Places

Date: 10 August 1979

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1979/2805-F

Description: Residents of Christie Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, carrying pets and belongings salvaged from their homes. They are (from left) Kay Anderson, John Prestney, Ray Wilson, and Judith Wilson. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 10th of August 1979 On the 8th of August 1979 a landslide destroyed part of the suburb of Abbotsford, Dunedin. Over 50 houses were wrecked and many more damaged Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1979

From: Insurance Council of New Zealand : Records

Reference: MSY-3488

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1937

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: A-424-033

Description: Photographed in E-918-q, 182/208. Listed in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 280 x 195 mm.

Date: 23 July 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/3090-F

Description: School bus, driven by Mr D L Dransfield, on a road beside the Wainui Stream after slips had been cleared from the road, taken 23 July 1968 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1929-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-768

Description: Damage to buildings, roads, rivers and landscapes resulting from the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-057

Description: A railway line winding around the edges of steep hills, with a train on the left and a tunnel at a lower point on the right entering a steep hill. bush. Probably a view from the track, looking at another part of the track and the tunnel ahead. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2418-F

Description: Panoramic view along the Manawatu Gorge, looking towards the Woodville end, with road and power pylons on the right side of the river. Railway line visible on the far side. Steep cliffs above the road with signs of slips on the right. Bush, some forest remnants, especially above the railway line. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Manawatu Gorge. New Zealand; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Manawatu Gorge. R.P.M. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.2 cm

Date: 20 Apr 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Bezett, Isabella Doris, 1909-2004

Reference: OHInt-0616/05

Description: Isabella Doris Bezett born Dunedin 1909. Gives details of family's move to Green Island. Describes Dick (Richard) Campbell, a storekeeper and homeopath and Bezett's Butcher shop. Also mentions Bolger's Bakery shop and Mayor W Smellie. Talks about Green Island picture theatre started by Town Clerk, Les Burk, in the old Volunteer (Town) Hall. Recalls the late Miss Mary Kirkland's Young Ladies Club. Briefly details how Saturday and Sunday nights were spent. Other memories include: serving with Red Cross overseas during World War II; fire at Hunterville hostel (1958); sickness and home remedies; heavy snowfall (1939); rationing and use of coupons during World War II; involvement with Sunday School at Presbyterian Church; Memorial Gardens (ca 1959) and opening of Civic Building (1960); Refers to the Abbotsford slip and describes relief for victims. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010059 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3355.

Date: 1 Jul 1994 - 01 Jul 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Geeves, James Edward, 1914-2002

Reference: OHInt-0616/15

Description: James Edward Geeves born at Seacliff, Otago 1914 - family moved to Kuri Bush while still young. Gives details of family background. Recalls childhood memories; location of Kuri Bush; Kuri Bush cheese factory; home deliveries of groceries etc; wildlife; horse and buggy transport; first cyrstal radio set owned by mother; arrival of electricity to Taieri Mouth and Depression, with reference to swaggers. Refers to improved conditions following the Labour Government coming to power in 1935. Recalls move to Green Island ca 1942 and working at Methven's Foundry. Talks about industrial pollution problems of Kaikorai Stream. Backgrounds getting position as postman at Green Island, a position held for 23 years. Briefly outlines postal runs, hospitality from homes at Christmas time and describes in detail items of uniform. Talks about women in the work force. Mentions: Campbell's store; Mrs McKay's shop; fruit shop owned by Mr Gardiner and Raymond Murphy, proprietor of `Tasty Tucker Takeaways'. Gives a personal account of Abbotsford slip and briefly details fate of some of the homes. Mentions offer of sponsored holiday in Tauranga for slip victims. Refers to Sunshine Club lost in slip. Continues to discuss pollution and changes in birdlife in own garden. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010083-010085 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3365.

Date: 14 Jul 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Hanson, George Frederick, 1910-1999

Reference: OHInt-0616/19

Description: George Hanson born Dunedin 1910. Briefly details early background. Recalls helping Mervyn Valpy in a milk run at the age of 10 / 12 years, leaving school, getting full time work on Valpy's farm at the age of 14 years and describes hours, wages and huts used for accommodation. Talks briefly about work at Queenstown / Arrowtown and Nees before using savings to buy 2nd hand 4 cylinder Chev truck in 1929, setting up Hanson's Carrying business. Talks about Depression and its effect on business. Backgrounds buying Callaghan's farm at Abbotsford and move to Green Island. Other topics discussed include: Green Island Young Ladies club; Hobbs bus service and Buchanan's store; snowfall 1939; sewerage, Green Island; Quarrying; Cycling club; amalgamation of Green Island Borough Council with Dunedin City Council (1989) and Abbotsford slip. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010094-010095 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3369.

