New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Date: 1900-1935

From: Blundell, W G :Lantern slides

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PA11-058

Description: Collection comprises: views in Ratana Pa, including portraits of Tahupotiki Ratana, taken ca 1930s by Mr Sam Dale; views in the Bay of Islands, including a portrait of Henry Williams, taken or copied ca 1900 by the New Zealand Government Publicity Office; New Zealand troops in the South African War, taken ca 1900 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 40 b&w original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: 1927 - 1928

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-NZ-1927-01

Description: Booklet contains details of various sports available: fishing in Lake Taupo, red deer hunting, hunting with hounds, horseracing. Two copies held Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs and relief prints, in pamphlet folded to 242 x 107 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Mrs Henryka Redfern of London in 2002. Previously owned by Mrs Ethel May Redfern.

Date: [192-?]

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-8901

Description: Photograph of mountains seen from the top of Ben Lomond peak, near Queenstown, Otago. Taken circa 1920s by an unidentified photographer for the Government Publicity Office. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print. Inscriptions: Verso - N. 46 Otago's Mountains View from the top of Ben Lomond Otago South Island New Zealand; Verso - [stamped in ink] [unreadable words] Government Publicity Photo; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 2396 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.9 x 19.6 cm

Date: [192-?]

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-D-0798

Description: Panoramic view of Springvale and Galloway showing irrigated pasture in the foreground with three haystacks and the contrasting unirrigated land Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 422 x 548 mm on card 550 x 675 mm

Date: [192-?]

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-D-0797

Description: Photograph of a water race [?] beside an unidentified river, possibly in Central Otago. Date unknown Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 422 x 548 mm on card 550 x 675 mm

Date: [Circa 1910s-1920s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-0959-38

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand chiefly taken by Government Publicity photographers. North Island views include the Waitomo Caves system, including the "Waitomo Caves Hostel" (circa 1908); "King Edward's Court" and "Bride's Jewels" in the Ruakuri Cave; and an image of glow-worms. The other main area in the North Island is along the Whanganui River, including small ferry boats, the Makere Houseboat, and a Maori in a dugout canoe. There is one view of Lake Waikaremoana showing the Panekiri Bluff (no. 28); and one view of Seatoun, Wellington, taken circa 1910s. South Island views are chiefly in the Southern Alps and glacier area on the West Coast. The other main region is lake Kanieri, with a number of images of a small boat named "Dorothy". Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1929

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-160

Description: Illustrated publication, published by the Government Publicity Office and written by James Cowan, giving a brief account of Maori culture. Issued as a souvenir of the premiere of the New Zealand film `Under the Southern Cross (Taranga)', screened at the De Luxe (now Embassy) Theatre, Wellington on 28 Apr 1929. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [published circa 1925 and 1926]

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: PA1-o-537

Description: Album containing two sets of cigarette cards published by W.D. & H.O Wills in 1926 (New Zealand. Early scenes & Maori life), and in 1925? (Ships and shipping). Each set contains 50 b&w photo-mechanical prints on cards 67 x 35 mm. New Zealand. Early scenes and Maori life: 1. Captain Cook; 2. The discovery of New Zealand - Tasman's ships; 3. Settler's arrival, Port Nicholson, 8th March 1840; 4. The Treaty of Waitangi; 5. Wellington 1841; 6. The Courts of Justice, Wellington about 1845 [from Brees]; 7. The Hutt Bridge (opened 1844) and Fort Richmond; 8. Auckland Harbour about 1852 [from Hogan]; 9. Makaenuku Pa, District of the Hutt [from Brees]; 10. Barrett's Hotel Lambton Quay 1841; 11. Church of England Parsonage [from Brees]; 12. Queen Street Wharf Auckland, 1852; 13. Early Auckland; 14. Auckland 1842; 15. Barrack Hill; 16. "Noah's Ark" [Wellington]; 17. Lambton Quay Wellington about 1860; 18. Willis Street Wellington about 1864; 19. Queens Wharf Wellington about 1868; 20. Sailing for South Africa - S.S. "Surrey" carrying troops to South Africa, 1899; 21.Bowen huts, Christchurch, Hagley Park, 1851; 22. Christ's College October 1867; 23. Cathedral Square Christchurch looking south, January 17th 1871; 24. Dr Barker's House, Worcester Street Christchurch 1868; 25. Rattray Street Dunedin about 1861; 26. High Street Dunedin about 1861; 27. Princes Street Dunedin about 1861; 28. Surf boat, early New Plymouth; 29. Masterton in the seventies; 30. First contingent for South Africa, October 21st 1899. S S "Waiwera"; 31. A Westland digger; 32. Dorothy Falls [Lake Kaniere Westland]; 33. Waiata; 34. Waikato River; 35. The Tohunga; 36. The Moa Hunters; 37. In the Pah; 38. Queen's Wharf Wellington about 1878; 39. The Canoe; 40. In Geyserland; 41. The Aglionby Arms [Lower Hutt]; 42. Feeding the Tohunga; 43. Tattooing; 44. The Poi Dance; 45. Statue of Godley Cathedral Square Christchurch; 46. Otago mountains - view from Ben Lomond; 47. St Michael's Church [Christchurch] 1871; 48. Flax mats; 49. A Maori maid; 50. By the Fairy Spring [Lake Rotorua]. Ships and shipping: 1.Salvage tugs (at work on the wreck of the Monitor "Glatton" off Dover); 2. Steam tugs; 3. Moldavia (P & O Mail Steamer); 4. Empress of Australia; 5. Motor life boat (Wexford Motor Life Boat, the first self-propelled motor vessel in the lifeboat service to be equipped with wireless apparatus); 6. Isle of Thanet; 7. Lifeboat (fitted with oars and sails); 8. The Franconia; 9. Empress of Scotland; 10. The racing punt, the R.R. "Waterer"; 11. Serengaria; 12. The Albatross; 13. Orama; 14. Aorangi (Royal Mail motor ship); 15. Wahine (built 1913); 16. The Grey Sea (trawler); 17. Towing work (tug towing a ship); 18. Carnarvon Castle (ship); 19. Lulworth (racing yacht, formerly "Terpsichore"); 20. Canoeing; 21. The Favell (Finnish barque); 22. Suzette (6 metre International class yacht); 23. White Heather II (cutter); 24. Surf (small racing vessel); 25. Britannia (built 1893); 26. Richborough train ferry; 27. Aquitania; 28. The Nimrod (used by Sir Ernest Shackleton for the 1907-1909 Antarctic Expedition); 29. Sumurun (yawl-rigged yacht); 30. Motor boat (petrol motor boat); 31. Junk (a Ningpo and Shanghai trader on the Hungpu River, Shanghai); 32. Victoria and Albert (Royal yacht); 33. Westward (schooner rigged); 34. Fire floats (for the river branch of the London Fire Brigade); 35. Niagara; 36. A "Q" boat; 37. Punt (flat-bottomed boat); 38. The canoe; 39. Barbara (a Motor Rotor ship); 40. American schooner; 41. Herring boats; 42. Leviathan; 43. Oil tanker "British Petrol"; 44. A floating dock (built for Southern Railway, anchored at Southampton); 45. Montcalm; 46. The Island (used by Grettir Algarsson for his 1925 Polar Expedition); 47. Four-masted barque, the "Parma"; 48. The Quest (used by Sir Ernest Shackleton on his last expedition); 49. The Victory (launched 1765); 50. Cable ship "Lady Denison-Pender". 'Ships and shipping' was the title of a set of 50 cigarette cards produced in 1924 by W.D. & H.O. Wills (Bristol & London). Other Titles - Cigarette pictures Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled brown cover, entitled "Cigarette pictures" in white lettering; 19 x 27 cm

Date: [192-?]

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-8903

Description: Photograph of Cape Foulwind, West Coast, taken circa 1920s, possibly by the New Zealand Government Publicity Office. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on backing board. New Zealand Publicity Office listed as possible photographer because of subject matter, and numbered inscription on bottom right hand corner. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.2 x 20.4 cm, mounted on card

Date: 1925 - 1929

By: Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; New Zealand. Government Publicity Office; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1920s-02

Description: Shows the profile of a young Maori woman in traditional costume seated in the foreground with a woven flax mat, and thermal steam vents in the distance. Prospective travellers to New Zealand are asked to contact various offices in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. This indicates that the poster was intended for use in Australia. Dated 1926-1927 in "Mitchell & Mitchell: A father and son arts legacy", by Peter Alsop et al (2018) Date estimated form the period in which the New Zealand Government Publicity Office was publishing books (see National Library Book Catalogue). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 940 x 670 mm. on linen backing Provenance: Previously purchased in the 1990s from a vendor in San Francisco.

Date: [192-?]

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-9002

Description: Photograph of the Lake Waikaremoana rocky shoreline, taken circa 1920s, possibly by the New Zealand Government publicity office. Shows Ship Rock in the centre. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on print mount. New Zealand Publicity Office listed as possible photographer because of subject matter and numbered inscription on bottom right hand corner. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16 x 20 cm, mounted on card

Date: [ca Mar 1927]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-8602-36

Description: Official party photographed during the royal tour of the Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand in 1927. Includes their Royal Highnesses (second and third in the front row), the Governor General, Sir Charles Fergusson (front row, first left), Chief of staff, the Earl of Cavan (behind the Governor), the Countess of Cavan (behind the Duchess), and the Honourable Mrs Little Gilmour (behind the Duke). Photograph taken circa March 1927, on the steps of Government House, Auckland. Government publicity photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Publication note - Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 2 March 1927, 16 December 1936, 13 February 1952 Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print, and caption published in the New Zealand Free Lance 2 March 1927 Inscriptions: Verso - Lady Cavan behind Duchess Earl of Cavan behind Governor Hon Mrs Little Gilmour behind Duke Can't [?] all [?] [?] [?] [?] Earl Vavan Lady Cavan Hon Mrs Little Gilmour Official Group taken at Auckland P2.3.27 P16.12.36 P13/2/52 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.2 x 19 cm

Date: 1925

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the tourism industry, travel agents and agencies. 1900-1949]

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Wellington-1925-01-11

Description: Shows six young women dressed in classical costume, dancing in a ring, in a clearing at Wilton Bush, Wellington. Other Titles - Wilton Bush Extended Title - from page 11, of "Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand", issued by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, 1925. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on page of booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 100 x 100 mm (without caption).

Date: 1927 - 1930

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office; Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; New Zealand. Government Printing Office; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-1929-01

Description: Brochure cover spread shows tree ferns standing by a river in front of a mountain backdrop. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 236 x 210 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by John Sullivan in 2002.

Date: [ca 1929]

From: King, L (Mr) :Photographs of New Zealand towns

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-0267-04

Description: Alf Brustad standing outside Malte Brun Hut, with Tasman Glacier in the background. Photograph taken ca 1929 by New Zealand Government Publicity Department. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - Maltebrun Hut + Tasman Glacier about 1929 Maltebrun Hut and Tasman Glacier, Southern Alps of New Zealand.; Verso - centre - Acknowledge as New Zealand Government Publicity Photo. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.9 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1925 - 1939

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983; New Zealand. Government Publicity Office; Skinner, William Alexander George, 1865-1939

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1930s-09

Description: Shows a well-dress couple at lower left, watching a huge geyser playing, amidst a thermal landscape. The poster was intended for distribution in Australia, as the prospective traveller is invited to get full particulars from agencies in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Linen-backed before arrival in the Library. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on poster 930 x 640 mm.

Date: 1927 - 1928

From: New Zealand Government Publicity Office :Sport New Zealand [1927-28].

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-NZ-1927-01-cover

Description: Triptych shows silhouette shapes of climber, stag, fisherman, with top border of flying ducks and bottom border of marlin fishing. Other Titles - Tourist brochure Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of brochure.. Physical Description: Colour print 245 x 317 mm.

Date: 1925 - 1930

By: Rountree, Harry, 1878-1950; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd; New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1925-01

Description: Shows a marlin or swordfish in the foreground leaping and struggling on a fishing line held by a man in a fishing boat, with companions. The background sky is yellow. The New Zealand Government Publicity Office was operating in the 1920s. However, this image appeared on a series of tourist stamps issued about 1935, and featuring other images dating from the mid-1930s. It is possible that the poster was issued in the 1920s, and then re-used as one of the tourist stamp series in 1935. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured lithograph 920 x 660 mm.