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Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-587-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. Shows a redneck's nightmare, ownership of the Whanganui River is given to Maori who loaded it onto the back of a truck and took it away. Comment on executive golden handshakes and reduntant workers having to sign up for the dole. Shows violent offenders at Paremoremo Prison selecting soft movies like 'The Sound of Music'. In the middle of a power blackout the family try and read the latest power bill, it's gone up. The effect on the opposition of Jonah Lomu being left on the reserve bench. Statue of Liberty calls for the poor and huddled masses but says 'no' to New Zealand lamb. Comment on New Zealand's response to America's tariffs on New Zealand lamb. The common man comments on Bill English upstaging Jenny Shipley at the National Party Conference. Maori MP calls for quotas in the public sector that will ensure employment for ethnic minorities. Hospital hygeine is called into doubt. A politician trys to sell the idea of deregulating the Dairy Industry. A woman comments to her husband that it's a good thing young men eventually grow out of wanting more sex. He wistfully agrees. Obituary for JFK Jr. 1960-1999 Comment on youth alcohol consumption. Auckland Hospital try to reassure the public all babies are born equally there but not necessarily treated equally after that. Comment on Christine rankin's over the top refurbishment of the dept of work and income. Celebration of three New Zealand triumphs. Mike Moore gets top job at WTO, the All Blacks beat the Australians and the Black Caps cricket team beat the English at Lords. Paul Holmes promotes his autobiography. F-16 fighter planes are promoted by an Air Force Officer. The lowering of the drinking age is debated in Parliament. Boys try to come to terms with the news that girls are better pupils than boys. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1950 - 1953

From: [New Zealand cricket programmes and ephemera of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CRICKET-1950/1953

Description: Includes: 1950: Ruatoria Cricket Club. Opening dance. Saturday 2nd December 1950. Mangahanea Hall, with Prince Ferris and his Orchestra. [Ticket]. Australia v Otago at Carisbrook. 10,11 & 13 March 1950. Programme. Australia v Wellington. Basin Reserve. 1, 3 & 4 April 1950. Programme. 1951: M.C.C. v Auckland. Eden Park. 6-8 March 1951. Programme. M.C.C. versus New Zealand (second test). Basin Reserve Wellington. 24, 26-28 March 1951. Programme (2 copies) 1952: West Indies vs Otago. Carisbrook Dunedin, 2-5 February 1952. Programme (hardbound) West Indies v New Zealand. Lancaster Park Christchurch. 8-9, 11-12 February 1952. Programme. West Indies v New Zealand. Second test. Eden Park Auckland. 15-16, 18-19 February 1952. Programme. West Indies v Wellington. Basin Reserve Wellington. 23, 25-26 February 1952. Programme. (2 copies) 1953: South Africa versus New Zealand. Basin Reserve Wellington. 6-7, 9-10 March 1953. Programme. South Africa v New Zealand. Second test. Eden Park, Auckland. 13-14, 16-17 March 1953. Programme. New Zealand tour of South Africa 1953-4. Official souvenir cricket brochure, edited and compiled by G A Chettle. The New Zealand Cricket team in South Africa 1953-54. With the compliments of Beaths, the store for men, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Greymouth, Kaikoura. Tour booklet Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 13 programmes, tickets, and other ephemera (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Booklets and tickets, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1957 - 1959

From: [New Zealand cricket programmes and ephemera of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CRICKET-1957/1959

Description: Includes: 1957: Otago v Central Districts. Plunket Shield. Carisbrook, 18-21 1957. Programme. Australia v New Zealand. Lancaster Park, 1-4 March 1957. Programme.ia v New Zealand. Eden Park Auckland, 16-19 March 1957. Programme. Australia versus New Zealand. Second test. Basin Reserve, Wellington, 8-11 March 1957. Programme Australia v New Zealand. Eden Park, 29 March - 1 April 1957. Programme. England Women's Cricket Team. New Zealand tour 1957-58. Souvenir programme for match against the North Island, Basin Reserve, 5-6 November 1957 1958: Cricketers from New Zealand. NZCC; the 1958 tour official souvenir. MCC v New Zealanders. Lord's Ground, 17-20 May 1958. Score card. England v New Zealand. Lord's Ground, 19-24 June 1958. Score card. T N Pearce's XI v New Zealand. Scarborough Cricket Ground, 10-12 September 1957. Score card. 1959: England v New Zealand. First cricket test. Lancaster Park, 27 February - 3 March 1959. Programme. MCC v Wellington. Basin Reserve Wellington, 6-9 March 1959. Programme (2 copies, with a portrait of Peter May on the front cover) MCC v New Zealand. Second test. Eden Park, 14-18 March 1959. Programme. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 13 programmes, tickets, and other ephemera (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Booklets and tickets, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1998

By: Kotani, Tetsuya, active 1998

Reference: MSY-4759

Description: Report by Kotani describing his visit to Australian and New Zealand libraries; includes Auckland City Library, Statistics of NZ, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington City Libraries, Macquarie University Library, State Library of NSW, Fisher Library, University of Sydney, AUSTRADE, Dept of Foreigh Affairs and Trade, the National Library of Australia, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the library of ANU Language - The report is in Japanese Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr T Kotani, Japan, Jul 1998, per Mr D Harlen, National Library of New Zealand, Nov 1998

Date: 1961-1974

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-05

Description: Buildings designed by Stephenson and Turner. These include - Exterior and interior views of the New Zealand Chancery building, Canberra, Australia, May 1974. Chapel and office tower for the Auckland Methodist Central Mission, early 1960s. Excavation for a new press building for the Evening Post, Wellington, December 1961. Interior views of the offices of the Newspaper Proprietors Association. Factory building for New Zealand Breweries, Wellington. Site and office building for New Zealand Breweries, Auckland. Law Society building, Waring Taylor Street, Wellington, 1960s. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1838-1845

By: Bennett, George, 1808-1845

Reference: qMS-0158

Description: Bennett desribes his experiences travelling and surveying in Ireland (1838-1840); his voyage on the `Lady Clarke' to Sydney and his brief stay there (1841) and the voyage to NZ in 1842. He gives his impressions of Kororareka and Russell (Okiato) including a lengthy discussion of Hone Heke's actions in Kororareka and writes further of his residence in Auckland and Wellington. Volume also has an appendix (50 page Maori word list) Bennett was with the Royal Engineers. In 1844 he was in Kerikeri but after being ill for some months, died in 1845. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (119 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (27 cm, ¼ red calf, red buckram hinged-lid box)

Date: 23 Oct 1931-26 Apr 1932

By: Hunter, David, active 1900-1932

Reference: MS-Group-1191

Description: Journal kept by Hunter while travelling from England to New Zealand on the `Rangitata' and his return to England on the `Makura' to Australia and the Orsova' from Sydney from 23 Oct 1931 to 26 Apr 1932. He travelled with Ena Hunter. He describes their preparations, embarkation at Southampton, the other passengers, food (including menus), sea sickness, entertainments, the comforts and otherwise of the ship, his cabin, their passage through the Panama Canal and Armstice Day. They disembarked at Wellington 24 Nov 1931, and left for Australia on the `Makura' 7 Mar 1932, and for England on the `Orsova' from Sydney, 13 Mar 1932. In New Zealand Hunter spent time in Wellington, visiting the Alexander Turnbull Library, describing the work of the League of Nations Union in Wellington, visits Christchurch, the West Coast and Nelson where he spent some time, Wanganui, the Waitomo Caves, Rotorua and Auckland and back through Taranaki where he climbed Mt Egmont; he visited farms and factories, observed the opening of Parliament (24 Feb 1932) and visited the Gear Freezing and Meat Preservation Company. He attended many church services in various churches including the Congregational, Church of Christ and Presbyterian churches. Folowing his and Ena's departure for Sydney he describes the new Sydney harbour bridge, their visit to Tasmania and the House of Commons in Hobart, visiting to Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Colombo, the Suez Canal, Naples and Gibraltar, and an ANZAC commemoration service he declined to attend. The journal is illustrated and includes a water colour of the `Rangitata', newspaper clippings of portraits of various New Zealanders; and a copy of a letter from the Turnbull to the donor (1986). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and microfilm

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-647-001/080

Description: 80 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Laila Harre and views on liberalisation of cannabis laws, Helen Clark asserts authority over Ms Turia, Maori and pakeha racial guilt and shame, Ms Turia reluctantly apologises for 'holocaust' comments, Dr Cullen ponders low business confidence as Grouch Marxist, Timor's Indepencence birthday celebrations destroyed by violence, Fijian-Indian refugees in Fiji following coup, political posturing over Treaty of Waitangi clause in free trade agreement with Singapore, US dollar blasts kiwi dollar, Sydney 2000 Olympics begin, Winston Peters plays the race card in the hopes of raising his popularity, Olympic swimming athletes get the once over by their female onlookers, Australian-New Zealand currency merger proposal, Prebble gets axed by Jenny Shipley, Kiwi dollar low and oil prices high, New Zealand is best at all the wrong things, sports couch potatoes, Milosevic runs for the presidency, US dollars gains steam with President Clinton in charge, women's performance at the Olympics, political awards, NZ toasts the Olympics, army peace keepers get pay review by Clark, 3 Middle East faiths based on love and compassion unable to share sacred site, Don Brash fails the Kiwi dollar, Clark and Milosevic relations, Israeli and Palestinian relations, court call for accountability of parole officers, NZ cricket sports fan still in the dark, NZ dollar down - sharemarket down - petrol prices up, Middle East pro-war protest singer, Clinton attempts to negotiate Middle East and National Party crises, Mr Mudgeway in padded cell waiting for big NZ sports win, rural economy on the up for farmers, Swain and Horomia on ownership of the Taranaki oil and gas fields, Lions rugby team claim the Air New Zealand trophy, Clark seeks an alliance with big business, Clark's alliance with big bisiness consumated, one-tree-hill pine tree felled along with Mike Smith, same-sex marriages, Clark preparing to kneecap Ruth Dyson for Norm Hewitt comments, Property Bill, Dyson resigns over drunk driving incident, purity pledge, cricket match-fixing, support for Paul Holmes' salary, lack of real choice in US presidential elections, NZ Melbourne Cup race winner, US election results on a knife edge, boxing - Lennox vs Tua, All Blacks beat France, Lennox Lewis vs David Tua boxing fight, US presidential election goes to court, English strung up as heretic, Tipene O'Reagan let's nature take its course with stranded whales, Labour Party victory conference, CNN backgrounds the US election count process, petrol prices high, US presidential election fought out on American flag, George Hawkins' suggested cost cutting measures for the Police, National Party leadership based on personality deficit of Bill English, George W. Bush wins Florida, Clarks preparation for Waitangi Day, Tainui iwi's new grievance cycle, Mrs Mudgeway's son hopes to qualify for ACC compensation, Clinton is back as President?, the new and the old All Black diet, signs of recovery in NZ economy being hidden from Don Brash, NZ/Australia defence spending and policies, Hawkins hands out pornography to Police to cut phone-sex costs, being a modern day All Black, Clark and Cullen's popularity increases, Simon Upton departs the National Party, obituary to reporter Mike Robson, America - where every judge counts in becoming President, Clark still unable to apologise to Dover Samuel, cricket at the Basin Reserve for Boxing Day test, petrol war, Anderton and Bunkle over question of where Phillida resides, Paul Holmes CD for Christmas makes Granddad throw-up. Quantity: 80 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-B-CRICKET-1970s

