Places

Date: 1910

By: Jones, Priscilla, active 1994-1995

Reference: PAColl-4193

Description: Masterton Post Office opening day, J R Redstone's coaches, Gisborne, and house team at Waikaremoana power scheme Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [193-?]

From: Jansen, Nancy (Mrs) : Tourist Dept lantern slides

Reference: PA11-213

Description: Quantity: 13 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: 1929-1931

By: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949

Reference: PAColl-5378

Description: Hydro electric power and irrigation dams, in particular the construction of the Pool Burn Reservoir dam. Some dam sites before construction, specifically a site on the Manuherikia River for the "Manuherikia Falls Dam". There are photographs of "White Creek Fault" and the effects of the Murchison earthquake on roads, bridges and the countryside. Especially covered is the lake formed by an earth slide across the Matakitaki River Likely to be a very interesting collection. Furkert was a leading public servant through the 1920s and 1930s. His life has been researched by Mr R Aspden for the DNZB, who has other papers relating to Furkert Arrangement: Negatives housed at F 179548 1/2 to F 179643 1/2 Quantity: 81 b&w original negative(s). 160 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donor is daughter of Furkert

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: Between 1910 and 1913

From: Commons family :Assorted negatives, photographs and postcards relating to the Commons family

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA5-0077

Description: Opuruahine Inlet, Waikaremoana, published by New Zealand Tourist Department ca 1910-1913. These views were issued gratis to subscribers of the NZ Graphic Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 140 mm Provenance: Donated by Commons family 1976

Date: 1931 - 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Whites Aviation Ltd; Orr, R W, active 1950; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947; Wilson, James Lloyd, 1915-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-033

Description: Photographs of the Hawke's Bay Region, 1931 to 1950, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of the Hawke's Bay flood of 1938, Lake Waikaremoana, Napier city and Cape Kidnappers. Photographers include R W Orr, Lloyd Wilson and White's Aviation. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

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

Date: 1915-1919

From: Boyd, Mary Beatrice 1921- :Photographs relating to Mackersey family

Reference: PAColl-9855-1

Description: Loose prints associated with Jessie Mary Mackersey's album. These include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey, London ca 1917. Portrait of Wastel Briscoe born 1888-died Gallipoli 19 May 1915. Group of Soldiers of 24th Rifles, Featherston Military Camp. Group on the deck of `Prinzessan' en route for New Zealand, 1919. Colon and Church of Christ by the sea, 1919. Views of the Panama Canal and its technologies seen from the ship, 1919. Albert Memorial, London. Holiday at Lake Waikaremoana includes - View of the lake, Papakorito Falls, and friends of Lindsay Mackersey. Photographs of soldiers include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey with unidentified soldier. Studio portrait of Leslie Mackersey, Blake Mason and two unidentified soldiers, 1916. Group of unidentified soldiers probably in New Zealand. Voyage to New Zealand on `Prinzessan' via Panama Canal 1919, and holiday at Lake Waikaremoana. Leslie Mackersey was in the 6th Rifles 1 NZEF. Lindsay Mackersey was in the 24th Rifles. While in the occupation force in Germany he served as instructor-in-law to service men studying for law degrees prior to repatriation. He was bilited in Leverhusen Village near Cologne in 1919. Margaret was on the staff at the New Zealand General Hospital No.1, Brockenhurst, England. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand.

Date: [ca 1926]

By: Griffin, Norman, active 1926; Tararua Tramping Club

Reference: PA1-o-202

Description: Photographic record of a trip to Urewera and Lake Waikaremoana undertaken in the mid 1920s by Norman Griffin and party. The album was compiled by Norman Griffin, who was probably the photographer. Photographs include views of Maori life in the area, including groups of unidentified people. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Relationship complexity - Records of a trip by Norman Griffin to Urewera and Lake Waikaremoana are held at MS-Papers-1858-219 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown cloth-bound album 19 x 26 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Tararua Tramping Club : Records (MS-Group-0545).

Date: [Circa 1929-1939]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)

Reference: PA1-o-112

Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1903]

By: Rowntree, William Walter, 1873?-1945; Rowntree, John Burgess, 1906-1986

Reference: PA1-o-442

Description: Album of photographs taken by W W Rowntree. They cover a journey between Wairoa and Taupo, travelling on foot with a packhorse, and with two companions between Taihape and Wairoa. The album includes two envelopes with loose photographs, one contains one photograph of a Maori family seated on the ground in front of a thatched building, and the other contains four photographs entitled "Waikaremoana" in pencil on the envelope. Three of these show groups of Maori, and one shows the lake. A handwritten slip inserted in the front of the album gives the following information: "The exact location of Maori homes not known. Note storehouse in actual use; totara bark (?); thatch (in loose photo); Mokau Falls; track at Hopuruahine Bluffs; men's dress (one man wearing a waistcoat with fob watch chain, p 16); Maori boy holding a camera; Earthquake Gully; a road around a lake; Crow's Nest Geyser etc" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, embossed title which reads `Photographs'; 16 x 18 cm Provenance: Donated by John Rowntree, Auckland

Date: ca 1930s

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-7974

Description: New Zealand scenes taken by Ben Thiem of Hokitika ca 1930s. Comprises scenes in the thermal district, Maori portraits, mountains and glaciers, pastoral scenes, rivers and lakes, and bush. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from John Arnold, book and antique dealer, February 2004

Date: 1971-1972

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

Reference: PA1-o-843

Description: The journey begins at Palmerston North and includes Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty. The van follows State Highway two with frequent deviations from it into various back block localities. Another section of the journey is from Wairoa to Taupo via Lake Waikaremoana and the Kaingaroa Forest. Children as library users and at some of the schools where the van stops are featured. There are a number of photos of the power houses at Kaitawa, Tuai, and Piripaua Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1890s-1900s?]

From: Teale, Edmund Oswald (Sir), 1874-1971 : Birell album

By: Charles H Kerry & Company; Shearsby, A J, active 1913-1928; Star Photo Company; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-q-029

Description: Postcards, chiefly of Australia, including Tasmania, Adelaide, Queensland, New South Wales, with several showing various tin mines in Tasmania. There is a section of New Zealand postcards in the middle of the album, many taken by an Australian photographic company "Charles H Kerry & Co", labelled "Series 53. Hot Lakes District, New Zealand". These images are tinted, and include views of the Huka Falls, the Pink and White Terraces, Waiotapu, Ohinemutu, Whakarewarewa, Lakes Waikaremoana and Taupo, and the Aratiatia Rapids. The NZ images also include views of the Mount Cook region of the South Island, including Franz Josef Glacier, Hooker Glacier, Mounts Darwin, Sefton and Cook, and Lakes Te Anau and Wakatipu. Many of the postcards show the photographers' names, and include R C Harvey, A J Shearsby, the Star Photo Co., de Tourret, and the New Zealand Tourist Department. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown "Postcard album" with red, green and blue decoration, 285 x 240 mm

Date: [ca 1926]

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1053

Description: A motor tour in the North Island of New Zealand. The album opens at Napier City and includes views of places, bush scenery, rivers, lakes, and camps as the party moves through Hawke's Bay, the Gisborne Region, the Bay of Plenty, then across and into Taranaki via Mount Messenger and back to Wellington via New Plymouth and Wanganui. There are views of Wellington and Newtown Park during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1926, Wellington Harbour, Haughton Bay, Porirua Hospital, and Khandallah Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1920-1930

From: Watt, M M :Two photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-605

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

Date: ca 1910

From: Robinson, Mr :Photograph albums containing mainly carte de visite portraits and views of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-f-063

Description: Large format photomechanical tourist views of New Zealand taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly published by Wrigglesworth & Binns in "W & B Series". Places shown are listed above. One photograph shows a young maori woman wearing a feather cloak and a hei tiki, and carrying a mere. Other Titles - Robinson III Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 430 x 295mm rebound with blue "Library" marbled covers

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PA1-o-1247

Description: Album of photographs taken on motor tours in the North and South Islands, mid 1920s-early 1940s. Includes Tourist Series and commercial postcards as well as original photographs by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1933-1937

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 :Photographs relating to family and scientific interests

Reference: PA1-o-1321

Description: Trip to Lake Waikaremoana and the Ureweras, March 1935. The sequence includes views of the lake, native forest, the meeting house at Te Whaiti, and huts associated with Elsdon Best. Visit to W H Guthrie Smith at Tutira, March 1937. This includes a photograph of Guthrie-Smith and another of the Tutira homestead with Guthrie-Smith and E G Turbot walking in the garden. Trip to Tokomaru Bay, February 1935. Photographs include Fishermen, Mount Hikurangi, Kiritahi Homestead, the Raukumaru Range, the Kopuapounamu River, the Maungakariki Stream, and other geological features. Photographs taken during a Geology II camp at Kawhia, Easter 1935. Shows student groups on a beach, Tainui Rock, and Albatross Point. A view of the coast and the old copper mine building, Kawau Island. Auckland University College Field Club's trip to to the Noises Islands, 1935. Depicts students collecting snail shells and grouped on a beach, and a view of a rocky islet from a cliff top. The locations depicted are Otata Island, Maria Island, and David Rocks. Auckland University Science Society picnic, and the Auckland Conchological Club's trip to Rangitoto Island, 1935. Auckland Univerity College Field Club's camp in the Huia Valley, May 1935. Views of Rangitoto Island and the Hauraki Gulf. This sequence includes photographs of Black-Backed and Red Billed gulls, their nests, eggs and chicks. Charles Fleming and a group of friends climbing on ice. Poor Knights Islands showing landscape, vegetation including Xeronema in flower, and a small penguin. Views of Waiheke Island which include Squadron Bay, a fossil bed at Oneroa, and Matiata. Gulls photographed on Motutapu Island, November 1933. A trip to Great Barrier Island. This sequence includes views of Port Fitzroy, a warship, Grave islet, Mount Camel, rocks and islets called "the Grey group," Wellington Head, Nelson Island and other islands at the entrance to Fitzroy Harbour, Whanagaparapara Harbour, Mount Hobson, Arid Island, Mohuki Island, and a gannet colony. Other photographs of bird life include shags perching in trees, gulls and pigeon and kaka in bush on Hen Island, a fantail and nest, shearwater and petrel burrows, and flocks of seabirds on a rocky coast. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

From: Commons family :Assorted negatives, photographs and postcards relating to the Commons family

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA5-0076

Description: Panekiri, Waikaremoana, published by New Zealand Tourist Department ca 1910-1913. These views were issued gratis to subscribers of the NZ Graphic Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 140 mm Provenance: Donated by Commons family 1976