Places

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-043

Description: A red clay road on a steep hillside through dense bush, including tree ferns. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7814

Description: Transparency slides of Wairakei Power Station, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, Napier and Gisborne, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 1911

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-246

Description: Shows a dirt road, with grass and trees alongside it. Hills are in the background. Some buildings are shown, including, what appears to be a church, and a shed Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 125 x 170 mm

Date: 1914

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-012

Description: Shows a dirt road with grass and trees, including kahikatea trees, alongside it. A small white building with a red roof and one chimney is visible in the background. Behind the house are hills. A person is shown walking on the road carrying a basket. They appear to be wearing a blue dress or long jacket and a yellow headscarf Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 270 x 280 mm

Date: [ca 1950-1970]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-10643

Description: Avon Commercial slides taken circa 1950s-1960s, and collected by Muriel Edwards. Images include a map of the South Island, the Tomo shaft at Waitomo Caves, a van parked on Pinchers Bluff on the Skippers Canyon Road, and view over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu to the Remarkables. Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1979-F

Description: Panoramic view of Lake Taupo with Motutaiko Island in the middle distance, centre left. The view looks down on the right over a gravel road near the water. A car is parked on a higher road centre right. On the far left a number of men are working on road construction around a point with signs of roadwork above the lake. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Lake Taupo. New Zealand. No. 845; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Lake Taupo from 20 Mile Reg. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.0 cm

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7813

Description: Transparency slides of Wellington, Desert Road, and Rotorua, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: ca 1924

Reference: PAColl-7325

Description: Copy negatives of photographs in an album. The Mimi valley deviation on the New Plymouth to Te Kuiti highway; the road alongside Porirua harbour showing submerged telegraph poles; men spreading and rolling gravel on the Gisborne to Wairoa highway at Morere; men laying concrete on the Christchurch to Timaru highway; number of horse-drawn carts on a riverbed being loaded with shingle; and horse-drawn scoops collecting shingle from a riverbed for the Hamilton to Rotorua highway. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003415 to 003420 Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1928

Reference: PAColl-4815

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-16146 to 16150, 21279 to 21284, and 021350 to 021351 and 1/2-031048 to 031053, 031097 to 031100, 031102 to 031107 Quantity: 25 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: Apr 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-181

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, Apr 1949 Scene at the civic reception held in Dixon Park, Greymouth to honour the visit of HMNZS Kaniere, one of the new frigates of the Royal New Zealand Navy; Cromwell racecourse; action photos from Ngaruawahia's annual regatta (includes young Maori boy eating watermelon); Maori deputation visiting Parliament to discuss the question of liquor licence in the King Country (includes portrait of 78 year old Mrs A Huirama); exhibition held in Christchurch of Japanese wood-block colour prints compiled by K R Moshelm, a former director of Army Education and Welfare Service in Japan; Bailey bridge on Lewis Pass Road, near Glen Wye Station; photo of family of Gilbert Edwards, a Dunedin claimant to the fortune of a Welsh stonemason who immigrated to New York and died in 1789 (story in Free Lance, 20 Apr 1949). Makara Radio Station (series of photos including A F Smith, officer in charge of Makara Radio Station); Star Rugby Club, New Plymouth 60th jubilee celebrations and members of the 1919-1939 decades in the grand parade held at Rugby Park; limestone caves recently discovered at Lake Te Anau (Cave of Swirling Waters). Final section of the main highway between Auckland and Te Kuiti under construction (Mayor of Te Kuiti, K W Law watching final load of metal chips being laid); composting of Masterton's refuse; construction of the road at Belmont Gully and Haywards (Hutt Valley); repair of fault in the Auckland-Suva cable by Government steamer Matai; Union Steam Company's vessel Waitemata en route to Vancouver rescuing converted Fairmile launch Mahurangi in Pacific Ocean near Rarotonga. All Black captain Fred Allen, with former All Black Trevor Berghan and Mrs Berghan in fancy dress costume; Chinese crew's arrival in Auckland to take over the Union Steam Ship Company's vessel Kaikorai at Port Chalmers (sold to Hwah Lee Steam Ship Company of Shanghai) Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [192-?]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000391-G

Description: Corner on the Meremere hill. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Corner on the Meremere hill. No 3733 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1966 - 1967

From: New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau: [Tiki Tours itineraries and other ephemera. 1966-1982]

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-Tiki-1966-02-04/05

Description: The left page of this double spread shows photographs of the Geothermal Power Project at Wairakei, and a tourist bus and passengers in the Haast Pass. The right hand side lists the dates of departure from Auckland of each tour, the route taken and the price, for the period 11 May 1966 to 21 July 1967. Extended Title - From New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau. New Zealand Tiki Tours 1966-7, pages 4-5. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on double spread of booklet, 235 x 364 mm.

Date: [192-?]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000397-G

Description: Open tourer parked on a corner at Meremere hill with a man in an overcoat standing beside the car. The area is surrounded by bush. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Beauty spot. Meremere Hill. No 3727 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000500-G

Description: Motoring up the Meremere Hill, Tauharepu Kitia. Photograph taken between 1915 and 1930 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Foot of Meremere Hill. Tauharepu Kitia. No 3730 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: Aug 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-8163-26

Description: View showing a mother and two children standing beside a convertible car on a dirt road before a bridge crossing, looking up towards Pohaturoa, a rock outcrop rising 245 m above the Waikato River, south-west of Atiamuri. The rock is planted with forestry pine. Photograph taken in August 1955, by an unidentified photographer for the Free Lance. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - File / Photo [... illegible]; Verso - top centre - 1/12 x 3 1/14 Friday 5/8/55; Verso - bottom centre - Published 17 Aug 1955 Page 34 [publication stamp]; Verso - bottom centre - REMARKABLE ROCK FORTRESS. "As we approached Atiamuri there came into view the old Maori stronghold, Powhateroa [sic: Pohaturoa], round whose feet the river runs. Pine forest clothes its cone-shaped sides and out of them, as though the top had been pushed up by a giant's finger, rise sheer cliffs capped again with pines. `Like the head of a Fijian warrior' was the description we heard." [Glued-on clipping from original publication] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.7 x 16.8 cm

Date: ca 1928

Reference: 1/2-154514-F

Description: Road between Hangatiki and Otorohanga, circa 1928. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of original print: "Auckland-Wellington main highway. Otorohanga-Hangatiki deviation. 24 ft formation." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [Between 1900 and 1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000782-G

Description: Road leading into Otorohanga township. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Road leading to township. Otorohanga [No.] 56 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: Ca 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001593-G

Description: View along a wide road at Ngaruawahia with houses on the left. Two young girls are going away from the camera, centre left. Photographed in summertime. See a similar image at 1/2-001592, taken in winter, with the two trees centre right without leaves. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ngaruawahia. No. 3642 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches