Places

Date: [Between 1938 and 1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-061

Description: Album of publicity photographs, and photographs of posters and advertisements taken by unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. Many of the images in this album were taken for a series of articles written by Oliver Neal Gillespie between January 1939 and June 1940, published in the New Zealand Railways Magazine. The series was entitled "Buy New Zealand goods and build New Zealand. New Zealand Industries Series". These contribute the largest group of images in the album, covering a wide range of industries. They include men's and women's clothing manufacturers; electrical engineering companies such as Pallo Engineering (petrol pumps), National Engineering (Neeco electric ovens), Standard Engineering Company; tobacco factories; potteries; Nugget shoe polish factory; brushware factories; and companies associated with the manufacture of food products (eg Watties canneries, Edmonds Baking Powder, Griffins and Bycrofts biscuit makers, and Whittome & Stevenson sauce and pickle makers. There are other sequences of images, including newly built state housing in Lower Hutt, with some houses still under construction beside the Hutt River, a streetscape, and a children's playground (p 7-8); a large crowd joining in a send-off of R.S.A. men to Australia in April 1938; a train laden with boxes of oranges from Rarotonga, the "Special orange train from Auckland"; and photographs of charts showing the progress of the New Zealand Government Railways, with railways workshops staff organisation charts (for Otahuhu, Addington, Hutt & Hillside Workshops (p 28-29). On p 35 there are views of a new hangar at Rongotai Aerodrome, under construction, then views of the completed exterior and the interior with a row of Blackburn B-5 Baffin bi-planes. Several images show collection of Railway sports trophies (including cups for their cricket teams), and two views of New Zealand Railways staff member Neil Edwards, a tennis champion who represented New Zealand in Britain in 1939. Pages 39-41 show the construction of a large dredge on the West Coast; p 57 show a burst watermain on Waterloo Quary, wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 7'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: ca 1898-1905

By: Parker, Daniel, active 1890-1911; Main, William, 1934-2023

Reference: PAColl-7431

Description: Photographs of Kamo (Whangarei), Rodney County and Coromandel, taken, probably in the 1900s, by Daniel P Parker of Coromandel. Includes views of the construction on a timber dam (probably in Coromandel), Coromandel Public Hospital, Kennedy Bay (Coromandel), a stream crossing between Opitonui and Coromandel, bush camps in the Coromadel district and a traffic bridge in Rodney County. Daniel P Parker is recorded in the Wise's Post Office directories as an engineer in Coromandel from 1902 to 1930. Between 1906 and 1911 he is also recorded as a photographer. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: 1998 - 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-539-063/086

Description: General Pinochet complains about not being allowed to travel freely. Comment on the Minister of Defence's policy. Opposition Leader, Helen Clark, tells the public about National's intended defence spending. New Zealand's energy resources are put up for sale. Vultures gather around National's leader, Jenny Shipley. Jenny Shipley celebrates her first year as leader of the National Party. Boris Yeltsin reassures Russians he is still alive and running the country even though he is on an intravenous drip of Vodka. Finance Minister, Bill Birch in a pool after his attempt in the NZ Economic Free Fall Competitions. Jenny Shipley passes his togs, which he forgot to put on. Comment on the commercialisation of professional cricket. The House Judiciary Committee sit in judgement over President Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal. New ACC law allows victims the right to sue. Paul East quits politics to take up a cushy post for Foreign Affairs in London. Leaked conversations of Gilbert Myles. US military are relaxed about Iraqi missiles aimed at US Republicans. Jenny Shipley visits Bill Clinton. The world tryys to understand why Serbian security forces commit such terrible atrocitities. The Serbians say 'Because they can' Rachel Hunter and Jerry Hall discuss why they got rid of their rock star husbands. Pam Corkery quits politics. Bill Clinton tells the nation about the state of his relations with his wife Hillary following the Lewinsky allegations. The International Olympic Committee get 1st, 2nd and 3rd for Corruption, Greed and Arrogance. Monica Lewinsky is called to Washington for a high-level debriefing. The Government's response to people's needs following the storms in Northland. Sweetwaters festival leaves a mountain of unpaid debtors. Jenny Shipley advocates her favoured MMP option. Quantity: 24 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1962-1973

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-01

Description: Buildings designed by Stephenson and Turner. These include - ANZ Bank building, Courtenay Place, wellington, ca 1962. ANZ Bank interiors, Windsor House, Auckland. Architectural drawings of ANZ Bank building, Nelson, 1960s. Interior views of ANZ Bank building, Blenheim, before alterations. ANZ House, Oueen and Victoria Streets, Auckland, constructed 1962-1964, and opened in October 1964. Site photographs for Avery NZ Ltd building, Lower Hutt, August 1973. AMP/Woolworths building, Lambton Quay, Wellington, on which construction started about March 1973. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 103 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: [1868-1912]

From: Matson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8175-08

Description: Correspondence, receipts, specifications etc relating to Amelia Matson's affairs; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1960-1979]

