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Transparencies of Takapuna

Date: 30 March 1957, January 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7673

Description: Transparencies of Takapuna comprising aerial views and beach scenes, taken 1957-1958 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

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Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and a tour of the South Island

Date: 1925

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1052

Description: Album recording a motoring and camping holiday through the South Island of New Zealand. This took in the New Zealand South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin and included the West Coast, Otago, and Canterbury. The central part of the album has images of Khandallah, Wellington, and the family home in that suburb. Family photographs include Doug on his Norton Motorcycle, and Jack and Neville similarly posed on a Douglas Motorcycle. Rene and Frank stand at the net holding tennis rackets, and mother has several images with young Joyce. The last part of the album recordes something of a holiday to Auckland where the family camped at Brown's Bay and took a trip to Kawau Island. A group shot on Mt Messanger on the way back and some views of Pukekura Park New Plymouth complete the album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Arkles Bay, Auckland

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001408-G

Description: View of Arkles Bay as seen from between branches of the pohutukawa tree growing beside the creek at the south end of the beach. A house can be seen in the far distance on the hill above the bay. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 3545. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

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Muriwai Beach

Date: 13 September 1970

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1292

Description: Muriwai Beach. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken 1 September 1970 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

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Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[Auckland from Devonport, 1981 or 1982]

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-084

Description: The tower blocks of Auckland seen past a foreground of sea and boats Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

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Transparency slides

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

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Muriwai Beach

Date: 13 September 1970

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1121

Description: Muriwai Beach. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken 1 September 1970 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Weiheke Island. 1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-031

Description: Location is Waiheke Island. Shows a view looking down a hillside towards a beach. There is a wide dirt track leading down to the beach and holiday houses (baches) on either side of it. Just offshore to the right is a low outcrop of rocks (perhaps joined to the mainland further to the right. Near the horizon on the sea is Little Barrier Island. Other Titles - Waiheke Island Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 233 x 186 mm.

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Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[People passing on the beach at Torbay. 1981 or 1982]

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-053

Description: A man in a safari suit and a woman in a bikini passing one another on a beach Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

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New Zealand scenery - Auckland city and region

Date: 1945-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-170

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1945-1959 Views of Orewa; Waiwera; Milford Beach (with holiday makers & life guards); Oneroa Beach, Waiheke Island; beach at Devonport; children playing on beach; Westhaven & St Marys Bay taken from harbour bridge; lower Queen Street with Post Office building on left. Views of the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Cenotaph; Robert Burns statue in Auckland Domain; Yvonne Sloan, Auckland Training College student on the steps of the Museum; Tamaki Drive (includes Tamaki Yacht Clubhouse); Savage Memorial; Panmure Basin (& leisure craft at anchor); Parnell Baths & Judges Bay; donkey rides at Mission Bay; Cornwall Park (& view of One Tree Hill); views from Mount Eden, one looking towards Manukau Heads with Mount Eden in foreground, the other looking towards city and Rangitoto. Auckland Railway yards taken from Gladstone Road, Parnell, 1957; aerial view of Waitemata Harbour looking towards Firth of Thames (Whites No 42969); Morris Minor parked on scenic drive, Waitakere Ranges. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Stewart (photographer) :Cheltenham Beach

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

Reference: PA4-0817

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Cheltenham Beach Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Cheltenham Beach; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Stewart - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Mrs E Campbell donation, July 1976

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Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :Onehunga, Manukau Harbour. [1922-1940].

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-039

Description: Shows a small cave in a diagonally stratified rock face, topped with clinging coastal shrubs. At the left is a section of Manukau Harbour with Onehunga and possibly Mount Hobson beyond. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 252 x 176 mm.

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Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[A couple about to swim at Torbay. 1981 or 1982]

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-055

Description: A man and a woman in bathing costumes walking away towards the water Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

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Aerial views of suburbs, Auckland City

Date: 1957, 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7775

Description: Transparencies of aerial views of suburbs in the Auckland Region, taken 1957 and 1960 by Whites Aviation. Comprises views of Mangere, Bastion Point, and Musick Point. Also includes a view of a crowded Maraetai Beach. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

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O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :Reading Palm Beach, Waiheke, 1989 [eight poems].

Date: 1988

From: O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Original illustrations for publications. 1980-1996].

Reference: A-371-085

Description: An unpublished booklet. Front cover shows an abstract illustration entitled Waiheke. Inside and on the back cover are eight poems entitled: Waiheke Island, Selfportrait, West Coast, Palm Beach Waiheke, Turangi, Manawatu, Waiheke Island, Palm Beach. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on four sides of folded sheet, 300 x 212 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gregory O'Brien, Wellington, in 2005.

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Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[North Shore, Auckland, probably Torbay. 1981 or 1982]

Date: 1981 - 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-180-q-048

Description: Groups of people standing on a beach, possibly watching yachts Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

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Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Piha Beach. West Coast. [1960s?]

Date: 1960 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

Reference: E-029-q-146

Description: A view of the beach and coastline beyond from a vantage point looking down onto the northern end of Piha Beach. Toitoi and other plants are growing in foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

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Te Henga, and a tramp up Mount Holdsworth

Date: 1954-1959

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6532

Description: Basalt stacks at Ohuta. Views of the beach at Te Henga (Bethell's Beach) west of Auckland (1959). Winter tramp up Mount Holdsworth in the Taraua Range in 1954. Views of the bush tracks under snow. Views of Mountain House. Views of the snow covered open mountain top, the trig, and surrounding mountains. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

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Wills, Mary, 1859?-1942 :Milford Beach. March 16, 1914

Date: 1914

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-108

Description: A view of a section of Milford Beach, near Takapuna. Rangitoto looms in the harbour. Five figures paddle in the water near the shore. In the foreground, grass to the sandy beach and boundary fences Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Mrs Oliphant [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on loose page of sketchbook, 215 x 272 mm

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East Coast, Tauranga and Coromandel

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7816

Description: Transparency slides of East Coast, Tauranga and Coromandel, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

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