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Date: 22 Jul 2003 - 08 Nov 2006 - 22 Jul 2003 - 08 Nov 2006

By: Bollinger, Helen Margaret, active 2006

Reference: OHColl-0850

Description: Interviews with alluvial gold miners, engineers and geologists who have worked on the Reefton gold mines, West Coast of New Zealand. The interviews include discussion about formation of gold, geographcial and historical aspects of the area, exploration techniques, technology over time, specific mining experiences, environmental considerations, reclaimation and regeneration of forests, and mining companies, claims and regulations. Interviewees are Geoffrey Jacobs, Willian Johnston, Grant McAlpine, Desmond Rock, John Taylor, William Watts and Nichols Whetter and Lachlan Reynolds. Abstracted by - Helen Bollinger Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Helen Bollinger Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015468 - OHC-015477 Quantity: 10 C60 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s) (one joint interview). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Helen Bollinger Some abstracts contain photographs of the interviewee.

Date: 2003

By: Friends of the Hill Society

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2003-02

Description: Calendar featuring historic group photographs and landscapes around the Denniston Hill area. The cover shows various portraits of the Mullan brothers. Other photographs are of a view across Denniston, Denniston School 1931, miners at Taipo, the 1921 rugby team, a strike at Burnett's Face 1932, the Denniston Brass Band at Burnett's Face 1945/46, Earl Marr and Pat Webster driving horses, miners at the end of a shift at Coalbrookdale, wash day at Burnett's Face, Chapman's house at the "Camp" under snow, engine room at the Denniston Power House. Quantity: 1 calendar (plus duplicate). Physical Description: Photolithographs on calendar pages, each 425 x 300 mm.

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-024/046

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues, includes: Shows scientists' adhock research into the potential uses of genetic modification at the expense of commonsense. Comment on the intimidation tactics of Qantas Airlines toward Air New Zealand. Singapore Airlines are shown as Air New Zealands big sister ally. Christine Rankin considers taking further action following the release of the Employment Courts findings. Shows the Government (surfer) riding the knowledge wave only to be wiped out and lodged head first in the sand. Discussion between an Israeli soldier and Palestinian child. The soldier is trying to explain to the child how violence and retaliation works. The child just wants to play and go to the movies. Shows Helen Clark dealing with Steve Maharey and his use of obscene language. Shows members of the Electoral Reform Committee as angelic, working for the best interests of the country while having vested interests in the Committees outcome. Helen Clark calls on the All Blacks to crush the Australians while they've down. New Zealand reaction to the loss by the All Blacks to the Australians. Shows All Black Anton Oliver taking the blame for the loss against Australia. Comment on the Qantas involvement in running Ansett into the ground and leaving small creditors in ruins. Comment on the lack of constructive action being taken by the Pacific Forum to deal with global warming and the consequent rising of the ocean level. Shows Helen Clark encouraging all her Ministers to keep pets. Jim Anderton is shown wrapped in the arms of his pet octupus (Peoples' Bank). Shows West Coast MP, Damien O'Connor, addressing an audience about local mining and the poor decision made by Alliance MP Sandra Lee. He is reminded by a miner in the wings that his seat is still marginal. Shows Jim Anderton and Sandra Lee observing the Reefton Alliance office being pelted with food in reaction to Sandra Lee saying 'no' to mine expansion in the area. Shows a new army armoured vehicle running over an air force plane. Comment on the current situation where the armies supplies are being boosted while the air force is having its wings clipped. Shows thugs from the power company breaking into a persons house to extract money for the latest exorbitant power bill. Shows an All Black player finishing a Springbok (South African Rugby Team) and still feeling hungry. He thinks he could polish off the entire Australian Rugby Team (Wallabies) as well. Shows the relationship between government controlled power generators, empty lakes and increased revenue for power for the Reserve Bank. Shows a proposed statue for the entrance of the Sydney Harbour. Comment on Australia's policy to exclude refugees. Shows Michelle Boag's National Party purge of Parliamentary faithful. Comment on the level of ignorant public opinion over the boat people refugees trying to gain entry to Australia, by people ringing talkback radio. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2004

By: Buller Historical Society; Bodesheim, Michaela, active 2004

Reference: Eph-A-LIBRARY-2004-01

Description: Pamphlet giving a short history of the Carnegie Library, Westport with photographs, a sketch of the Thames Library, and a floor plan in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy on folded pamphlet, 210 x 100 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Michaela Bodesheim, Westport, in 2004.

Date: [1989]-2000

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7261-27

Description: Correspondence with politicians and other people; notes and clippings and various hotels; and papers relating to the Dennises trip to Molesworth Station Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

By: McLennan, Norman Allan, active 1997-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-47

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Norman Allan McLennan; certificates of title and cadastral map; two photographs of farm outbuildings; research letter from professional genealogist, Elizabeth Parkes re research into the ownership of the land, 2000; 5-generational McLennan family tree showing descent from George McLennan and Barbara MacDonald (b 1700s) Original owner of the property was William McLennan from Scotland who acquired 54 acres in the Mawheraiti Survey District in 1886. In 2005 the property, and the additional land added over the years, was farmed by his great-grandnephew Norman and wife Wendy and was awarded the NZ Century Farm & Station award to mark 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, map, photographs

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-618-001/074

Description: 74 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include National Party style ('radical conservatism'), political aspects of the ban on native forest logging on the West Coast, bribery and corruption in international cricket, softening of the macho image of Super 12 Players, the fatal shooting Steven Wallace by police in Waitara, email viruses, underage drinking, tax on cigarettes, greenhouse gas emission control, the entrenched position of Christine Rankin, Head of WINZ, television presenter Paul Holmes, the sale of the cell phone spectrum to Maori, Americas' Cup yachtsmen, the rebel coup in Fiji, prisoners' rights, All Black rugby, Maori activisim and cultural sensitivites, the falling New Zealand dollar, falling business confidence, the Employments Contracts Act, the legal staus of cannabis, the Coalition between the Labour Party and Alliance, the flight of underpaid and overworked young doctors from New Zealand, unseasonable weather, the meeting between the Presidents of North and South Korea, the Budget, the Government's 'Closing the Gaps' policy, underfunding of the army, muck-raking by ACT politician Richard Prebble, drugs in sport, the takeover by Qantas of Ansett New Zealand, political scandal and the sacking of Dover Samuels as Minister of Maori Affairs, child abuse, dangerous driving by truck drivers, the conflict over Israel, the dangers of excusing away mental illness, Helen Clark's leadership style, alcohol and sportsmen, railway accidents, republicism and Tandor Nancos of the Green Party, the Bledisloe Cup, cannabis use, forest fires in the United States, extended sittings in Parliament, the Employment Relations Bill, speed limits, the loss of Kursk, the Russian submarine, defence expenditure, controversy over Maori domestic violence, rising petrol prices. Quantity: 74 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: 2000

Reference: H-638-001/018

Description: Topics include developments along the Wellington waterfront, Prime Minster Helen Clark's attack on spend-thrift television managers, controversy over the national museum Te Papa's presentation of artworks, the Constitutional Conference 2000, the rebel coup in Fiji, activist Tame Iti's visit to Fiji during the rebel coup, the character of Jenny Shipley, the Leader of the Opposition, New Zealand's health record compared to that of France, New Zealand doctors and nurses emigrating while immigrant doctors are not employed in New Zealand, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Tariana Turia's use of the word holocaust in a Maori context, the falling New Zealand dollar, the use of human DNA in pig embryos, American miltary responses to cut-backs in New Zealand defence spending, the non-pacific nature of the Pacific Ocean, the New Zealand-Australian agreement reached over social welfare and immigration policies, logging of native forests on the West Coast, the Treaty of Waitangi Tainui settlement advantaging the Hong KOng and Shanghai Bank. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of black ink drawings.