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-40

Description: Buildings by Stephenson and Turner include - Photographs from an album showing buildings designed in New Zealand and Australia in the 1960s. These include - Royal Exchange building, Wellington. BOAC booking office, Hamilton Chambers, Wellington. General Motors New Zealand LTD, Trentham, Lower Hutt. The Pavillion Restaurant, Kirkaldie & Stains, Wellington. ANZ Bank, Courtenay Place, Wellington. Office for Fibremakers, Wiri, Auckland. Auckland Methodist Central Mission buildings, Civic Square, Auckland. ANZ House, Auckland. Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. South Pacific Hotel, Auckland. Acute block, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland. Main acute block, Auckland Hospital. Unilever House, Sydney. CML Assurance head office, Melbourne. St Hilda's College of Residence, Melbourne Universty. Pearl Assurance House, Adelaide. Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, Adelaide. Marion Shopping Centre, South Australia. Floor plans for the BNZ Centre, Wellington. Exterior view of the Bank of New Zealand building, Christchurch. Wellington office interiors designed in the 1970s. Buildings include - DFC building, Grey Street, Wellington. Norwich Union House, Wellington. Westpac Bank, Wellington. Singapore Air Lines, Wellington. Other photographs include - BNZ Centre display in Shell House, 1972. Group of exterior and Interior views of Sprott House, Karori, Wellington, 1971. Exterior views of the Grand Hotel, Wellington, November 1971. Exterior view of the Waterloo Hotel, Wellington, November 1971. View of Featherston Street from Willis Street, November 1971. View of Willis Street looking south, November 1971. Exterior and interior views of BP House, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, 1971. Exterior and interior views of the IBM building, 155-161 the Terrace, Wellington, October 1971, Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 68 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: 1974

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to health, public health, nutrition]

By: Auckland Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases Association Inc; Claridge, C I (Mrs), active 2008

Reference: Eph-A-HEALTH-1974-01

Description: Letter from the Association accompanies an envelope of two sheets of stickers showing the Auckland War Memorial NMuseum, with the wording: "Help fight Tb, Auckland & Northland 1974". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Sheets of coloured stickers, 4 x 4 stickers on sheet 115 x 150 mm.

Date: December 1957

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7690

Description: Transparencies of Auckland City buildings, taken December 1957 by Whites Aviation. Includes views of a parking building at the Farmers Building, General Post Office, Civic Theatre, and Odeon Theatre. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: [ca 1960]-1979

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-11

Description: Building and interiors designed by Stephenson and Turner. Includes interior views of offices in Auckland. Progress photographs recording the comstruction of the DFC building, Grey Street, Wellington (this was built for the AMP Society). Interior views of a bank in Washington DC, USA (identified as `N Bank of C,' ca 1960s. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: 1945-[ca 1955]

From: Beverley Reid and Josephine Towsey :Photographs relating to Reid NZ Rubber Mills Ltd

Reference: PA1-o-1460

Description: Album recording the building of, and growth of, the Reid Rubber Mills Ltd. factory, Great South Road, Ellerslie, Auckland. Also illustrated is the mechanical equipment for the manufacture of rubber products, and the electrical controll systems, installed in the factory. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1938-1940

By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998

Reference: PA1-o-909

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1965-1974

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-07

Description: Buildings designed by Stephenson and Turner in Wellington and Auckland. These include - New Zealand Wool Board building, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, 1980-1983. Site photographs relating to a project for National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd (NMLA), Grant Road, Wellington. NMLA building 141 Manners Street, Wellington, December 1973-December 1975. Office building for New Zealand Fibremakers Ltd, Wiri, Auckland, ca 1960s. Photographs relating to slip damage to access to a house off Tinakoti Road, Thorndon, Wellington, for New Zealand Red Cross Society, 1973-1974. Architects drawing of offices designed for NMLA Takapuna, Auckland, and dated January 1965. Site for Norwich Union building, Wellington, completed ca 1983. Interior of banking chamber, National Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, December 1979. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). 22 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-206

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1959

Reference: Eph-POSTCARD-Auckland-1959-01

Description: Shows two Auckland views, one of the harbour bridge, and one of the carpark beside the Farmers department store, with figures for the number of cars parked in it in 1958 (one third of a million). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard 107 x 143 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in April 2002.

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1958]-1977

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-36

Description: Includes - Views of Christchurch, some showing the new Bank of New Zealand building on The square in the later stages of construction, mid 1964. Photographs of the Christchurch Star offices. These relate to the new Bank of New Zealand building constructed ca 1964. Interior views of the new Bank of New Zealand building on The Square, Christchurch, ca 1965. New buildings, Auckland Hospital and Medical School, 1977. Mon Desir Hotel and surroundings, Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, auckland, ca 1958. Perspective drawing of the Guardiam Trust building, Wellington, 1965. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 84 b&w original photographic print(s). 19 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

Date: 1961-1974

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-05

Description: Buildings designed by Stephenson and Turner. These include - Exterior and interior views of the New Zealand Chancery building, Canberra, Australia, May 1974. Chapel and office tower for the Auckland Methodist Central Mission, early 1960s. Excavation for a new press building for the Evening Post, Wellington, December 1961. Interior views of the offices of the Newspaper Proprietors Association. Factory building for New Zealand Breweries, Wellington. Site and office building for New Zealand Breweries, Auckland. Law Society building, Waring Taylor Street, Wellington, 1960s. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1932

From: Scrimgeour, P :Albums and photographs relating to Reverend Colin Scrimgeour

By: Scrimgeour, Colin Graham, 1903-1987

Reference: PA1-o-1022

Description: Photographs of Auckland City and some of its details. These include towers on well known buildings, Mission Bay, and animals in the Auckland Zoo, and children at play on the roof of the Farmers Trading Company shop building. People include the motor cyclist Percy Coleman, and the Norwegian round the world yachtsman Erling Tambs and his wife and son. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1959-1983

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PA12-8332

Description: Views of details of Britannic House, Jervois Quay, Wellington, 1983. Details of Renouf House, Wellington, 1983. Interior view of Todd Motors foyer. Street views of ANZ Bank, Nelson. Architects perspective drawing of ANZ House, Queen Street, Auckland. Entrance to National Bank, Auckland Methodist Central Mission, August 1959. Floor plans for Royal Exchange House, Featherston Street, Wellington. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original transparency/ies. 14 colour original transparency/ies. Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011