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Date: [circa 1905 to 1912]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA1-o-498

Description: Photographs of a range of industries in New Zealand, possibly related to the Christchurch International Exhibition in 1906-1907. Industries include animal related products including wool, from fellmongery to transportation and finally weaving; meat works, including the slaughter house, the mutton cooling room, shipping fozen mutton, the beef cooling room; butter, at the Hautapu Butter Factory, showing butter in the factory, and delivering butter at Ngaruawahia Railway Station; the Waikato Bacon Factory, and pig carcases. Other industries include flax, with scenes showing a flax mill, carting flax to the mill, stripping, washing and drying flax, and also grading hemp and loading bales of it at Auckland wharves; kauri timber industry, from felling the trees, hauling logs by bullock, floating logs over the Wairoa Falls, sorting timber at the mill booms, timber mill on the Wairoa River, and a million feet of sawn timber at the mill. The latter part of the album shows scenes of gold dredging on the Buller Gorge, hydraulic gold-mining at Ross, Westland; coal mining at Brunner; kauri gum diggers and a warehouse storing kauri gum; and finally views of the Sugar Refinery in Auckland, and a warehouse filled with sacks of sugar. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

Date: [ca 1880-1922]

By: Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Lennard, Leslie Maurice Wyn, 1903-1988

Reference: PAColl-0398

Description: Photographs by Edward Le Grice of Piha and Huia showing the coastline, streams and the houses of early residents including Le Grice's boarding house. The collection also includes photographs of sawmills and bullock teams hauling kauri logs. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copies of original prints Provenance: Donated by Maurice Lennard, Pukekohe, 1983

Date: 1928

From: Angus, Robert K, fl 1964 :New Zealand photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-010

Description: Album containing 1928 souvenir booklet celebrating New Zealand's first Commerce Train, which travelled through Auckland Province between 26th October 1928 and 4th November 1928. Souvenir number of the Commerce Train News, published by New Zealand Railways. Bound in with the book are photographs taken by an unidentified passenger on the trip. There are photographs in the booklet, which include several portraits of men on the trip, photographs of farmland, dairy factories, cement works, Arapuni Hydroelectric works showing the dam and the spillway, kauri forests, trains and cars, and group photographs of the personnel. Full lists of personnel are included in the book. Other - Photographs possibly taken by Robert Angus, manager of Cook & Son, Shortland St., Auckland, who was a member of the tour. Father of the donor Robert K Angus? Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 320 x 260 mm dark blue suede cover, spine embossed with decoration

Date: 1940s-1970s

By: McGregor, William Roy (Professor), 1894-1977

Reference: PAColl-5642

Description: Mostly photographs of Kauri trees and forest. In particular they relate to Waipoua and Warawara national parks and the Karekare Domain in the Waitakeres. All are part of a larger collection in Manuscripts comprising papers consisting principally of the records of the New Zealand Conservation Society, of which Professor McGregor was the founder and president, together with some records of successor and related conservation bodies. Much of the material relates to the attempts to conserve the Waipoua Kauri Forest. Arrangement: Prints housed at PAColl-5642-1, negatives housed at 1/4-080988 to 081015 and 35mm-22140 to 35mm-22144, transparencies housed at PA12-1474 to PA12-1500. Quantity: 329 b&w original photographic print(s). 15 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). 35 b&w original negative(s) 5 of which are 35mm strips comprising 19 images. 466 colour original transparency/ies. 113 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-195

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Many of the images show various aspects of logging in Piha and Karekare. Views include the Piha Tramway, bush railway inclines, scenes of lumbermen cutting down kauri trees and cross-cutting felled trees, transportation of logs by bullock teams and horse-drawn rail wagons, the Piha timber camp and mill and men at everyday activities in camp buildings and in their workmen's huts. Other sections of the album show views of Petone, and Godber's family (his wife, Laura Godber, and two children, Phyllis and William (Bill)); views of the central North Island; farming in the Mendip Hills (Canterbury); and views of Trentham. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 101 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26 x 30 cm

Date: 1906-1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: PA1-o-371

Description: Views of various factories and businesses in the Auckland Region, taken circa 1906, by unidentified photographers. They include interior and exterior views, and employees. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Factories and workrooms, Auckland Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Factories and workrooms, Auckland. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 31.0 cm

Date: 1976

By: Davis, Archie, active 1975

Reference: B-111-006

Description: A view of a kauri log dam in a stream amongst bush Hand-printed by the artist on hand-made paper No. 20 of limited edition of 50 copies, numbered and signed by the artist Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 335 x 235 mm

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Royal International Hotel (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Auckland-1960s-01

Description: Pamphlet describes wood used in the panelling of the counter in the Greenstone Bar (rimu, totara burr, beech, kauri, and hinau, with strips of kahikatea, rewarewa and puriri), and the panelling used in the office counter in the foyer (rimu, kauri, totara burr). The interior and bistro stonework is also described (mica schist), as is the interior stonework (volcanic and other stone from Atiamuri) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet 134 x 352 mm, folded to 134 x 90 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in May 2010.

