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O'Brien, George, 1821?-1888 :Ohinemutu, Lake Rotorua. [Postcard]. Otago Settlers' Museu...
Date: 1861 - 1875
From: O'Brien, George, 1821?-1888 :Paintings by George O'Brien reproduced on postcards. Otago Early Settlers' Museum Collection, Dunedin, New Zealand. [1970s]
Reference: E-278-q-064
Description: Reproduction of painting by O'Brien showing Lake House Hotel and garden in the foreground and St Faith's church in the background Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 96 x 137 mm
Adventures in Geyserland; life in New Zealand's thermal regions, including the story of...
Date: 1934
From: Cowan family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11946-020
Description: Published by Reed, Dunedin, 1934. Also some loose material that was laid in to the volume, including photographs, clippings, and whakapapa (from Tamatekapua, to Patiti - Alfred Warbrick). Photographs include a carving of a Māori goddess Horoirangi, carved on a cliff of Tihi-o-Tonga, Rotorua; an image of Gilbert Mair; an image of a cave; and an image of a small island in a lake. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, loose papers and photographs in a folder
[Horticultural ephemera and sales catalogues for firms beginning with the letters Br. 1...
Date: 1947 - 1994 - 1969
Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Br-1900s
Description: Includes: John Bright's Nursery (Palmerston North). "The garden glorious". [Catalogues] 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1960-1961 A M Brljevich & Sons, nurserymen, 9 Waipa Street, Birkenhead, N.5. Alpe Bros & Co., printers, Auckland [May 1947] M E Brogden, daffodil specialist, Normanby, Taranaki. Daffodils for delivery February-March 1969. A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, climbers, fruit trees and bushes, hedge & shelter trees. 1952 A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Supplementary rose catalogue 1956 D & P.J. Brown, growers of fine plants, 79 Vernon Road RD 1 Tauranga (David and Pauline Brown). Catalogue 1, Autumn 1994 (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 200 x 150 mm. Provenance: Catalogues donated from various sources, including Helen Smith, Lower Hutt, in 2015.
Creator unknown: Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand 1934
Date: between 1934 and 1935
Reference: PAColl-6619
Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives
Scenic views of New Zealand
Date: [ca 1930-ca 1940]
From: Webb family: Transparency slides of new Zealand scenes
Reference: PA12-6797
Description: Haul of fish on boat deck. Bird eggs (Moa?). Rotomahana crater eight weeks after Tarawera eruption. SS Mata in Sounds with Lord Bledisloe and the Duke of Gloucester on board. Thermal area. Whale skeleton. Deer in forest clearing. Accomodation house, Waimangu, destroyed in the Tarawera eruption. Ariki Maori village, Lake Tarawera. McRae's Hotel, Wairoa, after Tarawera eruption. The Terraces Hotel, Te Wairoa, after Tarawera eruption. View of Mount Tarawera after the eruption. Landscape covered by volcanic ash from the Tarwera eruption. Lord Bledisloe and Alfred Warbrick fishing at Lake Tarawera. Hazards house, Wairoa, after the Tarawera eruption. Boiling lake, Waimangu. Green falls, Orakeikorako. Quantity: 21 b&w original transparency/ies 1 hand coloured images. 2 colour original transparency/ies Dufaycolor.
Remedial treatment camps for unfit men
Date: 1942-1943
From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs
Reference: PA1-f-259
Description: Most of the photographs relate to the remedial treatment camp set up in Rotorua. On the first page, the photographs are flanked by newspaper cuttings about another camp set up for the same purpose at Papakura, Auckland. The photographs on this page may relate to the Papakura camp. Most of the photographs are of groups of men doing various forms of excersise, and playing sport. There are group photographs of men in military uniform and others of groups posing with tennis raquets and medicine balls. Other photographs record the launch of "Bonds for Bombers" campaign in Rotorua, March 1942, and the ANZAC parade 1942 (also Rotorua). There are seven original cartoon drawings of military personnel by Stenberg. These were used in the Rotorua camp's newspaper. The photographs are supported by many newspaper cuttings about the camps and their purpose. There is a photograph relating to the camp newspaper "The Arawa Guerilla" and two copies of the paper are pasted onto the same page. Other newspaper cuttings and two programmes relate to a very successful entertainment developed by the men in the Rotorua camp. This was "Splitzkreig Army Review" which from September 1942 to March 1943 toured the upper North Island and raised 2,000 pounds for the Patriotic Fund. Remedial treatment camps were set up for men who had been judged by the military medical authorities as unfit for military service, but whoes ailments were considered curable. Examples of the sorts of conditions treated are knee problems, flat feet, \"underdevelopment,\" nervous conditions, and chronic backache. The Rotorua camp occupied Arawa Park, and the racecourse. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Views of the Raukokore River
Date: October 1993
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: PA12-6648
Description: Views of the Raukokore River (October 1993). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard mounts.
Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Leo's home. Maketu. Bay of Plenty. [1960s?]
Date: 1960 - 1965
From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].
Reference: E-029-q-144
Description: Shows a single storey white house (or seaside bach) with a green pitched roof. The house is possibly clad in fibrolite. There is a chimney at one end and a watertank. A path leads to open french doors. Near the open doors is a pink flowering tree and a wheelbarrow. On the grassy area in the foreground is a pile of sticks. Seagulls are flying overhead. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.
Mount Tarawera and Pacific island
Date: 1968-1969
From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-8203
Description: Aerial view of rift on Mount Tarawera and adjacent lake and forest. A lake giving off steam. Shadbolt children. Views of an unidentified Pacific island, 1968. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
[Eagle, Audrey Lily], 1926?- :Rhopalostylis sapida. Nikau palm, Port Charles, Coromande...
Date: 1970
From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]
Reference: A-437-540
Description: Shows flowers, berries, seeds, and complete tree of the nikau palm. Artist's list: Rhopolastylis [Rhopalostylis] sapida: Flowers Oct. 1970, capsules Feb. from a cult. plant Appears on page 1079 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - January Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 261 x 211 mm.
[Photographer unknown] :Bush scene on the Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road. [1883]
Date: 1883
From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]
Reference: E-328-f-084-1
Description: A bush scene on the Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - A bush scene on the Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 202 mm
[Architect unknown] :Plans of Woodlands House, the residence of William Shaw, Esq. 1885.
Date: 1885
Reference: Plans-80-2289
Description: Plan for Woodlands House, Katikati Owner in the 1970s, (and donor of plan?), Mr F M Voyce, Woodlands Katikati Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on white paper Provenance: Donation: Mr F M Voyce, Katikati, 1970s?
Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor) b. 1835 :[Rotorua Lake from Ohinemutu]
Date: 1884 - 1886
From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.
Reference: E-377-013
Description: View of Rotorua Lake showing a church by the lake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 125 x 210 mm.
Large group eating a meal, Maungapohatu
Date: [1928 or 1929]
From: Mann, John, 1898-1987 :Album of photographs of Presbyterian Maori Mission activities in Tuhoe region
Reference: PA1-o-1630-07-2
Description: Large group eating a meal, Maungapohatu. Photograph taken 1928 or 1929, possibly by John Mann. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A typical scene at Kai time Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 13.8 x 8 cm, mounted on album page 17.3 x 29 cm
Postcards and stereoscopes of New Zealand and Pacific
Date: [ca 1890s-1919]
From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9525-2
Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.
Harper, Laura, 1833-1887 :Mud holes at Rotorua No. 1. [ca 1884]
Date: 1884
From: Harper, Laura 1833-1887 :Laura Harper's sketchbook. No. 10 1884
Reference: E-376-021
Description: Shows a bubbling mud hole in Rotorua Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mud holes at Rotorua No 1 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 140 x 230 mm. (page size)
Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :Bath House Gardens Rotorua [ca 1929]
Date: 1929
From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Rotorua and district] [ca 1929]
Reference: A-227-085
Description: Shows gardens with a lake feature and hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 210 x 290 mm
Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor) b. 1835 :Ohinemutu. I[slan]d Mokoia of Hinemoa. [1884-1...
Date: 1884 - 1886
From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.
Reference: E-377-022
Description: A Peninsula overlooking Mokoia Island, showing St Faith's Church which is surrounded by smaller buildings. Shows three people rowing a boat in the water. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Ohinemutu. Id Mokoia of Hine Hinemoa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 125 x 210 mm.
[Ephemera relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in places beginni...
Date: 2000 - 2019
Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-B-2000/2019
Description: Includes ephemera for hotels in the following locations: Bay of Islands Bays of Plenty Blenheim Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.
Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930 :The grand stand, Whakatane races
Date: [17 March 1904]
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: PA1-q-634-46-3
Description: The grandstand at the Whakatane races, photographed during the visit of Lord Ranfurly and party on St Patricks Day, 17 March 1904, by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Grand Stand, Whakatane Races Malcolm Ross, in "Through Tuhoe Land" (Christchurch Press, 1904) states that "Next day being St Patrick's Day, our landlady, who hailed from the Emerald Isle, presented us with shamrocks and bits of green ribbon. The Governor drove to the Whakatane race meeting, a smart native contingent under white officers forming an escort.... Arrived at the course we were conducted to a pretty little grandstand, roofed and walled with interwoven fern and leaves of nikau palm." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 80 x 91 mm (irregular shape) mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm