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Date: 1943

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4830

Description: Contains administrative records of the South Wairarapa Home Guard, including a list of members

Date: 1970 - 2010

Reference: Eph-C-CIVIL-DEFENCE-1970/2010

Description: Includes posters and booklets: 1970/1980s?: Civil Defence. These simple instructions are issued by the Joint Rotorua City and County Civil Defence Organisation and could mean to you and yours the difference between life and death in the event of a local major disaster ... [1970-1980s?] 1971: A rough guide to Wellington's sub-area Five [central Wellington]. 1971 Civil Defence message form from Sub-Area 5 HQ [Invitation to meeting 27 April 1971, at TAB HQ Building, Lambton Quay, signed by Lindsay Buick-Constable] 1980s?: Hamilton-Waikato Civil Defence. In case of earthquake & emergencies (2 copies) 1987: Civil Defence. How to survive earthquake, tsunami, flood, fire [1987] 1993: Levin and Districts Civil Defence Organisations. Emergency family guide. Fourth edition 1993. A [Levin] Chronicle publication [Tabloid paper, 20 pages] (2 copies) 2010: Massey University Wellington. Disaster narratives and the Canterbury earthquake; learning from Katrina, the BP oil spill and climate change. Professor Bruce C Glavovic, EQC Chair in Natural Hazards Planning. Massey University Wellington public lecture series. Theatrette, Museum Building Buckle Street, 7 December [2010] Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints approximately A3 size. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 1940

From: Harper, James Edward, fl 2004 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9631

Description: Group portrait of Platoon D, Kelburn Home Guard Company, taken 1940 by an unknown photographer. Edward James Haughey (1908-2004?) is at front row, extreme right. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.4 x 21 cm

Date: 1941-1942

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4831

Description: Contains administrative records of the South Wairarapa Home Guard, including a list of members

Date: 1950-1952

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/18

Description: Correspondence and papers include Royal Humane Society of New Zealand re awards; Upper Hutt Printing Co re `The Leader', 1952; New Zealand Library Assn Inc, 1952; Whites Aviation Ltd re 1st editon of Whites Pictorial Reference of New Zealand, 1952; Wellington Beautifying Society re tree planting, 1952; Paraparaumu Beach Progressive Assn Inc, 1952; telegram from Prime Minister Keith Holyoake re accession of Queen Elizabeth, 8 Feb 1952; Rutherford Memorial Fund, 1952; staff salaries; Royal visit, 1951; St Joseph's Catholic Carnival, Upper Hutt; Civil Emergency Organization (Wellington City); The New Zealand Institute for the Blind Appeal, 1951; re-erection of Waiwhetu Maori Meeting House, 1951; Kapiti Kindergarten, 1951; Banks Theatres Ltd re screening of movies on Christmas Day, 1950s Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1843 - 1939 - 1847 - 1945

Reference: MapColl-832.47p/[197-?]/Acc.23130

Description: Map showing old military installations from the New Zealand Wars, 1843-7 and the home guard sites of New Zealand Army in World War II. Sites from the New Zealand War include Te Rangihaeata's stronghold (1846), the site of a chapel and the colonial cemetery at Pauatahanui, military trenches (one named McKillops), the barracks of the 65th regiment, the officer's quarters, the Boulton's Hotel of 1847, Troopers Hill, isolated Maori grave along Paekakariki Hill Road, the landing stage of the 58th and 65th regiments, Tandy's constablulary's post and the Waitaha Maori at Ration Point. Sites during World War II include the home guard headquarters of 1941 at Jones Deviation, the 1939 New Zealand Army Unit and United States Marines 2nd division near Kakaho Stream, as well as the Duck Creek saw mill at Bradey's Bay. Shows J Walker's homestead. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 34.2 x 36.6 cm.

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1942

From: Field, Robert Nettleton, 1899-1987 :[Collection of sketches, 1926 to 1961]

Reference: A-265-136

Description: View of a farm house and outbuildings with a high hill in the distance. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 213 x 301 mm

Date: 1939-1945 (?)

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-116

Description: Contains records of the Wairarapa Home Guard during World War Two, including lists of tools and vehicles of members

Date: 1941

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4828

Description: Contains administrative records of the South Wairarapa Home Guard, including a list of members

Date: 1941-1942

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4827

Description: Contains administrative records of the South Wairarapa Home Guard, including a list of members

Date: 1992

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :Editorial cartoons. 1 - 31 December 1992

Reference: H-112-009

Description: Shows warships on the horizon and troops advancing up the beach at Whangamata, where bottles and cans litter the ground. Refers to the expected hooliganism at Whangamata and to Minister of Civil Defence, Graeme Lee Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1942-1943

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4829

Description: Contains administrative records of the South Wairarapa Home Guard, including a list of members

Date: [1939-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-035

Description: Home Guard training. Includes photographs showing building of defence works, mock battles, rifle drill, manoevures, constructing pine log cabins, on patrol in bush country, recruitment meeting at Palmerston North, etc. Shows Lower Hutt Home Guard, Greenlane Home Guard, Mounted Squadron at Lake Rotorua, on manoevures at Lake Coleridge and on West Coast. Photograph of Brigadier Nathan of Blenheim District. Photographs taken by various photographers including official and Evening Post. Quantity: 83 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-01816

Description: Members of the Wellington Home Guard and US Marine Corps personel, taking part in the School of Bush and Mountain Warfare in burnt bush on the Marchant Ridge, Tararua Range. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1959-1960

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/22

Description: Correspondence and papers include Building Research Bureau of New Zealand, 1960; Wellington Medical Research Foundation, 1960; Hutt Valley Industries Fair, Aug 1960; history of local government in the Hutt Valley; New Zealand Travel & Holiday Association Inc list of members; proposed establishment of public relations office; The Christ Church Preservation Society Inc, 1960; Wellington Conservancy Noxious Animals Advisory Committee; siting of an oil refinery at Gracefield; proposal for civil defence from Ministry of Civil Defence; National Historic Places Trust; Banks Theatres Ltd re sceening movies on Anzac Day; and other miscellaneous matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-020

Description: Largly New Zealand material and photographs of paintings of the war in the Pacific by Allan Barclay Barns-Graham (official war artist) and Oliver Arthur Gillespie. New Zealand material includes views of coastal defences, military training at various camps, prisoner of war camps, Home Guard, public military parades, sports, army personnel including portraits, guns, tanks and other weapons, repatriated soldiers, medical units, ministerial visits, the posthumous investiture of Lt Ngarimu with the V.C., and mechanical transport. Arrangement: This collection is made up of empty negative envelopes with captions some of which have file prints attached to them, and sheets of contact prints which are also captioned. All of the negative envelopes have the relevant negative numbers written written on them. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection contains material which has been called the "35mm" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Any negatives will be found in the 35mm registers at 16398 - 16509. (Feb 1995)

Date: 1941

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-00481

Description: Members of the Elmwood Home Guard, Christchurch North Battalion, digging shelters for invalid soldiers at Rannerdale Soldiers Home. Photographed in December 1941 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-291-94-267

Description: Building weapon pits is part of the job of the Home Guard in N.Z., and these jobs are done in the weekends. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-03316

Description: Christchurch Home Guardsmen being taught the use of Tommy guns. Photographed by the Christchurch Star Sun on 15 Jan 1942 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).