Places

Date: 1945 - 1955

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Akaroa scenes] / Cranleigh Barton [ca 1950]

Reference: A-227-302

Description: A small Gothic-style church building with a garden in front and large trees in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: 1955

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: E-549-q-08-017

Description: Shows a ship named 'Thermonopolae' at anchor with Prime Minister, Sid Holland, as a figure-head on the prow. A group of housewives wearing Indian feathers in their hair who represent the 'Auckland Housewives Association' throw boxes of '8/- lb Tea' from the ship into the sea. A small boat full of enraged tea merchants wearing nineteenth century coats, breeches and wigs floats helplessly nearby. This is a reminder of the Boston tea party of 1773 which was an act of direct action protest by the American colonists against the British Government in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks belonging to the British East India Company on ships in Boston Harbor. Refers to a protest at the price of tea? Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping glued to paper, 155x 215 mm

Date: 1846 - 1951

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962

Reference: A-173-035

Description: The stone Paremata Redoubt, with its two towers, surrounded by a yard with a picket fence. A ship visible in Porirua Harbour in the background and soldiers standing in line to attention, with tents in the distance. By the gate in the foreground, a Maori woman is selling produce to a group of soldiers, while another man with fish in a kete, and a woman with potatoes await their turn. Two civilians watch the proceedings from the right, one smoking a pipe. Drawn from descriptions provided by James Cowan The remains of this fort still stand in the Ngati Toa Domain, at Mana, just north of Porirua City Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Grey wash, 242 x 316 mm

Date: 1954 - 1969

By: Ross, B, active 1950s?; Matthews, Barbara Gertrude, 1930-2020; Hawkins, Margaret Murray, 1925-2005

Reference: A-426-085

Description: Shows the Pegasus Press's wooden building at 14 Oxford Terrace Christchurch, partially surrounded by trees, with the Avon River in the foreground. Pegasus Press occupied 14 Oxford Terrace on its founding in 1947. By 1952 it was based in another building at 82 Oxford Terrace. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B Ross Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 124 x 162 mm, mounted on card Provenance: Miss Hawkins was a friend of Peter and Mary Beaven and others associated with Pegasus Press.

Date: 1859 - 1958

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Messenger, William Bazire, 1834-1922

Reference: A-173-002

Description: Shows felled timber and cleared land in the background, with pioneer women in the foreground. A copy of an earlier sketch by W B Messenger. Described on donation as by A H Messenger from originals by W B Messenger. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen sketch, 204 x 178 mm

Date: 1920 - 1959

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-11-152

Description: A plan view of the full school site, including named houses Selwyn, Grey, Hadfield and Harvey, showing details of drainage between buildings and out to the surrounding streets Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on paper, 650 x 1115 mm

Date: 1945 - 1955

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Akaroa scenes] / Cranleigh Barton [ca 1950]

Reference: A-227-314-1

Description: St Patrick's Cathedral, a tall Victorian Gothic-style church close to a road On the verso of A-227-314-1, 'Garry River, Okuku, Canterbury' The Cathedral is on Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North Other Titles - Roman Catholic Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 190 x 285 mm

Date: 1945 - 1955

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Akaroa scenes] / Cranleigh Barton [ca 1950]

Reference: A-227-312

Description: Shows a wooden lych gate, in Victoria Gothic style, with large trees behind Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: 1920 - 1925 - 1950 - 1931 - 1959

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-11-149

Description: Third House block, Fourth House block, School block and chapel footprints showing drainage Dated on the basis of another similar drainage plan of Wanganui Collegiate by Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell, dated 23 7 1920. (Plans-2002-058-D-11-153) Other Titles - Wanganui Collegiate Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen, 458 x 512 mm

Date: 1953

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-011

Description: Shows Richard Barrett and Dr Dieffenback seated outside a wooden hut on the side of a cliff. There is a smaller shelter on the cliff above them with two Maori saeted inside. A group of Maori (men, woman with child on her back and small boy) are walking up carrying fish and birds. Lower down the slope a man and his dog are seated looking out to sea. Sea birds are flying overhead and two men in a waka are seen paddling away. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 210 x 264 mm

Date: 1955

By: Clere & Clere (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0816-2

Description: Plans, elevations, cross-sections for alterations done in 1955 Almost exactly the same as Clere & Clere's 'Proposed additions to St John's Church, Trentham. June 1955'. (Plans-80-0816-1) Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, 360 x 693 mm

Date: 1959

From: Various architects :[Plans of St John's Church Featherston. 1960-1966].

By: Wilson, Norman Frank, 1901-1973

Reference: Plans-98-027-006

Description: Cross-section, longitudinal section, plans at lower level, upper level and roof level Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print with ink annotation Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transfer from MSS A98-172..

Date: 1959

From: Various architects :[Plans of St John's Church Featherston. 1960-1966].

By: Wilson, Norman Frank, 1901-1973

Reference: Plans-98-027-007

Description: Two cross-sections, a longitudinal section, and north, south, west and east elevations Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transfer from MSS A98-172..

Date: 1881 - 1958 - 1959

From: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :[Illustrations for Heroes of peace and war by A. H. Reed. 1958 or 1959]

By: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003

Reference: A-060-002

Description: Shows Tawhaio surrendering to W G Mair at Alexandra (Pirongia) on 11 July 1881 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 349 x 283 mm

Date: 1945 - 1955

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Akaroa scenes] / Cranleigh Barton [ca 1950]

Reference: A-227-321

Description: A close-up view of tall trees and bushes in sunlight Other Titles - Sunlight and shadow, public gardens, Oxford Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 290 x 195 mm

Date: 1945 - 1955

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Akaroa scenes] / Cranleigh Barton [ca 1950]

Reference: A-227-319

Description: A brick house with gable windows in the roofl, another smaller red house behind it. The houses are viewed from their surrounding garden through deciduous trees showing Spring growth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: 1959

By: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911-1985

Reference: A-317-065

Description: The cartoon shows a donkey in the shape of a rugby ball that represents the N.Z Rugby Union. To his left is a feeding tray full of money with a label reading 'to Sth. Africa right or wrong'. The donkey is reluctantly being pulled away from this tray by a rope, representing public opinion, to another trough full of water with a label that reads, 'No Maoris no tour'. Refers to the `No Maoris - No Tour' protest movement against the 1960 tour to South Africa. Although unmoved by the protest the Rugby Union did cancel the 1967 tour. Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, A4 size.

Date: 1950 - 1965

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995

Reference: B-163-011

Description: Shows spectators on a foreground fence and in a stand in the background, watching a rider on a "bucking bronco", participating in a bareback riding contest at a rodeo. The location may also be Raetihi or Kakahi; see notes below. There is a location called Ratahi near Ohakea in the South Rangitikei area. It is also possible that the location is Raetihi. A note on the backing board indicates that this drawing was from Peter McIntyre's book "Kakariki". This may refer to the book "Kakahi" (1972), but this image was not found in that book. Two images of Raetihi occur in the book "Peter McIntyre's New Zealand", first published in 1964. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 343 x 395 mm, on sheet 430 x 495 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1952

By: Natusch & Sons (Firm); Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Plans-2001-090-002

Description: Shows floor plan of the house with landscaped garden, and paved patio. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on tissue paper 230 x 410 mm. Provenance: Amongst photographs collected by The Architectural Centre during 1958-1959, with the intention of producing a book with the cooperation of the English "Architectural Review". The project was subsequently abandoned. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PAColl-0811-01-23.

Date: 1952

From: New Zealand. Ministry of Works: Contract H.D. 103. Construction of dam, spillway, powerhouse and other associated works for Roxburgh Power Project. Contract drawings. Wellington, New Zealand, April 1952. 300/3/52 - 13643.

Reference: E-630-f-003

Description: Map of the Roxburgh area showing the Clutha River and the site of the proposed dam with the dam buildings in situ, and the associated housing settlement to the right, described as 'the probable ultimate development'. The settlement includes roads and 61 houses grouped around a green area, tennis courts, bowls and croquet lawns, a hostel and a proposed community centre and shop site. Plan is stamped with 'Reduced plans. Scales reduced accordingly' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph of diazo print, 342 x 490 mm.