Places

Date: 1862

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-084

Description: Shows glaciers and mountains in a double page spread. Other Titles - Neumann Range Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 150 x 390 mm.

Date: 1933

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-10091-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1959 - 1960

From: Frieboe, Conrad, d 1989 :[Original drawings for "Explorers of New Zealand", by A H Reed, 1960. ca 1959-1960]

Reference: A-406-009

Description: Shows Bishop Selwyn walking across the Raukokore River in the rain, while his two Maori guides look on from the top right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 381 x 240 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-139

Description: Cross sectional/panoramic view of the land formations between Coleridge Pass Hill (on the left) to River Selwyn (on the far left). Named features: Coleridge Pass Hill, Lake Lyndon, Big Ben Basin, sources of western Ko... branch, Big Ben, sources of River Selwyn. Includes compass bearings and text below the drawing. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 105 x 260 mm

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-007

Description: Shows a view of the group of wooden buildings making up the first Auckland buildings of St John's College. Shows a two-storeyed building in the right foreground, with several figures sitting and standing in front of it, a row of four houses nearby and further houses at the far left, with fences linking the buildings over the cleared land. At the river is a stream, probably Purewa Creek and to the west, hilltops including Mt Wellington and a higher flat plateau in the distance (possibly Mount Hobson). See also a sketch of the same subject, from the same vantage point, by Thomas Biddulph Hutton, at Auckland Art Gallery, accession number 1939/17/1. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 148 x 222 mm.

Date: between 1950 and 1959

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: McMillan, Ronald James, 1915-2000

Reference: PAColl-0811-02-18

Description: Exterior view of Selwyn Motors Ltd, tractor department in King Street, Palmerston North (architect: R J McMillan), designed and constructed in the 1950s. Photograph taken in the 1950s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 145 x 96 mm

Date: [ca 1860]

From: Urquhart album

By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878

Reference: PA1-q-250-17

Description: Beach front scene at Kohimarama, Auckland, circa 1860, with Bishop Selwyn's Melanesian Mission station. Two waka, and a group of whare, are visible in the foreground. Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie. Image, and information regarding it, in "Auckland through a Victorian Lens" by William Main, 1977, page 27. Inscriptions: Album page - Kohimarama near Auckland NZ Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 16.5 x 21.3 cm, mounted on card Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.

Date: Aug 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-51279

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: Aug 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-51278

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Brown, Denzil James (Rev), 1925- :Photographs

Reference: PA11-267-5

Description: Boy in a boat. He may be Sewyn Ibbetson or Child Scaife. Photographed by George Ibbetson in about 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w lantern slide(s).

Date: 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-181-q-051

Description: A scene in Parnell showing St Stephens, a Bishop Selwyn Church Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-006

Description: Shows a view from inside a fence with a cart or plough on the near side of it, looking west northwest from the position of the Purewa Cemetery towards the Orakei Peninsula, the Orakei Basin and in the distance the hill of Parnell with a church (St Pauls' with the spire completed) on top of it. There are two small sailing ships (Selwyn's 'Flying Fish' and 'Marian' and a yacht off the Orakei point, and a group of huts ("Okahu N. Village") at the far right above the stream that flows into the Basin. St Paul's Church was built in 1843 but did not acquire the spire seen in this picture until a year or two later. Selwyn arrived in Auckland in 1843. Other Titles - Church; North Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 146 x 214 mm.

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-008

Description: Shows a view from the water of a small stretch of beach on which three canoes are drawn up. A group of Maori inhabitants stand on the shore, and further inland is a group of houses and a higher building which may be a storehouse, with a separate house surrounded by a verandah on a slight rise at the far left. On the shore in the far right foreground is a tree with red blossoms, possibly a pohutukawa. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 147 x 213 mm.

Date: 1918

From: Various artists :[Curios, badges, medals and awards from the Porritt papers]

Reference: Curios-040-041

Description: Cap to be worn by students at Selwyn College, Dunedin. The retailer's label, J Ballantyne & Co., is stitched inside at the crown, and the name of the owner A E Porritt is written in ink on the label. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Circular black fabric cap of eight panels, circumference 600 mm, with grey central tassel 150 mm long, and embroidered monogram

Date: 1983

By: Cochran, Christopher, 1945-; Andris Berzins and Associates (Firm); New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: PAColl-0587

Description: Two photographs of St Luke's Anglican Church in Greytown in 1951 (since burnt down). Photographs and 35mm negatives of Bishop Selwyn's tomb in Lichfield Cathedral. The ones of the tomb include the tiling surrounding it which depict New Zealand scenes. These were taken by Andris Berzins & Associates, chartered architects for their client the New Zealand Ministry of Works. Also included are two booklets, one black and white and one colour, about Lichfield Cathedral, and a schedule of the photographs with a map of their locations drawn up by Andris Berzins and Associates. Quantity: 19 colour lantern slide(s). 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 b&w original negative(s). Provenance: The photographs of Bishop Selwyn's tomb were taken by Andris Berzins and Associates for the Ministry of Works. The depositor, Chris Cochran, used to work for the Ministry which indicates how came to have the photographs.

Date: 1979

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1979-03

Description: Front of poster shows an arrangement of text in red and white, in English and Maori, on a black background. The verso lists the paintings and gives a short history of Parihaka. Other Titles - Timata atu ite 10 onga Ra o Pepuere kite 7 o nga Ra o Maehe 1979. Ka whaka kitea nga Taonga Peita Whakaahua a Selwyn Muru kite Dowse Art Gallery Lower Hutt. I tirohia e Muru te maunga nei a Taranaki me nga Ahuatanga i raro i tona Marumaru i te wa nga Poropiti; ia Te Whiti raua ko tohu Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 555 x 355 mm.

Date: 1994

From: Bromhead, Peter (1933- ) :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 19 May 1994 to 11 October 1994.

Reference: H-234-008

Description: Shows a bed without a mattress. A man wearing a top hat (The Govt.) is stretched out between the bedhead (New Zealand) and the foot of the bed (By-election). Refers to the Selwyn by-election. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1890 - 1910

By: Jessett, George F, active 1900s?

Reference: A-247-039

Description: A narrow wooden bridge on tall piles over a swift braided river, probably near Bealey. A house is visible beneath trees on the opposite bank Supplied title Originally mounted on sheet with A-247-039/40-48 Inscriptions: Mount verso - Descriptive notes, signed: Geo. F Jessett Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 80 x 150 mm

Date: 1994

From: Bromhead, Peter (1933- ) :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 19 May 1994 to 11 October 1994.

Reference: H-234-006

Description: The first scene shows a head on a plate which is being held out by a hand (Govt.) as a `gift to the nation'. The next scene shows another head, with a hole in it, on a plate (By-election) held out by an arm (Ruth) and represents a `gift to the Govt'. Refers to Ruth Richardson's resignation which resulted in the Selwyn by-election. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000882-F

Description: Men sharpening shearers' blades on a grindstone at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury Region, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in 1944. Alan Rose stands on the right. Caption - written by John Pascoe: "In the back country, that is in the mountainous or inaccessible parts of New Zealand shearing is still done by hand with 'the blade', though most North Island or low country stations use machines. Blades are sharpened by grindstone, later a fine oilstone." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).