Salt industry and trade

Date: January 1969

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA12-11562

Description: Transparencies primarily of Nelson area, circa January 1969. Taken by Les Cleveland. Photographs show striated rocks at Nelson Harbour, house "Broadgreen" (Nayland Road, Stoke), an apple cannery for "'Fresh-Up' products" of the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board, Gospel Lighthouse Chapel (144 Main Road, Richmond), tractor and pumpkin crop (Appleby), a tomato farm (with greenhouses and staked plants outside), Warwick House (Nelson), Panama Hotel (Collingwood Street), a shed made of flattened tar drums (Golden Bay), and a roadside Corsican Pine plantation at the Rai Saddle with a sign reading "Welcome to Marlborough". Also salt production at Lake Grassmere and the site of an old gold sluicing claim at Kawerau. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies mounted in card slide frames Transfers: Part three of three. See remainder of set at PA12-11560 and PA12-11561.. Processing information: Slides that were originally stored together were split into three parts to facilitate appropriate storage.

Date: 1957

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-176

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1957 Views of Blenheim showing swimming pool nearing completion; reserve on banks of the Opawa River; Post Office in Market Square; aerial view. Marlborough Sounds - Tennyson Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound; Portage; track in Pelorus Sound; Waipawa Bay; Camp Bay (Endeavour Inlet); canal at head of Kenepuru Sound; Picton harbour. Stockpile of salt at Lake Grasmere; rural scenes near Seddon; bird sanctuary at Kaikoura; rocky coastline; rural scenes in Wairau Valley; Spring Creek; Havelock (south) River from Spring Bridge; Ward Beach (Kaikoura coast); main traffic bridge over Wairau River; memorial stone on church erected by Mr & Mrs Charles Murray in memory of their son Charles H H Murray who died in 1924; French Pass from road approach (with Volkswagen) Also view of Lake Rotoiti (Tasman Region) Jenny Bentham & Edna Edwards (both of Wellington) relaxing on lawn at the Portage (undated). Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1960s]

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

Reference: PA12-7004

Description: Photographs taken from a railcar travelling south from Blenheim past Lake Grassmere to Clarence taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the Lake Grassmere saltworks showing salt ponds and heaps of salt; the Hurunui River, the Clarence River; hills near Seddon; North Canterbury Plains; the Seaward Kaikouras and the coastline. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 3 Oct 1986 - 03 Oct 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Rainbow, George William, 1910-1988

Reference: OHInt-0083/15

Description: George Rainbow was born 27 May 1910 at Te Hana, near Kaipara. Describes his family background, childhood and education. Discusses working as a Warehouseman for Irving Clark Ltd, Auckland and a Storeman/Packer for Oswald M Smith, Auckland, both grocery wholesalers. Details his career as a Storeman/Packer and Supervisor with L D Nathan and Co Ltd, Auckland, 1932-1972. Talks about army service during WWII and being manpowered to the AFCO freezing works, Southdown. Speaks about the personnel in the companies and the grocery trade throughout those years. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - 78 Premier Avenue, Point Chevalier, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001393/001394/001395 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0209. Search dates: 1910 - 1932 - 1986 - 1972

Date: [1985-1994]

From: Organic Food Co-op: Records

Reference: 97-246-4/04

Description: Comprises brochures, price lists and information sheets and includes Phoenix Drinks (Wellington), Musashi Pty (Aust), Good Health Products (Auckland), Medea (Christchurch), Vitaplex (Auckland), prune information, Homelife sprouters, woodwax of Uli and Inga Fuerst, Eriador (Masterton), flags brochure, based on Hundertwasser design (1983), Soil and Health Organic Garden Club information sheet (Lower Hutt), Lotus Yoga Retreat publications, Maranjo Products (Auckland), Health and Herbs (North Shore City), Rewa Flowers (Rangitikei), Care-for-Me Natracare products and Marex International (Auckland) Also includes Fruitful Endeavours (Auckland), Wagner Pro-Biotics (New Plymouth), Sonata and Red Seal Laboratories (Auckland), Arabicas Coffee Roasters (Papua New Guinea), Pacific Harvest (Auckland), Absolute Essential Oils (Auckland), Care Corp Ltd (Whangaparaoa), Nature's Oven (Auckland), Stacey and Hawker (Christchurch), Four Seasons (New Plymouth), the Haven Natural Therapy Clinic (Waikanae), Country Fare (Wellington), Truelife Bakery (Palmerston North), toxic shock information, Naturally New Zealand (Auckland), Good Health Products (Auckland), Rainbow (Motueka), Polarcup Products (Australia), Seaview Health Shoppe (Milford), Celtic Salt Imprits (New Plymouth) and Magic Gardens yeasted herb salt Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1831 - 1845

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/10/3-Acc.37943

Description: Identifies with symbols and colour the following - Trade, unspecified settlements, Pakeha Maori areas, farming, timber trade, boat building and ship repair, whaling station and salt panning. Also lists of areas and appropriate trades attached. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on greaseproof paper bound with brown paper. 370 x 101 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Dec 2007 - Apr 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000270

Description: Photographs of Kaikoura, Blenheim, Picton and Lake Grassmere buildings, 2007-2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "Buildings Dec 2007 to Jan 2008" and "Buildings Feb to April 2008" Quantity: 29 digital photograph(s).

Date: [ca 12 Apr 1949]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-7796-36

Description: Men checking a pile of salt during production at Lake Grassmere. Shows two men bending down by a pile of salt that sits on a tarpaulin. A settling pond is behind them. Photograph taken circa 12 April 1949 by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Other - Published in the Evening Post 12 April 1949 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 19.1 cm

Date: 1950s

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-042957-F

Description: Salt works at Lake Grassmere. Taken by an unknown photographer in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.