Places

Date: 1956

By: Trask, E E, active 1956; Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.18cdh/1956/Acc.9633

Description: Hand drawn map of the Waikato River from Lake Taupo to Waipapa. Includes Whakamaru and Maraitai Lakes and the proposed Ohakuri, Atiamuri and Waipapa Lake. Settlements and roads are named. Ms map amongst Automobile Association maps donated 1970 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:126 720], 47 x 48.6 cm. Provenance: Signature of E.E. Trask, 2/8/56 bottom right corner Handwritten note on bottom right corner - State Hydro Dept., (Mr. Heine) 9/8/56

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.

Date: [1900-1910]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-013

Description: Views around the Taupo Tongariro area, including Mounts Ngaruahoe and Tongariro, Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, Lake Taupo and Wairakei. There is one image of the Maori interior of Tom Ryan's whare, one of the Terraces Hotel at Lake Taupo, and others of various buildings at the Spa Hotel (Taupo), including the interior of the dining room. This building was the meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu, purchased by John Joshua (proprietor of the Spa Hotel) for use as a smoking room and dining room for the hotel guests. Several images show unidentified Maori women in posed groups, or working with flax, and in one case a woman using a treadle sewing machine. An unidentified man is seen, in several images, fishing at pools below the Aratiatia Rapids. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers around the turn of the 19th-20th century. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

Date: February to March 1913

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

Reference: PA1-q-003

Description: Record of a trip from Woodville to Napier and Taupo via the Napier-Taupo Road, February to March 1913. Views include Dannevirke, the upper reaches of the Manawatu River, Waipukurau Lake, Tavistock Hotel, the rail and foot bridge across the Waipawa River between Waipukurau and Waipawa, Hastings Post Office; motor and horse-drawn buses which run between Hastings and Havelock North; house under construction in Henry Street, Hastings (house named Ackworth, owned by Laurence Denton, accountant); views of Cape Kidnappers and the gannet rookery; Ed James and family at their seaside bungalow at Te Awanga; views of Napier and Ahuriri; the Taradale Road embankment over the Tutaekuri River, the Ahuriri Lagoon and mudflats; Marine Parade, Napier showing Norfolk pines, the Municipal Baths and a monument to "six brave men drowned in floods while rescuing people at Clive". Views on the Napier-Taupo Road including the Mohaka River, Tarawera Hotel in Waipunga Valley; Lake Taupo; Huka Falls; Aratiatia Rapids on the Waikato River; hot pool at the Geyser House Hotel (Wairakei) with a group of children swimming; Wairakei Geyser Valley showing geysers, and mud pools.

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

Date: [Between 1863 and 1872]

From: Holder, Miss: Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-030

Description: Album of undated photographs taken by Daniel Louis Mundy, owned by `Miss Holder' (her name printed facing page 1) Scenes are all of the North Island, in particular Bay of Islands, Thames, Rotorua, Taupo, Waikato and Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leather-bound album entitled `New Zealand views'; 30.5 x 42.0 cm

Date: 1946

By: Williams, Wendy, active 1998; Government Film Studios

Reference: PA1-o-998

Description: Pictorial survey of water resources, power stations, stations under construction, and sites of future power stations, on the Waikato River. Included are views of the distribution power lines, and control centres for the supply of power as well as some images of workers communities, houses and one school. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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: 1870 - 1970 - 1871 - 1985

From: Wilkinson, Colin Beaven, fl 1950-1980s :[Six North Island scenes. 1970-1980s]

Reference: A-108-043

Description: Shows a view of the Waikato River outlet from Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 182 x 280 mm.

Date: ca 1890s

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: 1/2-007802-F

Description: A scattering of houses on the side of a river with the caption "Lake Taupo and Waikato River" ca 1890s. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: Circa 1924

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

By: Loughlin, John, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1251-F

Description: Panoramic view over the Waikato River outlet on Lake Taupo. Two-storeyed wharf buildings with boat moored alongside. Two launches are sailing out into the lake. There are small outbuildings near the wharf, two cars parked on the road and three tents near the water's edge. Several houses partially visible amongst trees in the centre of the image. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Outlet of Waikato River from Lake Taupo. No. 119; Marginal notes on negative - Outlet of Waikato River from Lake Taupo N.Z. J. Loughlin Box 41, London St, Hamilton. 21 B&W 1 oils. Iron roof on wharf. Red roofs in background 119 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.1 cm

Date: 1924

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, John Sydney, 1879-1941

Reference: A-446-008

Description: Shows a view of the head of the Waikato River, looking south across Lake Taupo to Mounts Tongaririo, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in the distance. On the right bank, in the foreground, is a Maori pa, with a pataka or food store shown most prominently. Both banks of the river are densely covered in trees, including pine and cabbage trees, and bush. A canoe or waka with six occupants glides away from the pa across the river. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J S Alington 20.1.24; Verso - top left - Copied from a black and white picture. Copied by J S Alington 1924 [in pencil, probably Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand]; Verso - top right - Colours are as fresh as they were when first painted [in pencil, probably in Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 144 x 244 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1902 - 1905

From: [Postcards by Benoni White and A D Willis. 1902-1905]

By: Bock, William Rose, 1847-1932; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-White-01

Description: Postcard shows a Maori settlement on the shores of Lake Taupo, with the outlet in the foreground being the source of the Waikato River. The mountains of the Central Plateau are in the distance. A plume of smoke issues from Ngauruhoe. There is a cabbage tree at the far right, and beyond it are whare and a pataka. Flax grows in the foreground, and there are tree ferns across the water at the left. Verso shows an engraving by W R Bock, of Mt Earnslaw, head of Lake Wakatipu, with a Maori prow carving overarching it. Scene on recto is similar to the chromolithograph by Thomas Ryan: "Lake Taupo and Waikato River, with Tongariro and Ruapehu" (1893), published in the NZ Graphic Christmas number 1893, page 11. The Library's copy of this is at A-385-020 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 91 x 139 mm.

Date: 1884

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-433-010

Description: Two scenes, the one on the left shwoing the outlet of the Waikato River from Lake Taupo, and the one on the left showing steaming cliffs and vents on bothe sides of a river; two travellers look on at lower right. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - TG [Initials of engraver at lower right of left image] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engravings on page 161 x 299 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.

Date: [Circa 1920s]

From: McCormack, Leonora, 1925-: Albums and photographic prints of the Harding family

Reference: PA1-q-152

Description: Photographs associated with the Harding family of Hawke's Bay. None of the people are identified. Most of the images are holiday scenes, showing camping, fishing, and touring around various sites in the North Island. Many show areas around the Waikato River, the thermal regions around Rotorua, and Lake Waikaremoana. Inscriptions: Album page - Menzies, PO Box 235, Hastings, H.B. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photographs in a dark green `Minute book' with red spine; 33.5 x 21.0 cm

Date: March 1907

From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-229-13-3

Description: Woman sitting on the grass beside Lake Taupo and the Waikato River, taken March 1907 by Harold Stevens Hislop. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Lake Taupo and Waikato River; Album page - beneath image - March 1907 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on album page. Physical Description: Platinum photograph 9.3 x 11.8 cm

Date: 1874

By: Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1933

Reference: A-132-014

Description: Shows a view of Lake Taupo with houses to the left and right of the source of the Waikato River. The Central Plateau with Mount Ruapehu, and other snowy peaks is shown.The vegetation in the left foreground includes toetoe. on the shore in the middle distance is a partly-built boat, probably the Victoria, a steamer launched July 1874 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - EAC / 1874 A similar view from the same spot, dated 1874 by C D Barraud is in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia. It is possibly the original for Barraud's chromolithograph 'Lake Taupo' published in New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive (London, 1877), opp. p. 20. Another similar watercolour by Charles Decimus Barraud, dated 1883, was on sale as lot 832 at Cordy's antique auction, 13 October 2009 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 350 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1893

From: Various artists :[Selection of newspaper supplements; illustrations by Kennett Watkins, Thomas Ryan, L W Wilson and Charles Goldie. Published by Brett for the 'Weekly news' and the 'New Zealand graphic'. ca 1900-1936]

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works

Reference: A-385-020

Description: Shows a view of the source of the Waikato River as it leaves Lake Taupo. There is a pataka at the right, two figures in a waka at left, and a harakeke (flax) bush in the centre foreground. Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu are in the distance. Other Titles - Lithographed Extended Title - From the New Zealand Graphic Christmas number 1893, page 11. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 212 x 330 mm.

Date: August 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-29178-F

Description: Aerial view of Taupo, taken August 1951 by Whites Aviation. Shows Lake Taupo to the right and the Waikato River at the centre of the image. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca1908]

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-f-179

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).