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Date: 1970 - 2010

Reference: Eph-C-CIVIL-DEFENCE-1970/2010

Description: Includes posters and booklets: 1970/1980s?: Civil Defence. These simple instructions are issued by the Joint Rotorua City and County Civil Defence Organisation and could mean to you and yours the difference between life and death in the event of a local major disaster ... [1970-1980s?] 1971: A rough guide to Wellington's sub-area Five [central Wellington]. 1971 Civil Defence message form from Sub-Area 5 HQ [Invitation to meeting 27 April 1971, at TAB HQ Building, Lambton Quay, signed by Lindsay Buick-Constable] 1980s?: Hamilton-Waikato Civil Defence. In case of earthquake & emergencies (2 copies) 1987: Civil Defence. How to survive earthquake, tsunami, flood, fire [1987] 1993: Levin and Districts Civil Defence Organisations. Emergency family guide. Fourth edition 1993. A [Levin] Chronicle publication [Tabloid paper, 20 pages] (2 copies) 2010: Massey University Wellington. Disaster narratives and the Canterbury earthquake; learning from Katrina, the BP oil spill and climate change. Professor Bruce C Glavovic, EQC Chair in Natural Hazards Planning. Massey University Wellington public lecture series. Theatrette, Museum Building Buckle Street, 7 December [2010] Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints approximately A3 size. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 1950 - 2020

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-L

Description: Includes ephemera for hotels in the following locations: Lake Rotoiti Levin Lower Hutt Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 2001

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to confectionery, chocolate, sweets, ice-cream and other sweet foods]

By: Turnbull Systems Project. Evaluation Team

Reference: Eph-A-CONFECTIONERY-2001-01

Description: Front of bag shows a scene of a camel train approaching the Pyramids by moonlight. The back lists the ingredients of the licorice, a fictional excerpt entitled "The Secret of the Black Pharaoh", and a table of nutritional information. Quantity: 1 bag. Physical Description: Photolithograph on foil-lined brown paper bag, 237 x 182 mm. Provenance: Donated by members of the Turnbull Systems Project Evaluation team on 10 May 2001.

Date: [196-]

From: Dollimore, Edward Stewart, 1904-1973 : Papers

Reference: 83-145-122

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2004

By: Mainland Poultry Ltd; Bennik's Poultry Farm

Reference: Eph-F-EGGS-2004-01

Description: Includes: Mainland Poultry Ltd: Farmer Brown farm fresh eggs [Size] 8. Six jumbo. [2004] Bennik's barn laid eggs, laid by free roaming hens. 7's; 12 barn laid eggs [2004]. According to donor, the Farmer Brown eggs are not free-range. The Bennik's hens are not fully free-range in that they are housed in a barn. Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on grey moulded cardboard cartons, to accommodate 6 and 12 eggs. Provenance: Donated by Ms Susan Bartel, Wellington, in 2004.

Date: 2000-2007

From: Maclean, Elizabeth Susan, 1932-2011 : Research papers relating to Frederick de Jersey Clere

Reference: MS-Papers-11828-18

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-112

Description: Photographs related to cities and towns, arranged alphabetically from CAN to NAP, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-674-108/125

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the Police trying to deal with huge traffic queues from Wellington to Levin by setting up speed cameras after Levin to catch the people speeding who are trying to make up the time. Labour feign being blackmailed by the Greens so they appear to have a reason to call an early election. The Queen of England is surrounded by the mess following her Jubilee party, but remains amused. Comment on the New Zealand couple who denied their baby medical care with the result the baby died. The couple are drawn in the style of NZ Gothic. Bill English hears that 1 in 4 National Party supporters are considering voting for Labour to keep the Greens out of the next Government. Shows Helen Clark undermining Trevor Mallard to the press over his handling of the Teachers pay negotiations. Helen Clark is advised that calling an early election without good reason will do her no harm. The leaders of National, ACT, Greens and NZ First whine about Helen Clark calling an early election when her popularity is high. Bill English takes heart in the news that the favourite teams for the Soccer World Cup have been eliminated from the competitions. He sees this as a sign for his hopes in the 2002 elections. Jim Anderton launches his new Political party the 'Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition Party'. A teacher schools his class on how they can help escalate pressure on the government over teacher salaries and conditions. Winston Peters stirs from the political wilderness to address an audience of 500 trapped elderly people. Jim Anderton wears a jester's hat (pretend Alliance member) and regrets having to take it off. Around him are other hats of political parties he has belonged to or is about to belong to. The Greens outline their policy on GE organisms and cannabis. There is an obvious disparity in their requirement for safety between the two substances. Comment on the lack of support for signing the Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming. Helen Clark seeks to rule as a majority government. The minor parties all agree that she can't. Shows public being notified of the closing of the Wellington Evening Post and the merger of the Evening Post with the Dominion. President Bush outlines his plans for a Middle East peace. It includes the Palestinian leader, Arafat, being relegated to an outhouse. Quantity: 18 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2005 - 2006

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

By: Craftbuilt Industries

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-2005-01

Description: An illustrated catalogue of period-style woodwork and buildings supplies, including fire surrounds, corbels, brackets, mantel profiles, handrails, arches, carvings, fretwork, finials, post caps, neck mouldings, barge lace, arched doors and windows, louvre vents and shutters. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 15 pages, each 297 x 210 mm.

Date: ca 1972-2003

By: Grover, Frank Gordon, 1940-

Reference: ATL-Group-00833

Description: Papers relating to his wide-ranging political career - Liberal Reform Party and National Party 1970-1980, the New Zealand Party to the mid-1980s, the Liberal Party 1992-1999 (as part of the Alliance, when he was in Parliament), the Christian Democrats and the Christian Heritage Party from 1999 to 2003. Also includes papers from his work on the Levin Borough Council and with the Hong Kong magistrature 1979-1983 Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Papers organised into series covering his major shifts of political allegiance; series on his professional and local government activities and his 'History of events' and diaries. Grover was active in a wide range of political parties, including the National Party, the Liberal Reform Party, the New Zealand Party, the Liberal Party, the Alliance, the Christian Democrats and the Christian Heritage Party. He also served on the Levin Borough Council 1974-1978 and was a magistrate in Hong Kong 1979-1983 Quantity: 95 folder(s). 2.50 Linear Metres. 1 C90 cassette(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr Frank Grover, 2008 Transfers: Pamphlets, flyers, bumper stickers and other ephemera transferred to the Ephemera Collection. Some photographs have been transferred to the Photograph Archive and are held as PA-Group-00553..

Date: January - July 2012

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000778

Description: Comprises long shots of buildings in small towns and suburbs of Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Waikato and Auckland Regions taken between January and July 2012 by Dylan Owen. Includes views of beehives next to an an abandoned house, East Huntly, the historic District Court house on Queen Street, Te Kuiti, Huntly Jewellers in Wilson and Shaw Mens Complete Outfitters building 106 Main Street, Huntly (swastika relief), mural on liquor shop, State Highway 3, Otorohanga, Central Memorial Hall at Ruawaro, Huntly, mural on rear of Gaming Lounge on Rosebery Lane, Tokoroa, Castle Cafe, Mangatawhiri, Waikato. Includes views of an abandoned hall at Waitaanga, empty school swimming-pool in grounds of abandoned Hokio Beach School, Levin, Best Buys Furniture and Beds Direct shop on Maire Street, Palmerston North, the Cascade building on Kuku Street, Taihape, a Chinese takeaway at Sanson, Empire Hotel on Main Street, Palmerston North, Panel & Paint garages, Levin, Marton Laundry (in old Poultry Samll Goods building 1926), High Street, Marton. Includes views of a Newlands bus outside Animates building, Hutt Road, Autospray and Panelworks building on Majorbanks Street, Bookhaven, Rainbook Collectables, Bridesville shops and Bar Edward on Riddiford Street, Newtown, the car park building and Cossar Automotive on Tory Street, Dick Smith Electronics on Manners Street, Le Metropolitain French Bistro on Cuba Street, Beveridge Locksmith on Marion Street, Charles Fergusson building off Bowen Street, Thorndon, a castle shaped residential home at Mount Hawkins, the "Emma" clothes shop, Evil Genuis and S-Cube Foodmart Ltd on Adelaide Road, Beramphore, house at 327 Willis Street, Wellington, Autoimage Specialist panelbeaters and spraypainters, Sydney Street, Autostop on Fitzherbert Street, Petone, Fresh Bun Bakery and Cafe, Johnsville, Liquorland on High Street, Lower Hutt. Includes view of Kauri House on Neville Street, Warkworth. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Buildings Jan to July 2012" Quantity: 36 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2007-2012

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000754

Description: Photographs of memorials and graves throughout New Zealand taken between 2007 and 2012 taken by Dylan Owen. Views of South Island locations include the 9/11 Memorial steel sculpture at Firefighters Reserve on the Avon River, Christchurch, the Kaiapoi War Memorial featuring a stone statue of a New Zealand soldier carved by W.T Trethewey across the road from Blackwells Department Store, Kaiapoi, wooden crosses in the dog cemetery in Diamond Bay, statues of a colonial couple and town heraldic shield outside Oamaru club (Inc), Severn Street, Oamaru, the Oamaru South African (Boer) War memorial next to the Countdown supermaket, Oamaru, which features a statue of Trooper Jack carved by Italian sculptor Carlo Bergamini and the imperial lion and the Great War memorial in Mercer which consists of a soldier statue mounted on the gun turret of the Pioneer paddle steamer. Views of the Wellington locations include crosses on gravestones at Bolton Street Cemetery and Bolton Street Memorial Park, angel statues on a child's grave, family plot and mausoleum, cabbage trees surrounding a 1887 gravestone, rows of war graves in the Karori Servicemean's Cemetery and the Tangiwai memorial at Karori Cemetery. Views of Kapiti and Horowhenua locations include picket fence around the MacKay family burial ground, Paekakariki and the Market Gardener Statue, a bronze statue of a Chinese market gardener by Dennis Hall outside Levin Mall entrance on Oxford street, Levin. Views of Taranakai locations include Marsland Hill New Zealand Wars memorial on Marsland Hill, New Plymouth commemorating colonial and imperial forces and kuapapa Maori, dense native ponga trees and bush surrounding the grave of surveyor Joshua Morgan in Tangarakau Gorge, near Tangarakau Bridge, Stratford, memorial cross to Reverend Robert Ward outside the entrance to the Samoan Methodist Church Fitzroy, New Plymouth, Turi's Canoe at Patea and the Hawera Memorial Arch monument to fallen of World War One and Two on Princes street, Hawera . Views of Northland locations include the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance on the path to the pier on foreshore, Kohukohu, memorial stone Christ Church, Russell, the memorial stone (in Maori and English) for the pioneer residents who died in defence of Kororareka 1845 in grounds of Christ Church, Russell, and the Maori language wording of Te Tirito O Waitangi (Treaty) on a panel of Te Tii memorial at Te Tii marae, Waitangi. Also includes views of the Dannevirke War Memorial cenotaph showing the soldier relief sculpture above the 'Lest We forget' plaque and the Te Aroha First World War memorial showing the bronze statue of a soldier by Italian artist Giobanni. Arrangement: Files were transferred to the Library in a folder titled 'Social Events & Misc items 2000s/Memorials 2000s' Quantity: 27 digital photograph(s).

Date: July 2011-July 2012

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000777

Description: Comprises street scenes showing main streets, traffic, shops, businesses, historic buildings and local people in small towns and suburbs of Wellington, Manawatu-Whanganui, Wairarapa, Waikato and Auckland Regions taken between July 2011 and July 2012 by Dylan Owen. Includes views of Riddiford Street, Newtown, Beramphore shops on Adelaide Road, Boulcott Street traffic, Turkish, Taiwanese and Asian restaurants on Courtenay Place, Cuba Street, pedestrians on Lambton Quay, Manners Street, Marion Street, Molesworth Street (shows Wellington Cathedral of St Paul or new St Pauls church), pedestrian crossing and shops on The Parade, Island Bay (including Howard & Tilyard butchery building), people walking along the Terrace, traffic cones and cars parked outside the National Library building on Thorndon Quay, cyclists peloton passing converted warehouses on Thordon Quay, shops on Tinakori Road, buildings on lower Tory Street, buildings on Upper Cuba Street and QBA apartments behind. Includes views taken on Broadway Avenue (shows Commerce Buildings and various shops), Main Street, Maire Street, Rangitikei Street, vehicle testing station on Taonui Street, Palmerston North, a cyclist on Broadway, Marton, the Town Hall and shops on Bruce Street, Hunterville, Main Street, Foxton (shows Foxton Racing Club and Manawatu Print Ltd, shops on Oxford Street and Queen Street, Levin. Includes views of shops along High Street, Lower Hutt (Balcherrie Chambers housing Vic Cycles), Queens Drive and Margaret Street intersection, Lower Hutt, shops, cafes, buses and new apartments on Jackson Street and Kensington Avenue, Petone. Includes views of High Street, North Carterton (shows Mansfield's Building 1919) and Main Street, North Carterton. Includes views taken of pedestrian and cyclist on Parnell Road, Parnell, National Library building on Stanley Street, State Highway 3 as it passes through Onehunga, Auckland, shops on Queen Street, Waiuku. Includes views taken on Rosebery street, Tokoroa, (shows pou carving of Waikato rugby player with ball), view of goods outside dairy on Main Street, Huntly, and youths walking by Regent Theatre on Tuhoro Street, Otorohanga. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "AAA Street views July 2011 to July 2012" Quantity: 63 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000523

Description: Photographs of Levin, Foxton and Shannon buildings taken in 2009 Quantity: 28 digital photograph(s).

Date: [18-20 January 2007]

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000168

Description: Photograph of two women at the Horowhenua A & P Show in Levin, taken ca 18-20 January 2007 by Dylan Owen. Shows two women looking at a pair of alpacas. Quantity: 1 digital photograph(s).

Date: [18-20 January 2007]

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000180

Description: Photographs of Horowhenua A & P Show, Levin, taken ca 18-20 January 2007 by Dylan Owen. Includes photographs of amusement rides, animals, jam and cake making competitions. Quantity: 72 digital photograph(s).

Date: January - June 2010

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000537

Description: Photographs of Hunterville, Taihape and Levin buildings, taken January to May 2010 by Dylan Owen Quantity: 12 digital photograph(s).

Date: Sep 2007 - Jan 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000269

Description: Photographs of Foxton, Marton, Wanganui, Bulls, Pahiatua, Levin and Palmerston North buildings, 2007-2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "Buildings Dec 2007 to Jan 2008" and "Buildings September to November 2007" Quantity: 32 digital photograph(s).

Date: January-July 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000354

Description: Photographs of Levin, Bulls and Wanganui buildings, January-July 2009 Quantity: 5 digital photograph(s).

Date: April - December 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000249

Description: Photographs of the exterior of buildings in Manawatu-Wanganui Regional towns and cities including Palmerston North, Levin, Shannon, Dannevirke, Eketahuna, Woodville, Taihape, and Mangatainoka, taken April-December 2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "New Zealand Buildings April to July 2008" and "New Zealand Building July to December 2008" Quantity: 150 digital photograph(s).