Floods - New Zealand - Hawke's Bay Region

Date: 1931 - 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Whites Aviation Ltd; Orr, R W, active 1950; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947; Wilson, James Lloyd, 1915-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-033

Description: Photographs of the Hawke's Bay Region, 1931 to 1950, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of the Hawke's Bay flood of 1938, Lake Waikaremoana, Napier city and Cape Kidnappers. Photographers include R W Orr, Lloyd Wilson and White's Aviation. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1892-1964

By: Sunderland, Richard, 1880-1964

Reference: Micro-MS-0761

Description: Biography (3 pages) of his life, written in 1964. Also reminiscences (entitled Logbook) of his life up to 1916 as a sheep farmer on Mangateretere Station under John Lane for Nelson Bros Ltd, as manager of Hukanui and other Hawkes Bay sheep stations, and at Te Apiti. Description of 1897 floods and of people he worked with or met. Farm records, mainly of sheep and wool, at Swarthmoor, 1892-1894, made by Andrew Graham for Sunderland's father. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 72 pages). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [ca 1925-1935]

By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-0451

Description: Photographs of Hastings and the surrounding area taken by H J Lovell-Smith. They include photographs of earthquake damage to shops in Hastings; the flooding of the Ngaruroro River; excavation of the site of the new swimming pool in Havelock North; a man and a boy sheltering from the rain outside a barbers shop; the Soldiers Memorial Hospital; Taradale Post and Telegraph Office with the library across the street; two men working on a steam locomotive; neon sign on Queen's Wharf, Auckland; wedding photograph of a couple named Harper and Ward (the groom was a minister); five men next to a crashed aeroplane on a snowy hillside; a Windsor chair made from New Zealand birch; schoolgirls leaving Hastings High School; a view across Hastings, possibly from the Clock Tower, over Railway Road and towards St Andrew's Church; two of the Cosy Buildings (possibly previously the Douglas Buildings), one when the picture theatre had the electric sign "Cosy" hanging from it and was showing the film Nurse Marjorie and the other without the sign and with the ground floor closed up; and the new Post and Telegraph Office built to replace the old one after the earthquake. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Mar 1881-May 1885

By: Browne, William Franklin, 1844?-1911

Reference: MS-0332

Description: Describes his experiences teaching mainly Maori at Pakowhai and Whakatane; includes description of the floods at Pakowhai, 1882 Source of title - Transcribed The Library also holds William Franklin Browne's journal 1885-1888 (MSX-9529, MS-0333), biographical material about the Browne family (MSY-6836), the papers of William Franklin Browne's son, Theodore Percy Browne (MS-Papers-1394), and photographs of William Franklin Browne and his children (PAColl-4112). Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (18 cm; ¼ red cloth, marbled boards, red cloth slip case)

Date: [1935], 1945

From: Fell, Howard Barraclough, 1917-1994: Papers relating to Francis Hutchinson

Reference: MSX-4553

Description: Essays by Hutchinson, who described himself as a NZ naturalist, and edited by Fell. Topics include botany, ornithology, marine and freshwater biology, farming, water life, the Hawke's Bay earthquake and other aspects of natural history. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1867 - 1939, 1951, 1958, 1966, 1971-1973, 1986-1989

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: MSI-Papers-12618-10

Description: Newspaper clippings relating to Waipukurau and Central Hawke's Bay collected by E S Bibby. Includes: Effect of Tarawera Eruption as reported in Central Hawke's Bay, 1867 Recollections of 85 year old of early Hawkes Bay, 1939 Wool values sky rocket in Napier, 1951 Articles by Robin Bell on the history of Roundaway Station, Patoka, Māori place names in Hawkes Bay, whale hunters, and Māori migration, 1958 Over 100 years celebration of first sheep in Hawkes Bay, 1966 Waipukurau Sale yards - largest in Southern Hemisphere, 1971 Charles Robert Thatcher, Hawkes Bay satirist of 1862, 1972 Harding family history and family reunion, Waipukurau (two articles), 1973 Old pā sites in Hawkes Bay, 1986 Woodford House bus disaster at Kereru, 1987 Hawkes Bay's first survey at Ahuriri, 1987 Anti-violence march in Napier following death of Teresa Cormack, 1987 Flood in Central Hawkes Bay (four sheets), 1988 New local body boundaries and effect of change, 1988 In The Chair - Ormond family political history, 1989 Title supplied by Library. Details list in scope and contents taken from donor inventory. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library ion envelope labelled "Newspaper cuttings Waipukurau CHB". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Folder from which these papers were removed is at Library reference 90-370-2/06. Other papers originally together with papers in this folder are now at Library reference fMS-Papers-12618-6.. Processing information: Some newspapers and clippings removed to this folder in 2021 for reasons of preservation.

Date: 16 July

From: Parr, Christopher, 1931-: Collection of early New Zealand material

Reference: MS-Papers-12432-1-030

Description: Letter addressed "Kia te Koreneho Minita Kei Waitangi e noho ana" on Hurae 16, or 16 July (unknown year) by Matiu. He mentions a patient called Maruao, the mother of Apiata. Matiu also talks about being caught up in a flood and not being able to return home for three weeks [at Eparaima?]. He mentions Hohua, Arapera and Waipukurau. Title supplied by Library. Physical Description: Manuscript letter, ink on wove paper, 10.5 x 24 cm.

Date: 20 July

From: Parr, Christopher, 1931-: Collection of early New Zealand material

Reference: MS-Papers-12432-1-076

Description: He reta na Ihakara no Puehutai kia neho. Letter from Ihakara at Puehutai to William Colenso, asks for rongoā for the children, and instructs Colenso to give it to Hohepa. Also mentions flooding. Title supplied by Library. Physical Description: Manuscript letter, ink on wove paper, 14.2 x 11.2 cm.

Date: 1920s-1938

By: McCormack, Leonora, 1925-

Reference: PA-Group-00203

Description: A collection of of photographs attributed by donor to the Harding family of Mt Vernon, Hawkes Bay, showing scenes in Hawkes Bay including the Eskdale floors, 1938, Taupo, Waitomo and Banks Peninsula (ca 1900) and motoring tours in the 1920s. Donor's mother was Laura Harding, she married donor's father Stephen Menzies in 1923. Quantity: 3 album(s). 36 b&w original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2000. Reference number changed from PAColl-0206 to PA-Group-00203 in 2008.

Date: circa 1880, 1934 - 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Wade, Keith Reginald, 1920-1992; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-029

Description: Scenic photographs of the North Island, 1934 to 1955. Includes Manawatu - Wanganui, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Taranaki, Northland and Auckland Regions. Also includes photographs of the first school in Palmerston North and the Bank of Australasia Corner, Palmerston North, circa 1880. Photographers include W. Hall Raine, Keith R. Wade, Harold J. Dunstan, J M S Beale, A W Powell, and aerial photographs by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1910s], 1920, 1938

By: Broomfield, C (Mrs), active 1976

Reference: PAColl-0102

Description: Photographs of the 1938 Wairoa River flood, postcards of the Buller Gorge and Buller River, and views of Westport including the 1920 visit of the Prince of Wales. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Collection arranged by subject and place Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s) including 9 postcards.

