Gorges - New Zealand - Waikato Region

Date: 1924-1937

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-769

Description: Opens with views of the site of the Arapuni Hydro scheme and the Paturuahine Gorge which was flooded to form Lake Arapuni. This is followed by images of the repairs to the one of the water channels that took place in 1932. The rest are photographs of the dam at various stages of construction, the dam completed, views of the new lake, water flowing over the spillway, and the Arapuni falls created below the dam Two views of Atiamuri show the Pohaturoa Rock in the background Ten images of Stewart's Claim, a location south of Okarito, show scenic views some with gold dredging equipment lying around, a beach and a river estuary on which is a barge loaded with pipes. Eight images record before and after effects of controlled blasting on a limestone bluff at Cobden Quarry, Greymouth, photographed on the 15th of January, 1932 The last section are views of the construction of the Waitaki Hydro, and the new Lake Waitaki. There are also several images of the Mokau Falls at Waikaremoana Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1925]

By: Lomas, George, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1274

Description: Album includes photographs of motor tours in the North Island, the Bealey Glacier and the Otira Gorge, and the Waikato River and Paturuahine Gorge at the site of the Arapuni hydro dam. Images relating to the motor tours include New Plymouth, Mount Egmont, the Napier-Taupo Road, hot waterfalls on the Napier-Taupo Road, Mohaka bridge and river, Rununga Falls, Eskdale Valley and memorial church, Napier, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, a Maori guide, Waikato River, Tarawera Hotel, Trout at Fairy Springs Rotorua, geysers, Mount Messenger Road, Wanganui River, and Kape Kidnappers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005

Date: between 1924-1929

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

Reference: PAColl-7344-27

Description: Scene at Arapuni Gorge taken while the hydro-electric project was under construction (between 1924 and 1929). Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - 02218 Arapuni Hydo Electric Power Works Commencement of Dam; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 02218 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.1 x 11 cm

Date: ca 1929

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

Reference: PAColl-7344-26

Description: Hydro-electric power project under construction at Arapuni, circa 1929. Arapuni Gorge is in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - 0221 Arapuni Hydro Electric Power Works Head race above dam below; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 02221 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.1 x 10.9 cm, on cardboard backing

Date: ca 1929

Reference: 1/2-011111-F

Description: Dam wall at Arapuni Gorge, circa 1929. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1915

From: Bunyard, A :Negatives and photographs including views of the Talisman Mine and Ngatea Butter factory

Reference: 1/4-023528-F

Description: The weir in the Karangahake Gorge that supplied water power to the Talisman battery, circa 1915. Taken by unidentified photographer. Note on back of file print reads: "The weir in the Karangahake Gorge that supplied all water power to the Talisman Battery via a large steel pipe line running along the southern bank of the Ohinemuri River." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1929]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023657-G

Description: Stereoscopic image taken from the bottom of Arapuni gorge, circa 1929, showing the by-pass tunnel and dam wall. Photograph taken by George A Chappell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereoscopic dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1914

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001828-G

Description: View along the Karangahake Gorge, known in part as the Waitawheta Gorge, in 1914. Photograph taken by William A Price? or by [?] Polland? Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Waitawheta Gorge. Polland Series. [Protd 12.5.14.] [Number illegible] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910s]

From: Photographer unknown: Gold mining in the Waihi district

Reference: 1/4-015389-F

Description: View of a weir in a gorge in the Waihi district, circa 1910s. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [190-?]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-003-101

Description: Gorge and waterfall of Mangatoetoenui Stream, Taupo district, as seen from the Waiouru-Tokaanu Road. Photograph taken circa 190-? by George Leslie Adkin. Source of descriptive information - Inscription on album page. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fig 101. Gorge and fall of Mangatoetoenui Stream - the Ruapehu source of the Waikato River - viewed from the Waiouru-Tokaanu Road. Drifting pumice-sands of the Onetapu Desert in foreground and on right. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 11 x 14.4, on album page

Date: 1919

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006093-G

Description: Arapuni gorge, 1919. Probably a copy photograph made by Edward Joseph Darby. Original photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arapuni Gorge in 1919 Darby Series No 8 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1910

From: Kenrick, Evelyn Helen, 1907-1991 : Photographs of New Zealand scenery

Reference: PAColl-7665-01

Description: Paturuahine Gorge and Waikato River, Arapuni, 1923. Shows a footbridge. Photographer unidentified. This image is also in album PA1-o-249, page 11, with the caption "Arapuni before the dam was built". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.4 x 15.5 cm

Date: [between 1900-1928]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023612-G

Description: Waitawheta Gorge, looking down on the Talisman Gold Mining Company's powerhouse. Stereographic photograph taken by George A Chappell, betweeen 1900 and 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1929

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: 1/2-100691-G

Description: Arapuni gorge during the implementation of the Arapuni hydro-electric power scheme, circa 1929. New Zealand Free Lance photograph. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1929

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: 1/2-100693-G

Description: Hydro-electric power project under construction at Arapuni, circa 1929. New Zealand Free Lance photograph. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: between 1924-1929

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

Reference: PAColl-7344-28

Description: Scene at Arapuni Gorge taken while the hydro-electric project under construction (between 1924 and 1929). Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - 02220 Arapuni Hydo Electric Power Works Site of Dam; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 02220 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.9 x 15.1 cm

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Waihi Arts Centre & Museum: Photographs of Waihi

Reference: 1/2-091066-F

Description: Waitawheta Gorge, Waikato, circa 1890s. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative of loaned print

Date: ca 1929

Reference: 1/2-011112-F

Description: Gorge at Arapuni circa 1929, showing the dam wall. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1929]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023594-G

Description: Waikato river below the Arapuni Dam, after the water was shut off. Photograph taken circa 1920 by George A Chappell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereoscopic dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1929]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: PAColl-3076-1-02

Description: Stereoscopic image of Arapuni gorge, showing the dam wall and by-pass tunnel. Photograph taken circa 1929 by George A Chappell. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12.3 x 18.7 Processing information: Other - Original negative not located