Places

Date: ca 1900s

By: Ferrier, William, 1855-1922

Reference: PAColl-7397

Description: Set of photographs of Timaru and Waimate which have been cut to fit together for a magazine lay-out or similar. They are: interior of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Timaru; Timaru post office; Timaru Custom House with Quirk's Royal Hotel to the right; the new Primitive Methodist Church, Timaru; St Mary's Church, Timaru; the boys of the Main School, Timaru in their cadet uniforms on the playing field with visiting adults; the Boys' High School, Timaru; the Wesley Church, Timaru; Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru; two views of the Municipal Offices and Public Library, Timaru; Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Timaru; and the Waimate Court House. The photographer was William Ferrier. Due to irregular shapes they have been used for a magazine lay-out at some stage. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1987-1993

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-169

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Selected names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(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: [ca 1900]

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-101

Description: A first edition of coloured postcards with views of Wellington and district, and the West Coast of New Zealand, circa 1900. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Postcards with paper cover, pages interfolded within an acid-free album, 30.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 29 May 1991

From: Customs Department Oral History Project Part IV

By: Flowers, Dennis Stanley, 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0103-01

Description: Dennis Stanley Flowers talks about family background and childhood in Napier. Recalls the Napier earthquake; education and beginning career with Customs Department in 1943. Describes the Wanganui Port Office, duties, conditions, and effect of World War II. Recalls various customs officers in Wanganui and Wellington; the Wellington Long Room; transfer to Wildlife Division to work in the Deer Control Section and then to the New Zealand Forest Service. Mentions working with Ron Fraser. Recalls return to Customs and work in Import Licensing. Discusses work in London as an official representative; work on various international committees; New Zealand tariff structure and later work in the Revenue Division. Describes various comptrollers and ministers of Customs Department. Recalls becoming Collector at Napier and the work of the Napier office. Covers pornography, drugs, car smuggling, changes in procedures, and alcohol as an occupational hazard. Mentions various staff and sums up career. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Napier Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Venue - Meeanee Road, Napier Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003983-003984 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0672. 3 photographs Search dates: 1925 - 1991

Date: ca 1902

Reference: 1/2-044242-F

Description: Exterior view of the Custom House at Timaru, on the corner of Cains Terrace and Strathallan Street, photographed circa 1902. Shows a stone building in a neoclassical style, with two pairs of columns framing the entrance. Photographer unidentified. Formerly identified as the Supreme Court in Dunedin This building served as the Customs office until 1976, when it was refurbished as a restaurant. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative