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Date: 5 December 1980

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

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1980/3988-F

Description: Local body representatives breakfasting on Eastbourne Beach to publicise the International Year of the Disabled Person. From left: Eastbourne Councillors George Dunnachie (rear) and Stan Hunt, Petone Mayor Ron Marston, Eastbourne Mayor Elaine Jakobsson, and Wellington Mayor Ian Lawrence. Photographs taken 5 December 1980 by Ian Mackley. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1997

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-418-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. The Auckland Blues win Super-12 game. As Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark soar in the opinion polls Jim Bolger considers a sex-change. Tim Shadbolt becomes deputy leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Tuku Morgan is accused of seeking a fee for an exclusive interview with the media. Public opinion on Tuku Morgan's behaviour. Maori bashing continues over Tuku Morgan, as Maori hit themselves and ask why he just doesn't resign. Maori occupy land in Waiouru during winter as temperatures hit a low. They are protesting against the wild horse mustering? Winston Peter's accepts Tuku Morgan's apology and assumes the moral high ground. International study shows kiwi kids poor at maths but good at bullying. Bob Jones suggests that the Beehive be dynamited. A look at genetic makeup in terms of race. Comment on teacher inaction over bullying in school play grounds. Jim Bolger comments on a meeting between National Party and New Zealand First MPs held in his home. Buyer beware - used car importers rip people off. Comment on what iwi-based Treaty settlements mean to many Maori. The International Rugby Board (IRB) threatens to clamp down on New Zealand style rugby. The law forbids the rich and the poor from living in shoddy housing that leads to unneccesary fires and death. School leaving age kept at 16. Winston Peters finds himself on a high-wire with pressures all around him like, 'fiscal restraint', 'Maori hopes', 'social spending' and 'NZ First's last chance'. Winston Peters goes off to Hong Kong leaving Jim Bolger and Bill Birch defending the budget. Winston Peters at the handover of Hong Kong to China, continues to warn about the Asian take over. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 7 Oct 1995

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

Reference: EP/1995/4101-F

Description: Looking across a graveyard towards towards the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church. Two images shows Otaki residents standing alongside. Photographs taken by Ray Pigney of the Evening Post, on the 7th of October 1995, the day the church was destroyed by fire. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 14, drawer 2 at Religion-Anglican Churches (2), in an envelope labelled "Rangiatea Church".

Date: 1905 to 1907

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-197

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1905 and 1907, covering a variety of topics. They include family photographs, both individual and group portraits, and Wellington houses (eg `Railway Whare', the house Godber and his family lived in, in Bay Street, Petone). One scene shows Godber's parents, Mary Ann and Charles Godber, with a large group of family members, including Albert Percy Godber, his wife Laura, and two children, Phyllis and William (p.21). On p. 13, Godber's wife Laura and two children are seen with an elderly couple, probably Laura's parents Charles Albert and Magdelina Clara Zinckgraf. Numbers of images show scenes associated with New Zealand Railways, including the Mataroa Railway Tunnel under construction, specific locomotives, signal stations, the railway station at Petone, and scenes at the Petone Railway Workshops. At the beginning of the album, several images show Godber and a team from the Petone Fire Brigade with medals they have won at fire-fighting practice competitions. A pocket at the front of the album holds two photographs, on of a new cutting on the road near Lowry Bay, and one of the `model of `D' class locomotive used in the Petone Peace Demonstration Procession' following the Boer War in 1902, signed `With A.P. Godber's compliments'. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 105 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 19.5 x 26.0 cm

Date: [ca 11 Oct 1995]

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

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1995/4142-F

Description: Sue Sutcliff in front of the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church, Otaki. Photographs taken by Phil Reid of the Evening Post, circa 11th of October 1995. The church was destroyed by fire on the 7th of October 1995. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 5 March 1988

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

Reference: EP/1988/1061-F

Description: A police officer inspects the street outside a policeman's fire-damaged house, Masterton, New Zealand. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson 5 March 1988. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 11 December 1972

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

Reference: EP/1972/5906-F

Description: Khandallah School's main block on fire. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 11th of December 1972 At left, the new administrative section has collapsed and the fire has taken hold of the the infant classroom. Much of the classroom wing to the right outside the image was destroyed, and the recently completed assembly hall was gutted and collapsed. A new Classroom block was saved. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: ca 1898-1971

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914

Reference: PAColl-0580

Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 30 October 1995

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

By: Simcox, Craig, active 1983

Reference: EP/1995/4323-F

Description: Wedding photograph of Raumoa Baker and Katerina Parata. They are standing in front of the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church. Photographed by Craig Simcox on the 30th of October 1995. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

By: Head, David, active 1977

Reference: PAColl-8540

Description: Photographs relating to the Upper Hutt Fire Service Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-080385, 1/2-080386, 1/2-080392, 1/2-080397 Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 13 Oct 1984

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

By: Griffiths, Mervyn, active 1978

Reference: EP/1984/4777-F

Description: Furnace operator Gary Collins at the Pilkington Brothers glass factory, Wingate, Lower Hutt, Wellington, where a fire had broken out the previous evening. Photographs taken 13 October 1984 by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [Between 1901 and 1903]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-q-100

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1901 and 1903. South Island subjects include the Cape Foulwind Lighthouse and quarry, Westport railway yards and wharf, Reefton, and scenes of explosions in Lyttelton Harbour for Regatta Day, 1st January 1909, and a large number of people beside the Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade building. Scenes show the laying of foundation stones for the Petone Waterworks, and for the Baptist Church in Petone, both in 1903. There is also a view of the lecturn for St Augustine's Church in Petone, which was made by the Petone Railway Workshops. Several photographs show the Kelburn Cable Car, the cable car tunnel and the engine room, in 1903. Two photographs of a group of school children, the girls wearing white pinafores over dark coloured dresses. Some photographs relate to New Zealand railways, including specific locomotives, the Rimutaka Incline with the middle rail (part of the Fell System), railway tunnels, bush railways and railway workshops and yards; and some relate to Godber's interest and work in fire fighting. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 106 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 31.0 x 25.5 cm

Date: [Ca 21 November 1980]

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

Reference: Dom/1980/1122/1-F

Description: Fire at Expandite factory, Waione Street, Petone. Photographs taken ca 21 November 1980 by staff photographers of The Dominion newspaper. Quantity: 25 b&w original negative(s) strips (in three envelopes). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 2000

Reference: H-638-001/018

Description: Topics include developments along the Wellington waterfront, Prime Minster Helen Clark's attack on spend-thrift television managers, controversy over the national museum Te Papa's presentation of artworks, the Constitutional Conference 2000, the rebel coup in Fiji, activist Tame Iti's visit to Fiji during the rebel coup, the character of Jenny Shipley, the Leader of the Opposition, New Zealand's health record compared to that of France, New Zealand doctors and nurses emigrating while immigrant doctors are not employed in New Zealand, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Tariana Turia's use of the word holocaust in a Maori context, the falling New Zealand dollar, the use of human DNA in pig embryos, American miltary responses to cut-backs in New Zealand defence spending, the non-pacific nature of the Pacific Ocean, the New Zealand-Australian agreement reached over social welfare and immigration policies, logging of native forests on the West Coast, the Treaty of Waitangi Tainui settlement advantaging the Hong KOng and Shanghai Bank. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of black ink drawings.

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-195

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Many of the images show various aspects of logging in Piha and Karekare. Views include the Piha Tramway, bush railway inclines, scenes of lumbermen cutting down kauri trees and cross-cutting felled trees, transportation of logs by bullock teams and horse-drawn rail wagons, the Piha timber camp and mill and men at everyday activities in camp buildings and in their workmen's huts. Other sections of the album show views of Petone, and Godber's family (his wife, Laura Godber, and two children, Phyllis and William (Bill)); views of the central North Island; farming in the Mendip Hills (Canterbury); and views of Trentham. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 101 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26 x 30 cm

Date: 30 Mar 1988

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

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1988/1475-F

Description: Mungavin homestead in Porirua, damaged by fire. Photograph taken 30 March, 1988 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 9 Feb 1995 - 09 Feb 1995

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Tikey, Eric, 1926-1999

Reference: OHInt-0616/41

Description: Eric Tikey born Dunedin 1926. Talks about father being gassed in France during World War I and recuperation in hospital in France. Gives a brief history of Ophir from the goldrush days, where parents ran a hotel, and father ran a local taxi service, with reference to Oakland (car) and later a DeSoto. Recalls parents getting first radio in 1930. Talks about involvement with fire brigade and recalls fire at Hunterville Hospital, a hospital for backward children. Mentions Cyril Davies, Guy Anderson, Stan Tomkinson who ran Buchanan's store, Wattie Stewart, Noel lino and Bayleys Tomkins Hedges Tannery. Other topics covered include: marriage; World War Two; Depression and Tikey's Service Station. Refers to big changes in the motor industry and gives details of help from oil company to purchase Green Island Taxis and rental cars. Backgrounds formation of Green Island Businessman's Association started by Bob Edwards a local barber and lists those involved. Also refers to Jaycees and Lions started in Green Island in 1968. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Grant Rule Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010136-010139 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3389. Photocopies of 4 photographs: (i) [Eric Tike] working at Buchanans; (ii) Mr Tikey with mother, grandfather, Great-Aunt and father; (iii) The new Blacks Hotel built in the latter part of 1930s and (iv) Eric and Jessie in the 1940s).

Date: 8 Jun 1994 - 08 Jun 1994

From: Greater Green Island oral history project

By: Tippet, Agnes Reta, 1909-2006

Reference: OHInt-0616/42

Description: Agnes Reta Tippet born Saddle Hill 1909. Gives family background. Recalls being taken to see first electric light at Mosgiel ca 1914. Briefly describes childhood home: fireplaces, coal range, kitchen, water pumped from well, washing of dishes, soap used and Saturday chores. Describes Christmas dinner. Recalls going with father to inspect mine and notes that almost every house belonged to coal miners. Mentions `Old Billy' who grubbed gorse and came in to the house for tea. Also refers to swaggers coming for meals. Other memories include: visits to Coach and Horses Hotel; World War One; Walton School; Influenza epidemic (1918); entertainment at Green Island Picture theatre and brief reference to Kirkland Hall. Refers to ethnic composition. Talks about Fireside club at Green Island and refers to A Hendry. Gives details of own shop `the Christine Frock shop' on main road and own daughters' dressmaking training with Mrs Sutherland. Mentions involvement with C W I (Country Women's Institute) and being a Past President of Memorial Gardens Welfare Committee. Recalls helping out during aftermath of Hunterville Hostel fire (1958). Refers to the changing role of women in the home and change and development in Green Island. Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010140-010142 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3390.

Date: 03 May 2002

From: Agricultural heritage oral history project

By: Wallace, Rae David, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0639-3

Description: David Wallace was born in Cambridge in 1939. Talks about his father buying the Moanatuatua peat swamp in 1947, despite many saying it would be uneconomic. Describes the first breakthough as getting an Alis Chalmers tractor to dig the drains, mentions tractors becoming bogged in the swamp while developing drains and a road. Mentions the origins of the peat swamp, building the house and shed on poles, draining methods. Describes how peat fires start, spread, are extinguished, and create fog. Explains the difference between lowmoor and highmoor peat bogs, and the cost of developing peat bogs. Talks about the importance of peat reserves, and the Moanatuatua Peat Reserve. Mentions the Wallace family has farmed around the Reserve for 40 years, and the resultant settling of the farm land compared to the Reserve land. Abstracted by - Jean Brown Interviewer(s) - Terry Harpe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-10839 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3843. Search dates: 1940 - 2000