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"Views in New Zealand" vol 2 - Photographs taken by Herbert Deveril

Date: 1873-1876

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-f-174

Description: Photographs, mainly of Auckland, but including some good views of Tauranga and one of Oamaru, taken between 1873 and 1876 by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Also includes major bridges in Canturbury and Otago, government buildings and one native school. Deveril came to New Zealand in 1873. These photographs were displayed at the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition in 1876. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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[Tauranga County Council] :Map of Tauranga and Mount Maunganui [copy of ms map]. [197-?]

Date: 1970 - 1979

By: Tauranga County (N.Z.). County Council

Reference: MapColl-832.1698fbo/[197-?]/Acc.29609

Description: Drawn on a base map, depicts proposed addition to Tauranga City within the existing city boundary. Addition includes Maheka point, Waikare Marae, Whakahinga Marae, Matapihi School and station, Ratana, two Maori burial grounds (urupa), a New Zealand Electricity Department substation, and part of the Paeroa Taneatua railway line. Base map: NZMS 17 : Tauranga & Mount Manganui ([s.l], [s.n], [s.d]). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale 1:17,500, 78 x 79 cm.

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Kiwi Colour commercial slides of the Bay of Plenty Region

Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

By: A H & A W Reed (Firm); Kiwi Colour Slides; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Ward, Cyril George Ramsay, 1913-1995

Reference: PA12-10635

Description: Set of scenic slides titled 'Bay of Plenty' published by A H & A W Reed, circa 1960s-1980s, and collected by Muriel Edwards. Photographed by National Publicity Studios and Cyril George Ramsay Ward. Images are of the following: Whakatane township and beach, Mataatua Canoe Memorial, Ohope Beach, Mount Manganui, Ocean Beach, Tauranga, Rob Roy Hotel in Waihi, and bowls being played in Te Aroha. Slides accompanied by published leaflet 'Kiwi Commentary' describing each image. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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East Coast, Tauranga and Coromandel

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

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

Reference: PA12-7816

Description: Transparency slides of East Coast, Tauranga and Coromandel, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

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Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Date: [ca 1860s-1880s, ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9453-6

Description: Scenic photographs taken for New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s).

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New Zealand towns and places

Date: [1945-1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-157

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1945 and 1949. Series of photographs of Northland towns and places: Whangarei Heads from Parua Bay; Whangarei Heads showing Mt Manaia, Lion Rock & Bream Head with McLeod Bay (on left); Urquharts Bay with Taurikura Bay (on left); baches at Taurikura Bay; Waiwera township & bridge with estuary in foreground); main street of Wellsford; rock formations near Mangonui; Victoria Street, Dargaville (Tonkins on left); main street of Kaikohe (Kings Building on right); main street of Ohaeawai (cash store and drapery on left); Paihia from off-shore; Awanui; Pakanae Valley; Cooper's Beach - Photographer A W Powell. Also: Rotorua Post Office & Municipal Buildings, July 1945; Christmas traffic at corner of Manchester and High Streets, Christchurch, 1949; Queenstown; trout fishing at Dreadnought Pool, upper Waikato River; Matamata showing Bank of Australia and shops, Jan 1946; Kaikoura coast near Parnassus, 1946; Hagley Park in autumn; main street of Tauranga, Dec 1946; Kennedy Park, Hastings; Oriental Bay with people enjoying the beach, Summer 1946/47 Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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[Tauranga County Council]: Map of Tauranga and Mount Maunganui [copy of ms map]. [197-?]

Date: 1970 - 1979

By: Tauranga County (N.Z.). County Council

Reference: MapColl-832.16951fbo/[197-?]/Acc.29374

Description: Drawn on a base map, depicts proposed addition to Mount Maunganui Borough within the existing city boundary. Addition includes Bay Park Raceway, Papamoa Beach Rd, Logan Rd, Evans Rd, Range Rd, Rewiti Lane, Maungatawa Lane, Paeroa Taneatua Railway, Te Maunga Station, the quarry and rubbish dump. Base map: NZMS 17 : Tauranga & Mount Manganui ([s.l], [s.n], [s.d]). Other Titles - Mt Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale 1:17,500, 83 x 83 cm.

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Hilda Valentine's photograph album

Date: 1917-1927

From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Reference: PA1-o-1590

Description: Throughout the album are many photographs of family, friends, children babies and weddings, some of which are identified by name. The two main places depicted are Christchurch and New Plymouth. Groups on Mount Taranaki/Egmont and views on and arround the mountain also crop up throughout the album. Young women at Canterbury University College, particularly groups associated with Helen Connon Hall. A group of women in the Canterbury Teachers' Training College basketball team. Some photographs of people playing tennis. Touring and camping trips to places like Stoney Creek (near Balclutha?) and the Awakino Valley. Other places represented are Rotorua where a holiday was taken in 1924. Tauranga, its waterfront, and yachting in the harbour. Some views of Wellington. At one point in the album groups of photographs appear that indicate a trip overseas taken in 1926. These include - Elephant and keepers, probably Sri Lanka. Landscape views, India. The Taj Mahal. England which includes photographs of the historian Angus John Harrop and his sister among the colleges of Cambridge University. Group visiting the Malvern Hills. Passengers and officers on the ship `Beltana'. A children's party on the ship. South Africa, Durban and Cape Town. Australia 1926 - Adelaid Sydney and Melbourne. War memorial to New Zealand troops at Le Quesnoy, France. A note inside the front cover of the album states that photographs of England were sent by Angus John Harrop. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, May 2011

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New Zealand scenery - Bay of Plenty Region

Date: 1938-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-166

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1930s-1950s Includes: Main street of Whakatane; Whakatane paper mills; aerial view of Whakatane, 1938; St Peter Chanel Church, Whakatane, 1959; aerial view of Rotorua; Lake Rotoma; Tauranga harbour; McLaren's Gorge near Tauranga; aerial view of Tauranga racecourse; Mount Maunganui for seaward side and harbour side; Ohope Beach; Waihi Beach; Whanarua Bay; Lottin Point; Te Whaiti Forest. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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New Zealand souvenir photographs and centennial floats in Christchurch

Date: [ca 1935]-1956

From: Filer, Mr Hubert and Mrs Margaret (Estate): Photographs

By: Whites Aviation Ltd; Seaward, Neville Stephen, 1913-2005; A.B. Hurst & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-10163

Description: Souvenir prints are in five packets and show scenes in Queenstown, Tauranga (2 packs), Wairakei and Wanganui. Queenstown images are `Real Photographs' by G V Wilkinson (photographer unidentified). Tauranga images are in two packs comprising one pack of `Real Photographs' published by Tanner Bros Ltd (photographer unidentified) and probably dating from the late 1930s, and one pack printed for Mills, Peacock & Co Ltd taken by N Seaward of Dunedin and dating from the 1950s. Wairakei images were taken by an unidentified photographer. The Wanganui images were printed for H K Jones and son, and taken by N S Seaward of Dunedin. They date from the early 1950s and all have descriptions written on the backs. Nine postcards show views of the Franz Josef Glacier, Napier, Auckland, Te Wairoa and Cromwell. Identified photographers are Whites Aviation, N S Seaward and A B Hurst & Son. Seven photographs are of floats in the Canterbury Centenial floral parade, 1950. Two of the floats advertise Beaths and Ballantynes department stores. Quantity: 71 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographer unknown :Photograph of The Strand, Tauranga

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PA2-2798

Description: Shows the Strand, Tauranga. One of the buildings is identified as Horne & Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Aerial view of Tauranga

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-117943-F

Description: Aerial view of Tauranga, circa 1930s, taken by Gordon H Burt. Mount Maunganui is in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Tauranga township

Date: [ca 1910]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017644-G

Description: Tauranga township, circa 1910. The building in the foreground bears signs which read: `Guinness Brothers', `Late Mann & Co' and `Tauranga Bonded Store'. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

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Wharf Street, Tauranga

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/2-071287-F

Description: Looking along Wharf street in Tauranga, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Ferry at Tauranga Wharf

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000980-G

Description: View of Tauranga looking across the harbour to the wharf in the middle distance and the shops and commercial buildings behind on the waterfront. A ferry is berthed at the wharf. The Commercial Hotel and the Star Hotel can be identified. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tauranga. NZ. 2248D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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View of the town of Tauranga

Date: ca 1865

From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-320-45-2

Description: View of the town of Tauranga showing houses, sheds, shelter trees, and some military tents. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1865 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 16.5 x 9.4 cm, on album page 28.7 x 22.8 cm

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Two views of Tauranga waterfront

Date: 1876

Reference: 1/2-094379-F

Description: Photograph by unknown photographer, dated 1876. Shows two panoramic views of the Tauranga waterfront probably The Strand, including Ellis's Commercial Hotel, J Bodell and The Strand auction houses, Grey's Timber yard and other retail stores. Several small boats are also pictured. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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View of Tauranga looking along The Strand

Date: 1928

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

Reference: APG-1870-1/2-G

Description: View of The Strand at Tauranga, with the harbour on the left, a railway line running alongside the edge of the harbour. The Strand runs down the centre of the image with commerical buildings on the right including the Tauranga Hotel, Clark's Novelty Store, and Farmers' Trading Company Ltd. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1928. Identification of location and date from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence under T. Tauranga. Tauranga. 1928. Box 107. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Welcome Bay and Tauranga

Date: April 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27647-G

Description: Aerial view of Welcome Bay and Tauranga looking towards the sea. Mount Maunganui is visible. Photograph taken April 1951 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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Tauranga

Date: 25 Mar 1976

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-73177-G

Description: Aerial view of Tauranga. Photograph taken 25 March 1976 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation Blue box 473i Tauranga.

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