Places

Date: 1956

By: Trask, E E, active 1956; Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.18cdh/1956/Acc.9633

Description: Hand drawn map of the Waikato River from Lake Taupo to Waipapa. Includes Whakamaru and Maraitai Lakes and the proposed Ohakuri, Atiamuri and Waipapa Lake. Settlements and roads are named. Ms map amongst Automobile Association maps donated 1970 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:126 720], 47 x 48.6 cm. Provenance: Signature of E.E. Trask, 2/8/56 bottom right corner Handwritten note on bottom right corner - State Hydro Dept., (Mr. Heine) 9/8/56

Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

Date: 1910-1915

By: Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985

Reference: PAColl-0370

Description: Set of photographs of drainage operations on the Hauraki Plains. Spoil from the canal and ditch construction was used as foundation for roads so road construction is also shown. The photographs include two men hay harvesting in front of a small house, a man in a flax field, a dredge at work, the labourers' camp, boats moored at a jetty in Ngatea. Some of the photographs are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy photographic prints Provenance: Given to J H Christie by Dennis Hancock, the grandson of H J Hancock who created the collection.

Date: ca 1898-1905

By: Parker, Daniel, active 1890-1911; Main, William, 1934-2023

Reference: PAColl-7431

Description: Photographs of Kamo (Whangarei), Rodney County and Coromandel, taken, probably in the 1900s, by Daniel P Parker of Coromandel. Includes views of the construction on a timber dam (probably in Coromandel), Coromandel Public Hospital, Kennedy Bay (Coromandel), a stream crossing between Opitonui and Coromandel, bush camps in the Coromadel district and a traffic bridge in Rodney County. Daniel P Parker is recorded in the Wise's Post Office directories as an engineer in Coromandel from 1902 to 1930. Between 1906 and 1911 he is also recorded as a photographer. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-0544-F

Description: Panoramic view of Cambridge taken in 1924 by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - Business Centre Cambridge 34 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 96.9 cm

Date: 1938

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0134

Description: Contains reports and costs pertaining to the building of a wharenui in Tokaanu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [ca 1930-1933]

From: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967: Photographs of New Zealand gold mining

Reference: PAColl-9540-3

Description: Views of Waihi, the open cast gold mines, and the mine buildings. Otira Railway station. Photographs of nurses. Portraits of women. Gardens. Joseph Divis on his trip overseas includes - Czechoslavakia. Japan. New York. Panama Canal. Joseph Divis and other people on board ships. In some cases there are prints on both sides of the mount. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s) stereographs.

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-0549-F

Description: Panoramic view of Main Street, Cambridge with the Town hall left centre, taken by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - No. 32; Marginal notes on negative - [in list formation] 9 9 9 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 106.1 cm

Date: 1946

By: Jackson, Vernon Leonard, active 1938-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-2764

Description: Manuscript relating to Te Rauparaha with a photograph of Te Rauparaha's whare at Aotea taken by Jackson in 1910. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms, photograph

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-0547-F

Description: View of The Lake in the Cambridge Domain, taken by R P Moore circa 1924 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - The Lake, Cambridge Dom ["Dom" is underlined] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 107.3 cm

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-0546-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Horahora Power Station, taken by R P Moore in 1924 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - Hora Power Station Cambridge 6 40 x 10 6. 40 x 5 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.6 x 103.4 cm

Date: [1924]

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

Reference: Pan-0548-F

Description: Panoramic view of part of the Cambridge Domain including a grandstand and a band rotunda, taken by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - Section Cambridge Domain No. 33 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 105.1 cm

Date: [ca 1975]

By: Hinkley, Tony, 1940-2001

Reference: PAColl-8002

Description: Photographs of staff and tunnellers of the Rangipo North section of Tongariro Power Project, taken ca 1975 by an unidentified photographer. All individuals are identified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Arranged into order as per listing provided with photographs Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 16.2 x 21.6 cm Finding Aids: List of photographs that identifies individuals filed with photographs. Provenance: From the estate of Tony Hinkley, 2004 Transfers: To Book Collections - Programme for the official opening of the Rangipo underground power station, 18 November 1983.

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: Jul 1993-Apr 1996 - 10 Jul 1993 - 12 Apr 1996

By: Hemi, Murray, active 1996

Reference: OHColl-0584

Description: The project was recorded to provide some of the history behind the Kahungunu settlement of the Pou-a-Kani (Pouakani) area and the development of the Mangakino township. The project aimed to collect the experiences of those from Ngati Moe who were relocated by the government from the Wairarapa to the Pouakani block in the Waikato as compensation for the loss of the Wairarapa lakes. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Murray Hemi Quantity: 12 C90 cassette(s). 3 printed abstract(s). 3 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 23 Sep 1992

From: Maniapoto Archives Oral History Project: He Taonga Tuku Iho

By: Rauputu, Rauputu James, 1916-2005; Tauariki, Sonny, active 1992

Reference: OHInt-0085-26

Description: Jim Rauputu recounts and discusses the history of the Mokau Kohunui Marae from 1909 including the local school at Piopio, te kau ma whitu, kaitiaki and various local hapu including those of his parents. Discusses Kahuwera mountain, the Mokau River and old pa. Talks about Kingitanga, the King Movement in depth. Remembers his own childhood including local dances, movies, transport by horse, his marriage and birth of his three sons. Discusses World War II, the influenza epidemic and their effects on the local population. Provides mihi whakamutunga. Interviewer(s) - Sonny Tauariki Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0941. Search dates: 1992

Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1911, 1908, 1913, n d

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-3/6/31

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1904]

From: Wells, Joan Mabel, fl 1986 :Photograph album of Japan and photograph of Atiamuri

Reference: PA9-100

Description: Photograph of Atiamuri Bridge across the Waikato River, taken ca 1904 by Thomas Pringle. Shows Pohaturoa Rock in the background. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top left - Muriel Pringle 6/4/1904; Backing board recto - bottom right - Waikato River at Atiamuri, About 1902 Pohutaroa in Background by Thos Pringle. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25.6 x 32.7 cm [visible image], in decoratively carved wooden frame 44.5 x 57 cm

Date: 1924-1937

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

Reference: PA1-q-769

Description: Opens with views of the site of the Arapuni Hydro scheme and the Paturuahine Gorge which was flooded to form Lake Arapuni. This is followed by images of the repairs to the one of the water channels that took place in 1932. The rest are photographs of the dam at various stages of construction, the dam completed, views of the new lake, water flowing over the spillway, and the Arapuni falls created below the dam Two views of Atiamuri show the Pohaturoa Rock in the background Ten images of Stewart's Claim, a location south of Okarito, show scenic views some with gold dredging equipment lying around, a beach and a river estuary on which is a barge loaded with pipes. Eight images record before and after effects of controlled blasting on a limestone bluff at Cobden Quarry, Greymouth, photographed on the 15th of January, 1932 The last section are views of the construction of the Waitaki Hydro, and the new Lake Waitaki. There are also several images of the Mokau Falls at Waikaremoana Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).