Places

Date: 1981

By: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-

Reference: H-670-001/003

Description: Cartoons showing farming life for Edna, topics cover; Edna's sacrifice for a prize bull, Edna trims the farm trees using a chainsaw and a trampoline, Edna assists with sheep dipping. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 3 photograph(s). Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 8 November 1994

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

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1994/3397-F

Description: View of flooding in Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson on the 8th of November 1994. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm

Date: 4 October 1986

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

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1986/4740

Description: Floodwater around railway tracks on the main trunk line north of Manakau, between Otaki and Levin. Photographed 4 October 1986 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 8 November 1994

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

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1994/3399-F

Description: The Firth Centre just north of Melling Railway station flooded out by the Hutt River. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin on the 8th of November 1994. Quantity: 4 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 11 images.. Physical Description: Dye couple film negatives, 35mm

Date: 12 April 1977

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

Reference: EP/1977/1288-F

Description: Mrs D Garrett of Marsden Street, Lower Hutt, shovelling mud deposited by flooding. Photographed by and Evening Post staff photographer on the 12th of April, 1977. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-013

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers, James Ring, Josiah Martin, and Henry Thomas Lock. Includes images of flooding in Blenheim, and a wire cable tram across the Taramakau River (West Coast). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth bound folio album, 415 x 300 mm

Date: 20 December 1976

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

By: Pigney, Ray, active 1988

Reference: EP/1976/4663A-F

Description: Flooding in Ngaio, Wellington, 20 December 1976. In the foreground a Holden taxi is being towed away by a light truck. Copy negative mage by the Evening Post from an original photograph by Ray Pigney. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1915-1919, 1970s?]

From: Dangerfield, Leonard Joseph, fl 1988-2002 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9308

Description: Comprises: Photographs of early Petone and Wellington, in particular: Wellington Municipal Abattoir, Ngaraunga; Priest & Son hairdressers & tobacconists; Peace Arch in Jackson St, Petone, 1918-1919; members of Petone Cycling Club; Albert Ramsden and his wife in an automobile, 1915. Also includes elevated view of Mokau Colliery, Taranaki. Shows Hutt Valley floods, possibly 1976. Views of submerged roads, wrecked cars, landslips in Stokes Valley and damaged houses there and in Belmont. Also shows people cleaning up debris and mud. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Donated by Leonard Joseph Dangerfield, Lower Hutt, 1995 Transfers: Transfers - From Published Collections.

Date: Circa 1900s

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-003

Description: Album of black & white photographs taken during the early 1900s, showing geological formations in New Zealand. They include images of the Banks Peninsula, Sumner, Heathcote-Avon Estuary, Lyttelton Harbour, and the Halswell River, in several sequences in the album; flooding of the Koputaroa Stream at Levin, on 4 December 1906; Lake Horowhenua; Paekakariki Coast; the Wairarapa, including Orongorongo Valley, Wharekauhau Stream, Wainuiomata, Palliser Bay, Mukamuka Valley, Eglinton's Hut; Tongariro National Park area, including Waiouru (in which the stables of Crowther & McCauley coach services are visible), the source of the Waikato River at the gorge and waterfall of the Mangatoetoenui Stream; Mount Ruapehu, crater lake, the Waihohonu Hut, Te Heuheu Peak, Flounder Glacier and Waikato Glacier; Mount Ngauruhoe, slopes and craters and the source of the Ohinepango Stream; Mount Tongariro, Ketetahi Springs and Ketetahi Hut, craters and crater lakes including the Red crater, and Blue and Green Lakes

Date: 1964-1966

From: Tuhi-Herewini, Evelyn :Slides of Sir Bernard Fergusson's visit to Ruatoki, 1964-1966

Reference: PA12-1512

Description: Sir Bernard Fergusson's visit to Ruatoki, Public Health Nurse, and scenes in the Whakarau area. Quantity: 24 colour copy transparency/ies 35mm slides.

