Places

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-66

Description: The top photograph (PA1-f-195-66-1) shows a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves called The Terrace. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-66-2) shows a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves called Mairs Cavern. These photos were taken by an unknown photograher. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-67

Description: The top photograph (PA1-f-195-67-1) shows a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves which is the Entrance to the Organ Gallery. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-67-2) is a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves called The Blanket. Both photos were taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: 1895-1900

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-130

Description: Photographs taken in the Bay of Islands and Hokianga districts in the late 1890s, by Frank J Denton. Include several of Paihia; the church with ruins of Archdeacon Williams' house; church belfry (standing alone in a field in front of the church); monument to Archdeacon Williams, Paihia Cemetery, `raised solely by Maori subscription'; and monument to the Treaty of Waitangi. Views of Kerikeri include the oldest wooden house, and the oldest stone house in New Zealand; and Kerikeri Falls (Rainbow Falls). At Waimate views show ruins of the first mill in New Zealand, remains of a factory near the old mill; puriri trees; and Waimate Church. Pakaraka views show interior and exterior views of Pakaraka Church; and `The Retreat', Archdeacon Williams' residence. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album entitled "Photographic views", 28 x 21 cm

Date: [1970-1975]

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7261-12

Description: File relating to background information on various Tourist Hotel Corporation hotels and venues covering history of the hotels and the use of the surrounding areas; included are the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers, Wairekei Thermal Reserves, Tokaanu Hot Springs, Waitomo Caves including Waitomo, Ruakuri and Aranui caves Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1883 - 1885

From: Pownall, Robert, 1839-1889 :1. [Paintings and photographic copies of paintings of New Zealand landscapes, including Nelson, Taranaki, and Aorangi/Mount Cook. Copy of portrait of Pownall by Maggie Bullock. 1860s-1880s]. 2. Victoria, 1837-1887. Jubilee ode by James Duigan with illustrations by Robt W Pownall MSA. 1887

Reference: C-117-048

Description: A coastal view at low tide showing Split Apple Rock, situated in Tasman Bay between Kaiteriteri and Marahau. The cliff face of Toko Ngawa Point shows up the numerous caves cut into the rock. Another spherical boulder, now much worn, stands beside the split rock Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Robt. W Pownall [artist's signature reproduced] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 285 x 535 mm, border 375 x 610 mm

Date: 1887

From: Gully, John 1819-1888 :[Sketchbook] / J Gully 1887

Reference: E-195-055

Description: The mouth of a cave near Takaka, possibly part of Howard's Hole Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash 122 x 212 mm on side of loose page

Date: ca 1890s

From: Donne, Anne, fl 1975 :Photographs mainly of Richard John Seddon in New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: PAColl-4343

Description: Photograph of a small house next to the Buller River on the Lyell to Nelson road. Photograph of eight men, including at least one Maori, in a punt at the mouth of the Waitomo Caves, one of them holding an axe. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1888

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook. 1886-1888].

Reference: E-598-033

Description: Shows a man wading in a river or pool inside caves hanging with stalactites. Other Titles - 11 January 1888 Extended Title - from his Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook, 1886-1888, page 33. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page 223 x 145 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: ca 1890-1935

Reference: PAColl-7225

Description: Collection of photographs used by Dewar in his book Chaslands, a number of which include extensive notes. The photographs are of: Harry Croft's hut on Wallace Beach; Heathfield Dairy Factory with six wagons loaded with urns outside (the notes name all the men in the photograph); Waikawa sawmill tramline with timber truck; Arthur and Fred Croft outside their house at Chaslands; Chaslands School (the notes name all the teachers 1895-1950); MacLennan Railway Station showing the cleared hillsides around it; a car at the far end of the bridge near Chaslands; the boys and girls of Ratanui School with their teacher George Dewar ca 1935; the Chaslands rugby football team with Fred Croft, Donald Little, Bandy Kini, George Dewar, Kangaroo Bill Wells and Herb Ottenshaw (others not known); the junction of McLennan and Tahakopa Rivers showing the ford from Owaka to Chaslands (with notes); the first passenger train on the Catlins extension line at MacLennan Station; Tautuku Bay from the top of MacLennan's Hill; two of men in Cathedral Caves; bush scenes around Chaslands; Houipapa Valley from Gibb's Hill with Catlins Lake in the distance; white pines near Owaka; the buried forest north of Poimawea; a car on the road at Smillies Quarry; Curio Bay at Waikawa; and Mount Samson with the bridge over the Chaslands River in the foreground. Arrangement: Copy negatives housed at 1/2-002484 to 002506 Quantity: 23 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: [1880s - 1890s?] and [1920s?]

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa

Reference: PA1-o-244

Description: A pocket inside the front cover of this album contains 23 loose photographs of landscapes in New Zealand, many of them Government Publicity Photos. In the South Island various views show Milford and the Milford Track, Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook, and the Buller Gorge. In the North Island there are several views of a group of fallow deer near Featherston; two of geysers at Whakarewarewa; and two of caves in the Waitomo Cave system, showing the underground river in the Aranui Cave, and stalactites in the Ruakuri cave. The main body of the album contains older photographs, circa 1890s, of townscapes in the Wairarapa. Two scenes show groups of Maori performers, one of a posed group of men and women, some holding taiaha and mere; the other of a group of young girls dancing on a podium. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with imitation crocodile skin cover, entitled `Photographs'; 26 x 33 cm

Date: [ca 1860s-1880s, ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9453-6

Description: Scenic photographs taken for New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-070

Description: A view into the sea-level caves at Castlepoint, with sea surges Other Titles - Castlepoint Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash, 130 x 215 mm

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Ring album 1

Reference: PA1-o-435-37

Description: Cave on Broken River, circa 1890s, photographed by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Cave on Broken River NZ 630; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ring's photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.4 x 20.2 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 1842 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-050/052

Description: Views of Wellington between 1842 and 1845. The top view shows Mount Victoria from the area of Courtenay Palace, with Simmonds' and Hoggard's windmill and two other buildings, a track in the foreground, and a cleared area and one house on the slopes of the hill. The central view shows a Maori man looking through a rock archway, with timber bracing at the top, the sea beyond. The view is close to Pukerua Bay. The lowest view shows a canoe in the foreground and the palidsades of Paremata Pa on the shores of the Paremata inlet, with a European house in the background Other Titles - Paremata, Porirua Other Titles - Paripari Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261

Date: ca 1880s

From: Hargreaves, Frederick Ashby, 1854-1946 :Collection of photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/1-023288-G

Description: View of Tolaga Bay from the mouth of "The Hole in the Wall," Cook's Cove, Tolaga Bay. Photograph taken by Frederick Ashby Hargreaves some time in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - no 40 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0446-G

Description: Looking under Castles, Rocky River, Collingwood. Shows two men seen from the mouth of a cave, or a broad overhang of rock with a landscape of mountains in the distance. Photographed by the Tyree Brothers some time in the 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Looking under Castles, Rocky River, Collingwood. Tyree photo 9018 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1852

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 1] 1851-1852

Reference: E-332-032

Description: Shows a row of caves along Otekaieke River bed at the mouth of the river. Also shows surrounding coast and hills Other Titles - Otekaieke Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Oteaki River (bed) and caves Limestones??? Friday 17 Dec 1852 and mist clearing looking abt S E; Recto - bottom left - toward Bell hill Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 120 x 229 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-039

Description: The interior of a limestone cave, with stalagmites and stalactites, its size given scale by the presence of two seated Maori figures in the background. The caves shown may be in the vicinity of the Waitomo Caves, near where Angas was located on 18 October 1844. The name Poukumapou is no longer in use, but may refer to Pukemapou, some distance northeast of Waitomo. Angas in his journal and in Savage life and scenes (published 1847) refers to fording the Waipa and reaching Paripari (Parapara?) on 18 October, both some kilometres north-east of the Waitomo Caves. The suggestion that the caves shown are in fact the Waitomo Caves, is possibly incorrect in that these caves were officially "discovered" as late as 1887 by Tane Tinorou and Fred Mace. 'Mr Lewis' is almost certainly Louis Hetet, a French settler, sometimes spelled Lewis Hetet, mentioned frequently by Angas in his journal. Other Titles - Te Paripari Parapara, Pukemapou. Title from back Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 320 x 254 mm

Date: 1848

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-055-3

Description: A view framed by the entrance to a cave, showing Rev. Richard Taylor's own home and mission station. The building is triangular in outline, three-storied and on cleared flat land below with outbuildings and a garden inside a fence. The Whanganui River and the opposite bank lie beyond in the distance Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monochrome wash, 155 x 90 mm.

Date: 1851

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-059-3

Description: Shows a cliff with a cave at the left, and floating platforms in the harbour at the right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour, 45 x 80 mm.