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Dr Golan Maaka

Date: 1993-1994

By: Haami, Bradford Joseph Te Apatuoterangi Maaka, 1966-

Reference: OHColl-0453

Description: These recordings were made as source material for the written biography `Dr Golan Maaka : Maori doctor' (1995). Dr Maaka practised medicine in the Whakatāne district for 35 years and combined Pākehā and traditional Māori medical practices. He also did medical rounds in the Ureweras. Interviews are with Tangi Maaka, Maanu Paul, Willie Aarons, Bill Davis, Helen Draper, Ted and Pauline Butt, Jumbo Chadwick, Dr Staverley, Roger Maaka, Ching Tutua, Florence Maaka, Puti O'Brien, Derek Asher, Bob Burgess, Jock Young and Graeme Howard, Leslie Stewart, Inia and June Maaka, Rowena Paku, Koa Murdoch and Manurere Dimitrof. Interviewer(s) - Brad Haami Quantity: 13 C60 cassette(s). 10 C90 cassette(s). 20 interview(s). 28 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

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Album of photographs of Maori

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

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New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :[Unidentifie...

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-9/2/24-30A-Acc.

Description: Most are colour coded but lack reference key, all are undated. Areas include: North Auckland (incomplete) 9/2/24; Manukau, Thames, Waikato 9/2/25; Coromandel 9/2/26; Pokaka to Hihitahi 9/2/27; Napier 9/2/28; Taranaki (9/2/30) and Wellington (9/2/30). 9/2/30 which is identified on back as Waihi-Whakatane-Rotorua has G R printed on lower left corner beside some artistic ink drawings of Maori heads. Quantity: 8 manuscript map(s) (in folder). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colour tracings on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 41 x 19.5 cm. and smaller. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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"Residential area", Whakatane, 1928

Date: 1928

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-257

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Salmon album 11

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

Manuscript

Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand : Records

Date: [ca 1976-1985]

By: Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-6646

Description: Two files sent anonymously to National Archives compiled by Mr Duthie in some capacity with RASNZ. Includes "RASNZ - Meteor section" and "Dunedin Astronomical Society". There is also some connection with Whakatane Astronomical Society Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Manuscript

Whakatane and District Historical Society Inc - Transactions and newsletters

Date: 1953-1955

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

Reference: 83-145-061

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Constitution of Parishes and financial accounts of various parishes

Date: 1963-1969

From: Lutheran Church of New Zealand: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-2200-PR-1/2

Description: Includes (a) Rotorua (b) Whakatane). Also includes financial accounts of various parishes (1963-1969) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

William Colenso - Notes for a journey

Date: 1844-1845

From: Petersen, George Conrad, 1900-1978 : Papers relating to a biography of William Colenso

Reference: 80-038-01

Description: Includes mss map of eastern Bay of Plenty coast and hinterland Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

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Colour transparencies of Tauranga, Whakatane, Wanganui and the Waitomo district

Date: 1970s

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

By: Wells, Robert Ernest, 1905-2006

Reference: PA12-0096

Description: Arrangement: Top left 122-34, top right 72-9-1, bottom left 76-10, bottom right 123-14. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Transfers: Photocopies of transparency envelopes held at PAColl-3703-1.

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New Zealand - Miscellaneous photographs published in 1947

Date: 1947

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-224

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance in 1947. Duck shooting at Lake Ellesmere; sign of the Pick and Shovel at Gabriel's Gully; disabled soldiers in wheelchairs watching a horse race; first aid clinic; locomotive having its tender filled with coal at Paekakariki; Herekino State Forest; Lake Wakatipu; The Chateau; Mount Ruapehu; Vogeltown Bowling Club, New Plymouth; Youth Travel Association party at Waiouru; rugby referees examinations held in Wellington (G R Penhale & D Chant); Hilton Thomassen and Jimmy Black of Taneatua Bowling Club, Whakatane (tallest & shortest players). House moving (Dr H B Berney's surgery, Masterton); Horsa Glider home and houseboats (England); Silver Jubilee display of sewing done by Correspondence School pupils held at Central Library, Wellington; English family building their own home; Les Curtice sounding the Last Post; Rehabilitation Committee meeting; R J Jacobs & C O Bell laying a wreath at the Cenotaph, Wellington (view of shops in lower Molesworth Street in background). Series of photographs taken at Ruatoki - Jim Merritt (Native Department supervisor), Rev Rangi (Maori Battalion padre), Takerau Tamerau (paramount chief of Tuhoe) and others. Series of photographs relating to the Post Office training school courses. Named participants included K R Murray, G H Glozier, T J Nixon, H McLachland, R W Hundy, D C Mundy, L W Palmer, H C Waterhouse, A J L Hamilton, B Story, R Innes, T Collins, A S Beck, R Cleary. Courses included engineering, morse code, switch board operators, automatic exchange switches; dismantling and testing telephones, etc. Helicopters (United States); Naseby (children's fancy dress parade); Tekapo; Country Library Service (librarian-driver Evelyn Franklin of Waikato, Coronation Library at Little River, and bus at Gropers Bush); Series of photographs relating to the Government Home Aid Scheme and day in the life of employee Edna Chandler. WAACS for welfare work in Japan - Subaltern J N Bullard & Junior Commander W M White; Pat Pysden and Pear Hunt; on parade (Ruth Ransfield, Margaret Bown and Doris Dempsey); Quartermaster-Sgt M V Wilson and P Cronin; Yvonne Trainor. Hine Hopu (carved guardian on Hongi's Track); Thomas Burn's statue in The Octagon, Dunedin; Young woman planting cauliflowers at Waimate farm; deerstalker's camp in Woodgrove district, North Canterbury; boy scouts in France; hikers on road to Milford Hotel; hydro-electric generating plant at Karapiro; holiday makers on board launch in Marlborough Sounds; Deepwater Cove, Bay of Islands; speed boat racing at New Plymouth; Pelorous Bridge; mayor of New Plymouth Mr Gilmour at civic reception held in Pukekura Park. Opening of the air service between New Zealand and Canada - Captain I N Holyman, managing director of Australian National Airways receiving first mail from Hon F S Hackett, Postmaster General; J A C Allum, Mayor of Auckland and Captain P Taylor. Quantity: 94 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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[Ephemera relating to the New Zealand Centennial celebrations. 1940]

Date: 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1940

Description: Pamphlets and booklets include: Akaroa Centennial celebrations, 20 April 1940. Souvenir programme Bay of Islands Centennial celebration. Souvenir programme of historical pageant. Waimate North Show Grounds, 2 January 1940. Proceeds in aid of Red Cross funds. Carterton District. N.Z. Centennial celebrations 1840-1940. Invitation to Centennial Social and Dance. King's Theatre, Belvedere Street, 1 March 1940. Centennial luncheon to early settlers to be held in the Municipal Hall, Perry Street, Masterton, 14 March 1940. Menu, toast list and list of early settlers (all in one folded pamphlet) Centennial of New Zealand 1840-1940. Commemorative cover Centennial of New Zealand 1840-1940. Opunake and County of Egmont celebrations, 7-10 April 1940. Programme booklet Church of the Province of New Zealand. Order of service authorized by the Bench of Bishops for use in all churches on Sunday, January 7th 1940, the special day of thanksgiving. Greytown Centennial celebrations. official order of ceremony. 16-17 february 1940. New Zealand Centenary matinee. is Majesty's Theatre (Haymarket, London) Monday, April 15th at 2.30 p.m. [1940]. New Zealand Centennial. Pahiatua celebrations, 5-7 April 1940. Official order of ceremony. New Zealand centennial celebrations. Programme of events, 1 January - 16 November 1940 (2 copies) Province of Wellington. Dedication and unveiling of the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial by His Excellency the Governor-General the Rt Hon Viscount Galway. Petone, 22 January 1940. Order of ceremony United Thanksgiving Service held in the Town Hall, Dunedin NZ, on 7th January 1940. Time of service 3 pm, on the occasion of the Centennial of the Dominion. Organist Prof V E Galway. Order of service. Whakatane Borough and County. Centenniakl celebrations and historic Maori pageant, held at Whakatane, 16 March 1940. Programme Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying under 25 cm.

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Dossier (Volume 4)

Date: 1979-1982

From: Dossier on Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki

Reference: MS-Papers-9587-04

Description: The content in this volume are prayers written by Te Kooti in a pocket notebook, which was found left behind when he and his followers escaped from government forces at Mataretu in 1869. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (78 Pages). Physical Description: Typescript and photocopies

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Angus album 2

Date: 1928

From: Angus, Robert K, fl 1964 :New Zealand photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-010

Description: Album containing 1928 souvenir booklet celebrating New Zealand's first Commerce Train, which travelled through Auckland Province between 26th October 1928 and 4th November 1928. Souvenir number of the Commerce Train News, published by New Zealand Railways. Bound in with the book are photographs taken by an unidentified passenger on the trip. There are photographs in the booklet, which include several portraits of men on the trip, photographs of farmland, dairy factories, cement works, Arapuni Hydroelectric works showing the dam and the spillway, kauri forests, trains and cars, and group photographs of the personnel. Full lists of personnel are included in the book. Other - Photographs possibly taken by Robert Angus, manager of Cook & Son, Shortland St., Auckland, who was a member of the tour. Father of the donor Robert K Angus? Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 320 x 260 mm dark blue suede cover, spine embossed with decoration

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[Rugby football programmes featuring New Zealand national, provincial or club teams. 19...

Date: 1980 - 1982

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-1980/1982

Description: Includes: 1980: Auckland v Otago. Eden Park, 30 August 1980. Programme. Fiji v NZ Maoris. Rotorua Stadium, 30 August 1980. Programme. NZ XV v Fiji. Eden Park, 13 September 1980. Programme. Auckland v Canterbury. Lion Rugby Championship. Eden Park, 27 September 1980. Programme Japan Rugby Football Union. Japan Under 23 tour of New Zealand. April/May 1980. Booklet The All Blacks in Wales 1980. Centennial souvenir. Published by New Zealand News UK. 1981: Pack down with Onslow '81. All players welcome; Onslow Rugby Football Club Inc Wellington. Flier. S.A. Rugbytoerspan; S.A. Rugby Touring Team 1981 [Page of reproduced signatures]. The Pledge [a pledge not to participate in or attend rugby games to boycott goods and services offered by rugby sponsors or endorsed by rugby personalities; to boycott businesses which endorse rugby union or the tour by the Springboks; to continue this action until the Rugby Union commits itself to ceasing sporting contact with South Africa]. Scotland v New Zealand. Eden Park, 20 June 1981. Programme. Bay of Plenty v Poverty Bay. Jamieson Oval Te Puke, 4 July 1981. Programme South Africa versus Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 25 July 1981. Souvenir programme Bay of Plenty v Otago. Lion Rugby Championship. Whakatane Domain, 29 July 1981. Programme South Africa v New Zealand. 2nd test. Athletic Park, 29 August 1981. Programme (2 copies) South Africa v Bay of Plenty. Rotorua Stadium, 2 September 1981. Programme (2 copies) Auckland v South Africa. Eden Park, 5 September 1981. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand v South Africa. Third test. Eden Park, 12 September 1981. Programme (2 copies) 1982: Bay of Plenty v Counties. Rotorua Stadium, 7 August 1982. Programme Australia v New Zealand. 2nd test. Athletic Park, 28 August 1982. Programme Waikato v Auckland. Rugby Park Hamilton, 4 September 1982. Programme New Zealand v Australia. Eden Park, 11 September 1982. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 22 programmes (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Letterpress, photolithographs, sizes below 300 mm. Provenance: Some programmes purchased from various sources, 2004-2007, 2011-2012.

Manuscript

Research notes on civic heraldry

Date: 1965-1967

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 82-213-21

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Whakatane, including a bridge over Whakatane river, Bay of Plenty district

Date: 14 Apr 1965

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-64202-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Manuscript

Notebook

Date: 1907-1909

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-19

Description: Contains miscellaneous notes and whakapapa compiled by Keys from a variety of sources about Maori society and culture; significant entries include the fishing up of the North Island by Maui, rituals and customs associated with food collection, information about various place names, and information about native flora and fauna; the manuscript also includes accounts of the introduction of kumara to New Zealand, and about the tohunga, Te Tahi o te Rangi; there are also a number of epitaphs copied in the book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Letters to her parents, Anne and Arthur Fletcher

Date: 1948

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

Reference: MS-Papers-5671-02

Description: Comprises letters from Sheila and Allan Armstrong from Hapua, Havelock North, Whakatane, Gisborne and Opotiki to Anne and Arthur Fletcher, Sheila's parents in England, describing their day-to-day activities and conditions in NZ Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Letters to her parents, Anne and Arthur Fletcher

Date: Jun-Dec 1949

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

Reference: MS-Papers-5670-4

Description: Comprises letters wrwitten by Sheila and Allen Armstrong from Whakatane and Matata, and C Tibbles, from Dunedin, to Sheila's parents in England describing daily activities and events Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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