Date: [1947-1952]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-159

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1947 and 1952. Includes: D W Robertson's farm at Te Matai Road, Whakaronga flooded during worst floods in 50 years (Jul 1947); water damage caused by tsunami wave, Gisborne district, Mar 1947 (photographer H J Dunstan); J J Marlow, John Wilson and Deputy-Mayor L Wright inspecting progress at Ocean Beach Domain, Dunedin, 1950. Personalities include: Matron Chalice Hooper, Dental Clinic; Marjorie McQuade, 16 year old Australian freestyle swimmer at British Empire Games with cake presented to her by Hamilton Swimming Club; Professor G S Peren, principal of Massey Agricultural College & wife (1950); wedding photo of Charles Willocks Benhar (All Black) and bride Betty Mackay, taken at Anderson's Bay Presbyterian Church, Dunedin (1950); delegates at conference of social security experts of the International Labour Organisation held in Wellington (1950); Maori poi dancers at Ngaruawahia Regatta (1952); Professor John H Davis and family; Rose Langer (in sack clothing), undated. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 22 November 1994

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

Reference: EP/1994/3556

Description: Photographs of flooding in the Hutt Valley, Wellington, taken 22 November 1994 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Shows the Hutt River swollen by heavy rain and people cleaning up after flooding. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

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

Reference: PA1-o-195

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Many of the images show various aspects of logging in Piha and Karekare. Views include the Piha Tramway, bush railway inclines, scenes of lumbermen cutting down kauri trees and cross-cutting felled trees, transportation of logs by bullock teams and horse-drawn rail wagons, the Piha timber camp and mill and men at everyday activities in camp buildings and in their workmen's huts. Other sections of the album show views of Petone, and Godber's family (his wife, Laura Godber, and two children, Phyllis and William (Bill)); views of the central North Island; farming in the Mendip Hills (Canterbury); and views of Trentham. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 101 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26 x 30 cm

Date: 1941-1944 [20--]

By: Hall, George Andrews Hill, 1863-1945

Reference: MS-Group-2112

Description: Reminiscences by Hall of his early days in Lower Hutt, 1847-1890, with particular reference to Maori, floods, flora and fauna; he also writes of visits to Wellington in the 1870s and to Wairarapa stations in the 1880s. Includes a contents page. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, holograph (photocopy) and typescript

Date: 16, 23 August, 13 Sept, 1994 - 16 Aug 1994 - 13 Sep 1994

From: The Men in Our Lives oral history project

By: Jones, David, 1914-1999

Reference: OHInt-0406-19

Description: David Jones born Wanganui, 1914. Outlines family background - maternal grandparents from County Cork, Ireland - mother born in Greymouth - Uncle Jack became Mayor of Greymouth. Talks about the West Coasters. Recalls the Chinese gold miners and the differences in their work conditions from the other miners. Describes growing up in Wanganui; family house in Keith Street; Masonic Lodge; father's fear of fire as a result of the great Raetihi bush fire in 1918. Recalls going to work in an electroplater's shop and at the age of 15 `doing a man's work for a slave wage'. Talks about the lack of a trade union covering electroplaters in Wanganui and the subsequent working conditions. Explains electroplating process. Moved to Wellington and recalls decent pay and work conditions and his first union meeting at the age of 22 when he requested that the Wanganui and Palmerston North area be covered by the engineers union which did eventuate. Explains that conditions had improved on moving back to his former job. Other recollections include: fishing; native school, Putiki; Maori canoes on the river; cherry trees planted by Mother Mary Aubert; influenza epidemic 1918; end of World War I celebrations; 1920s earthquake; big flood in 1926 and Foster's Hotel fire. Recalls declaration of World War II and joining Expeditionary Force, travelling in `The New Amsterdam' to Sydney, then to Singapore where they transferred to the `Aquatania' bound for Egypt. Was part of the 4th anti-aircraft regiment. Has vivid recall of events, relating many stories and mapping his movements during the war and comradeship. Talks about the dreadful living conditions during the war and gives his opinions on war. Mentions Battle of Alamein. Moved from the deserts to Bari, Italy and relates stories from the Sangro River. Talks about the fall of Cassino and experiences in Italy. Talks about life after the war and his research into rammed-earth building, using that method to build his own house which he describes. Talks about his book on the subject of rammed earth building that is being published at present. Recounts his involvement with RSA and Vietnam issues - was totally opposed to the Vietnam war. Gives reasons for living so long in Wanganui and the changes he has seen in the town. Recounts his involvement with the Four Seasons Theatre. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Michelle Horwood Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - 22 Ngatarua Road, Wanganui Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007598-007600 ; OHC-006766-006767 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1917. Photocopies of 3 photographs: (1) David Jones Italy 1942; (2) David and Aunt Avril Jones and brother Lou; (3) David and Lou 1940.

