Places

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-051

Description: Shows rolling hilly farm country with Mt Manaia in the background. There is part of a small cottage with water barrels on the extreme right, by a winding dirt road, and a horse and possibly cattle graze in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 187 mm.

Date: 1945 - 1950

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Five early cartoons. ca 1945-1950].

Reference: B-154-129

Description: Left half of a cartoon in two sheets; other half at B-156-130. At the left, two road workers frown as they look at the furrows gouged by trolley buses. At the right, workers at Rongotai Aerodrome discuss subdivision plans, in front of a hangar, with a rocket launch-pad in the background. Other Titles - \"One thing about trams, they used to break-up the roads just down the middle - these trolley buses do it all over\" Other Titles - \"I see that now that rockets don't need any runways they're going to sub-divide part of the 'drome into housing lots\" Date estimated as post Second World War. Estimated as pre-1950 because Lodge has not yet established his habit of incorporating the date into his signature. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 320 x 445 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Frank Mitchell in 2002. Previously owned by his brother V Leonard W Mitchell.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: Bogle, Archibald Hugh, 1883-1972; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.47981gbbd/[ca 1950/Acc.14569

Description: Part of a surveyed, cadastral map of a subdivision in Linden, Tawa, showing Deposited Plan 9069 (transferred from 2054), named Tawa Extension no. 7. The subdivision runs between part of Old Porirua Road, Findlay and Handyside streets and the Wellington to Masterton railway, from Gee Street to Collins Ave. Includes road and section surveys, the latter numbered, with acreage. This copy includes only a part of the original map. It also shows part of a further segment, namely numbered surveyed sections 87 and 127-137, with acreage, bounded by the part of the railway and part of Collins Ave. Map includes notes regarding the subdivision and two signatures, a reference key regarding colour coding of roads (not visible on this copy), the number '56', and Certificate of Title numbers 170/24, 25. Also includes some pencil annotations on white section of map, indicating bearings. Includes part block numbers. Indicates part of the Porirua Stream. Other Titles - Tawa Flat (Linden) DP 2054 (transferred to DP 9069) see C[ertificate of] T[itle]'s 461/230 and 392/273. Includes blue ink annotation: L88 GB. Title from pencil annotation on map recto. Please note, part of that title was crossed out (DP 9069) and used further on in that title. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 45.2 x 48.2 cm.

Date: 1940 - 1941

By: Rose, P R, active 1940; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.47965gbbd/1940/Acc.10172

Description: Survey map with cadastral information, showing land to taken for a new road in Pukerua Bay, where the streets or roads named Muri, Pa, Toenga and Manuka intersect beside the North Island Main Trunk Railway. The map is heavily surveyed, and shows Deposited Plan and Certificate of Title numbers, acreage, section price and current owner's name. Names of owners include: HM The King, EL Gray, C Gray, AK Lindsay, KAAM Hyde, RE Astridge, EJS Peare, II Radcliffe, WV Allen, MMP Bonner, ML Coveney, AN Taplin, Guardian Trust, GM McIlwraith, HG Mayer, AE Caddick, FF Brown, MA Bedell, E Burgess, GW Magnus, W Foothead, KH Miller, DL Gray, Hutt City Council, Native Land 2537. As per note on map, land taken from C Gray is coloured in yellow. Written on map: S[urvey] O[ffice] 20581. Signed by Public Works district engineer. Certified by registered surveyor. Written on map: Total area required for road 3a 2r 22.453 p, total area to be given in exchange 0a 1r 09.3p. Some manuscript annotations added to map. Written on map: WDO 8916 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 71.2 x 71.5 cm.

Date: 1949

Reference: MapColl-832.15gbbd/1949/Acc.35756

Description: Map shows Wynyardton North, the Pukepoto block, Pt allot 33 Kapanga parish, Pt OLC 32 (Pt. Keven's grant), numbered sections within each street block, D.P. and C.T. numbers, deed's plan H25, and the main road through the area which has text 'Public Road Certificate by Chief Surveyor No. 1596'. 'Approved for the purposes of Sec. 24 'Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1949' is not signed by Chief Surveyor. Note reads 'Lands coloured green hereon are Pts OLC 32 comprised in CT 894/181 and CT 569/49 and subject to a right of Way created by Con. 24 (D1.26). Note coloured shading not visible on this copy. 'File. 14/110' Other Titles - section Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1: 1 584], 81 x 79 cm.