Description: Includes: 1970: Australia v New Zealand. Eden Park Auckland. 6-10 March 1970. Programme (2 copies) 1971: England v New Zealand. Eden Park Auckland, 5-8 March 1971. Programme 1972: Kiwis Cricket tour. First tour of the West Indies by a New Zealand Cricket team 1972. Fifth edition. 1974: New Zealand v Australia. Basin Reserve, 1-6 March [1974]. Programme. 1975: Wellington v M.C.C. Basin Reserve, 15-17 February 1975. Programme England v New Zealand. Eden Park Auckland, 20-25 February 1975. Programme. New Zealand v England. Carisbrook Dunedin, 8 March 1975. Programme. 1977: Australia v New Zealand. 1st test. Lancaster Park Christchurch, 18-23 February 1977. Programme. 1978: Rothman tour. 1st test, New Zealand versus England. Basin Reserve, 10-15 February 1978. Programme New Zealand cricket team tour of England 1978. Official brochure. England v New Zealand. Scarborough Cricket Ground, 15 July 1978. Scorecard. Yorkshire v New Zealand. Leeds, 22-25 July 1978. Scorecard. T N Pearce's XI v New Zealand. Scarborough Cricket Club grounds, 2-5 September 1978. Scorecard. 1979: Pakistan v New Zealand. 1st cricket test. Lancaster Park, Christchurch, 2-7 February 1979. Programme (Rothmans tour) Prudential Cup. India v New Zealand. Leeds, 13 June 1979. Scorecard. Quantity: 16 programmes, tickets, and other ephemera (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Booklets and tickets, sizes varying around 300 mm.

Date: 1997 - 1998

From: Bromhead, Peter :Thirty-two cartoon photocopies published in the Dominion, 1 May 1997 - 15 June 1998.

Reference: H-491-017/032

Description: Political cartoons Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

Date: 1948 - 1949

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-311-6-001/057

Description: New Zealand topics include school holidays, overloaded trams, parking offenders, shop assistants' spelling shortcomings, hot weather, the performance of jockeys, building material shortages, a fun map of Auckland, raising money for rugby, long turn-arounds on the wharves, mortgage rates and housing rentals, womens' rights and strikes, unionism, road rules, food parcels for Britain, womens' role in parenting and education, schoolgirls wearing makeup, aeronautical research, Walter Nash's travels, New Zealand lifestyles, national defence policies, delays in constructing the Mangakino power scheme, school homework, power and fuel cuts, aluminium industry prospects, bids by Auckland and Christchurch for the 1950 Empire Games, communism and duck shooting, national economic performance, introduction of radar at Auckland airport, passenger transport, strikes, house building, defence of the British Empire, shortage of taxis in Auckland, traffic problems in Auckland, Aucklanders' lack of a sense of humour, car conversion, deteriorating cars, the siting of Auckland International Airport at Mangere, conscription, weekend family life and the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge. International topics include the Cold War, food parcels for Britain, the Five Nation Alliance against Soviet Russia, Commonwealth research into rocketry and aeronautics, British Empire defence zones, the Atlantic Pact, the reluctance of the USA to share defence secrets, New Zealand's place in international affairs, and Finance Minister Walter Nash's travels. Quantity: 57 Newspaper clippings. 57 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Newspaper clippings glued to card approx 245 x 165, plus A4 photocopies. Image sizes approximately 132 x 163 mm. Transfers: Newspaper clippings are at A-311-6 and photocopies of these at H-634-001/057.

Date: ca1930-ca1935

From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall

Reference: PAColl-7167-14

Description: Various photographs relating to different places and events. One seems to be a trip to Sydney. There are views of a ship's deck and coastal cliffs. Also several views of the almost completed Sydney Harbour Bridge from what is probably a ferry. Other photographs are from Christchurch, Wellington and harbour, and of Auckland. There are a number of Auckland buildings; the Greenhouse in the Domain, the University, and the Museum. There is a sequence of views of a thermal area and three photographs of Maori. Another group relates to an unidentified sailing ship, and a third to the flax industry in the Horowhenua Many others are views if countryside and coastal land scape Quantity: 137 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-674-027/046

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. National Party leader, Jenny Shipley expresses hurt over the medias reporting of her retirement announcement. Comment on the New Zealand Cricket team getting into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) through the backdoor. Shows a tertiary student weighed down by a huge student debt. Helen Clark walks with Titewhai Harawira on Waitangi Marae unrecognised by local Maori. Shows Finance Minister, Michael Cullen at the controls of Air New Zealand trying to reassure the flying public. Shows big banks slashing interest rates as a response to the fledgling Kiwi Bank. Comment on the Greens response to environmental disasters as long as there is a media presence. Helen Clark and Bill English outline their versions of closing-the-gaps strategies. Shows film director, Peter Jackson as Lord of the Oscars for Lord of the Ring's 13 nominations Australian Prime Minister, John Howard receives a box of bleeding heart chocolates from Helen Clark. Shows Ian Fraser about to assume his new position as head of TVNZ. Obituary to actor Kevin Smith with a Shakespearean quote. Comment on the Privacy Law that exposes a Judge for viewing pornography yet won't reveal if your flatmate is a homicidal maniac with a history of mental illness. Comment on the Alliance Party dealing with dissension in its ranks. A soldier is about to shoot his own foot. Two young men wonder where it all went wrong when women can talk openly about their vaginas yet a male judge can't look at vagina's in private. Shows Nandor Tanczos with his new Maori Sovereignty flay, a cross between a dope plant and unfurling koru. Comment on the poor season the Wellington Super 12 team, the Hurricanes have had. Michael Cullen and the Listeners, Gordon Campbell receive the award for getting something so wrong. They predicted that Lord of the Rings would be a huge drain on the NZ taxpayer. Bill English brings Helen Clark his own head on a plate as Labour surges in the polls. Obituary to Goon and poet, Spike Milligan along with a piece of poetry. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1914-1916

By: Taylor, E (Mr), active 1914-1916; Hyde, M A (Mrs), active 1995

Reference: PA1-q-550

Description: Postcard album containing approximately 402 postcards recording a return voyage from England to Australia and New Zealand made by Mr and Mrs E Taylor in 1914-1915. Includes written information about Mr and Mrs Taylor's family in New Zealand: Albert Taylor of Mount Eden, Auckland; Mrs O'Neill of Grey Lynn, Auckland; and Mrs Bacon of Ponsonby, Auckland; with photographs of those areas and their houses. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - [frontispiece] A Post Card Record of a Trip to Australia & New Zealand, shewing the places of interest enroute & visited by Mr & Mrs E Taylor, Leaving Gloucester on September 24th 1914, by the 2.23PM train on the GWR for London, arrived at Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1979-1989

From: Ronnie, Mary Allan 1926- : Chiefly photographs taken during Ronnie's travels overseas and in New Zealand

Reference: PA1-q-1164

Description: Photograph album compiled by Ronnie containing photographs of images related to her work in libraries, 1979-1985. Photographs mainly taken by unidentified event photographers. Album covers library related events Ronnie attended, including: the 1975 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Regional Conference in Canberra; final graduation at the New Zealand Library School, with Education Minister Mervyn Wellington and Laurie Cameron (1979); dinner during Library of Congress Center for the Book Tour in Hawaii with Dorothy Chandler and unidentified Hawaiian woman (1979); farewell from the National Library (Dec 1981) with various staff members (also Alexander Turnbull Library staff); with Prime Minister Robert Muldoon at the launch of the final volume of Graham Bagnall's National Bibliography; Bob Duthie's farewell with Wynne Colgan; the launch of the Kurzweil reading machine for the blind with Mervyn Wellington; and with Catherine Tizard, Bill Clark, and an unidentified donor at the unveiling of a photo of the Ponsonby Boys Drum & Fife Band at the Leys Institute. Auckland Public Library events include: the opening of a bible exhibition with David Lange and C Reed; Saving the Whirinaki Forest Park exhibition with David Bellamy and Tizard (Sep 1984); the blessing of a Maori carving and the opening of a Maori Manuscripts exhibition with Canon Kaa, Tizard, and Rewa Fletcher-Cole (Nov 1984); and a book sale at the Library (March 1985). Photographs also contain unidentified persons. Also contains an image of Ronnie on a Dart River Jet Safari en route to a conference in Queenstown. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ringbound photograph album with plastic floral covering on carboard cover

Date: 9 Feb - 3 Jul 1894

By: Brown, H J (Mr), active 1894

Reference: MSX-9260

Description: Travel journal of Mr H J Brown. Details a five month, 9 Feb - 3 Jul 1894, journey to New Zealand and Australia. 9 Feb - 24 Mar : Describes the voyage on the ship 'Oroya' from London to Sydney. Includes details about activities aboard the ship, day excursions at port cities - Gibralter [sic] with a Portguese guide called Joseph Buzaglo; Naples and Pompeii ruins with Mr Cook & Son (Tour guides); Port Said; Colombo at the Oriental Hotel and vehicle tour with Mr Cohen; Albany, West Australia; Melbourne; and final port Sydney. 25 Mar - 3 Apr: Describes time in Sydney staying at the 'Australia Hotel', and travels at to the Blue Mountains and Kaloomba [sic]. 4 - 8 Apr : Describes the voyage on the ship 'Mararoa' from Sydney to Australia, and the unpleasant conditions on board. 9 - 19 Apr : Describes travel through the North Island from Auckland to Wellington on buggy and rail. Includes detailed description of visit to Whakarewarewa and hot pools area of Rotorua with tour guides Mr Cook & Son, staying at the 'Geyser Hotel', observations of Maori, cruise on Lake Rotorua to Mokoia Island, the story of Hinemoa and Tutauakie [sic], temple to the 'God of the Sweet Potato', Hamurana Stream, use of Maori language, Okere and Tutea Falls, Tikitere, Waiatapu Valley, Mount Tarawera eruption, Wairakie [sic], Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, Tarawera, the strains of buggy travel, Napier, train to Wellington, stay at the 'Occidential Hotel', pre European Maori times, and land ownership. 19 - 21 Apr : Describes voyage on the ship 'Penguin', from Wellington to Port Chalmers, via Lyttelton. Includes observation of Lyttelton. 21 - 26 Apr : Describes time in Dunedin, a visit to Rosslyn Woollen Mills, business trip to Woodlands and associates P Briscoe and Tom Price. 26 Apr - 1 May : Describes voyage on the ship 'Talune' from Port Chalmers to Hobart, Tasmania, via the Bluff. Includes retrospective general observations of New Zealand and Maori. 1 - 5 May : Describes Hobart, trip to Brown's River and train to Launceston. 7 - 8 May : Describes the voyage on the ship 'Patenna' from Launceston to Melbourne. 9 - 12 May : Describes time in Melbourne and the economy. 12 May - 3 July : Describes the return home voyage on the ship 'Ormuz' from Melbourne. Includes day excursions at port cities Adelaide, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, and Gibraltor; mentions 'Bluejackets' naval officers onboard, the frustration of the ship being quarantined in Colombo due to scarlet fever, the recreation onboard, and final entry mentions passing the ship 'Orient' outward bound. End pages of journal include a tally distances (miles) travelled, list of people they met, books read, and 'Son Macauley's Riddle' in Arabic. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Frontpiece stamp 'Hatchett & Kingsnorth, Stationers, 428 Strand' Quantity: 1 volume(s) 136 pages. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Newspaper clippings p 62 sketch of a buggy; p 77 map of North Island and rail and coach routes taken; p 124 map of canal from Port Said to Suez.

Date: 1999 - 2000

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

Reference: H-606

Description: 88 cartoons on social and political issues. The topics include student loans and voting, East Timor violence, Jonah Lomu, NZ elections, politics and rugby, Doug Graham, national pride and rugby, children and television, Pakistan politics, the All Blacks, the Alliance at the elections, compulsory military service advocated by Winston Peters, National/Labour health policies, Max Bradford on university campus and peacekeeping, removal of tariffs, television and the world cup, Helen Clark apparently supporting a Green candidate, Winston Peters and coalition partners, election poll results, meat industry, rugby (France vs NZ), rugby world cup, Winston Peters as political dinosaur, list MPs, Winston Peters's supporters, gay issues in politics, NZ First and election policies, electoral advertising, Labour-Alliance coalition, NZ First sinking, excuses for poor performance in rugby and surgery, the Green party, economic growth and political performance, National's poll results, Russia and Chechen terrorism, similarity between party policies, women in politics, political corruption and immigration, Helen Clark's pre-election confidence, Winston Peters comeback, David Lange's alcoholism, drinking age lowered, Helen Clark and Jim Anderton, slow vote counting, the Mars lander, gender difference in education, Greens in parliament, Winston Peters small majority, minority government, beech logging, opposition media training, Labour defence review, Richard Prebble's loss in Wellington Central electorate, Helen Clark's political style, Titewhai Harawira and marae speaking rights, new cabinet ministers, Jim Anderton and TV sports, the Reserve Bank and the NZ economy, Helen Clark to avoid Waitangi, name suppression in American millionaire cannabis charges, Police Commissioner Doone out, Doone in PM's dept, Shipley on Doone, pension goes up, news readers' salaries, builings on Lambton Harbour, Marion Hobbs and TVNZ, destruction of Grozny, national socialism in Austria, Waitangi Marae in 2000, low wages for medical staff, treaty settlement payouts, Jim Anderton as political dinosaur, TV stars' salaries, the F16 aircraft deal, attacks on TVNZ/Paul Holmes, WINZ, Nandor Tanczos and alcohol in parliament, the Americas Cup, NZ cricket, smoking in Australian cricket team, new broadcasting boss, Helen Clark's popularity. Quantity: 88 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromides, various sizes.

Date: [Circa 1870s]

By: Arnoux, Hippolyte, active 1860s-1880s

Reference: PA1-f-047

Description: Photographs taken in the 1870s, covering a wide range of places, photographers mostly unidentified, and most images with no captions. The first group were taken in an around the Mediterranean, including Gibraltar, but particularly focussing on the Suez Canal. The sequence includes a copy of a montage produced by Hippolyte Arnoux, showing a map of the route of the canal, surrounded by photographs of canal designer Ferdinand de Lesseps and various sites along the route. Other images in this sequence were probably taken by Arnoux who was working in Egypt during this period. The next group of images travel via India (?), to Australia. Views of Melbourne include Government House, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Houses of Parliament, the Scots' Church (in Collins Street), the Post Office, the Town Hall, and the Public Library. Following these is a panorama of Sydney, and views of Tasmania. The New Zealand scenes start with a panorama of Auckland, the Mount Eden residence of G.B. (?, pencilled name undeciphered), and the Auckland Domain). Images further south include Ohinemutu; the Pink and White Terraces; Napier; the Manawatu Gorge; Wellington (with the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel visible in the foreground); Nelson; the wreck of the ship Otago, at Chasland's Mistake; and a number of views in the Dunedin area. The last sequence shows parts of Canada, including the Rockies, Montreal and the Niagara Falls. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown leather cover, with decorations stamped in gold; 28 x 40 cm

Date: 1831-1953

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1950

Description: Includes the shipboard diary of an unidentified passenger on board the `Katherine Stewart Forbes', 1851-1852 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.