Urban renewal

Date: 1973-1974

From: National Council of Churches in New Zealand : Further records

Reference: 90-387-05/3

Description: Consultation on Riccarton redevlopment, 1973; Seminar on development of Wellington waterfront, 1973; Consultation on urban renewal, Auckland, Jul 1974 Quantity: 1 box(es) (file).

Date: 31 Mar-20 Jul 1999 - 13 Aug 1999 - 20 Jul 1999

From: Southland oral history project

By: Donaldson, Emily Stirling, 1917-2007

Reference: OHInt-0464/06

Description: Betty Donaldson was born in Dunedin in 1917. Recalls seeing an aeroplane and hearing the radio for the first time. Describes attending St George School and playing basketball (netball) for the Southland Primary School team and the Kiwi Basketball Club. Recalls activities including kite flying, bird nesting and going to the beach, estuary and frog pond. Discusses transport, including trains and trams, the South Invercargill shopping centre, home deliveries of milk, bread and newspaper, trips to Riverton, Colac Bay, Te Wae Wae Bay and Monkey Island. Describes in detail the township of Orepuki in the 1920s and 1930s. Recalls her grandparents. Summarises her sporting career including being a member of the Southland Basketball (Netball) Team from 1936-1942, being a referee, coach and Southland selector, starting a cricket club and being in the New Zealand Women's Cricket Team. Describes attending the Empire Games in 1938. Gives some details of New Zealand representatives at this event. Describes being in the Womens War Service Auxiliary during the war, applying for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, being posted to Taieri, nightflying duties and training at Levin. Recalls flying in Tiger Moths and in an Oxford. Talks about meeting Harry Donaldson and marrying him in 1950. Describes the effect of two wars on her mother. Mentions having four sons. Describes her introduction to local body affairs, doing research on South Invercargill, working to upgrade the area in the 1970s, zoning changes and ninety nine year leases. Discusses opposing the use of reclaimed land in the Invercargill Estuary for industry. Talks about public meetings and the people involved. Describes the passing of a resolution changing the Invercargill District Scheme and the effect on housing. Discusses the schemes of the National Housing Improvement Area (NIA), working with Town Planning Officers, endowment funds and urban renewal. Mentions the involvement of Warren Cooper, Eve Poole, Mark Peck and Tim Shadbolt. Discusses the appointment of a Council Committee for the South Invercargill Rejuvenation Project. Talks about the Invercargill District Plan and the Resource Managment Act (RMA). Discusses her submission on the proposed District Plan and a second submission accepted by the Council . Comments on the hearing of submissions. Interviewer(s) - Beth Cairns Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008607 - OHC-008611 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2683.

Date: 1980

From: [Posters and ephemera relating to mainly public and commercial buildings in Wellington. 1970-1999]

By: Crewdson, Gerard M, 1954-

Reference: Eph-C-BUILDINGS-Wellington-1980-02

Description: Shows a high rise building with many snakes heads coming out of it, towering above the surrounding buildings. The Evening Post building is dwarfed at the lower right. Two copies held. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - By Gerard Crewdson? Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Screenprint on poster 430 x 335 mm.

Date: 1984-1995

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1595

Description: Documents and photographs relating to the registration and preservation of buildings affected by the Wellington Inner City Bypass project. The core of these were in the areas of upper Cuba Street, Tonks Avenue and Arthur Street, though there were others in areas adjacent to the whole route of the bypass. Included are - Letter from Judy Frost-Evans of the Wellington Heritage and Conservation Trust identifying buildings affected by the proposed bypass. Letter from Keith Jeffries to Jim Beard re research work on upper Cuba Street area. Dominion newspaper article by Stephen Bell on the inner city bypass and proposals to move old buildings to new sites (29 June 1995). Photocopies of New Zealand Historic Places Trust buildings field record forms containing information relating to some of the affected buildings. Lists of buildings recommended for registration under the Historic Places Act 1993. Street maps of the area showing the path of the bypass. Hand written comments. Photocopies of a photographic survey of buildings within the motorway designation. Minutes of a meeting of the Te Aro Heritage Trust for 30 May 1995. Photographs of buildings in the areas affected by the bypass. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 2010-2013

By: BeckerFraserPhotos; Becker, Ross, 1941-; Fraser, Moira, 1958-

Reference: PA-Group-00755

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011 and aftershocks, taken September-October 2010 and May-July 2011 by BeckerFraserPhotos. Includes further photographs of the effects of the earthquakes and demolition of buildings within the red zone area of the Christchurch central business district taken in June 2012 by Ross Becker. Also includes photographs of effects within Lyttelton, CBD, Avonside, Stanmore Road areas between 7-9 July 2011 taken by Ross Becker. Includes photographs taken by Ross Becker September to December 2011 of earthquake effects, demolition, and rebuild efforts in the central Christchurch City, Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs, and eastern suburbs areas. Includes some aerial views and video clips. Includes aerial photographs of Christchurch city and suburbs taken on 5 March 2013, views taken on 22 February 2013 of the commemoration events and tributes to mark the February 22 2011 earthquake, and views of rebuilding efforts and the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 in Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs, Ferrymead, residential red zones and central business district (CBD) taken in February and May 2013. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8511 digital photograph(s). 8 digital video recording(s). Provenance: The National Library commissioned Ross Becker to take photographs in Canterbury after the earthquake in September 2010 Processing information: Not all names are indexed.

Date: 2000 - 2002

By: Evergreen International Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-REAL-ESTATE-2000-01

Description: Promotional booklet for a new block of townhouses to be built on the corner of Tory Street between Lorne Street and Tennyson Street, by property managers Evergreen International and Project managers Moray Management Group, with engineers Spencer Holmes Limited and Archouse Architects. The booklet shows drawings of a typical units in styles Verdi, Argento, Arancia, Rosso, Azzurro, Lilla, Nero, Oro. It also advertises the amenities in that area of Wellington, especially Zest Restaurant and Moore Wilson's Fresh. Includes a separate price list. Prices range from $730,000 to 315,000. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 sales catalogue. Physical Description: Booklet of 17 pages each 420 x 298 mm.

Date: 1978

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1976 - 1979].

Reference: A-334-067

Description: The patient on the operating table is Queen Street. His heart is being manhandled by two Auckland City Council surgeons, while a third reads from the 'Beginner's book on heart surgery' - 'Next...' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 200 x 255 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 26 Jan 1965

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-63321-G

Description: Aerial photograph of the construction site for the Auckland City Council works depot on Nelson Street, Auckland. Taken by Whites Aviation on 26 January 1965. Source of descriptive information - Location identified by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 2006

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Bay news (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0008453

Description: Shows six large shark fins approaching 'Tank Farm' in Auckland. Refers to the controversy over what to do with the area called Tank Farm, at Wynyard Point, in Auckland. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1981

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising New Zealand two-dimensional art exhibitions or works by New Zealand artists in two dimensions, and graphic artists. 1981].

Reference: Eph-D-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1981-03

Description: Advertises a seminar in Wellington in 1981. Shows a sculpture of a lion (from the cenotaph) in the foreground, and high-rise buildings in the background. Dated from the book published from the seminar. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Screenprint on poster, 430 x 595 mm.

Date: 2006

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Bay news (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0008456

Description: Shows a large sculpture dedicated to indecision and compromise over the redevelopment of Tank Farm in Auckland. Refers to the amount of indecision and compromise regarding what the Auckland City Council will do with Tank Farm. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1980

From: [Posters and ephemera relating to mainly public and commercial buildings in Wellington. 1970-1999]

By: Wellington Media Collective

Reference: Eph-C-BUILDINGS-Wellington-1980-01

Description: Shows a tall crane lifting Inverlochy House in the air. Party from 12 pm to 5 pm. Music by the Rock Bottom Band. Tickets $5.00 incuding food and drink. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Screen printed Wellington Media Collective 1980 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Screenprint on poster 428 x 304 mm.

Date: 2012

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Architecture New Zealand (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0020549

Description: Shows in several cameos the process of rebuilding Christchurch. The Mayor Bob Parker and Minister for Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee try to figure out where the trams will go. The architects have been thrown into a rubbish bin, Mickey Mouse and Goofy pass documents from one to the other, a huge iron removes broken buildings and bumps from the landscape, two men poke out each other's eyes in peer reviews and two other men try to decide which of several horrible colours goes best with liquefaction. Context: the problems associated with the rebuilding of Christchurch and a sense that the advice of architects is being ignored and important design decisions being made by incompetents and bureaucrats. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022489

Description: Shows a couple (representing the suburbs) under a large blue umbrella (representing the Christchurch Blueprint) in a rain storm. Refers to the blueprint for central Christchurch developed by the Christchurch Central Development Unit, which was unveiled on 30 July 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022470

Description: Shows a man representing Christchurch holding aloft the words 'belief', 'optimism' and 'faith' on a plate. Refers to the blueprint for central Christchurch developed by the Christchurch Central Development Unit, which was unveiled on 30 July 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023617

Description: Shows an enormous pier covered in colourful buildings, amusement park rides, bungy jumping sites, and more. The words, 'How to revitalise Brighton?...' appear at the top. Context: bold proposals for the regeneration of New Brighton have been welcomed by residents and business owners as a way to revitalise the seaside suburb. (Stuff.co.nz, 4 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).