Places

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

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.

Date: 1984-1986

From: Fowke, Susan, fl 1995-2007 :Photographs of Kairakau Beach, Hawke's Bay

Reference: PA1-o-1618

Description: A portrait of Kairakau Beach, its baches, and people on holiday. Depicted are views of the beach, the background slopes and cliffs, general views of the baches, and details of one particular bach and it's surroundings. One group of photographs are of windows and doors. The people on holiday included Susan Fawke, Jeavons Baillie, John MacDonald, Chris Cochran, Margaret Cochran, Vita Cochran, Ursula Cochran, James Stratton, and Janet Paul. Many of the buildings shown along the beach front have been demolished since these photographs were taken. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [ca 1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6861

Description: 19 scenes of what is possibly a holiday in the New Plymouth area. They show a woman standing in front of a tent; a group of people around a trestle table with a trophy on it in front of a tent; the Sugar Loaf Islands; a church or similar building seen from across a lake; several of a large park with a lake in it; two of a row of wooden huts with a woman standing outside possibly near the beach; two caravans possbily in a holiday park; two views of houses near the sea, one with Mount Taranaki in the background; and one of a woman in a tailored suit. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-031115 to 031133 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: 1984-1986

From: Fowke, Susan, fl 1995-2007 :Photographs of Kairakau Beach, Hawke's Bay

Reference: PA1-o-1619

Description: A portrait of Kairakau Beach. Depicts details of the beach, including stone piles, rocks, water, patterns in sand, rock pools, seaweed, driftwood, and people collecting agar seaweed after a storm. There are details of retaining walls, fences, vegetation, steps, and the surrounding landscape. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [1984 or 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-5646-23

Description: Crib on beach at Aramoana, photographed in late 1984 or early 1985 by Paul Thompson. Publication note - Published in: Paul Thompson, The bach (Wellington: Government Printer, 1985) p 84 Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 35mm

Date: [ca 1914]

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

Reference: 1/2-001627-G

Description: View taken from the eastern end of the beach at low tide looking towards the land behind the beach. A bach can be seen close to the foreshore. Taken by William Archer Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Castor Oil Bay. Auckland. No 6620. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [late 1920s]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0517-1/2-G

Description: Owhiro Bay, with a row of dwellings alongside the road and coastline, taken in the late 1920s, by an unidentified photographer. From box containing EP-0501 to 0517 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).