Came into existence in 1924. Before that Hamilton racing enthusiasts had been catered for by clubs operating under the banners of the Waikato Turf Club, South Auckland Racing Club and the Hamilton Racing Club. It became the Waikato Racing club after a move from Claudelands to Te Rapa. See internet (raceclubs.de-construct.co/about/history/).
Waikato Racing Club
Hamilton Racing Club, New Course, Te Rapa
Date: Circa 1924
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Waikato Racing Club
Reference: Pan-2136-F
Description: Panoramic view of the newly developed racecourse at Te Rapa. Rough ground in the foreground. Several jockeys on horseback on the far left, and a horse in motion in the centre of the image. Taken by Robert Percy Moore circa 1924. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Hamilton Racing Club. New course. Te Rapa; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - R P Moore's circular business stamp; Marginal notes on tape - Racing Club. Hamilton; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 113.0 cm
Ruffell, Trevor (Collector): [Collection of beer labels. 1970-1990s]
Date: 1970-1999
From: Ruffell, Trevor (Collector): [Collection of beer coasters and beer labels. 1970-1980s]
Reference: Eph-F-ALCOHOL-Labels-Ruffell
Description: Includes labels as listed on the following pages: 01. Leopard Brewery Ltd., Hastings. Leopard Continental lager [Black blue and gold parallelogram label] Leopard Brewery Ltd., Hastings. Leopard lo-cal lager [Black brown and yellow parallelogram label] Leopard Brewery Ltd., Hastings. Leopard export lager [Black blue and gold parallelogram label] 02. Leopard Brewery Ltd., Hastings. Leopard premium draught [Black red and gold parallelogram label] 03. Leopard Brewery Ltd., Hastings. Leopard black velvet stout [Black brown and yellow parallelogram label] 04. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Tui export quality East India pale ale [Red and yellow oval label] (2 sizes) 05. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Wellpark Brewery. Tennent's strong ale [Green oval label] Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Tui mild ale, best served chilled. Export quality [Red and gold oval label] 06. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. DB Tui draught beer [Triangular label] 07. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Tui extra stout, export quality. [Cream and brown oval label] (2 sizes), and neck label ("Genuine Tui stout") 08. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Malt Taranaki double stout [Red white and blue oval label] (2 copies) 09. D.B. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Viking brew. Tui Extra. Dannevirke Centennial 100 D.B. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Angus Inn lager beer [Gold and blue oval label] 10. D.B. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Tennents lager beer. Specially brewed & bottle for N.A.C. New Zealand National Airways Corporation D.B. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Tui export quality. Lions International District 202 B Convention, Masterton 1973 [Purple and yellow oval label] 11. D.B. Tui Brewery Ltd, Mangatainoka. Tui Extra. New Zealand JCI, Pahiatua 21st anniversary 1952-1973. [Yellow oval label] 12. Dominion Breweries Ltd, Auckland. DB Hi Lo specially brewed low-carbohydrate beer. Bottle label and neck label (2 copies of each) Dominion Breweries Ltd. DB lager; brewed & bottled in New Zealand at Waitemata Brewery Otahuhu for Dominion Breweries[Oval label] (2 copies) 13. Dominion Breweries Ltd, Otahuhu. Sparkling Waitemata pale ale [Red and green oval label] (2 copies) Dominion Breweries Ltd, Auckland. Dominion Bitter beer, 750 ml [Gold, green and red oval label] (2 copies) 14. Dominion Breweries Ltd, Otahuhu. Draught Dominion bitter [Yellow and brown oval label] (2 copies) 15. Dominion Breweries Ltd., Auckland. DB Export beer [Gold label and gold neck label (2 copies of each) Dominion Breweries Ltd., Auckland. DB Diploma beer [Rectangular label, rounded corners] (2 copies) 16. Dominion Breweries Ltd, Otahuhu. Strength quality flavour, the ideal beverage, Vita-Stout. A Waitemata quality product [Oval label] (2 copies) Dominion Breweries Ltd. Full strength export Double Vita Stout, brewed at 1045 O.G. [Rectangular label, rounded corners] (2 copies) 17. Dominion Breweries Ltd. DB Taranaki bitter ale Taranaki Brewery Ltd. Taranaki XXXX extra strength beer 18. Taranaki Brewery and Cordials Limited. Sparkling Green Band Pale Ale Taranaki Brewery and Cordials Limited. Green Band draught 19. Westland Breweries Ltd. W.B. Westbrew golden lager [Oval label] (2 copies) 20. Westland Breweries Ltd. W.B. Westland's golden draught beer (2 copies) 21. Westland Breweries Ltd. Export W.B. quality Westbrew traditional bitter beer with the tang of the hops (4 copies) 22. Westland Breweries Ltd. Export DB quality Westbrew traditional bitter beer with the tang of the hops (2 copies) 23. Westland Breweries Ltd. Extra stout [Oval label shows phoenix emblem] (2 copies) 24. Westland Breweries Ltd. Tira pale ale [Oval label] (4 copies) 25. Robt Ford & Co. Ltd Hokitika. Sparkling alpine ale. [Yellow oval label] (2 copies) Robt Ford & Co. Ltd. For's pale ale; the best sport in Westland [Oval label] (2 copies) 26. Morley & Co. Extra stout union brewery; Strong, brewed & bottled by Morley & Co., Westport [Oval label] (2 copies) Westland Breweries Limited. DB Special; export quality Morleys Stout. Brewed and bottled by Westland Breweries Ltd, Greymouth New Zealand [Oval label] (2 copies) 27. Nelson Breweries Limited. Monteith's pale ale (2 copies) 28. Nelson Breweries Limited. Quality Raglan lager [Oval red label] (2 copies) Nelson Breweries Limited. H; Harley's Brewery, brewed and bottled for Nelson Breweries Ltd by Westland Breweries Ltd. [Oval yellow label] (2 copies) 29. Westland Breweries Ltd. Westland's Centennial Ale, a capital drink. 1864-1964 (2 copies) Westland Breweries Ltd. Westland Regatta Brew. N.Z> Power Boat Championships, Lake Kaniere 1969 (2 copies) 30. Westland Breweries Ltd., Greymouth. Westward Ho! beer. Lion Club Convention Greymouth 1969 (2 copies) 31. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Rheineck lager (One rectangular label, one oval label, different colourings) 32. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Worthington lager beer 33. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Bass export beer [Rectangular red label] (2 sizes) 34. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Waikato red Cap [Shows jockey's cap and whip] Waikato Breweries Ltd. Waikato strong ale 35. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Waikato draught bitter [Oval green label] (2 sizes) 36. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Waikato heavy stout, extra strong, 12 fluid ounces Waikato Breweries Ltd. Peerless XXXX stout 37. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Lulu Brew; French rugby tour 1968 Waikato Breweries. Crete Veterans Association 4th national reunion, May 1969. Cretan Brew, Brew 22. 38. N.Z. Soft Drink & Cordial Manufacturers Ass. (Inc). 50th Annual Conference. 50; Bottler's Brew. Impure beverage, to be taken internally for elbow lubrication Waikato Breweries Ltd. Waikato Racing Club centennial 1873-1973. Worthington lager beer 39. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Lions District 202A Convention 1973. Host Club Birkenhead Waikato Breweries Ltd. Waikato Rugby Union 50th jubilee [1971?] 40. Waikato Breweries Ltd. Alton Lodge Rheineck Lager. Hereford Stud Waerenga Waikato Breweries Ltd. BJ Ale 41. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Lion Pilsener lager 42. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Pilsener lager [Square label] (2 copies) 43. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Steinlager New Zealand lager beer. Bottle label and neck label (2 copies of each) 44. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Export strength 1945 O.G. Lion super lager beer (2 copies) New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Ten 72 Kings Brew (2 copies) 45. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Lion beer 46. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Lion beer (2 copies) 47. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Lion Brown draught beer (2 copies) 48. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Lion crown draught ale (2 copies) 49. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Lion mild draught (2 copies) 50. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Lion double stout (2 copies) 51. Guinness Extra Stout, St James's Gate Dublin. Rectangular glossy label (2 copies) (loose) 52. Guinness Extra Stout, St James's Gate Dublin. Oval matte label (4 copies); and neck label (2 copies) 53. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Zealandia Half & Half [1970s?] (2 copies) 54. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. North Shore Mardi Gras. Birkenhead War Memorial Park, 18-29 January [1970s?](2 copies) 55. New Zealand Breweries. St Lukes Hockey Club, 60th jubilee 191301973 New Zealand Breweries. Hikurangi Rugby Football Club 75th jubilee, 21-23 Aug 1970 56. Lion Brewery. Thames Borough Centenary 1873-1973 New Zealand Breweries. Lion Beer. Grafton Amateur Rugby Football Club Inc 1874-1974 57. New Zealand Breweries. Whakatane Hotrod Festival 23-24 February 1974 Lion Brewery. Glenora Rugby League Club 58. New Zealand Breweries. Hibiscus Coast Beer Lion Beer. New Zealand Ploughing Championship Silver Plough final, Glenbrook 1973 59. Lion Beer, Easter National Jazz Festival, Tauranga Quantity: 1 folder(s) (ringbinder). Physical Description: Relief prints and photolithographs on labels, sizes varying, mounted on pages of Warwick Students ringbinder 12 x 8 - 2D, hard blue cover 320 x 260 mm.
[Horse racing programmes and ephemera from the period 1977-1979]
Date: 1977 - 1979
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]
Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1977/1979
Description: Includes: 1977: Castlepoint Racing Club (Inc). Equalisator ticket. Sat., 26th March 1977, Race 8 Onkaparinga Racing Club Inc. Oakbank Racecourse, South Australia. Easter meeting, 9-11 April 1977. $80,000 prizemoney including the $25,000 Daihatsu Great Eastern Steeplechase. Pamphlet showing list of races Rotorua Racing Club. Centennial meeting. Arawa Park Rotorua, 28 May 1977. Official card 1979: Racing and trotting diary, 1979-80 season. With the compliments of Manawatu TV and Sound Service Ltd, Sports Gazette Publishing Co Ltd, Photopress and NZ Racing Form Record Bay of Plenty Racing Club Inc. Tauranga Mid-year meeting, Saturday 23rd June 1979. Pamphlet announcing the Owens Trophy Race, sponsored by R A Owens esq. to be run at the Tauranga Racecourse, 23 June 1979. (2 copies) Feilding Jockey Club (Regd). Centennial jubilee meeting. Second day, Monday 16 April 1979. Official card Manawatu Racing Club. Summer meeting 1979. 1st day. Awapuni Racecourse Palmerston North, 15 December 1979. [Programme] Manawatu Racing Club. Summer meeting 1979. 1st day. Bird cage [orange ticket on string] 1979 New Zealand National 'Ready to Run'. Parade heats. Sunday 7th October 1979, commencing 11.00am at Waikato Racing Clubs Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton, NZ. Official programme Quantity: 10 items. Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying under 200 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.