Places

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

Date: 1921-1954

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-03-1

Description: Includes tickets for: South Wairarapa Trotting Club Annual meeting. Friday, June 3rd, 1921 (King's birthday). Lady's ticket. (2 copies) Pirinoa Tribal Committee present at Ngawi, Palliser Bay, Dec 26. Variety entertainment [ca 1950?] Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade. Honorary member Year 1950. Mr G Te Whaiti. (Ticket) Greytown Rugby Football Club Inc. 75th anniversary celebrations. Anniversary ball. Town Hall Greytown. Friday 16th July 1954 [Ticket] Greytown Rugby Football Club. 75th anniversary celebrations Anniversary Smoko, Morison's Bush Hall Greytown. Saturday 17th July 1954. [Ticket] Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (on tickets)(plus one duplicate). Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, approximately 60 x 97 mm. Processing information: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753 and rehoused into mylar pockets, August 2022. Previous Library reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-2-Tickets. Previous title: [Admission and membership tickets to events in the Wairarapa, including Greytown. 1920s-1950s].

Date: 1849 - 1858 - 1872 - 1875

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Auckland Racing Club

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1840/1870s

Description: Includes programmes for: 1849: Auckland races. First day, Tuesday December 11, 1848 (silk flier / programme). 1858: Auckland races. First day, January 1, 1858. Silk flier / programme. 1872: Waikato annual races, 28 and 29 February 1872. First day. 1874: Kowai Park races, May 29 1874. (Colour photocopy only; original is in Enys, John D. (John Davies), 1837-1912. [Natural history, agriculture and other topics. 1869-1874], page 8 - Ref P f591.9931 ENY 1869-1874). Horse owners include Messrs Markey, Lunn and D W S O'Brien 1875: Wellington Jockey Club Races to be held at the Hutt Racecourse on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8, 1875. First day, Tuesday December 7. Blundell Bros, Printers, Wellington. [Programme card]. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (racing programmes). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on fliers, some silk, sizes varying up to 210 mm. Provenance: Some purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2005. 1875 programme from the papers of Marjorie Connell, 2006.

Date: 1948-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-150

Description: Photographs of race meetings, race horses and racing personalities, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, between 1950 and 1958. Includes: Series of photos re NZ Racing Conference testing for `doping', 1953 (and notes on testing); Melbourne Cup, 1952, 1953 & 1958; Trentham Racecourse doubles indicator (1950) & racecourse engineer L L Saggers; Trentham grandstand (1934); interior of totalisator at Trentham; Ellerslie Racecourse; race meeting at Riccarton; 101st NZ Derby Stakes winner (Sol d'Or); New Zealand Cup (W D Skelton & owners Mr & Mrs F C Pratt of Levin); Wellington Cup held at Trentham, Jan 1956; Grand National Steeplechase, 1958; Australian racing personalities. Quantity: 88 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1886

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930; Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-034-001

Description: Shows a series of humorous horse racing scenes Supplement to the Evening Press, Wellington, 15th September 1886. Captions Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 292 x 368 mm

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-455-f-070-3

Description: The text to accompany the wood engraving illustration 'A race on the Ruamahanga Plain, South Wairarapa', based on a watercolour by John Pearse. The text mentions a tree fern, the mamaku, 'towi towi', (toetoe), the flax, the beauty of the scenery, and details about the annual race, with Europeans racing and Maori acting as stewards and entering horses in the race. The engraving is located at E-455-f-070-2; the associated watercolour by John Pearse is at E-455-f-070-1 Quantity: 1 letterpress. Physical Description: Newsclippings, sizes vary

Date: 1955

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Masterton Racing Club (Inc).; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1955-01

Description: Contains three copies of a red car sticker which acted as a pass into the Spring meeting of the Nasterton Racing Club, 1955. There are also two complimentary orange tickets, and a yellow lady's pass. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (tickets and car stickers). Physical Description: Letterpress, on tickets and labels, sizes varying around 80 x 130 mm. Provenance: Donated by the proprietors of the New Zealand Free Lance, in about 1961.

Date: 1940 - 1943

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Auckland Racing Club

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1940/1943

Description: Includes: 1940: Auckland Racing Club. Programmes for season 1940-1941 (Programmes combined in one booklet) 1940: Woodville District Jockey Club. Summer meeting 1940, 7 and 9 December. Complimentary ticket (Yellow ticket) 1941: Auckland Racing Club. programmes for spring & mid-spring meetings 1941 (Programmes combined in one booklet) 1941: Foxton Racing Club. Winter meeting, Levin Racecourse, 24 May 1941. Lady's ticket (Yellow ticket) 1941: New Zealand sporting diary, October 1941 to July 1942. [Booklet] (2 copies one with spine tube that holds a pencil) 1941: Wellington Racing Club. Summer meeting, 16, 18 and 23 January 1941. [Combined] programme 1942: Auckland Racing Club. Winter meeting (Great Northern Steeplechase), 30 May & 6 June 1942. Programme 1942: Heliopolis Racing Club. [Heliopolis, Egypt]. Race card 15 February 1942. Part 2 Quantity: 9 items. Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying under 200 mm.

Date: ca 1920-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3740-04

Description: Photographs of Wellington, Petone and Auckland in particular, other unidentified scenes around New Zealand, as well as images of crowds at horse races, thermal areas, shipping and wharves, Bishops, unidentified groups and individual portraits, National Conference connected to radio industry, models of Wellington, fashion portraits, interior of ANZ Bank (Willis St branch), views of Bramac Clothing Manufacturers' plant in Petone, etc Arrangement: Large number of file prints from Free Lance Collection already in public files. Prints in this box cover negative range of 1/2-100770 to 1/2-100996, arranged in numerical order. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.

Date: 1962

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

Reference: B-137-474/496

Description: Cartoons commenting on social and political life in 1962 including the economy, sport and recreation. Quantity: 22 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, sizes vary

Date: 1965

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

Reference: B-133-352

Description: Two situations where no-one is satisfied - at the Hutt Park Raceway, a family is disappointed in the failure of a hot-air balloon. At Trentham Racecourse, punters are disappointed even though the balloon went up eight times, i.e. eight races started, and they didn't win. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 286 x 391 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1979-1983

By: Andrew, Alison Helen, 1919-2002; Brandon, Jocelyn A, active 2002

Reference: PA1-q-920

Description: Album of views in Southland, Wanaka, Castlepoint, Belmont, Wainui Bay, Wairoa, Kopanga, and Tokomaru bay taken in the 1970s-1980s by Alison Andrew. Many of the photographs were taken during visits to friends who feature in the images. Also recorded are their children, houses, farms, and especially their gardens. One goup are of gardeners at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden in the Wellington Botanic Garden mulching the roses with spent mushroom mould. Other events recorded are the Castlepoint races and weddings. Alison Andrew was the gardener at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden in the 1970s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-455-f-070-2

Description: A race on the Ruamahanga Plain, South Wairarapa. Flax bushes in the foreground, with many Maori specatators and Maori on horseback, racing. An engraving based on a watercolour by John Pearse, the original on the same album page, E-455-f-070-1 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 120 x 231 mm

Date: 1937 - 1940

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-022-015/018

Description: Includes a site plan, floor plans of the toilet block, and details of the new glazed partitions in the new lounge bar. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 560 x 760 mm.

Date: 1886

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-034-002-a

Description: Shows a series of humorous horse racing scenes. Shows also Sir William Fitzherbert, T G McCarthy, two unidentified women of the Pearce family, and a Mr Young Supplement to the Evening Press, Wellington, 4th December, 1886 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 508 x 381 mm

Date: 1886

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-034-002

Description: Shows a series of humorous horse racing scenes. Shows also Sir William Fitzherbert, T G McCarthy, two unidentified women of the Pearce family, and a Mr Young Supplement to the Evening Press, Wellington, 4th December, 1886 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 508 x 381 mm

Date: 1987

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Eph-B-HORSE-RACING-1987-01

Description: Booklet with magazine style articles about the history of the Cup, fashion on the field, some individual horses, the forming of the Trentham track. Contributing writers include Diana Dekker, Michael Muschamp, Bill Cox, Don Boddie, Jack Boyle, Mary Mountier, Des Coppins, Steve Richardson, Taylor Strong, Tony Hilton, David Burton, Charlotte Miller, Barry O'Reilly. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 112 pages, 274 x 210 mm.

Date: 1930

From: Various photographers :Prints from panorama negatives

Reference: PA6-311

Description: Arrangement: Original negative housed at P4 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 7-Oct-32

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-088615-G

Description: Photograph taken on 7 October 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 7-Oct-32

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-088612-G

Description: Photograph taken on 7 October 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative