Places

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 1920 - 1929

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Franz-1920s-01

Description: Includes photographs, a map, and rail fares. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 10 p., 245 x 187 mm.

Date: 1929

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1890-1929]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1929-01

Description: Promotes Rotorua's tourist attractions. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of brochure, 230 x 375 mm, folding to 203 x 95 mm.

Date: 1936

From: New Zealand Railways: [Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1920-1969]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-1936-01

Description: Front cover shows rail car driver at the controls, and the view in front. Inside are pictures of models of rail car, West Coast hotels, and a map of the road and air connections to Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers from Hokitika. Extended Title - Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, folded in four, each section 285 x 114 mm.

Date: 1934

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Mt-Cook-1934-01

Description: Combination of colour print, photographs and text on brochure. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Coloured print on folded brochure, 228 x 380 mm.

Date: 1840-1950

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Heron, George Charles, 1923-1972; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Palmer, Albert Noel, 1920-1972; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PA1-o-1036

Description: Contains photographs and photographic copies of paintings illustrating Te Rangihaeata's house on Mana Island, Waitahanui Pa at Lake Taupo, meeting houses at Waihi (Taupo), Wairoa, Te Wairoa (Rotorua), Otaki, Ohinemutu, Morrinsville, Waiomatatini, Pokai, Whakarewarewa, Tokaanu, Koroniti and Thames. Also shown are a gateway at Te Teko and the gateway to a church at Nuhaka. The artists and photographers represented are G F Angas, A P Godber, A N Palmer, William Hall Raine, George Heron, Owen Johnston, E Edwards, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 1940

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Wairakei-1940-01

Description: Pamphlet promoting Wairakei as a tourist destination, with a map of the area, photographs, and illustrations. Date taken from handwritten date on cover. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on both sides of pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of pamphlet 240 x 408 mm, folded to 240 x 102 mm.

Date: 1932

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-1932-Cowan

Description: Souvenir pamphlets issued to those travelling on the Mystery train excursions organised in 1932: 3rd: To Mangaroa Station. 21 August 1932. Historical notes by James Cowan. (Incomplete copy) 7th: To Waikanae, with lunch at the property of Jack Field. Guide for the day was Mr W H Field, M.P. 11th: To Waikanae to the property of Mr W H Field, M.P. 12th: To Porirua, with a walking route across the hills to Wairere Bay through the properties of Mr David Prosser (Takapu-wahia), Messrs Murray Roberts, Whitehouse Bros., and the National Mutual Life Company. Historical notes by James Cowan Other copies of these pamphlets are held in the Library's book collections. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on pamphlets folded to 256 x 195 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2097.

Date: 1954

From: New Zealand Railways :[Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1950-1959]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1954-02

Description: A pamphlet promoting rail travel from Auckland to Rotorua, with a history of the building of the rail link, its engineering features, a map of the route, and "wayside notes" about the locations travelled through. There are scenic photographs and views of the inside of the train carriages. The front cover features a train and a tiki. Other Titles - Christchurch Quantity: 1 pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on pamphlet, 460 x 375 mm. (folded 230 x 96 mm)

Date: 1930 - 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1930-1939]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1930s-02

Description: 16-page brochure with photographs and text, and front and back cover as photolithographs. The brochure describes various facilities and cures available, including the new Ward Bathhouse, the Blue Bath, and treatments at the Health Spa - with photographs of the Dry Farado electric massage and diathermy treatments, a sinusoidal electric bath, the Bergonie chair, high-frequency valve, ultra-violet ray and Aix massage douche. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 230 x 187 mm.

Date: 1935

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Timaru Publicity Committee; Timaru (N.Z.). Borough Council; Goodwin, Jill Marion, 1947-

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Canterbury-1935-01

Description: Includes colourful covers and twelve pages of text and photographs about the Timaru area. Date taken from Page 1, column 2, paragraph 2. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on 12-page booklet with colour prints on covers, 232 x 203 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jill Goodwin, from the collection of her father B W Collins, in 2000.

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1950s-01

Description: Pamphlet advertising the bus service from Wellington to Rotorua. One side shows a map of the journey with facts about each town through which the bus travelled. The "cover" illustration shows a bus driver and a green and yellow bus. The times of stops along the way are listed: Wellington, Levin, Foxton, Bulls, Marton, Taihape, Turangi, Taupo, Wairakei, Rotorua. Refreshments on the northward journey were at Foxton, Taihape and Turangi; and on the southward journey, at Wairakei, Taihape and Foxton. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Oleograph on two sides of pamphlet 430 x 102 mm, folded to 144 x 102 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr R R Mason in 1993.

Date: 1935

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Fox-1935-01

Description: Booklet promoting the Fox Glacier area as a tourist destination. The front cover shows a painting of the Fox Glacier Hotel, by Duncan Darroch. Inside are text and photographs of the road, the glacier, reflections in Lake Matheson, and some ideas of where to go and what to do at the Fox Glacier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 213 x 136 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antipodean Books, Garrison, NY, in 2009.

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Southwell, Cynthia, active 1997

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Otago-1930s-01

Description: Guide to Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown and Wakatipu, with numerous photo illustrations in black and white. Other Titles - The scenic south of New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1v., 224 x 200 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs C Southwell in 1997.

Date: 1932

From: New Zealand Railways :[Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1930-1939]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1932-01

Description: A pamphlet issued to passengers embarking on a mystery train journey, contains text by James Cowan, titled "Plimmerton to Pukerua; the trail of Rauparaha", and has paragraphs about Fort Paremata, the old Taupo village, the capture of Rauparaha, and the Pukerua Pa. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 253 x 190 mm. Provenance: From the papers of Mr A G Bagnall, donated 2010.

Date: 1930

From: New Zealand Railways: [Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1920-1969]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-1930-01

Description: One side shows a bird's eye view of the spiral, as illustrated by E M Lovell-Smith. The verso shows a schedule of rail fares, accommodation tariffs, and photographs of the Chateau Tongariro, and a stream in the Tongariro National Park. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet, 287 x 394 mm.

Date: 1929

From: [Ephemera up to octavo size related to skiers and skiing. 1900-1949]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-SKI-1929-01

Description: Cover shows the hotels at the Chateau Tongariro, and the Hermitage, Mt Cook. A ski flies through the air in the centre. Inside are listed prices, and special winter rates, as well as photographs of skiers on the slopes. Other Titles - Cover title: Merry winter sports - Tongariro ... Mt Cook. Cheap trips by rail Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, 16 pages, 221 x 141 mm.

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1950-1959]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1950-01

Description: Pamphlet with a front cover illustration of a bus driving past a flowering cabbage tree and a spouting geyser, with a tiki in the centre of the page. The inside lists day trips and half-day trips to Rotorua and the surrounding district. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet 210 x 220 mm, folded to 210 x 110 mm.

Date: 1957

From: New Zealand Railways :[Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1950-1959]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1957-02

Description: A pamphlet showing the timetable of a train leaving Wellington at 12.10 am on 14th September, to reach Hastings at 7.33 am. The homeward journey left Hastings at 7 pm, arriving back in Wellington at 1.55 am. Pillows were available for hire, luggage could be stored free at the Railway Station, and there would be refreshments available at Palmerston North and Hastings. Other attractions of Hastings included a Blossom Festival dance, fencing and wrestling contests, the musical "Naughty Marietta", a fair, drum majorettes, and roller skating hockey championships. The train fare for adults was 5 shillings. The front cover shows the Hastings clock tower, and a sprig of blossom. Quantity: 1 pamphlet. Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet, folded to 168 x 109 mm.

Date: 1936 - 1937

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1937-01

Description: Shows a woman in a bathing costume leaping across in front of a background scene of Caroline Bay beach, Timaru. The beach is crowded with swimmers and sunbathers. In the right distance some ships are docked at the port. Dated from "New Zealand Railways magazine", 1 January 1937, page 44, where this image is reproduced. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 880 x 570 mm.