Groups skiing and tramping on Mount Ruapehu

Groups skiing and tramping on Mount Ruapehu. Group in fancy dress and evening dress at the Chateaux Tongariro.

Scenic views of Milford Sound and the Milford Track include - View of Milford Sound and Mitre Peak. Arthur River on Milford Track. Giant Gate Waterfall, Milford Track. Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. McKinnon's Pass, Milford Track.

Photographs taken on Mount Ruapehu by J F Loudon, photographer, Hamilton.

First part of a group of photographs showing the activities of a group of people based at the Whakapapa Hut, Mount Ruapehu, ca 1930. Many of these photographs were taken by Leo L White.

Re the group located at the Whakapapa Hut and the date of this. Firstly the women are wearing clothes and headgear that date from styles current in the late 1920s-early 1930s (ca 1926-1932). Secondly, a group of mainly women lined up with their cameras, are identified as ready to take photographs of Lady Fergusson departing [the Chateaux] for Taupo. Fergusson's term as Governor General ended in 1930. This is probaly the earliest group of photographs in the collection and also occupies the following two boxes.

Quantity: 93 b&w original photographic print(s).

Provenance: Donated by Hugh Rennie, Wellington, 2010