Blockhouse Bay

Date: 1882-1978

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-20

Description: Registers for the Parish of Meadowbank, St Chad - Baptisms, 1956-1963; Parish of Blockhouse Bay, St Saviour - Baptisms, 1964-1978; Parish of Waikomiti, Cemetery burials, 1882-1960; Parish of Panmure, St Mattias - Baptisms, 1954-1968, Marriages, 1954-1969 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: [ca 1960-1980] nd

From: McCormick, Eric Hall (Dr), 1906-1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5484-10

Description: Comprises `Home groan' with contributions by David Eggleton; fragments on the University Art Museum (?Berkeley); `The 1990 Blockhouse Bay settlers' handbook' by Annette Brown, Lorraine Wilson and Rona Walker (1990); `Captain James Cook and his times' Simon Fraser University, British Columbia...April 26-30 1978; and shipping booklets `Information for passengers, Orient & Pacific Lines'; P & O Ports of call, Trinidad and Panama Canal; P & O Orient Lines, Suez Canal and Port Said, Penang, Acapulco, Honolulu and Lisbon; Orient Line, Fiji Other Titles - Home groan (comic) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1 Dec 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-54457

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 1 Dec 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-54456

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 1 Dec 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-54455

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 1 Dec 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-54471

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 22 Dec 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-54644

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 22 Dec 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-54643

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 1945-[ca 1988]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10010-006

Description: Aerial photographs taken by Whites Aviation between 1945 and 1998 of areas in the the Auckland region. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in sets according to location. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Most of the Whites Aviation negatives have been digitised and images are searchable by Record title and by Whites Aviation reference number e.g. WA-12345..

Date: 1988

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7041

Description: Photographs between Picton and Auckland taken on a return trip from the South Island in 1988 by John Ingle. Views include a barberry hedge; cloudscape at Picton; Queen Charlotte Sound; the Picton ferry and Picton harbour; the scow "Echo"; entrance to the Tory Channel; strong winds in Cook Strait; Cape Reinga Lighthouse and Cape Maria Van Diemen; the Wagener Museum house at Houhora; controlled burnoff along Awakino Road, Dargaville; the fishing wharf in Auckland with "Kia Ora Fish Mart" and Turners & Growers building; Mudflats at Blockhouse Bay. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 18 Jan 1995

From: A history of Indian women in Aotearoa

By: Rupa, Ramiben Dahyabhai, 1929-

Reference: OHInt-0063/10

Description: Ramiben Dahyabhai Rupa details her birth on 10 January 1929 in Baleswhar Garm, India, that her religion is Hindu and that she speaks and writes Gujarati. Talks about her childhood days leading up to her marriage and her education in India at a village school. Comments that the decision to come to New Zealand was already made for her as her husband was already in New Zealand and indicates that she had a choice of either coming to New Zealand or getting a divorce. Talks about the journey and her initial reactions to being in a foreign country with the first 2 of her 8 children. Notes that she was fortunate to have other women around her who supported her. Recalls that she lived in a patriarchal environment where she had no input into the decision making and how she endured much hardship under this oppression. Talks about religion and cooking and their significance and practices in the early years in New Zealand. Other subjects discussed include Indian food, its availability and the rituals and practices around food. Talks about having a dairy in Newton Gully in the 1960's and living in Avondale and Blockhouse Bay. Venue - Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006140 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) - summary notes. 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other OHA-1382.

Date: 22 Dec 1974

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/509

Description: Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0523 and OHT5-0524 Quantity: 2 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 22 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other no script available.

Date: 1939-1940

From: Brickell, Leo Gordon, 1920-1991: Local history research on Putāruru and Tāmaki

Reference: MS-Papers-12760-2

Description: Part two of an unpublished manuscript, entitled 'History of Tamaki Maori (sic) and early European by L.G. Brickell 1940'. The first page (of part two of the draft) is entitled 'LOCALITY HISTORIES'. The final page of the manuscript is numbered 219. Contains handwritten and typescript pages, illustrated with maps and drawings, images from other sources. The pages are numbered. Arrangement: Manuscript originally delivered to the library in a handmade cardboard covered folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, drawings and hand-drawn coloured maps, approximately 146 pages. Transfers: Separated from Part One at MS-Papers-12760-1.. Processing information: Separated from Part One for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 3 Apr 1989

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-80658-F

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

Date: ca 1929

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001918-G

Description: "Girl Citizens" playing quoits. A movement of the NZ YWCA at the Holiday House, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland; probably ca 1929. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Source of descriptive information - Note on back of file print reads "'Girl Citzens' playing quoits - a movement of the NZ YWCA at the Holiday House, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland; probably ca 1929, as Price took many photographs at that time" (Source, Sandra Coney, 15.11.88) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 3 Apr 1989

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-80628-F

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

Date: 3 Apr 1989

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-80654-F

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

Date: 3 Apr 1989

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-80652-F

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

Date: 18 Jun 1974

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-72057-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. To be rescanned Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 18 Aug 1981

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-75713-F

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