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Hanmer Springs, hydro schemes, Hastings, Havelock, and Huka Falls

Date: 1956-1957, 1959-1961, 1968

From: Schroeder, Margaret, 1914?-2002? :Transparencies of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-7210

Description: Photographs of Hanmer Springs, hydro schemes, Hastings, Havelock, and Huka Falls, taken 1956-1968 by Margaret Schroeder Includes views of Hanmer Lodge, Roxburgh Hydro, Benmore Dam, Waitiki Dam, Avimore Dam, Karapiro, Hastings clock tower with Santa Claus display Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency slides

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Huka Falls, Pohutu Geyser, National Park, Mount Ruapehu

Date: November 1958, October 1968, June 1969

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7924

Description: Transparencies of Huka Falls, Pohutu Geyser, National Park, and Mount Ruapehu, taken 1958 and 1968-1969 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

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Salmon album 10

Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]

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

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-206

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

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Pinnell, Karen :Album of motoring tours in New Zealand

Date: ca1945-ca1955

By: Pinnell, Karen, active 2002

Reference: PA1-f-240

Description: Album of scenic photographs taken on motoring tours through the North Island during the 1940s and 1950s. It includes a series of images showing United States Servicemen touring in New Zealand, probably during World War 2. Places visited include the Chateau Tongariro, Ohinemutu, Rotorua and Huka Lodge. Mount Ruapehu is shown in eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: From the collection of the Draper and Brenton families.

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Transparency slides

Date: [1960s-1970s]

From: Nicholls, Trevor, 1929- :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-7487

Description: Colour slides of various parts of New Zealand, taken 1950s-1970s by Trevor Nicholls. Includes: 1-2. Kiwis, Taradale, 1960s, 3. Atiamuri, Morris 1000, 4. Cutting de Bretts to ? Range, Morris 1100, 1964, 5-6. Taupo Lake front, 7-8. Rogue Gore Road to Kinloch (Poihipi), 1970s, 9-10. Wairakei 1950s, 11. Taupo houses 1950s, 12. Topdressing, Linden 1950s, 13. Looking over Wahi Village, Taupo 1970s, 14-15. Ruapehu 1970s, 16. Ngauruhoe 1950s, 17-18. Aratiatia 1950s, 19. Huka Falls 1960s, 20. From Moult's, Paraparaumu 1950s, 21. Mudpool, 22. Bully Pt, Taupo, 23 Orakei korake? helicopter 1960s-1970s, 24. Cenotaph. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

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Colour slides 122-145

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7764

Description: Phase 7 continued - 123. Lake Taupo; 124. Waikato River, near Huka Falls (outlet of Lake Taupo); 125-128. Huka Falls (Waikato River); 129. Wairaki Geothermal Project (Gen power by nature steam); 130-131. Boiling mud; 132. Natural steam; 133. Tapped outlets; 134. Power house, housing 400 kva generator operated by steam thru 8" diam pipe at 150 lbs per square inch from depth of 1363"; 135. Boiling water run off; 136-145. Scenes of geyser valley near Wairaki, Govt run - guided tour 6/6. Boiling mud - Geysers - Extremely interesting. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

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Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :Above Huka [1957?]

Date: 1957

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Sketchbook]. 1956-1957.

Reference: E-485-f-016

Description: A view from a path above the Huka Falls, with the Waikato River below and a house among hills in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, in sketchbook 185 x 270 mm.

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Huka Falls, Taupo, Napier and Gisborne

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

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

Reference: PA12-7814

Description: Transparency slides of Wairakei Power Station, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, Napier and Gisborne, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

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Transparencies of Huka falls, coastal scene, and women beside a car

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Werren, Douglas John 1930-2007: Transparency slides

Reference: PA12-11325

Description: Transparency strips taken by Doug Werren, circa 1950s to 1960s. Photographs show Huka Falls, a coastal scene, and a groups of unidentified women by a car. Quantity: 2 colour original transparency/ies strips with three images. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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Transparencies of Central Plateau mountains and Huka Falls

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Werren, Douglas John 1930-2007: Transparency slides

Reference: PA12-11315

Description: Transparency slides of scenery taken by Douglas John Werren, circa 1950s to 1960s. Includes a number of views of Mount Ruapheu, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Tongariro, including Ruapehu from on the Bruce Road and wide shots of the Central Plateau taken looking from north of the mountains looking south, from an unsealed road [Desert Road?], and from farmland [from north-west?]. Three images show the Huka Falls and there is one image of an unidentified waterfall. Quantity: 15 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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Harris, Herbert, 1921-2006 :Photographs of Wellington and Hutt Valley

Date: [ca 1948-1955]

By: Harris, Herbert, 1921-2006; Milne, Isabella, active 2010

Reference: PAColl-9779

Description: Photographs of Wellington and Hutt Valley, taken ca 1948-1955 by Herbert Harris of Stokes Valley. Includes views of Slazenger factory, Petone (where Harris worked), Rotorua, and ship Gothic in Wellington Harbour, as Royal yacht for 1953-1954 tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Herbert Harris came from Australia in 1948 to work at the Slazenger factory in Petone. He built his own house in Horoeka Street, Stokes Valley. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

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Huka Falls, Taupo district

Date: [195-?]

From: Phipps, Bruce, 1920-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8316

Description: Transparency slides of Huka Falls, Taupo district, taken in the 1950s by Bruce Phipps. Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: 35mm dye coupler transparencies

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Huka Falls, Tokorima district, National Park

Date: November 1958, July 1966

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7919

Description: Transparencies of Huka Falls and Tokorima district, November 1958; and a waterfall at National Park, July 1966, taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

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New Zealand scenes, events and personalities, etc

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-141

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1924-1951. Subjects include: `Operation Oyster' at Bluff, Jun 1950; Lewis Pass (Maruia Springs), Jun 1950; stranding of `Wahine' at Maseia Island and rescue by naval tug HMAS Emu, Aug 1951; Theatre Guild on tour at Raumati Beach, Feb 1950; South Seas voyage of Nelson yacht `Blue Seas'; New Zealand Grand Prix held at Ohakea, 1950; Mr Kelly and sketching class in Hagley Park, (undated); National Time Keeping (Master clock), 1951; Miss Marjorey Hurrey showing children Maori carving at Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1950; making snowman at The Hermitage; motoring through kauris in Waipoua State Forest; trout fishing at Hamurana Spring, N-W shore of Lake Rotorua, 1939. Also: ANZAC Day parade, Auckland, 1940; camp site at Western Springs, 1949; haymaking at Tipapa Station (undated); monument at Okarito; Waipori hydro-electric works, 1930; Fernside Garden bridge; newly erected hut on Mt Ruapehu erected by Manawatu Tramping Club, 1950; `dangerous' level-crossing at Woodside, 1927; Otaki sanatorium, 1929; Women's Hospital at Hanmer, 1931; party on horseback crossing Doubtful River to inspect proposed route over Lewis Saddle, Jun 1929; aerial view of tennis courts (Christchurch?); yachts at Lyttelton; old house built by William & John Deans (1843) in grounds of Riccarton House, 1949; Waiheke Island, Jan 1949; etc. Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Salmon album 6

Date: [Between 1955 and 1965]

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

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-202

Description: Album of photographs taken around the Taupo District. Many are contacts from 35mm film; some are prints, taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1955 and 1965. Most of the images are indicative of John Salmon's interest in photography. Examples can be seen in the series of images taken in various lights on the Taupo Golf Links including on misty mornings, the "Picket fence" of fishermen standing at the mouth of the Waitahanui River Mouth on Lake Taupo, a series showing Pohutu Geyser playing, views of the Aratiatia Rapids and Huka Falls, and views of Mission Bay where he spent camping holidays. Three views show Maori ramparts on Motutaiko Island (Lake Taupo), several show dwellings at Waihi, and one shows a group of Maori children in a hot pool at Whakarewarewa. Other Titles - Spine title - Taupo District Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with fawn cover, Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

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Travel in New Zealand

Date: 10 - 13 March 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8787

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides includes a view of Lake Okataina with Mount Tarawera; the Waimangu thermal area including Frying Pan Lake, Gibraltar Rock, a small terrace, and the buried village at Te Wairoa; the Huka Falls; the hydro dam and village at Atiamuri; the dam lake at Maraetai; Karapiro dam; and Mount Pirongia. Slides on this sheet are numbered 377-407 with gaps for those removed for lectures on New Zealand. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 381-382, 386-389, 391, 405) showing Gibraltar Rock at Waimangu, steaming cliffs at Lake Rotomahana, Mount Tarawera, launch on Lake Tarawera and the buried village at Te Wairoa. These were taken as part of a representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

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Photographs taken in New Zealand, particularly in the Ruapehu district

Date: [late 1940s-1950s], 1967

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9924-3

Description: A range of photographs taken in New Zealand, particularly scenes in the Ruapehu district. Most taken taken about 1940s-1950s. One taken circa 1967. Most photographs probably taken by by Neville Mosen. Some may have been collected by him. Also two images entered into photographic competitions by Mosen. Also a set of 10 handcoloured images, chiefly images taken in the Ruapehu district. Includes: one of Raetihi one of the Mahuia Rapids one of the bridge over the Ohakune Stream one of the Chateau Tongariro hotel at Whakapapa, Ruapehu one of a ship, possibly during a stranding at Wanganui one of a United States Air Force aeroplane on the tarmac two of top dressing at Raetihi one of a woman at Ketetahi Springs, Mount Tongariro one of marching girls, possibly at Ohakune one of a native clematis in flower one of a steam boat, possibly a paddle steamer one of the Huka Falls one of the power station for Raetihi one of a window display in a retailer's window (appears to be a stationery/book/recording/watch repair shop) showing games, books etc and a sign reading 'Remember the royal visit.' Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s) hand coloured. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Wellington, Napier, and Taupo

Date: 1958

From: Morris, Raymond, fl 1955-2011 :Colour slides of New Zealand and overseas

Reference: PA12-8451

Description: Photographs of Wellington, Napier, and Taupo, taken 1958 by Raymond Morris. Includes photographs of Picton ferry terminal, Wellington ferry terminal, Masterton baths, Hastings clock tower, Marine Parade in Napier featuring Pania of the Reef and floral clock, camping at Westshore and Rotorua motor camp, motoring tour group outside Lakeview Hotel at Te Pohue with Morris Minor cars, and Terraces Hotel with Lake Taupo in the background. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

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Scenes in Wellington

Date: 1953-1955

From: Jacques, James Anthony, 1901?-1987 :Slides of family, friends, holidays and world trips

Reference: PA12-2553

Description: Photographs taken ca 1953-1955 by J A Jacque, including views of the ships Pamir, Wanganella and Monowai in Wellington Harbour. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour transparencies

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Scenes in Waitomo, Patea, Rotorua and Ruapehu

Date: 1953-1955

From: Jacques, James Anthony, 1901?-1987 :Slides of family, friends, holidays and world trips

Reference: PA12-2546

Description: Photographs taken 1953-1955 by J A Jacques on family holidays in Waitomo, Patea, Wairakei, Rotorua, and Mount Ruapehu. Also includes views of Huka Falls, Chateau Tongariro, and Cadman's sign incorporating a veteran car, in Auckland. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour transparencies

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