Places

Date: [circa 1905 to 1912]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA1-o-498

Description: Photographs of a range of industries in New Zealand, possibly related to the Christchurch International Exhibition in 1906-1907. Industries include animal related products including wool, from fellmongery to transportation and finally weaving; meat works, including the slaughter house, the mutton cooling room, shipping fozen mutton, the beef cooling room; butter, at the Hautapu Butter Factory, showing butter in the factory, and delivering butter at Ngaruawahia Railway Station; the Waikato Bacon Factory, and pig carcases. Other industries include flax, with scenes showing a flax mill, carting flax to the mill, stripping, washing and drying flax, and also grading hemp and loading bales of it at Auckland wharves; kauri timber industry, from felling the trees, hauling logs by bullock, floating logs over the Wairoa Falls, sorting timber at the mill booms, timber mill on the Wairoa River, and a million feet of sawn timber at the mill. The latter part of the album shows scenes of gold dredging on the Buller Gorge, hydraulic gold-mining at Ross, Westland; coal mining at Brunner; kauri gum diggers and a warehouse storing kauri gum; and finally views of the Sugar Refinery in Auckland, and a warehouse filled with sacks of sugar. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

Date: 1907

Reference: PAColl-0369

Description: Mounted photograph of three small homesteads with out-houses near what may be the Pohangina River and carts loaded with wood on the road next to them taken from a short distance. The mount is captioned Komako, 1907 but the photographer is unidentified. 1/2-056602 Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-056602 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted photographic print

Date: 1921-1924

From: Hume, Keith Hamilton, fl 1974-1982 :Albums featuring Ohura and Rotoiti and timbermill

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: PA1-o-232

Description: Views of the timber industry around Lake Rotoiti, Bay of Plenty Region; Includes scenes of the Rotoiti Timber Co.; timber transportation at Mourea (spelt Morea in album), and Lake Rotoiti; the Ohau Channel; Okataina (spelt Okatina in album); and Ngongotaha. Taken in the 1920s by John Martyn Hume and a staff photographer of the Auckland Weekly News. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cover, entitled `Photographs'; 18 x 30 cm

Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6866

Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: February 1923

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

Reference: 1/4-039006-G

Description: Heisler locomotive number 9, of the Taupo Totara Timber Company. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in February 1923, probably at the TTT Company timber yard at Putaruru. This image is a glass negative taken from an original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 179 (PA1-q-102) Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 179 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre left - "Heisler" type locomotive. Taupo Totara Timber Co. TTT. 2/23. Driver, Palmer. The original glass negative of this image is at APG-1259-1/2-G, with a film copy negative at APG-1259-1/2-F. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1938

Reference: 1/2-107106-F

Description: Two images of Odlins logging trucks, Te Marua, Upper Hutt. Photographs taken in 1938 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s) (with 2 images). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1906-1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: PA1-o-371

Description: Views of various factories and businesses in the Auckland Region, taken circa 1906, by unidentified photographers. They include interior and exterior views, and employees. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Factories and workrooms, Auckland Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Factories and workrooms, Auckland. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 31.0 cm

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

From: Brown, Thomas Watson, 1878-1947 :Photograph albums relating to New Zealanders in the South African War and of New Zealand scenes

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA1-o-075

Description: Album belonging to T W (Thomas Watson) Brown. Scenes around New Zealand, many probably taken by Brown, some taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, and some of Lake Te Anau, Lake Wakatipu, and Milford Sound taken by FGR (Frederick George Radcliffe). The first part of the album is mainly images of tramping, camping and hunting in the Orongorongo Range and the Rimutakas, with some of the people identified, including Roley Neale and W A Neale (William Augustus Neale). Other sequences of images are a number in and around Lake Waikaremoana, including several of men fishing showing their catches; climbing in the Tongariro National Park area; views of the small towns Mohaka, Mataatua; areas around Titirangi, Kawau, Hamilton and Tauranga. Inscriptions: Album page - top left - TW Brown Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red covered album, lettered in white ink "Photographs. T.W. Brown", 240 x 305 mm

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-290

Description: Photographs of various areas in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region and Wellington Region circa 1890s, probably taken by George William Barltrop (identification from other albums in this sequence). A large number show church buildings, including a Roman Catholic church in Johnsonville; an Anglican church in Featherston; St Luke's Anglican Church in Greytown; a church in Carterton; St Matthews Anglican church in Masterton; a church in Pahiatua; one in Ashhurst; an Anglican church in Bunnythorpe; St John's Anglican church in Feilding; All Saints Anglican church in Palmerston North; and a church at Kiwitea. A small group show the area around Alfredton, with a timber mill, several types of saw, and teams of horses transporting logs. One view is of a cemetery, probably in Lower or Upper Hutt, with the gravestone of George Keary clearly visible. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh VI' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm

Date: [Circa 1900s-1910s]

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-365

Description: Album showing various aspects of New Zealand life in cities, on farms, and in industries such as gold and coal mining, the timber industry, dairy industry, and flax industry. Other images focus on New Zealand scenery ranging throughout the North Island and the South Island. Photographers are mostly unidentified, but groups who are named are A. Northwood, and the New Zealand Tourist Department. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Album identical in content to that at PA1-o-364. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon covers, entitled `New Zealand'; 24 x 30 cm

Date: 1906 to 1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour; Squire, Edward, 1873-1947; Gungall, Arthur Frederick, 1863?-1927; Wells, Ernest Edward, active 1894-1902; St. Clair, William H, active 1905; McAllister, James, 1869-1952

Reference: PA1-o-369

Description: Photographs of various factories and businesses in the Taranaki District, taken circa 1906. They include interior and exterior views and employees. One sequence shows the felling of timber, its transportation and treatment at a timber mill for the New Plymouth Sash and Door Factory. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Factories and workrooms, Taranaki District Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Factories and workrooms, Taranaki District. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch 1906-7'; 25.5 x 31.0 cm

Date: [ca 1900-1919]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-7219

Description: Postcards of a Maori chief from Whangape in a feathered cloak with moko and carrying a taiaha; mail coaches leaving Ohaeawai; sheep mustering on McKenzie's Estate, Herekino where the sheep are being herded into a field next to a beach; two of the second oldest church in New Zealand at Waimate North; Bedgood's Mill at Waimate North; Bedgood's mill waterwheel; a horse and cart heading to the Waimate Show in the distance; Te Paki Cattle Station; Houhora Hotel and harbour; Mount Camel and heads, Houhora harbour; moonlight on Houhora harbour; Herekino settlement; Herekino harbour overlooking Keay's with Manukau in the distance; Kerikeri Falls; Kohukohu showing the hotel and other buildings on the waterfront; two boats on the Waihopo River; a girl talking to a boy on a horse with the staff quarters of the Kaitaia Wireless Station behind them; three views of the Kaitai Radio Station (in operation 1912-1929); two men on rope slings gathering gum from a kauri tree; view of Kaikohe; Government Buildings, Kaikohe; Kaikohe Hotel with two men on ponies outside; two men on bicycles with the Kaitaia Post Office behind them; view of Mangonui; a man boating in Mangamuka Gorge; the Mangamuka River; sheep being driven along a road in Marangai, looking west; two views of Marangai looking east; a view of Kerikeri from the river showing the Stone Store and Kemp House; the bathing pool at Ngawha Springs; the Black Lake, Ngawha Springs; Ngataki Lake, Waihopo; boys from Te Kao North Cape Native School doing a haka; Ohaeawai Hotel; the Church of England, Ohaeawai (with additional photography by Radcliffe); the pier in Parengarenga Harbour; sheep on the road at Ohaeawai; a loaded horse-drawn cart on the main street in Ohaeawai, looking west; a steam locomotive pulling kauri logs at Puketi; and a kauri tree in a forest with a hut behind it. Photographer was Northwood Brothers. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002254, 002392, 002395, 002741, 002742, 002744 to 002746, 002748 to 002750, 002788 to 002795, 002809 to 002811, 002825, 002826, 002828, 002881, 002882, 002889, 002909 to 002911, 003123, 003156 to 003159, 003187, 003260 (additional copy at 1/2-021628), 003499 to 003503, 003543, 026804, 002998 to 003000, 032360 Quantity: 48 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1916]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949

Reference: MNZ-1753-1/2-F

Description: 'Tripping' the Anawata dam, Piha district, to allow logs through. Photograph taken circa 1916 by Albert Percy Godber. Caption from Making New Zealand reads: " 'Tripping' a dam in the Piha district, Auckland Province. Notice that the release of the central door frees the waters impounded in the dam, which then wash the logs through the opening, whence they are swept down to the mill. " Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1900

Reference: 1/2-002812-F

Description: Kauri logs being chanelled down a river at Rangaihua. A man is sitting on one of the logs next to the bank. The name Brett appears in the bottom right hand corner and may be the photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1905

From: Hughes, R (Mrs) : Photographs of Rotorua district

Reference: PAColl-4647-1

Description: Six horses harnessed to a low cart loaded with planks with the driver standing on them and two other men standing next to the cart. There is a wooden shack behind them. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 9-10 Aug 1985

From: NZOHA Sunlight Centenarians Oral History Project

By: Cameron, William, 1896-; King, William Henry, 1884-1986

Reference: OHInt-0004/11

Description: Talks about moving from Auckland to Mangawahai at the age of four and helping his father gumdigging from this age. Mentions schooling and the mud floor in their house. Describes how his mother nursed for the locals. William King is joined in the interview by William Cameron and together they describe logging and bushfelling in the Mangawahai and Taumaranui areas in detail. Mentions his marriage to Elizabeth Ellen Harrison about 1912. Notes that they were married 62 years and had 10 children. Venue - Auckland : 1985 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Henderson, Auckland Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 174. Search dates: 1985

Date: 1930

By: Andrews, C (Mr), active 1975

Reference: 1/2-059940-F

Description: William Miller Kinvig driving a converted tractor on a logging railway in 1930, probably at Otaki Forks, Waitatapia Stream. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: February 1923

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

Reference: APG-1264-1/2-G

Description: Heisler locomotive number 8, of the Taupo Totara Timber Company, bringing sawn timber from Mokai to Putaruru. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in February 1923. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 181 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Bringing sawn timber to Putaruru from Mokai. TTTCo. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1925]

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

Reference: APG-1089-1/2-b-F

Description: Group of women and children alongside Climax locomotive 1650, at No 9 timber camp, Ongarue. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1925. Dated from assesment of the women's dresses. This image has been reproduced in three publications (as at February 2003): in "The era of the bush tram in New Zealand" by Paul Mahoney (1998, p 51); in "Rails through the bush" by Bob Stott (1973); and "The bush tram to the mill\" by Bob Stott (1981, p 51). The information given in Paul Mahoney's book suggests that this is a picnic party (as given in a pencilled inscription beneath the original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 47 (PA1-q-102)); but Bob Stott suggests this conveyance was "used to bring bush camp families out to the relative civilisation of the mill settlement and the like". Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - A picnic party. No 9 Camp. Ongarue Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1910-1923

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/2-029844-F

Description: Logs being transported by water at the Union Box and Packing Case Company, Rawene. The company was based at the Rawene timber mill. There are men standing on the logs that are in the water, holding large punts to move the logs. Taken by Arthur James Northwood between 1910-1923. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).