Places

Date: 1960-1991

From: New Zealand Playcentre Federation, Education Subcommittee : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-6410-38

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [196-]

From: Dollimore, Edward Stewart, 1904-1973 : Papers

Reference: 83-145-153

Description: Alpha slip index to camp sites, motels, etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: Brown, Helen Campbell 1917-1986 :[Sketches]. 1937-1982.

By: Brown, Helen Campbell, 1917-1986; Jones, Lesley, active 1987

Reference: A-167-013

Description: Shows four poles or piers in foreground, with water and shoreline behind. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - HELEN BROWN; Verso - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Black felt tip pen and watercolour 272 x 373 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/ inventory available.. Provenance: Donation from the estate of the artist, 1987.

Date: 1858-1964

From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-04

Description: Contains registers for Ephiphany (Arch Hill), 1914-1964; St George's, Epsom, 1916-1948; St Columba, Grey Lynn, 1912-1945; Hauraki, 1858-1863; Helensville & Warkworth, 1881-1927 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [1963-1967]

From: Mead, Arthur David, 1888-1977 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7403-29

Description: Correspondence, maps and plans, notes, submissions and other papers relating to Mead's work for the Helensville Borough Council's water supply dam contract; includes lists of plants found in Helnsville reservoir (labelled incomplete) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [196-]

From: Dollimore, Edward Stewart, 1904-1973 : Papers

Reference: 83-145-124

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1934-1935?]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-052

Description: Publicity photographs taken by various unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. The only identifying information is a few pencilled notes giving some locations, but there are no captions identifying people. There is a large sequence showing events surrounding the first celebrations marking the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6th February 1934 attended by Lord Bledisloe. He had purchased the site, and donated money for the Treaty House renovations in 1932. The celebrations brought 10,000 Maori to Waitangi. The images show huge crowds, haka parties, various iwi performing, and parties of dignitaries including Lord and Lady Bledisloe, Joseph Gordon Coates and George William Forbes. Other scenes with Lord Bledisloe show him visiting the Waitaki Hydroelectric power station. Views of New Zealand include Government Tourist Bureau accomodation houses including those at Waitomo and the Hermitage (Mt. Cook); accomodation houses at Helensville and Parakai with interior and exterior views, and showing activities available (spa pools, games such as croquet, golf, and bowls); anglers standing by swordfish they have caught; skiing and ski lessons; and waterfalls. Industrial and agricultural views show dairy cows, citrus groves, the Kiwi Bacon Factory, printing presses, and race courses. A number show people at the beach at Mount Maunganui, and a large group picniking. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, red spine, entitled `Tours Book B3'; 40 x 58 cm

Date: 13 Aug-21 Nov 1901

From: New Zealand Maori Land Court: Tokerau District minute books

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-06-202B

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1954

From: Gnatt, Poul Rudolph, 1923-1995 :Photographs

By: Woods, Keith, 1928-1997

Reference: PAColl-10335

Description: Collection of photographic prints by Keith Woods featuring Poul Gnatt and other ballet dancers at Bethells Beach and Helensville in 1954. Includes photographs taken in January 1954 at Bethells Beach showing Poul Gnatt dancing on the beach and sand dunes together with Julie Barker and others. Includes photographs of Poul Gnatt and others relaxing at Bethells Beach in January 1954. Includes images of Poul Gnatt and others at the baths in Helensville, taken on 21 September 1954. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Circa December 1958 to April 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8796

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand between 1958 and 1959. This sheet of slides shows hills at Holmridge farm; volcanic ridge at Tokatoka; sawmill and the Tokatoka volcanic rock in the distance; Dargaville township, April 26 Anzac Day procession with band rotunda visible, an old pier on the Wairoa River at Dargaville, cattle sales; a pile of wood blocks at a sawmill; Woodhill showing Peter Hildreth's farm country; sheep on the road beyond Helensville; Kaipara River at Helensville; scenes relating to the flax industry at Waihue showing cabbage trees in a swamp, views of the Northern Wairoa Flax Co. mill showing the buildings, flax in swampland, the flax mill, washed flax fibres, and the manager of the mill holding flax fibres. Slides on this sheet are numbered 604-627. Arrangement: None of this particular sheet of slides were removed to Mr Williams' representative collection on New Zealand for his lecture series when he returned to England. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1998-1999

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-05

Description: Photographs of buildings in Rodney District, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Locations include - Mahurangi East and Mahurangi West. Matakana. Leigh. Helensville. Puhoi. Subjects include - Mahurang Regional Park, and Mahurangi Harbour. Houses. Views across pasture farmland with houses and trees. Individual houses, churches, farm sheds, shops and a Library building. Wharves, a dairy factory, a bridge. A museum in an old school building, a cemetery, and a memorial statue. Quantity: 162 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1996

From: Diva Productions Ltd: Records of the Topp Twins

Reference: MS-Papers-11685-134

Description: Photocopied maps and directions to filming locations for series two of the Topp Twins television show. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950 - 1990

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: C-067-007

Description: Shows about 65 stylised Maori designs for decorative figures. There are annotations besie many of the designs indicating that some may have been copied from the "Journal of the Polynesian Society" (JPS). Some have locations noted, such as: Hamilton, Whangarei (W M Fraser Collection), Hamilton, Auckland Museum, Phillips - National Museum Melbourne, Whangaroa, Poor Knights Island, Near Auckland, Hokianga, Helensville, Bay of Islands. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Pencil drawings, on draughting paper, approximately 650 x 300 mm

Date: 8 Oct 1902-3 May 1903

By: Woodridge, G Charles, active 1902-1903

Reference: MS-Group-0912

Description: Woodridge sailed to New Zealand in Oct 1902 and in his journal describes his voyage on the ss `Papanui' visiting the Spain, Tenerife, the Cape of Good Hope and Tasmania en route, his travels through New Zealand, his departure and voyage back to England on the `Rimutaka' via Cape Horn, Uruguay. He writes of his daily activities, the people he met, the various sights, social life and customs of the places visited and he has included in the volume stamps from the various ports they visited, photographs, pen drawings, dried plants, maps and a huia feather. His itinerary is summarised at the end of the book which also includes a brief address list of persons met and rough abstract of expenses. Woodridge visited Wellington, Napier, Rotorua, Auckland, Helensville, Dargaville, Kaihu, Mangawhare, Maropui, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Pipiriki, Palmerston North, Pohangina, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown, Paradise, Skippers, Wanaka, Alexandra, Lawrence, Christchurch, Springfield, Otira, Reefton, Nelson and Picton A telegram and two greetings cards were also with the journal Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (111 pages). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, photographs and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two photographs, one of Woodridge, the other of a family group with the name Mrs Forbes written on it. Throughout the text are inserted photographs, stamps and drawings

Date: 1986 - 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-604/635

Description: Includes cartoons about: David Lange proposes better relations with Australia; the French torture the New Zealand kiwi; concorde pilot asked to ship live sheep; wealthy American businessmen try a deal with desperate Hawkes Bay farmers; the French ask David Lange to release the Rainbow Warrior saboteurs; Australians upset by New Zealand's winning a carpetting contract in Canberra; Lange savaged during attempts to trade butter with the EEC "club"; USA President Ronald Reagan takes Australian PM Bob Hawke away from "this nasty area" of New Zealand; USA gets tough with New Zealand; New Zealand's trade threatened by split with ANZUS; troubled trade relations with Libya,Iran, EEC, USA; Fijian Indians want to migrate to New Zealand; Australia threatens trade cuts for non-participation in ANZUS; Kiwifruit for the Ayatollah (Khomeini of Iran); Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen loses popularity; Kiwi expatriates laze in the Queensland sun drinking beer; the snake of CER (Australian Closer Economic Relations); David Lange asks Bob Hawke for the boat "Akarana" back; new "Asian" city for Helensville; MP Marshall to consider tougher measures with China if necessary; no political asylum in New Zealand for Fiji Indian; huge power plant for North Island planned using Australian coal; French MP Michel Rocard promises to try and help New Zealand trade in the EEC; Chinese immigrants arrive; 100,000 live sheep leave for the Persian Gulf countries; Jim Bolger goes to Baghdad with a feather in his cap; Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon is keen on new links with the USA; US President George Bush allocates Jim Bolger two minutes' conversation in the men's toilets; Jim Bolger visites British PM John Major; Bill Birch announces that migrants are essential; Jim Bolger and Don McKinnon are successful in getting New Zealand a place on the UN Security Council; US President Bill Clinton likes New Zealand green-lipped mussels. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 32 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: [1940s-1950s]

From: Dollimore, Edward Stewart, 1904-1973 : Papers

Reference: 83-145-077

Description: Extracts from books relating to: Albertland; Turakina; Buller; Waikaka and surrounding area; Tokomairoro; Taieri Mouth and area; Pongakawa; Morrinsville; Northern Southland; history of the McLeods of Helensville; Auckland; Maori place-names of Canterbury; Puhoi; copy of B J Foster's draft mss on NZ history Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-290

Description: Photographs of various areas in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region and Wellington Region circa 1890s, probably taken by George William Barltrop (identification from other albums in this sequence). A large number show church buildings, including a Roman Catholic church in Johnsonville; an Anglican church in Featherston; St Luke's Anglican Church in Greytown; a church in Carterton; St Matthews Anglican church in Masterton; a church in Pahiatua; one in Ashhurst; an Anglican church in Bunnythorpe; St John's Anglican church in Feilding; All Saints Anglican church in Palmerston North; and a church at Kiwitea. A small group show the area around Alfredton, with a timber mill, several types of saw, and teams of horses transporting logs. One view is of a cemetery, probably in Lower or Upper Hutt, with the gravestone of George Keary clearly visible. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh VI' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm

Date: 1864-2003

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8066-04

Description: Monument to Captain Cook at Calfont St Giles, England; documents relating to the 1918 influenza epidemic; ancient Maori artifacts; Opanaki Hotel; a pallisade post at Ruapekepeka; views of Helensville park; exterior views of Captain William Butler's house at Mangonui and its cemetery; the wreck of the "Waikare" in Dusky Sound in 1910, the sailing ships "Pamir" and "Ida Ziegler." Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1998-1999

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-01

Description: Photographs of buildings in Rodney District, Auckland Region, New Zealand, and in particular, Helensville. Incuded are - Shops. Houses. Churches. Cemeteries. Community halls. Post offices. Hotels. Picture theatres. Dairy factories. Quantity: 164 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1998-1999

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-04

Description: Photographs of buildings in Rodney District, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Locations include - Rural Helensville. Warkworth. Kumeu. Riverhead. Muriwai. Brighams [Creek?]. Kaukapakapa. Subjects include - Houses. Pastureland. Memorials. Landscapes. Parks. War memorials. Halls. Jails. Hotels. Churches. Bandstands. Shops. Sheds. Post offices. Bank buildings. Court houses. Ruins. Bridges. Rivers. Library building. Quantity: 134 colour original photographic print(s).