Aids to navigation

Date: 1769 - 1770

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978 :McIntosh Collections of antique maps

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978

Reference: MapColl-Reserve-830atc/1769-70(1969)/Acc.32824

Description: ATL Friends reproduction of Cook's chart of New Zealand McIntosh Collection, item 90 Quantity: 1 map(s) facsimile. Physical Description: Photolithograph, black & white, scale not given, 35 x 34 cm.

Date: 1877

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-080-2

Description: Looking towards a hill with a signalling station on top Other Titles - Beacon Hill Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Wellington; Recto - bottom right - Signal Hill from Wellington 1st Oct 1877 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 177 x 225 mm

Date: 1950-2000

By: Ford, John Desmond, 1937-2012

Reference: MS-Group-2347

Description: Collection comprises near-daily journal entries kept by Ford from 1950 to 1986 on his calibration flights to check routes before they were used by commercial flights. Although the journal entries chiefly concern his working life with Calibration Flight, he also writes about his personal life and bringing up a family. The collection includes records of royal visit and VIP flights. Also includes reports, newspaper clippings, interviews and background files. Also contains newspaper clippings that collected by Ford relating to aeronautical topics, and articles, columns and cartoons on other subjects of interest to Ford. Other items include a selection of receipts, pamphlets, brochures and other ephemera collected by Ford during his trips to the Pacific Islands. As well as depicting the history of Calibration Flight, this collection also provides a snapshot of New Zealand life from the 1950s to 2000, as seen through the eyes of John Ford Source of title - Supplied by Library Calibration Flight was part of the New Zealand Civil Aviation Division, Ministry of Transport. It was responsible for ensuring that all flight paths and navigational aids in New Zealand were accurate. It flew VIPs, including royalty, around New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Captain Ford worked as a pilot for Calibration Flight from 1965 until his retirement. Captain Ford was collecting this material for a book he was planning to write on the history of Calibration Flight. Quantity: 102 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Typescripts, Printed material Provenance: Donor was wife of Captain John D Ford Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into manuscripts, transfers made from there - To Ephemera Collection - Postcard and Calibration Flight pamphlet - To Photographic Archive - Mainly photographs of Calibration Flight aircraft and crew. PA-Group-00950.

Date: 1997

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to boats and boating, yacht racing and regattas]

By: Vega Industries Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-BOAT-1997-01

Description: Sales catalogue showing Vega products including PEL sector lights, Nav-Aid for Diego Garcia, rotating beacons, LED beacons, linear lead light, railway crossing signal light, electronic lighthouse, buoy monitoring system, GPS receiver, VC-28 and VC-30 controllers, lamp changers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Spiralbound booklet, 300 x 210 mm.

Date: 1968

Reference: Eph-A-PEACE-1968-Omega

Description: Includes: Canterbury University Students' Association. Omega Action Committee. Omega [Booklet, 9 pages] (2 copies) Auckland University Students' Association. AUSAPOCPAH statement; [and] "Studass calls all students - Omega Protest, Queen St march, 12.30 Friday. prevent NZ's involvement in America's nuclear war game Quantity: 1 folder(s) 3 offset printed pamphlets and flyers (plus 1 duplicate). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying below 240 mm.

Date: 1868

From: Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, Earl of, 1846-1907 :[Sketchbook] 1868

Reference: E-304-008

Description: Identifies various navigation signals for entering Alexandria Harbour Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 140 mm

Date: 1715

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978 :McIntosh Collections of antique maps

By: Renard, L, active 1715

Reference: MapColl-910a/[1715](185+?)/Acc.32697

Description: McIntosh Collection, item 64 Extended Title - Published in: Renard L. Atlas de la navigation ... 1715, plate 22. Quantity: 1 map(s) facsimile. Physical Description: Photo lithograph, coloured, scale [ca. 1:23 500 000], 46 x 52 cm.

Date: 18 Jan 2000

From: Mussel farming oral history project

By: Jamison, Donald Ian, 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0491-15

Description: Don Jamison, Harbourmaster Marlborough Board from 1 August 1970 to 1 April 1991, recalls the first marine farming - two large rafts in an unnamed bay south of St Omer in Kenepuru, belonging to Associated Fishermen, Nelson. Mentions Dr Richard Pike, Victoria University, who was involved in Fisheries Management Division and using AF farms in research. Also mentions Ed. Slack (who replaced Dr Pike) and Phillip Tortell. Discusses Marine Farming Act which allowed MAF to approve a marine farm anywhere, harbour waters or not. Recalls working closely with Nick Jarman, Jim Jenkins and John Meredyth Young. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Venue - Kent Street, Picton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007888 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2114.

Date: 13 Apr 1990 - 16 Apr 1990 - 13 Apr 1990 - 16 Apr 1990

From: Hobson Wharf Auckland Maritime Museum Oral History Project

By: Daniel, Paul, active 1990; Daniel, Marion, active 1990; Eagle, Elise, active 1990; Hosking, Rosalind, active 1990; Jackson, Samuel, active 1939-1990; McGregor, Carol, active 1959-2001; Miller, Norm, active 1990; Nicholls, Nic, active 1990; Ryan, Joyce, active 1990

Reference: OHInt-0332-19

Description: Topics discussed: education of lighthouse children, women and lighthouses, medical issues, food and trips for supplies, flag and Morse code signalling, the Murchison earthquake, tsunami, tuatara and wildlife, farming, impact of World War II, entertainment, hazards, climate and storms, surf boats, sealife sightings including dolphins, whales and sharks, modernisation of equipment, engineering maintenance, vessels in distress, foghorns, the Marine Department Training School, Australian lighthouses and community spirit. Mention Governor General Lord Porritt and Lady Porritt, Bill Kemp and Jack Ashford. Lighthouses and locations discussed: Stephens Island, Baring Head, the Nuggets, Cuvier Island, Puysegur Point, Brothers Island, Pencarrow Heads, Farewell Spit, Cape Pallier, Cape Maria van Diemen, Akaroa and Rodney Head, Cape Campbell, Portland Island, Adley Heads, Cape Saunders and Titiriri Matanga. Talk about ships including the Kotiti, the Talisman, the Matai, the Jane Gifford, the Willwatch, the Vesper, the Huia, the Niagara, the Awatea and the Kura. Interviewer(s) - John Riding Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-013043, OHC-013044, OHC-013045 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4534.

Date: Nov 1947-29 Apr 1991

By: Ford, John Desmond, 1937-2012

Reference: PA-Group-00950

Description: Photographic prints, a photograph album, and some clippings, relating to Calibration Flight. Images taken between 1947 and 1991 by a range of photographers and in many locations. Collection probably compiled by Captain John Ford and includes photos of Ford. Images include: - Calibration Flight staff testing navigational aids using a theodolite - aircraft - pilots and staff - Calibration Flight headquarters - aerial shots Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 80 colour original photographic print(s). 20 b&w original photographic print(s) proof prints, with 126 images. 1 album(s) Album(s). 103 b&w original photographic print(s). 74 colour original photographic print(s). 8 b&w copy photographic print(s). 6 colour copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, photograph album Provenance: Donor is the wife of Captain Ford.

Date: [ca1970s]

By: Reader's Digest Association

Reference: PAColl-0896

Description: Photograph of a nautical display including compass, model ship, sword, sextant, on red and blue background, with the compliments of the Art Director, Reader's Digest Association Ltd, circa late 1970s. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) mounted on board.

Date: 1969

By: Canta (Periodical)

Reference: Eph-D-PEACE-1969-01

Description: Double page from the Canterbury University student magazine "Canta", discusses the implications of the Omega navigation system for air, surface, and subsurface vessels. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Double newsprint page, 432 x 575 mm.

Date: 1801

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978 :McIntosh Collections of antique maps

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978; Cary, John, 1755-1835

Reference: MapColl-100a/1801/Acc.34691

Description: McIntosh Collection, item 69 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Engraving, colour, scale 1:80 000 000, 44 x 50 cm.

Date: 1777

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978 :McIntosh Collections of antique maps

Reference: MapColl-140a/[1777]/acc.32623

Description: McIntosh Collection, item 48a Referenced in Tooley, no. 335 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand coloured, scale [ca. 1:44 000 000], 53 x 54 cm

Date: 1848 - 1939 - 1852

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: MapColl-834.5atc/1848-52/[1939?]/Acc.13035

Description: Map was not published in 'Making New Zealand' a series of publications in 1940 to celebrate New Zealand's centennial. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: 27 x 42 cm. No scale given.

Date: 1839

By: Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877

Reference: MapColl-955aj/1839/Acc.4901

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy of ms. Physical Description: 35 x 31 cm. No scale given.

Date: 1968

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-133-802

Description: A clipping refers to the Omega navigational system. The scene shows Holyoake, Marshall, Shand and Kirk on a trawler (SS Enzed), laden with butter, meat and wool, making their way through stormy seas, trying to fend off industrial unrest, dumping, butter prices, etc, as large waves threaten to engulf them. Kirk says, 'Doomed! Whatever you do I say we are sinking!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white, black and yellow letratone, crayon and pencil, 325 x 507 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1714-1830

By: Great Britain. Board of Longitude

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-16

Description: The confirmed minutes records detailed accounts and astronomical and navigational observations from expeditions to the Pacific. Lists of chronometers and other measuring and navigational instruments taken on Cook's second and third voyages are included, as are instructions to astronomers and copies of log books. Various astronomical and mathematical theories for establishing longitude were submitted for consideration, as were chronometer designs. The Board of Longitude appraised methods of establishing longitude and thus improving navigation. The collection deals with accounts and minutes of meetings of the Board, which evaluated chronometers and other systems of ascertaining longitude. Arrangements were made for testing of such instruments and methods by their use on various expeditions, notably those of Captain Cook. Quantity: 28 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Mss (microfilm) Finding Aids: An inventory, detailing the major contents on each reel, copied from the AJCP Handbook, Part 6, p xviii and 95-97 is available, together with information on the activities and scope of the records of the Board.. Provenance: The original records are at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, England. Selected records were filmed as part of the AJCP and were received with microfilm of Admiralty Records (Micro MS Coll 5).

Date: [192?]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3039-1-002

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Signal Station Greymouth; top centre - [construction] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: MapColl-834.1aj/[1842]/Acc.3046

Description: Hydrographic map of Nelson Haven, for safe passage through Port Nelson harbour. Shows thorough sounding measurements in fathoms with accompanying detailed notes entitled 'Sailing directions for Nelson Haven' alongside map. Shows the boulder bank, mud flats, Arrow Rock, Whitby's Beacon, low and high tide water marks, and the Matai River. Includes 38 lines of notes entitled 'Sailing directions for Nelson Haven', and latitude and longitude details. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 54 x 38 cm.