Date: 20 May 2000

From: Riverboat stories from the Whanganui River oral history project

By: Rogers, Bessie Lyle Joan, 1913-2006

Reference: OHInt-0490-08

Description: Joan Rogers talks about her birth in Wanganui in 1913. Gives details of her father's family name of Whibley and their emigration from Kent and settling in Pahiatua, Castlecliff & Upokongaroa. Describes the establishment of an orchard 'Sevenoaks'. Discusses fruit and vegetables grown including peaches, apples, grapes, plums, greengages, asparagus & tomatoes. Mentions varieties. Talks about orchard staff and housemaid June Glen who had associations with Jean Batten and Charles Kingsford-Smith. Describes packing fruit and delivery to Ngan Kee's & Whitlocks. Talks about her parents' deaths, her brothers and her grandfather's marriage to the housekeeper. Describes Sunday school, Upokongaro School and how some children got there. Mentions most of the pupils were Maori. Mentions raftbuilding, rides on riverboats, knowing Mother Aubert and other nurses. Describes digging eels out of mud and making Maori bread from maize. Talks about the Randal family of Titchfield. Discusses the arrival of mail on paddlesteamers and how getting stock to saleyards affected the times of the riverboats. Discusses Alexander Whibley's stove and pumping water. Mentions his uncle, portrait artist Alton Wiles, nearby on the 'opposite' side of the river. Describes learning to swim in the stream and Maori and pakeha children swimming together. Describes sports day, horse riding, motor bikes, Saturday night dances and concerts with Queenie Tamihana. Talks about trips to Wanganui in buggies and hansom cabs in town. Talks about the furniture, gardens, wildlife and whitebait on the menu at Pipiriki House. Mentions Philip Wickham, Bay Blinkhorn, Daisy O'Carroll, Bubbles Rohloff. Talks about milking cows and making butter. Describes trying to revisit the old homestead. Notes that the Wanganui River was clear to Sandy Cove. Refers to the 'sheep dip' business and a possible death by arsenic. Mentions William Webb. Describes her hairdresser training and marriage to Ian Rogers. Mentions Jimmy Tasker, Betty Bristol, Dougal Mathieson and the Ford and Handley families. Talks about catching crayfish with her husband. Describes hagfish and lamprey eels. Mentions the wrecks of the 'Port Bowen' and 'Sirena'. Describes the flood of 1928, the Hatricks' wealth, staying at Bushy park and departing Wanganui in 1941. Interviewer(s) - David Charteris Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008400 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2616. Search dates: 2000

Date: 5 Aug 2001 - 05 Aug 2001

From: The stitch of history oral history project

By: Hoskins, Edna, 1920-

Reference: OHInt-0727/01

Description: Edna Hoskins recalls first involvement with embroidery when a friend invited her to classes to learn how to do Hardanger work. Refers to Miss Helen Moran at Dunedin King Edward Technical College. Outlines the formation of the Otago Embroiderers' Guild with the first meeting in Carnegie Hall, 1961 and Miss Helen Moran first President and Mrs S Arnoid Honorary Secretary. Speaks about Mrs Kay du Toit. Recalls acquiring materials from the following stores, Penrose, DIC, DSA, Brown Ewings, and a shop owned by Miss Helps. Refers to the changing cityscape. Describes Helen Moran. Refers to cloths made by women for their `Glory Boxes'. Mentions community classes at the School of Art run by Mrs Desi Allen. Discusses the influence of Maori design and adapting a Maori design from a child's book. Refers to the use of native plants to dye wool. Discusses types of embroidery and principles of colour including traditional embroidery. Recalls being president (1973-1974) and remembers a bomb scare at the Y W C A where they had their meetings. Refers to visit of Mr Muldoon, Leader of the National Party on the same night. Backgrounds moves to form a New Zealand Association of Embroidery Guilds (ANZEG). Talks about `Kneeler Project', the first set being given to the Hospital Chapel at Dunedin Hospital and expresses grief that after a flood at Waraki Hospital the kneelers where burned in the furnace. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Janice Wilson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011756-011757 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4079.

Date: August-October 1991

By: Masterton District (N.Z.). Library

Reference: OHColl-0334

Description: Residents of Tinui, in the Masterton District, recount the flooding of their village on April 10, 1991. The flood, the resulting damage and clean up operations are all discussed. Publication - After the rains came: the Tinui flood of April 1991 / compiled by Cathy Casey. Masterton District Library: 1996. (Includes edited extracts from interviews) Awards/funding - The project received an Award in Oral History Sponsored by - Masterton District Library Interviewer(s) - Marion Hawke and Alyson Thomsen Quantity: 9 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 9 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1 Dec 1994 - 01 Dec 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Fox, John Frederick, 1922-2008

Reference: OHInt-0616/14

Description: John (Jack) Frederick Fox born Dunedin 1922. Mentions details of parent's birthplace, their marriage and mother's early death when he was aged three years. Remembers 1929 as a bad year, with floods in Dunedin, unemployment because of Depression, soup kitchens in Cargill Street and Hillside Road and riots in Dunedin when Wardell's windows were broken. Describes Forbury corner, with reference to New Zealand Vesta Company. Recalls father was a lay preacher at Cargill Road Methodist Church and home life being based around church. Outlines working career, commencing as a message boy with New Zealand Typewriter Company in 1937, moving to Post and Telegraphs as a telegram delivery boy in 1939 and World War II service. Recounts own part in the Stanley Graham manhunt on the West coast as part of the army signals group sent to Koiterangi. Discusses the effect that the entry of Japan into the war in December 1941 had on training and describes posting to Ashburton as a result. Talks about transfer to the Air Force, preparation for service in the Pacific and working in the signal office in Suva. Refers to the arrival of Australian RAF Lancaster which now graces the Canberra War Museum. Speaks of working in the United States Navy communications station in Espirito Santos in the New Hebrides. Recalls returning to Dunedin after Peace was declared, travelling by train and being `packed like sardines'. Recounts return to work as a post man, marriage in 1949 and move to Concord where, with the help of a rehabilitation loan, purchased a section in the Burnside area. Recalls becoming interested in the Green Island Community and was involved in the setting up of the Concord Improvement Society. Mentions Jim Crawford who was responsible for shifting stock from holding paddocks to the Burnside Freezing works. Describes problems caused by occasional stock stampedes in the growing residential area of Concord and explains how the problem was resolved. Other topics include: involvement with Concord School; visit of HMS Concord in 1958; Road safety; fundraising; Concord Improvement Society which started to handle matters such as roading; move to Mosgiel early 1963; excellent train service - suburban trains known as `the subbies'; Community fundraising drive for Green Island swimming pool; fire early 1950s at Hunterville Homestead, a home for handicapped children; Green Island Picture Theatre and Civic Centre. Backgrounds interest in journalism and becoming a Green Island reporter for Otago Daily Times in 1953. Also wrote for New Zealand Truth, Weekly News and New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Talks about involvement in the Greater Green Island News with its first issue in July 1959 and its demise in 1973. Recalls starting the Mosgiel Taieri Herald. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Grant Rule Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010080-010082 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3364. Search dates: 1929