Places

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: 1937, [1980s]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-7919-10

Description: Annotated maps relating to greywacke reconstruction; done on reverese pages of Brunner Collieries wages pay sheets for Wallsend Colliery (1937) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: [19--]

Reference: PAColl-D-0673

Description: Aerial view of gold dredge tailings, possibly in West Coast Region. Southern Alps can be seen in the distance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 402 x 505 mm mounted on card

Date: [1950]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-7919-03

Description: Maps, diagrams, tables etc for completed work, `Tertiary geology of Westport, sheets S23 and S24', for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: [1950]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: MSO-Papers-7919-3

Description: Two maps from `Tertiary and cretaceous geology of sheets S30 and S31 (Charleston and Buller)' See also further outsize accompanying papers at MSI-Papers-7919-5 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1950], 1969

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-38

Description: Completed work on the tertiary and cretaceous geology of Punakaiki sheet S37 for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; includes photographs, maps, tables etc Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Arrangement: Outsize accompanying papers at MSI-Papers-7919-01 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (case folder).

Date: [19--]

From: Holland, Henry Edmund, 1868-1933 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1815-11

Description: Topics include West Coast and New Zealand mining, Australian political and labour issues, communism, and miscellaneous historical subjects Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: [1950]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-7919-04

Description: Outsize maps, diagrams, tables etc from completed work on the tertiary stratigraphy of sheet S12 (Karamea) with notes on the glaciation of North West Nelson for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2010

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to miners and mining in New Zealand]

By: New Zealand. Parliament

Reference: Eph-B-MINING-2010-01

Description: Booklet for the memorial service to the 29 miners who died as a result of explosions in the Pike River Mine, on or after 19 November 2010. Shows a page of photographic portraits of the miners, of the Pike Stream and of the area near the mine. The order of service included songs by the Greymouth District Combined Primary School Choir, and Nga Kura o Te Tai Poutini, with speakers Reverend Canon Mere Wallace, Reverend Tim Mora, Mine chief executive Peter Whittall, Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn, Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand, Prime Minister John Key, singing led by Carolyn Williams, prayers led by Father John Morrison. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 300 x 212 mm. Provenance: Donated by Margaret Hurst, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: ca 1890

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-002305-F

Description: Horses and a carriage on a ferry on the Buller River, near Westport. Taken by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ferry near Westport Buller River Tyree Photo Nelson 5130 Protected Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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: 1950, [1961]

By: Munro, William Alexander, 1903-

Reference: MS-1695

Description: Source of title - Cover title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (30 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: [1950], 1969

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-39

Description: Completed work on the tertiary and cretaceous geology of Greymouth sheet S44 for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; includes photographs, maps, tables etc Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Arrangement: Outsize accompanying papers at fMS-Papers-7919-02 and MS0-Papers-7919; photograhs at 2003-374-40 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: [1939], 2003

By: Spence, William (Rev), 1868-1941

Reference: MS-Papers-7780

Description: Memoirs written by Spence about 1939 beginning with a description of his family and life on the Orkney Isles, going to school followed by his working life there; he writes of his decision to go to New Zealand and his arrival in 1888 on SS Ionic. He describes his decision to become a Presbyterian minister and the various stages this entailed before he was ordained in 1902. Following appointments in New Zealand he went to Australia where he remained. The Spence family did revisit New Zealand frequently and describe their holidays in many parts of the country including Rotorua, Auckland, Napier, Dunedin, Christchurch, Woodville and Wellington. The memoirs are accompanied by an abstract compiled by Spence's grand-niece, Heather Jones. Accompanying material - Abstract by Heather Jones Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms H Jones, Carterton, Jun 2003

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: [1950]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-45

Description: Completed work on the tertiary and cretaceous geology of sheets S30 and S31 (Charleston and Buller) for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; also includes appendices by J Marwick and C A Fleming, `Macrofossils from Charleston and Buller sheet districts' and `Microfaunas of Charleston and Buller sheets' by H J Finlay and N de B Hornibrook Arrangement: Outsize accompanying papers at MSI-Papers-7919-05 and MS0-Papers-7919-3 Quantity: 1 folder(s).