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Date: 1888-1896

By: Hurley, Henry Albert Eaton, 1858-1928

Reference: MS-Papers-5305

Description: The log book begins on 1 Jan 1891 and finishes on 15 May 1894; Hurley tended to note important events rather than record daily entries. It is a record of both his private life and his working life as a Bank of New South Wales inspector. Also included are two sections at the back of the log, Funny sayings of children, 1896, and Dates: Great events in history (1888-1895). Hurley's area as an inspector included the South Island (he lived in Nelson with his family) and the lower half of the North Island, from Taranaki to Hawke's Bay. He was deaf and describes situations relating to this. Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-3582: Letter from Albert Hurley to Ada and Charles A E Ferguson, 1906 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs W Lynch, Thorndon, Wellington, 1995, who has included additional family information

Date: 14 Feb 2001

From: The quality of life for older women oral history project

By: McInnes, Dorothy Catherine, 1918-2014

Reference: OHInt-0523/09

Description: Reatha McInnes talks about her grandparents' origins and their having to cross the Clutha River to settle in Winton. Talks of her father's work as a carpenter at Tomoana Freezing Works. Recalls travelling on the fell trains and family involvement with pipe bands, highland dancing and netball. Talks about her own and her mother's deafness and lip reading ability, being assertive, not tolerating injustice. Explains how her mother coped with 6 children when deserted by her husband. Relates leaving school and her continuing education at night school in pattern making and Pitman's shorthand. Recalls her jobs, including doing housework, the exploitation and sexual harassment which later became trade union issues. Mentions her Baptist Church and community centre activities, enjoyment of music, birdsong, library use, sewing, swimming. Talks of her marriage to an ex-prisoner of war, his mental illness causing their separation. Recalls the difficulty of buying a house, women's credit access and financial situation and disadvantages for working women prior to World War II. Talks of being valued and contact with her son and nieces and nephews, gives advice about retirement. Talks of superannuation and student loans and helping her son financially. Mentions her vegetable garden, management of her house, the support of friends, neighbours and brother. Details her social contacts, her exercise doing housework, her ACC assistance and self-sufficiency. Interviewer(s) - Isobel Munro Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009091 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 2888. 1 photograph of Reatha McInnes with her son Duncan and his wife Carol after a swim at Little Worser Bay, Wellington. January 1999. Search dates: 2001

Date: 1920s

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-011662-G

Description: A view across Sumner Valley with school for the Deaf on the left. Shows an open motor-car with three passengers. Photograph taken from Scarborough by a photographer from The Press 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-000912-G

Description: View of the Sumner School for the Deaf, near Christchurch. Photograph taken by William A Price ca 1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - School for the Deaf. [No.] 2442.B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 2012

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020293

Description: Cartoon shows the Green Party List Member of Parliament holding a newspaper headlined 'Deaf MP Mojo Mathers denied special Parlt. funding'. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Lockwood Smith, is saying, as he blocks his ears 'I'm sorry Mojo, but because of the system your pleas are falling on deaf ears...' Mojo Mathers, who is profoundly deaf, at the opening session of the 2012 Parliament, requested the purchase of an electronic aid to help her follow the debates. The Speaker, who is responsible for Parliamentary Services, claimed that he could not authorise the expenditure and that Mojo Mathers should fund it herself. This decision was later reversed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

By: Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand (Organization)

Reference: EPHDL-0175

Description: Digital flier shows an arrangement of text superimposed on a large tomato sauce container in the shape of a tomato. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2010

By: Auckland Deaf Squash Club

Reference: EPHDL-0168

Description: Digital poster advertising a squash championship for the deaf, shows a background photograph of the Auckland skyline, with portrait photographs of the convenor Angus McDonald, team manager Natasha Cloete, and other participants: Wayne Cloete, Sonia Pivac, Kylie Matthewson, Nolan Pillay, Roger Wyrill, Paul Walter, Michelle Pillay, Rachel Coppage, and Susan Thomas. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: [1947?]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05545-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches