Places

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1875 to 1880]

By: Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911

Reference: PA1-f-035

Description: Scenic photographs of New Zealand taken by R.H. Bartlett, photographer who was working in Auckland circa 1875 to 1880. At the beginning of the album there is a fold-out page, opening into four full-sized photographs. Most of the images are of North Island scenes, including some of Maori groups outside whare, meeting houses, and a school with thatched walls and roof, and a view of the Maori pa at Ohinemutu. Most of the other views are landscapes, including the Pink and White Terraces, the Whangarei and Waitakere waterfalls; and hot springs at Lake Rotomahana, the Champagne Fountain at Wairakei, and the Crows Nest geyser at Taupo. The South Island scenes are all around Milford Sound, with views of Mount Pembroke, Harrison Cove, and Mitre Peak. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, gold decoration and lettering, entitled `New Zealand scenery, published by R.H. Bartlett Photo. Auckland'; 32 x 40 cm

Date: [ca 1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Sheehan, Grant, 1950-; Schmid, Max, 1945-

Reference: PA12-10748

Description: Views of thermal areas, New Zealand sheep, meeting house interior, gypsy caravan, and a red phone box. Most of the photographs have been taken by Grant Sheehan. One was taken by Max Schmid. Quantity: 14 colour original transparency/ies 35mm slides.

Date: [ca 1942-1943]

From: Pugh family: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10208-1

Description: Photographs and postcards relating to Mary Helen Pugh (nee Ensor) when she nursed at Rotorua 1942 to 1943. Taken by unidentified photographers. Most prints inscribed on reverse, apparently by Mary Helen. - One set of prints show views of nurses with babies at a nursery. Also views of a group of nurses posing at a kitchen afternoon tea for a nursing sister, and two nurses at the gate to their home 'Casaloma' at 106 Arawa Street, Rotorua. Nurses include Sister Elwood with baby Yoko, B Holland with baby Elizabeth Cooper (at 3 months), E Mitchell with baby B Whatu (premature), Olive Bell, Sister Ford, and Ray McIntosh. - One set of prints show views of Ohinemutu; an interior view of St Faith's Church, a carved figure with a bell, tekoteko figure, carved doorway, and the refurbished Tamatekapua meeting house circa 1943. Also includes a pakeha woman standing underneath a carved gateway, and Guide Tiki (Dick) Papakura. - One set of prints show scenic views taken during cycling and recreational trips including: trees on Hongi's Track, Lake Rotomahana, Tarawera, Lake Rotokawa, Mokia Island on Lake Rotorua, the Green and Blue Lakes, Rainbow Rapids on Waikato River, various geothermal attractions at Orakei Korako, the Wishing Well, Aladdins Cave, Golden Fleece Terrace, Devils Throat, and Artist's Palette. Also includes views of Aratiatia Rapids and Huka Falls, Bridal Cascade geyser at Wairekei Valley, and pine trees surrounding Pohaturoa Peak at Atiamuri. - Also includes memorial service song sheet for opening day of Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu 1943. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, printed matter

Date: 1897-1904

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Pulman (Firm); Shepherd, Cromwell, active 1903-1934

Reference: PA1-f-142

Description: Charles Hill-Trevor's personal album of the time he spent as personal secretary to Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand. It records the New Zealand contingents sent to the South African war and public events, personalities and patriotic entertainments associated with that enterprise. Visits to Government houses in Australia record other governors, officials and official residences. On one occasion in Melbourne a New Zealand versus Australia polo match was played. Hill-Trevor shows an interest in Māori, wildlife conservation (including the bird sanctuary on Resolution Island), and the sports of fishing, polo and horsemanship. There are photographs of members of the Ranfurly family and their principal servants as well as the Governor engaged in official functions such as opening the Kaiapoi council offices and laying the foundation stone of the Veterans Home, Mt Roskill, Auckland in 1903. Also photographs relating to the play 'The Geisha'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1873-1876

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-f-173

Description: Photographs of Wellington, Manawatu and the central North Island, taken between 1873 and 1876 by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Deveril came to New Zealand in 1873. These photographs were displayed at the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition in 1876. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1880s]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-334

Description: According to the inscription inside the front cover (by an unidentified person), the date is firmly established as 1884, however the album has a number of photographs of the Tarawera area, both before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. These include views of the White Terraces, one of which has a group of Maori cooking food in the hot pools; a carved house at Te Wairoa, showing interior and exterior before the eruption, and the exterior afterwards; a group of Maori at Te Ariki (one of the places most devastated in the eruption with the loss of many lives. This image has the inscription `Natives of te Ariki first to be killed by eruption'); views of Mount Tarawera covered in mud and ash; and the Old Mill, destroyed in the eruption. Many of the images have the signature initials J.M. (Josiah Martin), and a few have the initials F.A.C (Frank Arnold Coxhead) who may have taken them, but which may just have been printed by him. The last few views are in Tasmania, including Burnie - Emu Bay, and the Guide Falls, near Burnie. Inscriptions: Album page - `Ex libris Brent Gration-Maxfield. 1967'; Album page - `New Zealand. 1884. An early series of 46 4to sepia photographs of New Zealand views. The date, 1884, is firmly established by the letter opposite [attached to album page. Unsigned and undated], which refers to both the album and G.A. Sala's visit in 1884 (see the D.N.B.) to New Zealand to gather information for his book "The land of the golden fleece" which was published in 1885' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, leather corners and spine; 25.5 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1935 - 1945

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

By: Geyser Hotel (Rotorua, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-Rotorua-1940-01

Description: A horizontal oval luggage label showing the carved barge boards, uprights and outer threshold (maihi, amo and paepae) of a Maori house, with space within to write the name an address of the traveller. On either side, in the border, are geysers. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 109 x 161 mm, oval

Date: 1950

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Rotorua-1950-01

Description: Poster promoting Rotorua as a tourist destination shows a scene in Rotorua. Three Maori women are in the left foreground, two of them weaving at a taniko frame, the third standing holding flax leaves. In the right foreground is a pataka on a tall pole, in front of a carved whare. In the left background a geyser plays high into the air. Attributed to King because of preliminary sketches sighted in King's papers (reported by Peter Alsop, May 2014) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1015 x 635 mm.

Date: [ca1908]

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-f-179

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).