Third wife of Mayor Dove-Meyer Robinson of Auckland. Formerly Thelma Ruth Thompson. Source of information: DNZB
Robinson, Thelma Ruth, 1927-2013
Thelma Ruth Robinson
Date: [1959 or 1960]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-052642-F
Description: Thelma Ruth Thompson, wife of Mayor Dove-Meye Robinson of Auckland. Photograph taken June 1959 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia
Date: October 1962
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0200-F
Description: Scenes from the Coronation hui at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, taken in 1962 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images consist of: - Frames 1-2 show Ngati Poneke welcoming (from left) Mr William Herewini, Controller of Maori Welfare, Hone Waititi (obsecured), Mr Robinson, Mayor of Auckland, his wife, Mrs Robinson and the Reverend Kapa. - People sitting on the veranda of the meeting house, a trophy cup sits on a table. - A group in traditional Maori clothing performing action songs. - People in the crowd. - A kuia standing outside. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Further information also from Te Ao Hou: The New World, No.41, December, 1962 and www.28maoribattalioin.org.nz/soldier/william-herewini. Accessed 15 June 2015. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.