Places

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7765

Description: Phase 7 continued - 146. Scense in Geyser Valley near Wairaki [sic]; 147. Boat harbour on Waikato River at outlet from Taupo; 148. Marine Parade, Napier, Music stall; 149. Marine Parade, Napier, floral clock. Phase 8; Auckland - 150. Teal flying boat base, Mechanics Bay; 151. Parnell Baths, Okahu Bay; 152. Okahu Bay; 153-154. Savage Memorial; 155. Mission Bay, St Heliers Bay; 156-157. New Bridge under construction across Mechanics Bay; 158. Trout at Rainbow Springs, Rotorua; 159. Ohinemutu Church, Rotorua; 160. Maori meeting place, Ohinemutu; 161. Rotorua Baths; 162. Waitomo Hostel; 163. Waitomo Hostel with environs; 164. Path leading dwon to Arenui caves entrance; 165. Kiosk near Arenui caves entrance; 166. En route to Marokopa; 167. Marokopa Falls, 20 miles from Waitomo; 168. Waitomo Hostel from road to Marakopa; 169. Flood damage at Otorohanga Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [Circa 1931]

By: New Zealand Railways; Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942; Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PA1-f-056

Description: Mainly publicity photographs for New Zealand Railways, most taken by unidentified photographers, though there are several portraits taken by S P Andrew (Stanley Polkingorne Andrew); also a number of images near the beginning of the album have a pencilled note which says "Mr Hinge's negative". There are a number of photographs of advertisements and posters for New Zealand Railways, including one promoting safety at railway crossings. In this scene a young woman is holding up a banner "STOP! Safety first", wearing a hat labelled "Stop", a sash labelled "Safety first" and wearing a skirt with the image of a car crash at a railway crossing. At the end of the album there are several photographs of postage stamps. Several photographs were taken at the opening of the Auckland Railway Station. Then a number show luggage or goods being loaded onto the interislander ferry; and near the back of the album a series showing racehorses, with one view of a horse being lifted onto a ship in a crate. A large section shows the Wellington rally for Lord and Lady Baden-Powell at the Basin Reserve in 1931, and later in the album views of them laying a wreath at the Citizen's War memorial (Cenotaph). Pages 38-43 contain 20 black and white photographs of water colour paintings by Thomas Ryan, from the 1890s. The subjects are mostly lakes and mountains in the South Island, including Lakes Mahinapua, Wakatipu, Te Anau, Wanaka and Manapouri; Teremakau River, Bealey River, Teremakau River and Clinton Valley; and in the North Island Lakes Rotorua and Tikitapu, and two of the Uruwera. On page 64 there is a photograph of a barred window. In front there is an ice-axe, a pair of skis, a fishing rod, 2 rifles, and a lidded straw picnic basket. It seems to have been used as the basis for a New Zealand Railways poster advertising outdoor life in New Zealand (see p 65). There are a number of pages of portraits of children, several of which have been formed into montages of images. None of these are identified. Some portraits of dignitaries involved with New Zealand Railways are identified with surname, but many are not identified at all. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C2'; 36 x 52 cm

Date: [between 1877-1906]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Stuart, Samuel E, 1855-1920

Reference: 1/1-002840-G

Description: Photographic copy of an original painting by Samuel E Stuart, painted between 1877-1906, depicting a scene at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, in 1861. Shows a Maori group in the foreground, by a row boat. They sit by a road coming down from a slight rise on the left. Sailing boats, and a waka, are close to the shoreline, where a man stands with a horse and cart. In the distance is a three masted sailing vessel. Further around the shore, on the left, are two people by a whare. Houses are on the hills above the bay. Photograph taken for the Auckland Star newspaper by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative