Railways - New Zealand - Northland Region

Date: 1913

By: Hunt, Lester G R, active 1913-1924; J H Bethune and Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1913/Acc.47190

Description: Cadastral map showing land surveyed and allocated for railway purposes in Whakapara, Northland, alongside a section of road, now most likely called the Old North Road. The plan shows the Whakapara River and the Puhipuhi No. 5C Native Block at the top of the map. Plan 2916A (Blue) Sec. 79, Parish of Hikurangi, Gibbs Owner and Occupier, is written on the left side of the map, Pt. Sec 2, with its area, written as 23 acres, 2 roods and 00 perches, is identified in the middle of the map and the road and an area named Railway Res Plan 10563C (Blue) is located on the right side of the map. Pt Sec 2 A Finlayson Owner and Occupier is noted at the base of the area identifed as Railway Res. An annotation, Whakapara Station, is written in pencil over the Railway Res area. Eleven land blocks, eight numbered 1 to 7, plus 10, are located parallel to the road [Old North Road] and show the following names, C. Campie, Selena Porter owner, Percy Spencer owner, Whangarei Meat Supply Co., James Harrison owner, and F. O. Swanberg owner. Numerous survey measurements are noted along sections of the Whakapara River, the road [Old North Road], the land blocks, the Railway Res, and the boundary line between Sec 79 and Pt Sec 2. Various D. P. and L. T. plan numbers are also noted. Data also noted on the map includes; Reference plans RWD17889.6492 Blue, 2920a, 3923a, 4a, 5346a; Whangarei Cty.; Vol 175 Fol 179; signatures, Lester G. R. Hunt Licd. Surveyor Whangarei, 23-4-1913, approved, H. M. Skeet Chief Surveyor, 4-11-13; and agreed to for Railway purposes W. R. B. Bagge Actg. District Engineer, 18-11-13. The numbers, XVIII 213, 3880, LT 8503 and OM 139 are annotated or printed at the bottom right corner of the map. Referenced to NZMS 13 NAK 32 Hukerenui Survey District, Wellington: New Zealand Lands and Survey. 1923. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print on paper, wash, coloured, 50.1 cm x 52.4 cm.

Date: 1901

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MapColl-832.11gme/1901/Acc.47197

Description: Shows land taken for railway near the township of Kawakawa, some topographic features, land blocks and some land owners as follows: Harriette Hall, J R Reed and Sarah A Williams. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on diazo, coloured, scale [1:2 376], 68 x 76 cm.

Date: 1924

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Hunt, Lester G R, active 1913-1924

Reference: MapColl-832.11995gbbd/1924/Acc.47194

Description: Survey plan with bearings and measurements of land between Manse and Cross streets in Whangarei near the main railway line. Also shows numbered land sections in vicinity with details on the fencing between properties. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:792], 44.5 x 39 cm.

Date: 1873 - 1972 - 1942

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; A.P.B.W. (Cartographer), active 1969

Reference: MapColl-832gm/1873-1943(1972)/Acc35847

Description: This hand drawn map includes original data from a map drawn by E. Bradbury & Co. in 1919 of recommended motoring roads and shipping routes of the area from Onehunga northwards to Hauhora. Data added in 1972 relates to branch lines and sections of railways, some proposed. The outline of the map is attributed to A.A. Motor Touring. The railway routes are named, with distances and dates of opening, and appear in list format in panels (i.e. inset) adjacent to the applied areas. Some information is given on motoring routes, their passability in all seasons including distances. A comprehensive reference key is included. Facts are included on North Auckland dated 1919. A.P.B.W. June 1972 is written at bottom of map. Thought to be a New Zealand Railways employee in 1972. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, coloured, scale [1:475 200], 76 x 57 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1925 - 1926

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1925/Acc.47195

Description: Plan of land taken for railway quarry near Tauraroa, south of Whangarei. Gives boundaries of land, survey measurements, some indications of fencing, topography. Has several land owners' names: R W Gunson and E Woolhouse. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on diazo, coloured, scale [1:1 584], 49 x 42 cm.

Date: 30 Dec 1992 - 4 Jun 1994 - 04 Jun 1994

From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part one

By: Hooper, Phyllis May, 1903-2002

Reference: OHInt-0430/06

Description: Phyllis Hooper was born in Warkworth in 1903 and moved to Wayby with her family when she was three. Talks about deliveries of groceries and mail. Recalls a bad flood, basic living conditions and her family being given use of the shop behind the house in return for care of the shop and telephone. Describes how telegrams came through. Recalls the building of a store by the Civil brothers at Wellsford and the closure of the Wayby shop when the railway went through. Recalls problems stabilising banks for the railway. Describes large camps of workers associated with the railway construction. Recalls walking to school, jobs after school and various games. Describes problems with teachers at the school during World War I, going to Wellsford for proficiency and failing. Talks about resitting it and attending St Cuthberts as a weekly boarder. Describes being taught music in Wellsford by Connie Balance and at St Cuthberts by Mrs Archdale Tayler. Recalls how their family got a piano and an organ. Describes how school finished early in 1918 because of the flu epidemic and how some of the children were quarantined at school for six weeks. Mentions the announcement of the Armistice during the flu epidemic and the effect of celebrations on some flu victims. Talks about Dr Meinhold of Helensville and his knowledge of the `plague' (the flu) from Germany. Talks about beginning to teach music in 1920, teaching technique and her parents move to Tauhoa. Describes her weekly journeys between there and Helensville on a horse. Describes marrying in 1928, her husband's singing lessons and their nightly recitals. Recalls being in a singing group with the Women's Division Federated Farmers (WDFF) and playing the piano and organ for the church and Sunday school. Describes hearing visiting pianists Fritz Kreister and Paderewski. Interviewer(s) - Beverley Bennett Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3328.

Date: 29 Aug 1993

From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part one

By: McLean, Murdoch, 1912-; Sanson, Rita, active 1993; Hooper, Phyllis May, 1903-2002; Honore, Doug, active 1993

Reference: OHInt-0430/11

Description: Murdoch McLean discusses his father's work on the railway tunnel at Kanohi. Recalls floods in 1926 when the railway line was closed for a number of days and passengers were trapped on the train. Discusses his grandfather's work sending off kauri logs. Mentions loading logs on trucks, shifting logs by rail and rafting them down the river. Rita Sanson talks about Taranaki boats and the `Gerlock' which travelled to Kaipara. Phyllis Hooper discusses music in the area. Mentions Bel (Belle) Wilson, Bella Russell, Millie Nicholls, Dick Aitkenhead, Reverend Noel white, Dora Eddelston, Jasper Calder, Alice Rimmer and Doug Lilly. Recalls local musical productions, playing music at the church and Sunday School and playing for fundraising concerts such as the Queen Carnival. Comments on music teachers Dennis Coles and Graham Nobbs at the College in the 1960s and 1970s. Doug Honore talks about his great grandfather (Abel) Abraham Honore who was attached to a German Mission from 1820 to 1848 and sent to the German settlement at Upper Moutere before going to Ruapuke Island near Stewart Island. Describes how Maori there were in poor health as a result of contact with the whalers and sealers and Honore helped with crop growth and the improvement of whares. Talks about how he asked for a wife after eight years, the birth of five children, their move to near Ranfurly and then Wellington and the death of his first wife. Mentions that Honore spoke English, Maori, Danish and Swedish and also served as a minister in the Scandanavian settlement of Forty Mile Bush near Dannevirke and amongst the Maori in the Manawatu. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s) with four people. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3331.

Date: 1873 - 1925

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1873- (1971)/Acc.35845

Description: Map of Kaipara Harbour from Ruawai, Tokatoka and east to the Otematea County boundary and State Highway 1, Hakaru, south to Topuni and Port Albert. Shows original purchases of Edward and Thomas Coates, subsequent purchases and sales and owners, Maori settlements and pa pites, a 3,300 acre pine forest, state highways, railways, historical battle sites, churches, missions, and pioneer historical information. Rivers, creeks and forests are also identified. Traced over New Zealand Cadastral maps one inch to one mile. NZMS Ruawai Sheet N27 survey office records and Maungaturoto Sheet N28. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Felt tip pen on paper, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 43 x 80.5 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1964-1965

By: Cole, John Reece, 1916-1989

Reference: PAColl-7259

Description: Photographs of the interior and exterior of the Wairoa Centennial Library, the interior image showing one of the library staff; a train going down the middle of the main street in Kawakawa with a Bank of New Zealand on the street corner; Junction Hotel, Kawakawa in the process of demolition; Bream Head; and the front of the Hukerenui Hotel. Photographs probably taken by Cole. Quantity: 13 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1901

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MapColl-832.11gme/1901/Acc.47196

Description: Shows land taken for railway on the edge of the township of Kawakawa, some topographic features, land blocks and some land owners as follows: A McLeod, Harriette Halle, J R Reed, Sarah A Williams, W Pepene, R A Hall, J Noy and H Foster. Some Kawakawa streets also shown. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on diazo, coloured, scale [1:2 376], 68 x 78 cm.

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006296-G

Description: View of a stand of kauri forest. In the foreground is a railway line for hauling logs. A large kauri log lies next to a structure sheltering steam machinery. Photographed circa 1910s by Northwood Brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1911

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

Reference: APG-0713-1/2-G

Description: View of timber booms at Railway Wharf, Whangarei, with sailing ships in the background. Taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1911. Original print in Godber Album Vol 110, p 123 (Pa1-q-103) Inscriptions: Album page - Timber booms. Railway Wharf. Whangarei. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1910-1919]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010801-G

Description: Sawn logs by a bush tramway, Northland. Photograph taken ca 1910-1919 by the Northwood brothers of Kaitaia. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910-1919]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010792-G

Description: Bullock team with sawn logs, Northland. Timber workers, a bush tramway and a steamroller are in the background. Photograph taken ca 1920s-1930s by the Northwood brothers of Kaitaia. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1938 - 1939

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Holmwood, Edward John Evelyn, 1910-1987

Reference: Eph-E-RAIL-1930s-02

Description: Shows two men in a boat. One is fishing, and strains back in his rod-harness in response to an unseen fish he has hooked. In the right hand border is an illustration of a swordfish. An inset red panel at lower right advertises the New Zealand Railway's "safety, comfort and economy". In conversation with Hamish Thompson in 2005, Jim Morrison, an employee of the Railways in 1947-1987, attributed this poster to artist John Holmwood. Dated with reference to the fact that the poster may be one of the six new posters mentioned in the Railways Department's annual report for 1938-1939. They are described as reaching "a new standard for New Zealand" with "excellence in their design and printing". Peter Alsop reports (email 28 January 2020) that three of the six appear in a photograph held by Rotorua Museum; the photograph also shows a poster for the New Zealand Centennial, suggesting a date of around 1939. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 1020 x 635 mm.

Date: 10 November 2018

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Clark, Laurence, 1949-; Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0038890

Description: Digital cartoon by Klarc on political and social issues in New Zealand. Title supplied by cartoonist Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 15 Apr 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-45685

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative