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Date: 18 Apr 2005

From: MOTAT Volunteers oral history project

By: Stanton, Roger John, 1945-; Robertson, Ian, active 1995-2005

Reference: OHInt-0899-07

Description: Interview with Roger Stanton, born in Christchurch in 1945. Recalls how his interest in trams developed during his childhood in Christchurch. Talks about becoming a member of the Christchurch Tramway Historical Society in the early 1960s and helping to restore a tram. Discusses moving to Auckland with his family in 1964 and immediately becoming involved with the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT). Refers to helping paint a tram and the laying of the tram track using machinery in the Museum. Recalls the first day a tram ran at MOTAT, learning to drive a tram, and their popularity during live weekends. Talks about getting parts for trams, travelling in a Museum bus on such expeditions. Recalls the arrival of double-decker buses from England and Sydney, and driving the buses on charter trips. Mentions social events associated with the Tramway Division of MOTAT. Discusses his involvement with organising live weekends at MOTAT, and with security while the ASB building was being built. Interviewer(s) - Ian Robertson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016571 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 56 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5961. Search dates: 1945 - 2005

Date: 2 Mar 2000 - 02 Mar 2000

From: Government House oral history project Stage II

By: Reeves, Paul Alfred (Right Rev Hon Sir), 1932-2011

Reference: OHInt-0642/5

Description: Sir Paul Reeves was born in Wellington in 1932. Mentions the friendship of his grandparents with the Freyberg family and his uncle Alfred Reeves being in the Maori Pioneer Battalion in World War I. Talks about his Maori maternal grandmother Roka Te Hei Marama and the links kept with Waikawa marae, Taranaki. Recalls racism at school, dealing with his Maori background and his mother's attitude. Discusses the effects of the world wars on his father and brother. Describes how his father did shift work on the tramways in Wellington. Recalls the family's Newtown home and neighbours. Describes the family's support of the Labour Party. Comments on returning to Newtown as Governor-General. Recalls going to church with his grandmother and the importance in his life of St Thomas' Church in Newtown. Gives details of his education at South Wellington School and Wellington College. Mentions his feelings of class awareness and the difficulty of being Maori at Wellington College. Describes attending Victoria University of Wellington and its socialist, radical tradition at Victoria. Recalls J C Beaglehole, Ian Gordon, James Bertram, James K Baxter, Anton Vogt and Louis Johnson. Gives details leading to his going to St Johns College, the training there and going to the Tokoroa parish. Mentions applying for and getting the Sir Apirana Ngata Memorial Scholarhip and marrying Beverley Watkins before going to Oxford, England on the scholarship. Describes life as a student there, being ordained at Christchurch Cathedral in Oxford and being in parishes in Lowestoft and London. Recalls returning to New Zealand and a parish at Okato, Taranaki in 1964. Comments on the growing Maori consciousness in New Zealand. Describes teaching at St Johns in 1966, becoming Director of Christian Education and being elected Bishop of Waiapu in 1971. Comments on his relationship with the clergy. Discusses involvement in the Citizens for Rowling campaign and the response to his political stance. Discusses the nature of poverty. Gives a background to his appointment as Archbishop. Discusses his attitude to the Springbok Tour. Recalls his decision to go on the 1984 hikoi to Waitangi and the role of Governor General Sir David Beattie. Describes the unexpectedness of being offered the position of Governor-General. Comments on the Maori perspective and awkward situations which arose during his term. Mentions lessons in Maori from Huirangi Waikerepuru. Comments on divisions within New Zealand society and his desire to help bridge them as Governor-General. Recalls his relationship with Sir Robert Muldoon. Describes travelling widely, trying to attend Maori events and preparing speeches with relevance. Mentions Cindy Beavis. Mentions open days and Maori staying at Government House. Discusses Government House staff including Paul Canham, Official Secretary and Norm Richardson, the Comptroller. Recalls meetings of the Executive Council and the gradual lack of cohesion of David Lange's Labour government. Discusses assistance from Solicitor General John McGrath. Comments on Michael Bassett, Richard Prebble and Roger Douglas and the inability of David Lange to stop the development of a market driven free-fall economy. Mentions reaction to an article he wrote in the `Listener' on the economy. Mentions other incidents including trouble from the Malaysian government after comments about Lorraine and Aaron Cohen and the pig-killing ritual in Vanuatu. Talks about discussions with Sir Tipene O'Regan, Georgina Kirby and Sir James Henare. Discusses the Treaty of Waitangi and claims. Gives his impressions of visiting the Queen and encouraging her involvement in the 1990 Treaty celebrations. Comments on his agenda and aims as Governor-General and on earlier Governors-General. Mentions his work in New York on leaving Government House. Comments on the Church as an institution and the trend towards it being conservative, charismatic and evangelical. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3406.

Date: [ca 1900-2008]

From: Ranger, Diana Rosemary, fl 1972-2009: Photographs taken by Murray and Stanley Vincent

Reference: PAColl-10028-3

Description: Photographs chiefly taken by Stanley Raymond Vincent (d 1991) and also his son Murray Francis Vincent (1944-2008). - Photographs by S R Vincent of the construction of the East Coast Railway (1937-1942). These feature the Waikura Tunnel, Tiki Whata Tunnel, Coast Tunnel, Kopuwhara Viaduct, Waipoa Bridge, [and Waratuha Tunnel] and illustrate bracing, lining, ventilation, electric lighting, and other construction techniques. Also shows unidentified workers, an anti-erosion technique, elevated tramway, steam engines, workers' camps (including at the south portal of the Waikura Tunnel) and the opening of the line on 3 Sep 1942 (with steam engines Ab' 710 and 750). Prints of unidentified railway yards [Gisborne?] and steam engine K900 are also included in collection. - Miscellaneous series show: the organ at Wellington Town Hall; Hamilton County Bluegrass Band anniversary concert group portraits; ships in the harbour (Straight Shipping), and trams; various family photos, including holidays (car and caravan), fishing, portraits, and unidentified houses; model steam boats at Pukekura Park (New Plymouth) and Taranaki Daily News steam train excursion (Inglewood to Midhurst). Also contains images showing a Fieldair Freight plane (ZK-BBJ) being loaded with fertilizer in Gisborne, Kihikihi Stores Ltd van and Murray Roberts & Co tyre distributors vehicle, Mount Aorangi and track at Buller Gorge, various [World War II?] images, including boats, fighter plane, and unidentified soldiers), an unidentified house, a sheep mustering scene, bullock train, and an early motorcar. Accompanying material - two sheets of paper with family history information Arrangement: Prints numbered 164 to 234 are in this box Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s). 18 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/2-230966-G

Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn tram in Courtenay Place, Wellington, taken ca early 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [191-?]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-019548-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: ca 1913

From: Clifton, Doreen :Album of photographs of early Seatoun (Wellington) and the Collins and Waterson families, and photocopy of a newspaper clipping about the Dolly Varden racing boat, Wellington 1876

Reference: PA1-o-611-05

Description: Passengers alighting from tram at Seatoun terminus, Wellington, taken ca 1913 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 120 x 164 mm

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-141

Description: Photographs relating to railways and shipping, 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 railways are arranged alphabetically from RA to T Images relating to shipping and ships are arranged alphabetically from A to A, and includes ships Acheron, Achille Lauro, Angelina Lauro, Akaroa, Arahanga, Aramoana, Aranui, Aratere, and Aratika. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: [ca 1930-1980, 2004-2007]

By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014

Reference: ATL-Group-00331

Description: Research notes, drafts, clippings, photographs, and other material relating to shipping, especially vessels belonging to the Union Steam Ship Company, those associated with Wellington Harbour and with coastal shipping. There is also material on Auckland Harbour, research notes and material on Wanganui river steamers, and on Wellington Harbour reclamations, the harbour ferries and the Wellington tramway system. Research notes, clippings and drafts relating to `Early New Zealand steamers, Vol II' (unpublished). Source of title - Supplied Mr Wilkinson, a journalist for the Wellington Evening Post, served as shipping reporter. He was also a marine photographer and had an interest in Wellington history. He wrote on Wellington tramways, Wellington Harbour and the Wanganui river steamers. Quantity: 113 folder(s). 2 Linear Metres. 279 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, photos Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr J D Wilkinson, 2001; Mrs M Wilkinson, Wellington, July 2007; Mrs M Wilkinson, Nov 2009 Transfers: To Serials Collection - Copies of Wellington Harbour Board Beacon.