Date: 12 Apr 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Lamb, Vera Jane, 1923-2013

Reference: OHInt-0616/28

Description: Vera Jane Lamb (nee Barnes) born Dunedin, 1923, spent childhood at Crookston, near Heriot. Recalls father was employed with Tuapeka County Council. Mentions the Depression and describes how family made boot polish and soap. Recalls cold West Otago winters, travelling 8 miles by bus to school in Tapanui and punishment in school which was severe. Refers to frequent snowfalls and flooding. Briefly mentions contents of School Journals. Other memories include: first job as housemaid / receptionist for Tapanui doctor followed by spell as housemaid / waitress at Tapanui Hotel; marriage in Tapanui 1940 and first home as a married couple on Cross's farm, Greenfield, describing household amenities. Talks about involvement with Green Island Bowling club. Mentions Heather Knox, Zona Fleury, Dawn Rowley and Dorothy Bernard. Recalls obtaining position as school secretary at Green Island School in 1956, a position held for 30 years. Refers to headmaster, Mr E Hoare and ex headmaster, Mr Ian McLeod. Describes involvement with Country Women's Institute and input of CWI during the Abbotsford slip. Recalls night of the slip and mentions Mayor Vic Crimp. Describes in detail work of the Fireside Club and a brief reference to Hunterville hostel fire (1958). Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010100-010111 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3377. Photocopies of 2 b&w photographs: (i) Vera Lamb 1986; (ii) V Lamb - Junior Ladies Singles Winner G.I. Bowling Club 1987 - with Mino Mount.

Date: 29 Sep 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Aburn, James Robert, 1916-1995

Reference: OHInt-0616/01

Description: James Robert Aburn born North East Valley, Dunedin 1916. Outlines family background - paternal grandfather, a builder in Dunedin, was involved in building projects including Harraway's (Harraway) Mill, Green Island and His Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin. Recalls primary schooling at Sawyers Bay School, Port Chalmers and George Street School. Mentions the `C A Larsen', a whaling ship which had struck a rock near Stewart Island and put into dry dock in Port Chalmers. Talks about secondary education at Otago Boys High School; rugby; cadet training; household chores; first pushbike (bicycle); Depression and first job in 1934 as a copyholder in the reading room of the Otago Daily Times office. Describes service in the Airforce as an A grade mechanic during World War II, spending time at Guadalcanal in a flight called Utility Flight which serviced all transport aircraft. Recalls buying Turner's Service Station in 1952 and describes part played by oil companies in financing service stations and changes in the garage business around 1970s. Mentions changes to week-end trading, pressure from oil companies and changes in work practices. Backgrounds involvement with Green Island Borough Council and talks about the amalgamation of the Council with Dunedin in 1989. Discusses Abbotsford landslide [1979], describing what happened when first signs of earth movement were spotted and what happened on the night. Refers to media attention. Accompanying material - Photocopy of `The Opening of the two most modern buildings in Green Island... Turner's Green Island Service Station Ltd....' Interviewer(s) - Grant Rule Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010048-010050 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3351. Photocopy of one b&w photograph of Mr Aburn and family

Date: 21 Jul 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Currie, John Thomas, 1916-2013

Reference: OHInt-0616/11

Description: John Thomas Currie born at Tinkertown, a mining village near Nightcaps, 1916. Briefly details family background. Talks about the Depression, leaving school aged 14 and first employment at Wairaki mine aged 15 years. Mentions job sharing and explains how it operated. Mentions the gold relief scheme, Central Otago. Refers to closure of Mossbank mine, Moreley Flat after flooding. Recalls explosion at Linton Mine 1939. Also briefly refers to heavy snowfall (1939). Explains that coal mining was an essential industry during World War II and gives details of successful appeal to Manpower Minister, Mr Hunter, joining Scottish Regiment in 1941, training at Forbury Park (Dunedin) and Trentham and sailing for Fiji in 1942. Recalls working for Fairfield Coal Mining Company on return from Fiji and commencing Fernhill mine Abbotsford when Fairfield went out of production. Discusses mine management and how different classes of ticket for managing mines operated. Mentions Mr Barclay and Jim Mair. Describes hazards of gas and refers to `Black damp'. Discusses the amalgamation of Green Island Miners' Union with Kaitangata after 1944. Refers to Bill McDowell, Green Island miners' representative. Other aspects of mining discussed include; health and safety; working relationships underground; the environment and accidents. Talks about importance of 1935 Savage Government. Makes a brief reference to 1951 Watersiders' strike [lockout] and Black Budget 1958. Mentions the Abbotsford slip and popular theories of the causes. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010075-010076 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3361. Photocopies of four b&w photographs: (i, ii & iii) Three views of Green Island Swimming Pool, Opening Day 1960; (iv) Main Rd, Sunnyvale, looking towards Green Island - Old Town Hall on right of road - middle distance ca 1944.

Date: 23 Mar 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Milburn, John Orr, 1913-2001

Reference: OHInt-0616/31

Description: John (Jack) Milburn born Burnside, Green Island 1913. Describes childhood home in Short Street, built by John Orr and made of kauri. Recalls: outdoor pursuits and chores on Saturday mornings; birthdays and Christmas; removal of tonsils at Dunedin Public Hospital; Influenza epidemic (1918); playground games at Concord school; Polio epidemic and first job at Station in Lindis Pass at age of 13 years. Describes shearing quarters; deer culling; rabbiting; the Depression and being manpowered to Burnside Freezing Works during World War II. Talks about social change following the Labour Government coming to power in 1935. Discusses pay and working conditions at Burnside Freezing Works as a wool-puller in fellmongery, with reference to chemical burns and first-aid measures available. Mentions using oatmeal and ginger water to quench thirst. Refers to closure of Burnside Freezing Works in 1988. Backgrounds involvement in local politics and being elected to Green Island Borough Council. Recalls building of Southern Motorway and opening of new Civic Hall (1960). Mentions Kaikorai Stream and the industries which discharged waste into it. Recalls the Abbotsford Slip. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010118-010120 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3380. Photocopies of 3 b&w photographs: (i) Burnside Freezing Works January 1945; (ii) John (Jack) Milburn - in fellmongery of Burnside Freezing Works ca 1943 and (iii) Green Island from Burnside 1926.

Date: 1940-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-126

Description: Photographs related to geography and geology, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1940 and 2000. Images related to geology are arranged alphabetically from C to LA. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-127

Description: Photographs related to geology, inventions, and meteorology, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images related to geology are arranged alphabetically from LA to V. Images related to meteorology are arranged alphabetically from GEN to FL. Contains images related to flooding from 1950 to 1976. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1959-2007

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

Reference: PAColl-10131-4

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1959 to 2007. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are: Senior Sergeant George Christopher Donnelly of Hokitika police; Ivy Harper and Bert Birchfield; Mike Armstrong and Jim Daken; Mary and Heather Cornwell; Charleston coal mine operator Neil Mouat; Mack Heinz; Tex Smith; Mike Armstrong; Henry Heveldt and M Bennett of Nolan's Mill; Garth Graham; meat shooters Mike Bennett and Kevin Blythell; John 'Opo' Angus, the Eggling brothers; helicopter pilot Ben Morris and Les's wife Mary Cleveland; and Johnny Hewer, Claire Easterbrook and Liam Easterbrook in front of the Neils Beach school house. Featured natural environments include the hot springs at Welcome Flat and the Karangarua Valley, River, Ranges, and the view from the Sefton bivouac, Ocean Beach, and Neils Beach, including car wrecks at the rubbish dump. Other images (and series of images) of note include scenes from the Kumara races; environmental damage (slips and road works at Milford Tunnel, Inangahua River road, and Haast and Jackson's Bay area; open face coal mining at Charleston; deer hunting, largely based in Mussel Point; Central Otago Hotels (Cardrona, White Horse, and Vulcan); Post Offices and boxes (St Bathan's, Outram, Ophir, and Dunedin) and a Pacific Films crew on Fox Glacier. Also includes images of James Heveldt's grave (Jackson's Bay), Peregrine Vinyard, a new house in Bannockburn, a girl in a Westport ice cream parlour, women in a Carter's Sawmill shop, a Hokitika cake stall, and various shop fronts and signage in Dunedin, Gore, and on the West Coast. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]

By: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936

Reference: PA1-o-1544

Description: Album compiled by civil engineer Robert West Holmes or a family member, ca 1880s-1910s. Shows North Island Main Trunk Railway works at Poro-o-tarao, Waiteti Viaduct, Huiroa Saddle, camp near Piriaka, Sew Hoy Dredge on Shotover River in 1890. Includes named portraits of railway engineers, family and friends in New Zealand and England. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 205 x 175 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: 1962

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-137-455

Description: Cartoon shows four vignettes: a Railways worker clearing the rocks on the Paekakariki line, Labour Party members dancing as they reach high for the ball of "Party leadership", an employer and a worker both twisting the arms of an Arbitration Court judge, and Keith Holyoake dancing with Timaru and Buller (electorates where there were 1962 by-elections) and in the process hitting Buller in the face with a suitcase labelled "Budget". Other Titles - New Zealand Paekakariki Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing and collage 255 x 345 mm, on sheet 323 x 345 mm.