Places

Date: [ca 1874-1944] (1953)]

By: Major, John Edwin, 1859-1954

Reference: qMS-1232

Description: Accounts of life in Wellington, Manawatu, Gisborne and Taranaki, and many political recollections and comments. There is a chapter on old-time racing, including the days before the book-maker was banned. There are also references to visiting celebrities, among them Mark Twain, Frank Bullen and Paderewski, and memories of many theatrical shows. Included is a summary of the career of the late Henry Hayward, a pioneer in cinema entertainment in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed He was a store-keeper, law clerk and land agent; member of Parliament for Hawera for six years; mayor of Hawera for thirteen years and member of other local bodies in Taranaki. He was a noted runner; played Rugby football for these provinces; and as owner and spectator was keenly interested in horse-riding. He was one of the founders of a number of clubs and societies, including the Philatelic Society and the Polynesian Society. He was also a friend of the Maori and a student of his culture Quantity: 1 volume(s) (273 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1950 - 1954

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1951/1954

Description: Includes: 1951: Wellington Centre NZAAA. 56th National Track & Field Championships. Basin Reserve, 2-3 March 1951. Souvenir programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Souvenir programme of the visit of Yvette Williams and the Inter-University Contest, Canterbury v Victoria. Basin Reserve, 8 December 1951 (2 copies). 1952: Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Inter-Provincial Contest Auckland v Wellington. Basin Reserve, 26 january 1952. Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Junior & Women's Championships. Basin Reserve, 8-9 February 1952 Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Senior Provincial Championships. Basin Reserve, 16 February 1952. 1953: Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of the Inter-Provincial Contest, Wellington v Canterbury for the T W (Dorrie) Leslie Memorial Cup (present holders Canterbury). Basin Reserve, 31 January 1953. 1954: Masterton Amateur Athletic & Cycling Club. Sports meeting, Masterton Park Oval, 22-23 January 1954. Jubilee programme Victoria University College Amateur Athletic Club, 1904-1954. Golden Jubilee celebrations, 2-3 April 1954. Souvenir booklet/programme. Waikato AAA. NZ Senior Track and Field Championships. Seddon Park Hamilton, 5-6 March [1954]. Official programme Quantity: 9 album(s). Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1974

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1974-01/08

Description: Xth (Tenth) British Commonwealth Games, Christchurch New Zealand: Opening ceremony (24 January 1974); programmes for events on 25-27, 29, 31 January, 2 February 1974 (with closing ceremony). Other Titles - Tenth Quantity: 8 programmes. Physical Description: Booklets each of about 30 pages, 210 x 147 mm.

Date: 1908 - 1947

By: St. John's in the City (Church : Wellington, N.Z.); Andrew, Earle William, 1909-1986; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982; Pattillo, Cecil Wright, 1875-1968; Thomson, James, active 1928-1929

Reference: PA-Group-00499

Description: Photographs of church leaders; Young Men's Bible Class, particularly camps attended by them in the 1930s and 1940s; the harrier team in 1932; soccer team in 1908; Douglas and Dulcie Ward on their wedding day at the doors of the church with choir members; senior girls' camp in 1931; J G W Aitken with boys from the Boys Institute; a studio portrait of the wife of an undertaker who lived near the cemetery ca 1920s (from notes with photograph); a bed with the caption "the John Boal cot" and others. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0268 (82-230) : St John's Church : Records. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1994. Reference number changed from PAColl-2823 to PA-Group-0499 in 2009. Prints originally housed at framed prints 65, 223, 228, 229, 231-234, 238, 242, 243, 249

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1950

From: British Empire Games, Auckland, New Zealand, 1950 :[Official programmes for events. 1950]

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1950-02

Description: Programme of events for athletics, including 220 years (men's and women's), Broad jump, 440 yards hurdles semi-finals, Three miles, Discus throw, Women's High jump, 88 yards final, 440 yards hurdles final. Two copies held. Inscriptions: Some results handwritten in. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programme of 16 pages, 207 x 135 mm.

Date: 1935

By: A Gyles & Sons Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-SPORTS-1935-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text. Athletic events numbered 25, and there were 10 swimming events. The tennis took place at the Miramar courts, and the swimming at Thorndon Bath. The management committee included president G H Mackley, chairman R B Reynolds, hon. treasurer M J Cooper, C B Allan, G Tierney, F Bond, R G Ewing, A J Hose, C N Johnson, E A Perrett, H Krogh, L Bond, H H Lowe. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Gyles & Son, Printer, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 460 x 290 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1984.

Date: 1920-1929

From: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6712-3

Description: Photographs of trips taken in the countryside, of bridges, rivers, streams, waterfalls, native forest, mountains, coastal scenery and other scenic views. There are pictures of cars and one of a motorcycle with side car. There are prints of two fly fishermen displaying their catch in a net and of a man holding up a large eel. Others show yachts in sail, and men and boys in yachts; adult fun sports at a group outing identified in PAColl-6712-2 as being the "optic championships". Another group are shown playing cricket in the grounds of Days Bay House. There is also a single print of a hunter showing his bag of wild game birds. Animals are represented by cattle and horses, one of the latter associated with two men and a wagon-full of freshly harvested hay, another is harnessed to a coach parked beside a stationary train. A sequence of prints records the dams and lakes of the newly completed Mangahao Hydro in the hills inland from Shannon. Three prints show a ship grounded in coastal shallows. There are portrait and group photographs of people, including children, and one print of a children's party. Several show picnic groups.

Date: 1991-1993

From: Robinson, Peter Franklin, active 1970-2017: Colour slides of Wellington City and suburbs, and railways images

Reference: PAColl-2992

Description: Slides of Waiouru, and Wellington streets, buildings and events. Includes an image of a building labelled as the Stoddart Building. Inscriptions: Mount recto - [each slide is identified in blue ballpoint on plastic slide mounts] Quantity: 46 colour original transparency/ies. 2 container(s) plastic slide containers containing slides in one envelope. Physical Description: 35mm colour slides

Date: [7 Apr 1960]

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

Reference: EP/1960/1256-F

Description: Young men, possibly from Wellington Technical College, competitors in secondary school athletic competitions in Petone. Photographs taken circa 7 April 1960 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [Circa 1930]

From: St John's Church :Photographs of church buildings, personalities and activities

By: St. John's in the City (Church : Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-450

Description: Photographs relating to church camps run by St John's Senior Young Men's Bible Class, at Haywards (Lower Hutt, Wellington Region) Names given are listed above. Inscriptions: Album page - "St John's Senior Y.M.B.C." [St John's Senior Young Men's Bible Class] Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled brown/black cover, mock crocodile corners and spine; 26 x 35 cm

Date: 1940 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940: Public Service Inter-Departmental Tournament for Ward memorial Trophy, also Wellington Provincial Public Service Centennial Championship trials. Basin Reserve, 7 February 1940. Official programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Grand Centennial sports gathering. Basin Reserve, 10 February 1940. Royal Air Force Band. official programme Centennial Year. 49th National Track & Field Championships. Basin Reserve, 8-9 March 1940. Under control of Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme (Illustration of Centennial Tower building on front cover) (2 copies) Centennial Year. 49th National Track & Field Championships. Basin Reserve, 8-9 March 1940. Managers & competitor's information card New Zealand Public Service. National Centennial Amateur Athletic and Cycling Championships. Basin Reserve, 11 March 1940. Souvenir programme (Picture of Wellington Railway Station on cover - 2 copies) Complimentary dinner in honour of visiting Centre officials on the occasion of the Centennial Amateur Athletic Championships. Friday 8th March 1940. Menu / toast list (with autographs) 1946: NZAAA. West Coast (N.I.) Centre. 51st National Track and Field Championships. Cook's Gardens Wanganui, 1-2 March 1946. Official programme 1947: New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. 52nd National Track and Field championships. Eden Park, 28 February - 1 March 1947. Souvenir programme 1948: Caversham Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club. First syllabus, season 1948. Lower Hutt Amateur Athletic Club. Sports meeting 25 Feb 1948. Official programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Official programme of provincial senior track and field championships and McVilly Shield competition. Basin Reserve, 14 February 1948. 1949: Canterbury Amateur Athletic Association. Australian visit (including Shirley Strickland (photo), Morris Curotta, Peter Mullins, George Avery, John Marks, David White, Geoffrey Goodacre, Edwin Carr, E Strickland). Lancaster Park, 2 March 1949. Programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Championships, 54th. Lancaster Park, 11-12 March 1949. Programme New Zealand Senior and Women's Athletic Championships and Empire Games trials. McLean Park Napier, 31 December [1949] - 2 January 1950. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Wellington Centre NZAAA. Senior provincial championships. Basin Reserve, 18-19 February 1949. Official programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. International contest Australia v New Zealand. Athletic Park, 5 March 1949. Souvenir programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Visit of Herb Mckenley (Jamaica) and Lloyd La Beach (Panama) in conjunction with the Junior and Women's provincial Championships. Basin Reserve, 11-12 February 1949. Souvenir programme Late 1940s - Early 1950s?: Matamata Amateur Athletic & Cycling Club. Championship certificate for M[urray] Davis [late 1940s-early 1950s?] Quantity: 15 album(s). 3 Other printed ephemera item(s) card; certificate; menu. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1930

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1930

Description: Includes: Porirua Amateur Athletic Club. Ninth annual meeting. Hospital Sports Ground, 22 January 1930. Official programme (First two leaves missing). Olympic Amateur Athletic Club. Basin Reserve, 29 January 1930. Official souvenir programme (included attempt on NZ 1000 yards) Hawke's Bay - Poverty Bay Sub-centre. Second annual championship meeting. Reserve Track Gisborne, 1 February 1930. Souvenir programme Dr Peltzer meeting (with photo of German 880 yards runner Dr Otto Peltzer). Basin Reserve, 8 February 1930. Official British Empire Games, Hamilton Canada. Athletics, 23 August 1930. Official programme Lermond (U.S.A.) Golding (Aus.). Basin Reserve, 1 March 1930. Official programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. 39th annual championships. Cook's Gardens, 14-15 March 1930. Official programme Taranaki-Wanganui Centre NZAAA. Championship meeting; inter-club contest for the banner. Egmont A & P Showgrounds Hawera, 1 March 1930. programme Triangular athletic contest. Cook's Gardens, 1 February 1930. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 9 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1920-1929

From: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6712-2

Description: Photographs of trips taken in the countryside, of bridges, rivers, streams, waterfalls, native forest, mountains, coastal scenery and other scenic views. There are a number of prints showing camp sites and tents some of which are identified as being at Otaki Forks and Lake Wairarapa. Fishermen with their nets on shore, yachts in sail, and men and boys in yachts. A series of prints records an a fun athletic sports day described as the "optical championships" which may relate to Cox's son George who was an optician in Wellington. There are two prints of early radio apperatus which also show station codes pinned to the wall, and there are several prints and negatives of George E Cox's opticians shop at 38 Willis Street, Wellington. Animals are represented by sheep, cows, dogs and birds. There are some prints of green house plants in pots and vases of flowers, people bathing, two war memorials, and picnic groups. There are also a number of portrait and group photographs. One of the groups is a cricket team.

Date: 1953 - 1972

By: Wong, Kaye, active 1990-2002

Reference: PAColl-1654

Description: Photographs of social and sporting activities of Chinese New Zealanders and photographs of the Wong family of the Masterton/Carterton area. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-169133-F to 169144-F; 1/2-200972-F to 1/2-200979-F; 1/2-201049-F to 1/2-201056-F Photocopies at PAColl-1654 and PAColl-7338 Quantity: 28 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: 1903 - 1904

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1903/1904

Description: Includes: 1903: Hawke's Bay Highland Society's Caledonian sports. Napier recreation Ground, 28 February 1903. Official programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Fourteenth championship meeting. Carisbrook Grounds, 7 March 1903. Official programme Wanganui Caledonian Society. NZ Championship meeting, 22-23 January 1903. Official programme 1904: Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club. 49th athletic carnival to be held at Domain Cricket ground, 26 March 1904. Official programme Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club. 50th athletic carnival to be held at Domain Cricket Ground, 3 December 1904. Official programme 1904 or 1910?: New Plymouth Carnival and Exhibition. Programme of athletic sports in the Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth, Wednesday 28th December [1904 or 1910?] Quantity: 6 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes and tickets, sizes varying under 150 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Athletics New Zealand in 2013.

Date: 1914

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1914

Description: Includes: Cape Egmont Athletic Sports Club. Fifth annual sports, Recreation Grounds, Pungarehu. Wednesday 22 April 1914. Official programme. Uruti Athletic Club. Eighteenth annual gathering. Thursday February 12th 1914. Official programme. Uruti Athletic Club. Nineteenth annual meeting. Thursday March 18th, 1914. Official programme. Wellington Centre N.Z.A.S.A. Grand Carnival. Te Aro Baths. 14 February [1914]. Official programme. Quantity: 4 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes and tickets, sizes varying under 150 mm.

Date: 1969

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1965/1969

Description: Includes: Greymouth Amateur Athletic Cycling and Harrier Club. Mahar Cup Championship meeting. Recreation Ground Greymouth, 25 January 1969. Programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Canterbury Centre. New Zealand 28th Junior Track and Field Championships. Rugby Park Christchurch, 7-8 March 1969. Official programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Waikato Centre. 74th Senior Men's and Women's Track and Field Championships. Seddon Park Hamilton, 28 February - 1 March 1969. Souvenir programme (2 copies) West Coast (N.I.) Centre, N.Z.A.A.A. Track & Field Championships. First day. Sir James Wilson Memorial Park, Marton. Saturday 8th February 1969. Controlled and conducted for the W.C.N.I. Centre by the Marton Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club. Official programme. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 programmes. Physical Description: Offset prints in booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Athletics New Zealand in 2013.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1951/1959

Description: Includes: 1954: City of Dunedin New Zealand. Visit of Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Royal Sports Meeting, Carisbrook, January 26 1954. Souvenir programme (2 copies) New Zealand Amateur Weightlifters Association 1954 Championships, held in the Savage Club Hall, Saturday October 23 1954. Order of events 1955: Kaikoura Axemen's Club. Carnival sports. South Bay Domain, New Year's Day, 1 January 1955. Programme North Island Training Colleges. Summer tournament, 28-30 March 1955. Programme 1956: Olympic Games mini-diary. XVIth Olympiad Melbourne 1956. Bank of New South Wales. Flags of 77 Olympic nations. Olympic Games, melbourne, Australia, 22 November to 8 December 1956. [Pamphlet] Olympic Games, Melbourne 1956. Football final and closing ceremony. Saturday Dec 8 1956, 2-15 pm, Melbourne Cricket Ground. Programme 1957: Waikato sportsmen's digest 1957, published for your pleasure by Waikato Breweries Ltd. 1958: Wales 1958. British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Festival of Wales. A booklet for visitors to Wales during the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the Festival year, presented with the compliments of the Barclays Group of Banks. Quantity: 9 publications. Physical Description: Pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources.

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1970s-1

Description: Includes: 1970s: New Zealand Sports & Social Club. [Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, SW London] ca 1970?: Sportman's guide to New Zealand. New Zealand Government Travel Commissioner. Printed in USA [ca 1970?] 1970: Inter-Port sports tournament at Mt Maunganui & Tauranga, 16-20 February 1970, supported by Rothmans. official programme Auckland weekend sports guide. Issue for week ending 8 August 1970. 1974 (See also separate folders for 1974 Commonwealth Games): 1974 Titahi Bay All Round Sportsman of the Year. Programme of events 1975: New Zealand Darts Council (Inc) presents the 20th North island Darts Championship final. Members' Dining Room, Tauranga Race Course, cameron Road, Tauranga, 25-27 July 1975. Souvenir programme 1976: The New Zealand Olympic guide (16-page booklet) NZ Olympic Team, Montreal appeal, June 11th 1976. 50c. Thank you for your donation. [Two "mystery envelopes", entitling bearer to a novelty poster, and to a sauna] 1978: Centre for Continuing Education, University of Auckland. Seminar on Sport; the nature and meaning of sport in new Zealand, 15-16 April 1978. Programme / registration form 1979: New Zealand Sport & recreation. Fieldays. Mystery Creek, Hamilton, 3-4 November 1979. Official programme Auckland Highland Games and gathering. Avondale Racecourse, December 1st 1979. [Programme] Quantity: 13 publications. Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Acquired from various sources