Places

Date: 1910-1915

By: Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985

Reference: PAColl-0370

Description: Set of photographs of drainage operations on the Hauraki Plains. Spoil from the canal and ditch construction was used as foundation for roads so road construction is also shown. The photographs include two men hay harvesting in front of a small house, a man in a flax field, a dredge at work, the labourers' camp, boats moored at a jetty in Ngatea. Some of the photographs are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy photographic prints Provenance: Given to J H Christie by Dennis Hancock, the grandson of H J Hancock who created the collection.

Date: 1927-1929

From: Duncan, June (Mrs), fl 1997 :Photographs from the estates of Joseph and Frank Duncan

By: Duncan, June, active 1997

Reference: PA1-q-613

Description: Cuttings relate closely with albums PA1-q-611 and PA1-q-612. They contain information about Joseph and Frank Duncan's work with the Wellington City Council and later as road paving contractors. There is also a lot of comment on and debate about the new bituminous roads being laid down in the 1920s as well as descriptions of jobs and contracts undertaken by Wellington and some other local authorities in the Wellington Region and elsewhere in New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1982

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

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

Reference: B-136-083

Description: Shows the Clutha River flowing through a canyon. On one side stand Clyde Dam workers hammering a sign into the ground which demands a 15 per cent pay rise. On the other side are Muldoon and Bill Birch wearing a hard hat. Muldoon is angrily refusing to meet the workers' demands. At the bottom of the canyon two scientists from the D.S.I.R. Geological Survey are sitting on the ground with instruments measuring the shaking of the ground. Extended Title - 15 per cent higher pay for Clyde Dam workers Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm.

Date: 4 Sep 1915

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-037500-G

Description: View of the church under construction. The wall and roof framing are up, and nearly all the weather boards are in place. A Union Jack is flying from the roof. About nineteen men can be seen working on the construction. One of a series of photographs taken during the day by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The Glenfield Church built in a day. 9 am. 4.9.15. No 1007d. Relationship complexity - Other photographs taken during construction on 4 Sep 1915 are available at 1/2-029063 (6.30am); 1/2-001861; 1/2-037499 (about 7.30am); 1/2-002064 (about noon); 1/2-001862 (3pm); 1/2-001863 (church completed) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry glass plate negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1909

By: Loudon, William Francis Whittaker, 1879-1919; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/1909/Acc.11042

Description: Drawn on a survey template, the map shows subdivision of sections in Beauchamp, Motuera, Tui, Makererua and Heke streets, in the Borough of Onslow, Ngaio, Wellington, surveyed for Dr Chapple. Shows surveyed roads and surveyed, numbered sections with acreage. Includes handwritten note regarding Onslow Borough Council, and note from Dr Chapple's attorney. References: B/287, DP 2166 Other Titles - Plan of part Section 7 Kaiwharawhara Registration District, Block 3, Port Nicholson Survey District Signed by Chapple's attorney, surveyor, town clerk, chief surveyor representative, land transfer draughtsman, district land registrar, and mayor. A highlighted area is not included in the plan. Part of DP 9345 is shown. Stamped Wellington District Land Registrar (twice). Two and a half stamps are on map. Inscriptions: top right - Stamped Wellington District Land Registrar (twice) Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 44.7 x 50 cm

Date: 1982

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

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

Reference: B-136-037

Description: Shows a truck loaded with barrels of moth balls driving towards the construction site of the Clyde Dam. Two workers are halting the truck. Refers to Social Credit's decision to support future empowering legislation to complete construction of the dam, after months of on-again off-again decisions by the government. Extended Title - Clyde High Dam Site Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 450 x 320 mm.

Date: 4, 24 Aug 1923

By: Jeff, William Archibald, -1959

Reference: MS-Papers-2586

Description: Comprises an invitation to Jeff to attend the opening of the Arthur's Pass section of the Midland Railway (4 Aug 1923) and a letter to Jeff from F W Furkert enclosing part of the ribbon cut at the opening (24 Aug 1923) Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed card completed in manuscript

Date: 1922 - 1924

By: Clere & Williams (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0952/0953

Description: Plans relating to St Andrew's Anglican Church parish hall, 1922 Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Linen tracings, size varies

Date: 1922 - 1923, 1931 - 1933

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-644

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1980

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1980 - 1988].

Reference: A-334-094

Description: Reading the headline about work on the Mangere Bridge, one man says to another, 'I'm surprised the New Zealand Historic Places Trust allows alterations to ancient monuments.' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white on card, 260 x 150 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1971

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. 1971.

Reference: E-476-f-007

Description: Landscape showing hills with rocks in foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 270 x 356 mm

Date: ca 1930s

Reference: PAColl-4636

Description: Photographs of: a new bridge over the railway line at Turakina in the middle distance with the river bridge and the railway bridge also visible; the bridge over the river at Turakina; men shovelling stone from a river bank on to carts running on rails over the river to the highway; jig line of Oreore metalling plant - a man standing at the bottom of inclined rails; a winch and steam traction engine in use on the construction of Turakina bridge; men standing on the new bridge over the railway line at Turakina; and a man standing on the new Turakina river bridge with part of the old one next to it. Photographer unidentified. All have the same photographic developer's stamp on the reverse but they may relate to PAColl-7364. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Prints at PAColl-5932-34 to PAColl-5932-37.

Date: 1929-1931

By: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949

Reference: PAColl-5378

Description: Hydro electric power and irrigation dams, in particular the construction of the Pool Burn Reservoir dam. Some dam sites before construction, specifically a site on the Manuherikia River for the "Manuherikia Falls Dam". There are photographs of "White Creek Fault" and the effects of the Murchison earthquake on roads, bridges and the countryside. Especially covered is the lake formed by an earth slide across the Matakitaki River Likely to be a very interesting collection. Furkert was a leading public servant through the 1920s and 1930s. His life has been researched by Mr R Aspden for the DNZB, who has other papers relating to Furkert Arrangement: Negatives housed at F 179548 1/2 to F 179643 1/2 Quantity: 81 b&w original negative(s). 160 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donor is daughter of Furkert

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: Bogle, Archibald Hugh, 1883-1972; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.47981gbbd/[ca 1950/Acc.14569

Description: Part of a surveyed, cadastral map of a subdivision in Linden, Tawa, showing Deposited Plan 9069 (transferred from 2054), named Tawa Extension no. 7. The subdivision runs between part of Old Porirua Road, Findlay and Handyside streets and the Wellington to Masterton railway, from Gee Street to Collins Ave. Includes road and section surveys, the latter numbered, with acreage. This copy includes only a part of the original map. It also shows part of a further segment, namely numbered surveyed sections 87 and 127-137, with acreage, bounded by the part of the railway and part of Collins Ave. Map includes notes regarding the subdivision and two signatures, a reference key regarding colour coding of roads (not visible on this copy), the number '56', and Certificate of Title numbers 170/24, 25. Also includes some pencil annotations on white section of map, indicating bearings. Includes part block numbers. Indicates part of the Porirua Stream. Other Titles - Tawa Flat (Linden) DP 2054 (transferred to DP 9069) see C[ertificate of] T[itle]'s 461/230 and 392/273. Includes blue ink annotation: L88 GB. Title from pencil annotation on map recto. Please note, part of that title was crossed out (DP 9069) and used further on in that title. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 45.2 x 48.2 cm.

Date: 1940 - 1941

By: Rose, P R, active 1940; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.47965gbbd/1940/Acc.10172

Description: Survey map with cadastral information, showing land to taken for a new road in Pukerua Bay, where the streets or roads named Muri, Pa, Toenga and Manuka intersect beside the North Island Main Trunk Railway. The map is heavily surveyed, and shows Deposited Plan and Certificate of Title numbers, acreage, section price and current owner's name. Names of owners include: HM The King, EL Gray, C Gray, AK Lindsay, KAAM Hyde, RE Astridge, EJS Peare, II Radcliffe, WV Allen, MMP Bonner, ML Coveney, AN Taplin, Guardian Trust, GM McIlwraith, HG Mayer, AE Caddick, FF Brown, MA Bedell, E Burgess, GW Magnus, W Foothead, KH Miller, DL Gray, Hutt City Council, Native Land 2537. As per note on map, land taken from C Gray is coloured in yellow. Written on map: S[urvey] O[ffice] 20581. Signed by Public Works district engineer. Certified by registered surveyor. Written on map: Total area required for road 3a 2r 22.453 p, total area to be given in exchange 0a 1r 09.3p. Some manuscript annotations added to map. Written on map: WDO 8916 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 71.2 x 71.5 cm.

Date: 1982

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

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

Reference: B-136-021

Description: Shows Muldoon standing holding binoculars and dressed in army uniform. He is directing his artillery troops to fire rounds at Western Samoa, Clyde and Marsden Point. The gun is called 'legislation'. Refers to the fall of the Western Samoan government, the long running industrial dispute at the Marsden Point oil refinery, and the controversial Clutha Development (Clyde Dam) Empowering Bill introduced by the government to continue construction of the Clyde Dam. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1960

By: H P Hanify & Son (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/1960/Acc.10385

Description: Copy of surveyed cadastral map, including contour lines in terms of Wellington City Council data, of proposed streets and subdivision in Rangoon Heights, Wellington. Rangoon and Madras streets are marked, as is the end of the kerb of Madras Street. Numbered sections include acreages in perches and boundary measurements. Additions to the base map are prominently marked sections, proposed roads which include the gradient, width and acreages, also the site of shops. Scale of original: [1:792] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Signature written on map before copying: H. P. Hanify Jun., Registered Surveyor, Jan. 9th. 1960 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and colourwash on duplicated plan, coloured, scale indeterminable, 49 x 48.6 cm.

Date: [ca 1909-1925]

By: Morrison, John M, active 1883-1951

Reference: PAColl-6494

Description: Photographs of Takapuna and Milford. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-016625 to 016630, 1/2- 031823 and 101744 Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Manuscript material now held at qMS-1398.. Processing information: The majority of the prints do not have negatives.

Date: 1949

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-4/5/47

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: MapColl-832.1493fbo/[197-?]/Acc.29600

Description: Drawn on a copy of a cadastral map, the annotations depict proposed boundary changes to Hamilton City, areas two and three. Shows existing city boundaries and the proposed additions from Waipa County, an addition of 135 hectares in area two and 212 hectares in area three. Top middle of map: 'B'. Other Titles - two Other Titles - three Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 42 x 55 cm.