hill, near Featherston Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud / NZ 1869 [in brushpoint] See also A-029-064 and E-297-007 for similar views from almost the same aspect Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 385 x 523 mm

Date: 1924

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1306-1/2-G

Description: Improvements to the Rimutaka Road showing the old road to the left, with a new cutting straightening the route. A Ford motor car is rounding the bend. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. A print of this image is in Godber album Vol 109, p 209 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Improvements to Rimutaka Road. Old road on left. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Reference: 1/2-055137-F

Description: View of the old coach road on the Rimutaka Range in Featherston. A bridge can be seen crossing the river, and the road can be seen disappearing off into the distance. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-029-064

Description: The Rimutaka Road with a bridge and a ford over the stream, bush-clad hills and the hills of the Rimutaka Range in the background The name Torohonga Creek is no longer used, but may be Abbot's Stream on the South Wairarapa side of the hill. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and date Compare an almost identical view in E-297-007, with the additional information in the title "at foot of Rimutaka Hill". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 210 x 315 mm

Date: 1854 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-073-1

Description: A cutting, shortly after the formation of the Rimutaka Hill Road, with cleared tree trunks and the road curving. A Maori family are walking a horse along the road and a steep, heavily bushed hill rises behind the road. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 255 x 160 mm

Date: [187-?]

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA7-30-05

Description: Photograph of Wairarapa from Rimutaka Range, taken ca 1870s by James Bragge. The Rimutaka Hill Road runs through the centre of the image. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Looking down upon the Wairarapa Plain from the Rimutaka; Mount verso - top centre - Bragge Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 21.8 x 29.2 cm, mounted on paper

Date: 1924

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1307-1/2-G

Description: View of the Rimutaka Hill Road from near the top showing the Hutt Valley side. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. A print of this image is in Godber album Vol 109, p 209 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Road over Rimutaka. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1854 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-073-2

Description: A view from the top of the Rimutaka Hill, looking down over the road winding through dense bush towards the plains of the Wairarapa. A Maori family is leading a horse down the road. One tree to the left in the foreground is a rata in flower and there is a tree-fern on the right. The artist is incorrect in his statement about the Rimutaka Range being part of the Ruahine Range. It is part of the Tararua Range. The phrase 'anglice Waidrop' refers to the common nineteenth century English version of the Maori word Wairarapa. Other Titles - English Waidrop Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 155 x 240 mm