Places

Date: 1909 to 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-008

Description: Photographs supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes of Annals of the Tararua Range (Vol 1, figures 1-146). Images show geology, topography, physiography and flora of the Tararua Ranges. Views of the Tararua Ranges, with peaks named (figs 1-6); ascent of Mt Waiopehu (3588 ft.), 22 Jan 1909 (figs 8-10); 1st crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 13-19 Feb 1909, finishing on a campsite on the farmland of Alfred Deal at Waingawa, also a view of Mr Deal's house, and views of Masterton, including the Masterton Post Office and public gardens (figs 11-45); visit to the High Fall on the Poruriri Ridge near Tokomaru, 30 Oct 1910 (figs 46-49); ascent of Mt Tawirikohukohu (3455 ft) via the Ohau Rover, 18 Dec 1910 (figs 50-52); 3rd ascent of Mt Waiopehu, 3-6 Jan 1911 (Figs 73-76); across the Tararua Range via Palmerston North-Pahiatua Road, 22-23 Jan 1911 (figs 73-76); visit to the Ohau-Mangahao divide via the southern branch of the Ohau River, 12 Feb 1911 (figs 77-83); 2nd crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 9-17 Feb 1911 (figs 84-128); ascent of Te Paki trig station on the Tararua foothils east of Shannon, 10 Dec 1916 (figs 129-132); topography & physiography of the valley of the Makahika, tributary of the Ohau River, 6 Jan 1918 (figs 133-134); 2nd ascent of Te Paki & topography of the Upper Tokomaru Valley, 28 Apr 1918 (figs 135-136); 1st visit to the No.1 gorge on the Mangahao River, 29 Feb 1919 (figs 137-138); topography & physiography of the Waireka & Wainui valleys, 13 Apr 1919 (figs 139-142); physiography of the Poruriri Ridge & Mangaharakeke Falls, on the Tararua western foothills near Tokomaru, 24 Aug 1919 (figs 143-146).

Date: 1920

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023194-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023190-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1905

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023327-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1907

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023214-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: March 1947, May 1948, February 1949, December 1950, May 1951, December 1955 - January 1956

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PAColl-3256

Description: Quantity: 565 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 7 b&w copy photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 5 colour copy photographic print(s) (postcards) in one box.

Date: 1927-1929

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-006

Description: "Annals of the Tararua Range, Vol 3", photographs no. 283-449, supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes held in Manuscripts and Archives. Photographs include preparations for the construction of the Waiopehu Hut, and views of Mt Waiopehu, in 1927, and the opening of the hut (4 March 1928), with named members of the Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Club, Tararua Tramping Club, and various dignitaries. Discovery of a prehistoric artifact, the Waiopehu flint knife, found 4 February 1928; botanical visit to Mt Waiopehu, images of plant life, February 1928; excursion to the headwaters of the Mangahao River and first ascent of Mt Dora; topography of the Wellington Peninsula, Tararua offshoot, April 1928; ascent of Mt Wainui, April 1928. Visit to Oriwa Lake-Hollow via Mt Waiopehu including the summit of Mt Waiopehu and upper part of its north-leading ridge with Horowhenua lowland in distance. Winter visit to Mt Hector track, August 1928; longitudinal traverse from Otaki Forks to Ohau Valley via Waitatapia River, Oriwa Ridge & Mt Waiopehu, and ascent of Mt Crawford, October 1928. Ascent pf Gable End Knob from Ohau Hut; Mangaharakeke Falls, December 1928; topography of Otaki Gorge, Dec 1928; scenery of the Makaretu River, Feb 1929; attempt to cross Tararua Range via Mt Bannister, views of log-bridge over the Ohau-iti (Blackwater) Stream; ascent of Makahika Trig Station, 13 October 1929, with a combined group from the Hutt Valley, Tararua and Levin-Waiopehu Tramping Clubs.

Date: 1920

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023204-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1908

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023341-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023184-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1920

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023195-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1923

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023431-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1931

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PA1-q-002-27-map

Description: Map of historic sites and old place names of Horowhenua drawn by George Leslie Adkin in 1931.

Date: 1916-1921

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-009

Description: Album (1), 1916-1921. Tararuas and Mangahao Hydroelectric power construction (images 1-58). See also Album (2), 1921-1922, Mangahao Hydroelectric Power Scheme (images 59-122), at PA1-q-001. Black and white photographs of various areas in the Tararua Range, including views of the high peaks, the Mangaore Stream, the Horowhenua lowland area from the ridge leading up to Te Paki trig station, the Arapeti Valley from the site of the future Tokomaru Dam (part of the Mangahao Hydroelectric scheme), and the remnants of the Shannon Land & Sawmilling Company sawmill in the Arapeti Valley. Views of a waterfall on the Tokomaru River which was submerged when the dam was completed; views of the jig tramway which connected the terminus of the service road with the bottom of the Mangahao Valley (450 ft descent, approximately 1 in 2 grade); sinking a shaft to test rock formation preparatory to construction of the power scheme.

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023273-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1906-1936

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-q-006

Description: Album related to farming operations, stock and general development at Sonoma (North Block), sections 3E No. 4 & No 2, Blocks VI & VII, Waiopehu S.D., Horowhenua; and Woodside, section 42, Block 11, Waiopehu S.D., Queen Street East, Levin. Photographs dated between 1906 and 1936. Both sections owned by members ot the Adkin family. Scenes in 1914 showing the site of a sawmill owned by P Bartholomew, which was removed when the timber had been cleared. Shows the land from first bush clearance, felling of bush and burn-off, to arable fields and crops, including growing of swedes and potatoes. Also shows construction of a traffic bridge over the Makahika River.

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023326-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1940s

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

By: Oliver, Robin Langford, 1921-2001

Reference: PA1-o-010

Description: Album of black & white photographs, chiefly of geological formations, with some group photographs of members attending the 7th Pacific Science Congress in 1949. Several images by R L Oliver show an eruption on Mount Ruapehu, probably in 1945, with views of the tholoid in the crater, later views showing vents appearing, and finally the engulfment of the larger part of the tholoid by enlargement of the major vent. Other images include one of Tuna Bay delta in the Marlborough Sounds, shell-beds, group photographs of members of the geological section attending the Pacific Science Congress in 1949, and photographs of White island, including one aerial photograph.

Date: Circa 1900s

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-003

Description: Album of black & white photographs taken during the early 1900s, showing geological formations in New Zealand. They include images of the Banks Peninsula, Sumner, Heathcote-Avon Estuary, Lyttelton Harbour, and the Halswell River, in several sequences in the album; flooding of the Koputaroa Stream at Levin, on 4 December 1906; Lake Horowhenua; Paekakariki Coast; the Wairarapa, including Orongorongo Valley, Wharekauhau Stream, Wainuiomata, Palliser Bay, Mukamuka Valley, Eglinton's Hut; Tongariro National Park area, including Waiouru (in which the stables of Crowther & McCauley coach services are visible), the source of the Waikato River at the gorge and waterfall of the Mangatoetoenui Stream; Mount Ruapehu, crater lake, the Waihohonu Hut, Te Heuheu Peak, Flounder Glacier and Waikato Glacier; Mount Ngauruhoe, slopes and craters and the source of the Ohinepango Stream; Mount Tongariro, Ketetahi Springs and Ketetahi Hut, craters and crater lakes including the Red crater, and Blue and Green Lakes

Date: 1907

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023412-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).