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Scenic photographs of New Zealand complied by the Scenery Preservation Board

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

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Interview with Fergus Clunie

Date: 8 Oct 1993 - 08 Oct 1993

By: Clunie, Fergus, active 1985-1994

Reference: OHColl-0155/1

Description: Fergus Clunie was Director of the Fiji Museum until the mid 1980s when he came to New Zealand and worked on a King Country farm. He became curator of Pompallier House, which was in dire structural trouble, in early 1988. The Trust (Historic Places Trust) wanted to resolve problems with the building. Refers to Alan Nixon, chief engineer for the Works Consultancy, Ruth Ross, Pompallier House historian, Mr Wilson, project manager, and Jeremy Salmond, conservation architect. Gives details of restoration and describes the goal of achieving a self-generating income for the building compatible with the building's history. Interviewer(s) - Gerry Brackenbury Venue - Russell Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005462 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1. 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete Transcript - Ab 1081.

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Te Roroa Maori life stories project

Date: 1997 - 01 Jan 1997

By: Hooker, Garry, 1939-2022

Reference: OHColl-0568

Description: Life history interviews with seven members of Te Iwi o Te Roroa Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 2 C120 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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Creator unknown: Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand 1934

Date: between 1934 and 1935

Reference: PAColl-6619

Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

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Sheat, A J : Photographs

Date: 1865-1911

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6996

Description: A printed christmas message from the headmaster, Frederick Knapp, to the pupils of Central Girls' College, Nelson 1907; carts on Commerce Street, Kaitaia, one passing the Kaitaia Hotel ca 1890s; newspaper photograph of early Nelson settlers W H Cole and M P Hargreaves in 1924 taken by Tyree; two of bullock teams in Kaitaia; Devonport and Northcote ferry terminal in Auckland ca 1911; girls of Nelson College for Girls with L Sheat on the left of the second row with Muriel Bell next to her in 1914; Awanui looking towards the wharf ca 1914 by Northwood Bros; Marsland Hill Memorial to the men who died in the New Zealand Wars in New Plymouth designed and erected by W Parkinson & Co, Auckland; seated portrait of Thomas Thompson 1865; a group of gum diggers outside Tynan's gum store in Waihopo ca 1890s; a group of Maori adults and children on an outing by bullock team, one man holding a concertina ca 1890s; a group of twelve Austrian gum diggers some with shovels and one holding a cat ca 1890s; Elizabeth Levestam and her four sons ca 1900; three of the camp site set up by a surveying party in the Victoria Valley ca 1890; the school at Richmond with the children lined up in the yard ca 1900s; the Anglican church at Richmond 1910; Headingly, the home of Thomas Thompson with Mrs Thompson and her eldest son in front of it 1911; a carriage outside a house holding about 12 people; John Sheat ca 1880; Alfred Sheat ca 1880; and Victoria Street, Hamilton showing a number of shops and businesses and some advertising hoardings on the left 1908. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007700 and 007708 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Albumen prints and silver gelatin prints

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Series 5 - Papers relating to farming and Maori land development

Date: 1880-1943

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

Reference: Series-3335

Description: The papers in this series are papers, files, correspondence, receipts, account books, bank books, ledgers, maps, reports, printed matter and diaries about Gisborne land and development schemes, the government development schemes, stations and land blocks and the Native Affairs Department. There is some overlap between this series and Series 1 - Family papers. Quantity: 102 folder(s). 45 volume(s). 3 map(s).

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Tourist Department album 2

Date: [circa 1905 to 1912]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA1-o-498

Description: Photographs of a range of industries in New Zealand, possibly related to the Christchurch International Exhibition in 1906-1907. Industries include animal related products including wool, from fellmongery to transportation and finally weaving; meat works, including the slaughter house, the mutton cooling room, shipping fozen mutton, the beef cooling room; butter, at the Hautapu Butter Factory, showing butter in the factory, and delivering butter at Ngaruawahia Railway Station; the Waikato Bacon Factory, and pig carcases. Other industries include flax, with scenes showing a flax mill, carting flax to the mill, stripping, washing and drying flax, and also grading hemp and loading bales of it at Auckland wharves; kauri timber industry, from felling the trees, hauling logs by bullock, floating logs over the Wairoa Falls, sorting timber at the mill booms, timber mill on the Wairoa River, and a million feet of sawn timber at the mill. The latter part of the album shows scenes of gold dredging on the Buller Gorge, hydraulic gold-mining at Ross, Westland; coal mining at Brunner; kauri gum diggers and a warehouse storing kauri gum; and finally views of the Sugar Refinery in Auckland, and a warehouse filled with sacks of sugar. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

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Northwood Brothers fl.1910-1930s :The Northwood Brothers. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbu...

Date: 1910 - 1985 - 1935

By: Northwood, Richard Alfred, 1881-1955; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-019-a/024-a

Description: 6 images: Dalmation gumdiggers, Ahipara district, 1914; Group in Okahu Bush, near Kaitaia, felling tree for shingles to repair roof of St Saviours Anglican Church, ca 1934; Slab hut, Northland, ca 1930s; Baling flax, Lake Ohia ca 1920; Bullock team hauling kauri log from Hokianga bush 1910s; Gumdiggers camp, Houhora district 1910s. On container: An old gumfield warrior. Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (beneath each of 6 photolithographic images): Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title]; Verso - top left - Photographs by / The Northwood Brothers / Published with the assistance of the Listener Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies of set with 6 images).. Physical Description: Cardboard envelope 510 x 390 mm, containing 6 images 258 x 334 mm, on sheets 350 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited on Legal Deposit, 1986.

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Ferguson, A P (Mrs), fl 1967 :Photographs of military forces, Wellington and the member...

Date: [188-?-190-?]

By: Ferguson, A P (Mrs), active 1967

Reference: PAColl-0045

Description: Photographs of military forces, Wellington and members of the Wellington Kennel Club, taken ca 1880s-1900. Photographs of members of B, D and F Battery of an artillery regiment taken at the Military Tournament at Hutt Race Course on 9th November 1891. They are standing or kneeling with their swords and their insignia can be seen on their arms. Portrait of the 1st New Zealand Contingent, taken November 1899 by Feeney Photo. Two men in naval uniform and one possibly in a mounted rifles uniform outside a tent ca 1890s. The names given are Campbell and Bell (naval) and Moorhouse. Men of an artillery regiment at the Military Tournament at Hutt Race Course in 1891 next to a wheeled gun. The names given are: Brown, Grise(?), Perrin, Burn, Tuckey, Howe, Tineman(?), Johnston, Jeffreys. The Education Board Offices on Mercer Street of which the Technical School occupied the second storey ca 1889 with a number of people in the yard outside. View along looking south along Lambton Quay with shops on the right including E Barber. House on sub-division 29-31 in Northland, Wellington ca 1878 View of the Wellington Club on The Terrace. Photograph of Government House, taken 1890 Photograph of NZ Loan & Mercantile Agency, Wellington Photograph of Anglican Cathedral, Christchurch Photograph of Cook & Co, land agents, Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library For other photographs of artillery regiments at the Military Tournament see PAColl-0731 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

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Moore, Leonard Albert L, fl 1890-1970 : Papers

Date: 1920-1946

By: Moore, Leonard Albert L, active 1890-1970

Reference: MS-Papers-0599

Description: Primarily concerned with North Auckland Land Development Corporation Ltd and activities as citrus farmer, Kerikeri, after a long business career. Accompanying material - Includes material transferred from Misc MS 1441 Moore was a businessman in Wellington, Sydney and Tientsin, China and as a director of the North Auckland Land Development Corporation Ltd, actively promoted the citrus industry in Kerikeri, where he had an orchard. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 5 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs relating to this collection held at PAColl-1690.

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Arnold, John Bernard, fl 1925-1952 : Photographs of kauri trees in Trounson Kauri Park,...

Date: [192-?]

By: Arnold, John Bernard, active 1920s

Reference: PAColl-7250

Description: Eight photographs taken circa 1920s, by John Bernard Arnold, of kauri trees in Trounson Kauri Park, Kaipara district, Northland. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/1-004515 to 004519, 1/2-002804 to 002806 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s).

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Photographs of the Mokau and other North Island districts

Date: 1900, 1923 - 1933, 1938, 1947

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

By: Wells, Robert Ernest, 1905-2006

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2

Description: Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

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Smith, Elizabeth Gael, fl 1946-2006 : Papers

Date: 7 Jan 1853-3 Dec 1880, 1922, 1939,1946

By: Smith, Elizabeth Gael, active 1946-2006

Reference: MS-Group-1550

Description: Collection comprises: Two letters and one telegram to Mr David Smith concerning employment on power line construction at Maungatapere and Tutira, and possible accommodation there. From Robert Williamson and C McIntyre. Also includes correspondence relating to the McLeod family, Nova Scotian settlers of Waipu. A letter to Rev Norman McLeod in Australia and letters to his daughter-in-law, Margaret McLeod, and her family, from her sister Catherine Matheson and her family. A copy of the booklet `Idyll of the Shipbuilders' on the history of the Nova Scotia settlement at Waipu. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typed transcripts, printed matter Transfers: Material received into Manuscripts, material transferred from here to the Published Collection, November 2006 - From Photographic Archive - Three letters - To Published Collections - Copies of `Idyll of the Shipbuilders' (PR-06-0568).

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Spencer-Bower, Catherine Olivia Orme, 1905-1982 : Papers

Date: 1946-1977

By: Spencer-Bower, Catherine Olivia Orme, 1905-1982

Reference: MS-Papers-1360

Description: Christchurch artist. Chronology of events and paintings; notes on The Group, founded by Christchurch artists ca 1929; also fragment of diary kept at Dr G M Smith's hospital, Rawene; letters from brother, Marmaduke, farming near Rangiora Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescript, printed material, photographs (mainly photocopies)

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Coughlan, Richard William, fl 1972-2002 : Papers

Date: [1900-1996]

By: Coughlan, Richard William, 1914-2010

Reference: MS-Group-1109

Description: Comprises papers relating to Coughlan's research into his parents' lives as teachers at the Maori school of Omaio, Bay of Plenty, and the Methodist church at the settlement of Waima, Hokianaga, and includes correspondence, clippings, copies of photographs and related material Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr R W Coughlan, Auckland, 1972, Jul 2002 Transfers: To Oral History Collection - Tape with history of Waima, Mahuri's farewell, and building of Waima church - To Photographic Archive - Four photographs.

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Murphy, Rodney Morris, 1921-2012 : Photographs

Date: 1934-1944, [ca 1950s], [1960s]

By: Murphy, Rodney Morris, 1921-2012

Reference: PA-Group-00943

Description: Contains images of Huntley School in Marton, Northland scenes, gardens and holidays, together with photographs relating to John Reichel and a photograph showing Reverend J G B Talbot and another. One image was taken by Leicagraph Studio, the others by unknown photographers, between 1934 and 1944, and during the 1960s. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 61 b&w original negative(s). 26 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, film negatives Processing information: Aside from Rodney Murphy, the names, subjects and places indexed here relate to the film negatives

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Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand: Playground of New Zealand's winterless north,...

Date: 1965

From: [Ephemera relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in Waitomo, Waikato, Waiheke, Waitangi, Waikaremoana, Wairoa, Waimate, Waiwera. 1900s onwards ]

By: Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand; Charles Haines Advertising Agency Ltd; Commercial Print

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Waitangi-1965-01

Description: Pamphlet advertising the attractions of the hotel at Waitangi, Bay of Islands, and the surrounding district. Recto shows an illustration of guests in the hotel pool and in the hotel's lounges and bars. Also shows photographs of the "world's longest and largest canoe", and a fishing boat near the pierced rock. Verso shows a perspective drawing of the hotel layout, illustrations of the golf course, nearby waterfall, bowlers, golfers and a guest bedroom. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet, 215 x 365 mm.

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Aberhart, Laurence :Photographs of Northland post offices

Date: 25 January - 5 February 1988

By: Aberhart, Laurence, 1949-

Reference: PAColl-3738

Description: Northland post offices closed in 1988 Arrangement: Negatives housed at 10x8-1859 to 1885 Quantity: 27 b&w original negative(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives 8 x 10 inches

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Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Date: 1835-1978

By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Auckland

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19

Description: The collection is of selected baptismal registers deposited in the Auckland Diocesan Office Archives. Where the registers have also been used concurrently for marriages and burials, those pages have been included. Maori registers have been identified as such. Source of title - Title transcribed The Auckland Diocese covers the area from the Archdeaconaries of Waimate in the north to Hunua in the south. Quantity: 21 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Mss (microfilm) Finding Aids: An inventory details the contents of each reel and registers are arranged in alphabetical order with some minor variations. The inventory gives the name of the church, parish, dates and indicates if it is a Maori register..

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Photographs of Northland Region

Date: 1840, 1941 - 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Hardcastle, Peter Richard, 1921-1991; Whites Aviation Ltd; Ross, Neville, active 1959

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-025

Description: Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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