Places

Date: 1980 - 1998

By: Kember, Ian Robert, 1953-1999

Reference: PAColl-5734

Description: Two essays on Gay topics. The 13th Gay and Lesbian Fair, and a record of the life of a gay couple and the house and garden they lived in, and made, over 19 years. Ngaio School's 90th Reunion and some of the people attending. Views of Wellington sites -- the new State Highway 1 motorway interchange at Newlands, the Burma Motor Lodge, Johnsonville Railway line, Khandallah substation site and Thorndon New World Supermarket under construction. Transparencies include Youth for Christ summer programme, El Rancho camp, Waikanai in January 1980, Children at Timaru Highschool (1980), a concert in Civic Square, Wellington, by the National Youth Choir of Britain (1992), and various Wellington sites mainly in the Ngaio area Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm 22294 - 22323, slides at PA12-1519 to PA12-1521 Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s). 65 colour original photographic print(s). 12 b&w original negative(s). 16 b&w original negative(s). 54 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Hargest, Miles, active 1982

Reference: PA12-11299

Description: Images of Central Otago. Includes views of landscapes. Roads. A church. A hotel. Houses. Ruined buildings and other structures. Flocks of sheep. An antique motor launch. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1864-1890s]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-1889

Description: Photograph album of prints, showing images of scenes around New Zealand, taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead from circa 1864 to circa 1890s. Compiler of album unidentified. Most prints have captions. - Includes images of scenes around Milford Sound, Queenstown-Lakes District and George Sound, which include images of lakes, ships, people, and buildings. - Also includes images of Christchurch, including the Christchurch Cathedral, the Victoria Bridge (with a caption inscribed in pencil saying 'Law Courts'), the Avon River, the Christchurch Botanical Gardens, Sumner and Shag Rock. - Also includes images of Auckland including Albert Park, North Shore, Auckland Hospital and a waterfall at Lucas Creek. - Also includes a series of images taken from what is described as the 'Hokitika Road' (Arthur's Pass) including the Otira Gorge, the Devil's Punchbowl, Mount Rolleston and Mount Philistine. - Also includes images of Dunedin including the Octagon (which includes images of horses and carts, buildings and roads), North East Valley, Leith Valley, Port Chalmers, and Dunedin Botanic Garden. - Also includes an image of a group of Maori standing outside Tamatekapua wharenui (meeting house) at Ohinemutu, and an image of (mainly Maori) people at Ateamuri [sic], Waikato. This includes two pairs of men shaking hands, and horses and carts. Other - A reference card from the Parliamentary Library tipped into the album includes the following: "919.31 NZ Scenery (Photographs). N 532. c 1884 68797. NZ Collection" Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Backing board recto - centre - "General Assembly New Zealand Library" [insignia]. Also on spine "919.31"; "N532" and "New Zealand Scenery".; Backing board verso - centre - "General Assembly Library, NZ" bookplate with reference numbers, stamped with a "withdrawn" stamp. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue and black bound album, with gold embossed lettering. 18.5 cm x 26 cm Provenance: Donated by Parliamentary Library, Wellington, 2014 Transfers: From Book Collections - From NZ&P Book Collections as part of a large ongoing donation of mainly published material.

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1929

By: Blundell, Henry Neil, 1909-2002

Reference: PAColl-8695

Description: Photographs of damage caused by the 1929 Murchison earthquake. Includes images of refugees and a refugee camp, slips, and damage caused to roads and buildings. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Part of The Press newspaper, dated 18 June 1999, including an article and photograph of Neil Blundell Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1426 : Blundell, Henry Neil, 1909-2002 : Papers.

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1867-1963]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-029

Description: Comprises correspondence re RNZAF ground station at Te Awaite (1945); papers re Riddiford's application for road improvements to Te Awaiti (1934); notes re fertiliser; letter, W Barton to E J Riddiford re sheep (1894); clipping re rabbits in Wairarapa (1963); firewood contract (1893); letter, William McLaren to O Bunny re boundary matters (1903); letter, John Barton, re fencing (1881); agreement re tile draining of Ruamahanga property (1940); re E J Riddiford's estate payments re Orongorongo (1909); note re water matters from McLeod; letter, Martin Chapman to R Riddiford re boundary problems (1883); A-Js (1890) re inspection of stock, rabbits, and sheep returns; sheep return (1867); tree cutting agremeents, (1892, 1894); correspondence re electricity plant (1913-1914); valuation re Star Oil property at Kaiwharawhara (1924); correspondence, Dalgety and J S Riddiford re Mokepeka Station (1964); papers re sale of property of C B Pharazyn (1911); and specifications of a cottage for Longwood, W Benton [? last part of name indecipherable] Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2010-2013

By: BeckerFraserPhotos; Becker, Ross, 1941-; Fraser, Moira, 1958-

Reference: PA-Group-00755

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011 and aftershocks, taken September-October 2010 and May-July 2011 by BeckerFraserPhotos. Includes further photographs of the effects of the earthquakes and demolition of buildings within the red zone area of the Christchurch central business district taken in June 2012 by Ross Becker. Also includes photographs of effects within Lyttelton, CBD, Avonside, Stanmore Road areas between 7-9 July 2011 taken by Ross Becker. Includes photographs taken by Ross Becker September to December 2011 of earthquake effects, demolition, and rebuild efforts in the central Christchurch City, Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs, and eastern suburbs areas. Includes some aerial views and video clips. Includes aerial photographs of Christchurch city and suburbs taken on 5 March 2013, views taken on 22 February 2013 of the commemoration events and tributes to mark the February 22 2011 earthquake, and views of rebuilding efforts and the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 in Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs, Ferrymead, residential red zones and central business district (CBD) taken in February and May 2013. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8511 digital photograph(s). 8 digital video recording(s). Provenance: The National Library commissioned Ross Becker to take photographs in Canterbury after the earthquake in September 2010 Processing information: Not all names are indexed.

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: F Bradley & Company; Walton, Grahame M, active 2009

Reference: PA1-o-1605

Description: Photograph album of Views and landscapes of New Zealand, Second Series, published by F Bradley & Company. Includes photographs - No. 1 Meeeting of the waters, Oripi; No. 2 Maori group; No. 3 Lake Hope, White Island; No. 4 Timaru; No. 5 The Bealey, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 6 Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula; No. 7 The River Avon; No. 8 Shag Rock, Sumner Road, looking towards Christchurch; No. 9 Princes Street, Dunedin; No. 10 Christchurch; No. 11 Bullock team and wool waggon, Cheviot; No. 12 Oamaru; No. 13 Cheviot Station, Nelson Province; No. 14 Normal School, Christchurch; No. 15 German Bay, Akaroa; No. 16 Port Lyttelton; No. 17 Kawau, Sir George Grey's residence; No. 18 Pink Terrace, Rotomahana; No. 19 Akaroa; No. 20 Rangatata Traffic Bridge; No. 21 Armagh St bridge & watering place, Christchurch; No. 22 River Bealey Crossing, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 23 Post Office, Christchurch; No. 24 View on the Heathcote; No. 25 Russell's Gold Battery, Tararua Creek, Thames Gold Fields; No. 26 Glacier Hotel & Cobb's Coach, West Coast Road; No. 27 Crossing the Teremakau; No. 28 Greymouth, West Coast; No. 29 Kaiapoi, Canterbury; No. 30 Chalky or Dark Inlet; No. 31 Waimakariri Gorge Bridge; No. 32 Nelson; No. 33 Christchurch; No. 34 Group of Maoris, Lake Taupo; No. 35 Alfred Falls, North Island; No. 36 Christchurch; No. 37 Governor's Bay; No. 38 Oamaru; No. 39 Timaru breakwater; No. 40 Dunedin; No. 41 Christchurch; No. 42 Christchurch hospital; No. 43 House of Representatives, Wellington; No. 44 Arthurs Pass; No. 45 The Cave Rock, Sumner; No. 46 Government buildings, Christchurch; No. 47 Otira Gorge; No. 48 The River Avon; No. 49 Group of Maoris, Bay of Islands; No. 50 Sheep mustering, South Canterbury; No. 51 The Christchurch Cathedral, C.E.; No. 52 Nelson Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Transfers: Transfers - From Published Collections.

Date: 1931

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

By: Sorrell, Percy C, 1882-1965; Hurst, Arthur Bendigo, 1890-1964

Reference: PAColl-7956

Description: Photographs of Napier showing damage caused by the 1931 earthquake, and negative and print wallets ca 1920s-1940s. Includes views of St John's Cathedral and HMS Veronica at the wharf, andf the new shopping area in Clive Square. The photographers include Percy Sorrell and A B Hurst. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 item(s) of photographic ephemera (print and negative wallets). Physical Description: Photographic prints, ephemera

Date: 2002-2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000503

Description: Photographs of Moana, West Coast. Includes photographs of Lake Brunner, boating and jet skiing, dwellings and views of the surrounding areas. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (moana)" Quantity: 78 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-159-021

Description: Shows Wellington city and harbour viewed from the area near the top of Vivian Street. A figure in horseback rides along a track curving around the hill slope at the left, and four head of cattle stand on a path amongst willows and other trees at the right. Further away is a road, possibly Abel Smith Street, with buildings including a house with a square turret. A church at left centre near the waterfront appears to be of Gothic design. There are several sail and steam ships in the harbour near Queens Wharf. The Hutt Valley and the snow-capped Tararuas can be seen in the distance. The original watercolour for a chromolithograph published in Barraud's "New Zealand graphic and descriptive" (London, 1879). Accompanied by backing board with name of Mrs Pownall, previous owner. Other Titles - New Zealand Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top centre - [Title]; Backing board recto - centre - Eigendom van Mevrouw Pownall [Property of Mrs Pownall] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sheet 250 x 355 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Mrs Pownall.

Date: 2002-2004

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000501

Description: Photographs of Karamea, West Coast. Includes photographs of rivers, streams, farmland, mountains and views of the surrounding area. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (Karamea)" Quantity: 67 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2001-2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000507

Description: Photographs of South Westland, West Coast. Includes photographs of the Franz Josef and Haast villages and glaciers, coastlines and lakes in the southern region of the Westland district. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (south Westland)" Quantity: 170 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2006-2008

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000499

Description: Photographs of Kaikoura, Marlborough. Includes photographs of Kaikoura township, waterfront, beaches, farmland and views of the surrounding area. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (kaikoura (views))" Quantity: 56 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2014

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0028657

Description: Shows a mule (Chch residents) carrying on its back a large amount of baggage - Petrol Hike, Sthern Response, Roads, Insurance hassles, Stress, Interest rates, Rebuilds, Repairs, Floods - on which 'Rates rise' has been added. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).