Places

Date: 1922 - 1923, 1931 - 1933

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-644

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1927, 1929 - 1931

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-643

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1929-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-768

Description: Damage to buildings, roads, rivers and landscapes resulting from the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7815

Description: Transparency slides of Napier and Gisborne, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: Ca 1876

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-173-08

Description: View of Waipawa, taken between ca 1876 by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. In the foregound may be seen two men with a horse. In the background are the railway bridge and town. Original caption reads: "8. Waipawa, Provincial District of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Pastoral country through which runs the Napier-Manawatu Railway. The bridge over the river has a total length of 1,495 feet, comprising 24 spans of 60 feet, two of 14 feet 6 inches and two of 13 feet. The roadway, having a clear width of 12 feet, is carried on the 60-feet spans between the combined trusses, the lower chords and tension rods being of wrought iron; the lower members of New Zealand timbers; the piers of totara piles. The bridge was completed 1st September 1876. It was designed by John Carruthers, Esq, Engineer-in-Chief of New Zealand, and built by Mr Donald Ross, contractor." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 27.3 x 36.3 cm, mounted on album page

Date: [ca 1920s?]

Reference: PAColl-8378

Description: Photograph overlooking the Wairoa/Napier Road and surrounding country, near Mohaka in the Hawke's Bay, showing Hawke Bay in the distance. Taken circa 1920s? by an unidentified photographer. Other - Negative number on bottom right of print: 3027 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20 x 15 cm, mounted on file print card

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2325-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over the Mohaka River running across the centre of the image. There is a bridge across the river in the centre left foreground with a car on the road which winds up the hill on the far side. Steep cliffs above and below the road. There is a wide curve in the river on the far left. Stony beaches by the river. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - date taken from images in a sequence of Moore's own identifying numbers Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Mohaka River. Napier to Taupo Road, N.Z. No. 212; Marginal notes on negative - Mohaka River. Napier to Taupo Road, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 122.0 cm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2326-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over tussocky hill country. Mostly cleared land, a few areas of low bush. Sheep grazing on a hill centre right. A car is parked on a winding road which comes down the hill on the far left and continues down on the far right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - date taken from images in a sequence of Moore's own identifying numbers Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Titiokura Hill, Napier to Taupo Road, N.Z. No. 214; Marginal notes on negative - Titiokoura [i.e. Titiokura] Hill, Napier Taupo Road, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 126.8 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2419-F

Description: Panoramic view taken from the Napier-Taupo Road above the Mohaka River, with the river in the foreground. The edge of a car is seen on the extreme right with the road running down towards a bridge across in the centre right middle distance. Across the river the road winds uphill in the centre towards an area of farms on river flats, and then across the centre distance with hills behind. There are cliffs and a wide stony beach below on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - 'Mohaka River" Napier-Taupo Road. New Zealand. No. 849; Marginal notes on negative - "Title" Mohaka River, Napier-Taupo Road Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.0 cm

Date: [Between 1931 and 1966]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-204

Description: Album containing many contacts from 35mm film, as well as black and white prints of differing sizes, taken by Professor John Tenison Salmon. He takes particular interest in the flora and fauna of New Zealand, the damaging effects of road construction, erosion from bush felling, and destruction caused by introduced species including deer. There are huge collections of close-up images of various plants (only a few of which are listed above), including flowers, leaves and seeds. He comments on mangrove swamps at Tauranga, which are growing at the furthest point from the Equator possible for them to exist. The other important collection shows various stages in the life cycle of insects and animals, including wetas, katydids, different types of moths, mosquitoes, bees, stick insects, and native New Zealand frogs (Hochstetter's frogs) (p. 91-92). Photographs relating to wetas include scenes of ovipositor tracks of cave wetas in the mud in Waitomo Caves; different varieties of wetas including cave wetas; and weta nests. In 1935 he photographed two Australian species of lizards which he found in the yard of the Dominion Museum, the Australia crested dragon, and the Australian blue-tongued lizard. Many of these photographs were taken on a photomicroscope, including photographs of rock sections (p. 72-75), and photographs of insects and larvae. There are also views of his photomicrosope equipment. Professor Salmon worked at Victoria University, and there are numbers of "contaflex" views of Wellington from his office window, taken to demonstrate the use of various filters (p. 26-29). There are also images of Professor Salmon in his study lab in April 1955; and further images of him in the Entomological Department of the Dominion Museum. Page 35 has views of a science exhibition organised by the Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand held in the Wellington Town Hall, 12-14 April 1948. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 29.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: ca 1924

Reference: PAColl-7325

Description: Copy negatives of photographs in an album. The Mimi valley deviation on the New Plymouth to Te Kuiti highway; the road alongside Porirua harbour showing submerged telegraph poles; men spreading and rolling gravel on the Gisborne to Wairoa highway at Morere; men laying concrete on the Christchurch to Timaru highway; number of horse-drawn carts on a riverbed being loaded with shingle; and horse-drawn scoops collecting shingle from a riverbed for the Hamilton to Rotorua highway. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003415 to 003420 Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: [914-1920], ca 1928

By: Tiller, R J (Mrs), active 1975

Reference: PAColl-0188

Description: Photographs taken by unidentified photographer(s) circa 1928 showing views of various parts of New Zealand from the north to the south, probably relating to holiday trips and sight seeing. Includes photographs of towns, cities, tourist spots, and accommodation: Fleming's Hotel, Tauranga; Waiwera Hot Springs Hotel; The Square, Palmerston North; the hospital and band rotunda in Taihape; the railway station, reservoir and other landmarks in Dunedin; the main street of Putāruru; a motor car outside Tawera Hotel; and people beside sheds and stream at Okoroire Thermal Resort. Includes scenic views in various locations: views taken around Queenstown, Laka Wakatipu, Paradise, and Glenorchy. Lake Hayes; Franz Josef Glacier (including its reflection in Lake Mapourika); Lake Tāupo; bush clad hills between Toa Toa and Motu; views of road from Turanga kumu highest point on road between Napier and Tāupo; view from Paekakariki Hill, Kapiti; Manawatu Gorge; Lake Te Pohue; Lake Wanaka; fishing vessels at Whangarei; landscape views taken from Takapu looking at Waipukurau; Days Bay, Wellington; Avon River, Christchurch; Gisborne Harbour; rail bridge at Karangahake Gorge; a traffic bridge at Hamilton; landscape views taken of Napier city buidlings and lagoon; Huka Falls; and Milford Sound. Includes three very faded copy prints pf photographs possibly taken between 1914 and 1920 showing"Herbert [W?] Williams, Russell" near a smoke billowing from a hillside; a solider [possibly in World War One uniform] standing near square pools of water and cypress trees "cistern at [Ain Hoyle?] in the Jordan Valley"; and a view of horses amongst a scrubby field "The day [?] was taken, A.W.R in wady kelt" [probably Wadi Qelt valley in the West Bank near Jordan River]. Some photographs are annotated on reverse with name of location and persons.Most photographs do not feature people. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059195 to 059286 and 1/2-076308 Quantity: 91 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Small black and white snapshots of varying sizes Processing information: Photographs have been grouped by the archivist in separate envelopes where images were taken in the same location. Envelopes have been annotated by archivist with the location name. Access statement was changed from "Curator required' to 'No access restriction" in July 2022 when record was enhanced.

Date: 1927-1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Moore & Thompson (Firm); Bierre, Eric W, 1899-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-145

Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1927 and 1959, many undated. Includes a variety of subjects and places (see below). Also photographs of Ana Hato at Orakei Korako; roadmakers and road construction at Hopuruahine in Wairoa District; ancient eel weir (patuna), taken by J Faris in 1886; carvings on King Koroki's palace, Turangawaewae Marae, Mar 1938; Maori Meeting House at Te Kaha, East Coast and carved memorial cross, 1959; Meeting House at Whangara, 1959; school children waiting for the bus outside the Ruatoria Primary School, 1959; group of children at Whakarewarewa, 1944, etc Photographers include: W Hall Raine; A W Powell, Eric W Bierre, Moore & Thompson, and others. Also typed list of captions (not all photographs included) Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1925]

By: Lomas, George, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1274

Description: Album includes photographs of motor tours in the North Island, the Bealey Glacier and the Otira Gorge, and the Waikato River and Paturuahine Gorge at the site of the Arapuni hydro dam. Images relating to the motor tours include New Plymouth, Mount Egmont, the Napier-Taupo Road, hot waterfalls on the Napier-Taupo Road, Mohaka bridge and river, Rununga Falls, Eskdale Valley and memorial church, Napier, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, a Maori guide, Waikato River, Tarawera Hotel, Trout at Fairy Springs Rotorua, geysers, Mount Messenger Road, Wanganui River, and Kape Kidnappers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005

Date: 1899

Reference: PA1-o-858

Description: Views taken on coach trip through Buller Gorge; also views showing the crossing of the Mohaka River, Taupo, Aratiatia, Wairakei, Hamurana Springs and Tikitere. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1931

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

By: Sorrell, Percy C, 1882-1965; Hurst, Arthur Bendigo, 1890-1964

Reference: PAColl-7956

Description: Photographs of Napier showing damage caused by the 1931 earthquake, and negative and print wallets ca 1920s-1940s. Includes views of St John's Cathedral and HMS Veronica at the wharf, andf the new shopping area in Clive Square. The photographers include Percy Sorrell and A B Hurst. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 item(s) of photographic ephemera (print and negative wallets). Physical Description: Photographic prints, ephemera

Date: [between Feb-March 1913]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-q-003-18-2

Description: Taradale Road embankment and Tutaekuri River (foreground), Hawke's Bay. Ahuriri Lagoon and mud-flats in the distance. Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin between February and March 1916. Source of descriptive information - Inscription in album, and image. Date from display dates at PA1-q-003. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Taradale Road embankment showing Ahuriri Lagoon and mud-flats in distance. The Tutaekuri River in the foreground. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.9 x 13.1 cm, on album page

Date: 1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-102207-F

Description: Reinforcing the roadway at Waiapawa, Hawke's Bay, at the northern approach of the new river bridge for road traffic, 1958. Looks along a road in the township, showing a road roller. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1880s]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025823-G

Description: View of Napier Terrace, Napier. Shows a hedge lining the road. The house on the right is number 145. Photograph taken by William Williams during the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).