Places

Date: [ca 1904]

From: Wells, Joan Mabel, fl 1986 :Photograph album of Japan and photograph of Atiamuri

Reference: PA9-100

Description: Photograph of Atiamuri Bridge across the Waikato River, taken ca 1904 by Thomas Pringle. Shows Pohaturoa Rock in the background. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top left - Muriel Pringle 6/4/1904; Backing board recto - bottom right - Waikato River at Atiamuri, About 1902 Pohutaroa in Background by Thos Pringle. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25.6 x 32.7 cm [visible image], in decoratively carved wooden frame 44.5 x 57 cm

Date: [Between 1885 and 1900]

From: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916 :Maori portraits and artifacts

Reference: PAColl-1893-10

Description: The junction of the Waikato and Waipa rivers at Ngaruawahia, photographed in the 1880s by Josiah Martin of Auckland. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - J Martin, Auckland, NZ [blind stamp] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.2 x 20.4 cm

Date: [Circa 1937]

Reference: PA1-f-054

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm

Date: 1936 - 1937

From: [Holdsworth, Alice Mabel] 1878-1963 :[Plants and scenery from a New Zealand trip] 1936-1937

Reference: E-252-q-024

Description: Two branches of clematis and branches of other flowers in various colours, some growing at Wairakei, some on the Waikato river and one from Wairunga Falls. Includes artist's description of flowers Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in album. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 310 x 230 mm in grey buckram album

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-051

Description: Drawings of two guardian figures from a pa entrance at Rangiriri. Rough indications of flax bushes from Whangamarino Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 100 x 320 mm

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: 1/2-004202-F

Description: An elevatedl view of the town and the river including a substantial two-storey house on the left next to the river. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0377

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Waikato River, Cambridge, taken ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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: 1/4-091434-F

Description: View of the Waikato River from Inspiration Point photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: 1974, 1978

From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation

Reference: PA1-o-848

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7764

Description: Phase 7 continued - 123. Lake Taupo; 124. Waikato River, near Huka Falls (outlet of Lake Taupo); 125-128. Huka Falls (Waikato River); 129. Wairaki Geothermal Project (Gen power by nature steam); 130-131. Boiling mud; 132. Natural steam; 133. Tapped outlets; 134. Power house, housing 400 kva generator operated by steam thru 8" diam pipe at 150 lbs per square inch from depth of 1363"; 135. Boiling water run off; 136-145. Scenes of geyser valley near Wairaki, Govt run - guided tour 6/6. Boiling mud - Geysers - Extremely interesting. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1600-1950s

Reference: PAColl-3691

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at F174862-83-1/2 Quantity: 22 b&w original negative(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-031

Description: Views of New Zealand with particular interest in mountain scenery, both in the North Island and the South Island. They include numbers of images of chairlifts, skiing, rivers and springs, and thermal regions in the North Island. Most of the images are colour photos, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, during the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover labelled "Photographs", 250 x 300 mm

Date: 1901

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1902-01

Description: Certificate to be presented to a school child, with space to fill in child's name and the name of the school. The image shows central portraits in oval insets, of King Edward VII and his consort Alexandra, with the royal flag and the New Zealand flag. At the edges are clematis flowers, and two scenic views: one of the Waikato River and one of Rotorua. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wilson & Horton, Lith, Auckland Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 219 x 295 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: 1918-1921

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0213

Description: Ngati Raukawa ki te tonga defeated at the Battle of Kuititanga 1839 by Te Ati Awa on Waikanae Beach. Kupe's anchor discovered at Paremata along with ancient middens. Government opposition escalating in the Hutt Valley; Te Rangihaeata and his followers comprising Ngati Toa and others are hunted and gunboats patrol in Porirua Harbour. Includes information on the Wairau Incident; the Tauranga Campaign 1863-66, and the dispersal of Moko-Mokai to overseas institutions by Major General Robley. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0217.

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

Reference: PA4-1475

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the junction of Waikato and Waipa Rivers at Ngaruawhia, taken from the top of the ranges by an unidentified photographer. Shows Te Aroha ranges in the distance. Handwritten note on back reads: Junction of Waikato & Waipa Rivers at Ngaruawhia, - from top of the ranges. `Who says you can't take distant views for the stereoscopic. The Te Aroha ranges in the distance are about forty miles away! - (Bad plane! full of air bubbles). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1863 - 1870

Reference: MapColl-832.14hkm/1863-72/Acc.24350

Description: Military map showing operations from the Auckland Fort Britomart Albert barracks, south along the military route to Cambridge, Aratitaha and Tokanui, Waikato District. Depicts military blockhouses, redoubts and forts (five in the Waikato region and over eleven in South Auckland), stockages, routes used on garrison duty only, engagements, Maori pa and kainga and the confiscation boundary as gazetted 17/12/1864 including the aukati (frontier) line. Also shows mission stations Waipa and Taupiri and geographical features, most with Maori placenames. Identifies battle sites at several places including Hairini (22.2.64), Rangiaohia (21.2.64) Kihikihi and Orakau (2.4.64), Waiari (11.2.64) and in South Auckland including Hills Clearing (8.9.63), Koheroa (17.7.63), Meremere (1.11.63). Several Maori pa and kainga are named, including Tokanui, Te Kopua, Otawhao, Otautahanga. In the Waikato regions a similar number of both redoubts and pa sites are identified. If distinguishing between the route followed by the troops and the confiscation boundary, refer to original map. Reference key at bottom of map identifies features of the map. Other Titles - showing Other Titles - District Other Titles - and Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [1:253 440], 81 x 62 cm.

Date: February to March 1913

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-q-003

Description: Record of a trip from Woodville to Napier and Taupo via the Napier-Taupo Road, February to March 1913. Views include Dannevirke, the upper reaches of the Manawatu River, Waipukurau Lake, Tavistock Hotel, the rail and foot bridge across the Waipawa River between Waipukurau and Waipawa, Hastings Post Office; motor and horse-drawn buses which run between Hastings and Havelock North; house under construction in Henry Street, Hastings (house named Ackworth, owned by Laurence Denton, accountant); views of Cape Kidnappers and the gannet rookery; Ed James and family at their seaside bungalow at Te Awanga; views of Napier and Ahuriri; the Taradale Road embankment over the Tutaekuri River, the Ahuriri Lagoon and mudflats; Marine Parade, Napier showing Norfolk pines, the Municipal Baths and a monument to "six brave men drowned in floods while rescuing people at Clive". Views on the Napier-Taupo Road including the Mohaka River, Tarawera Hotel in Waipunga Valley; Lake Taupo; Huka Falls; Aratiatia Rapids on the Waikato River; hot pool at the Geyser House Hotel (Wairakei) with a group of children swimming; Wairakei Geyser Valley showing geysers, and mud pools.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-084

Description: Looking down into a well-fortified pa, with earth ramparts constructed inside the palisade, futher ramparts inside the pa and whare showing. Identified as Maungatautari Pa by military historian Chris Pugsley, February 1998. The outlines of the upper pa are still visible and this view looks down towards the river. Inscriptions: Album page - below and above image: title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.

Date: 1864 - 1880

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]

Reference: E-926-068/069

Description: Shows a panoramic view of a wide landscape bordered by a lake on the left, a river curving at the right, and the fenced fort of Rangiriri, packed with tents. Locations are labelled A & B ("Extensive rifle pits"), C ("Swamp into which many natives escaped") , D ("Route of advance of Genl Cameron"), E ("Maori position turned by landing troops there"), F ("Waikato R"), G ("Lake Waikare"). Another version of this image is at E-125-053/054 Other Titles - Rangiriri; River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], pages [68-69]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 145 x 470 mm