Places

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-007047-G

Description: Geyser in the grounds of the Spa Hotel, Taupo, photographed ca 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Dated from other negatives in sequence. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: Alington, William Hildebrand, 1929- :[Architectural plans. 1950-1990s]

Reference: A-403-002

Description: Shows a perspective drawing of a collection of buildings seen from above. Original file numbering was: 004.06.02.004 Quantity: 1 plan(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photocopy, 211 x 297 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1524 - To Photographic Archive - Photographs and slides.

Date: 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-226

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance in 1949-1950. Sculptures exhibited at Royal Society of British Artists Winter Exhibition; block of flats in Finchley Road, London used as secret headquarters of the Rear-Admiral of the Coastal Forces; Peter Scott, painter of wild birds and director of Severn Wild Fowl Trust, England; Faberge ornaments made for Russian royal family on display in London; Anderson family shearing-gang, Rangitoto district near Te Kuiti; goat herd belonging to A Miller of Riccarton (reputed to be only goats in NZ milked by machine). Rev B O Plumb of St Mark's, Opawa, Christchurch; Mr & Mrs E V Gaw who built their own house at Spencer Park; Ted Scott (journalist & boxer) with his mother and sister Mrs A Francis; L M S Bruce (formerly headmaster of the Cathedral and John Connon School for Boys, Bombay) on arrival in NZ with his wife; John Barnicoat of Wellington on return from trip to Tibet; Lyndhurst School; aftermath of fire which destroyed the Lake Hotel, Taupo on 29 Dec 1949; Waitotara Valley where Oswald Palmer crashed his Tiger Moth. Official function for Hon E B Corbett, Minister of Native Affairs, at Puniho Pa; Gower Wingfield of Kaeo, Northland and wife and daughter Myra on his return from Cook Islands where he was formerly the official dentist; Royal Artilleryman Major N W Routledge with his wife (formerly Miss P Grigg) and two children on arrival in Wellington to take up an appointment with NZ Army; Rev A P Stanley at St Columba's Church, Point Howard; old kerosene lamp post in garden of E J Thompson, Arrowtown. Mr & Mrs John Ellis and family on arrival in NZ; wedding group (Mr & Mrs Claude Flemming); Judge J S Blake-Reed; Sam & Ron Sinclair (Sanders Cup veterans); Peter Wilkinson of City of Christchurch Pipe Band; 1887 Te Aute scholars (T W Wills, Toito Poata, P H McDonald); William Williams; Samuel Williams; Harry G Wright of Central Otago (aged 90); girls who attended the Junior Red Cross camp held at Wellington; custom made car built by W Hulme Kerr; RNZAF training centre at Tairei air station near Dunedin; group photo of officers of No 1 Elementary Flying Training School, Taieri aerodrome, Mosgiel. Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: Jan-Feb 1870

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694A

Description: Contains letters from Maori with regard to the pursuit of Te Kooti, and efforts to establish peace between Government forces and Te Kooti; there are also some letters that deal with land issues and other administrative details. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available on microfilm. See MS-Copy-Micro-0535-102.

Date: [1960s-1970s]

From: Nicholls, Trevor, 1929- :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-7487

Description: Colour slides of various parts of New Zealand, taken 1950s-1970s by Trevor Nicholls. Includes: 1-2. Kiwis, Taradale, 1960s, 3. Atiamuri, Morris 1000, 4. Cutting de Bretts to ? Range, Morris 1100, 1964, 5-6. Taupo Lake front, 7-8. Rogue Gore Road to Kinloch (Poihipi), 1970s, 9-10. Wairakei 1950s, 11. Taupo houses 1950s, 12. Topdressing, Linden 1950s, 13. Looking over Wahi Village, Taupo 1970s, 14-15. Ruapehu 1970s, 16. Ngauruhoe 1950s, 17-18. Aratiatia 1950s, 19. Huka Falls 1960s, 20. From Moult's, Paraparaumu 1950s, 21. Mudpool, 22. Bully Pt, Taupo, 23 Orakei korake? helicopter 1960s-1970s, 24. Cenotaph. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1925-2005

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: PAColl-8991

Description: Photographs relating to Anders Hansen. These include a trip to the Auckland Islands on the Government steamer,`Hinemoa' in 1925. Mrs Hamiora's house in Taupo photographed in 1974. Maori artifacts collected by Anders Hansen's family when he was lighthouse keeper at Little Papanui Inlet from 1916 to 1919. In 2005 the Maori artifacts were sold to the Otago Museum where they now form the Anders/Tiller Collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-231014-F to 1/2-231020-F. 35mm-84439 to 35mm-84441. 1/4-114246-F. Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). 3 colour original negative(s) strips with 8 images. 3 colour original photographic print(s). 1 colour original negative(s).

Date: 1935

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038903-G

Description: The Presbyterian mission printing press "Te Waka Karaitiana Press" at Taupo. An issue of their magazine "Te Waka Karaitiana" is standing on the press, with a bundle of completed issues. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1935. An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 7 (PA1-o-194) For another view of the printing press see 1/4-038911. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1930 - 1955

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

Reference: Plans-2002-058-053-127

Description: Shows the existing floor plan of a private two-bedroom house that was to be turned into bank premises; three different suggested schemes are shown. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 490 x 700 mm.