Date: 1947-1960

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-158/6

Description: This file deals mainly with Mangaroa and Akatarawa. Includes files on road improvement, construction and formation of new roads, acquisition of land by Council for roading purpose etcs Quantity: 1 folder(s) (document file).

Date: 1931 - 1941

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Jo/[ca.1936]/Acc.14601

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map of land bounded by Brandon Street (now Frankmore Cutting), Railway Terrace and the Johnsonville Railway Station Yard, Wellington, including part of Lots 33-4, 38-41, showing plan of land required for road purposes. The land is taken from Lots 33, 40 and 41, and part of a railway reserve, being the property of W H and A Bramley, the Johnsonville Town Board and Mrs C Halligan. Shows land schedule, including certificate of title numbers, acreage, and owner, as well as some pencil calculations. Reference key indicates railway reserve, railway reserve taken, road reserve, private land and private land taken. W.D.O. No. 5248A Written on reverse: Johnsonville See MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Jo/[ca.1936]/Acc.14602 for continuation of plan Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo photoprint on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 45.7 x 56.7 cm

Date: 1949

Reference: MapColl-832.47981gbb/1949/Acc.37620

Description: Map of the borough of Tawa, including Redwood and Linden, showing residential, commercial, light and heavy industrial areas, public and recreational areas, all of which are referred to in a key. The three railway stations of Takapu Road, Tawa and Linden, are marked but are un-named. Roads are un-named except for the Main Road through Tawa and the new motorway, part of which appears to be under construction. Directional signs are given to Wellington and Porirua. Shopping centres are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer. Date written on top left of map Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and correcting fluid on parchment, scale not given, 34.5 x 19.7 cm.

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1949

Reference: MapColl-832.15gbbd/1949/Acc.35755

Description: Map shows Kingstone suburb, blocks including Ngorongoro and Te Kono, part of Kapanga Parish, depicting numbered sections within named street blocks, D.P. and C.T. numbers and public roads. The text 'Approved for the purposes of Sec. 24 'Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1949'' is not signed by Chief Surveyor. Note reads 'Lands coloured green and burnt sienna hereon are public roads..' Note coloured shading not visible on this copy. 'File. 14/110' Other Titles - section Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1: 1 584], 81 x 79 cm.

Date: 1930 - 1947

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/1947?/Acc.14564

Description: A base map of the Porirua - Titahi Bay development area has been used for the subdivision of Kahutea, now called Titahi Bay. A photostatic copy of this cadastral and part topographic map is of the area from Porirua Harbour (near the present day site of Kahutea Terrace), to Whitehouse Road. Numbered sections include acreages and measurements, while some added annotations to the photostatic copy detail the monetary value of these sections. Dates include 1929, 1930, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947. One section is marked as occupied. The Porirua - Titahi Main Road (bitumen) and Whitehouse Road are named. The subdivision includes un-named roads with details of gradients. Substantial handwritten notes refer to Deposited Plan 9621, sold and unsold sections, those with sea frontage and others with large areas of land. Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of part Kahutea No. 1A, part Kahutea No. 3 and part District Plan 1141, being part section 110 Porirua District Block XI, Paekakariki Survey District The scale of the base map is [1:792]. Title at base of map: Porirua - Titahi Bay Development Area Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on photostatic copy, coloured, scale indeterminable, 43.6 x 35.7 cm.

Date: 1890 - 1940

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/[n.d.]/Acc.37527

Description: Topographic map of the route of the Burma Road. Kim Street is named. Level areas, slopes, tall trees, a grassed area, 2' bench, asphalt footpath and kerb are shown. Includes a directional sign to Johnsonville. The second map is a cross sectional plan of the Burma Road with distances and heights in feet. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) includes one cross sectional map. Physical Description: Ink and pencil on card, scale [1:240], 37.5 x 32.4 cm.

Date: 1943 - 1947

By: New Zealand Post Office

Reference: MapColl-832.4799hkcmf/Ka/[1943-47]/Acc.37513-4

Description: Plan showing layout and road access of Site W, Karori, Wellington, the military station at Wrights Hill Fortress, during World War II. Shows excavated military barracks, command post and plotting room, war shelter, gun store, tunnels and chambers. Shows road access to the station, going through several private properties. Includes a schedule of areas table. Kano, Campbell, and Donald Street are marked. Also shows surrounding properties, owned by F L Rabone, Florence Louisa Rabone (leased by W M Wood), Fodlalla Khoura, J Prenderville, Mrs P M Bates, M W Prenderville, J M Prenderville, E Beavis, A Dorman, W F Dorman, Wellington City Council, Wellington City Supply, Barrer, Brightacre Ltd. WDO 11335 Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 39 x 52.4 cm on sheets 42 x 29.6 cm

Date: 1946 - 1950

By: New Zealand. Post and Telegraph Department

Reference: MapColl-832.12/1946-50/Acc.6693

Description: Map showing Waitemata Harbour, from Whau Creek north to Hobsonville Road. Includes Auckland's main network of roads from between these points and some detail along the harbour. Sheets adjoining this sheet include 48, 51, 57. A.4290L. Sheet 52. '713'. Note on map reads 'See Auckland City and Suburbs northern shore sheet 1 A2015a. Crown copyright reserved. Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [ca. 1:7 920], 63 x 64 cm.

Date: 1943

By: Gardiner, Norman Jacob, 1900-1985

Reference: MapColl-832.4794eam/1943/Acc.19284

Description: Survey map of the Hutt River Estuary reclamation, between present day Barnes Street and Randwick Street, extending from Waiwhetu Pa, Seaview Road to the river. Shows the pre-reclamation river boundary on the Waiwhetu Pa boundary, proposed streets (one of which runs through the centre of Waiwhetu Pa), closed streets, the proposed surveyed reclaimed land, dwellings, and the Waiwhetu Stream. Land owners named include: H M King, E Price, E Corson, Hutt River Board, 'Natives', Public trustee. Pumping stations, the Waiwhetu pa cemetery, the proposed railway eastern track and embankments are shown. Written on map: Certified correct [signed by] chief surveyor, 12.10.1943. WDO file 8/89; SO 21064. Includes 9 insets of specific survey points, labelled A-I. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, part hand coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 75.8 x 76 cm.

Date: 1941-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-177

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1941-1958 Main street of Arrowtown, church and cottage; homestead on road between Kingston & Queenstown with Remarkables behind; road construction on the Kingston-Lake Wakatipu Road; road into Arrowtown; Crown Range road (showing Jaguar XK150 Fixed Head Coupe); rural scene in Maungawera Valley between Lake Wanaka & Hawera, 1941; Kingston Railway Station and train; opendeck bus in Routeburn Valley; Cecil Peak from shores of Lake Wakatipu. Scottish bard at one end of Signal Hill memorial, Dunedin Lake Hayes; Mount Aspiring from North-East; Clutha River; Skippers Bridge; Thames Street, Oamaru looking south; aerial view of Dunedin looking south from railway station; sunken iris garden at Dunedin Botanical Gardens, 1958; mist over over Dunedin as seen from Southern Motorway. Photographers include: W H Raine, W G Weigel, J D S Roberts & R V Francis Smith Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1948 - 1966

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Ian Hulse Photography

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-018

Description: Photographs of Lower Hutt, Petone and Wellington city, taken circa 1948 to 1966, for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Included are photographs of streets, libraries, public swimming pools, the construction of the Petone overbridge, the Hutt River, the Hutt Recreation Ground, Petone foreshore, the opening of the Hutt Estuary Bridge, Percy's Reserve and State housing. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1946-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-173

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Government Tourist Gardens and Bath House at Rotorua; pataka at Whakarewarewa; tourists at Whakarewarewa (including couple being welcomed to the village & showing their Volkswagen car in foreground); Lake Rotorua; Lake Rotoma; Lake Rotoehu; Hongis Track Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1946 - 1950

By: New Zealand. Post and Telegraph Department

Reference: MapColl-832.12eac/1946-50?/Acc.6710

Description: Map showing Auckland's northern shore road network including Mairangi Bay and north of Brown's Bay. The main district roads and the Riverlea and Whenuapai wharves are shown; Riverhead State Forest is included. Map reads 'Auckland city and suburbs, northern shore sheet 1. A2015 - R.' Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [ca. 1:7 920], 205 x 40 cm.

Date: 1946 - 1950

By: New Zealand. Post and Telegraph Department

Reference: MapColl-832.12eac/1946/Acc.6702

Description: Map showing Hauraki Gulf, Okura River, Weti River, Silverdale, and Auckland's network of roads from Main North Road south to Glenvar Road and a small cluster of streets off Glenvar Road immediately south of Awaruku Creek. Sheets adjoining this sheet include 48, 43, 40 and 41. A.4290L. Sheet 44. Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [ca. 1:7 920], 205 x 40 cm.