Places

Date: ca 1960

Reference: PAColl-6586

Description: 12 views of Westland: three showing gold mining tailings and the work done to reuse the land; two of a Dominic aircraft, one at Haast aerodrome and one at Franz Josef Glacier aerodrome; one of whitebait stands in the Hokitika river; one of a slab of greenstone being cut at the Hokitika Greenstone factory; and five of local people dressed in early pioneers' clothes, two on the restored Arthur's Pass and Otira stage coach. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-016151 to 016162 Quantity: 12 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1999 - 2000

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: H-637-001/009

Description: Topics inlude the high price of whitebait, the effect of the 1999 election on business confidence, the public image of the Inland Revenue Department, shortcomings in the equipment of the New Zealand peace-keepers in East Timor, attitudes towards the millenium, the non-event of the Y2K bug, the high cost of funding the national museum, Te Papa, the cost of buying frigates, the exorbiant pay paid to television newsreaders as a news item, control of the varroa bee mite. Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: A4 size colour prints

Date: [ca 10 Nov 1999]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Simcox, Craig, active 1983

Reference: EP/1999/3426-F

Description: Len Newland, with his net, leaving Pauatahanui Stream after unsuccessfully fishing for whitebait. He caught six but released them. Photographs taken circa 10 November 1999, by Evening Post staff photographer Craig Simcox. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) negative strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm

Date: 1999-2004

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000325

Description: Photographs relating to fish and fishing in Greymouth. Includes fishers weighing in their catches, recreational and commerical fishing. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Fishing" Quantity: 106 digital photograph(s).

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/4-015847-F

Description: Unidentified women fishing for whitebait at Okuru, Westland. Photograph taken circa 1950s for the National Publicity Studios. Photographer unidentified. Other - National Publicity title on back of file print reads: "Nolan Bros. Canning factory" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 2011

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018717

Description: A whitebaiter lifts his empty whitebait basket from the water and says 'I thought you said there would be plenty of whitebait here!' A farmer at a nearby fence comments 'Should be... I've never seen anyone take any out.' Context: The whitebait season started on 15th August. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019645

Description: Depicts two whitebait swimming in stream. One says to the other 'It's awfully quiet round here'. The other replies 'That's because we're the only two left'. Text: Best season for 20 years ends. Context: Southland Recreational Whitebaiters Association said it had been a record season with Mataura River whitebaiters taking best catch in 20 years (Stuff website 23 November 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0018734

Description: The cartoon is headed 'Whitebait - How to spot the difference.' Below are two frames; the one on the left shows a brown fish wearing goggles and breathing apparatus, it is from the East Coast and is described as 'drab brown' and 'tastes like dung'; the one on the right is pink and wears a sun hat and sunglasses, it is from the West Coast and is described as 'lightly tanned' and 'tastes like coconut'. Context: The whitebait from the east coast has been contaminated by the Canterbury earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0029017

Description: Shows a Whytebait - small fry, translucent in appearance, swept along with the tide ACTive in the lower reaches, seasonal morsel, small attention and life-span. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1939-1941

From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints

Reference: PAColl-6180-04

Description: Five groups of photographs. George Sellars, parachutist, and aircraft associated with the Westport Aero Club (a DH83 Fox Moth), and West Coast Airways (Vickers Vilderbeeste); the work of a river signalman supervising the entrance to Westport Harbour; Whitebaiting on the Buller River; a ministerial inspection of pakihi land development; and the building of the railway from Westport through the Buller Gorge (1936-1941).