Date: 2000

From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: B-197-024

Description: Shows Jim Anderton in tree-felling gear, wielding a chainsaw, having just cut down a tree labelled 'Rimu logging ban'. Refers to the Green Party (Rod Donald being co-leader) opposing the Government's allowing continued logging of public forests containing rimu The Library also holds a copy of this original at H-618-002. It was published in the Evening Post on 2 May 2000 Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Tom Scott [in marker pen] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Marker pen and ink on paper, adhered to backing board, 285 x 410 mm

Date: 1995 - 2005

By: Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand; Brown, Rob, 1968-

Reference: Eph-D-ENVIRONMENT-2000s-01

Description: Poster appealing for support so that the Federated Mountain Clubs can complete the Paparoa Wilderness gazettal, shows a photograph of Evening light on Mt Euclid, Paparoa Wilderness Area, and quotes a comment about the park from Andy Dennis. Photograph identified as by Rob Brown, and showing Evening light on Mt Euclid, Paparoa Wilderness Area, West Coast, at http://www.hedgehoghouse.com/hedgehog/largeViewPopup_HHH/index.cfm?fuseAction=L argeView&parentPageId=galleryMain_HHH&photographID=193321&resultsPage=1&hhhGall eryID=150, retireved 7 March 2013. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 695 x 483 mm.

Date: 1886, ca 1995-2012

By: Sladden family

Reference: MS-Group-2192

Description: Diary of Arthur Sladden, age 14, describing a "driving holiday" with his father and brothers. The holiday comprised a twenty-four day horse trek through the West Coast, camping each night. Included is a transcript of the diary (both hardcopy and electronic) and a copy of a Sladden family history Quantity: 3 folder(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr John Sladden, 2013

Date: 18 May 2001

From: Anglo-Indian lives oral history project

By: Leckey, Richard Edward, 1937-

Reference: OHInt-0562/07

Description: Richard Leckey was born in Gazaiabad in 1937. Explains that his father worked for the railways, talks about his transfers and recalls memories of Kotri, railway houses and servants. Mentions his brothers and step-sisters, his own schooling at Lawrence College. Recalls his experiences of partition. Talks of his sister living in New Zealand, followed by the rest of the family, and his father's money in India. Talks of his carpentry apprenticeship in Auckland and describes his various jobs with hydro schemes. Mentions his wife's work on a psychiatric ward, his work in the same hospital and at a freezing works. Mentions his returned serviceman's loan, wanting to buy land. Talks of Maori associations, his genealogy, the SAS in New Zealand and why he left it. Explains the changes in his religions and mentions Indian religions. Talks of his family in Australia, Pakistan and England, school uniform, western clothes, mealtimes and games played and mixing with Muslim children. Mentions club membership and cultural differences. Talks of his drinking habit, settling in New Zealand and outlines the differences in lifestyle. Talks about his property in Karamea, and interest in forestry, his carpentry and building. Awards/funding - Project received an Oral History Grant Interviewer(s) - Dorothy McMenamin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008512, OHC-008513 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2645.

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-114

Description: Photographs related to New Zealand towns and political parties, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images relating to towns are arranged alphabetically from T to W Images relating to political parties are within the alphabetical sequence A Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1959-2007

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-4

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1959 to 2007. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are: Senior Sergeant George Christopher Donnelly of Hokitika police; Ivy Harper and Bert Birchfield; Mike Armstrong and Jim Daken; Mary and Heather Cornwell; Charleston coal mine operator Neil Mouat; Mack Heinz; Tex Smith; Mike Armstrong; Henry Heveldt and M Bennett of Nolan's Mill; Garth Graham; meat shooters Mike Bennett and Kevin Blythell; John 'Opo' Angus, the Eggling brothers; helicopter pilot Ben Morris and Les's wife Mary Cleveland; and Johnny Hewer, Claire Easterbrook and Liam Easterbrook in front of the Neils Beach school house. Featured natural environments include the hot springs at Welcome Flat and the Karangarua Valley, River, Ranges, and the view from the Sefton bivouac, Ocean Beach, and Neils Beach, including car wrecks at the rubbish dump. Other images (and series of images) of note include scenes from the Kumara races; environmental damage (slips and road works at Milford Tunnel, Inangahua River road, and Haast and Jackson's Bay area; open face coal mining at Charleston; deer hunting, largely based in Mussel Point; Central Otago Hotels (Cardrona, White Horse, and Vulcan); Post Offices and boxes (St Bathan's, Outram, Ophir, and Dunedin) and a Pacific Films crew on Fox Glacier. Also includes images of James Heveldt's grave (Jackson's Bay), Peregrine Vinyard, a new house in Bannockburn, a girl in a Westport ice cream parlour, women in a Carter's Sawmill shop, a Hokitika cake stall, and various shop fronts and signage in Dunedin, Gore, and on the West Coast. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: A-366-054/095

Description: Cartoons on places in New Zealand and overseas relating to political and social issues, Maori language, the Treaty of Waitangi and Waitangi Day, and The Lord of the Rings movies. Quantity: 42 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.

Date: 1935 - 1994 - 2002

By: Fulstow, Ronald Albert, 1934-

Reference: B-161-003

Description: Shows a small plane on a beach with children gathered around it. A man walks towards the plane with two suitcases, and two people on a horse with a group of dogs stand nearby at the left. Accompanied by sheet explaining the history of flying in the area, and the pilots involved. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 66/200; Recto - beneath image - J G[?] Kennedy, J S McLernon, J I[?] Leech, R Fulstow Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, image 305 x 462 mm on sheet 420 x 545 mm.

Date: 2008

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]

By: St. Thomas' Anglican Church (Runanga, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-2008-01

Description: Order of service for church service. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, each 210 x 147 mm Provenance: Donated by the Anglican Parish of Cobden-Runanga in 2008.

Date: 1979-2009

By: Farrell, Damer, 1943-

Reference: ATL-Group-00902

Description: Photographs taken by Damer Farrell from circa 1979 to 2008 of Greymouth and other localities in the West Coast. Collection comprises analogue film negatives and photographic prints taken from 1979 to early 2000s, and and born digital photographs taken from early 2000s to 2008. The images primarily depict the people, events, and environs of Greymouth. One small set of film negatives negatives relate to the Cave Creek tragedy. Also includes a small amount of born digital files relating to the No Non-cents political party and local body elections in Buller in 2004. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Photographic prints were mostly found loose amongst the negatives, with some originally enclosed in brown paper bags with annotated dates, and others in commercial processing wallets with annotations, but no other discernible original order. The born digital photographs were grouped by topic and date and delivered in named digital folders, arranged in an alphabetical subject file order. The original order of the analogue and born digital arrangement of the photographs was retained by the archivist where possible. Damer Farrell worked for many years as a commercial photographer based in Greymouth on the West Coast. He also acted as a freelance photographer for the 'Greymouth Star' newspaper. During his career he transitioned from working with a film camera to using a digital camera in his work; and for some years he used both types of camera. Quantity: 100000.0 colour original negative(s) quantity is approximate; negatives are mostly 35mm. 14613 digital photograph(s). 738 b&w original photographic print(s). 396 colour original photographic print(s). 7 b&w copy photographic print(s). 6 Electronic document(s). 5 digital image(s). Processing information: Some photographic prints originally enclosed in brown paper bags annotated with a month and year were rehoused in archival enclosures. Three series created May 2023 to bring together digital photographs, photographic prints, and negatives.

Date: 1940 - 2009

Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOLS-B-1940/2009

Description: Includes: Baradene College of the Sacred Heart. Centennial music concert, 22 August 2009. Programme Belmont School presents "Reach for the rainbow". 2004. Programme Bethlehem School. Official opening of new classroom block by Right Hon. Walter Nash. 21 November 1959. Programme Blackball School 75th jubilee celebrations 27-29 March 1970. Programme Black's Point School eighty-fifth jubilee 1876-1961. 29 September - 1 October 1961. Souvenir programme Brandon Intermediate School. Brandon 77. "If you sell yourself to the Devil"; rock opera. Music by Chris Norton, Composer in Schools for 1977. Programme Branston Intermediate School. official opening by Minister of Education Honourable B E Talboys. 1 May 1971. Programme Brooklyn School. Souvenir jubilee programme 1883-1949 Brooklyn School centennial parade 1983. Cyclostyled flier Brooklyn School cushion concert 1991. Programme Brooklyn School. School handbook and directory 1999 Burwood School jubilee 1872-1947. Celebrations October 1947. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and fliers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 2008

Reference: Eph-A-SHOW-Inangahua

Description: Includes: 98th show. Reefton Racecourse, 2 February 2008. [Schedule] Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 217 x 142 mm.