Date: [1900-1910]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-013

Description: Views around the Taupo Tongariro area, including Mounts Ngaruahoe and Tongariro, Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, Lake Taupo and Wairakei. There is one image of the Maori interior of Tom Ryan's whare, one of the Terraces Hotel at Lake Taupo, and others of various buildings at the Spa Hotel (Taupo), including the interior of the dining room. This building was the meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu, purchased by John Joshua (proprietor of the Spa Hotel) for use as a smoking room and dining room for the hotel guests. Several images show unidentified Maori women in posed groups, or working with flax, and in one case a woman using a treadle sewing machine. An unidentified man is seen, in several images, fishing at pools below the Aratiatia Rapids. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers around the turn of the 19th-20th century. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7814

Description: Transparency slides of Wairakei Power Station, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, Napier and Gisborne, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: n d

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-054

Description: Contains a draft copy of the book which has biographies, regional, iwi and hapu histories of people and places mostly in the Tainui - Waikato region; also contains many genre Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 1995 - 2007

Reference: Eph-A-MODELS-1990s-01

Description: Pamphlet promoting a model village built by model maker Helen Pratt. It recreates an early 20th century town. The pamphlet includes several photographs of the buildings of the town. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, folded to 210 x 100 mm.

Date: 1904

From: Ephemera relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in Taupo and the surrounding area

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Taupo-1904-01

Description: Postcard shows a two photographs of the Spa, one of each side of the postcard. One side shows an exterior view of the Spa buildings, and one an interior view of the dining room. The address and message are handwritten, to Miss Baker, Napier Terrace, Napier. The message is: "Dear Miss Baker, Just a line leaving here tomorrow. Weather fair. Good time. Will drop another card later. Yours truly, M O O'Connor[?]" Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 91 x 137 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the Complete Stamp Company, Auckland, in 2013.

Date: 1965-1969

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8001

Description: De Brett's hot baths, Taupo, 1969. Landscaped foreshore, Lake Taupo. Neo gothic wooden church, Hastings, 1965. Roman Catholic Church, Hastings, 1965. Manawatu farmland, 1969. Farm sheds near Bulls, 1969. School Buildings, Tauranga. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1903 - 1923

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

Reference: MapColl-832.1898gbbd/1912/Acc.10039

Description: Drawn on a published map, the annotations depict owner information, property price and other notes on sections for sale off the Napier-Taupo Rd, Tauhara Rd, offered by auction by CB Hoadley & Son on behalf of Henry T. Hilll. Also depicts the two new roads (unnamed) that provide access to the new sections. Names include Harvey, HM Wilson, M Andrews, WJ Geddis, JP Ross, S Wood, G Stubbs, Mrs Hill, EB Williams, Mr J Morgan, Daisy (sold to Mr Mossman Nov 29), Wynnie, Mary, Harry, Cis, Bromley, Barbara, D Moore, W Findlay, JR Kessell, Joan, Tui, HR Gifford, J Stevenson, J Finley, H Hill, Ian Logan, E Williams, E Fraser, J Baillie, A Rover, Church site, Church parsonage, Daisy Bromley, Dr Moore, Seddon, Alexander, AMM Grieg. On reverse: 'Mr Hall: Please return to H Hill, 11 Elizabeth Rd, Bluff Hill, Napier. It is my only copy. 17.VII/[19] 23. On reverse: HH Taupo extention 1912 in red crayon. Also several pencil annotations. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil on lithograph, linen backed, 44 x 56 cm.

Date: 1895

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.

Reference: E-379-034

Description: A scene around Lake Taupo showing mountains in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Taupo Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 225 mm (page size)

Date: 1880-1886

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: MSY-3469

Description: Letters written by John Grace mostly concerning Tauhara land block in Taupo. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms (Carbon copies)

Date: 1969-1973

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA12-8769

Description: Include - Geyser at Rotorua. Pohutukawa in flower. Thermal bore, Wairakei. Waterfall, Bay of Islands. Views of Mounts Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. Dairy cattle on the Matamata plains. Manawatu Gorge. Lake Waikaremoana. Rural site, Flaxmere, Hastings. Views of a house at Taupo. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1890-2019

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Taupo-1890/2019

Description: Includes ephemera for accommodation, hotels and motels in Taupo. Includes Spa Hotel, Huka Lodge, Camellia Court Motel, Berkenhoff Lodge & Backpackers. Dated from the period 1890 to 2019. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 31 pieces of ephemera. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1858

Reference: MapColl-832.17at/1858/Acc.644

Description: Sketch map of the river Mokau depicting several placenames along the length of the river such as Rotopotaka and Tapumaori; also indicates caves. Note reference reads 'Green - forest, red - paths'; however colours indistinguishable on these copies. Map joined with glue in middle. Similar but not identical with copy of ms map (MapColl-832.17at/1858/Acc.643). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 12 x 36 cm.