Date: [ca 1929-1938], [ca 1942], [ca 1980], 1990

By: Kelliher, Patrick, active 1935-1990

Reference: PA1-o-1803

Description: Album compiled by Patrick Kelliher. Chiefly photographs relating to the construction of the power station at Tuai in the 1930s taken by Kelliher, a keen amateur photographer who worked in the powerhouse. Includes images of pack horses, heavy machinery and trucks, the construction of tunnels, spillway, a bridge, pipes, the power house and the huts in which workers lived. Also includes five images taken after the Kopuawhara flash flood of 19 February 1938 (in which 21 people were drowned) and a newspaper cutting from a year after the flood. Also a set of 14 images taken at Wairoa railway station at the the opening ceremony of the 97 mile Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu portion of the Napier-Gisborne railway, also taken by Kelliher. Images include steam and diesel engines, visiting dignitaries and Maori performers. Also one photograph of Kelliher on a horse drawn cart in Masterton, Wairarapa, taken circa 1980s and a 1990 certificate to Kelliher from the Lions Club of Wainuiomata. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 32 x 24 cm album with an embossed synthetic cover featuring a spear-bearing rider on a horse taking aim at a lion (or similar animal). Provenance: Donated by Christine Hayvice, New Zealand/Vancouver, Canada, 2013. Donor is the niece of Patrick Kelliher. The album was passed down to Ms Hayvice from her mother.

Date: 12 Jan 1985 - 2 May 1985 - 12 Jan 1985 - 02 May 1985

From: NZOHA Sunlight Centenarians Oral History Project

By: Mountjoy, William Joseph, 1884-1985

Reference: OHInt-0004/06

Description: Describes his parent's background, marriage in England and emigration to New Zealand in 1878. Talks about the Mountjoy relatives. Notes that both his parents lived and worked at the Timaru Hospital until the birth of their first child, after which his father took on odd jobs, including the construction of the Timaru breakwater. Describes their move to Napier with the firm Palliser Jones, where his father was employed constructing the Napier breakwater. Talks about the home delivery of produce (bread, meat and milk), going to school at the age of three with his older brother, getting the cane in Standard 1 in preference to doing his homework, going to Sunday School and Bible Class and being in the church choir. Describes the family as Baptist. Talks about shipping going in to Napier, loss of life in the 1897 floods and transport, including the description of a landau. Describes local Maori and the Native Schools. Mentions moving to Palmerston North at the age of nineteen and working at the Sash and Door Factory. Venue - Porirua : 1985 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Kenepuru Hospital, Porirua Accompanying material - Newspaper article Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 181. Search dates: 1884 - 1985

Date: 27 January 1986 - 27 Jan 1986

By: Beamish, Harold Francis, 1896-1986

Reference: OHColl-0210/1

Description: Harold Francis Beamish discusses his childhood and school life prior to World War I, on the Whana Whana estate, where he was tutored at home and later attended Wanganui Collegiate and Huntly Boarding School. Describes in detail how he entered the Royal Naval Air Service in London 1915, his training at Crystal Palace, and Cranwell, and his service with 303 Squadron flying with Canadians over France. Discusses life as a World War I pilot in detail as well as flying techniques, dog fights and bombing by hand. Was awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). Also discusses the history of Whana Whana Station; his family; his love of horses and farming life in pre and post World War I, in Hawkes Bay. Other topics discussed include: station servants, shepherds and farmhands; blade shearing; clearing of land and sowing; the 1900 flood in Hawkes Bay; transport; stock droving; stock sales; rabbiting and employment of full time rabbiters; hunting weka and hares; dances and other entertainment; swagmen; dependence on horses; delivery of newspapers and a detailed account of the Napier earthquake as it affected the farm. Talks about the advent of the first cars as well as the reduction to subsistence farming during the Depression in the 1930s. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Havelock North Interviewer(s) - Alison Webber Venue - "Kilkern", Havelock North Accompanying material - Backfile with photocopies listing Mr Beamish's wartime career and an account of the Whana Whana station Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003960-003961; OHLC-000774-000776 Quantity: 3 C90 cassette(s). 2.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1914 - 1930

Date: 1939-1985

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: 90-370-1/11

Description: Research papers relating to flooding in the Hawke's Bay Region. Includes a copy of 'Water & Soil technical publication no 6. Recorded channel changes of the Upper Waipawa River Ruahine Range New Zealand' 1977, early Hawkes Bay flood information (1893) from the Meteorological Service sent in1974 to E S Bibby, Christmas cards from the New Zealand Meteorological Service, and articles by Patrick J Grants. Title supplied by Library. Detailed scope and contents lists taken from the donor inventory. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Newspaper clippings separated from this folder are now at Library reference MSI-Papers-12618-3. Processing information: Newspaper clippings originally in this folder were removed and housed separately in July 2021 for reasons of preservation.

