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Date: 1906 - 1912

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945

Reference: G-345

Description: Shows a corner of a lake with steaming cliffs around it. May show the Waimangu area, rather than Lake Rotomahana Similar to the painting at G-446, but warmer in colouring. Howorth's thermal area paintings were likely to have been completed between 1906, when he left Invercargill, and 1912, with around 1908 as the most likely date Other Titles - Waimangu Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C.H. Howarth Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 635 x 889 mm

Date: 1907

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945

Reference: G-673

Description: View of steam rising from a geyser or other thermal feature Inscriptions: Signed: C. H. Howorth Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 124 x 997 mm Provenance: Donation: New Zealand High Commission, London: 1.9.76

Date: [Between 1930 and 1941]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-207

Description: Album of photographs (mainly landscapes) taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1930 and 1941. The album is divided into sections (not in chronological order), many relating to camping holidays with an unidentified companion. Areas covered included a Christmas holiday trip in 1937 to the East Coast and thermal regions around Tikitere and Waimangu, the Morere nikau forest, Mount Maunganui beach, Hongi's track, the buried village at Te Wairoa, and Rotorua. A North Auckland trip in December 1938 included camping as far north as Paihia, Russell and Waitangi, the Waitangi Falls, the Waipoua Kauri Forest and Trounson's Kauri Park, also Auckland, the Kaingaroa Plains and Waiouru Valley. Areas of erosion were noted, and mangrove swamps. An Anniversary Day trip (22-23 January 1939) took Salmon to the Putangirua Pinnacles in the Wairarapa; and in September 1941 he went to the Hawke's Bay area. In 1945 he went on a North Island Expedition working on malaria control, with ?Bissett, and William John Phillipps. February 20-27 1939 was a trip across the Napier-Taupo Road, and included a number of images of the silt and desolation caused by a great flood in the Esk Valley in 1938. In 1936 Salmon went on a geological trip to the Rotorua area, and at Orakei Korako he was particularly interested in "sinter formations" (thermal deposits of silica, of which the Pink and White Terraces were examples). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: 1906 - 1912

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945; New Zealand. High Commission (Great Britain)

Reference: G-446

Description: Steaming cliffs probably of the Lake Rotomahana or Waimangu area Similar to oil at G-345, but cooler in colouring. Howorth's thermal area paintings were likely to have been completed between 1906, when he left Invercargill, and 1912, with around 1908 as the most likely date Inscriptions: bottom right - C H Howorth Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 665 x 905 mm Provenance: Donation: New Zealand High Commission, London: 28.4.76

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: 1924

By: Sklenars, Linda, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1212

Description: Album compiled on a tour of the North Island in 1924 by an unknown photographer. The album includes views of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Wairakei, Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoehu, Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotomahana, Hamurana Springs, Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Waitomo. The scenes in Wellington include views of Parliament, Government Buildings, St Mary of the Angels church, Oriental Bay, Island Bay, Wellington Heads, Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Miramar, Lyall Bay, Khandallah and Days Bay. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album

Date: ca 1900 - 1920

From: Commons, Jeremy Paul Axford, 1933- :Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I ; photographs of New Zealand, and of the Suez Canal

Reference: PAColl-2297-1

Description: Set of eight postcards from the Daily Mail series on the ANZACS in France, including ones of troops cheering the king, the arrival of the New Zealand Prime Minister by air, and a Maori butcher chopping up meat; other postcards of the Tauranga area particularly of houses damaged on the beach; and three prints of shipping on the Suez Canal including one of a dredge (photographer possibly named Langahi). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-075321, 075324 to 075333 and 075335 to 075343 Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [187-?, 1911-1940s]

By: Birks, Lawrence, 1874-1924

Reference: PAColl-0890

Description: Two photographs of thermal activity at Whakarewarewa, one showing the Maori village in the background; people watching the Ngauruhoe eruption of 1926; looking over the thermal area at Waimangu; the crater of Wahanga in 1911 with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance taken by L Birks; men watching the volcano on White Island; the grounds of the Sanatorium at Rotorua; a crowd watching the Pohutu geyser at Whakarewarewa Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: ca 1900-ca 1915, 1930s, 1960s

By: Dye, Kathleen, active 1930s; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015; Sharp, Barbara, active 2003

Reference: PAColl-7713

Description: Photographs of the Rodney district, Russell, Waitangi, Te Kuiti, Te Aroha, Wanganui, Hunua Falls, skiing in Tongariro National Park, Rotorua, Nelson, and army groups. Kathleen Dye was the donor's mother. The family lived north of Auckland, in the Kaukapakapa - Warkworth area. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Barbara Sharp, Levin, in August 2003.

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1908-1910

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1226

Description: There are three main groups of images in this album. The first is about a climb up Mount Tarawera in September 1908. It includes views of the craters and the rift resulting from the eruption, and views over the surrounding countryside from the summit including lakes Tarawera and Rotomahana. The party also did some sailing in a launch on the lakes before moving on to the Waimangu thermal area and Wakarewarewa. The second group feature railway viaducts being constructed on the main trunk line in May 1908. Those depicted are the Makatote Viaduct, the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, and the Taonui Viaduct. There are two photographs of the road bridge over the Makatote River, and two photographs of the party picnicing in the bush by the river. The third group relates to climbing Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe over Easter 1909, and again over Easter 1910. There are views of Ngauruhoe erupting, the Mangaehuehu Glacier on Mount Ruapehu, the Crater Lake, the Ohinepango Spring, the party on both mountains, and a view Of Paretetaitonga Peak on Mount Ruapenu. Other images are photographic postcards one of which shows a group of Ohakune Boy Scouts on Mount Ruapehu (this group also includes four women). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1909-1920]

By: Sachse, K H (Mr), active 1972; Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-0863

Description: Postcards of "The Flower Pots" - boiling mud in Rotorua, Waimangu basin and Frying Pan Flat, Gibraltar Rock, Waimangu blow hole and general view of Waimangu taken by R G Marsh; Wellington harbour from Tinakori Hill by Tanner Bros; two of Oamaru Gardens; the Trooper's Memorial, Oamaru; three girls and a dog on Nile Street, Nelson (taken by F N Jones); a house next to Hooper's Inlet, Otago Peninsula; a view of Queenstown from across Lake Wakatipu; Rainbow Mountain (Maungakaramea); Bowen Peak above Queenstown; two views of the Poleford Bridge over the Matai River in Nelson; Greymouth as seen from Cobden; and a view looking down Otira Gorge. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Perkins, G, active 1966; William Beattie & Company

Reference: PAColl-4690

Description: The junction of the rivers at Cromwell; horse and cart driving past a cricket match in the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Postcards of Lake Tarawera, the Waimangu Geyser basin and the desolation around Waimangu published by W Beattie & Co. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: One print housed at PAColl-5744-21 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr G Perkins, Wellington, 1966 Transfers: Print at PAColl-5744-21.

Date: [Between 1923 and 1928]

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2485-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Waimungu [i.e. Waimangu] area, looking down over a steaming lake on the left, and pockets of steam in the hills nearby. Tussock covered hills all around. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Waimungu. Rotorua. No. 86. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.5 cm

Date: 1962-1968

From: Kelly, Jim and Glenys: Transparencies of locations in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and memorabilia of the TSS 'Monowai'

Reference: PA12-11192

Description: Colour transparencies of scenes in Rotorua, Wellington and Auckland areas photographed by Jim Kelly and Thomas Guy. Five colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 3 of 4'. Four colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 4 of 4 final'. Two colour transparencies of Rotorua area, entitled 'Rotorua taken by Thomas Guy c 1962', including an image of the Government Gardens with the Bath House builiding (formerly known as Tudor Towers) in the background. Three colour transparencies labelled on the slide cases 'Fairy Springs Labour Weekend 1980', 'Waimangu 1980', and 'Waimangu 1980 Huts made for Film Fire on the Mountain'. (Note that the film is most likely to be 'Children of Fire Mountain', a television series made by South Pacific Pictures in 1979). Three colour transparencies of Wellington area entitled 'Wellington Oct 1967 1st weekend of 10 pm closing 1 set only'. One colour transparency of Parnell Baths Auckland entitled 'Feb 1968 Auckland Parnell Baths (1 only)'. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 18 colour film transparencies in cardboard mounts with either printed or handwritten identifying information

Date: 1960-1962

From: Kelly, Jim and Glenys: Transparencies of locations in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and memorabilia of the TSS 'Monowai'

Reference: PA12-11191

Description: Colour transparencies of Rotorua scenes, some photographed by Jim Kelly and others commercially produced. Six colour transparencies of Rotorua area entitled 'Rotorua "shop bought" 1 set only', which include two transparencies of White Island. Six colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 1 of 4', which include images taken while boating on Lake Okataina. Nine colour transparencies of Rotorua area scenes entitled 'Rotorua Oct 1965 2 of 4'. Three commerical slides are labelled 'Rotorua Scenic Gems' and two are labelled 'Tasman Colour Slides'. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 21 colour film transparencies in cardboard mounts with either printed or handwritten identifying information

Date: [ca 1953-1960]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

By: A H & A W Reed (Firm); Kiwi Colour Slides; Cross, Derek, 1929-1984

Reference: PA12-10638

Description: Set of scenic slides titled 'Rotorua air views' published by A H & A W Reed, circa 1950s, and collected by Muriel Edwards. Photographed by Derek Cross. Images are of the following: Lake Rotoiti and Moose Lodge, volcanic chasm on Mount Tarawera, Lake Rotomahana and Steaming Cliffs, Rainbow Montain and Lake Okaro, Waiotapu Thermal Area, Waimangu Thermal Valley, Blue and Green Lakes, Ohinemutu and Lake Rotorua, and Gardens and bath houses in [Rotorua?]. Slides accompanied by published leaflet 'Kiwi Commentary' describing each image. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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: 1985

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Schmid, Max, 1945-

Reference: PA12-10741

Description: Views of the Waiotapu and Waimangu thermal areas. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies 35mm transparencies.

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Schmid, Max, 1945-

Reference: PA12-10827

Description: Photographs taken in the Waimangu and Waiotapu thermal areas. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies 35mm slides.