Places

Date: 1846 - 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871; Moresby, Caroline, 1845?-

Reference: A-288-001/039

Description: Views of Pipitea Pa, Porirua, Wellington Harbour, Hutt Valley, Rangitoto Island, Auckland Harbour, New Plymouth, Vanuatu, 2 of Europe All watercolours removed from album pages and stored separately. Album retained in the additional box at A-288. Inscriptions: Album cover, inside front cover. Artist's name and his inscription to his third daughter, Caroline, a grand-daughter's poem, other inscriptions. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) 37 watercolours, 1 pencil sketch, MS notes on inside front cover. Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes vary Provenance: Given by the artist to his third daughter, Caroline (later Moresby), then by family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-558-042/063

Description: Political cartoons. Nato forces are briefed on their bombing target which is surrounded by civilian services like hospitals and schools. The Police encourage IBM to take their INCIS computer and jump off a bridge. IBM spent millions of taxpayer dollars on creating a new Police computer system that never worked. Mt Eden prison guards try to work out how prisoners are getting out and drugs getting in. Admidst the ruins of Belgrade Milosevic stands victorious. The Police consider getting rid of the INCIS computer to a crime consortium believing it will stop them dead in their tracks like it has done to the Police. Milosevic uses peace talks to buy time to destroy war crimes evidence. Police operations are stoped in their tracks by the weight of the INCIS computer disaster. Comment on retailers selling liquor to underagedrinkers The Serbs pull out of Kosovo as Nato forces enter the area. Comment on the New Zealand cricket team making hard work out of limited over cricket. The Soviets welcome the Nato forces to Yugoslavia. Shows a ship load of Chinese boat people on a collision course with New Zealand as the National coalition Government passes emergency legislation allowing mass, indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Inland Revenue Department assures the public that all small and powerless taxpayers are bullied equally. Serbia puts the blame for large scale death and destruction in Kosovo on the Nato bombing campaign. Shows newspaper ad for a crown entity boss, all perks and no responsibility. Minister of Immigration, Tuariki Delamere sets one standard for migrants and another for himself and his family. Jenny Shipley shoots TV news presenter, John Hawkesby in the head with a rubber arrow. He received a substantial pay-out when his contract was terminated. The Mongrel Mob supports Tony Ryall's plans to introduce tougher penalties for home invasion, if it relates to their homes being invaded but not their neighbours. Comment on breach of privilege by the Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and TVNZ over the John Hawkesby pay-out. Rugby supporters froze to their seats during a recent rugby match. Poor school results restrict career options for students. Jenny Shipley has put both her feet in her mouth over the John Hawkesby TVNZ pay-out affair. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1890-1956

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3480

Description: Photographs relating to the Davis family of Barton St. David, Somerset, England. All seven sons emigrated to New Zealand ca 1904. The photographs include views in England and on active service in South Africa, China (1908) and postcards of Belgium and France acquired by the brothers on active service in World War One. Also views of Royal naval vessels associated with Frederick Edward Davis and a British police group associated with Harry Davis Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). 34 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1914

From: [Programmes for ballet and dance performances in New Zealand. 1910-1919]

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-1914-03

Description: Programme booklet for a dance recital contains photographs of King Albert in military uniform, and a group of (probably Belgian) children standing in fur coats. The programme lists tableaux and dances. Tableaux include "Belgium" (Mona Mackay), "The Allies" (with women representing England (Miss M Miller), France (Miss Woodham), Russia (Miss Lewis), Servia (Miss E Miller), Japan (Miss Hipkins), and Belgium (Miss Mona Mackay). The dance pupils are all listed with the items they performed. Other variety perfomers were Mr J W Ryan, Mr Alan McElwain, Mr F G Bourke. The programme contains advertisements for many Auckland businesses. There is also a cartoon "Bravo! Belgium" by F H Townsend showing brave Belgium protecting a field from a fierce German soldier carrying sausages and a big stick. Quantity: 1 Programme(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 248 x 189 mm.

Date: [ca 1910-1940]

From: Morriss, Bernadette, fl 2014: Items relating to members of her family

Reference: PAColl-10218-2

Description: Items, chiefly photographs relating to Tod Hennessy and his service in World War I, taken circa 1890 to circa 1940s by a range of photographers. Also includes portraits of Hennessy in uniform, family photographs, and hand-embroidered silk postcards from Belgium written to his mother, Mary Eleanor Hennessy (nee Boyle) in Gisborne during World War I from 1917-1919, and later postcards from the 1930s and 1940s. Handcoloured print of two children and a dog shows Tod Hennessy's brother, Desmond, and sister Patracia. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s) including 1 hand-coloured print. 4 non-photographic postcards including 3 with embroidered fabric decoration. 1 Christmas card. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, Silk-embroidered postcards

Date: 1909-1937

By: Karauti, Horopapera, 1878-1932

Reference: MS-Group-1447

Description: Includes letters to his wife from the war, in both English and Maori, ephemera collected overseas, training diary, other papers relating to the war, photographs from the war and earlier (some relating to Te Aute College), other material. Karauti left New Zealand as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 4th Maori Contingent in May 1916 and served with the New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion in France Quantity: 45 folder(s). 7 volume(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs M Lomas, Wellington, November 2005 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Photographic Archive - 1 box of photographs (PAColl-8921) - To Book Collections - 1 box of various publications (PR-06-0099, PR-06-0100) - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketches of soldiers and `Jeannette' (A222-014/021) - To Cartographic Collection - World War One trench maps.

Date: 2000 - 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-632-001/019

Description: Topics include US President George W. Bush's verbal ineptitude and his attitude to 'commies', former Minister of Maori Affairs Dover Samuel's relationship with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Member of Parliament Tau Henare's changing political allegiances, delays on the Cook Strait ferries, controversy over Minister of Consumer Affairs Phillida Bunkle's official residence in Wellington, Christmas presents, Santa Claus's allegedly 'illegal' behaviour, government expenditure on eradication of the varroa bee mite and on the arts, controversy over an advertisement using a haka, Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton's attempts to establish a 'Peoples' Bank', buying babies by internet, bonuses given to S.O.E. employees, legalisation of marijuana, kaumatua and Maori greviances, Helen Clark's policy towards Waitangi Day, the formation of a new Maori political party by Derek Fox, Helen Clark's contrasting speeches supporting entrepreneurs and against exploitive businessmen, and promotion of sport in schools. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: [ca 1917-1923]

By: Norman, P C, active 20th century

Reference: PAColl-4580

Description: Comprises: two photographs of the east side of Hutt Valley looking north; a view overlooking Johnsonville, Wellington showing the railway station in the centre; one of Petone, Hutt Valley, Wellington, from Korokoro; one of Titahi Bay beach; Eight Australian Official photographs taken during World War I in France, Belgium, and (Lamebeke?). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Between 1916 and 1919]

By: Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973

Reference: PA1-o-425

Description: Photographs chiefly taken by Leslie Bowden Quartermain during his time in the New Zealand Medical Corps, World War I. Most of the men photographed are named only with Christian names, surnames or nicknames. The first sequence shows various military camps, including the training depot set up at the Awapuni Racecourse for the Medical Corps. There they were trained in specialist medical work, and also in basic infantry training and discipline. The following sequences were taken en route to Europe, with stops at Fremantle, Durban, Cape Town, and Dakar. The arrival in England gives views in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire where the men were quartered before travelling to France. Two show the village of Lewknor, the ancestral home of the Quartermain family; and several show the royal review of Australian and New Zealand troops on Salisbury Plain. Other views were taken on leave from France; and with the army of occupation in Cologne, before the voyage home on the ship Kia Ora, through the Panama Canal. The final photograph is a group portrait with Leslie Bowden Quartermain in military uniform seated in the middle of a large group, probably Quartermain family, taken in 1919. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled "Photographs"; 21.5 x 17.5 cm