Port Ahuriri

Date: 1907

By: A E Eagleton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-GAME-1907-01

Description: A chess or draughts board, with advertising from local businesses beside it and on front and back covers. Businesses advertised include Grand Hotel Hastings, Daily telegraph Napier, A Simmonds & Co (seeds grains and garden implements, Napier), McGlashan (furniture, Hastings), New Zealand Insurance Company, W Plowman & Son (aerated waters and cordial manufacturers, Napier), E Newbigin (Burton Brewery Hastings), Murray Roberts & Company (farriers and general machinery merchants, Port Ahuriri), R Northe & Sons Ltd (wood, coal and building materials, Napier), A J Williams (chemist and optician, Napier). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on board game.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph, on both sides of board, 340 x 530 mm (spread) Provenance: Donated by Mrs M A Nolan, in 1963.

Date: 1912

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0682

Description: Architectural drawing for a storage building including signing and dating of the related contract. See also Plans-91-0681 for another version of the same drawing in ink Signed by William Glendenning; also by Thomas Maidens, Clerk of Works. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour on paper, 500 x 654 mm Provenance: Donation: Bulleyment Fortune Architects, Wellington, 1989.

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1905-1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-833

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/8/1-Acc.37370

Description: Nothing identified Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on waxed linen. Scale [ca 1 63 360] 29.5 x 22 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: ca 1864-1900

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7275

Description: An engraving of Napier in 1864 done in 1894 (annotated); two similar views of Napier from Bluff Hill (one annotated); a large sawmill with houses around ca 1890s (annotated); Shakespeare Road, Napier ca 1863; Hastings Street looking towards Bluff Hill with London House on the right ca 1863; further up Hastings Street looking towards the hill (annotated - very faint image); postcard of Port Ahuriri and Roadstead ca 1900 (part of SM & Co series); men working on Pukemoki Quarry; and Port Ahuriri showing the spit taken by Muir & Moodie (annotated). Some of the images have annotations in the same handwriting (these are indicated) and others are described on the reverse of the file print as "copy negatives from an enlarged print". Arrangement: Negatives as 1/2-002924 to 002932 and 002960 Quantity: 10 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-05-11

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

Date: 1912

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0681

Description: Architectural drawing for a storage building. See also Plans-81-0682 for another version of the same drawing in ink & watercolour. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, 500 x 654 mm Provenance: Donation: Bulleyment Fortune Architects, Wellington, 1989.

Date: February to March 1913

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

Reference: PA1-q-003

Description: Record of a trip from Woodville to Napier and Taupo via the Napier-Taupo Road, February to March 1913. Views include Dannevirke, the upper reaches of the Manawatu River, Waipukurau Lake, Tavistock Hotel, the rail and foot bridge across the Waipawa River between Waipukurau and Waipawa, Hastings Post Office; motor and horse-drawn buses which run between Hastings and Havelock North; house under construction in Henry Street, Hastings (house named Ackworth, owned by Laurence Denton, accountant); views of Cape Kidnappers and the gannet rookery; Ed James and family at their seaside bungalow at Te Awanga; views of Napier and Ahuriri; the Taradale Road embankment over the Tutaekuri River, the Ahuriri Lagoon and mudflats; Marine Parade, Napier showing Norfolk pines, the Municipal Baths and a monument to "six brave men drowned in floods while rescuing people at Clive". Views on the Napier-Taupo Road including the Mohaka River, Tarawera Hotel in Waipunga Valley; Lake Taupo; Huka Falls; Aratiatia Rapids on the Waikato River; hot pool at the Geyser House Hotel (Wairakei) with a group of children swimming; Wairakei Geyser Valley showing geysers, and mud pools.

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

Reference: PA5-0086

Description: The shipping port, Ahuriri showing several ships docked and the commercial buildings of Williams & Kettle, Dalgety and Company and Hawkes Bay Farmers Cooperative Association Ltd, taken by photographer, Sorrell. Verso contains page of a letter - Thursday night, Waverley Hotel, Greenmeadows from Freddy to Dukei? Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 87 x 135 mm

Date: 1931

From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931

Reference: PAColl-0153-01

Description: View of the damage to Port Ahuriri, Napier, after the earthquake of 1931. Piles of rubble can be seen, and shells of some buildings. Three men can be seen walking in the distance. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1931. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - The Port, Napier Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

From: Downie, Robert Ingram, 1879-1925 :[Scenes of New Zealand's North and South Islands, 1906-1914, and of England and Scotland, ca 1900 to 1905 and 1920-1925; also watercolours by the artist's brother James, including portaits of Robert Downie. ca 1900-1925]

Reference: A-463-051/067

Description: Early views of places in the North Island excluding Wellington. Locations identified in pencil on the reverse of the paintings. Includes a view of Devonport from Mechanics Bay in Auckland. Quantity: 17 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper

Date: [ca 1895-1932]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

By: Manning, Charles Henry, 1848-1895; Taylor, T E, active 1899

Reference: PAColl-8788-2

Description: Photographs taken and collected by Louis John Daroux, between 1890s-1930s. This set includes Wellington street scenes and city views, circa 1900s; photographs taken at Trentham Military Camp circa 1914; New Zealand scenic and harbour views; miscellaneous photographs including three taken or collected in Australia, Germany, and the Pacific Islands; and portraits. Wellington scenes include: the unveiling ceremony for statue of John Ballance in Parliament grounds, April 1897; group portrait of armed militia outside Alexandra Barracks, Mount Cook; Queen Victoria statue in Post Office Square; men laying cable for electric trams in Courtenay Place ca 1905; interior of tram sheds; funeral procession for Mr Andrews, (who died of exposure while deer stalking near Martinborough) in Rugby Street 1904; intersection of Willis and Manners streets; a two-part panorama of Lambton Harbour and city buildings circa 1906; an elevated view of Lambton area; a view from Tinakori Hill across houses in Thorndon towards Wellington Harbour; two buildings on Customhouse Quay; ship HMS Powerful in Wellington Harbour in February 1906, showing the ship's company on the forward bow; schooner Rongo after capsizing in 1906. Photographs taken at Trentham Military Camp, circa 1914, include group portraits of Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers (who have joined the 8th Contingent), Petone Military Brass Band and unidentified soldiers. One scene shows men waiting in a queue to be interviewed for cooking jobs. There is also a view of hospital buildings and a broad elevated view of the camp. Other New Zealand scenic views include: the Rangitikei River at Mangaweka, showing mudstone (papa rock) cliffs; ships docked in front of Hawke's Bay Farmer Association Co-operative Ltd building at Port Ahuriri, Napier; a woman and child on a promenade planted with pine trees [Marine Parade, Napier?]; breakwater and railyards at Castlecliff, Whanganui; an elevated view of Upper Hutt township; a broad view of Akaroa township in 1895; a coastal scene showing a radar station and ship near rocks (location unidentified); a fire at a building (location unidentified); views of a public garden (location unidentified); ship 'Doto' at [Nelson?] wharves; a mounted image of a town [Queenstown?] during heavy snowfall; an unidentified man sitting by lakefront with paddle steamer on lake, probably Queenstown; two views of Fiordland. Miscellaneous buildings include: Anderson's Private Hotel (location unidentified), R Smyth, General Blacksmith (location unidentified); Robertson Brothers Woolworks, Nelson; exterior view of a municipal building (location unidentified) housing a public library and business premises (legible signage identifies Barleyman Land Agents, Madame de Launay, and solicitors R Spence). Miscellaneous images include: a table piled with floral tributes, probably in a church; a dining room strung with garlands; a church interior in the Pacific Islands; a postcard depicting Lombard's Bridge, Hamburg, Germany, and one of 'The Dog on the Tucker Box' pioneer's monument at Gundagai, New South Wales ca 1932. Also men wearing ceremonial regalia, possibly Masonic aprons, queuing in an unidentified street; three small girls outside Islay Cottage (location unidentified); a postcard of two small naked girls in a river, published by A G Steglitz in 1904; a crowd outside the assembly rooms at Mangaweka in 1905 awaiting the government land ballot. Portraits include groups of men from various professional and recreational organisations, depicting members of [Masterton?] fire brigade; stewards and officials from Masterton racing club [1903?]; forgery workers, blacksmiths and moulders from government workshops at Petone, and employees of New Zealand Railways. Portraits of women include a group of maternity nurses holding infants; an unidentified Maori woman wearing a cloak, sitting outdoors; three women, possibly sisters; and an unidentified woman feeding young deer. Portraits of children include one of a school group from New Plymouth convent school and one of school cadets [Foxton?]. Quantity: 98 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [193-?]

From: Kennett, Robert, 1913-2007 : Photographs, including images taken after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

By: Thorpe Studio; Tustin, Mabel, 1884-1967

Reference: PAColl-9966

Description: Photographs taken circa 1930s including nine taken by 'Sorrell Photo' (either Charles Sorrell or Percy C Sorrell) showing the effects of 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, chiefly on buildings in Napier, but also two at Port Ahuriri. Also one taken after the fire, and one of a new shopping area at Clive Square, featuring 'Thorp's for Shoes', built after the quake. Also includes a range of other photographs, some probably taken by Robert Kennett, including one of the 'Southern Cross' aeroplane; a crowd at an [accident ?]; [vines ?] at Moerewa, Bay of Islands, and two unidentified wedding portraits, one taken by Mabel Tustin of Wellington, the other by Thorpe Studio of Pukekohe, Auckland. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) on mounts. 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1912

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0700

Description: Includes front elevation, floor plan of store, Section AA, plan and elevations of repacking shed. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen, 500 x 654 mm.

Date: 1861 - 1970

By: Barnes, Drury Richard, active 1861-1866

Reference: B-086-031

Description: Shows Port Ahuriri from the hills above the harbour. Reproduced from original in the Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum No 80 of edition limited to 1,000 copies. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 164 x 276 mm on sheet 285 x 380 mm

Date: [ca 1904-1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-092

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, and New Zealand ports, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1904-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Aerial photograph of Lyttelton Harbour; series of photographs of ports - Ahuriri (Napier), Timaru, Dunedin, Bluff, Gisborne, Wanganui and Waitara. Also: Wreck of iron barqe Antiope (14 Sep); wrecked barque Rewa near Kawau Island; MV Hornby Grange at Auckland prior to departure for Britain; scow Bee stranded at mouth of Puhoi River; schooner Fairburn stranded on Opotiki Bar; coastal steamer Awahou; wrecked NZSCo steamer Tongariro on Bull Rock, off Portland Island (Aug 1916). Series of photographs of the sailing ship Pamir; Orient Line steamers Orsova and Orcades; sailing ship Canterbury in Timaru Harbour, Apr 1904; barque Joseph Craig damaged in Rangitoto Channel tied up at King's Wharf, Auckland, 1912; 2 unidentified ships in NZ waters. Also a number of overseas passenger and cargo ships. Quantity: 47 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 2 album leaves with 5 black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints

Date: 1912

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0683

Description: Architectural drawing for a storage building. Includes contractors' signatures and date. See also Plans-91-0681 & 91-0682 for the other parts of the plans for the same building Signed by William Glendenning and by Thomas Maidens, the latter as Clerk of Works Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour on paper, 500 x 654 mm Provenance: Donation: Bulleyment Fortune Architects, Wellington, 1989.

Date: 1931

Reference: PAColl-6590

Description: 25 images of the destruction of Napier and Hastings after the 1931 earthquake. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-017193 to 017242 and 018051; 1/2-031383 and 061039 Quantity: 50 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass negatives