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If it is politically incorrect to display a statue of a tahr at Mt Cook, why not replac...
Date: 2005
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0005495
Description: Shows a series of alternative statues to the proposed statue of a Tahr at Mt Cook. Instead of the introduced tahr it is suggested that a New Zealand native would be more appropriate. Alternatives include a sandfly, pavlova, buzzy bee or a PC [Politically Correct] nerd. Refers to the controversy over the proposed statue of an introduced pest species such as the Tahr at a national park. Published in The Press, 26 August 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.
Gifford tramping party on the way to Ball Hut, Mt Cook
Date: January 1907
From: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Albums and photographs
Reference: 1/2-060509-G
Description: Gifford tramping party on the way to Ball Hut, Mt Cook, January 1907. Photograph taken by Algernon Charles Gifford. Relationship complexity - Print from the negative is in Gifford Album PA1-o-186, page 9 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Skier on slope of Ball Glacier, Mt Cook - Photograph taken by K V Bigwood
Date: Sep 1953
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Bigwood, Kenneth Valentine, 1920-1992
Reference: 1/2-027254-F
Description: A skier, wearing skis and holding poles, surveys the view from a slope on the Ball Glacier. The National Publicity Studios' caption reads: `An accomplished skier pauses on the brink of a good ski-ing slope on the Ball Glacier to admire the majestic scenery around her. In front of her lies the Hochstetter and Tasman Glacier, with the Minarets Peaks and Mt Elie de Beaumont to the centre.' Photograph taken in September 1953 by K V Bigwood. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - A33,183 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941-:111? I've been attacked on the summit of Mount Cook. My sp...
Date: 2005
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DX-014-660
Description: A severely injured mountaineer grimaces at the response he gets from an emergency call centre operator. Refers to the police coming under further criticism after a young Hamilton woman was asked to walk to the police station after she had been raped and was still in the house with the offender. The police's response to emergency 111 calls initialy came under fire when a taxi was sent to respond to Auckland woman Iraena Asher's. The taxi was dispached only after a number of calls and Asher is now missing, presumed dead. Extended Title - Can you walk to the nearest police station? Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1844?-1922 :[Mount Cook area with Rotten Tommy and...
Date: 1891
By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010
Reference: A-219-003
Description: Looking east towards Mount Blackburn (also known as Rotten Tommy, the main peak on the left), with another peak on the right, the Tasman River bisecting the view, and a cottage in the left foreground on flat land among scrub. The cottage is likely to be part of either Birch Hill Station or Glentanner Station Other Titles - Mount Blackburn. Rotten Tommy on the right [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 254 x 355 mm
Gifford tramping party on the way to Ball Hut, Mt Cook
Date: Jan 1907
From: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Albums and photographs
Reference: 1/2-060506-G
Description: Photograph of members of the Gifford tramping party on their way to Ball Hut, Mt Cook, showing the group seated on the grass in a clearing with Peter Graham, their guide, to the left. Photograph taken in January 1907 by Algernon Charles Gifford. Other - See also PA1-o-186, Gifford Album VI, pg 1 for original print from this negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
View of Aoraki/Mount Cook from the Hermitage lounge
Date: [196-]
From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: GG-11-0638
Description: View of Aoraki/Mount Cook through the window of the Hermitage lounge, taken between 1960 and 1968 by Gladys M Goodall Publication Note - Published by Whitcombe & Tombs as postcard WT601 Inscriptions: Mount recto - top left - Mt Cook from Hermitage Lounge; Mount recto - top right - 11-638 Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 10 x 12.5 cm
The Hermitage, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
Date: [196-]
From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: GG-11-0655-1
Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Hermitage, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, taken between 1960 and 1968 by Gladys M Goodall Publication Note - Published by Whitcombe & Tombs as postcard WT603 Inscriptions: Mount recto - top left - The Hermitage, Mt Cook. N.P.; Mount recto - top right - 11-655 Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 6.2 x 8.6 cm, in mount 10.1 x 12.7 cm
New Zealand Alpine Club : Map of Main Divide between Arthur's Pass & Mt. Cook National ...
Date: 1962 - 1964
From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand
By: New Zealand Alpine Club
Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/17/237/Acc.54923
Description: Map of Main Divide between Arthur's Pass & Mt Cook National Parks. Published by the New Zealand Alpine Club, P.O. Box 1700 Christchurch. By permission of the Department of Lands and Survey. "A. C. 1962". This copy is "2nd Edition 1964". Manuscript annotations in the form of names of Survey Districts inscribed in blue lettering, and large titles "Westland" and "Canterbury" have been hand coloured in red. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper, dissected into four sections, each mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edges, scale 1:100,000, four sheets of 37 x 38 cm
Mount Cook Air Services Ltd, Auster aircraft and two unidentified men during the prepar...
Date: 5 Sept 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-42122-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic ¼ film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Coach at the Hermitage Mount Cook Village with Mo...
Date: 20 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-41974-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Coach at the Hermitage Mount Cook Village with Mo...
Date: 20 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-41975-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Cook Air Services Auster ZK-BLZ Ski Plane and Mount Cook with the Hochstetter Ice...
Date: 20 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-41953-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Cook Air Services Ltd, Auster aircraft and two unidentified men during the prepar...
Date: 5 Sept 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-42123-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic ¼ film negative
Mount Cook at the head of the Hooker Valley from the Hermitage at sunset, Mount Cook Vi...
Date: 20 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-41993-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Cook Air Services Auster ZK-BLZ Ski Plane on the Hermitage Airfield with [Harry W...
Date: 20 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-41971-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Cook Air Services Auster ZK-BLZ Ski Plane landing and an unidentified woman at th...
Date: 20 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-41950b-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Sir Edmund Hillary's Antarctic Beaver and Mount Cook Air Services Ski Planes at Mount C...
Date: Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-42025-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mount Cook Air Services Ltd, Auster aircraft NZ-1707, Mount Cook Airfield, Mount Cook N...
Date: Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-42084-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. NZ1707 (formerly WE563) was one of two Auster T7 aircraft operated by the RNZAF for the Trans Antarctic Expedition. It was damaged during landing practice and then repaired on the glacier before being flown back to the RNZAF base at Wigram. Other - Information about the aircraft being damaged during landing practice was supplied by a library client. For more information about NZ1707, refer to Warren P. Russell, New Zealand Permanent Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft colour schemes, vol 1 (Invercargill: W P Russell, 1982) p 72; and Tony Phillips, Gateway to the ice: Christchurch International Airport-Antarctic air links from 1955 (Christchurch: Christchurch International Airport, 2001) p 32. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate
Mount Cook Air Services Auster ZK-BLZ Ski Plane landing at the head of the Tasman Glaci...
Date: 20 Aug 1956
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-41948-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate