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New Zealand scenes - Provinicial cities & country towns
Date: [ca 1930-1943]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-198
Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1930s-1940s Churches at Hawera, Palmerston North, Opotiki, Te Aroha, Waipukurau, Nelson, Queenstown and Pararaka. Whangarei - Central Park/Mair Park, Mt Darby golf links, children playing in a dinghy at Matapouri, tennis courts. Russell - View of foreshore, and view from the hill with Achilles in port. Tauranga - Causeway between The Mount and Tauranga, pier at The Mount, Mission House. Palmerston North - Boys' High School and baths, View of North side of The Square. Napier - Harbour under construction, view from the hill looking south, The Esplanade showing gardens, children's play area and Sound Shell, National Tobacco Company, T & G Building, Government buildings in Shakespeare Street, Civic Square. Hastings - Poplar Avenue, Cornwall Park, W L C McLean's house Swarthmore at Havelock North with vineyard. Gisborne - Gladstone Road, aerial view of town, river view. Cambridge - Bowling green, BNZ building, clock tower & National Hotel (with caravans parked outside the hotel), etc New Plymouth - Aerial view of 72nd Annual A & P Show; Moturoa; ships in port. Invercargill - The Little Playhouse, Government buildings, Southland Museum, 1943. Also - Children from Kerikeri School leaving for a swim; Arawa Street, Matamata; Lake Drive, Hamilton; view of Lyell township; Burke's Pool, Opihi; Denniston township; Caroline Bay, Timaru; main Street, Winton; shipping at Bluff; Oban township, Stewart Island; view of Picton harbour from Hotel Terminus; Alexander Street, Te Awamutu; Arawa Street, Matamata; Wairoa from Te Uhi Hill; Art Gallery, Wanganui; view of wanganui from Aramono.. Quantity: 76 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Map and newspapers
Date: [1929-1935]
From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-5995
Description: Comprises NZ topographic map (NZMS 1 S157, `Heath' (2d ed 1987)) with L Ursula and Furkert Pass highlighted; `The New railway link, Ohura route joins Taranaki and Auckland, 1901-1932 (Taranaki Herald, 5 Nov 1932); `Oamaru Harbour works, proposed breakwater extension', a report by Furkert (Oamaru herald 12 Sep 1933); `Electric power system; 70th anniversary' (Evening post, 8 Feb 1935) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes map showing Lake Ursula and Furkert Pass (Southland region)
Articles and clippings
Date: [1937-1947]
From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5995-3
Description: Comprises newspaper clippings re wapiti shot by Furkert (1937); Greymouth Harbour (1944); and appointment on War Assets Board (1947); and articles, `Gold discoveries in NZ', `Putting through the Main Trunk' by Furkert and obituary for Furkert (NZ engineering (1947-1949); and article, `My 1937 wapiti stalking' by Furkert (NZ fishing and shooting gazette, 1 Jul 1937) Other Titles - New Zealand engineering Other Titles - The Fishing & shooting gazette Quantity: 1 folder(s).
City of Tauranga, Report Tauranga Harbour Bridge, 1970
Date: 1970
From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours
Reference: MS-Papers-11505-25
Description: City of Tauranga, Report Tauranga Harbour bridge, 1970. A preliminery report on the feasibility of bridging the Tauranga Harbour to facilite inter-city road traffic, Beca North & MacDOnald, Pacific Area Consortium of Consulting Engineers. Other - original file - NZCS ARC AG01 S02A T08 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Foster, Susan E, 1946- :Photographs by Ethel Mary Beckett and relatives
Date: [ca 1890-1900]
By: Foster, Susan E, 1946-; Beckett, Ethel Mary, active 1890s; Beckett, Amy Middleton, -1964; Beckett, Thomas Wrench Naylor, 1839-1906; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-6244
Description: Photographs, mostly of the South Island, from the collection of the Beckett family. Most were taken by Ethel Mary Beckett, with some being the work of Amy Middleton Beckett. The work of Wheeler & Son, of Christchurch, and Albert E Winzenberg of Masterton is also represented. A photograph of Palmerston Atoll, in the Cook Islands, is included in the collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181858-G to 1/2-181894-G Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :The Hutt Road taken at the gorge looking towards Wel...
Date: 1842 - 1847
From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870
Reference: PUBL-0020-07-3
Description: Shows bushclearing along the path which became the Hutt Road. One man chops at a tree trunk with an axe, while two Maori stand in the path. The tranquil water of Wellington Harbour surrounded by bush-covered hills, show in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 191 x 160 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.
Auckland Harbour Bridge under construction
Date: [ca 21 Jul 1958]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-8163-70
Description: View of the Auckland Harbour Bridge under construction, looking from mid-harbour towards Westhaven, showing (from right) spans 7, 6, 5 and 4 completed, and span 3 underway on top. Photograph taken circa 21 July 1958 by an unidentified photographer for the Free Lance. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - The construction of the Harbour Bridge photographed from mid harbour looking towards Westhaven. Showing from right spans 7-6-5-4 with span 3 on top.; Verso - centre - Copyright stamp: Copyright photo from / "N.Z. FREE LANCE" / (Wellington) / BRANCH OFFICE / ? QUEEN ST / AUCKLAND"; Verso - centre left - Publication date stamp: Published / 8 Aug 1958 / Page 20; Verso - centre - 21/7/58; Verso - bottom centre - Original published caption: This mid-harbour view illustrates the progress made. From Westhaven, right, spans 7,6,5 and 4 each take the bridge a step farther across the harbour. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.5 x 15 cm
Photographs relating to rail and road
Date: 2002-2006
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000375
Description: Photographs relating to rail and road. Includes photographs of the steam locomotive Sharon Lee hauling coal and passengers on the Tranz Scenic rail system, and the Interislander ferry coming into Picton. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Rail-Road - things" Quantity: 60 digital photograph(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :"Wharfies! Always moaning! We know they're the foundation of t...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0020525
Description: Shows wharfies being used as foundations for the expansion of Auckland's port into the Waitemata Harbour. The expansion has been shelved after a huge public backlash against further reclamation, and the Auckland Council says it will now review development options. The wharfies in a separate issue have been involved in a stand-off with the Ports of Auckland management. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
View of Northcote and the Auckland Harbour Bridge under construction
Date: 30 July 1957
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-44503-G
Description: Aerial photograph of Northcote, Little Shoal Bay, Auckland Harbour, St Marys Bay and the city. At the end of the Northcote peninsula, and across the harbour at St Marys Bay, the start of the construction of Auckland Harbour Bridge can be seen. In the foreground can be seen reclamation for the motorway to the bridge at the Northcote end. Photographed by Leo White 30 July 1957. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 16.3 x 12 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation Box U2/3, Harbour Bridge.
Harbour Bridge construction, Northcote, Auckland
Date: 29 July 1957
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-44473-G
Description: Aerial photograph of Northcote showing the approach to the Harbour Bridge under construction. Beyond is Auckland Harbour and Auckland City. Photographed by Leo white 29 July 1957. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 16.3 x 12 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation Box U2/3, Harbour Bridge.
Aerial view of Mangere Airport under construction
Date: 18 December 1961
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-56618-F
Description: Aerial view of Auckland Airport under construction, Mangere, Manukau City. Photographed by Whites Aviation 18 December 1961. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 12.7 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation box Red 77, Auckland Airport.
Extensions to Auckland Harbour Bridge
Date: 27 April 1968
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-67642-G
Description: Aerial view of Auckland Harbour Bridge with the construction of the road extensions well underway. Photograph taken 27 April 1968 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches