Places

Date: [1957-1966]

From: Fuller, James Ferris (Brigadier), 1913-2001 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6167-03

Description: Comprises regional files kept by Fuller while at Defence HQ relating to the fluoridation issue (see entry under Place) In addition to the Hastings regional file there is also a file labelled: Levels - Fluoride - Hastings. Quantity: 1 box(es) (hollinger box).

Date: 1950 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-CATTLE-1950/1979

Description: Includes: 1956: The Committee of Management of the Auckland Herd Improvement Association (Incorporated) requests the pleasure of your company at the official opening of the Association's new office building. Somersby Building, 74 London Street, Hamilton. 21 June 1956. (And inserted invitation to Smoke Concert Party that evening) 1960: New Zealand Aberdeen Angus Cattle Breeders' Association. Catalogue of 40th show and sale of pedigree bulls to be sold in yards of the Southern Hawke's Bay Stock and Station Agents' Assoication. Dannevirke, 20-21 September 1960. 1976: Manawatu Jersey Cattle Breeders Club. 10th club show Golden Jubilee year. Mr & Mrs Hunt's property, Glen-Oroua. 11 December 1976. Programme 1977: Limousin and Charolais auction sale conducted by the N.Z.Charolais Cattle Society, and the N.Z. Limousin Society. Canterbury A & P Showgrounds Sale Pavilion, Christchurch New Zealand, 28 June 1977. Sales catalogue 1978: Whose calf is that? [Livestock Improvement pamphlet. 1978] Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklets, pamphlet and fliers, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1945-1950, 1982, 2002

By: Thomas family

Reference: MS-Papers-7436

Description: Letters written by Herbert (Bert) Charles Thomas to his parents from Auckland, Hamilton and Tokanui (1945-1946), then from Sydney, the `Asturias', South Africa, Luanshya in Northern Rhodesia, Dar-Es-Salaam, Mikindani in Tanganyika (1946-1949) and finally from England (1949-1950). He described his daily work while in New Zealand, experiences with landladies, his experiences looking for work and travelling in various parts of Africa. The letters have been transcribed by Thomas's sister, Betty Brookes, and family background information supplied by another sister, Ann Turvey. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Biographical details on Herbert (Bert) Charles Thomas supplied by Mrs Turvey; includes photocopies of two photographs of him Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: March 1947, May 1948, February 1949, December 1950, May 1951, December 1955 - January 1956

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

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PAColl-3256

Description: Quantity: 565 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 7 b&w copy photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 5 colour copy photographic print(s) (postcards) in one box.

Date: [Beteen 1950 and 1963]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-566

Description: Album of photographs, moslty of family and friends, chiefly taken by Rhoda McWhannell. Family and friends include a gathering at the christening of Malcolm McWhannell (son of Joan and John McWhannell), Bill and Kathleen Haines of `The Croft', Wiltshire, England; Elizabeth and Jane Geddis as teenagers; John McIlrea, a very young boy watching shearing; Mike and Jill Carter; and the home of Mrs Mavis Commons. Scenes relating to `Rozel', the farm owned by Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell, include the felling of a huge aspen poplar in 1963, and working with Mr Gerlach, with a trailer filled with bamboo. Two images show a gingko tree having been transplanted at the age of 30, from the lake at Hamilton, into the city. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green and navy cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering; 21 x 24 cm

Date: 1950-1992

From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers of and relating to David Blackwood Paul

Reference: MS-Papers-5523-19

Description: Letters and papers relating to Blackwood and Janet Paul Ltd, plus personal papers and correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript (some carbon and photocopies), printed matter

Date: 1954

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1954

Description: Includes: England v New Zealand. Twickenham, 30 January 1954. Programme. North-West Counties v New Zealand. Manchester City Football Club Maine Road, 17 February 1954. Programme. Barbarians v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park, 20 February 1954. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Football Club, Christchurch Football Club, Pirates Football Club. Easter Re-Union 1954. Austerity programme. South Canterbury Rugby Referees' Association. 47th NZ Rugby Referees' Association Annual Conference Timaru. Easter 1954. Programme. Australian Universities v Victoria University College. Athletic Park, 26 May 1954. programme. Auckland v Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 7 June 1954. Programme. Taranaki v Wanganui. Queen's Day. Spriggens Park Wanganui, 7 June 1954. Programme Bush v Evergreens. Rugby Park Pahiatua, 13 June 1954. Programme. Thames Valley v Horowhenua. Levin, 29 June 1954. Programme. New Zealand Maoris v Wanganui. Spriggens Park, 17 July 1954. Programme. Hawke's Bay v Wairarapa. Solway Showgrounds Masterton, 24 July 1954. Programme. New Zealand Maoris v Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 24 July 1954. Programme. Bush v New South Wales. Rugby Park Pahiatua, 3 August 1954. Programme. New South Wales Country Unions v Wairarapa. Showgrounds Carterton, 7 August 1954. Programme. North Auckland v Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 21 August 1954. Programme. Wellington v Wanganui. Spriggens Park, 25 August 1954. Programme. Wellington 'B' v Wairarapa. Showgrounds Carterton, 18 September 1954. Programme. Spartans Tauranga v Harlequins Hamilton. Tauranga Domain, 9 October 1954. Programme. Quantity: 19 publications. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm.

Date: 1950 - 2020

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-H

Description: Includes ephemera for hotels in the following locations: Haast Hamilton (incl Tudor Motor Lodge 1974; letterhead for Hotel Riverina, ca 1960s?, and postcard for same hotel) Hanmer Hastings (including Raceview Motel 1950s?) Havelock North Hawkes Bay Hunterville Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm. Provenance: Donation of Hotel Riverina postcard via Shaun McKean, New Zealand Consulate-General, Sydney, October 2017. One item from the papers of Jack Ladyman, Palmerston North, in 2017

Date: ca1908-1958

By: Waikato Historical Society

Reference: PAColl-6505

Description: Four photographs: one of the Tattooed Rocks, west of Raglan; one of the site of the brewery of C L Janes now the garden of 2 Cook Street, Hamilton; one of River Road, Hamilton ca 1908 and another as it was in 1955. Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-009920 to 009921 and 012562 to 012563 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film negatives and a photographic print

Date: 1952-1966

From: Lutheran Church of New Zealand: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-2200-CR-1/07

Description: 41st to 54th Convention Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1940s to 1950s

From: Luke, David M fl 1950- :Photographic albums, negatives, colour slides and prints

Reference: PA1-o-273

Description: Album of photographs relating to historian David M Luke, including family and friends, and various trips around New Zealand. Names listed above are of people identified in the album. A number of sequences show a Yorkshire (?) terrier named Buff. David Luke lived at 84 Bolton Street for many years, and a number of photographs are taken inside the house and in the garden. Another house which is photographed inside and out is at 62 Golders Road, Upper Hutt. Several images show Dean Gibson, at 84 Bolton Street, and at the Deanery. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled `Photographs'; 27.5 x 35.0 cm

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-135/152

Description: Political cartoons from the end of the ministry of Peter Fraser, the lead up to the 1949 election (in which he was defeated by Sidney Holland), and the first year of Holland's ministry. These cartoons mainly address Holland's link to the British conservatives (which McNamara had a very negative view of), and cuts he made to wages, pensions and allowances when he came into power. Other cartoons relate the post-war political situation in Britain and the United State's aid of the country. Some illustrations of animals are also included. Quantity: 17 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary

Date: 1951-1955

From: Armstrong, Sheila Howarth, 1922-2014: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5671-04

Description: Comprises letters from Sheila and Allan Armstrong to Sheila's parents in England, from Manawahe and Hamilton; includes a letter from one of their children, not signed (1955) and clippings and sample of material Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1954 - 1988 - 2003

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-135

Description: Shows leaves, berries and flowers of a rohutu. Artist's list: Flowers Dec., berries March from a cult. plant. Section through berry 10.5.03, coll. Moira Parker, Otago Pen. Appears on page 267 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 21 Mar 1995

From: Valuation New Zealand centennial history oral history project

By: Smith, William Raymond, active 1950s-1995

Reference: OHInt-0415-02

Description: William Raymond Smith, known as Bill, talks about his career as a Government Valuer through the 1950s to the 1970s. Talks about Valuer-General Beattie and improvements to the department. Discusses the five year revision cycle after the Land Sales era. Talks about the Auckland office: size, coverage, and tensions between divisions. Talks about his division and the work of clerical staff, recording and preservation of data and the introduction and use of the Bradma system. Talks about his move to Dunedin and compares the office to that in Auckland. Talks about value increases in Otago and Southland. Discusses the career prospects for clerical staff and detrimental effects for them of the 1970s restructuring. Discusses his move to Head Office as an administration Officer, then subsequently to Hamilton. Talks about the use of departmental maps. Access Contact - Oral History Curator Interviewer(s) - Bryan Gilling Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3957. Search dates: 1950 - 1995

Date: 31 Mar 2005

From: Births Deaths & Marriages oral history project

By: Amon, Danielle Renee, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0853-01

Description: Interview with Danielle Amon, born at Helensville in 1951. Refers to growing up on a dairy farm near Kaitaia, moving to Hamilton to work in 1969, marrying, and managing a poultry farm. Mentions getting a job with the Probation Service in 1980, being promoted rapidly, and becoming Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Hamilton in 1982. Talks about the job managing a staff of four and a budget, and dealing with the public. Refers to moving to the larger Auckland office with a multicultural team. Comments on reactions to her as a young manager, managing the office as a business, and the need to respect other cultures. Mentions the Registrar's Office being moved from the Department of Justice to the Department of Internal Affairs in 1995. Comments on computerisation, increasing workloads, and staff being replaced with temps. Talks about relations between Head Office in Wellington and the generally younger staff in district offices. Comments on taking redundancy in the late 1990s during restructuring, and to never having called herself a public servant. Refers to the procedures for registering births and deaths, and having the discretion to reject names. Comments on adoptions and the Adult Adoption Information Act. Explains the procedure for name changes by deed poll and difficulties for people under 20. Refers to the 1995 Births, Deaths & Marriages Act allowing birth certificates to be changed after a sex change. Describes changes in the registration books in the 1960s and 1970s, the process of indexing and searching, and the introduction of microfiche [indexes] in the 1990s. Refers to the lack of cross-referencing between births and deaths leading to some identity fraud. Mentions the introduction of electronic capture of registrations. Discusses becoming a marriage celebrant and the reasons people married at a Registry Office. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015797 - OHC-015798 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.59 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5672. Search dates: 1951 - 2005

