Places

Date: [ca 1890-1927]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); France, J W, active 1890s

Reference: PAColl-0348

Description: Mounted photographs by the Burton Brothers of the junction of Eden and Tees Streets, Oamaru showing St Luke's Church, shops, tram lines and part of the Council Chambers; looking down on the wharves of Port Chalmers with the Presbyterian Church in the right foreground; and the Kakahi Falls, near Tawhata on the Whanganui River. Two smaller mounted photographs of a river in the Catlins District. Three pages from a photograph album holding five photographs of the building of the Arapuni Dam on the Waikato River including the buried forest exposed by the Waikato River diversion. Three loose prints by J W France of an early settlers' cottage made of ponga with a turf roof and with the family outside; a group of six workmen standing on the road they were building with long handled shovels and a boy and a dog in front of them; and the funeral procession of Sir John MacKenzie in 1901 led by a pipe band up the main road in Oamaru working. Finally a loose print of the bridge over the Waiho River. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-68928 to 1/2-068934. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

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: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1979-F

Description: Panoramic view of Lake Taupo with Motutaiko Island in the middle distance, centre left. The view looks down on the right over a gravel road near the water. A car is parked on a higher road centre right. On the far left a number of men are working on road construction around a point with signs of roadwork above the lake. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Lake Taupo. New Zealand. No. 845; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Lake Taupo from 20 Mile Reg. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.0 cm

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: 1928

Reference: PAColl-4815

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-16146 to 16150, 21279 to 21284, and 021350 to 021351 and 1/2-031048 to 031053, 031097 to 031100, 031102 to 031107 Quantity: 25 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: [192-?]

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

Reference: 1/2-000391-G

Description: Corner on the Meremere hill. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Corner on the Meremere hill. No 3733 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 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.

Date: Between 1910 and 1920s

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000957-G

Description: Mile Bush near Waingaro, Raglan District. Possibly taken by Gilmour Brothers (lettering compared with images taken by the Gilmour Brothers). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Mile Bush Waingaro 46 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [192-?]

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

Reference: 1/2-000397-G

Description: Open tourer parked on a corner at Meremere hill with a man in an overcoat standing beside the car. The area is surrounded by bush. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Beauty spot. Meremere Hill. No 3727 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: ca 1928

Reference: 1/2-154514-F

Description: Road between Hangatiki and Otorohanga, circa 1928. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of original print: "Auckland-Wellington main highway. Otorohanga-Hangatiki deviation. 24 ft formation." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1910s]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006195-G

Description: View from the Waihi-Waikino Road, Waikato, circa 1910s. Motorcycle and sidecar on road at far left. Photograph taken by Frederick George Radcliffe. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Scene on Waihi-Waikino Rd. Tourist Services. 197. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1927

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

Reference: MapColl-832.18a/[1927?]/Acc.6640

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. Routes taken by travellers - Diffenbach [i.e. Dieffenbach], Colenso and Governor Grey (Sir George) are marked. Stations, homesteads and an hotel are named. No reference key is provided. Notes include historical information about events. See records for other material collected by Henry Hill. Stamps on the reverse state 'University of New Zealand, matriculation examination 192. Drawing. Candidate No.'. Handwritten notes on the reverse state: Map of Kaingaroa. Working map of Kaingaroa - Taupo. HH. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on card, linen backed, coloured, 33.3 x 42.5 cm.