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Loading pigs on to a boat, Mokau River

Date: [1929-1930]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-014

Description: Shows a boat moored by the bank of the river with a pig being winched on board. Two men are on board the boat and another two are on shore, one of whom is winching the pig. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1929 or 1930 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.9 x 10.3 cm

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Children and teacher at Mangatoi School, Mokau River

Date: 1927

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-037

Description: Photo of ten school children and teacher, Hazel Sampson, taken outside Mangatoi School at the Mokau River. Photo taken by Vera Sampson, one of the pupils, in 1927. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Mangatoi School 1927. Same as in boat. Teacher Hazel Sampson. Photo taken by Vera Sampson (pupil). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 9.2 x 14.4 cm

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Photographs of the Mokau and other North Island districts

Date: 1900, 1923 - 1933, 1938, 1947

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

By: Wells, Robert Ernest, 1905-2006

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2

Description: Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

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Sheep after shearing, Mangatoi Station

Date: 1930

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2-172

Description: Newly-shorn sheep in a pen outside the shearing shed at Mangatoi Station photographed in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - One of Sunday's. Their trials are over for another year - newly-shorn sheep in the pen outside the shearing shed. Note door through which new arrivals are pushed.; Verso - bottom centre - 1930 shearing at Mangatoi Station Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.2 x 7.9 cm

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View of house and bush, Mokau River

Date: 1928

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-078

Description: Photo of Sage's cottage, a settler's house with walls made of shingles, photographed in 1928 at the Mokau River by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928. Sage's Cottage - 16 miles upriver.; Verso - centre - A settler's house on the Mokau River, in the 1920's - outside walls of wooden shingles, and grapes and passionfruit trained up and climbing all around them. Dense native bush in background. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.5 x 21.5 cm

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Four men in a boat, Mokau River

Date: 1929

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-074

Description: Four men in a rowboat. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1929 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1929. A peaceful stretch some miles upriver from Mangatoi Station (25 miles upriver) during the low-water level of summer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 21.5 x 16.4 cm

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Loading pigs on to a boat, Mokau River

Date: [1929-1930]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-012

Description: Shows a boat moored by the bank of the river with a pig being winched on board. Two men are on board the boat; three are on shore. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1929 or 1930 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.1 x 10.4 cm

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Stan Cartwright in a boat, Mokau River

Date: 1930-1931

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-065

Description: Photo of Stan Cartwright in Robert Wells' boat taken on a pig-hunting expedition. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1930-1931 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1930/31. Stan Cartwright in my boat when out on a pig-hunting expedition. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 12.6 x 20.4 cm

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Loading lime onto a boat, Mokau River

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-016

Description: Lime is being loaded onto a boat down a chute from a building. Photographed at the Mokau River, near Mangatoi School, ca 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - The KAPUI loading lime from the last lime crushing plant, just above Mangatoi School opposite No 1 Farm - on Taranaki side of river. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.3 x 8 cm

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Will Cartwright picking blackberries, Mokau River

Date: 1930

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-009

Description: Will Cartwright from Mangatoi Station picking blackberries. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Mokau River 1930. Picking blackberries on Old Mine Clearing - 45 minutes only, to fill this 4 gallon tin! Picker, Will Cartwright from No 3 Dairy Farm, on Mangatoi Station. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.6 x 10.3 cm

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Man with cream cans on a jetty, Mokau River

Date: 1928

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-075

Description: Photo of a man on a jetty with two cream cans with launch below. Photographed at Pukeruru on the Mokau River in 1928 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928. At Pukeruru wharf.; Verso - centre - Loading the cans of cream down onto Eric Lewis's cream launch for the trip down to Mokau. This service operated on alternate days - down one day with the cream - back next day with the empty cans and the mail. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 21.4 x 16.4 cm

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Robert Wells and Mangatoi School children in a boat on the Mokau River

Date: 1928

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-070

Description: Robert Wells and nine Mangatoi School children in a boat on the Mokau River photographed in 1928 by Auckland Weekly News staff photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Teacher and pupils photographed by Auckland Weekly News staff photographer.; Verso - bottom centre - Mangatoi School, Mokau River, 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.2 x 20.5 cm

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Launch on the Mokau River

Date: [1929-1930]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-055

Description: Launch on the Mokau River with house in the distance, photographed ca 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Mokau River - 1929/30; Verso - top left - View from point looking down river & showing Sage's House in the distance - cream launch also. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.2 x 15.7 cm

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Teacher and pupils in a boat on the Mokau River

Date: 1928

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-047

Description: Photo of man and two children in a boat on the Mokau River photographed in 1928 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928; Verso - centre - Teacher and pupils arriving at school by boat. Until I bought the first outboard motor on the river, I had to row these 2 boys and self, one mile to school, and one mile home each day - for a Ferry Allowance of 6d per day!! And - out of this, I was expected - and had to - keep the boat in good repair, and replace anything that might require it - oats, rowlocks etc. I went into the bush and cut rata vines to replace broken ribs - and patched cracked and broken planking in boat. Self-reliant!!!? Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11 x 15.8 cm

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Wheels and bush, Mokau River

Date: [1927-1932]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-043

Description: Photo of wheels and bush taken at the Mokau River between 1927 and 1932 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 12.2 x 17.2 cm

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Mustering sheep at Mangatoi Station, Mokau River

Date: 1930

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-038

Description: Photo of sheep moving down farm tracks during mustering at Mangatoi Station. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mangatoi Station 1930. Down from the Hills. Sheep on their way to the shed. Mustering for shearing.; Verso - centre - R.E. Wells, Mokau River, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 13.8 x 10.2 cm

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Mine trucks, Mokau River

Date: 1927

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-046

Description: Photo of wooden mining trucks, some upturned. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1927 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Old mine trucks outside mine entrance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.4 x 15.8 cm

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Garden view

Date: [1920s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-027

Description: Photo of bushes and flowers in a garden photographed, probably at the Mokau River in the 1920s, by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.7 x 10.4 cm

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Launch and boat on Mokau River

Date: 1930

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-094

Description: Motor launch and boat with outboard motor, photographed in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Other - Mokau River 1930. A day's outing to gather blackberries on the upper reaches of the river. I checked on this - it's true! 45 minutes for 1 person to fill a benzine tin (4 gallons). I was there - taking part [from photographer's inscription attached to back of photo] Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Question H.; Verso - centre - (The Rendezvous). This needs 1/4" trim off the right edge and then enlarge up to 1/2 plate (or 1/1 plate).; Verso - bottom centre - Robt. E. Wells, Mokau River, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.6 x 10.2 cm

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Garden view

Date: [1920s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-029

Description: Photo of bushes and flowers in a garden photographed, probably at the Mokau River in the 1920s, by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.7 x 10.4 cm

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