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[Creator unknown] :[Map of air and sea patrols to the Chatham Islands searching for Ger...
Date: 1940
From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers
By: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965
Reference: MapColl-830gmo/1940/Acc.49790
Description: Map showing patrols undertaken to search for the German raiders that had sunk the Holmwood en route from the Chatham Islands to Christchurch on 29th November 1940, and the Rangitane 300 miles east of East Cape on the 27th November. The minesweeper Muritai sailed from Wellington on 29th November and returned on 2nd December. The flying boat Awarua made two flights from Auckland on the 29th and 30th November. Two land based aircraft from Christchurch flew a parallel track search 120 miles to the east of Lyttelton. Additional information from: The Royal New Zealand Navy by S.D. Waters, p. 140-141. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1956. Available online at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy.html Signed by a Lieutenant, RNZNR Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 36 x 79 cm.
Lyttelton ferry 'Wahine' and the Eastbourne ferry 'Muritai' berthed at wharf, Wellingto...
Date: ca 1930
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047365-G
Description: Wide view showing people walking past ships berthed at Wellington wharves, Left of frame is Union Steamship Company triple screw steamer 'Wahine' (left) beside the passenger shed for the Wellington to Lyttelton inter-island ferry service. On the right of frame is the Eastbourne Borough Council owned ferry 'Muritai' berthed beside the Eastbourne Ferry Terminal building. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith ca 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Title updated following information from a researcher, January 2024.
Days Bay, Lower Hutt
Date: 1930
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-048207-G
Description: View of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, looking from Williams Park toward Wellington Harbour, 1930. Automobiles are parked along the edge of the road and the ferry `Muritai' is docked at the pier. Photograph taken by S C Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Overlooking Days Bay, Lower Hutt
Date: ca 1935
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-7171-28
Description: Overlooking Days Bay, Lower Hutt, circa 1935. Shows the ferry 'Muritai' docked at the wharf. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.8 x 16.2 cm
Ships and shipping
Date: [ca 1900-1955]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-099
Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, many made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1900s-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Pen & ink drawing of S S Indralema; Port Napier at Wellington; Port Hobart; Marere (later sunk by a submarine); James Cook loaded with timber for Australia at Tauranga; Matthew Flinders at Greymouth; Oronsay on fire; several interior views of an Orient-Pacific liner. Also: Austral; schooner Huia berthed; auxillary scow Kahu; Matai; Pahau (former minesweeper); coaster Koutunui; Wakakura (former minesweeper); Southern Cross (Melanesian Mission ship), 1949; Wellington Harbour ferry Muritai; Wellington Star on maiden voyage from England. Also: Melbourne Star; Palana berthed at Auckland; Fernmoor; cargo being discharged at Mechanics Bay, Auckland; Orsova; Orontes; Oronsay; Ormonda at Aotea Quay; S S Hinemoa (NZ Government lighthouse tender); Wellington Harbour Board pilot boat Uta; Wellington Harbour ferry Cobar, Apr 1951 Includes various photographs of overseas ships (names not added to Name field) Quantity: 28 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints; 1 album leaf with black & white original photographic prints; 1 ink drawing. Physical Description: Photochemical prints, and silver gelatin print
People on the beach at Days Bay, Lower Hutt
Date: 1930
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-048206-G
Description: People on the beach at Days Bay, Lower Hutt, in 1930. Includes a man in a bathing costume, women with parasols and sun hats and a baby in a pram in the foreground. The ferry `Muritai' is docked at the Days Bay Wharf in the background. Appears to have been taken on the same day as 1/2-048207. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Mercer album 3
Date: [1900s-1910s?]
From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations
Reference: PA1-o-340
Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Wellington Regions, by an unidentified photographer. The South Island images include Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Arrowtown, Paradise, Diamond Lake, Balclutha, the Clutha and Catlins Rivers, and scenes in Dunedin including the Botanical Gardens. A large number show the Shotover River and details relating to gold mining, including a miner's stone whare on the bank of the river and two views showing the waters of the Shotover escaping from a tunnel driven for mining purposes to allow the river to be diverted from its natural course. The North Island views are all in the Wellington region, particularly views of the harbour with its various shipping activities, with many ships named. The latter part of the album consists of about 13-17 small photographs attached to each of 6 pages, many of family and friends, identified only by Christian name. The house at No. 3 Aorangi Terrace is shown (lived in by Ernest Somerville, importer, in 1905-1906; and by George Jefferson Belt, tally clerk, in 1909), and a house in Hawkestone Street. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with charcoal grey cover, black corners and spine; 24.5 x 31.5 cm
The ferry Muritai at Days Bay, Lower Hutt
Date: ca 1940s
From: Feisst, A fl 1977 :Negatives and photographs, mostly of Lower Hutt and Wellington
Reference: 1/4-027685-F
Description: The ferry "Muritai" at Days Bay, Lower Hutt, circa 1940s. Looks from the beach towards the wharf, giving a broadside view of the ferry alongside. Two people walk dogs on the beach. Photograph taken by A Feisst. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative