Places

Date: 1947-1955

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-70/09

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1960

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: B-167-025

Description: Shows a view of the choppy waters of a lake or inlet, with snowy mountains beyond. In the foreground, trees bend in the wind, including a kowhai in flower. Location identified from woodcut at no 64 in woodcut series. One of a group of sketches described by the artist's family as unfinished. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour sketch, 256 x 460 mm.

Date: 1975

By: Mitcalfe, Barry, 1930-1986

Reference: MS-Papers-9925

Description: Report on opinion survey of 250 Turangi hosueholds comprising introduction, description of the survey and how it was conducted and evaluation of the survey Source of title - Supplied Survey conducted by Mitcalfe who was lecturer in Social Studies, Wellington Teachers College Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by D J Kelly, Wellington Teachers' College, Jun 1975

Date: 1987

By: Stevenson, Margaret Forbes, 1920-

Reference: MS-Papers-5415

Description: Stevenson wrote her account in 1987 and begins by describing her family and their situation from when she was born in Pahiatua in 1920 until the 1950s when her marriage ended. She describes the daily life and routines of the family, the various moves they made - to Wellsford, Hamilton, back to Pahiatua, Ongarue, Makokomiko and Wellington - the work her father did which included selling books for the Seventh-Day Adventists and being a farm manager - and of life at the various schools she and her sisters attended. She describes working in Wellington at the Sanitarium Health Food vegetarian cafe, her marriage to Bob Woods, various events in their family life and their subsequent separation when she began working at the Odeon picture theatre in Auckland. She also discusses the role of religion in a person's upbringing. Stevenson and her husband narrowly missed being on the Tangiwai train and she elaborates on this. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (48 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs M F Stevenson, Pt Chevalier, Auckland, November 1995 Line drawings of the mill at Ongarue where the family lived and the area after a fire, of a camp oven and a diagram of their living quarters; photographs of the family and houses they had lived in and of the Pohangina Post Office and Store

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MSI-Papers-0261-10/18A

Description: Maps and tracings of land features and various archaeological finds, including numerous Maori artefacts (usually made from either bone or wood, but includes some human remains), from around NZ but mostly from the Horowhenua district. Examples are a whale club (patu paraoa) found at Horowhenua, and a whale bone comb (heru paraoa) found at Waikanae.

Date: ca1960-ca1988

From: Robertson, Ronald Sinclair Munro 1910-1995 :Photographs

By: Robertson, Ronald Sinclair Munro, 1910-1995

Reference: PA1-q-602

Description: Railway trains, locomotives, and carriage interiors in New Zealand, Britain and North America. The Volcanic Plateau and Wairakei geothermal project. Most of the album shows ships on Auckland Harbour and at the wharves, including the launch 'Manu', used to provide "Captain Cook Cruises" circa 1980, and the refurbished waterfront and cast iron gates near the Ferry Terminal Building. There are also shots of people taking the sun in this area. The final section records some of the demolition and rebuilding in Auckland during the 1980s. Rationalist House also features. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1953-1960

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6453

Description: Long Bay just north of Coromandel Harbour. Coastal view north of Colville. Pukematawai Hut, Tararua Range. Party on the summit of Pukematawai and on Arete Ridge. Distant view of Mount Pirongia. Views of Hamilton, Hamilton Lake, Parana Park. Swimming in the Venus Pool, Waiotapu. Western view from near the summit of Mount Pirongia. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: [ca 1869-ca 1900], [ca 1950s]

From: Wainuiomata Historical Society: Photographs

By: Richardson, Wal, active 1950

Reference: PAColl-7664

Description: Collection comprises: Photograph of road works in Ghuznee Street, Wellington, ca 1950s, by Pacific Photos, Courtney Place, Wellington. 3 photographs of Seaview, taken from the top of the Wainuiomata Hill in 1950 by Wal Richardson. Album leaf with 5 photographs of Wellington, ca 1860s-1900s, including preparations for visit of Duke of Edinburgh to Wellington, wedding of Ted and Amy Yates, portrait of a woman, Te Aroha Bathhouse and fire damage in Lambton Quay. Duke of Edinburgh visited New Zealand in 1869. Cadman Bathhouse opened in 1898. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album leaf with 5 b&w original photographic prints. Provenance: Donated by Wainuiomata Historical Society, October 2002, through Mrs Vicky Alexander. The photographs were given to the society by the late Mrs Claire Burdan, whose husband was descended from Richard & Mary Prouse, and from the Dixon family, of the Dixon aerated water business. The photographs appear to have come from these families.

Date: ca 1969

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2896

Description: Transparencies showing views of the Huka Falls on the Waikato River, Taupō, taken by Cyril Beavis circa 1969. Also includes transparencies showing a wooden church, and several black and white transparencies showing aerial views of mountain ranges and rivers, likely in New Zealand. Transparencies showing black and white aerial views are continued at PA12-2897. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "Heritage Church" and "SPANZ". Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies. 17 b&w original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in April 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-85.

Date: [Circa 1960s?]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-567

Description: Coloured photographs of the house, farm, trees, and garden at `Rozel', the home of Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with white plastic cover, photographs inserted in plastic pockets; 10.5 x 15.0 cm

Date: 1953 - 1960

By: Piako County (N.Z.). County Council; Reynolds, Ian Brampton, 1922-2005; Jones, Adams, Kingston and Reynolds (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.14eac/1960/Acc.28469

Description: Cadastral map depicting the area about Morrinsville (Maungakawa survey district VI), land use (such as rural, residential, industrial, proposed roads and road widening, railways), as well as section numbers and sizes. Stamped in lower left corner:'Piako County Council. Approved section of district scheme.' Map headed: 'Town and Country Planning Act, 1953' This copy is a reduced size from the original. Typed onto the map is:'Piako County Council Certificate' - correct copy of section four of Piako County District Planning Scheme, accepted 21st April 1960. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 56 x 48 cm.

Date: 1943, [ca 1963]

By: Cook, Rodney, 1930-

Reference: PAColl-8596

Description: Photographs of hydroelectric power plants on the Waikato River, at Ohakuri, Waipapa and Aratiatia. Other photographs show the permanent villages at Maraitai and Wairakei, and in particular the community halls built for those villages. The photographs were taken ca 1963 by a Ministry of Works staff photographer. Also included are photographs of Aratiatia power station taken by Rod Cook. Collection also includes aerial photographs of Auckland taken during World War II by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Some of these photographs were progress photographs to send to the Head Office Hydro Design in Wellington, but most were taken for a display of Government architectural design work. The Ministry of Works operational centre was at Mangakino, with later a construction group at Aratiatia. Rodney Cook was project architect at Mangakino and then Aratiatia from 1961 to 1964. The photographs were probably all taken in 1963. (Info from Rodney Cook). Quantity: 136 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1968

By: Taylor, Walter Douglas, active 1968

Reference: MS-Papers-0303

Description: An article about experiences as a Depression relief-worker in a road building gang in the Coromandel district, circa 1932 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [Beteen 1950 and 1963]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-566

Description: Album of photographs, moslty of family and friends, chiefly taken by Rhoda McWhannell. Family and friends include a gathering at the christening of Malcolm McWhannell (son of Joan and John McWhannell), Bill and Kathleen Haines of `The Croft', Wiltshire, England; Elizabeth and Jane Geddis as teenagers; John McIlrea, a very young boy watching shearing; Mike and Jill Carter; and the home of Mrs Mavis Commons. Scenes relating to `Rozel', the farm owned by Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell, include the felling of a huge aspen poplar in 1963, and working with Mr Gerlach, with a trailer filled with bamboo. Two images show a gingko tree having been transplanted at the age of 30, from the lake at Hamilton, into the city. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green and navy cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering; 21 x 24 cm

Date: 1966

By: Angus and Flood (Firm); Carpenter, Ken, active 1995; Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976

Reference: Plans-95-010-001/008

Description: 8 plans show: Floor plan and back & front elevation; Side elevation and Section A-A; Sections B-B, C-C, D-D; Walls & roof details; Joinery details; Foundation plan and details; Structural floor plan & block wall elevation; Front & back wall framing elevations. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Sheet no. 6551/...] (Nos. 1-5, and 51-53); Recto - bottom left - Drawn: J. R. L. / Traced: M. B. W.; Recto - bottom left - Angus & Flood / Registered Architects, Civil & Structural Engineers, 1088 Victoria Street, Box 907, Hamilton.; Recto - beneath image - [Scale indicator] Quantity: 8 plan(s). Physical Description: Plans, diazo print, 580 x 765 mm. Transfers: Transferred from Pei te Hurunui Jones' papers, 1995 (MS-Group-0358)..

Date: 1960-1968

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6449

Description: Moeatoa and its coastal environs including a rock arch at Kaitangata. Little Barrier Island seen from Te Arai Beach and Moehau Coromandel Peninsula. Loading stores onto HMNZS Manga, Auckland, for trip to Little Barrier Island. Views on Little Barrier Island include, the Awaroa Stream, bellbirds and tui, brown duck, boulder bank, Titoki Point, Maraeroa Flat and landing, giant weta, ready to leave on HMNZS Manga. Estate map of York Bay, views of the Bay, and views across the Harbour and towards the harbour heads from York Bay. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 1961-1965

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-70/08

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1960-1961

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6447

Description: Paeroa Range Thermal area. The Maungaongaonga thermal area. Trampers camp, Paeroa Range. Kaimai Range behind Te Aroha. Views over countryside from ranges behind Te Aroha. Te Aroha Trig. Trampers at Hardy's Hut near Waiorongomai. Chasm on Kaimai Range. Old mine Kaimai Range. John Rowe and peak of Maungatewharau. Views from Maungatewharau. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: ca 1960s

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2899

Description: Transparencies showing the Wellington Winter Show, taken by Cyril Beavis in 1963 and 1964. Includes portraits of people and photographs of children's entertainment including a magic show and ride. Also includes transparencies showing views of the Wairakei geothermal power station, Wairakei, New Zealand, taken by Cyril Beavis in the 1960s. Also includes transparencies showing views of Lake Taupō, New Zealand, taken by Cyril Beavis circa 1969. Transparencies showing Lake Taupō are continued at PA12-2900. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 7 b&w original transparency/ies. 15 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in April 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-04 and PAColl-7715-86.

Date: 1968

By: Te Awamutu Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Association

Reference: Eph-A-SHOW-Te-Awamutu

Description: Includes schedule or catalogues for: 3 February 1968 (Albert Park, Te Awamutu) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 215 x 140 mm.