Places

Date: 1954

Reference: PAColl-3773

Description: Arrangement: Negatives in registers at F 175149 1/2,- F 175201 1/2. Previously NegColl-122A/2 Quantity: 53 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148-021

Description: The centre section of Bluff Harbour, photographed ca 1950 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photographer. This photographed was published in the "New Zealand Free Lance" of 28 June 1950. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - P 28/6/50; Verso - centre - A section of Bluff Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 199 x 252 mm

Date: [ca 1950s-1970s]

From: Nicholls, Trevor, 1929- :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-7483

Description: Colour transparency slides of various parts of New Zealand, taken 1950s-1970s by Trevor Nicholls. Includes: 1-5. Moehau, Coromandel - Parkinson (stonemason) quarry - honeymoon 1956 in Parkinson bach continued from PA12-7482-17/24, 6. Spirits Bay 1960-64, 7. Down to Paekakariki 1957-60, 8. Orere Point (south of Howick) 1957-60, 9. Family Austin, Waiwhetu ca 1957, 10-11. Paraparaumu Airport ca 1957, 12. Levin, ca 1957, 13. Taupo mid 1950s, 14. Bluff fishing boats ca 1975, 15. Dunedin from Larnach c 1975, 16-17. Work on Rongotai 1957-59, 18. DC3 at Paraparaumu 1957-59, 19. Friendship at Rongotai 1965, 20. Rongotai construction, 21-22. Karapiro after 1964, 23-24. Grassmere Jan 1975. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour film transparencies

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-143

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1927 and 1951. Includes: Number of photographs relating to Port Craig; roadmakers huts at Puysegur Point, 1940; Waikaia (including Jimmy Hamer's house), taken by J D S Roberts, 1951; Howell Memorial, Riverton, 1937; Queen's Park & Anderson Park, Invercargill; Gore WWI war memorial, 1951; Bluff oysters; many aerial photographs of places (all listed in Place Field), including Mataura township and freezing works. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1956-1970

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-07

Description: Papers include a report on littoral shift and wave problems at Timaru Harbour, by Haudraulics Research Station, England, Feb 1970, Timaru Harbour Board publication on Meat Loading Facilities and Waterfront Industry Commission chart on Bluff Port. Other - NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F07 T01 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 15 Mar 1951

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-C/384-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1951 showing Bluff Harbour, Southland, inscription reads 15.38 to 16.33 hours Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - S.181,182 70B Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)

Date: Between 1949 and 1952

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-004

Description: "Illustrating geological observations, Vol 4". Black & white photographs of geological aspects of NZ. Includes details of structure & stratigraphy in the Otaki formation at Forest Lakes Road near Manakau, Horowhenua; geomorphological and geological notes on the Paremata area, Porirua Harbour, shoreline features on the eastern side of Wellington Harbour; features of Turakina, Waitotara and Castlecliff; NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Invercargill (April 25-May 6, 1950) with trips to Mataura Valley, Otamita River Valley, Bluff, Waiau River; visit to the Otaihanga tertiary outlier; features of the Wellington fault and escarpments (several images taken at different periods between 1949 and 1952); features of the Brocken Range and Kaiwhata Valley, East Wairarapa; geological notes on the Bay of Plenty area (December 7-14, 1950), including the causeway over the Waimapu Estuary at Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Whakatane, Pohutaroa Rock; The Royal Society of NZ Science Congress, Christchurch (May 14-24, 1951), including an image of those attending the congress, with names (p 27); geological excursion to the Manawatu Gorge (November 24-25 1951); features of Rimutaka railway tunnels (Feb 1952); features of the south-east Wairarapa including Dry River and Ruakokopatuna Valleys, Eastern Palliser Bay and the Putangirua Pinnacles; NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Wellington (30 April-7 May 1952), with group photo of those attending, with names (p 41).

Date: May 1956, November 1956, December 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7432

Description: Transparencies of sheep farm in Orawia district, May 1956; aerial views of Bluff, December 1962; and ship off coast of Bluff, November 1956, taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: [ca1914]-1954

From: Featherstone, Paul, fl 2006 :Photographs of World War I soldiers and the Royal Tour 1953-1954

Reference: PAColl-8952-1

Description: New Zealand soldiers, World War One. Unloading oysters, Bluff. Royal tour decorations and the Queen on the wharf, Bluff. Woburn, Lower Hutt, from the air. Mrs Elinor Roosevelt at the Ford Motor Co, Gracefield, Lower Hutt. Souvenier photographs of Auckland and Invercargill. Postcard view of the Centennial Exhibition, Rongatai, Wellington, 1939-1940. Unidentified stone church, Queenstown. Unidentified wrecked ship. Unidentified suburban houses. World War Two army encampment. Japanese Commander signing surrender after the fall of Singapore to the Allies. Lord Louis Mountbatten speaking in Singapore. Building belonging to S.Ward (NZ) Ltd. Clock tower, Sumner, Christchurch. Views of Picton. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s) 21 prints on 5 album pages.

Date: [ca 1904-1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-092

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, and New Zealand ports, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1904-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Aerial photograph of Lyttelton Harbour; series of photographs of ports - Ahuriri (Napier), Timaru, Dunedin, Bluff, Gisborne, Wanganui and Waitara. Also: Wreck of iron barqe Antiope (14 Sep); wrecked barque Rewa near Kawau Island; MV Hornby Grange at Auckland prior to departure for Britain; scow Bee stranded at mouth of Puhoi River; schooner Fairburn stranded on Opotiki Bar; coastal steamer Awahou; wrecked NZSCo steamer Tongariro on Bull Rock, off Portland Island (Aug 1916). Series of photographs of the sailing ship Pamir; Orient Line steamers Orsova and Orcades; sailing ship Canterbury in Timaru Harbour, Apr 1904; barque Joseph Craig damaged in Rangitoto Channel tied up at King's Wharf, Auckland, 1912; 2 unidentified ships in NZ waters. Also a number of overseas passenger and cargo ships. Quantity: 47 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 2 album leaves with 5 black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-141

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1924-1951. Subjects include: `Operation Oyster' at Bluff, Jun 1950; Lewis Pass (Maruia Springs), Jun 1950; stranding of `Wahine' at Maseia Island and rescue by naval tug HMAS Emu, Aug 1951; Theatre Guild on tour at Raumati Beach, Feb 1950; South Seas voyage of Nelson yacht `Blue Seas'; New Zealand Grand Prix held at Ohakea, 1950; Mr Kelly and sketching class in Hagley Park, (undated); National Time Keeping (Master clock), 1951; Miss Marjorey Hurrey showing children Maori carving at Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1950; making snowman at The Hermitage; motoring through kauris in Waipoua State Forest; trout fishing at Hamurana Spring, N-W shore of Lake Rotorua, 1939. Also: ANZAC Day parade, Auckland, 1940; camp site at Western Springs, 1949; haymaking at Tipapa Station (undated); monument at Okarito; Waipori hydro-electric works, 1930; Fernside Garden bridge; newly erected hut on Mt Ruapehu erected by Manawatu Tramping Club, 1950; `dangerous' level-crossing at Woodside, 1927; Otaki sanatorium, 1929; Women's Hospital at Hanmer, 1931; party on horseback crossing Doubtful River to inspect proposed route over Lewis Saddle, Jun 1929; aerial view of tennis courts (Christchurch?); yachts at Lyttelton; old house built by William & John Deans (1843) in grounds of Riccarton House, 1949; Waiheke Island, Jan 1949; etc. Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1948-1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148

Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1948 and 1953. See child records attached. Other photographs include: Camp site and holiday makers at Esson Camp, Picton (later known as Alexander's Holiday Park, Essons Valley, Picton); Wainuiomata, 1950; New Zealand Ballroom Dancing Championships at Christchurch, Oct 1950; visit of Royal Australian Navy to Wellington, Mar 1950; Tory Channel whaling station; Bluff; boating on the Avon (1905); stone vicerage at Te Henui, New Plymouth (1950); Wellington-Auckland express (photos relating to Taihape to Pokaka section and railway staff, Jim Polkinghorne & Sam Medhurst), 1950. Identifiable photographers include: Douglas Elliott, New Plymouth; William George Weigel; William Hall Raine; Green & Hahn; Alan Sayers. See also PAColl-0785-1-140 for further photographs relating to Wellington-Auckland express and Sam Mehurst and Jim Polkinghorne Quantity: 69 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: Circa February 16 - 21, and April - May 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8789

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides has two sequences which are not in chronological order. (Information from his diary). Slides nos. 433-443 show areas of the North Island around the Dargaville and Whangarei area, including Maungatapere peak, the Wairua Gorge and Wairua Falls, the Whangaroa volcanic ridge and tree ferns, McLeod Bay and pampas grass, Whangarei from Memorial Hill, the Whangarei Falls, and Whangarei Heads. These were taken sometime between April and May 1959. Slides nos. 444-456 show parts of the South Island including Invercargill; Bluff, a lighthouse near Bluff; the Invermay Agricultural Centre on the Taieri Plains; Dunedin, Otago Harbour, Larnach Castle, and early steam engines on display in Dunedin; section of road between Dunedin and Christchurch taken from a bus. These were taken circa February 16-21 1959. Slides on this sheet are numbered 433-456 with no gaps. Arrangement: None of this sheet of slides were taken as part of a representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: October 1955, November 1956, December 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7433

Description: Transparencies of signpost at Bluff, December 1962; ship off the coast of Bluff, November 1956; and cherry trees at Gore race course, October 1955, taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1902, 1950?

By: Pettifer, Walter, active 1902

Reference: MS-Group-1135

Description: Diary kept by Pettifer who sailed round the world on the `Ophir' as a servant of its captain, Captain Tryon; and scrapbook compiled by Pettifer of itinerary, postcards, ephemera, clippings, maps, stamps and photographs etc The diary has daily entries, some very brief, describing the voyage, ports, weather etc rather than Pettifer's work on board the vessel Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Judith Grant, London, Sep 2002 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - 32 loose photographs (PAColl-7744).

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7031

Description: Photographs of the Milford area, Moeraki, Dunedin and Bluff taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the road into the Hollyford Valley; beech trees at Lake Lochie; the Humboldt Range from Falls Creek; Mount Tutoko from Milford Road; seals on rocks; the dining room, lounge and foyer of Milford Hotel; Mount Christina and moraine valley from the Hollyford track; mirror lake in Eglinton Valley; Chasm on the Cleddau River; Arthur Valley from the road; Moeraki Lighthouse and boulders; pillow lava; Dunedin Cathedral; the Richardson Mountains; building wharf Bluff. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7032

Description: Photographs of Riverton and Bluff, then North Island views taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the Oreti River; Riverton bridge; the wharf at Bluff with ships and pile drivers; North Island showing ripples on Baylys Beach; pampas grass (named incorrectly as toetoe); morning glory in flower; a liquidambar leaf; a Portuguese man-of-war (or bluebottle) on a beach; various images showing light effects at Baylys Beach including light on water, light on a trick of water, ripple on water, cloud & surf reflections, light on waves; farmland & poplars on State Highway 16; the Warbrick Terrace at Waimangu Volcanic Valley. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [Jun 1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148-020

Description: An oyster ship at Bluff with a limited haul, after storms halted oyster operations, photographed in June 1950 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photographer. The two nets at the left of the vessel are attached to a heavy blade-like implement for prising loose oysters from the sea bed. (Source: "New Zealand Free Lance", 28/6/50) Inscriptions: Verso - centre left - P 28/6/50; Verso - centre - Bluff, Southland Prov. A oyster ship just arrives in with its limited haul. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 215 x 167 mm

Date: 16 Dec 1949-2 Feb 1950

From: Hill, Barbara, fl 1950 : Diary and historical accounts

Reference: MSZ-1567

Description: Illustrated diary of Hill's travels through the South Island in the summer of 1949-1950. The diary is a detailed and engaging account of Hill's travels with colleagues from Iona College. They leave Havelock North journeying to the Milford Sounds and six weeks camping in the South Island. Their exercusions take them to Dunedin, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Homer Tunnel, Eglington Valley, Lake Manapouri, Bluff, Stewart Island, Invercargill, Queenstown, Cromwell, Lake Wanaka, Hamner Springs, Buller Gorge, Nelson, Malborough Sounds, Picton, Wellington and other tourist destinations. Black and white photographs have been inserted into the diary and include images from their tramp over the Milford Track. Illustrations depict local flora and sketches of the travelling party. Some newspaper cuttings, postcards and ephemera items have also been pasted into the travelogue. The diary ends as the travellers alight in Wellington on the 2nd Feb 1950. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph, photographs and printed material

Date: 1938 - 1952

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-1/2/6-Acc.35923

Description: Names written in pencil include: Palmer Spencer McGibbon; Jones and Joss. Also includes Stirling Green and others claim with a note `somewhere around here'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil tracing on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 23 x 43.7 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.