Date: 16, 17 September 2003 - 16 Sep 420 - 17 Sep 2004

From: Art Taranaki oral history project

By: Muggeridge, Marianne, 1952-

Reference: OHInt-0769-06

Description: Born in Hamilton, 1952. Discusses family background - talks of grandfather's work as an entomologist at the Cawthron Institute in Nelson. Discusses immediate family - mother a speech therapist, father qualified as a lawyer, became sharemilker on grandparents' farm. Describes parents as very liberal for the time. Recalls childhood in Alton, Taranaki, talks about family moving to Opunake when Marianne was 11 - recalls this as a happy time. Discusses later move to New Plymouth - recalls time spent at Spotswood College, learning to surf, and suffering from bulimia. Talks about attending Elam Art School - discusses assignments and the influence that tutor "Mac" MacLaren had on her work. Mentions Phil Judd and Jill Winter. Discusses her bulimia and drug use during the seventies - recalls decision to go overseas in 1974. Describes travelling to Paris and living in Wales and London. Mentions commissioned work she produced for New Zealand actor Deidre Serensen. Mentions being first artist to have a Solo Show at N Z House, the Haymarket, London 1979. Describes returning to New Zealand and moving back to Auckland, then the Wilderlands commune in the Coromandel, before settling in Kapuni, Taranaki. Mentions meeting her partner and fellow artist Roger Morris and becoming pregnant with her daughters Lucy and Myfanny. Discusses finding current home in Wellington. Discusses being a member of the Taranaki Artists Co-Operative (TACO) - describes her portraiture style and teaching life drawing at community evening classes. Talks of winning the painting section of the annual National Portrait Gallery's National Portrait Competition, and the Adam/New Zealand Portrait Competition. Mentions Dick Frizzel, Don Binney, Dale Copeland, Paul Hutchinson, Pam Walker, Tom Mutch, Raewyn Mutch, Peter Lambert and Rene Lambert Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Mary Donald Accompanying material - Copies of published articles from newspapers; copies of works from www.virtual.tart.co.nz Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014382, OHC-014383, OHC-014384, OHC-014384, OHC-014386, OHC014387 Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 5.39 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5152. 2 colour photographs, 10 x 15 cm, both taken in Marianne Muggeridge's Wellington studio, 2002. 1 shows Marianne Muggeridge with her work 'Middle Wellington' (2001), 1 shows Marianne Muggeridge with her works 'Middle Wellington' (2001) and a portrait study; copies of works from www.virtual.tart.co.nz Search dates: 1952 - 2004

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Lutheran Church of New Zealand: Records

By: Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969

Reference: PA12-10110

Description: Slides relating to the Lutheran Church of New Zealand, chiefly taken circa 1950s-1960s by unidentified photographers. Contains slides of Lutheran Church buildings around New Zealand. These include interior and exterior shots of churches in Dannevirke, Marton, Halcombe, Mauriceville West, Upper Moutere, Crummer Road (Grey Lynn), Christchurch, Hamilton, and Palmerston North, as well as manse in Palmerston North and Auckland. Some church locations are unidentified. Reverend N Shultz is photographed with members of Hamilton's Estonian community in traditional dress and there are images of unidentified congregants. Miscellaneous images include Mrs Eckert playing cricket, a cake stall, Auckland Museum exterior, and scenic shot of Mount Lyttle (photographed by N Hatwell). Arrangement: Material came to Library in disordered state. Library arranged collection into general subject sequence. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Lutheran Church of New Zealand: Records

Reference: PA12-10107

Description: Slides relating to the Lutheran Church of New Zealand, chiefly taken circa 1950s-1960s by unidentified photographers. Chiefly contains images of church buildings in Christchurch, Auckland, Naenae, Taumarunui, Hamilton, Kawerau, and at other unidentified locations. Some buildings are still under construction and interior shots are included. Also contains slides with texts and maps relating to the expansion of the Lutheran Mission in New Zealand. Unidentified parishioners and clergy are seen at religious services and other events. Arrangement: Material arranged by numbers that are written on the slides Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Lutheran Church of New Zealand: Records

Reference: PA12-10108

Description: Slides relating to the Lutheran Church of New Zealand, chiefly taken circa 1950s-1960s by unidentified photographers. Images show unidentified clergy, parishioners, and children in scenes relating to the construction of church buildings, church gatherings (dedication of construction sites and girls at their confirmation), and informal scenes (visiting group, bus tour to the Chateau at Whakapapa). Lutheran Churches pictured include Wellington, Wanganui, Palmerston North, and Hamilton. Miscellaneous slides include hymn text, hay making, Norsewood Pioneer Museum, a residential house [Wellington?], and a tourist images of Pohutu Geyser. Arrangement: Material arranged by numbers that are written on the slides Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies