Places

By: Ralph, Sadie, active 1992

Reference: PAColl-2526

Description: One carte de visite of Margaret Riley Ralph Schlinker, developer of Ralph's coal mines Huntly. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-172158 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1903-1921

By: Furniss, John, 1852-1922

Reference: MS-Papers-1552

Description: Comprises letters written by John Furniss and his wife Mary, of Rangiwahia, via Feilding, and Huntly, to George and Elizabeth Pearson of Totley, Sheffield, England, in which he describes breaking in the land, small farming, other rural activities, living conditions and finances at Rangiwahia and after 1907, near Huntly. He also describes the difficulties of travel to Auckland for balloting of land, 1906. Also includes a biographical note compiled by Jack Furniss, and reminiscences of Grace Boshier (nee Furniss). Accompanying material - See backfile for family history research papers relating to Furniss Family, including family tree - 'John Furniss Family' and 'John Furniss Early Sheffield Socialist'. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 1971

By: Cook, George Pilkington (Rev), 1893-1973

Reference: MS-Papers-2205

Description: Reminiscences cover 1893-1905 Cook's family emigrated, 1899, from Australia to Huntly, where his father was Methodist agent, and thence to Dannevirke and Johnsonville Quantity: 1 folder(s) (103 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1913-1914

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/06

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990 - 2000

From: [Pamphlets, programmes, flyers relating to wood-chopping and sports meetings, collected by Eric Warner. 1915-2009]

Reference: Eph-B-SPORT-Warner-1990/2000

Description: Includes: 1990: Pacific National Exhibition, 1990 Logging Sports Show. Vancouver, British Columbia, 18 August - 3 September 1990. Information bulletin and general rules and regulations 1991: Benneydale & District Sports Club. Axemen's Carnival, 6 April 1991. Programme and entry form Kumeu District Agricultural & Horticultural Society. Woodchopping programme, Kumeu Show, 2 March 1991 Turangawaewae Logger's Club. Ngaruawahia Regatta. 16 March 1991. Programme / flyer Rotongaro Country Sports Club. Forty-ninth annual event to be held on 9 February 1991 on Mr D O'Sullivan's property, cnt Rotongaro-Ruawaro Roads, 10 kms west of Huntly. Motocross, chopping, ponies, horses, tug-o-war, barbeque [sic], children's races, novelty events. Pocket programme Royal Easter Show Auckland. 23 March - 1 April 1991. Husqvarna Lumberjack Programme / entry form flyer 1993: Challenge of Champions. Royal Easter Show. Lumberjack competition. Auckland A&P Association, 150th jubilee, 3-12 April 1993. Schedule of lumberjack events Husqvarna Lumberjack World Championships. Husqvarna Arena, Royal Easter Showgrounds, Epsom, Auckland, 11-12 April 1993. Programme Otorohanga Axeman's Club. Chopping & sawing programme, 12 February 1993. Programme sheet Sports Collectors' Club, SCC. [Three newsletters / price lists. ca November 199] Waiuku Cosmopolitan Axemen's Club. Gala day, 11 December 1993. Programme / flyer (2 copies) 1994: Auckland Agricultural & Pastoral Association. Royal Easter Show of Champions, 26 March - 4 April. Lumberjack section ... Schedule of events 1994. Husqvarna Carter Holt Harvey Forests. Handicap weekend. Royal Easter Showgrounds, Epsom, Auckland, 26-27 March 1994. Programme Waikato Lakes Development Company Limited. 3rd annual Mangakino Festival, 13 February 1994. Woodchopping & sawing tournament. Programme sheet Waitomo Caves Sports. Waitomo Caves Domain, 26 March 1994. Programme (sheep shearing, dog trials, chopping & sawing events, horse & pony events, steer calf & sheep riding, children's events) 1995: Waikato Lakes Development Company Limited. 4th annual Mangakino Festival, 12 February 1995. Woodchopping tournament. Programme sheet 1996: Reporoa Sports and Country Fair to be held at the Reporoa Domain, East Road, 3 March 1996. Programme 1997: Ngatimanu Axemen's Carnival 1997. Venue Ngatimanu Marae, Karetu, Kawakawa, 4 January 1997. Preliminary programme on blue sheet 1998: Waitomo Caves Sports. Waitomo Caves Domain, 28 March 1998. Programme (dancing pig, jigger chop, sheep shearing & wool handling, dog trials, chopping & sawing events, horse & pony events, Highland dancing, steer calf and sheep riding, children's events). 2000: Otorohanga Axemen's Club. Otorohanga County Fair, 12 February 2000. Chopping programme sheet Quantity: 1 folder(s) 22 items. Physical Description: Flyers and booklets, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: [ca 1910s]

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

Reference: 1/2-001754-G

Description: St Anthony's Catholic Church at Huntly, photographed by William Archer Price, circa 1910s. The residence is partially visible centre left. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Catholic Church & residence. Huntly. 225 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1965]

By: Farrell, Edward Alphonus, active 1975

Reference: MS-Papers-1468

Description: Record of events from about 1868 when commercial coal mining began; partially based on reminiscences of writer's father. Describes conditions for miners, disasters, industrial troubles, floods, community activities and personalities Quantity: 1 folder(s) (51 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 1912, 1913, 1918, n d

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-3/6/10

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947-1951

By: Croad, Ernest Norman, 1927-2002; Croad, Nancy, active 1963-2003

Reference: PAColl-7853

Description: Collection comprises: Photographs of construction of Pukaki and Tekapo hydro stations, ca 1948 Scenes in Mangakino and Tokoroa, 1947 Stockton and Rotowaro coal mines, ca 1947 Waiouru military camp, ca 1951 Otago Harbour, 1947 Ernest Norman Croad joined the Public Works Department in 1945 as a drafting cadet. He later trained as a surveyor and qualified as a civil engineer, working on roading projects for the Ministry of Works. He worked on civil engineering projects at Tokoroa, Tekapo, Pukaki, and the housing division at Waiouru. Quantity: 95 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs Nancy Croad, Auckland, 2003

Date: 1898

By: Beattie & Sanderson (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-003589-F

Description: A Maori brass band and a man dancing with a taiaha outside Ralph's Hall, Huntly. Photographer was Beattie & Sanderson. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - The Premier's Visit to Huntly. The Dancing Warrior & Maori Band, Huntly (5.4.98 Protected) Beattie & Sanderson, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 1951-1979

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/09

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1998

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-14

Description: Buildings in the Waikato Region. These include - Buildings in Huntly and surrounding districts including Waiterimu and Te Mata. Street views (mostly Huntly). Commercial buildings. Houses. rural villages. Huntly power station. A brick boundary fence. Bridges. Churches. Country Halls. School buildings. Plunket rooms. Memorials. Bandstands. Industrial buildings. Farm buildings. Quantity: 91 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1998

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-15

Description: Buildings in the Waikato Region. These include - Buildings in Huntly and surrounding districts including Rangiriri and Waipa. Street views (mostly Huntly). Commercial buildings. Houses (including state houses and railway houses). Bridges. Churches. Country Halls. School buildings. Plunket rooms. Memorials. Public buildings. Hotels. Hospital buildings. Many of the buildings in this collection are made from Huntly brick. Quantity: 128 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1998

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-13

Description: Buildings in the Waikato Region. These include - Buildings in Hamilton - Early 20th century commercial and public buildings. A large number of houses of all sorts including some state houses and art deco styled houses. Other localities include Gordonston, Tauwhare, Huntly, Waingaro, Rotowaro, Raglan, Ngaruawahia, and Okete. These include much the same sorts of buildings as well as churches, schools, hotels, public halls, cemeteries, and bridges. There is also a sequence of views of the abandoned carbonisation works at Rotowaro which opened in 1931 and closed in 1987. Quantity: 154 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 2012-2013

From: Diva Productions Ltd: Records of the Topp Twins

Reference: Series-5739

Description: Series comprises materials featured in the 'Six Strings and Politics' exhibition on the Topp Twins at the Waikato Coalfields Museum in Huntly, which ran from July 2012 to April 2013 and was curated by Jane Ferrier. In addition to the items in this series, the exhibition also included backstage passes that have been catalogued separately as part of the Ephemera collection; a New-Ray Toys Company model Fiat 500F die-cast car with Topp Twins logo, reference number Curios-049-007; a copy of the Topp Twins book, reference number MSX-9243; and copies of the Topp Twins' music cassettes and CDs, as well as copies of DVDs of their television series and documentary film. Quantity: 6 folder(s).

Date: 1975 - 1979

Reference: MapColl-832.14931fbo/[197-?]/Acc.29381

Description: Drawn on a published map, the annotations depict the proposed addition to the Huntly Borough boundary to include a new subdivision off Paki Street in the Pepepe Parish, lots 43-45. Shows existing boundary and proposed addition of 36.7 hectares. Base map: NZMS 16 'Borough of Huntly' 3rd edition, (Wellington, New Zealand Lands and Survey, 1958). 'Revised - streets only April 75' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [ca. 1:6 336], 102 x 66 cm.

Date: 1980-1989

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/10

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1932-1950

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/08

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/05

Description: Record list of the Thames Valley and Waikato tour of the Mobile Recording Unit of NZBC and other loose papers. Topics covered in the interviews include early settler and Maori history of Thames and Waikato, including Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, Paeroa, Pirongia, Te Awamutu and Huntly. Includes some details about the interviews with Sir Stephan Allen and Missy Mary Ann Turnbull of Morrinsville, Toki Watene and R W Hammond of Thames, Kapa Potae of Kennedy Bay (Coromandel), C H Hovell [Charlie], Hoane Te Huia of Paeroa, Mr H A Swarbrick relating to the missionary period, and Raureti Te Huia and Te One Haereiti of Te Awamutu. Some of the interviews were conducted in Maori mostly relating to early Maori and Pakeha settler history of the Waikato and Thames area, also recordings of waiata, whakatauki, whakapapa etc. Also includes a biography of Mr George Shaw of Wilson & Shaw, Huntly, and a story about Te Rauparaha's lament, [relating to leaving Kawhia] and English translation. Language - Some notes about interviews recorded in Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). One photograph of a family. One young girl, one young boy and a teenage girl, possibly Fowler's family?