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Date: 1854

By: Weld, Frederick Aloysius (Hon Sir), 1823-1891; Scrope, Mary Constance, 1907-1987

Reference: A-269-015

Description: Eight Europeans in three groups being led by two Maori across a plain, with steam rising from a thermal vent beyond trees and the peaks of Tongariro and Ruapehu visible in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 210 mm Provenance: Scrope/Weld Collection.

Date: 1843 - 1840 - 1841

From: Dieffenbach, Ernst :Travels in New Zealand. London, John Murray, 1843

By: Day & Haghe (Firm)

Reference: PUBL-0007-331

Description: Shows a group of Maori at the edge of Lake Taupo, with a long palisade running along the waterfront to the left. Tongariro and Ruapehu mountains are in the distance. Merrett joined Dieffenbach and his party at Taupo. See the journal of Ensign Best, edited by N Taylor. Other Titles - Ruapehu Another copy at B-187-009 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 114 x 185 mm

Date: 1995

From: Brockie, Bob :Three laser copies of original cartoons donated by the artist for the New Zealand Cartoon Archives auction, 6 November 1997.

Reference: H-451-003

Description: The cartoon shows Jim Bolger, reading a newspaper with a picture of Jacques Chirac, talking to the Minister of Science, Simon Upton, about New Zealand's response to news of further French nuclear weapons testing in the South Pacific. Refers to French nuclear testing in the pacific and the eruption of Mount Ruapehu. Quantity: 1 laser copies. Physical Description: A4 size laser copies

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Thompson, B H :Photographs relating to central North Island area

Reference: 1/2-081479-F

Description: Group of mountaineers on Te Heuheu Peak, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1910. Inscriptions: From original album - beneath image : Te Heuheu Peak Mt Ruapehu Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1945

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00708-f-F

Description: View of the ash cloud from the eruption of Mt Ruapehu as seen by two trampers in the Kaimanawa Mountains. Photograph taken in 1945, probably by Bruce Valentine Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1844

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870

Reference: PUBL-0014-28

Description: An extensive view over rolling hills towards the snow-clad central volcanic peaks. Two Maori holding sticks or spears in the right foreground and several cabbage trees on the nearest plain. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1887

By: Stewart, John Tiffin, 1827-1913

Reference: D-019-049

Description: Shows a panoramic view of the Central Plateau with isolated cabbage trees in the foreground. From left to right the mountains are labelled as: Tongariro, Ngaruahoe [sic] 7480 ft, and Ruapehu 8880 ft. Other Titles - Tongariro, Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 162 x 890 mm, mounted on sheet 304 x 1025 mm.

Date: [ca 1920s?]

Reference: 1/2-065850-F

Description: Unidentified hut on Mount Ruapehu, (circa 1920s?). Skis lean up against the walls. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1841

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-003

Description: View looking north along the lower west coast of the North Island. Names Mts Egmont and Tongariro (this is more correctly Ruapehu), which are shown in the distance. On the face of the painting, at the top, is "No. 36" (added at a later date), with the N Z Company stamp which is dated "Mar 23 1842", the date of the watercolour's arrival in London and registration by the New Zealand Company. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - No 36; Recto - top centre - [Stamp] - New Zealand Company, Mar 23 1842 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 185 x 487 mm (Portfolio D: no 1) Provenance: Acquired by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, London, 1915, as part of the New Zealand Company collection

Date: 1893

From: Various artists :[Selection of newspaper supplements; illustrations by Kennett Watkins, Thomas Ryan, L W Wilson and Charles Goldie. Published by Brett for the 'Weekly news' and the 'New Zealand graphic'. ca 1900-1936]

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works

Reference: A-385-020

Description: Shows a view of the source of the Waikato River as it leaves Lake Taupo. There is a pataka at the right, two figures in a waka at left, and a harakeke (flax) bush in the centre foreground. Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu are in the distance. Other Titles - Lithographed Extended Title - From the New Zealand Graphic Christmas number 1893, page 11. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 212 x 330 mm.

Date: 1945

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00698-b-F

Description: Eruption of Mount Ruapehu, and unidentified mountaineers watching. Photograph taken by Bruce Valentine Davis in 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1945

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00696-b-F

Description: View of the ash cloud from the eruption of Mt Ruapehu, from near Waihohonu Hut, during a deer hunting expedition. Photograph taken in 1945, probably by Bruce Valentine Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1859 - 1867

By: Hochstetter, Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand von, 1829-1884

Reference: A-048-026

Description: View looking along the eastern shore of Lake Taupo towards the south, with Motutaiko Island, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in the distance. On a shore in the left foreground is a small group of Maori with two canoes and fishing nets at the water's edge. Two further canoes in the water to the right. By the same hand as A-048-025 The Southern Alps. Corresponds closely to the chromolithograph in: Hochstetter, F. von. New Zealand, its physical geography. Stuttgart, 1867, p. 364. The image is likely either to be prepared for lithography from Hochstetter's original or copied from the volume. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour pasted on board, 113 x 211 mm

Date: 1945

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: 35mm-00702-a-F

Description: Chateau Tongariro, and Mount Ruapehu erupting behind, photographed by Bruce Valentine Davis in 1945. Looks along a lawn, towards a hotel building in a Georgian revival style. A volcanic plume rises from the snow covered mountain behind. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: August 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-08904-F

Description: Aerial view of the crater, Mt Ruapehu, photographed by Whites Aviation in August 1947. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1874

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: C-007-005

Description: Shows a view looking southwest over Lake Taupo, with Ruapehu shown to the left of Ngauruhoe which has a plume of smoke coming from it. The right foreground shows bush and a small plateau on which cattle are grazing. There are cliffs on the lakeside in the left distance. Shows Motutaiko Island in the central distance. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 330 x 520 mm

Date: 1995

From: Scott, Tom (1947- ) :Cartoons from The Evening Post. 4 September 1995 to 29 September 1995.

Reference: H-240-018

Description: Shows a line of men heading up the side of erupting Mt Ruapehu, carrying the Ohakune town symbol, a giant carrot. Refers to the economic effect of the eruption of Ruapehu on the ski industry and Ohakune. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide sizes vary

Date: 1884

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-433-011

Description: Eight scenes in one engraving showing: 1. Mr J H Kerry Nicholls, the explorer of the King Country 2. Mount Ruapehu, an extinct volcano 3. The Ice Crown, Point Victoria 4. Crossing the Onetapu Desert by moonlight; on the brink of a precipice 5. Whatiwhatihoe, the home of King Tawhiao 6. A slippery descrnt into the valley of the Wanganui-a-te-ao River 7. The extinct volcano, Mount Pihanga, with the Upper Waikato River, flowing into Lake Taupo 8. The ice caves; source of the Wangaehu River Other Titles - Manganui-a-te-ao Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 405 x 293 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: 18 Jun 1996

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

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP-Science-Geology-Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions-04

Description: Eruption of Mount Ruapehu at daybreak, 18 June 1996, showing The Chateau hotel and the ash covered slopes of the Whakapapa skifield. Photograph taken by Evening Post photographer Phil Reid. Published in the Evening Post on 18 June 1996 Arrangement: Print in Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 14, drawer 4 Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler print 12.7 x 18 cm

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: G-004

Description: A large Maori pa in the foreground, with wharenui, other houses and a pataka. People seated by a cooking fire on the left and in the entrance to the wharenui. Flax, toetoe, cabbage trees and other bush in an around the pa. In the background is part of Lake Taupo and Mounts Ruapehu and Tongariro, the latter in eruption Inscriptions: Verso - on stretcher in felt-tip pen: Lake Taupo, Hatepe. Also auctioneers' marks and numbers; Recto - bottom right - JPB in pale green brushpoint Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 251 x 305 mm Provenance: Previously acquired by Dunbar Sloane from London, Christie's, 27 Sept 2006, as one of a pair, with lot N184, a view of Maori in a canoe. The latter oil was purchased by the Library in 2009, Maori war canoe, Waikato River, G-112-1. The pair was privately owned in England by descendants of Backhouse's