Places

Date: 1924-1937

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-769

Description: Opens with views of the site of the Arapuni Hydro scheme and the Paturuahine Gorge which was flooded to form Lake Arapuni. This is followed by images of the repairs to the one of the water channels that took place in 1932. The rest are photographs of the dam at various stages of construction, the dam completed, views of the new lake, water flowing over the spillway, and the Arapuni falls created below the dam Two views of Atiamuri show the Pohaturoa Rock in the background Ten images of Stewart's Claim, a location south of Okarito, show scenic views some with gold dredging equipment lying around, a beach and a river estuary on which is a barge loaded with pipes. Eight images record before and after effects of controlled blasting on a limestone bluff at Cobden Quarry, Greymouth, photographed on the 15th of January, 1932 The last section are views of the construction of the Waitaki Hydro, and the new Lake Waitaki. There are also several images of the Mokau Falls at Waikaremoana Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: [ca 1926]

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1053

Description: A motor tour in the North Island of New Zealand. The album opens at Napier City and includes views of places, bush scenery, rivers, lakes, and camps as the party moves through Hawke's Bay, the Gisborne Region, the Bay of Plenty, then across and into Taranaki via Mount Messenger and back to Wellington via New Plymouth and Wanganui. There are views of Wellington and Newtown Park during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1926, Wellington Harbour, Haughton Bay, Porirua Hospital, and Khandallah Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1927

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

By: Foster & Miller (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1927/Acc.8965

Description: Drawn on a published land transfer title map, annotations depict available freehold sections situated at the Arapuni Dam (some indicate price), the Lake Drive on Crown Reserve, indications of car tracks, the jetty, and information on the desirability of the sections. Bottom left hand corner reads: 'For particulars apply J.H.Hinton, Arapuni', other text annotations include promotional information about the desirability of the sections, distance to Napier, minimum deposit required. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on card, part coloured, 43 x 33 cm.

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1927

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-077

Description: Shows a view of a corner of a large lake with snowy peaks in the distance. Location confirmed by similar named view at A-379-078. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 257 x 357 mm.

Date: 1910 - 1920

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

Reference: A-462-245

Description: Shows Lake Taupo, with hills in the background. Grass and trees are in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 124 x 170 mm

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-1932-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Hamilton from the Water Tower. Back view of two houses in left foreground. Fields left centre with the township beyond. A lake (Lake Rotoroa) centre right with flat farmland beyond. More houses far right in the middle distance. Hills in the distant background on the right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Hamilton, N.Z. 1924. No. 39B; Marginal notes on negative - Hamilton from Water Tower; Marginal notes on negative - 7 7 7 7 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 120.5 cm

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-1934-F

Description: Panoramic view over Hamilton. A lake is on the far right (Lake Rotoroa). Fields in the foreground. Sloping hill to the left of the lake with houses behind. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Hamilton. N.Z. 1924. No. 39A; Marginal notes on negative - 20 straight out tissue town; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 130.7 cm

Date: 1924

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

By: Holden, Bessie Graham, 1856?-1943

Reference: Pan-1935-F

Description: Panoramic view of a large two-storeyed wooden house on the right. A woman is leaning over a balcony of the sleeping verandah above the front entrance. A woman and child are seated on steps under a trellis arch leading to the entrance. The driveway runs across the image below the steps. Bay windows on the right, glassed-in porch downstairs on the left. Bamboo growing on the far left. Lawns and pasture leading down to Lake Rotoroa on the far left. Stand of trees and a few animals grazing down by the lake. Trees on the far side of the lake. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Lake House. No. 37; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Mrs. T. Holden. Box 36. Hamilton. No. 37 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 127.4 cm

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: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1975-F

Description: Panoramic view of Lake Taupo showing a line of eleven men in waders fishing for trout at the mouth of the Waitahanui River a sight known as the `picket fence' of anglers. Some of the men are waist-deep in the water. Groups of people sitting on the beach, one with an umbrella, and one man standing on the beach holding up a trout by the gills. Hills in the background across the lake. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Trout fishing" Lake Taupo. New Zealand. No. 844; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Trout fishing. Lake Taupo. N.Z. No. 715 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.7 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-2119-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across Lake Rotoroa. Four people are in the water by a water-logged dinghy, and three other people are swimming nearer the bank on the right. There is a man on a bicycle by bathing sheds on the far right. Established trees on the far side of the lake, row of houses visible on the far left in the middle distance. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Lake Rotoroa. Hamilton, N.Z. No. 18; Marginal notes on negative - Rotoroa Lake. Hamilton. No. 18; Marginal notes on negative - 6 6 6 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.1 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-2124-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Lake Rotoroa centre left. Houses on the far right in the foreground, on the far left, and across flat land in the right middle distance. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Lake Rotoroa". Hamilton, N.Z. No. 18A; Marginal notes on negative - Rotorua [i.e. Rotoroa] Lake; Marginal notes on negative - 5 5 5 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 108.3 cm

Date: 1917-1924

From: Heath, Henry C, fl 1890s-1920s :Photographs of New Zealand scenes and Heath's family

Reference: PAColl-8432-3

Description: A man and a woman in a garden, 1917; formal flower beds in a park; a brick tea kiosk; a group of women beside a lilly pond in a park planted with Canary Island palms; the Government Bath House, Rotorua; St Faith's Church and a general view of Ohinemutu; geysers and the model pa at Whakarewarewa; view to Lake Rotorua from a hill at Whakarewarewa; Rainbow Mountain and the Spa Hotel, Taupo; the Aratiatia Rapids and the Huka Falls; men working in a milking shed. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 box(es).

Date: 1927

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-078

Description: Shows a view of a corner of a large lake with snowy peaks in the distance. The scene is tinged with pink light. Location confirmed by similar named view at A-379-078. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 292 mm.

Date: 1920 - 1949

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: A-382-002

Description: Shows a view of the lake from the west side looking towards the Central Plateau. One of a group of sketches described by the artist's family as unfinished. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour sketch, 228 x 291 mm.

Date: 1926

From: Jones, Dudley William Carmalt 1874-1957 :New Zealand sketches / [by] C. J. [ca.1937].

Reference: E-347-010

Description: View of mountains across the lake with boulders in the foreground Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of pencil sketch, 150 x 104 mm

Date: 1920 - 1929

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-076

Description: Shows a view of a calm lake with boulders on the near shore and a tree in the right foreground. Date estimated from the similarity of paper to other works dated in the 1920s. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 293 mm.

Date: Circa 1924

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

By: Loughlin, John, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1251-F

Description: Panoramic view over the Waikato River outlet on Lake Taupo. Two-storeyed wharf buildings with boat moored alongside. Two launches are sailing out into the lake. There are small outbuildings near the wharf, two cars parked on the road and three tents near the water's edge. Several houses partially visible amongst trees in the centre of the image. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Outlet of Waikato River from Lake Taupo. No. 119; Marginal notes on negative - Outlet of Waikato River from Lake Taupo N.Z. J. Loughlin Box 41, London St, Hamilton. 21 B&W 1 oils. Iron roof on wharf. Red roofs in background 119 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.1 cm