Places

Date: 1943

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0238

Description: File - 43 Contains letters, plans and notes from meetings regarding the Ngarimu VC Investiture celebrations at Ruatoria Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, plans

Date: 1945-1947

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0370

Description: File 166 - Contains finances of the station and also a programme regarding the dedication ceremony to Maori soldiers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1942

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0234

Description: File 40 - Contains correspondence regarding the Maori war effort, the Waipiro Consolodation scheme and historical references to the Ruatoria district Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript

Date: 1964

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1960s].

By: Universal Printers Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1964-01

Description: Booket outlining the Palmerston North Maori War Effort organisation activities in World War II, with proposals to erect a new community centre on an adjacent site. Contains photographs and clippings from the Manawatu Standard, 29 June 1964 about the opening of the memorial. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopied booklet of 12 pages, 210 x 148 mm.

Date: 1924-1949

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0568

Description: Contains books, pamphlets, correspondence, receipts and a ration book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photograph and printed matter

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1996

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1996-01

Description: Programme includes a welcome from R.S. (Sonny) Sewell. Activities included meals, formal presentations, static displays, a Battalion parade. The names of the organising committee are listed on the back cover. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 210 x 150 mm.

Date: 1943

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4830

Description: Contains administrative records of the South Wairarapa Home Guard, including a list of members

Date: 1942-1943

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-f-259

Description: Most of the photographs relate to the remedial treatment camp set up in Rotorua. On the first page, the photographs are flanked by newspaper cuttings about another camp set up for the same purpose at Papakura, Auckland. The photographs on this page may relate to the Papakura camp. Most of the photographs are of groups of men doing various forms of excersise, and playing sport. There are group photographs of men in military uniform and others of groups posing with tennis raquets and medicine balls. Other photographs record the launch of "Bonds for Bombers" campaign in Rotorua, March 1942, and the ANZAC parade 1942 (also Rotorua). There are seven original cartoon drawings of military personnel by Stenberg. These were used in the Rotorua camp's newspaper. The photographs are supported by many newspaper cuttings about the camps and their purpose. There is a photograph relating to the camp newspaper "The Arawa Guerilla" and two copies of the paper are pasted onto the same page. Other newspaper cuttings and two programmes relate to a very successful entertainment developed by the men in the Rotorua camp. This was "Splitzkreig Army Review" which from September 1942 to March 1943 toured the upper North Island and raised 2,000 pounds for the Patriotic Fund. Remedial treatment camps were set up for men who had been judged by the military medical authorities as unfit for military service, but whoes ailments were considered curable. Examples of the sorts of conditions treated are knee problems, flat feet, \"underdevelopment,\" nervous conditions, and chronic backache. The Rotorua camp occupied Arawa Park, and the racecourse. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1895-1966

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: Series-4925

Description: Papers, including prose and descriptive writing (about places, people, and events), travel diaries and letters Quantity: 13 folder(s).

Date: 1896-1957

By: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1132

Description: Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies. Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman. Source of title - Supplied The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies. Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed listing available.. Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01

Date: [ca1920-ca1950]

By: Southward, Keith, 1921-1944

Reference: PA1-q-969

Description: Album probably compiled by Keith Southward, a New Zealand airman in World War II, showing training in New Zealand, Canada (Halifax) and England. Opens with a group photograph of women and airmen at the ANZAC Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panama Canal taken March 1942 on the way to Canada. Views of Halifax, airmen, and convoy which took them to Britain. Servicemen in Bounmouth, England, and views of Bournemouth. Views of London, some of its notable buildings, and bomb damage. Views of the lake district aquired on a trip taken in August 1942. Many pages of postcards, commercial photographs of cities and villages visited in England. These are interspersed with photographs of airmen and other people. There are also three pages of photographs of Oxford training aircraft, probably taken in Canada. The album ends with photographs of family and friends in England and New Zealand, including three pages of ephemera. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 30 June 1943-31 Dec 1944

By: Hanrahan, Pauline Noele, 1917-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-5545

Description: Hanrahan qualified as a registered nurse in 1940 and joined the New Zealand Army Nursing Service in July 1943. She sailed the same month from Wellington as a nurse aboard the Dutch hospital ship `Oranje'. During 1943 and early 1944 the `Oranje' made several trips between Port Said and South Africa and Australia and New Zealand. In the later part of 1944 the `Oranje' travelled mainly between the United Kingdom and Italy carrying wounded military personnel. Hanrahan left the ship in Cairo in Dec 1944 and served in the Cairo Number One General Hospital for the remainder of her war service. The diaries cover the period 30 June 1943-31 December 1944 and describe her experiences aboard the `Oranje'. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.48998

Description: Hand-coloured diazo print of a topographic manuscript map of the Kaimanawa Range. Gives the locations of Desert Road and Roto Aira Road along with the location of rivers, swamps, lakes and camps. A grid on the top left provides a list of additions and corrections with associated dates and signatures. Waihohoru Hut, Boyd's Hut, Golden Hills Hut, Te Apunga Hut, and Peter's Hut are highlighted in red ink. Inscriptions: Signature P L B Williams located on the reverse side of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print,coloured, scale [1:63360] 54 x 74 cm

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-023

Description: War effort on the home front. Soldiers helping with harvesting linen flax, tobacco, oats, wheat and managing pigs Arrangement: This collection is made up of photographic prints, some with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Some have negatives which can be found at G 176061 1/2 - G 176075 1/2. (Feb 1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

Date: 1947

By: Cooch, William Joseph, 1898-1950

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-WII-1947-01

Description: Handwritten document, ink on parchment, by W J Cooch, 1947 (signed lower right). Lists the names (with signatures) of the Chairman of the Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League, Deputy Mayor of Riccarton, President of the Christchurch Branch of Returned Services Association, Minister of Rehabilitation, President of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establisment League, the Mayor of Christchurch, Director of Rehabilitation, District Vice-Chairman NZ Returned Services Association, District Officer Christchurch Branch of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-Establishment League. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on parchment, 455 x 340 mm. Provenance: Deposited by an unknown source, ca 2000-2004.

Date: [1941-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-020-88

Description: Views of the camp for Japanese prisoners of war at Feilding, taken 1941-1945 by an army photographer. Quantity: 1 paper sheet with 36 contact prints attached.

Date: 2003 - 2004

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-

Reference: H-742-001/009

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Quantity: 9 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 26 Nov 1940-17 Oct 1943

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2851

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.