Places

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Harrison & Grierson (Firm); Rotorua County (N.Z.). County Council; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library

Reference: MapColl-832.18gbbe/[ca.196-]/Acc.29845

Description: A set of Rotorua County Council District Planning maps, section one, Rotorua West, on 15 sheets. Maps include sheet 1 - Rotorua County showing rural boundary; 2 - Maori burial reserves (Urupa) and a thermal spring reserve; 3 - showing rural boundary, railway, main traffic routes; 4 - rural boundary, residential, commercial and industrial zones, reserves, proposed motorway, Pukerimu Urupa, Weri Weri Pa, Rakeikohanga Urupa, Pekehana Reserve, Otaimata Reserve, Orangi-Kahu Burial Reserve, Urupa and Puhirua Pa, church reserve and lakeshore reserve; 5 - zones, reserves, schools, railway; 6 - state forests, scenic reserves, 'Waiponokino Old Pa', Maori reserve, Tuakuraurekau burial ground (Urupa), Kotare Maori Pa, water supply and acclimatisation reserve; 7 - zones, sewerage reserve, cemetery reserve, gravel pit, Pukepatu burial reserve (Urupa), schools, proposed road changes; 8 - native school site, Lake Rotokawa, boundaries, main traffic routes; 9 - water supply reserve, boundaries, main traffic routes and recreation reserves; 10 - specified departures granted, native school site, main traffic routes and boundaries; 11 - boundaries near Lakes Okataina and Tarawera; 12 - main traffic routes along Ataimuri Rd; 13 - State Forest Whakarewarewa Plantation; 14 - State Forest, scenic reserve and Lakes Tikitapu and Rotokakahi ; and 15 - reserve for internal communication, Koripo burial reserve, scenic reserves, lakeshore reserves, roads and boundaries surrounding Lakes Okareka and Tarawera. The maps are bound in a card folder. Maps have own notations and scales. Other Titles - 1 Other Titles - one Quantity: 15 map(s) bound together. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scales differ, 74 x 75 cm.

Date: 1962

Reference: MapColl-832.16gmbd/1962/Acc.28762

Description: Drawn on an outline of the North Island, depicts roads within the service area of the Port of Tauranga, from Auckland southwards to New Plymouth and eastwards to Gisborne and Napier. Also depicts the Tauranga Harbour Board's 1963 District. Reserve copy: MapColl Reserve 832.16gmbd/1962/Acc.28762 Quantity: 2 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1: 2 300 000], 33.8 x 21 cm.

Date: 1917

Reference: MapColl-832.1gm/[1917?]/Acc.5844

Description: Hand-traced map with annotations of roads, railways, some of which are proposed, and boundaries covering the area from Cape Kidnappers, including the East Cape, across to Rotorua to Lake Taupo and the Kaimanawa Range. Included in the unfinished reference key are Moa remains etc., Footprints, Remains in caves, Bones, etc. in open, all of which do not appear to be marked on this map. Red ink annotations, written by 'Black', include several points where the height is recorded in feet and notes such as Maori, Volcanic rocks, Massacre Te Kooti, 1869. It is not known if Black's work relates to the black ink annotations which detail the landing of H.M.S. Eclipse at Rangitukia on July 5, 1865 with 120 Militia and 75 Highlanders. The date of the skirmish is given as 18 July and 2 Aug. Kairomiromi. Also recorded is Pukemaire, Oct. 1st, H.M.S. Brick. Inscriptions: Mount recto - centre left - Presented by D & G Hill.; Mount recto - bottom right - Initials [indecipherable] 4.XII.17 Black Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale [ca.1:633,600], 40.6 x 43.2 cm.

Date: 1956 - 1960

By: Hansen, Neil Gilbert, 1918-2002; Tauranga County (N.Z.). County Council. County Engineer's Department

Reference: MapColl-832.16gmbd/[1956?]/Acc.9507

Description: Drawn on a published map of Tauranga County, Bay of Plenty, the annotations depict surface condition of roads (sealed and metal roads). See book 'Tauranga County, 1945-1989 : the story about the post World War II years, of wide ranging development until local government reorganisation' by Neil Gilbert Hansen. (Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, 1995). Base map: 'Tauranga County' Survey Licence no. 1954/10. Manuscript ink pen annotation reads 'Hansen, Tauranga County - black pencil - sealed roads, red pencil - metalled.' Catalogue card: '..made by Tauranga County Engineer for preparation of Automobile Association map.' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on paper, linen backed, scale [1: 126,720], 36 x 75 cm.

Date: 1946-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-173

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Government Tourist Gardens and Bath House at Rotorua; pataka at Whakarewarewa; tourists at Whakarewarewa (including couple being welcomed to the village & showing their Volkswagen car in foreground); Lake Rotorua; Lake Rotoma; Lake Rotoehu; Hongis Track Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1984

From: New Zealand. Ministry of Education :Photographs from the Ministry of Works Library

Reference: PA1-o-1301

Description: Photographic record of digging the trench in which to lay the natural gas pipeline through the Waioeka Gorge. Photographed by an unknown photographer from September to December 1984. The pipeline through the Waioeka Gorge carried natural gas between Kawerau and Gisborne. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 29 Dec 1926-13 Feb 1927

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-03

Description: Outward correspondence from Eric Tyndale-Biscoe to his parents Cecil Earl and Blanche Violet chiefly on the topic of a motoring and camping trip he made around the North Island of New Zealand. Letters include description of train travel, camping, trout fishing, driving and road conditions (including other traffic, punctures, getting bogged down, and pot holes), huts "swaggers whare", Waitomo Caves and glow worms, Maori history, manuka, tui birds, and swimming in lakes and rivers. Places he visits include Mokoia, Awakino, Te Kuiti, Waitomo, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatane, Opotiki, Gisborne, Lake Waikaremoana, Wairoa, Lake Tutira, and Napier. Also talks about staying in with the Reeves family [Hastings? Havelock North?], teaching, and preparation for his departure from New Zealand. Names mentioned are the Mellish family in Tauranga and the [Gordon?] family (farmers in rural Waikato). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Pen drawn maps show the route taken on the first leg of the journey from Mokoia to Awakino and the second leg from Awakino to Tauranga. Also includes pen illustrations of Mount Taranaki and bush, a tent, and a fishing fly.

Date: [ca 1965-1975]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-10628

Description: Slides taken by Muriel Edwards of New Zealand scenes, circa 1960s-1970s. Includes images of the Rakaia River and Highbank power station, Robert Falcon Scott memorial boulder (Queenstown Gardens), Skippers Canyon, Fitzroy Gardens (near Rotorua) and Muriwai's Cave carved entrance. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: [ca 1948-1955]

By: Harris, Herbert, 1921-2006; Milne, Isabella, active 2010

Reference: PAColl-9779

Description: Photographs of Wellington and Hutt Valley, taken ca 1948-1955 by Herbert Harris of Stokes Valley. Includes views of Slazenger factory, Petone (where Harris worked), Rotorua, and ship Gothic in Wellington Harbour, as Royal yacht for 1953-1954 tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Herbert Harris came from Australia in 1948 to work at the Slazenger factory in Petone. He built his own house in Horoeka Street, Stokes Valley. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7813

Description: Transparency slides of Wellington, Desert Road, and Rotorua, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: [17 March 1904]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-47-3

Description: The Road from Whakatane to Te Teko, pnhotographed during the visit of Lord Ranfurly's party, on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Road to Te Teko After attending the St Patrick's Day race meeting at Whakatane, the vice-regal party left for Te Teko at 4pm, and reached their destination by nightfall (source: Malcolm Ross, "Through Tuhoe Land"). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 88 x 117 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: ca 1924

Reference: PAColl-7325

Description: Copy negatives of photographs in an album. The Mimi valley deviation on the New Plymouth to Te Kuiti highway; the road alongside Porirua harbour showing submerged telegraph poles; men spreading and rolling gravel on the Gisborne to Wairoa highway at Morere; men laying concrete on the Christchurch to Timaru highway; number of horse-drawn carts on a riverbed being loaded with shingle; and horse-drawn scoops collecting shingle from a riverbed for the Hamilton to Rotorua highway. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003415 to 003420 Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: [914-1920], ca 1928

By: Tiller, R J (Mrs), active 1975

Reference: PAColl-0188

Description: Photographs taken by unidentified photographer(s) circa 1928 showing views of various parts of New Zealand from the north to the south, probably relating to holiday trips and sight seeing. Includes photographs of towns, cities, tourist spots, and accommodation: Fleming's Hotel, Tauranga; Waiwera Hot Springs Hotel; The Square, Palmerston North; the hospital and band rotunda in Taihape; the railway station, reservoir and other landmarks in Dunedin; the main street of Putāruru; a motor car outside Tawera Hotel; and people beside sheds and stream at Okoroire Thermal Resort. Includes scenic views in various locations: views taken around Queenstown, Laka Wakatipu, Paradise, and Glenorchy. Lake Hayes; Franz Josef Glacier (including its reflection in Lake Mapourika); Lake Tāupo; bush clad hills between Toa Toa and Motu; views of road from Turanga kumu highest point on road between Napier and Tāupo; view from Paekakariki Hill, Kapiti; Manawatu Gorge; Lake Te Pohue; Lake Wanaka; fishing vessels at Whangarei; landscape views taken from Takapu looking at Waipukurau; Days Bay, Wellington; Avon River, Christchurch; Gisborne Harbour; rail bridge at Karangahake Gorge; a traffic bridge at Hamilton; landscape views taken of Napier city buidlings and lagoon; Huka Falls; and Milford Sound. Includes three very faded copy prints pf photographs possibly taken between 1914 and 1920 showing"Herbert [W?] Williams, Russell" near a smoke billowing from a hillside; a solider [possibly in World War One uniform] standing near square pools of water and cypress trees "cistern at [Ain Hoyle?] in the Jordan Valley"; and a view of horses amongst a scrubby field "The day [?] was taken, A.W.R in wady kelt" [probably Wadi Qelt valley in the West Bank near Jordan River]. Some photographs are annotated on reverse with name of location and persons.Most photographs do not feature people. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059195 to 059286 and 1/2-076308 Quantity: 91 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Small black and white snapshots of varying sizes Processing information: Photographs have been grouped by the archivist in separate envelopes where images were taken in the same location. Envelopes have been annotated by archivist with the location name. Access statement was changed from "Curator required' to 'No access restriction" in July 2022 when record was enhanced.

Date: 1945

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Engineer's Department; Giesen, C F, active 1943; Foster, W G, active 1943

Reference: MapColl-832.16gmbd/1945/Acc.7354

Description: A regional planning map, T.D.O. 3397, of the area from Chateau Tongariro to Waiuku and the Coromandel to Waihou Bay has been used as a base map for the Turangi and Taupo Road Districts, which are outlined. The Tarawera area and the area next to Atiamuri have been shaded, but no reference key is given. The Hinemaiai Stream and the settlements of Mokai and Tarawera have been named. The area adjacent to Chateau Tongariro is named Kaitieke County. Title supplied by cataloguer Base map. Bay of Plenty No. 3 Highway District / compiled C.F. Giesen ; traced W.G. Foster. [Wellington, N.Z.]. New Zealand. Public Works Department. Engineers Department, 1943. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on a diazo print, coloured, scale [1:506 880], 64 x 70 cm. Provenance: No. 44 is written in blue pencil on bottom right corner.

Date: 1927-1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Moore & Thompson (Firm); Bierre, Eric W, 1899-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-145

Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1927 and 1959, many undated. Includes a variety of subjects and places (see below). Also photographs of Ana Hato at Orakei Korako; roadmakers and road construction at Hopuruahine in Wairoa District; ancient eel weir (patuna), taken by J Faris in 1886; carvings on King Koroki's palace, Turangawaewae Marae, Mar 1938; Maori Meeting House at Te Kaha, East Coast and carved memorial cross, 1959; Meeting House at Whangara, 1959; school children waiting for the bus outside the Ruatoria Primary School, 1959; group of children at Whakarewarewa, 1944, etc Photographers include: W Hall Raine; A W Powell, Eric W Bierre, Moore & Thompson, and others. Also typed list of captions (not all photographs included) Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1910-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000395-G

Description: View of the river with the new road bridge in the far distance. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Waiawa River showing new bridge. No 3729 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000392-G

Description: Man standing on rocks attempting to cross a ford on a road in the vicinity of Opotiki. A dog is watching him. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - River crossing. Opotiki motor road. No 3734 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1926 - 1927

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

Reference: MapColl-832.18gdw/1926-27/Acc.5836

Description: Hand drawn topographical map, by Henry Hill, of the lower area of the Kaingaroa tableland including Lake Taupo. Main roads with distances between settlements, old native tracks and rivers are named. Areas relating to artesian water prospects are marked as is a sulphur deposit near Taupo. Routes taken by the travellers - 1841 Diffenbach [i.e. Dieffenbach], 1841-2 Colenso and 1859-50 Governor Grey (Sir George) are marked. Stations, homesteads and an hotel are named. Includes a references key. Notes include historical, legendary and geological information. See records for other material collected by Henry Hill. Names include: Cox, Hitere, Hillier, Ihaia te Waru, Yarle. A note in the bottom right corner states: This map of the Taupo-Kaingaroa tableland illustrates Mr H. Hill's research inquiries as to prospects of artesian water on Kaingaroa in 1917, 1925, 1926 and 1927 respectively. To accompany research paper on Kaingaroa. A. Legendary. B. Historical. C. Geological. Stamps on the reverse state 'University of New Zealand, matriculation examination, 192. Drawing. Candidate No.'. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 33.3 x 40.3 cm.

Date: 1927

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

Reference: MapColl-832.18atc/1927?/Acc.5831

Description: Hand drawn topographical map, by Henry Hill, of the lower area of the Kaingaroa tableland including Lake Taupo. Main roads, old native tracks and rivers are named. Areas relating to water prospects are marked. Routes taken by the first travellers - 1841-42 Diffenbach [i.e. Dieffenbach], 1841-42 Colenso, 1849-50 Governor Grey [Sir George] are marked. Includes a reference key. Notes include historical events. See records for other material collected by Henry Hill. Handwritten on reverse 'Taupo - Kaingaroa. HH. Copy of my map'. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, linen backed, coloured, 31.2 x 45.4 cm.