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Loading pigs on to a boat, Mokau River
Date: [1929-1930]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-014
Description: Shows a boat moored by the bank of the river with a pig being winched on board. Two men are on board the boat and another two are on shore, one of whom is winching the pig. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1929 or 1930 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.9 x 10.3 cm
Children and teacher at Mangatoi School, Mokau River
Date: 1927
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-037
Description: Photo of ten school children and teacher, Hazel Sampson, taken outside Mangatoi School at the Mokau River. Photo taken by Vera Sampson, one of the pupils, in 1927. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Mangatoi School 1927. Same as in boat. Teacher Hazel Sampson. Photo taken by Vera Sampson (pupil). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 9.2 x 14.4 cm
View of house and bush, Mokau River
Date: 1928
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-078
Description: Photo of Sage's cottage, a settler's house with walls made of shingles, photographed in 1928 at the Mokau River by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928. Sage's Cottage - 16 miles upriver.; Verso - centre - A settler's house on the Mokau River, in the 1920's - outside walls of wooden shingles, and grapes and passionfruit trained up and climbing all around them. Dense native bush in background. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.5 x 21.5 cm
Four men in a boat, Mokau River
Date: 1929
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-074
Description: Four men in a rowboat. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1929 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1929. A peaceful stretch some miles upriver from Mangatoi Station (25 miles upriver) during the low-water level of summer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 21.5 x 16.4 cm
Loading pigs on to a boat, Mokau River
Date: [1929-1930]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-012
Description: Shows a boat moored by the bank of the river with a pig being winched on board. Two men are on board the boat; three are on shore. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1929 or 1930 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.1 x 10.4 cm
Stan Cartwright in a boat, Mokau River
Date: 1930-1931
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-065
Description: Photo of Stan Cartwright in Robert Wells' boat taken on a pig-hunting expedition. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1930-1931 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1930/31. Stan Cartwright in my boat when out on a pig-hunting expedition. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 12.6 x 20.4 cm
Loading lime onto a boat, Mokau River
Date: [ca 1930]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-016
Description: Lime is being loaded onto a boat down a chute from a building. Photographed at the Mokau River, near Mangatoi School, ca 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - The KAPUI loading lime from the last lime crushing plant, just above Mangatoi School opposite No 1 Farm - on Taranaki side of river. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.3 x 8 cm
Will Cartwright picking blackberries, Mokau River
Date: 1930
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-009
Description: Will Cartwright from Mangatoi Station picking blackberries. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Mokau River 1930. Picking blackberries on Old Mine Clearing - 45 minutes only, to fill this 4 gallon tin! Picker, Will Cartwright from No 3 Dairy Farm, on Mangatoi Station. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.6 x 10.3 cm
Man with cream cans on a jetty, Mokau River
Date: 1928
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-075
Description: Photo of a man on a jetty with two cream cans with launch below. Photographed at Pukeruru on the Mokau River in 1928 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928. At Pukeruru wharf.; Verso - centre - Loading the cans of cream down onto Eric Lewis's cream launch for the trip down to Mokau. This service operated on alternate days - down one day with the cream - back next day with the empty cans and the mail. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 21.4 x 16.4 cm
Robert Wells and Mangatoi School children in a boat on the Mokau River
Date: 1928
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-070
Description: Robert Wells and nine Mangatoi School children in a boat on the Mokau River photographed in 1928 by Auckland Weekly News staff photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Teacher and pupils photographed by Auckland Weekly News staff photographer.; Verso - bottom centre - Mangatoi School, Mokau River, 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.2 x 20.5 cm
Launch on the Mokau River
Date: [1929-1930]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-055
Description: Launch on the Mokau River with house in the distance, photographed ca 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Mokau River - 1929/30; Verso - top left - View from point looking down river & showing Sage's House in the distance - cream launch also. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.2 x 15.7 cm
Teacher and pupils in a boat on the Mokau River
Date: 1928
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-047
Description: Photo of man and two children in a boat on the Mokau River photographed in 1928 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1928; Verso - centre - Teacher and pupils arriving at school by boat. Until I bought the first outboard motor on the river, I had to row these 2 boys and self, one mile to school, and one mile home each day - for a Ferry Allowance of 6d per day!! And - out of this, I was expected - and had to - keep the boat in good repair, and replace anything that might require it - oats, rowlocks etc. I went into the bush and cut rata vines to replace broken ribs - and patched cracked and broken planking in boat. Self-reliant!!!? Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11 x 15.8 cm
Wheels and bush, Mokau River
Date: [1927-1932]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-043
Description: Photo of wheels and bush taken at the Mokau River between 1927 and 1932 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 12.2 x 17.2 cm
Mustering sheep at Mangatoi Station, Mokau River
Date: 1930
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-038
Description: Photo of sheep moving down farm tracks during mustering at Mangatoi Station. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mangatoi Station 1930. Down from the Hills. Sheep on their way to the shed. Mustering for shearing.; Verso - centre - R.E. Wells, Mokau River, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 13.8 x 10.2 cm
Mine trucks, Mokau River
Date: 1927
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-046
Description: Photo of wooden mining trucks, some upturned. Photographed at the Mokau River in 1927 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Old mine trucks outside mine entrance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.4 x 15.8 cm
Garden view
Date: [1920s]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-027
Description: Photo of bushes and flowers in a garden photographed, probably at the Mokau River in the 1920s, by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.7 x 10.4 cm
Launch and boat on Mokau River
Date: 1930
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-094
Description: Motor launch and boat with outboard motor, photographed in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Other - Mokau River 1930. A day's outing to gather blackberries on the upper reaches of the river. I checked on this - it's true! 45 minutes for 1 person to fill a benzine tin (4 gallons). I was there - taking part [from photographer's inscription attached to back of photo] Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Question H.; Verso - centre - (The Rendezvous). This needs 1/4" trim off the right edge and then enlarge up to 1/2 plate (or 1/1 plate).; Verso - bottom centre - Robt. E. Wells, Mokau River, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.6 x 10.2 cm
Garden view
Date: [1920s]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-029
Description: Photo of bushes and flowers in a garden photographed, probably at the Mokau River in the 1920s, by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 7.7 x 10.4 cm
View of Mokau River valley
Date: 1927
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-067
Description: View of Mokau River valley in the area of the old mine, photographed in 1927 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Mokau River 1927.; Verso - centre - This area is now a wilderness of blackberries, but in 1927, there were still the odd remains of the huts and settlement on the plateau directly above the old mine, closed down in 1915 after the disastrous flood closed the river to all shipping. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.4 x 21.5 cm
Launch on the Mokau River
Date: [1928-1930]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-056
Description: Launch on the Mokau River with house in the distance, photographed ca 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Eric Lewis cream launch. Ca 1928-1929. Mokau. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.2 x 15.7 cm