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Date: [ca 1868-1870]

By: Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903

Reference: MS-2392

Description: Letters written by Whitmore from the field while campaigning in Taranaki, Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty; mainly concern military operations, but also includes observations on the countryside and Maori. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (163 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, illustrated, ¼ blue morocco, blue cloth) Includes sketch maps

Date: 2000

By: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-643-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Politicians response to digital television, matchfixing in cricket, community responsibility for child abuse, Maori support of disgraced Maori MP and lack of support for abused Maori children, Fiji - banana dictatorship, Middle East peace process, concern over disparity between NZ and Australian defence forces reimbursement for serving in East Timor, Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday, space exploration, world opinion swings againsgt Israel's heavy-handed tactics, ACC payouts in Australia, cost cutting measures in the NZ Police Force, silencing Dover Samuels and social policy critics, high cost of yachting's Viaduct Basin, state-owned enterprises over-spend on conferences, British royals have a go at the tabloid press, Mark Todd's chances of selection damaged following sex and drug scandal, South Africa's reluctance to comment on Zimbabwe, terrorism in NZ? or just plain violence, Human genetic secrets uncovered, 'closing the gaps' policy, May Day and workers' rights, Fiji embroiled in racism, the price of the American Presidential election and recounts, Prime Minister announces she not going to attend Waitangi on Waitangi Day. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies photocopies of computer print-outs, A4 size.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of computer print-outs.

Date: 1898, 1901

Reference: PAColl-3375

Description: D Battery in Wellington comprising 6 pound Armstrong cannon at an Evans Bay shoot; posing for the camera at Miramar; in camp in Miramar. Also during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: [ca 1944]

By: Boot, Leonard Murray, 1921-2014

Reference: PAColl-0302

Description: An album and loose prints of life in the RNZAF in New Zealand, Northern Ireland and under instruction in Canada. Includes interior views of military aircraft and airmen on leave at Lake Onatario and at the top of the Rockefeller Centre in New York City. Names of the airmen in the loose prints are: L M Boot, J G Revell, M Mead, Cpl Pat Gregan, Sgt Bob Gear, Buster Dawes, Sgt Fred MacDonald, Billy Murch, Cpl Jim Kyles, J M Black, J G Revell, George Wilson, Merv Robinson, Gray, Allen, Baldwin (Canadian), French (English), Chapman (English), Castley (Australian), Ellis (Australian), Drake, Edwards (Australian), Brockley (Australian), Balcam (Australian), Pilot Officer Maxwell (Canadian), Caves, Pilot Officer Raybould (Canadian), Mike Hooper (Canadian), Ed Price, John Revell, M D Mead, Leo Newport, Bill McKay, Norm Sprott, Noel Lilley, and W Travis Quantity: 1 album(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1914-1918, ca 1970s-1980s

By: New Zealand. Army

Reference: PAColl-3390

Description: Covers a variety of subjects including war gaming, training exercises in New Zealand and overseas, tanks and armoured personel carriers, Great White Fleet in Auckland, coast watching, Malaya, Americans in New Zealand, sentry duty, Artillery, Field hospitals and ambulance, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Singapore Army, WWI, investitures, parachutes, Maori culture groups, road accidents, bayonet practice Quantity: 82 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.

Date: 1968 - 1969

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the New Zealand Army, volunteers, soldiers of regular forces]

By: Bailey, Gavin, active 2001

Reference: Eph-A-ARMY-1968-01

Description: The guide booklet has notes on shopping, services, schools, clubs, churches, command and district, miscellaneous. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 215 x 170 mm.

Date: 1914, 1915, 1918

By: Walton, William Henry, 1880-1952

Reference: MS-Papers-8065

Description: Comprises letter of appreciation from Major W Simm, Commanding Officer, 5th Wellington Regiment for the provision of reading and writing marquees, and for Walton's work as the regiment's chaplain (1915); Newspaper clippings re swearing and football playing at Takapau Camp (1914); extract from the `Church Chronicle' featuring article by Walton on his chaplaincy at Trentham Camp (1918). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr B H Walton, 2004 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives, material transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - Photograph of army camp at Takapau (PAColl-8043).

Date: [1960s, 1970s]

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-3031

Description: Photographs of the work and life of Regimental Sergeant Major Cocker, Waiouru, taken by Cyril Beavis in the 1960s Also includes images of a store front with a sign that reads "BIG TEX", date unknown. Also includes images of people taking photographs at Raumati Beach taken circa 1970s. Also includes images of Fred Turnovsky taken March 1973, standing before a large landscape photograph or painting. Also includes people at Paremata, Porirua, including people kayaking and standing on the beach, taken circa 1960s. Images of Regimental Sergeant Major Cocker are also at Library reference PA12-3107 to 3108. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "PH. BIG TEX | Fred Turnovsky | March 1973", "Fesliers Raumati good", R S M Cocker, Waiuru [Waiouru]" and "Paramata [Paremata] people". Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in September 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-22.

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1939

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-163

Description: Series of mounted photographs taken during training in New Zealand at Fort Dorset, Trentham and Waiouru, 1939. Shows camp life and activities; Maori Battalion NCOs at Trentham, Nov 1939; First Advanced Training Company at Army School, Trentham; Seatoun Park Camp; A.S.C. Special Force; Special Force Div Sigs in training; Special Force Rifle Bn instruction; Governor General presenting commissions to 1st A T Coy, Nov 1939; G-G meeting N.Z.P.S. instructors; 6 Fd Coy N.Z.E. at Waiouru. Quantity: 53 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1908-1994]

By: Jacks, Harry, 1908-1994

Reference: MS-Papers-7167

Description: Comprise correspondence, drafts of poems, reflections, reminiscences and stories of his life in Rumania before coming to New Zealand, and of his wartime experiences, research papers on plants and agriculture in Germany, copies of his certificates in agricultural engineering and plant research from Rumania and France, and newspaper clippings of his retirement in Hawkes Bay. His work as a plant pathologist and tree and forest management specialist with the DSIR and Forestry Institute is not covered in this collection. Source of title - Supplied Harry Jacks was born in Rumania and after gaining qualifications in plant research in France, came to New Zealand in the 1930's, where he worked with the DSIR and the Forestry Institute. During World War II he served with 2NZEF in Greece and on Crete, trained commandos and served on special operations in Yugoslavia and Greece. Retired to his farm at Havelock North in the 1970s. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter (Photocopies)

Date: 1868-1871, 1987

By: Longmore, T Robert W, active 1970s-1980s

Reference: MS-Papers-11002

Description: Five holograph letters written by William Maxwell Hammick to his mother, Mary, from New Zealand during his time farming at Kekerengu, Napier and Taupo and service with Tauranga Cavalry Volunteers. Accompanied by typed transcripts, biographical notes on Hammick, article on the Hammick brothers by W T Parham published in `The Volunteers' (journal of the NZ Military Historical Society, v9 Jun 1982) and a letter to Parham from T R W Longmore, West Sussex re Hammick (Jan 1987); Hammick's obituary (Salisbury and South Wiltshire Gazette, 1915). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-3789 for further Hammick papers donated by Mr Longmore Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: [Between 1878 and 1915]

From: Brown, Thomas Watson, 1878-1947 :Photograph albums relating to New Zealanders in the South African War and of New Zealand scenes

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: PA1-q-329

Description: Album of photographs, mostly relating to New Zealanders in the South African War, but also including many which show the D Battery, 1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles at various military camps in the Wellington region. Many show groups of soldiers, with surnames noted. One view shows the Opening of Parliament in 1898, with a parade of D Battery; and a few show the opening of the Star Boating Club in Wellington. Some images taken by unidentified photographers, some probably taken by Thomas Watson Brown. The earliest image was taken in 1878, and shows a home in Masterton; another image shows a work picnic with a group in a tug-of-war at Day's Bay, in 1912; a group portrait of staff in the Mines Department taken in Wellington, 1907; and a group portrait of the 10th anniversary reunion of the 1st New Zealand Contingent, held in Wellington, 21.10.1909, taken by Zak Studios, No. 7275. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue cover with gold embossed decoration, 280 x 390 mm

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

By: Jones, Stuart, active 1939-1945; McCusker, Gordon John, 1892-1966; Universal Studios Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10402

Description: Photographs of World War II servicemen and air cadets from the collection of airman Stuart Jones. Taken circa 1939-1945 by a range of photographers, some of whom are identified. - A series of studio portraits taken by Universal Studios (Dunedin) show air cadets in uniform. Don T Curtis of Wangui [Wanganui?], R Collins of Mata-mata [Matamata], M Walton of Wairoa, B Campbell of Auckland, K [Waterdale?], Noel Price [or Pine?], and Jones are identified on the rear of the prints in which they appear. Also includes two photographs of larger groups of cadets taken by photographer Gordon J McCusker (Blenheim), one of which is mounted on card and the other which is signed on the rear by a number of cadets. Also contains a studio portrait showing a soldier posed in front of a pyramid backdrop. - Servicemen and cadets are also photographed in uniform in informal settings. Photographs include "The Gang" outside Ezbekeih Garden in Cairo, a series of images of men in a bush or jungle setting [Pacific campaign?], an image of a large group sitting in a valley captioned "Sit down strike delta", socialising (including one image where men are dressed as women), and soldier Pat Sharpin in uniform in front of a house and in a garden [in New Zealand?]. - Stuart Jones is identified on the rear of a portrait of two cadets but it is not certain which of the two men is Jones. The blond man who may be Jones appears in numerous photographs. This man may also be Noel Price [or Pine?]. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: Donated by David Guerin, Havelock North, 2013. Donor was given the prints by a relative of Stuart Jones.

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

By: Tikao, George Waitai Tama, 1933-

Reference: PAColl-10203

Description: Photograph of members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force on parade in Christchurch, taken circa 1939-1945 by an unidentified photographer. Includes John Charles Tamanuiarangi Tikao. The Bridge of Remembrance is visible in the background. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by George Tikao, Christchurch, 2014

Date: 30 Oct 1995, 18 Jun 1996 - 30 Oct 1995 - 18 Jun 1996

From: Neville Lambert Memorial oral archive

By: Black, Arthur Gordon, 1919-2011

Reference: OHInt-0585/06

Description: Arthur Gordon Black recalls earliest recollections when he was a boy of four at Porangahau (Southern Hawkes Bay) in 1923 living on a soldier's resettlement farm. Mentions grandfather who lived with them and who had served in Afghanistan war. Describes childhood activities, traversing much of the countryside on foot and pony, finding a bird's nest which contained a human skull with a stone axe in it, and which is now in Napier Museum. Also describes Porangahau School and mentions Miss Tracey who taught there from 1924-1945 and Alf Mudgway. Mentions itinerant gentleman who took music. Other aspects of Porangahau discussed includes: Six o clock closing and Maori rule of not being allowed to take liquor away from hotel; 1931 Earthquake; Proficiency exam; lack of co-educational schools; camps for unemployed; Depression; college uniforms and church parades. Describes Wellington Teachers' College which re-opened after the Depression in 1938 and refers to New Education Conference. Mentions Frank Lopdell, Frank Coombs, Walter Scott and Ron Lockhart. Refers to First Labour Government in 1935. Outlines teaching career, commencing with probationary year at Te Awa School followed by sole charge at Tarawera. Explains how sole charge operated. Talks about experience in Air Force, spending three months in Mounted Rifle camp and refers to Sir Andrew Russell. Mentions Conscription. In 1942 joined Navy and talks about trip across Pacific to Canada, referring to `HMS Philomel' and `Capetown Castle'. Recalls two months course at St Vincents; flying Tiger Moths, Harvards and Barracuda (flying bomber) and learning to dive bomb and drop torpedoes. Talks about experience when at Crail. Recalls returning to New Zealand on HMS 'Illustrious'. Mentions wife, Margaret, having to wait for ship bringing war brides. Recalls having to undertake refresher course [post war] before taking a teaching position at Te Karaka District High School. Mentions A E Manning (Principal). Talks about involvement in Institute (NZEI). Other aspects of teaching career discussed include: Currie Report; Ruatoria School which was used as a model school for Maori education; Grading systems; first parent teacher group; Truant Officers; role of visiting teacher; Basic equipment scheme; Maori schools which were administered by Maori Affairs Department with separate Maori inspectors; teacher welfare; corporal punishment; Ministers of Education, with reference to Phil Amos and discussion on maternity leave [early 1970s]. Considers NZEI has helped teachers immeasurably in conditions of service. Mentions Dr Beeby and his philosophy. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Roger Dougls Caley Venue - Massey Street, Hastings Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008898-008899, OHC-008900; OHLC-004545-004547 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2763.

Date: [1868-1870]

From: Ward, John Patrick, 1847?-1914 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-11815

Description: Further manuscript accounts of the New Zealand Wars by Private John P Ward. Handwritten accounts on the New Zealand Wars 1860s and 1870s. Includes accounts of Whitmore's Taranaki campaign, Titokowaru, and the search for Te Kooti in the Gisborne area after his escape from the Chatham Islands in 1868. Also a comic ballad written by John P Ward called `Paddy Doyle's Lamint' which is set during the Taranaki War, and is written in an Irish `dialect'. Some of the drafts may be typescript copies or annotated copies of previous acquisitions. Also includes `The battle of the double crossing: A blood curdling, yet true account of an incident in the Taupo Campaign of 1870' written by John P Ward. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 71 pages..

Date: 29 Mar, 9,14,21,28 Apr, 30 Jun 1999 - 29 Mar 1999 - 30 Jun 1999

From: `Back to the drawing board' - Hamilton architects oral history project

By: Hill, Arthur Edward, 1920-2007

Reference: OHInt-0483-08

Description: Ted Hill was born in Birmingham, England in 1920. Recalls his mother's death when he was six years old and several housekeepers. Describes being interested in singing and painting as a child and leaving school at the age of fourteen. Describes his father's death from an accident when he was sixteen. Talks about working for an accounting firm and then for his uncle's building business where he learnt about drawing, buildings and surveying. Discusses joining the army in 1940, being accepted for officer training and going to the north west frontier of India. Gives a detailed description of his time in India, becoming a parachutist, and being sent to Imphal where the Japanese were driven out. Recalls rethinking his direction after the war and doing a course in architecture at Art School in Birmingham. Describes the battle between classical and modern architecture at the time. Recalls his first job in Birmingham and a subsequent job in London. Mentions marriage and divorce before coming to New Zealand in 1958. Recalls Ministry of Works architects Frank Stewart, Gordon Wilson, Warwick Keen, Neville Burren, Jock Beere and the `Tomato House' in Wellington. Recalls his first job on an office accommodation block and doing working drawings for the Government Print Office. Discusses the role of Ned Blake Kelly in this project. Recalls the design and requirements for the Vogel building, interaction with Frank Shephard and problems with the building. Discusses architectural training and design. Recalls taking a leading role in problems with working conditions for architects. Describes wanting to move to a smaller town, living and working in Wanganui then moving to Cambridge and working in the Ministry of Works at Hamilton. Discusses opposing the Ministry of Works scheme for a Cambridge bypass. Talks about the design of the Hamilton police station. Comments on architects Michael Graves and Geoff Mardon. Discusses work for the University of Waikato. Mentions site difficulties and gives details of design and schedules. Talks about the construction of four science blocks by Street Construction. Comments on the university lakes, the Lady Goodfellow Chapel and the Library building. Discusses the Ministry of Works goal of creating sound buildings with a minimum of maintenance. Discusses the Huntly power station, the Performing Arts Centre and the courthouse. Discusses the influence of the client on the architectural process. Comments on the local branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. Lists awards achieved by Hamilton Ministry of Works architects. One tape is a commentary made while walking through the grounds of the University of Waikato. Interviewer(s) - Athol Attwood Quantity: 12 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 12 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3099.

Date: 12 March 1996 - 12 Mar 1996

By: Baird, Hugh Aiton Aitken, 1911-2000; Crocket, Alexander McIntyre, 1920-2014

Reference: OHColl-0493/1

Description: Hugh Baird was born in Hastings in 1911. Outlines family background - father, Hugh William Charles Baird, owned drapery business in Hastings. Recalls early years in Hastings: education at Napier Boys' High School, early morning runs, being junior athletic champion and junior and senior swimming champion, being involved in boxing, taking exams towards accountancy degree in 6th Form. Mentions headmaster, Bob Foster. Describes 1928 trip by boat via Australia and Java to Singapore, then overland through India to Egypt and on to Greece, Italy and Dover. Talks about being articled to London accountancy firm Justin Miles and describes getting British qualifications. Talks about returning to New Zealand and working in Wellington with Watkins, Hull, Wheeler & Johnson. Refers to Owen Denton. Mentions returning to Britain and marrying in 1936. Gives details of Chamberlain's preparations for World War II and considers he is `underwritten by history'. Mentions all young males being drafted into territorials. Recalls becoming Lance Bombadier with Royal Horse Artillery. Describes training on guns from the South African War. Talks about being commissioned, service with 140 Field Regiment in France and Belgium, being in charge of bringing up ammunition and becoming Gun Position Officer (GPO). Mentions meeting Montgomery and describes him. Recalls involvement at evacuation of Dunkirk and later joining 5th Corps on South Coast at Southampton under Montgomery. Recalls his Battery going to Iceland and explains importance of Iceland. Talks about promotion to Major and being mentioned in dispatches for Dunkirk evacuation. Discusses Regiment being called to North Africa and being unable to get through Gibralter. Talks about going to Bombay as part of SEAC to fight the Japanese, being trained for jungle warfare and mentions Burma, Rangoon and Indo-China. Discusses Bernard Ferguson, the 14th Army at Assam and gives a detailed account of conditions at Assam. Discusses return to New Zealand and life in Hastings after the war; involvement in the establishment of Hawkes Bay Trustee Savings Bank; relationship with Anglican Church and history of St James Church; relationship among retailers in Hastings, with reference to the Roach, George, Bones, Jones and Bon Marche families; interest in golf and establishing a golf course at Flaxmere. Recalls forming Orchestral Society / Junior Orchestra for Hastings and being Patron of Hastings Operatic Scoiety. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Mathew Packer A - Other Interviewer(s) - Alex Crocket Accompanying material - Three photocopied articles Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007374-007377; OHV-0334 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1844.

Date: [1941?]

By: Gosney, Robert, active 2016; McNaughton, Julie, active 1940s

Reference: MS-Papers-12078

Description: Letter, written on "Tuesday night" but actual date unknown, by Roger Craig to his girlfriend, Julie McNaughton, who lived in Invercargill. Roger Craig was stationed as a gunner with A Troop, 1 Training Battery, at Burnham Military Camp. Describes activites, including "shooting off the 24 pounders" at Birdling's Flat, practising setting up field telephone systems and leisure activities, including playing cricket against other units at Burnham Camp. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 letter of 2 pages, 1 envelope. Physical Description: Manuscripts, holograph and typescript, and printed souvenir envelope. Provenance: Letter found by donor in a book purchased at a book fair in Palmerston North in 2016. The book was 'The will of the tribe' by Arthur Upfield. The presence of a Health Stamp Souvenir Cover suggests that the letter was written in 1941.