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Date: 1960 - 1969

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1960s

Description: Pamphlets and booklets include: 1960: Centenary of preaching of first sermon in Oamaru in February 1860. Historical pageant and dedication of plaque. 28 February 1960. Order of service. Kaukapakapa Centennial, 1860-1960. Come to Kaukapakapa for the centenary, February 26th, 27th, 28th. Programme Kaukapakapa Centennial, 1860-1960. Souvenir programme, including Grand centennial concert, 26 February 1960. "The cow and two coppers" illustrated on front cover. Kaukapakapa Centennial 1860-1960. Order of service for service of thanksgiving and remembrance at the Kaukapakapa Centennial Stone. 28 February 1960. Westland Centennial 1860-1960. Programme of principal events 1 January - December 31 1960. Westland Centennial 1860-1960. Programme of principal events February - December 31 1960. Westland Centennial 1860-1960. Programme of principal events August - December 31 1960. 1961: First Four Ships. 111th anniversary of the arrival. Pegasus Press invitation showing illustrations of the first four ships to arrive at Lyttelton (December 1850) 1962: "New views on New Zealand history"; a seminar for history teachers, Victoria University of Wellington, 5-6 May 1962. Pamphlet / enrolment form North Otago Centennial. October 7 1962 - November 24 1962. Programme of principal events. White Stone country. North Otago Centennial Cavalcade of Progress procession, 22 December 1962. Programme 1963: The Battle of Rangiriri centenary 1863-1963. Souvenir programme Waikaia Centennial celebrations, 1863-1963. 25-27 January 1963. Programme 1964: Centennial programme. Discovery of Arthur's Pass 1864-1964. Excursion to Arthur's Pass, Easter Saturday, 28 march 1964. 1965: Bombay Centennial celebrations, 1865-1965. March 19th - 21st 1965. Official programme. The Mayors of Petone and Wellington together with the Early Settlers & Historical Association of Wellington. Commemoration service on Petone Foreshore at the Ionian Cross, 24 January 1965. 1966: 75th Jubilee, City of Lower Hutt. Souvenir programme (2 copies) 1967: Aspects of imperialism; ninth Seminar for History Teachers, 6-7 May 1967. Programme / enrolment form. Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying under 25 cm.

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: 1963

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Reed Print Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1963-01

Description: Booklet contains messages from the Governor General Bernard Fergusson and King Koroki in Ngaruawahia. The centre spread lists the day's events, including a pilgrimage to the battle site, a Maori challenge of welcome, addresses on history, a commemoration service at Rangiriri Cemetery, a hangi, band recital, Maori war canoes landing, Maori concert, Maori-Pakeha tug of war, raft race, and an evening social and dance.e is given (3 pages), and the order of service for the centenary service at the cemetery, with officiating clergy including Rev Maunsell, Rev Bennett, Rev Taylor. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 203 x 140 mm.

Date: 1863

From: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] [1] Notes relative to sketches; [2] Fighting stages Waitangi, Chatham I[slan]d. 1839; Waimate pa, 1839; Sunset Point, Auckland; Summit of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; [3] Ruapekapeka, section along red line in sheet 6 [4] Tauranga Ika Pah; [5] Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway; [6] [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863.

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Chapman, R, active 1863

Reference: B-043-015-5

Description: At the top of the page, a view looking down on the Maori defensive earthworks (trenches) at Rangiriri Pa, Waikato. At the bottom of the page, oriented upside-down are, on the left, a plan view of a pa at Golden Bay (Massacre Bay) visited by Heaphy in the mid-late 1840s. On the right is a cross-section view of the stockade around the pa. The text below 'Section of walls near a gateway' [Massacre Bay] reads in part: The stockade was double, an inner line of pallisades standing a foot or 15 inches from the outer wall, which was formed by large posts being planted deep in the ground every 8 feet. Horizontal pieces were lashed to these, the first about three feet from the ground, the second at say seven feet, and the third at ten feet ... Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing and notes on sheet 395 x 470 mm

Date: [Circa 1860s]

From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs

By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Marvin, William, 1834-1915

Reference: PA1-q-320

Description: Album of photographs taken during the 1860s by various photographers. All the images are related to Colonel William Marvin (1834-1915) who came to New Zealand circa 1858 and was possibly attached to the 70th Regiment of Foot during the New Zealand wars. There are many photographs relating to military activity, including military working parties at Fort Britomart; military and naval camps at Maungatawhiri Creek, Queen's Redoubt, Drury, Ngaruawahia and Albert Barracks; a monument to the 43rd Regiment at Gate Pa near Tauranga; Potatau's tomb with a sentry guarding it; and the Auckland cemetery. Many of the images are of Auckland, including `Hale's Boarding House, where I first slept in N.Z.'; `The Masonic Hotel where I was made a mason in 1861'; `My last batchelor home near Constitution Hill green, next door to the Dacres'; `St. Mary's where I was married 4th August 1862'; a long sequence showing Queen Street from different angles in 1866'; and various homes that he knew, including Heaphy's house in St George's Bay, Dillon Bell's House in Parnell, and `Little Sutton' in St. George's Bay. Other images of interest include a mining camp at Coromandel; the tree on which Volkner was hanged, with a seated group of Maori beside a whare; a Maori church that is completely thatched, in the Waikato; and two views of the sailing ship Ida Ziegler [i.e. Zeigler] `In which we returned from N.Z. round Cape Horn, 29th Jany to 1st May 1867'. Photographs in England are all related to Tipner Barracks near Portsmouth, and Malpas Cemetery, Newport Monmouthshire. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with albumen prints. Label attached to cover `Pictures of N.Z. (N. Island) & Tipner with captions by Col. Marvin'. Textured black cover; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1859

By: Hamel, Bruno Lancel, 1837?-; Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901

Reference: PA1-o-207

Description: Album of photographs, with printed title page, signed (in pencil) A. Koch, 1859. Also includes contemporary newspaper articles relating to the expedition. One photograph is entitled Rev. Ashwell Taupiri. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Album of photographic views, taken during the Government Scientific Exploring Expedition conducted by Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter, geologist, of the Imperial Austrian Expedition, of the Province of Auckland, by Bruno L. Hamel, photographic artist, Auckland, New Zealand. 1859. Inscriptions: Album page - `An album of photographic views, taken during the Government Scientific Exploring Expedition conducted by Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter, geologist, of the Imperial Austrian Expedition, of the province of Auckland, by Bruno L. Hamel, photographic artist, Auckland, New Zealand. 1859'--Title page. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album 29.5cm x 24cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-0653 : Koch, Augustus 1834-1901 : Papers.