Vacations - New Zealand - Bay of Plenty Region

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: 1965-1994

From: Orr, Margaret, 1923-1994 :New Zealand Holiday albums

Reference: PA1-f-252

Description: The Robb family at Rotoiti in 1865, and Margaret Orr there with the Robbs and Frys in 1987. A Holiday at Lake Tarawera in 1986; to the Catlins State Forest Park in 1992; to Taranaki and the Egmont National Park in 1993; to Norfolk Island in 1994. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1927-[ca 1975]

By: Comfort, Frederick Alfred, 1917-1994

Reference: ATL-Group-00102

Description: Photograph prints and transparency slides relating to the family of Frederick Comfort, taken between 1927-1975 by a range of photographers. Some images were possibly taken by Comfort. Images feature family holidays with a car, caravan, and a motorboat 'Miss Jenny' and various activities and campsites along the way. Most vacations are taken in the Bay of Plenty Region. Comfort's wife Esme (née Sparkes) and her family also are featured. Photographs from Wellington relate to the Comfort and Sparkes families, Miramar South School (where Frederick Comfort was a student), yachting, cars, and beaches. Many images are captioned by a number of different people. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s) with 10 prints stuck to two unbound album pages. 28 colour original transparency/ies with annotations on slide mounts. 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, colour transparency slides Provenance: Donor is the grand-daughter of Frederick Comfort, who collected the photographs.

Date: Jan 1949

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-034510-F

Description: Street scene in Mount Maunganui during the 5000 Club carnival in January 1949. Shows parading marching girls, cars, trucks, and holidaymakers. A mail truck of W H Munro's delivery service is in the right foreground. National Publicity Studios caption reads: "Marching display. Indicates the traffic which invades Mt Maunganui at Christmas. The Peter Pan dance hall and the side stalls are part of the 5000 Club organization." Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by W Walker. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - A10477 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 2009

By: New Zealand Educational Institute

Reference: EPHDL-0089

Description: Digital pamphlet showing a woman relaxing in a pool, photographs of horseriding, a lake steamer, thermal steam. Shows a map of the location of the units at 10 McKee Avenue, Rotorua, and gives the tariff payable. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Acquired through Legal Deposit, October-November 2009.