Date: 1897-1904

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Pulman (Firm); Shepherd, Cromwell, active 1903-1934

Reference: PA1-f-142

Description: Charles Hill-Trevor's personal album of the time he spent as personal secretary to Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand. It records the New Zealand contingents sent to the South African war and public events, personalities and patriotic entertainments associated with that enterprise. Visits to Government houses in Australia record other governors, officials and official residences. On one occasion in Melbourne a New Zealand versus Australia polo match was played. Hill-Trevor shows an interest in Māori, wildlife conservation (including the bird sanctuary on Resolution Island), and the sports of fishing, polo and horsemanship. There are photographs of members of the Ranfurly family and their principal servants as well as the Governor engaged in official functions such as opening the Kaiapoi council offices and laying the foundation stone of the Veterans Home, Mt Roskill, Auckland in 1903. Also photographs relating to the play 'The Geisha'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

Reference: PA4-1483

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the eastern side of Great Barrier Island taken from Bridle Track which shows on the right. Also shows Kauri tree on left and farm in centre. Handwritten note on back reads: Eastern side of Great Barrier Island from Bridle Track which shows on right. Kauri tree on left - farm in centre. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Circa 1931]

By: New Zealand Railways; Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942; Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PA1-f-056

Description: Mainly publicity photographs for New Zealand Railways, most taken by unidentified photographers, though there are several portraits taken by S P Andrew (Stanley Polkingorne Andrew); also a number of images near the beginning of the album have a pencilled note which says "Mr Hinge's negative". There are a number of photographs of advertisements and posters for New Zealand Railways, including one promoting safety at railway crossings. In this scene a young woman is holding up a banner "STOP! Safety first", wearing a hat labelled "Stop", a sash labelled "Safety first" and wearing a skirt with the image of a car crash at a railway crossing. At the end of the album there are several photographs of postage stamps. Several photographs were taken at the opening of the Auckland Railway Station. Then a number show luggage or goods being loaded onto the interislander ferry; and near the back of the album a series showing racehorses, with one view of a horse being lifted onto a ship in a crate. A large section shows the Wellington rally for Lord and Lady Baden-Powell at the Basin Reserve in 1931, and later in the album views of them laying a wreath at the Citizen's War memorial (Cenotaph). Pages 38-43 contain 20 black and white photographs of water colour paintings by Thomas Ryan, from the 1890s. The subjects are mostly lakes and mountains in the South Island, including Lakes Mahinapua, Wakatipu, Te Anau, Wanaka and Manapouri; Teremakau River, Bealey River, Teremakau River and Clinton Valley; and in the North Island Lakes Rotorua and Tikitapu, and two of the Uruwera. On page 64 there is a photograph of a barred window. In front there is an ice-axe, a pair of skis, a fishing rod, 2 rifles, and a lidded straw picnic basket. It seems to have been used as the basis for a New Zealand Railways poster advertising outdoor life in New Zealand (see p 65). There are a number of pages of portraits of children, several of which have been formed into montages of images. None of these are identified. Some portraits of dignitaries involved with New Zealand Railways are identified with surname, but many are not identified at all. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C2'; 36 x 52 cm

Date: 1915-1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0655-1/2-G

Description: Two men felling a kauri tree near Piha. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. Man with hat is Henry Robinson. Original print at PA1-o-195 (Godber Album Vol 101, p 16). The caption on the page reads "Felling kauri trees" Inscriptions: Album page - Felling kauri trees. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0824-1/2-G

Description: Native bush near Piha, with kauri trees, tree ferns and bracken. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. An original print from this negative is at Pa1-q-102 (Godber album vol 109, p 70) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1915-1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0422-1/2-G

Description: Two men sawing a kauri tree after scarfing. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1915-1916, near the Piha Mill. Original print at Pa1-o-195 (Godber album, Vol 101, p 27) Inscriptions: Album page - Sawing a kauri tree. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1916-1918]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0420-1/2-G

Description: Two men stand by the unusable remains of a kauri tree which has been logged. The man at the back is the photographer, Albert Percy Godber, and the man in front is S Millington. Photographed between 1916 and 1918, near Piha. Original print at PA1-o-195 (Godber album, vol 101, p 28) Inscriptions: Album page - Waste timber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1915-1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0419-1/2

Description: Two men crosscutting a kauri log near Piha. Taken by Albert Percy Godber, 1915-1916. Original print at PA1-o-195 (Godber album, Vol 101, p 29) Inscriptions: Album page - Crosscutting a kauri tree. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001200-G

Description: Auckland Harbour's waterfront, with kauri logs in the foreground, and a boom in the middle ground. Rangitoto Island can be sen in the distance. The ship `Lady of the Lake' is beached next to the wharf on the right. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Kauri logs. Auckland. 1727 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Circa 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1119-1/2-G

Description: Stand of kauri trees at Anawhata, near Piha. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1916. Original print in Godber Album, Vol 109, p 28 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Kauri trees. Anawhata. Piha Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1915-1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0656-1/2-G

Description: A sawn kauri tree in the act of falling, near Piha. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. Original print in Godber album Vol 101, p 16 (PA1-o-195). The caption on the page reads "Felling kauri trees" Inscriptions: Album page - Felling kauri trees. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1913

From: Nash, Walter :Postcards associated with Walter Nash

Reference: PAColl-5792-06

Description: Kauri Timber Company, Freemans Bay, Auckland, during the Waterfront Strike of 1913. Shows the Company's factory buildings and a row of Massey's Special Constables on horseback, in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Waterfront strike, and Massey's Special Constables, identified by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - K.T.C Mill The strike, work resumed 21-11-13 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.7 x 13.8 cm