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Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

Date: 1868

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-o-094

Description: Views of New Zealand chiefly taken by Daniel Mundy circa 1868, with some taken by Charles S Spencer. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Decorated tan coloured cover "Scraps", 25.5 x 33 cm Provenance: Alexander Turnbull Library donation slip on front page reads: "Scrapbook of old photos collected by Mr Mundy about 1868."

Date: [ca 1890-1950]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-0531-1

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1858 - 1892

By: New Zealand. Māori Land Court; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Cussen, Laurence Carroll, 1844-1903

Reference: MapColl-832.1gmbh/[1858-1892]/Acc.4484-4492

Description: A collection of map information from various sources from 1858-1892. The maps no. 1-6 and 8 contain information from Native Land Court plans of the 1880's, Survey Office road plans, Lands and Survey's first amendment (Mr Cussen's topographical survey), a map by S. Percy Smith, and the Sub-Atlas committee. The information has been added in different pens and hand writing eg "Plan marked from Hokianga" or "no track here shown by Mr Cussen". The map marked no. 7 shows military information from the New Zealand wars eg "Troops to be sent to Waikaremoana via Ahikereru - Ruatahuna Huiarau from Taupo". Shows some native tracks eg "from Heruiwi" and corrections or previous omissions. Map no. 9 shows tracks on N.L.C. plans, one of which "is away at the Court". The maps show very little signs of any settlement, except No. 3 and 6 "Tapuaeharuru Pa" and "Te Pueto Stn". A mission station, a native settlement and a school are also indicated. The maps cover the region from Hokianga, Kawhia Harbour, Mokau River, Waikato River, Tirau, Taupo to Rotorua on maps 1-6, 8 and Rotorua to Waikaremoana to Poverty Bay on maps 7 and [9]. All maps depict rivers. Map 7 and [9] are maps with annotations. They are on the published base map "Four-mile sheet, No. 10" (Wellington, New Zealand Lands and Surveys, 1935). The others no. 1-6 and 8 are tracings of an unknown map. Quantity: 9 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copies, scale indeterminable, various sizes.

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-021-1

Description: A view across Lake Rotorua, probably from the top balcony of the Lake House Hotel, Ohinemutu. The 'creek' might be a reference to Utuhina Stream. Two small geysers can be seen, and a Maori family sit beside one of them. Two cottages are also in view in the foreground A very similar view from the watercolour on the previous page, E-955-f-020-6 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Creek from L.H. [Lake House] [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, 95 x 147 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1892

From: Various artists :[Reproductions by Tauranga District Libraries. 1 Horatio Gordon Robley. Canoe race Tauranga Christmas 1865; 2. Three watercolours by an unknown soldier at Gate Pa; 3. Two watercolours by Emma Mary Vogan. Reproduced 1990s?]

By: Vogan, Emma Mary, 1875?-1941?

Reference: A-426-083

Description: Shows a view looking down a grassy slope towards a weeping willow beside a gate and fence. Beyond is a narrow road and a stream outlet into the bay, with Mt Maunganui in the centre distance. Reproduced by Tauranga District Libraries, from an original. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 176 x 250 mm, on sheet 222 x 297 mm

Date: 1885-1886

By: Mason, George Edward (Rev), 1847-1928

Reference: PA1-f-253

Description: Album of photographs collected by Rev G E Mason on a trip around the world in 1885-1886. Comprises photographs of California, Tasmania, Sydney, Ceylon, Egypt and New Zealand. In 1884 the Bishop of Lichfield recieved a request from the bishops of Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand, to send clergy to conduct missions in their dioceses. To this end he invited Rev G E Mason, and Rev Charles Bodington to do the job. The two clegymen left Liverpool for the United States on the 4th of July 1885, spent a summer in New Zealand, and returned to England in September 1886. (Info from "Round the Round World on a Church Mission," Rev G E Mason, Society for the promotion of Christian knowledge, London, 1892). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive.

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1891

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Watercolours and sketches of a visit to Te Kooti, Urewera country. 1891].

Reference: B-159-009-1

Description: Includes view of the dwellings of Te Whaiti, on an area on the left. The river winds over the plain on the right, with wooded hills in the distance and further right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sheet, 253 x 372 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: 1891

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Watercolours and sketches of a visit to Te Kooti, Urewera country. 1891].

Reference: B-159-008-1

Description: Shows a river in the foreground, with a plain and rugged rocky mountains including Tawhiuau in the background. The location may be somewhere near Murupara. Similar to image at E-965-02 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sheet, 253 x 372 mm.

Date: 1891

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Watercolours and sketches of a visit to Te Kooti, Urewera country. 1891].

Reference: B-159-008-2

Description: Shows a river in the foreground, winding between wooded slopes. There is a fence and dwelling in the lower foreground, and a small hill with palisades in the middle distance. The view is from the pa, rather than showing it. According to the map accompanying Major Main's expedition against Te Kooti, March 1869 (reproduced in Judith Binney's "Redemption songs" (1995), page 158), Ahikereru or Ahikerera, where the pa was situated, is on the Whirinaki River, southest of Murupara. The title mentions "Capt Mair", but, according to Judith Binney's "Redemption songs" (1995), page 158, it was Major William Gilbert Mair (rather than Captain Gilbert Mair), who was involved in the action at Te Harema Pa. Other Titles - Te Harema Pa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sheet, 253 x 372 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: 1864

Reference: MapColl-832.16hkm/[ca.1864]/Acc.1869

Description: Hand drawn military map of the area from the Waimapu River, including the Tauranga-Rotorua Road to Okauia, Irihanga, Wairoa River and Tauranga Harbour. Includes roads and tracks, one of which is marked as 'my scouting track - there and back close on forty miles'. Gate Pa is marked, settlements, rivers and some roads are named. Scenes of action are marked as crossed swords and some battle sites are named - Gate Pa, Te Ranga, Oropi, Waehi, Whakamarama. Directional arrows point to Rotorua and Okauia. Includes some hachures, sites of clearings and a location of a house. Title partly taken from the pencilled heading, believed to have been added at a later date, and the catalogue card. Pencilled title of map is written along the top edge and on reverse: [Sketch map of country around Gate Pa ... ca. 1864] believed to have been added at a later date. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, coloured pencil on paper, linen backed, coloured, 19.7 x 21 cm.

Date: 1860 - 1870

From: Spratt, Henry Thomas, b 1827 :[Sketchbook. 1860s?]

By: Spratt, Henry Thomas, 1827-1908

Reference: E-572-009

Description: Shows two bridges spanning a curve of a river. Artist attributed by inscription inside front cover. Artist assumed to be Dr Henry Thomas Spratt, rather than his son Henry Howell Spratt. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 1, Wellington, page 884. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, on sketchbook page 186 x 247 mm. Provenance: Donated by Barry Smith in 1999. Donor is descendant of William Mein Smith.

Date: 1891

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Watercolours and sketches of a visit to Te Kooti, Urewera country. 1891].

Reference: B-159-006

Description: Shows a winding river beyond some fenced fields on the left, and the pa on a slightly raised area at the right. There are bush-covered hills in the background. Other Titles - Pa Similar to image at E-965-F-06 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sheet, 253 x 372 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: circa 1880, 1934 - 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Wade, Keith Reginald, 1920-1992; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-029

Description: Scenic photographs of the North Island, 1934 to 1955. Includes Manawatu - Wanganui, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Taranaki, Northland and Auckland Regions. Also includes photographs of the first school in Palmerston North and the Bank of Australasia Corner, Palmerston North, circa 1880. Photographers include W. Hall Raine, Keith R. Wade, Harold J. Dunstan, J M S Beale, A W Powell, and aerial photographs by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints