Places

Date: [ca 1910-1950s]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MSO-Papers-0261-10/18B

Description: Contents: 1942 annotated wall calendar; map showing place-names and occupation sites of Eastern Palliser Bay; diagrams of Maori artifacts found in Lake Horowhenua and from shore near Te Hou Pa; sketch of N-W part of Lake Horowhenua showing position of Mangaroa Pa etc; artifacts from Mangaroa Pa mound and adjacent swamps; sketch plan of former Kirikiri Kainga; map of North Island showing sites giving archeological evidence of the progressive migration of the ancient Wiataha from northern most New Zealand to Cook Strait; sketch of triangular adze from Titahi Bay, Porirua; map showing tribal and hapu areas of Horowhenua; map of Lake Horowhenua and environs showing Maori place names and sites; plan of Pipiriki Pa, Lake Horowhenua; sketch plan of Waipata Island Pa, Lake Horowhenua; map of Mangaroa Pa mound and environs; plan etc of Kikopiri whare-whakairo at Muhurioa West, near Ohau; Lake Papaitonga, Otaki showing place-names and sites; diagrams of Moawhango skull; tracing of Rimutaka Range and S-W hill system & Tararua Range showing major features and tramping data; maps, diagrams and plans of Hawkes Bay and Manawatu Gorge; diagrams, plans, sections of various Wellington and Wairarapa fault lines; map of lower course of Waianakaura River, N-E Otago; various geological maps of Tararua Ranges (including panorama from Te Paki, near Shannon); printed map showing survey districts of Otago Land District, and of Southland Land District; plan of subdivision of Te Rauawa Station at Ohau, 1920; sale notice for Kawiu Estate, Levin, Oct 1919 (owned by Lindsay McDonald; plan of Heatherlea Estate for auction sale, Sep 1918 (estate of late J R McDonald of Levin); map of New Zealand showing railways open for traffic, 1902; map showing Napier Harbour Board proposed inner harbour extension and reclamation areas, 1919; several maps showing physical configuration of Horowhenua in past times, 1910

Date: 1896 - 1906

From: Shaw, V, G [Mrs] :[Scenes of Napier] / V G Shaw. - 1896, 1906.

Reference: A-176-032

Description: Looking south towards Bluff Hill, Napier, with the railway line, with a small side line passing under a large structure. Three buildings are close to the water in the background, Bluff Hill is on the left and there are two small rail carts or jiggers beside the line in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper glued to card, 120 x 170 mm (oval)

Date: 1909

By: Napier Harbour Board

Reference: MS-Papers-2946

Description: Includes report (author unknown) prepared for the Napier Harbour Board on the question; most of correspondence in the form of clippings from the `Hawke's Bay Herald' Other Titles - Hawkes Bay Herald (Newspaper) Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter

Date: 1929-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-768

Description: Damage to buildings, roads, rivers and landscapes resulting from the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Between 1890 and 1910?]

By: Laing, David Smith, -1916

Reference: PA1-q-139

Description: Photograph album compiled by David S Laing. Comprises views of Hawke's Bay, particularly Lake Waikaremoana. The first part of the album contains published plan and photographs of the Suez Canal. It includes scenes of shipping at Port Said and on the canal, the pyramids, the Great Sphinx, an oasis, with life at the various localities. There is one photograph of Edinburgh, looking across at the old town from Princes Street, with a line of horses and carriages in the foreground. The latter part of the album contains scenes in New Zealand, many showing Lake Waikaremoana with various locations, including Te Kauanga-o-Manaia (Straits of Manaia), and Te Ana-o-Tikitiki cave. The other main area shown is Napier, the city, the wharves, and two churches. A large group of photographs are groups of people; family groups; groups with tennis rackets; groups with bowls; and a few scenes show a man in military uniform. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, with name Laing lettered in gold on spine; 37 x 30 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs R J Laing, Lower Hutt, date unknown

Date: [ca 1974]

By: Kelly Tarlton's Museum of Shipwrecks; Tarlton, Kelvin Ewart, 1937-1985

Reference: PAColl-0412

Description: Five photographs of anchors from the St Jean Baptiste, which had been commanded by Jean de Surville, and which sank in Doubtless Bay in 1769. Two anchors were found by Kelly Tarlton in 1974. These photographs show the first anchor (and the second?). Also a photograph of the former cray boat the Miss Akaroa, probably at Napier. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-068692 and 116413 Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-211

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1946-1965

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-18

Description: Includes published reports; Offshore loading systems, Wave motion of small moored boats, a New Zealand Port Information manual, the Royal Commission report into Auckland harbour and report on salt production in New Zealand Other - original file - NZCS ARC AG01 S02A T01-4 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1923

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-018

Description: Shows a view from a domestic garden, with border plants along a wooden fence. Beyond can be seen thick bush, with a view to the harbour between the trees, and the Kaweka Ranges in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 128 x 180 mm

Date: 1908-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PAColl-7502-3

Description: Hawke's Bay earthquake, mostly damage to Napier port. West Coast bridges taken during assesment of damage after the Murchison earthquake View of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction, and the Grafton Bridge, Auckland under construction in 1908 View of the Tuakau Bridge over the Waikato River Arapuni falls and Aratiatia Rapids, liners entering Pago Pago Harbour American Samoa, and a view of the weastern part of Wellington Harbour including the lower Hutt Valley, and the Tararua Ranges in the background Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950-1955

By: Farquhar, Ian James, 1931-; Millan, A M, active 1957; Freeman, J Y, active 1950; World Ship Society New Zealand Branch

Reference: PAColl-4418

Description: Around 50 prints of ships in various ports many with details of ship ownership etc. The names of the ships are: City of Edinburgh, City of Poona, Trevanion, Amerskerk, Nordvard, Salamana, Cragmoor, Flowergate, Daghestan, Aros, Flinders Mathew, Phillippine Merchant, Rhexenor, Samoa, Delungra, Richmond Castle, West Hill, Tweedbank, Duchess of Sparta, Kurdistan, Sylvania, Caltex Lisbon, Caltex Liverpool, Stanvac Singapore, Elona, Heather, Donacilla, Tremayne, Treloske, Trelissick, City of Eastbourne, Trelawny, Tregothnan, Tregenna, Trelevan, Caltex Kenya, Derrycumnihy, Delungra, Narica, Australind, Nankin, Tielbank, and Daghild. Photographer unidentified in most cases although some of the images were taken by World Ship Society New Zealand Branch, I J Farquhar and A M Millan. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018492 to 018496 and 1/4-018533 to 018558 and 1/2-159209, 1/2-159216 to 159217, 1/2-159229 and 1/2-159223 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Hawley & Company

Reference: PA1-q-251

Description: Album of photographs taken by James Valentine & Sons, circa 1880s-1900s. Most of the images have a caption printed into the photograph, and many also have a hand-written caption beneath. At some point many of the photographs have been removed from their slots, and others have been placed in the wrong slot so that the subject and caption on the photograph does not match with the caption below. Places are listed above. There are five photographs of Maori, three of women, two of chiefs. The names given are difficult to identify, having complicated spelling, and the captions on photographs have faded in some cases. They include "Maori wahine Ngareti"; "Maori chief Hoera Watene"; "Maori chiefs Panapa Tenihotiti and Topopoki" and "Maori wahine Huihana?". One photograph, of Atiamuri, has the name "Hawley" as photographer. Other Titles - "Valentine & Sons. Photographs" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with greenish cover, entitled "Valentine & Sons. Photographs" in gold lettering; 39 x 31 cm

Date: 1896 - 1908

From: Shaw, V, G [Mrs] :[Scenes of Napier] / V G Shaw. - 1896, 1906.

Reference: A-176-029

Description: Rocks in the foreground, a red building at the foot of a bushy hill, probably Bluff Hill, a wharf with wharf buildings Mounted Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper glued to card, 170 x 120 mm (oval)

Date: [ca 1909-1955]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-097

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: Wharf at Opua, Bay of Islands; wharf at Helensville; Niagara and Zealandic moored at Queens Wharf; Rangatira; SS Pakeha (recently launched); steamer Matatua; Waimana. Also: Themistocles and Euripides, both recently taken over by Shaw, Savill & Albion for NZ-England service; immigrants disembarking from Mahana at Wellington, Jul 1920; port at Napier and Westport; eastern entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound. 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. Physical Description: Photochemical prints and silver gelatin print

Date: 1939 - 1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Bremford, S A, active 1934-1948; Crago, Eric William, 1904-1992; Tesla Studios

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-038

Description: Photographs of the Dunedin Technical College fiftieth jubilee in 1939 and New Zealand Centennial celebrations, 1939 to 1940, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Photographers include S A Bremford, Eric W. Crago and Tesla Studios. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 2-5 Feb 1931

Reference: MS-Papers-3359

Description: Extracts from wireless messages exchanged between ships Taranaki, Northumberland and Veronica, and coast stations during the Napier earthquake. Port Ahuriri, Napier, 2-5 Feb 1931 The Taranaki, Northumberland and Veronica were berthed at Port Ahuriri during the earthquake. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: ca 1910

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046663-G

Description: Two men talk on the edge of a wharf. Beyond them, lined up along another wharf, are eight or nine fishing boats, many with their nets hanging from the masts. Beyond them can be seen wharf buildings. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in about 1910 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: Jan 1953

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-039750-F

Description: Napier, January 1953. Shows industrial area and the inner harbour. Dalgety's wool store is in the left foreground. Oil tanks are on the right. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by W Walker. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 1926

By: Evans, Lewis, 1878-1941

Reference: B-182-011

Description: Shows a view from a point on a rocky shore, across a strech of water towards the buildings and wharf at Port Ahuriri. At the left, there is a seawall along the shore, and single storey buildings towards the wharf. A steamer proceeds towards the shore, and several gulls fly over the water in the foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - L. Evans 1926; Mat recto - bottom centre - [Title]; Backing board recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 280 x 374 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2011.