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Moss, Brian :Photographic prints and layouts used in producing Northwood Brothers print...
Date: ca 1910-1934
By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949
Reference: PAColl-4521
Description: Copies of Northwood photographs of gum digging, the timber industry, the flax industry, and social conditions in Northland. Includes a clergyman eating melon with a group of five men in the bush at Okahu, a bullock team pulling a kauri log, and a group of Austrian gum diggers. Each image has at least two copies and a lay-out board. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 photocopy/ies.
Interview with Whitiki Mekene Tane
Date: 5 April 1997 - 05 Apr 1997
From: Te Roroa Maori life stories project
By: Tane, Whitiki, 1924-2000
Reference: OHInt-0568/07
Description: Wally Tane was born 1924 in Waikara, Waipoua, South Hokianga. Talks about his father Mekene Tane Hohaia and his mother Tureiti Iraia. Discusses his father's work as a gumdigger and refers to Nick and Te Miringa Yakas. Describes schooling at Katui and Donnellys Crossing Schools, speaking Maori, racist attitudes and the effect of being educated in English only. Mentions Waikara and Waimamaku kaumatua and discusses land grievances. Talks about joining ATC, enlisting with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, training, resentment towards Americans in New Zealand, overseas service as a gunner in 14 Ventura Squadron, jungle training, being based at American camps in the Philippines and Japanese bombing raids. Gives his impressions of American servicemen, recalls the segregation of black and white servicemen. Talks about events in Auckland. Mentions rape. Reflects on returning to Wellington and Waikura. Talks abut employment with the New Zealand Forest Service and working at Waipoua Forest. Refers to planting of Te Roroa wahi tapu with pine trees. Describes meeting and eventual marriage to Margaret Yelash, life at the old family home in Waikara and of the problems of moving back to Dargaville. Talks about employment with the Hobson County Council, post-retirement job as a school bus driver and successfully tendering for the bus run. Explains the significance of the name Waikara given by the tupuna Tohe and lists the hills Tohe named. Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Accompanying material - Ngati Ruanui, Tai Tokerau whakapapa and Te Roroa whakapapa of Whitiki (Wally) Tane included with the abstract. Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2624.
Interview with Rachel Corcoran
Date: 2 Aug 1994 - 02 Aug 1994
From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part one
By: Corcoran, Rachel, 1897-1996
Reference: OHInt-0430/03
Description: Rachel Corcoran was born in 1897. Describes the arrival in New Zealand of her great grandfather Isaac Merrick and his residence on Waiheke Island. Talks about her father leaving the island, going to Auckland and meeting her mother Ann Burns. Mentions she was the youngest of thirteen children. Recalls their first home which was a nikau thatch and their move to Peak Hills near Kaukapakapa. Describes how her father was a bushman who acquired a land lease in the Ararimu Valley. Mentions the death of a baby in the family. Details the purchase of stores from Kaukapakapa. Mentions access via a wire bridge over the creek, no electricity, candles or kerosene lamps. Recalls an open fire, camp oven, iron kettle and washing in kerosene tins. Describes walking barefoot to school, the school building, school teachers and the proficiency exam. Mentions gumdigging and the landscape which was largely fern and ti-tree. Describes how the family were Mormons. Talks about turning sixteen and going to work for the family of Dr Meinhold in Helensville. Mentions he had previously operated on her on the kitchen table. Describes how the doctor travelled by horse and gig. Recalls moving to Auckland and working at the hospital for returned soldiers in Domett Avenue and then for the Upton family of Remuera. Interviewer(s) - Gabrielle Hildreth Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3325.
Interview with Edna Davidson
Date: 26 Sep 1993
From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part one
By: Davidson, Edna Marie, 1910-2000
Reference: OHInt-0430/04
Description: Edna Davidson was born in Herne Bay in 1910. Her father was Charles Ravenhall and her mother Mary Rashleigh, a tailoress. Describes how her parents met, married in Auckland in 1907 and lived in Herne Bay. Recalls boating and fishing as a child and attending plays and concerts at His Majesty's Theatre where her father was first violinist. Describes education at Bayfield and Meadowbank Primary Schools. Recalls the 1918 flu epidemic and having `gas stuff' blown down their throats as a preventative. Discusses how her father did not believe in higher education for girls so she left school at the age of twelve and worked at Smith and Caughey's lace department. Talks about a subsequent job with Remuera draper Amy Moore. Describes learning to drive and meeting her future husband, W T Davidson who she married in 1929. Gives details of her wedding dress. Talks about her husband's contract to dig soil for the waterfront road, his work excavating for the Civic Theatre and their financial sacrifice to purchase a navvy (motor shovel). Describes taking this machine down to Napier for work after the 1931 earthquake and subsequent work at Galatea. Describes moving to Kaukapakapa and sometimes living from their Dodge truck. Talks about moving to Woodhill in 1935, getting a farm which was part of the Casement Aickin estate and her husband continuing to do some contracting. Describes building a house in 1944 and building up a dairy herd. Talks about the war effort at Woodhill, the school, the Country Womens Institute (CWI) and their social life. Describes how there was a forestry settlement at Woodhill but it has since closed. Interviewer(s) - Gabrielle Hildreth Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3326.
Digging drainage ditch, Kaitaia swamp
Date: [Between 1910 and 1939]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010666-G
Description: Maori men digging a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood between circa 1910 and circa 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Harvesting oranges, Kerikeri - Photograph taken by E P Christensen
Date: Oct 1949
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-034486-F
Description: Harvesting Valencia oranges, on F Taylor's property, Kerikeri, October 1949. Shows a scene in the orchard with Mrs Proctor and Miss Bethwaite in the foreground. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by E P Christensen. Other - Note on back of file print reads: "Citrus farming, North Auckland. Harvesting sweet oranges (Valencias) on F Taylor's property, Kerikeri. Mrs Proctor and Miss Bethwaite in foreground." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Men digging a drainage ditch, Kaitaia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010655-G
Description: Group of men standing in and beside a drainage ditch in a Kaitaia swamp. There is a small dog standing on the left side of the ditch. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Northwood brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Washing hanks of treated flax, Lake Ohia
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010560-G
Description: Maori woman washing hanks of treated flax. Photograph taken at Lake Ohia, by Northwood brothers, circa 1910s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Warehouse, Kaitaia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010634-G
Description: Interior view of a warehouse, Kaitaia. Workers include a Maori man seating in foreground. Products include door frames, olive oil, and Scott's Emulsion. Photograph taken 1910s by Northwood brothers of Kaitaia. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Widening (Awanui?) river for the Kaitaia swamp drainage scheme
Date: [192-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010646-G
Description: Widening (Awanui?) river for the Kaitaia swamp drainage scheme. Scene includes labourers with shovels. Photograph taken 1920s by Northwood brothers of Kaitaia. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Digging drainage ditch, Kaitaia swamp
Date: [Between 1910 and 1939]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010660-G
Description: Maori men digging a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood between circa 1910 and circa 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Digging drainage ditch, Kaitaia swamp
Date: [Between 1910 and 1939]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010661-G
Description: Maori men digging a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood between circa 1910 and circa 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Widening (Awanui?) river for the Kaitaia swamp drainage scheme
Date: [192-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010647-G
Description: Widening (Awanui?) river for the Kaitaia swamp drainage scheme. Scene includes labourers with shovels. Photograph taken 1920s by Northwood brothers of Kaitaia. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Gumfield and diggers, Northland region, possibly at Sweetwater
Date: [ca 1930]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-004967-F
Description: Gumfield, Northland region, circa 1930, possibly at Sweetwater. Nicholas Covich (senior) is on the far right. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Cement works, and employees, Limestone Island, Whangarei Harbour
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001782-G
Description: Cement works, and employees, at Limestone Island. Photograph taken by William Archer Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Cement works. Limestone Island. 2430 D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Man standing beside a kauri log, Herekino, Northland
Date: [ca 1 August 1913]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-004888-G
Description: Man standing beside a kauri log, Herekino, Northland, taken ca 1 August 1913 by Arthur James Northwood. The man is reaching his arm up the width of the log and has his other hand on his hip. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - A. Northwood protected. 1-8-13 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Digging drainage ditch, Kaitaia swamp
Date: [Between 1910 and 1939]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010667-G
Description: Maori men digging a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood between circa 1910 and circa 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Tractor, wagons and workers at a cement works on Limestone Island, Whangarei
Date: [ca 1925]
Reference: 1/2-029026-G
Description: Crawler tractor, wagons and workers, at a cement works on Limestone Island, Whangarei, circa 1925. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Widening Awanui River, Kaitaia, during the drainage of Kaitaia swamp
Date: [192-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010650-G
Description: Widening the (Awanui ?) River, Kaitaia, during the drainage of the Kaitaia swamp. Scene includes labourers with shovels on the riverbank, and a barge loaded with timber and wheelbarows. Photograph taken circa 1920s by by Northwood brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Drainage information from 1/1-010646. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Men digging a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010652-G
Description: Group of men standing in and around a drainage ditch in the Kaitaia swamp. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Northwood brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches