Places

Date: 1995-1996

From: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951- : Papers

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: MSX-4193

Description: Comprises original of `Red beech writing' with cover, layout and illustrations, two letters from Ross to the Turnbull Library describing these papers, two draft letters from Ross (not sent), to Keri Hulme and Chris Hooker, loose illustrations including maps of the Lewis and Arthur's Pass areas, and a play, `How the ecosystem works' (1996) In `Red beech writing' Ross describes his experiences as a hunter, tramper and mountaineer in the NZ back country with particular emphasis on the people he tramped with, the huts they stayed in and flora and fauna. Among the areas he writes about are Kapiti Island, the Paparoas, the West Coast, Fiordland, the Rakaia and Stewart Island. Other Titles - Red beech writing Quantity: 1 volume(s) (case folder). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Book Collections - Two booklets `Alpine: true outdoor stories from Canada and New Zealand...' and `Kiwi writing: more New Zealand and Canadian adventures' by Greg Ross - To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Ross - To Oral History Collection - Tape: Greg Ross reads NZ stories from `Apline writing' and his other books 20 Jan 1996 (Side 1) and from `Alpine writing' and `Red beech' (Side 2). In the text Ross has done illustrations of Serpentine Hut, Bluff Hut, Old Croesus Hut, and general trampingscenes

Date: 1997 - 1998

From: [Posters concerning the environment and environmental protection. 1990s]

By: Hager, Nicolas Alfred, 1958-

Reference: Eph-C-ENVIRONMENT-1998-02

Description: Arrangement of text. Lists about 60 prominent New Zealanders as supporters. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, on sheet 420 x 298 mm. Provenance: Donated by Nicky Hager in 1998.

Date: 1993

By: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-; NZ Truth (Newspaper)

Reference: H-091

Description: Cartoon featuring Jim Bolger and Ruth Richardson Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

Date: 1998

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

Reference: H-448-103/124

Description: Political cartoons. Comment on the lack of consultion with the Ministry of Women's Affairs regarding National's Code of Social responsibility. East Coast Maori use dubious methods to stamp out intimidation during a land protest. The Broadcasting Minister defends his proposal to introduce ads onto National Radio. The Minister of Energy, Max Bradford defends privatisation of the electricity supply in the face of power blackouts throughout Auckland. Jenny Shipley takes a hard-line against assisting Auckland in the midst of their 7 week power crisis. National Party Ministers run for cover as Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley calls for heads to roll over the Auckland power crisis. Jenny Shipley's image as 'ordinary' housewife and mother is questioned on her trip to Japan. Curator Ian Wedde, defends the 'Virgin in a Condom' exhibit at Te Papa. National's Health Minister, Bill English reassures the public that local surgery is at crisis point. NZ Post end free delivery of Talking Books to the blind. Ruth Richardson announces her intention to stand for ACT in the Taranaki by-election. Comment on the last remaining stands of West Coast Rimu forest. More cracks appear in the Health system. New Zealand's economic position is blamed on the Asian crisis with lower paid workers bearing the brunt of restraints on wage increases. Comment on emergency services failing to get to call-outs within a reasonable time. Comment on another Hurricanes rugby team loss. Jenny Shipley regrets she's unable to make grand gestures like Russian leader, Boris Yeltsin, who recently sacked his entire government. Winston Peters is awarded an Oscar for his best supporting role in a comedy or farce in the coalition government. Comment on the Americans insistance on carrying arms even when it's a child carrying an assault rifle. Paralells drawn between rioting at Paremoremo Prision and Winston Peters rioting within the coalition government. Discussion which shows how the National Party cabinet works. Winston Peters trys to knock the New Zealand economy into shape by the use of threats and violence. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1999

By: Carnegie Library (Greymouth, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-LOCAL-Greymouth-1999

Description: Discusses the purpose of Coast Action Network, Labour Party remits on indigenous forestry, sustainable management of native forests, West Coast's alluvial gold mining industry, coal industry, forestry. Quantity: 1 tabloid newsletter. Physical Description: Photolithographs on newspaper of 16 pages, 400 x 285 mm.

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949-

Reference: H-707-001/034

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. Sexual harassment in the work place; a time-line across history of the political, religious and sexual treatment of women; man gets blown-up into a balloon; running the home like a business; women are the stronger sex?; woman fights an armoured knight on a horse; Michelangelo sculpts a naked man with an exaggerated penis; Women's Liberation; persecution against homosexuals likened to that perpetrated by the Nazi regime and the medieval church; Lesbian Nation; media interviewer, Brian Edwards leads a TV programme on the Women's Movement; Muldoon drinks a glass of wine bottled to commemorate Women's Suffrage Day, Sept. 19; while the men discuss world revolution, a woman pour them tea; the double violation of rape victims by their attacker and then by the justice system; the female anatomy exposed to a room full of male doctors; church women protest against feminism challenging the family and traditional roles of women; justice for some, but not for women; the feminist backlash; pay equity; perhaps god is a man after all - three wishes; May I have my rights, please? apologetic feminism; justice not weighted equally for all; issues around sexual reproduction and the Royal Commission Report; women unite to resist the intrusion of the SIS (Special Intelligence Service); Muldoon's legacy to New Zealand women; sex roles reversed in the shearing shed; abortions; National Party tramples on New Zealand women; position of women in Iran; genital mutilation; the 1979 budget - what's in it for women; SPUC anti-abortion rally likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally with hoods and burning torches; the marriage trap; psychology and the oppression of women. Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 1998

From: [Posters concerning the environment and environmental protection. 1990s]

By: Native Forest Action (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-ENVIRONMENT-1998-01

Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait of Prime Minister Jenny Shipley in Father Christmas hat, holding a "Timberlands" chainsaw. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, on sheet 420 x 295 mm.

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Walker, Susan, active 1990s; Fowlie, Karen, 1990s; Quillin, Viv, active 1980s-1990s; Chanwai-Earle, Lynda, 1965-; Seule, Juliet, active 1990s; Sorzano, Rigel, active 1990s; Rhonda, active 1990s; Chadwick, Rona, active 1990s; Hollander, Nicole, active 1990s; Fleming, Jacky, active 1990s; Horacek, active 1990s; Jackson, Cath, active 1990s; Vania, Rustam, active 1990s; Peterson, Nancy, active 1980-1990s; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-

Reference: H-709-001/033

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. National Women's Cervical Cancer inquiry, the value of women's experience in the work field when dealing with employers who are predominantly worried about a woman's period being heavy; questioning the relevance of Aids education information for lesbians; family discussion about orgasms; sexual harassment in the work place and the Employment Contracts Act; what are the options for a home-maker if her husband leaves her for another woman; ACC claims; men, women and housework; the stress of being too busy with activities and commitments; verbal abuse; siblings argue about being lesbian; 1993 - what women have to celebrate in Suffrage Year with Jenny Shipley and Ruth Richardson at the political helm; women can vote but thewy still remain disadvantaged in many areas; growing older; women respond to the Bobbitt Case (where a women cut off her partners penis); how lesbians can often feel inadequate when reading lesbian erotica books; being an independent, aggressive, adventurous girl doesn't win you many friends; men express themselves as women did in the 70's, but they're still slow to share their goodies with women; feminist collectives; never give up; 12 week campaign for maternity leave; seeking to silence her biological clock; pay equity; women and girls' self defence; beauty contests; the tree of life is a woman; wife slavery; a spell of warts for rich people; Women's Liberation targets your mother, sister and girl friend; Maori Women's Welfare League Conference poster, 1982; women lifting wieghts; dealing to a wolf whistler. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 1 Feb 1996 - 01 Feb 1996

From: Artists of Banks Peninsula oral history project

By: Beckwith, Jeff, active 1996

Reference: OHInt-0408-03

Description: Talks of childhood on West Coast and how he and schoolfriend, Ian Bostridge, became interested in jade. Discusses the mystique of jade and the artistic process of carving. Mentions contemporary jade artists; Don Salt, Al Brown, John Edgar and Rob Lines, and the earlier carvers Peter Hewson and Cliff Dalzell. Talks about the politics of jade and Treaty issues. Interviewer(s) - Rachel Lord Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1589.

Date: 1983-1990

From: Young, David Christopher 1947-: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11966-05

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1886, ca 1995-2012

By: Sladden family

Reference: MS-Group-2192

Description: Diary of Arthur Sladden, age 14, describing a "driving holiday" with his father and brothers. The holiday comprised a twenty-four day horse trek through the West Coast, camping each night. Included is a transcript of the diary (both hardcopy and electronic) and a copy of a Sladden family history Quantity: 3 folder(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr John Sladden, 2013

Date: 20 May 1998 to 06 August 1998 - 20 May 1998 - 06 Aug 1998

By: Deverall, Patsy, active 1999-2015; Rust, Niria Yvonne, 1922-2002; Hawthorne, Raymond, 1936-; Hastedt, Jean Alison, 1938-

Reference: OHColl-0880

Description: Interviews about leading New Zealand potter, art teacher and painter, Yvonne Rust, conducted by Patsy Deverall in 1998. Three interviews with Yvonne Rust describe the Northland Craft Trust, beginnings of her pottery and pottery on the West Coast. Four interviews are with people who knew her as apprentices or students. Subjects include learning to pot, development of pottery in New Zealand from the 1940s-1990s, the nature of art, teaching art at high schools, night classes and pottery schools, sourcing West Coast clay and glazes, developing kilns and studios, and artists of the time such as Barry Brickell, Olivia Spencer Bower, Theo Schoon, Mirek Smisek and Japanese master potter Hamada Interviewees are Jacky Fahey, Jean Hastedt, Raymond Hawthorne, Evelyn Hewlett and Yvonne Rust Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Patsy Deverall Venue - One interview with Yvonne Rust was recorded at her home in Barrytown, West Coast Accompanying material - Article from New Zealand Women's Weekly October 6, 1986 called "Change of direction...at 64" about Yvonne Rust. Northland Craft Trust, Autumn newsletter Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-025056 - OHC-025066 Transcripts: OHA-8293 - OHA-8295 Quantity: 11 C60 cassette(s). 3 transcript(s) edited. 7 interview(s). 11 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available for three interviews only. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Patsy Deverall, Auckland, 2007 Search dates: 1948 - 1998 Processing information: Individual interviews not yet described

Date: 18 to 23 Apr 1997 - 18 Apr 1997 - 23 Apr 1997

From: Coastal and inland voices

Reference: OHInt-0365-005a

Description: Interviews with long-term residents (three generations) from the West Coast and Hokitika. The interviews include brief life histories and word lists. Interviewees are: Thora Chinn, Iris Climo & June Robinson, Ernie Cook, Ernie & Jean Cook, Dorothy Fletcher, Sara Growcott, James Keenan, Allen Wells, Ron Wells. A compilation of excerpts from the interviews has been created. Interviewer(s) - Dinah Priestley Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-13602 - OHC-13611 Form folders: OHA-4845 - OHA-4852, OHA-4807 Excerpts: OHT10-0273 Tape numbers - OHC-13602 - OHC-13611; OH10-0273 Quantity: 10 C60 cassette(s). 9 folder(s). 1 10" reel(s). 9 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstract(s) to come OHA-4845 - OHA-4852, OHA-4807 (forms). Search dates: 1997 Processing information: Interviews not yet described

Date: 1981-1992

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: MS-Papers-12224-2

Description: Comprises five notebooks dated 1981-1987, 1984-1988, 1987-1989, 1989-1990, 1989-1992. Most have lists of places visited and dates on their inside front covers. Two notebooks include sites in the United States of America and the United Kingdom; one notebook includes sites in Sydney, Australia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Notebooks of various sizes, with cardboard or plastic covers, either stapled or spiral bound. Processing information: The place names noted in the inside front covers of the notebooks have been listed in this record. Other geographic names and specific building and structure names have not been listed.

Date: 1993

By: Walker, Malcolm, 1950-; Sunday News (Newspaper)

Reference: H-090

Description: Cartoon featuring Mike Moore and a moa Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

Date: 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- : The Dominion cartoons. 25 June - 26 August 1992

Reference: H-003-015

Description: Shows Jim Bolger in a vintage car being given a traffic ticket for doing a U-turn in spite of the road sign forbidding it. The roadside is littered with signs proclaiming the promises that the government has broken on employment, taxation, health, education and nuclear ships. Refers to the government's policy u-turns and to the news that Bolger is opening the West Coast heritage highway Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1999

By: Native Forest Action (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-ENVIRONMENT-1999-NFA-1

Description: Includes: Jennycide; state funded eco-vandalism. Vote for a government that won't log our ancient rainforests. New Zealand; first country in the world still logging rainforests in the new millennium? It's your choice! Vote for a government that will STOP West Coast native logging. Kiwi need a place to live. Stop! logging native forests. Don't vote National, ACT, NZ First / Native Forest Action. National & ACT trashing sea life! Vote for the future. If you care for the environment, which party will you trust? Vote for the environment! / Vote for the Environment Campaign. Voters Times. West Coast jobs not threatened by end of native logging. Voters Times. Portecting forest = creating jobs. West Coast native forests logged / saved. Your vote! / WRAG, PO Box 11964, Wellton Quantity: 8 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief prints, on sheets, szies varying below 460 mm. Provenance: Donated by Native Forest Action in 1999.

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: A-366-054/095

Description: Cartoons on places in New Zealand and overseas relating to political and social issues, Maori language, the Treaty of Waitangi and Waitangi Day, and The Lord of the Rings movies. Quantity: 42 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.

Date: 1990s

From: Macnamara, Galvan, 1941-2004 :Family photographs, travels in the USA, friends and collegues, and the work of New Zealand artists

Reference: PAColl-8714-08

Description: Photographs of the white herons; Kahikatia forest on the West Coast; West Coast landscape views across foothills and coastal plain to the sea; industrial ruins which include stone walls and abandoned machinary; a blechnum fern in the bush. Photographs of an unidentified house in a setting of coastal native forest full of nikau palms; views of the sea and forest covered cliffs seen from the garden of the house. Views of the volcanic plateau and mounts Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. Sequence of photographs showing a cactus in flower. Quantity: 57 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990s

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

By: Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-

Reference: PA1-q-765

Description: Scenic images of the West Coast photographed by Gillian Whitehead. These range from pebbles on sand at Bruce Bay to the Franz Josef Glacier. Most are of native forest including details such as mosses and ferns. There are a number of views of mountains across water and russet light on hills with strong shaddows showing. A group of photographs at the end of the album include young Maori performers, Peter Schat, and Jenny McLeod Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).