Places

Date: 1927

From: Neill, W T :Negatives and prints of tramping in the Tararuas.

Reference: 1/4-021186-F

Description: Truck, with passengers on the back, on the Mangaroa Hill Road, Upper Hutt. Shows the vehicle on an unsealed road, facing the camera. Photograph taken in 1927 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Date unknown, ca 1910?

Reference: 1/2-056908-F

Description: Covered carriage advertising Smith Bros of Owaka, in mud on the main road to Houipapa, during winter. Date unknown (circa 1910?). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[Original cartoons published in the Auckland star, 1976].

Reference: A-347-008

Description: Shows a man browsing a rack of books in a bookshop. The titles are: Is there life after death? Flying saucers, Latest report on rapid transit, Visitors from space, Ghosts, The unknown, Will-o'-the wisps. Refers to the fact that a planned rapid transit scheme seems very unlikely to eventuate. Other Titles - Supernatural and psychic phenomena Inscriptions: Recto - top left - BROMHEAD Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on sheet, 162 x 228 mm, stuck to board (title stuck to board separately)

Date: 2009

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0011207

Description: Caricature of Transport Minister, Steven Joyce, who is shown driving an earth moving machine. Steven Joyce has announced that the NZ Transport Agency has identified more cost effective options for the construction of the Waterview Connection section of Auckland's Western Ring Route. Many people will have to be rehoused or their houses moved elsewhere. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1864

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to roads, road building and maintenance, motorways in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-ROAD-1864-01

Description: Arrangement of printed and handwritten text on blue ticket. A border of looped lines runs down the left hand side. The ticket is signed by William Gill, first gate keeper at the Kai Warra Toll Bar. The first toll gate was established at Kaiwharawhara in 1863, and remained there until 1890 (See Onslow historian, volume 10, number 2 (1980), pages 13-21). The ticket is for sixpence (6d). A horse, saddled or harnessed, would have cost sixpence to get through the toll gate. A mule or an ass would also have cost sixpence if saddled or harnessed. For a full set of the toll charges, see the Onslow historian article above, page 13. The toll gate was installed in 1863, and was unpopular; see http://www.wcl.govt.nz/heritage/onslowboroughcouncil.html, where the following statement appears: "One of the main reasons these areas lobbied to break away and create the new Onslow Borough was the resentment many residents felt towards a toll-gate which had been established by the Hutt County Council on the Hutt Road at Kaiwharawhara. This imposed a toll of 1 shilling on all vehicular traffic entering or leaving Wellington (the equivalent of a charge of about $5 today) with saddled horses being charged half that rate. This was a major revenue stream for the Hutt County [after 1876] but much of this money was spent on distant road improvements that provided no benefit to those living closer to Wellington". There is also useful historic background information at http://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/recreation/walks-and-walkways/files/heritage-trails/northernsuburbs01.pdf?la=en Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Other Titles - Kaiwarra Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on ticket.. Physical Description: Letterpress on card , 90 x 56 mm.

Date: 2002

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009317

Description: Shows three representives thinking about Auckland Traffic Planning. The first is representing 'Roading' and thinks of more roads. The second represents 'Urban planning' and thinks of give way signs. While the third and final representative for 'Public Transport' can not think of anything. Refers to the problem of Auckland traffic. See DCDL-0009317 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DX-022-199

Description: Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Cullen, makes an omelette; he takes eggs from a bowl labelled "NZ motorist", and breaks them into a hot fryingpan labelled "Auckland motorways". Refers to the huge amount of government funding allocated to improving the Auckland motorway. Extended Title - NZ motorists. Auckland motorways. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: 8 Feb 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001293-F

Description: Droving a flock of sheep on a highway, during a wet day in the Wairarapa, photographed 8 February 1945 by John Pascoe. Looks along the road, showing sheep spread across its entire width. On one side of the flock stands the drover with his bicycle and a group of sheep dogs. Sheep trucks, and cars, wait on the other side. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 21293 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2002-2006

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000375

Description: Photographs relating to rail and road. Includes photographs of the steam locomotive Sharon Lee hauling coal and passengers on the Tranz Scenic rail system, and the Interislander ferry coming into Picton. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Rail-Road - things" Quantity: 60 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2002

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009316

Description: Shows three representives thinking about Auckland Traffic Planning. The first is representing 'Roading' and thinks of more roads. The second represents 'Urban planning' and thinks of give way signs. While the third and final representative for 'Public Transport' can not think of anything. Refers to the problem of Auckland traffic. See DCDL-0009317 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024675

Description: Shows Minister for Transport, Gerry Brownlee, standing next to a diagram showing road congestion in Auckland which spells out the words, 'More trains'. Brownlee says that he hears Auckland's request load and clear, and that he'll make sure they get more roads. Refers to 'The Auckland Plan,' an urban planning project to help alleviate city congestion and traffic. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022555

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A man brings a phone to a colleague and tells him that the minister wants him to release more funds for road maintenance. The other man asks where the minister is calling from, and the response is 'the bottom of a pothole.' Context: The Transport Agency issued an operating budget with a 2.3%, below-inflation increase in maintenance funding for roads for the next three years. (New Zealand Herald, 5 June 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0018867

Description: Minister of Transport, Stephen Joyce, leans out of the window of a car that is being driven by Minister for the Rugby World Cup across the 'buck-passing lane' that has been built above the 'Veolia RWC Express'. The train is crammed and quite overloaded with people trying to get to a rugby match. Stephen Joyce says 'Don't worry we can fix this with more money for roads'. Context: The transport and overcrowding problems during the Rugby World Cup opening in Auckland caused some considerable embarrassment. Around 2000 fans missed the opening ceremony or whole match between Tonga and New Zealand at Eden Park, after trains came to a standstill on parts of the network and ferries were cancelled into the city because of large crowds blocking the terminal at Queen's Wharf. The cartoon suggests that the government thinks it will be able to buy people's good will by building more roads. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).