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Building damaged during the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 1931

Date: 1931

From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931

Reference: PAColl-0153-12

Description: Building which was damaged during the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 1931. Some of the interior of the building is showing. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographs of Napier, Hastings and Masterton district

Date: [ca 1930-1940]

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

Reference: PAColl-2009

Description: Photographs include damage caused by the Hawkes Bay earthquake. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-169670-F to 1/2-169681-F Quantity: 12 b&w copy negative(s). 9 photocopy/ies. Processing information: Added to ATL-Group-00791 in 2022. Previous Library reference PAColl-2009. Previous title: Donaldson, Marsha, 1945- :Photographs of Napier, Hastings and Masterton district. [ca 1930-1940].

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Napier-Wairoa railway construction

Date: 1922 - 1923, 1931 - 1933

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

Reference: PA1-o-644

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

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Napier after the 1931 earthquake

Date: 1931

From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931

Reference: PAColl-0153-04

Description: Napier after the 1931 earthquake, taken from Shakespeare Road. Widespread damage to buildings can be seen, with some reduced to either shells or piles of rubble. Some of the area is hidden from view by a clump of trees which cover the left hand side of the image. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Napier from Shakespeare Rd Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Furkert, Frederick William :Negatives and prints of Public Works projects and other jobs

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

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Hart, Isaac :Photographs of the Hawke's Bay Earthquake

Date: February 1931

By: Hart, Isaac, active 1931; Tingay, Thomas Hugh, active 1928-1944; Henry, Bruce, 1920-1998

Reference: PAColl-3495

Description: Photographs of the Hawke's Bay Earthquake, taken by Isaac Hart of Wellington, who went to Napier immediately after the earthquake to assist relatives. The prints were processed by Thomas Hugh Tingay of the Crystal Photographic House, Wellington. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Auckland City and the Napier earthquake

Date: 1930-1934

From: Scrimgeour, P :Albums and photographs relating to Reverend Colin Scrimgeour

Reference: PA1-o-1021

Description: Aerial views of down town Auckland and the museum building. Napier showing earthquake damage to buildings and buildings damaged by the fire. Several images show people with their belongings along the beach front. Other images may relate to the riots in Auckland in 1932 when shops along Queen street had their windows broken and were looted. Associated with these are photographes of marines, soldiers and police. There are also three photographs of the Polish pianist Leff Pouishnoff who visited New Zealand in 1934 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Photographer unknown: Views of Wellington and Murchison

Date: [ca 1929]

Reference: PAColl-6887

Description: 16 views of Wellington and Murchison including: Oriental Bay from the west and the east; a park on Oriental Bay looking towards the harbour with a family with a pram pic-nicking; two of J O Smith's gentleman's outfitters on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, one with the Government Buildings in the background and one taken from them; the Carillon from Buckle Street; the Hikitia lifting a buoy in Wellington Harbour; Seatoun taken from the north; the steamer Cowan (location unknown); three men, one in a uniform, standing next to a car with Newman Bros Ltd on the windscreen; a display for visiting dignitaries in the form of a human Union Jack possibly in Athletic Park for the Duke of York's visit; the Public Library building on Mercer Street with the Technical College and the Town Hall in the background and Wakefield Street to the right; Willis Street looking south; and three showing the damage after the 1929 earthquake to H J Hodgson & Co General Merchants and Ross's Hotel in Murchison and Nelson Boys' College. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044200 to 044215 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

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Blundell, Henry Neil, 1909-2002 : Papers

Date: 19 Jun 1929-18 Jun 1999

By: Blundell, Henry Neil, 1909-2002

Reference: MS-Group-1426

Description: Includes newspaper clippings relating to Blundell's career as a reporter for the Evening Post,issues of the `Red worker'and the `Printers bulletin', reports, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Blundell's coverage of the Murchison earthquake. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donated to the Wairarapa Archive, then transferred to Alexander Turnbull Library. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts on the 31 August 2005 ; material transferred to Photographic Archive from Manuscripts - To Photographic Archive - 28 black and white photographs of the Murchison earthquake (PAColl-8695).

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Craddock album 1

Date: [Circa 1929-1939]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)

Reference: PA1-o-112

Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm

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Building demolished by earthquake, Napier

Date: 1931

From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931

Reference: PAColl-0153-03

Description: View of the rubble of a building that was demolished by the Napier earthquake in 1931. There is one overhead power pole standing next to the demolished building, and there are unidentified people just looking at the rubble. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographer unknown: Wellington floating dock and the Napier earthquake

Date: 1931

Reference: PAColl-6949

Description: 13 aerial images of the tugboats the Wittezee and Zwartezee pulling the floating dock into Wellington harbour. Also two images of the rubble of Napier after the earthquake and a family made homeless by the earthquake in a makeshift shelter. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057727 to 057742 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

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Donor unknown: Scenes of trains, Hawke's Bay earthquake and a wool shed

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6848

Description: 25 images including two of what is probably earthquake damage to buildings in Hawke's Bay following the 1931 earthquake; four of a gathering at a wool shed flying the union jack (location unknown); one of the war memorial in Cathedral Square, Christchurch; one of a small wooden church without a tower or steeple (location unknown); a general view of the town where the same church is located; two of a derailment; eight of various locomotives, steam, diesel and electric, including one of a railcar sitting at Wellington Railway Station and one of an electric locomotive and carriages at Paekakariki station; one of a line of buses at a rural depot with passengers waiting; two boys and a man next to their car; a boy crouching next to a man; and a landscape (location unknown). Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029898 to 029903, 030017, 030035 to 030036, 030039, 030044 to 030050, 030997, 031000 to 031003, 031006, 031011 and 031015. Quantity: 25 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

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Hawkes Bay Farmers' Cooperative Association building, Waipukurau, after Hawkes Bay eart...

Date: February 1931

From: Daroux, James Henry, 1870-1943 :Collection of negatives and prints

Reference: 1/4-021395-G

Description: Hawkes Bay Farmers' Cooperative Association building, Waipukurau, after Hawkes' Bay earthquake, 1931. The external brick wall is cracked, and plate glass is broken, but the building was not considered dangerous (information from album PA1-f-145). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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[Ephemera relating to the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011. Folder 1]

Date: 2011

By: National Library of New Zealand. Christchurch

Reference: Eph-B-EARTHQUAKE-Christchurch-2011-1

Description: Includes: National Christchurch Memorial Service. North Hagley Park, 18 March 2011. Programme (2 copies) Canterbury District Health Board. Christchurch Earthquake. Key public health messages, 24 Feb 2011 Christchurch City Council Central City Plan. Share an idea and help shape your Central City [Brochure for an expo to be held at the CBS Arena, 14-15 May 2011] (2 copies) Christchurch City Council. Earthquake house checks: questions & answers Christchurch City Council. General FAQ's, 25 Feb 2011. The Great Sunday Bake-Off, Sunday the 27th Feb. Drop off on Monday 28th Feb @ Civic Square [Wellington. 2011]. Email from Jouke Collins. Christchurch Earthquake response. Where to find help. February 27 Christchurch Earthquake response. DO NOT TOW: Authorised to be in Red Zone [sign for vehicle in cordoned zone. March 2011] Christchurch Earthquake response. Welcome home - information for residents returning to Christchurch Christchurch Earthquake response. Community briefings for week of 21 March. Flier Christchurch Earthquake response. March 2011. Liquefaction; frequently asked questions. Flier Christchurch Earthquake response. March 2011. Fault information. Flier Christchurch Earthquake response. Community briefings invitation for Round 2 (week beginning 22 March) Christchurch Earthquake response. Civil Defence general FAQ's - recovering after the earthquake. March 2011, Edition 4 Christchurch Earthquake response. Where to find help. Edition 19, 9 March Christchurch Earthquake response. Where to find help. Edition 11, 12 March Christchurch Earthquake response. Earthquake factsheet. Edition One, 7 March 2011 Christchurch Earthquake response. Cordon reduction map Christchurch Earthquake response. Finding it hard to cope (business card) Christchurch Earthquake. Christchurch Earthquake support subsidy for employers. 3 March 2011 Christchurch Earthquake response. Christchurch quake job loss cover support. 3 March 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Support and assistance. Last updated 20 March 2011 New Zealand Government. Emergency housing help. New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists. Small steps forward to get back into everyday life after the earthquake Christchurch City Council. Authorisation to enter cordon. Authorisation category: Catering food [March 2011. plus map of danger zone attached] University of Canterbury. UC Alumni and Friends lunch 4 April 2011 at James Cook Hotel Wellington. ... Hear from Dr Rod Carr about the impact of the earthquake on UC, our students' wonderful response, and the University's recovery plan and progress. Invitation Christchurch City Council. Stronger Christchurch. Rebuilding the garden city together. Christchurch City Council. Stronger Christchurch infrastructure rebuild. Rebuild news. Edition 1: February 2011 Canterbury District Health Board. Important public information (3 items) EQC. Information for householders. Emergency repairs. New Zealand Food Safety Authority. Tips for safe food during / after an emergency Ten days in Tauranga ... a free holiday in the sunny Bay of Plenty for Christchurch people. How to apply New Zealand Red Cross. 2011 Earthquake Commission. Fact sheet - Emergency & hardship grant. Orion. Conserve energy and keep the power on Work and Income. Civil defence payments to evacuees - Application Lincoln University v UC. Earthquake fundraising hockey match. Saturday 12th March 4 pm. Nunweek Hockey Park, Wooldridge Road. Flier showing photo of the Roman Catholic Cathedral Ministry of Youth Development. Earthquake youth services directory PSA News special to Canterbury members March 2011 Red authorisation to enter cordon for the purpose of food delivery. 3 March 2011 Rowlands, Don, 1929- . Earthquake survivor stories. NZAC Counselling today, June 2011, pages 33-34 [offprint] Canterbury Tennis. Newsletter from David Blackwell announcing deaths of Faye Kennedy and Philip McDonald. Notification that all Canterbury Tennis activities have been postponed until further notice. 17 March 2011 Mercury Energy. Circular letter re "Customers affected by the Canterbury Earthquake". 17 March 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Principles of recovery from traumatic incidents Ministry of Education. Parent/caregiver information leaflet. Welcome to our "Learning Hub" [re learning hubs set up for children whose schools had been damaged]. March? 2011 Honda Cars Christchurch. Cnr Montreal and St Asaph Sts. Letter 15 March 2011 to report that the business is back up and running and that Honda New Zealand had donated $100,00 to the Mayoral Fund. University of Canterbury. Earthquake Scholarship Appeal [from UC Alumni Office]. 12 April 2011 Animal Aid Christchurch. Lost and found animals. Reporting lost or found animals; reporting animals left behind; advertising lost or found animals. Flier (sellotape damage) Rock relief for Christchurch 2011. Bodega, Apr 9. Olmecha Supreme, The Lost Boys, My Dear Watson, Slur Tones, Kobosh, Everything Revs, The Outsiders. Also featuring Vorn Colgan as MC. All proceeds to Chch Earthquake Appeal. DAE live.com. Dial an exchange. Free holidays for Christchurch earthquake victims. Special announcement [List of available homes. April 2011] Kiwiland Press NZ. Call for donations for Christchurch earthquake victims. Spendenaufruf fur die Erdbebenopfer in Christchurch [mainly in German]. April/Mai 2011 [Parliamentary briefing paper, 23 February 2011] Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Wellington. Movement of visitors out of the city [Feb / Mar 2011] Chat; our city, our people, our stories. 2011 earthquake edition, April 2011, and May 2001 (2 copies of the latter) Draft Central City plan; summary document August 2011. Tell us what you think Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and photocopies, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

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Photograph of earthquake damage at Nelson College

Date: [ca 17 June 1929]

From: Scott, Ruth Copland, 1916- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9195

Description: Photograph of rubble from the collapsed tower of Nelson College, following the Murchison earthquake, taken ca 17 June 1929 probably by Frederick Nelson Jones Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Portion of Nelson College after Earthquake on 17th. June, 1929, at 10.20a.m. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcard). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.1 x 8.9 cm Transfers: From Book Collections - See also Manuscripts Section.

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New Zealand Post Office :Photographs of Napier Post Office

Date: [ca 1907], February 1931

By: New Zealand Post Office

Reference: PAColl-4616

Description: Photographs of the interior of Napier Telegraph operating room ca 1907 and of Napier Post Office immediately after the earthquake of February 1931. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

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Napier-Wairoa railway construction

Date: 1927, 1929 - 1931

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

Reference: PA1-o-643

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

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Gibson, M :Photographs of Napier after the Hawkes Bay earthquake

Date: 1931

By: Gibson, M (Mrs), active 1991; Deighton, Leslie Howard, -1955

Reference: PAColl-1961

Description: Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

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Morris, Ellen B, active 1989 : Photographs of Napier earthquake, Duke of York's visit t...

Date: [ca 1927-1940]

By: Morris, Ellen B, active 1989

Reference: PAColl-1473

Description: Consists of 8 snapshots (b&w photoprints) of Napier Earthquake. 2 b&w photoprints of Duke of York's visit and Wellington Exhibition. One cabinet card of a nuse and one sepia portrait mounted on card. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).

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