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Date: 13 Aug 2004 - 20 Oct 2006 - 13 Aug 2004 - 20 Oct 2006

By: Brehaut, Loreen, active 2006-2014; Seahorse World Science Heritage and Education Trust

Reference: OHColl-0856

Description: Interviews with eighteen former whalers who were based in Tory Channel, Cook Strait. Recorded are their experiences, attitudes and lifestyles when involved in whaling and their experiences and attitudes, including whale watching after the whaling industry ceased being active. Interviewees are Tim Barnes, John Bunt, Noel Davis, Geoff Godsiff, Bob Hansen, Joseph Heberley, Neil Henderson, Stuart Howden, Mana Huntley, Waru Huntley, Basil Jones, Noel Mears, John Norton, Tom Norton, Adrian Perano, Ted Perano, Peter Perano and Ron Perano. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Relationship complexity - Tory Strait Whalers' Families & Whekenui School oral history project (OHColl-0860) Arrangement: Digital files arranged as OHDL-001387 to OHDL-001422 Tape numbers - OHC-015994 to OHC-016032 Quantity: 39 C60 cassette(s). 18 printed abstract(s). 36 Electronic document(s) - abstracts. 18 digital photograph(s). 18 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Abstracts contain a photograph of each interviewee

Date: 24 August 1974

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1974/4714-F

Description: The Cook Strait ferry "Aramoana" battling rough seas as she passes through the Wellington Heads into Cook Strait. Photographed by an Evening Post Staff photographer on the 24th of August 1974. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising three images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1951

By: Brown, Gordon Harold, 1931-

Reference: A-078-007

Description: Shows inter-island ferry Rangatira Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 6.1 x 12.4 in Provenance: Donation: G H Brown, Wellington, 13 June 1961

Date: 1964

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PAColl-8725

Description: New Zealand Railways publicity photographs of the Cook Strait ferry Aramoana in rough seas taken from Fort Dorset, Seatoun, Wellington, in 1964. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - Stamped in ink: New Zealand Government Railways Publicity Photograph Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-048

Description: Shows a dead rata tree in the foreground, looking down into Cook Strait with Mana Island in the background The reference to Belmont Line is probably to an early surveying line Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash, 130 x 215 mm

Date: 1985

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-424

Description: Shows three vignettes. In the first a disgruntled looking farmer is watching as armed forces personnel put up a barbed wire fence. The officer is telling him that the government is erecting barbed wire around the coastline. In the second a topdressing pilot is being told to drop bombs instead of fertiliser in the event of any hostilities. In the third an officer is standing on Mt Victoria in Wellington and telling his men that the old signal gun is to be turned around and pointed over Cook Strait. He is holding a 'Capital Defence Plan'. Extended Title - In view of the present economic situation, the government may have to consider defence "on the cheap" - Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, chinese white, crayon and letratone on paper, 350 x 408 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: [ca 22 December 1983]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1983/5289-F

Description: Photographs of Cook Strait ferry the 'Arahura' on her maiden voyage from Wellington to Picton, taken ca 22 December 1983 by Evening Post photographer Ian Mackley. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1880 - 1881

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbook] Drawing Book, 13. 12. 1880.

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: E-060-3-013

Description: View from the sea near the Marlborough Sounds, looking towards two small rocks in the distance, one with a lighthouse on top On the same page as 'Mount Egmont from the sea' (E-060-3-014) Other Titles - Cook Strait Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 65 x 119 mm

Date: 1970 - 1979

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: B-086-052/057

Description: Contents: Interieur d'un hippah de la Nouvelle-Zelande - Carte de la Nouvelle-Zelande visitee en 1769 et 1770.-Homme de la Nouvelle-Zelande (also on cover).- Mort de Cook.- Trombes de mer aupres de la Nouvelle-Zelande. - Famille dans la Baie Dusky. No 9 of an edition of 1,000 copies. Reproductions of engravings published in the official accounts of Cook's voyages Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 237 x 387 mm on sheets 312 x 458 mm in illustrated folder

Date: Aug 1907

By: Cooke, Fred, active 1906; Hoggard, Guy Rolfe, 1887-1983

Reference: MS-Papers-9983

Description: Comprises carbon of account by Cooke of the cruise of the `Muritai' in Queen Charlotte Sound, December 1906 to January 1907; he describes the crew, the yacht, life on board and off ship, the weather, the territory they sailed through and other matters relating to the experience. Cooke makes many personal remarks. Also included are notes by donor from letters received from Guy Hoggard, and two letters from Guy Hoggard; these give background to the Hoggard family, the `Muritai' and its history, the crew and related matters. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (case folder). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) with mss letters and notes Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dr T Hoggard, Paraparaumu, Oct 1976

Date: 1998

By: Feeney family

Reference: MS-Papers-6348

Description: Two reminiscences, `Many are called but few are chosen' by Cecil Feeney in which he describes a crossing on a Cook Strait ferry; and `Ollie's last stand' by Peter Feeney, describing his family's preparation to move from Auckland to Wellington Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (two pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1965

By: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992

Reference: E-489-f

Description: Contains sketches, some entitled: City demolition Wakefield St, 8 set designs for "The Empire builders" ( Unity Theatre 1965 production), Pencarrow Baring Heads, Cook Strait from Houghton Bay, South Karori, Feilding turn off, Paremata Harbour (2), Pauatahanui, Taupo. Also contains some sketches of cattle. Inscriptions: Generally unsigned and undated.; (On cover): Croxley / LI-FLAT / SCHOOL SKETCH BLOCK Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 6 charcoal sketches, and 15 pencil sketches, in sketchbook 185 x 270 mm.

