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Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: 1961-1967

From: Girl Guides Association New Zealand Inc :Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-139

Description: Photographs of leaders of the Girl Guide Association, Girl Guides, Brownies and Rangers, and various activities throughout New Zealand. The first pages show the move from old headquarter buildings in Hastings to new buildings in Christchurch, in September 1961. They include the transfer of equipment by truck and by air freight, and views of different aspects of the new premises. Later views show visiting Girl Guide leaders attending conferences and training courses; ceremonial occasions attended by Lord Cobham in 1962, and by Sir Bernard and Lady Fergusson. Lady Fergusson was the Dominion President during their term in New Zealand. One section of the album shows activities of Girl Guides and Brownies in the Cook Islands, and also in Western Samoa. A number of the camps were attended by Girl Guides from Pacific countries, with many of the Guides named in the album. Various activities undertaken by the Guides include the sale of Girl Guide biscuits, ANZAC Day commemorations, Thinking Day ceremonies, rallies, and the awards of special badges. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, labelled in blue ink on front cover `Book 2. 1961-1967' with 1963-1968 crossed out; 38 x 52 cm

Date: 1927

Reference: PA1-o-444

Description: Photographs of the Royal visit in 1927 of the Duke and Duchess of York, taken by an unidentified photographer. None of the photographs have captions. Images include the royal entourage driving or travelling by train through New Zealand countryside in the South Island and the North Island; various ceremonies, welcoming crowds, a large group of nurses lining the steps up to a hospital, various dignitaries, and inspection of troops and police. Two photographs show the Royal camp at Tokaanu, and one shows rows of people seated at tables in the open air. A number of more personal images show the Duke and Duchess, the Duke outside smoking a pipe, the Duke at a racecourse with a trotting horse and sulky, and the Duke and Duchess fishing near Turangi. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; entitled "Photographs" (stamped in lower right corner); 18.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: 1954

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-07-04

Description: Includes words of Te Arawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa haka; pōwhiri; Posture dance by Ngāti Tūwharetoa; Poi dance by Te Arawa; Mataatua tribes action dance; Taihauauru Poi Aotea, Whakapapa Kawai Rangatira, He Ngeri; Haka Waka Atua; Ngati Porou tribe women's haka of welcome; men's ceremonial haka. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, 38 pages, 220 x 144 mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, October 2022. Previous reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1954-01.

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2227-F

Description: Panoramic group portrait of police escort contingent for the tour of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927. Two rows of uniformed policemen (60 men) standing, with 9 men in civilian clothing and 7 senior officers seated in front. They are posed in front of an unidentified building in an unidentified location (possibly Auckland). The rear of a car is visible on the far left (number plate: 34-554). Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Royal Escort to T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York, New Zealand Tour, 1927; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 23.7 x 123.4 cm

Date: 1958

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1958

Description: Includes: Masterton Amateur Athletic & Cycling Club. Park Oval Masterton, 20 January 1958. Official programme Wellington Centre NZAAA. Women's and Junior Provincial Track and Field Championships. Hataitai Park, 7-8 February 1958. Official programme City of Dunedin. Civic reception and Royal Sports meeting. Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Carisbrook, 11 February 1958. Souvenir programme Wellington Centre. NZAAA. Wellington Provincial Track & Field Championships. Hataitai Park, 14-15 February 1958. Official programme Wellington Centre. NZAAA. 63rd New Zealand Track & Field Championships. Lower Hutt Recreation Ground, 6-8 March 1958. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Quantity: 5 album(s). Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: [ca 1890s-1940s]

From: Cornwall, James Caleb, 1879-1964: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10268

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenes taken between circa 1890s and circa 1940s, chiefly by James Caleb Cornwall. Many images have a brief explanatory captions. Contains images including a kapa haka group performing on a barge, a building decorated for Royal [Coronation 1937?] with cameo portraits of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, animals at a zoo (pelican and [thar?]), a thermal area, and a bush scene. Transportation is featured, with photographs showing trains (locomotives and carriages, including a Fairlie locomotive) and railway architecture (train tracks and Main Trunk Line viaduct) as well as car and horse and cart scenes. Places and buildings include Hastings Main Street, Blenheim Memorial (clock tower and fountain), Palmerston North (including birds on pond [Domain?], a church, shops, and the main square), Arthurs Pass and Porters Pass, a Coromandel homestead, house and garden of Cara [Sawings?], and [Otago Settlers?] Museum, Dunedin. Unidentified figures appear in some photographs. Quantity: 10 loose album pages, with 38 b&w original prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints adhered to loose card album pages

Date: 28th February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2218-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over Arawa Park where Maori women are performing a poi dance for the Duke and Duchess of York. Other groups of Maori performers are waiting on a field in front of a crowded grandstand far left, with a smaller grandstand to the right. Members of a military band are seated on the left of steps decorated with palm fronds leading up to the grandstand. Three large marquees are seen across the centre right of the image. There is a row of press photographers standing up on the edge of the main grandstand. Crowds of spectators line the field, with police at intervals. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Title and date from similar images taken by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 15 15 15 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 131.4 cm

Date: 28th February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2219-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over Arawa Park where Maori women are performing a poi dance for the Duke and Duchess of York. Other groups of Maori performers are waiting on a field in front of a crowded grandstand far left, with a smaller grandstand to the right. Members of a military band are seated on the left of steps decorated with palm fronds leading up to the grandstand. Three large marquees are seen across the centre right of the image. There is a row of press photographers standing up on the edge of the main grandstand. Crowds of spectators line the field, with police at intervals. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Title and date from similar images taken by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 14 14 14 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 130.0 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2222-F

Description: Panoramic view of H.M.S. Renown in Auckland Harbour, bringing the Duke and Duchess of York on a royal visit to New Zealand, probably taken from Devonport. Trees in the right foreground. An escort ship, and several small boats following. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - H.M.S. Renown in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. 23.2.1927; Marginal notes on negative - HMS Renown in Auckland Harbour, N.Z. 23.2.1927 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 121.9 cm

Date: 23 February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2230-F

Description: Panoramic view of the arrival of H.M.S. Renown in Auckland Harbour, bringing the Duke and Duchess of York on a royal visit to New Zealand, probably taken from Devonport. Trees in the right foreground. H.M.S. Renown in the centre. Two large two-masted sailing ships, one on the right in front of an escort ship and one centre left. Other escort ships on the far left. Two steamships, a flotilla of yachts and small boats following. Auckland city in the background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2222 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [Duplicate]; Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 122.3 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2103-F

Description: Panoramic view of Auckland Harbour showing wharves lined with ships and boats flying flags and bunting, and a flotilla of yachts and small boats out to welcome the Duke of York's ship, HMS Renown, on its arrival. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Auckland Harbour; Marginal notes on negative - Arrival of HRH Duke of York, Auckland, 1927; Marginal notes on negative - 14 14 14 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 124.6 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2100B-F

Description: Panoramic view of the reception to the Duke and Duchess of York at Arawa Park, Rotorua in 1927, taken by Robert Percy Moore, of Wellington. It shows a crowded grandstand centre left, a smaller grandstand on the right, more onlookers standing on the far left. Poi dancers in rows in front of the main grandstand, two large marquees far right. Crowds around the edge of a grassed area. A cameraman with a movie camera is visible standing amongst the crowd centre far left. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Maori reception to T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York Rotorua. N.Z. 1927. No. 2; Marginal notes on negative - 12 12 12 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 131.7 cm

Date: 28 February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2106-F

Description: Panoramic view of the reception to the Duke and Duchess of York at Arawa Park, Rotorua in 1927, taken by Robert Percy Moore, of Wellington. It shows groups of Maori poi dancers in a large field in front of a crowded grandstand which is on the far left. Spectators also surround the field. Maori kaumatua and kuia seated on the ground centre foreground. Two large marquees on the right. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Poi dancers entertaining T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York, Rotorua. New Zealand. 28.2.27; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 25.2 x 134.2 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2104-F

Description: Panoramic view of the reception to the Duke and Duchess of York at Arawa Park, Rotorua in 1927, taken by Robert Percy Moore, of Wellington. It shows a crowded grandstand centre left with groups of sailors, some with instruments seated to left and right of steps leading up to the grandstand. The steps are lined with palm fronds. A smaller grandstand is on the right, and there are more onlookers standing in the foreground on the left and behind a paling fence on the far side of the field. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 115.0 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2105-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Maori reception to the Duke and Duchess of York at Arawa Park, Rotorua in 1927, taken by Robert Percy Moore, of Wellington. It shows the arrival of the Duke and Duchess through a palm-lined arch on the far side of Arawa Park in the left middle distance. Two large groups of warriors are facing them, crouched ready to perform their welcome haka. A group of kaumatua and kuia wearing cloaks are seated on the ground in the foreground. Sailors, members of a naval brass band are seated in front of a crowded grandstand on the far left. Spectators line the edges of the field, and there are two large marquees on the right. Palm fronds line the steps up to the grandstand. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Maori reception to T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York Rotorua. N.Z. 1927. No. 1; Marginal notes on negative - 5 5 5 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 127.2 cm

Date: 28th February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2114-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over Arawa Park where Maori and Pakeha are awaiting the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York. Groups of Maori performers are waiting on a field in front of a crowded grandstand far left, with a smaller grandstand to the right. Members of a military band are seated on the left of steps decorated with palm fronds leading up to the grandstand. There is a row of drums on the ground in front of the musicians. Three large marquees are seen across the centre right of the image. There is a man with a movie camera among the groups below the grandstand. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Maoris awaiting T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York Rotorua. New Zealand. 28.2.1927.; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 125.8 cm

Date: 1937

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1937-01

Description: Certificate issued to children in 1937 shows portraits of George VI and Elizabeth his wife, between a red and gold standard at the left and a New Zealand flag at the right. The panel is bordered by a red white and blue edging with stylised red roses and crowns. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card, 202 x 250 mm.

Date: 1961-1964

From: Curry, Roy Goodwin, 1918-2006: Collection

Reference: PA12-6857

Description: Wellington views include Island Bay, Oriental Bay marina, Cuba Mall, Wellington Heads and surrounding hills, and Wellington Harbour. Queen Mother visiting Queentown where she received a painting (notes suggest that this may be the opening of the Haast Road). Views of Porirua include Titahi Bay, Pukerua Bay, housing developments, motorways, and Porirua Harbour. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1966

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1966

Description: Includes: Auckland Society for Contemporary Music. Contemporary American music. Art gallery, 23 July 1966. Programme (2 copies) Auckland Society for Contemporary Music. Invitation of contemporary music. Broadcasting House, 16 October [1966?]. Programme Shirley Bassey on stage (with singer / dancer Bernard Hall; and New Zealand supporting acts: The Quare Fellows, Max Cryer, Fenton Bowen). Souvenir booklet NZBC Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. 1966 New Zealand tour. Itinerary [Mimeographed booklet] NZBC presents Eugene Istomin piano recital. Christchurch Civic Theatre, 17 May 1966. programme Civic Concert Council. "The Messiah". St John's Cathedral Napier 19 November; St Matthews Church Hastings 20 November 1966. Programme NZBC presents The New Christy Minstrels, American folk singers. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 19 April 1966. Programme NZBC presents The New Christy Minstrels, American folk singers. Auckland Town Hall, 29 April 1966. Programme Royal Youth Concert in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (With "Cambridge suite" by Jenny McLeod, "Blake cantata" by Edwin Carr; "Maori suite" by Ashley Heenan). Wellington Town Hall, 26 April 1966. Programme (2 copies) Stadiums Pty Ltd, Aztec Services Pty Ltd and International Entertainment Corp Ltd. Jimmy Shand and his Band (Jimmy Shand, Jim Johnstone, Angus Fitchet, Peter Straughan), with Ian McLeish, Ivy Carey, Jimmy Fletcher. New Zealand tour. Souvenir booklet (2 copies) Kiri Te Kanawa soprano. grand farewell concert. Town Hall Wellington, 5 February 1966 (With the Henry Rudolph Singers, Sandra Averi, Peter Averi, Robin Gordon, Frank Malthus). Souvenir programme (3 copies, one autographed on front cover) Maurice Till. [Two sheets of press reviews] (2 copies of each) University of Canterbury Unergraduates' Choir and Orchestra. Conductors L L Rivenburg and D F Sell. University Hall, 28 July 1966. Typescript programme / flier Denes Zsigmondy (violin) with Annaliese Nissen (piano). New Zealand Broacasting Corporation. Studio One, Broadcasting House, 6 April 1966. Typrescript programme / flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to quarto size, some illustrated.