Date: 1 March 2023

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Slane, Christopher, 1957-; Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0042434

Description: Digital cartoon by Chris Slane on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Description from cartoonist reads: "Cartoon depicts a road bridge smashed by forestry slash wreckage with road cones and tape marked 'Environnmental Crime Scene' as a police stand watch". Description taken from cartoonist's website on 15 May 2023: https://www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/political-cartoons/political-cartoons-2023. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1948 - 1974

By: Bridges, George Fraser, 1914-2015

Reference: PAColl-10622

Description: Photographic prints, mainly of the railway system between Napier and Gisborne, mainly taken 1948 by George Bridges. Most are of flood damage to the line in May 1948. There are others that have not been identified but are probably of the same line in 1948. Also two photographic prints of a derailment at, and subsequent damage to, Ngaruawahia Bridge, taken July 1974. Includes one photograph of a railways camp, probably for the Rimutaka deviaton; and another of the Brunner line showing the place on the line where Mr Bridges had hit the back of the express train (while on a jigger) leading to six months off work with concussion. Prints numbered of the Motuhara line are stamped on verso “Aerial Division of Wade Studios… Gisborne” Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Three bundles of photographic prints were delivered to the Library in an envelope with a handwritten annotation “George Bridges | Photo collection | Gisborne Floods | May 1948”. One bundle had a handwritten label “Unidentified | North of Napier | circa 1948”. The two other bundles were further enclosed in a Fotofast envelope with the handwritten annotation “Floods 48 | Gisborne | May 1948”. One bundle had a handwritten label “Napier-Wairoa-Gisborne | 1948 Flood damage”. The second bundle had a handwritten label “ Motuhora Branch Railway | 1948 Floods”. Another two images were posted to the library separately. These were annotated on the verso “Waikato River” and dated 1974. All prints, except the Brunner line image, were sorted and annotated on the reverse by Ray Ryan and other friends of Bridges. The Brunner print was caption by Bridges. Donor is the daughter of George Bridges. George Bridges was the assistant district engineer of Wellington District, NZ Railways in the late 1940s when he took these images. Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s) b/w 3 image proof sheet strips containing 21 images in total. Physical Description: Gelatin silver photographic prints. Processing information: Prints were removed from envelopes and labels, and rehoused in photographic sleeves for conservation reasons. The envelopes and labels were not kept. Prints originally labelled “ Napier-Wairoa-Gisborne | 1948 Flood damage” are numbered PAColl-10622-01 to PAColl-10622-29. Prints originally labelled “ Motuhora Branch Railway | 1948 Floods” are numbered PAColl-10622-30 to PAColl-10622-45. Prints originally labelled Unidentified | North of Napier | circa 1948” are numbered PAColl-10622-46 to PAColl-10622-85. Two prints dated 1974 are numbered PAColl-10622-86 and PAColl-10622-87.

Date: 9 March 1988

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Science-Meteorology-Floods from 1988-04

Description: View of the central part of the Wairoa River bridge washed away by floodwaters. Photographed by an unknown photographer in March 1988. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 25.3 x 20.3 cm

Date: 1893

From: Jones, A E B : Photographs of Waipukurau

Reference: 1/2-030829-F

Description: Street scene in the town of Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, in 1893, showing flood waters and onlookers. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 16 Apr 1897]

Reference: PAColl-8256

Description: Photograph of the flood damaged Waitangi railway bridge at Clive, taken circa 16 April 1897. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.1 x 15.4 cm