First organisation in New Zealand of long distance route and tourist service operators, formed in 1918. Its success, mainly in the North Island, led to the establishment in the South Island of White Star Tourist Services in 1924. The organisation began to decline in 1928 when many services were purchased by NZ Railways Road Services.
AARD Motor Services Association of N.Z.
AARD Motor Services (Firm)
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Charles Lafferty's Junction and Grand Hotels, Frankton Junction
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Lafferty, Charles, active 1920s
Reference: Pan-2459-F
Description: Panoramic view of Frankton Junction showing the large two-storeyed Grand Hotel in Colombo Street on the far left. A group of men are standing on the road outside, and a group of women hotel workers are on the verandah upstairs. Next there are two houses, one with a greenhouse, then FitzGerald's Overbridge Stores in Commerce Street, on a corner in the centre of the image. A woman and two men stand in the doorway. Across the road is the large two-storeyed 'Lafferty's private Hotel' centre right, verandahs along the front. In the right foreground a woman is standing beside a car labelled 'Raglan Royal Mail Daily' run by AARD. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - C. Lafferty's Junction and Grand Hotels, Frankton. A home for all; Marginal notes on negative - C. Lafferty. Junction Hotels. Frankton Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 89.7 cm
Audio
Interview with Bert Gleeson
Date: 21 Apr 1983
From: Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford
By: Gleeson, Albert, active 1923-1983
Reference: OHInt-0470/12
Description: Bert Gleeson discusses fishing in the Rotorua area and the very large rainbow trout caught at Lake Okataina. Describes some of the theatres and dance halls in Rotorua in the 1920s and his involvement, with his wife Edna, in running the Peerless (dance) Hall between 1923 and 1925. Talks about driving a service car from Rotorua to Whakatane and the need for two cars to drive together to help one another with breakdowns. Recalls the Rangitaiki swamp, getting stuck, Rotomoa township and drivers Sandy and Bob Laird. Describes some of the cars operated by the Rotorua Motor Coaching Company. Discusses the construction of the Rotorua-Taupo railway line. Talks about the Depression, tree planting and rates of pay for married and single men. Describes a pay cut during the Depression while working for the Rotorua Motor Coaching Company. Comments on the long hours worked. Recalls spending three years during World War II at the Army camp at Arawa Park used to bring up to standard men who were unfit for the war. Describes spending three years in the camp. Mentions it became a camp for Maori Battalion. Discusses the Rotorua to Taupo service car run. Mentions the opposition company Hot Lakes Transport Company. Notes that Aard was an association of motor companies rather than a company itself and that the Rotorua Motor Coaching company was part of the White Star line. Interviewer(s) - Don Stafford Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2860.
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Tauranga, N.Z. taken from the railway bridge
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-2236-F
Description: Panoramic view of Tauranga taken from a railway bridge with the harbour in the foreground and Mount Maunganui centre left middle distance. Several launches and yachts are moored near the shore on the left. Identifiable businesses along the shoreline include the Star Hotel, Norris Land Agency, F E Nutter (General Drapery), AARD Motor services, and Guinness Brothers. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Tauranga" N.Z. from Railway Bridge. No. 167; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Tauranga from Rly Bridge Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.4 cm
Manuscript
Letters from New Zealand
Date: 1925
From: Grey, Zane, 1872-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11553-1
Description: Contains letters from New Zealanders offering help in setting up or scheduling his trip to New Zealand. which were sent either directly to Grey or forwarded to him from the Auckland Weekly News editor Mr d'Esterre. This followed a newspaper article which made public Grey's intention to travel to New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Montgomery, A M :Photograph album of Aard Motor Services Tours
By: Montgomery, A M, active 1978
Reference: PAColl-5690
Description: Arrangement: Negs at 1/2-089566 to 089580 Quantity: 15 b&w copy negative(s).
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Aard Motor Services vehicle, a Hudson automobile
Date: [ca 1928]
From: Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn, 1944- : Photographs of the Wellington region, mainly of Upper Hutt, Whitemans Valley, Khandallah and Karori
Reference: 1/2-106745-F
Description: Aard Motor Services vehicle, a Hudson automobile, circa 1928. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
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Map
AARD Motor Services Association of N.Z. : Iwanta Aard Descriptive Trip Napier - Taupo -...
Date: 1931 - 1940
From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand
By: AARD Motor Services Association of N.Z.
Reference: MapColl-NZGB-1/5/59/Acc.54745
Description: Two photostat facsimile copies, showing both sides of original printed plan, featuring illustrated plan with altitude diagram on one side and text providing historical context for locations on the other. The map is headed "With the compliments of the Napier Aard. 'Iwanta' Aard Descriptive Trip: Napier - Taupo - Wairakei". Copyright by R R Woodcock [Rupert Rennie Woodcock]. Includes promotional images of The Terraces Hotel, Taupo, and The Caledonian Hotel, Napier. Descriptive text on reverse makes references to 1931 Napier Earthquake, includes a section on the "Story of the Tarawera Eruption" and the "Story of the Opepe Massacre". Notes that Maori translations are by Paul Rokino. Quantity: 1 map(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photostat negative facsimile copies of both sides of original printed map, 65 x 45 & 45 x 65 cm