Date: 1862 - 1870

Reference: A-048-009

Description: Two coastal profiles on one sheet, inscribed in ink, identifying Godley Head, and Mount Pleasant (named 1862) part of Lyttelton Harbour. The other shows part of the north of the South Island, viewed from Cook Strait and shows Mount Franklin, Tasman District Other Titles - New Zealand. North part of Middle [the South] Island from the east of Cook Strait [translation]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 172 x 245 mm Provenance: Purchase: Nigel Tully, Terra Australis, New South Wales, 2065, 11 March 1985. Work includes an owner's stamp, lower right: Ex libris Marques de Pidal. E 3, T [blank], N[umer]o 20

Date: 1839

By: Chaffers, Edward Main, 1806-1845; Bett, Francis Arnot Blackader, 1873-1957

Reference: MapColl-830gbba/1839/Acc.131

Description: Depicts the lower half of North Island from approximately Hamilton to Gisborne, referred to as Province of North Durham, also the top half of South Island from approximately Greymouth across to Kaikoura, referred to as Province of South Durham. The map is annotated 'The dotted line denotes the boundaries of the provinces' and this line is marked diagonally between Pt. Tebouka kore in the Wellington Region and a point north of Tui Bay in the Taranaki Region. Some bays are named as are points including Kidnappers Pt., and capes including Foulwind, Farewell, Palliser and Egmont. Also named are Queen Charlotte Sound, Cook's Strait, Hawke Bay and the islands D'Urville, Kapiti, Mana and Sugarloaf. Mount Egmont, Ruapehu and Tonga Volcano are marked. Original photograph of this map is larger than this copy. Information found in original card index record. Explanation on reverse as follows: Photograph of Chaffer's map of New Zealand Company's purchases, 1839. Received from Dr. Bett about March 27, 1945. Original attached to some land claims in the Lands Office in Nelson. Signature of E.M. Chaffers, 1839 is written at bottom right corner on original. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, black and white, 15 x 22.4 cm.

Date: 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Villain, de, active 1833; Adam, Jean Victor, 1801-1867

Reference: B-052a-001

Description: Two groups of Maori in their clothing, one from Cape Palliser, one from Cook Strait From: Dumont d'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas volume 1, plate 41. Another copy held at C-036-026 Other Titles - New Zealand. Costume of the natives of Cape Palliser. Costume of the natives of Cook Strait Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches

Date: 1971 - 1975

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Webb, Norman David, 1913-2005

Reference: G-236

Description: A two part picture, showing heavy snow falling on small island on left, pylons weighted down with snow and couple by small fire made from last surviving trees, trying to cut through Cook Strait cable with an axe; whilst on righthand island, with its healthy pylons, man rests comfortably in armchair, hat and scarf, in front of TV which announces:"Storms bash S.I. Possible cuts". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath; Recto - beneath image - [Title] (very faded); Recto - beneath image - (Written in crayon on the glass, by Norman Webb, because original had faded): [Title] Appeared in the Dominion for 8 March 1973. "New Zealand energy journal", vol. 48 (Dec 1975) pages 261-263, has article entitled "A study of the implications of cutting the Cook Strait cable", by P D Lucas, B A Murtagh, and B R Smith; this tells that power had been conveyed from South to North for more than a decade, but that in recent years, South Islanders had been dissatisfied with shortages they had been forced to endure because of the power needs of the North Island. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and Chinese white on paper, 450 x 640 mm (sight). Provenance: Donated by Norman Webb, in 1996.

Date: 1895

By: Seaton & O'Donahoo (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.47983gbbd/[ca.1895]/Acc.22964

Description: Cadastral map of the Whitireia Peninsula from Pikiriri peak. Ruratane, Titai [i.e. Titahi] Bay, Mt. Cooper. Rakatane, Koangaaumu and Kohako creeks are named, as is Rocky Bay, all of which are on the Cook Strait coastline. Blocks are named as Koangaaumu, Tom's Grant, Kahutea No. 1 and 2, Onepotu Claim, and include acreages. An old stake fence is marked and a lagoon. The Porirua Harbour is marked. Pencilled details are mainly surveying information Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:7 920], 72.6 x 62.5 cm.

Date: 1962

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-137-475

Description: Shows a man with an inflatable toy in the sea, a swimmer in a bathing cap who is sitting on a rock on a beach, a man sunbathing, 'Blossom' the elephant seal and a man taking ferry bookings at a counter. Refers to Barrie Devenport's swim across Cook Strait. Blossom (Elephant seal) came ashore at Oriental Bay, Wellington in 1962. Returned again the following year. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, 230 x 345mm

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Blundell, John Barraud, 1904-1975 : Photograph albums

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-043

Description: Album chiefly containing views of the North Island of New Zealand, many taken by professional photographers Wrigglesworth and Binns. Images include one of a cricket match between an English team and the Wellington team, March 23-24 1888, at the Basin Reserve, showing spectators in the foreground, the players on the field, and buildings on the hill behind. There are a number of views of the Whanganui River, including a cave, a canoe with 5 men poling through rapids, a view of the river from Hiruharama, and a waterfall. At the end of the album there are images of Port Said, Malabar, and two newspaper photographs, one of Mrs J Milbourne (nee Maud Beatty, a member of the Pollard Opera Company), and William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, governor of New South Wales 1899-1900. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cover 245 x 315 mm

Date: 1831-1851

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3052

Description: Includes logs of the Acheron and Havannah 1848-1851, letter books for the Beagle 1841-1843 and for the Acheron 1848-1851, which contain detailed descriptions and comments on the New Zealand settlements. For the Beagle, the papers include: Captain's orders, memorandum on methods of surveying, remarks on Bass Strait and Van Dieman's Land and other observations of the Australian coast, a game book, sketch album, and general notebook of observations. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.