Places

Date: [ca 1954]

From: Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-223-07-2

Description: Jimmy Donovan and his wife, Okarito. Photographed by Jim Henderson in about 1954. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 6 x 6 cm

Date: [1950s-1960s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091554-F

Description: Brooklands Bowl with the stage and lake in front photographed by Robert E Wells possibly taken February 1960. Caption - Brooklands Bowl - through foliage - for S Price [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches Processing information: Possible date of phtograph added 28 August 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: [2 May 1951]

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

Reference: 114/289/03-G

Description: An unidentified man with rocks from Wairakei geothermal area. Photograph taken 2 May 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/4554-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: January 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177056-F

Description: Group of men on a roadside looking in the direction of the on-comming traffic. A traffic officer has stepped out onto the road and is flagging down a car. Photograph taken in January 1956 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm

Date: [23 Sep 1950]

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

Reference: 114/199/18-G

Description: Four professional golfers walk up the fairway during a game at the Shandon Golf Course in Petone. Photograph taken circa 23 September 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: December 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177222-F

Description: Duke of Edinburgh in conversation with a man in the packing department, Gear Meat, Petone. Beyond them are a number of other people. Photograph taken in December 1956 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm

Date: 1958 - 1968

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Hydrographic Office; R E Owen (Firm); Ritchie, George Stephen, 1914-2012

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-1/7/74/Acc.54760

Description: Hydrographic chart NZ 56. New Zealand - North Island - Gable End Foreland to Cape Kidnappers - Surveyed by Captain C C Lowry, RN, & Commanders G S Ritchie, DSC, RN, & F W Hunt, MBE, RN - HMNZS 'Lachlan' 1953-57. Published by the Hydrographic Branch, Department of the Navy, Wellington, March 1958, under the superintendence of Commander F W Hunt, MBE, RN. Printed by R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, 1968. Gridded edition. Manuscript annotations include compass arcs and arrows in red, blue, green, and brown ink with topographical reference points annotated. Extensive notes and annotations in pencil. Also includes diagram showing "Distance to visible horizon". Letter (typescript with signature in blue ink) from R P Gough, Surveyor-General, to Chief Surveyor, Gisborne, dated 2 July 1969. On the subject of "Sighting of New Zealand - Captain Cook". The letter discusses the question "which was the first piece of land sighted by Captain Cook and his crew when they discovered New Zealand." The letter closes with the statement: "We conclude that Te Rimuomaru was most probably the piece of land first seen by Young Nick from the masthead." Inset shows horizontal views of land between Table Cape and Portland Island, and between Table Cape and Wairoa. Topographical relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper, with typescript letter attached at margin and extensive manuscript annotations, natural scale 1:200,000, 70 x 103 cm

Date: 1920 - 1959

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/16/223/Acc.54909

Description: Copy of part of a plan showing Kanieri Forks Power House location and surrounds, including labels: - Headworks of Old Power Plant, Pipe Line, Concrete By-Wash, Flume, Tailings, Coal Creek, Old Sluicing Claim, and others. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photostat copy of plan mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, 51 x 46.5 cm.

Date: 1920 - 1959

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/16/220/Acc.54906

Description: Copy of a blueprint plan of the Kanieri Electric Limited Number One Power System. Plan shows schema of tunnels, flumes and pipeline running from Lake Kaniere to the power plant. Also shown are the roads and waterways in the area. Kanieri Electric Limited purchased the Hydroelectric power scheme as part of Kaniere Power Limited for £20,000 in May 1920 and after many years of operation sold it to Westland Electric Power Board in 1959. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photostat negative facsimile copy mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, 30 x 52 cm

Date: 1920 - 1959

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/16/224/Acc.54910

Description: Copy of part of a plan of the hydroelectric power scheme on the Kanieri River. Shows McKay's Creek Power House, McKay's Creek, Kanieri River, Tailrace, Surge Tank, Spillway, By-Wash, and Concrete By-Wash. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Facsimile photostat copy on paper, mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, scale 200 feet to 1 inch, 53 x 43.5 cm

Date: 1920 - 1959

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/16/225/Acc.54911

Description: Copy of part of a plan of the hydroelectric power scheme on the Kanieri River. Shows Tunnel, Johnson's Flume, Lake Kanieri Water Race, Old Diversion Channel, Butcher's Creek, Old Tramway, Concrete By-Wash, Coal Creek, and Hackell's Mill. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Facsimile photostat copy on paper, mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, scale 200 feet to 1 inch, 51 x 46.5 cm

Date: 1956

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1956-01

Description: Programme for a play toured in New Zealand in 1956, is for the Christchurch season and contains advertising for Christchurch businesses. It also contains photographs and biographical notes about actors Peter Gray (Britain) and June Clyne (Australia), John Lee and Reg Dell; and Welsh actress Pat Ottey, and British born director Lionel Harris. Other Titles - Carroll Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 249 x 186 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs B Thom, in 1996.

Date: 1947-1952

From: Woods Family : Letters and journals of Samuel Edward Woods and other family papers

Reference: MSDL-1821

Description: Digitised journal which records typescript copies of correspondence from Edward Sydney Woods to his family during Woods' visit to New Zealand as the Bishop of Lichfield in 1947 and 1948. Also includes letter for 1952. The letters are addressed to Woods' family and children in England. Many of the letters begin "Beloved Kinders". Included at the beginning of the volume is an itinerary for Woods' visit which details locations visited in Australia and New Zealand as well as ports visited en route from England. The appendix includes copies of published letters sent to the Lichfield Diocesan magazine by Bishop Edward Lichfield. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Original journal has been digitised by the Library.

Date: 1946 - 1953

From: [Airline stickers and labels purchased. 1945-1970?]

By: Pan American World Airways Inc

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-Labels-04

Description: Oval gummed label shows a group of tourists and maori guides in the foreground admiring a playing geyser. In the background are pine forests and mountains. Dated from 1946-1953 when the company slogan was "the system of the flying clippers" (Information retrieved 30 May 2013, from Wikipedia entry for Pan American World Airways) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on horizontal oval label, 95 x 143 mm.

Date: 1955 - 1960

From: [Ephemera relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in Wairakei. 1893, and 1900s onwards ]

By: Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Wairakei-1950s-01

Description: Circular blue adhesive label shows an illustration of two geysers playing. The logo of the THC, a figure carrying a suitcase superimposed on a fern, is at the right. The Tourist Hotel Corporation operated 1955-1991. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on circular label.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, diameter 115 mm.

Date: 19 March 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-49616

Description: The Pukaki River and the Mackenzie Basin with Lake Pukaki and the Southern Alps in the background. Photograph taken 19 March 1959 by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13 x 10.5 cm

Date: 1949 - 1950

By: Paramount Press

Reference: Eph-C-MOTORCYCLE-SPORT-1949-01

Description: Poster shows an arrangement of text and an illustration of a motorcycle racer. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 382 x 254 mm.

Date: 1945 - 1955

By: Christchurch Press Company Ltd; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-SHIP-1950-04

Description: Shows a map of Great Britain above, and of New Zealand below, with a scroll between them showing the words "New Zealand Line" in red letters. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on sheet, 1010 x 757 mm. (mounted on linen)

Date: 1957

Reference: Eph-A-BUILDINGS-Napier-1957-01

Description: Programme booklet includes a coloured illustration of the war memorial building and adjacent floral clock in a garden setting. Participants in the ceremony included mayor Mr P Tait, RSA president Mr W H Shearer, Jaycee president Mr R L Cook, the Rt Hon Walter Nash, Minister of Internal Affairs the Hon S W Smith; Mr T W Hercock, and the Rev H C Matthews, president of the National Council of Churches Napier. A roll of honour appears in the last two pages. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, 180 x 245 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ross Harland, in 2011.