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Roy Towers cleaning a war veteran's headstone, Karori Cemetery, Wellington - Photograph...
Date: 12 May 1989
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Round, Mark, active 1991
Reference: EP/1989/1694-F
Description: Roy Towers cleaning a war veteran's headstone, Karori Cemetery, Wellington. Photographed 15 May 1989 by Evening Post staff photographer Mark Round. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Tangiwai railway disaster :Mass grave for unidentified victims, Karori Cemetery, Wellin...
Date: 1953
From: National Publicity Studios :Photographs taken during royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip
Reference: 1/2-42874-F
Description: View of the 21 coffins of the unidentified victims in the open mass grave at the Karori Cemetery, Wellington. The grave is lined with tree fern fronds and wreaths have been laid on the coffins and along each side of the grave. Two groups of people can be seen. That on the left are public mourners. That on the right are the official group with the Duke of Edinburgh. The Tangiwai railway disaster occurred on Christmas eve, 1953, during the first visit to New Zealand of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke departed from the official programme to attend the mass burial which took place on December 31 1953. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Memorial service at Karori Cemetery, Wellington for those who lost their lives in the T...
Date: 1957
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1957/0811-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Maps of Karori Cemetery
From: Shotter, P J E :Negatives and albums (with index) of graves in the Bolton Street and Sydney Street cemeteries, Wellington
Reference: 35mm-25453-F
Description: Maps of Karori Cemetery. Formerly part of negative roll A. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative
[Wellington City Council] :WCC cemeteries. Gas cremator. Steel works & C. [195-?]
Date: 1950 - 1959
Reference: Plans-80-1348
Description: Shows front and side elevations, damper lifting mechanism and long and half section plans Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on cream paper
File prints
Date: ca 1920-1960
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-3740-02
Description: Scenic photographs of Wellington City and Harbour, as well as images of sheep farming and shearing, orchard and vineyard workers harvesting fruit, unidentified viaduct, crematorium at Karori Cemetery and Wellington Fire Station, etc Arrangement: Large number of file prints from Free Lance Collection already in public files. Prints in this box cover negative range of 1/2-100349 to 1/2-100552, arranged in numerical order. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.
Historian Kitty Wood beside memorial to six Karori early settlers - Photograph taken by...
Date: 18 March 1995
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1995/0783-F
Description: Historian Kitty Wood beside a new memorial to six Karori early settlers, Karori Cemetery, Wellington. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson 18 March 1995. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm
Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :Suburban scenes. Nevile Lodge, 1952.
Date: 1952
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[39 copies of cartoons from 'Lodge looks at Wellington', Nevile Lodge, 1952]
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Reference: H-727-023
Description: Shows three Wellington suburban scenes: Karori with houses bordered by the cemetery, Miramar with houses beside an industrial area, and Eastbourne where houses beside the beach are threatened by erosion. Extended Title - Karori Miramar Eastbourne Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy
Memorial service at Karori Cemetery, Wellington for those who lost their lives in the T...
Date: 1957
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1957/0810-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Aynslie and Megan Watson, ANZAC Day, Karori Cemetery
Date: 26 April 1986
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1986/1958-F
Description: Karori Brownies, Aynslie (9) and Megan (7) Watson, place ANZAC Day posies on the headstone of First world War casualty, Private A A Instone, at the Karori Cemetery. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 26 April 1986. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
[Wellington City Council] :WCC cemeteries. [Crematorium. 1950s?]
Date: 1950 - 1959
Reference: Plans-80-1386
Description: Details of frame for dampers and plan showing air ducts etc Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on cream paper
Helyer album
Date: [Ca 1870s-1900s]
By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902
Reference: PA1-o-222
Description: Album of photographs of the Wellington region. Views of early Wellington churches include Christ Church at Taita, St Mary's Church in Karori, St Alban's Church at Pauatahanui, the old Anglican church in Lower Hutt, and two which were later destroyed by fire: St Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Hill Street), and Wesley Church in Manners Street. Pages 8-12 show views of Oriental Bay, including one of a house in Oriental Parade which was originally built originally as a seaside residence for Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell in the 1870s. It was then owned by W Bannister, before Walter James Helyer took possession, living there with his wife Annie Helyer. At the beginning of the album is a photograph of an engraving by N. Chevalier (J & G P Nicholls, printer), with the note "This happened in New Zealand: they had placed a drunken Maori in the public stocks". There is also an undated cutting from a Wanganui newspaper relating to the use of stocks in Wellington, and in particular to this case. Page 13 shows Tamate Wiremu Te Were and his wife Ina seated on a porch, at their home in Ohiro Road. Added to that information is a note at the top of the page which reads "The last Maori to live at Te Aro Pa. Tamate Wiremu Te Were. Died May 6th, 1903. Aged 79?". Pages 16-17 & 19, show views of Sir William Fitzherbert's house in Lower Hutt. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - [?] Helyer, 338 Oriental Bay, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red album with art nouveau decoration in black, entitled `Album'; 17 x 22 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available
Tree felling in the Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Date: [ca 28 November 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/392/05-G
Description: Five men with an axe and saw during tree felling in the Karori Cemetery. Photographed circa 28 November 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Wellington buildings
Date: January - June 2010
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-000540
Description: Photographs of Wellington, Petone, Lower Hutt and Greytown buildings, taken January to May 2010 by Dylan Owen Quantity: 39 digital photograph(s).
Soldiers' graveyard, Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Date: [195-?]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-100979-G
Description: Soldiers' graveyard, Karori Cemetery, Wellington. Photograph taken in the 1950s for the New Zealand Free Lance, possibly by William Hall Raine. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Possible photographer identified by John Sullivan, curator of the Photographic Archive. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Soldiers graveyard, Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Date: ca 1925
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: 1/2-045825-G
Description: Soldiers graveyard, and visitors, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, circa 1925. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - 479 Soldiers cemetery Karori 579 Box 140 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor), b. 1835 :Karori Cemetery. Jany 21st [18]95.
Date: 1895
From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.
Reference: E-379-010
Description: The chapel at Karori Cemetery with graves to the right and on a hill behind it Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Jany 21/95 Karori cemetery Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 225 mm (page size)
Crowd attending the mass burial of Tangiwai railway disaster victims, Karori Cemetery, ...
Date: 31 Dec 1953
From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints
Reference: 1/4-106732-F
Description: Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Tree felling in the Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Date: [ca 28 November 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/392/07-G
Description: A man with an axe during tree felling in the Karori Cemetery. Photographed circa 28 November 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Soldiers' graveyard, Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Date: 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001929-F
Description: Soldiers' graveyard, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, 1944, photographed by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative