Waitomo Caves

Date: [1880s]

From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-138

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm

Date: [193-?]

From: Jansen, Nancy (Mrs) : Tourist Dept lantern slides

Reference: PA11-213

Description: Quantity: 13 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-66

Description: The top photograph (PA1-f-195-66-1) shows a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves called The Terrace. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-66-2) shows a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves called Mairs Cavern. These photos were taken by an unknown photograher. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: 1864, 1889

By: Easdale, Nola, active 1984-1998

Reference: MSI-Papers-6238

Description: Comprises copies of four plans (1) Orakau Pa, showing disposition of troops under Brigadier-General Carey, 1 Apr 1864; (2) Plan of ground surrounding Orakau Pa, under Brigadier-General Carey, 2 Apr 1864; (3) The Waitomo Caves, lower series, T Humphries, Chief Surveyor, Auckland, Jun 1889; and (4) The Waitomo Caves, locality plan and index to sheets a and 2 (late 1889) Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also previous accession, 90-143, for full records re `Kairuri' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Holograph maps

Date: 1908-1915

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1551

Description: Photographs relating to Mr R V Kay. Includes photographs of snow storm at Nelson College, Easter 1911 with Gilbert Coombe and family, Auckland Express train, Trentham Camp in 1912, Honours Board and baths at Nelson College (1908), Hospital Ship 'Mahend', Woodford House, Military camp at Browns Bay, Quarter Masters' Staff of 5th Wellington Regiment (1915), Waitomo Caves, and coach travel. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - Reg. V. Kay, 368 Tinakori Road, Wellington, 11/1/1913 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 135 x 180 mm

Date: 10th February 1920

By: Vautier, Agnes McLean, -1966

Reference: PAColl-4710

Description: A group of twelve men and four women at the Waitomo Caves. Included is the envelope in which the photograph was sent to Mr G F Laine(?) of Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - With compliments from A M Vautier 353 Hereford Street, Christchurch - Waitomo Caves 10th Feby 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Details of deposit unknown

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-67

Description: The top photograph (PA1-f-195-67-1) shows a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves which is the Entrance to the Organ Gallery. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-67-2) is a rock formation within the Waitomo Caves called The Blanket. Both photos were taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1924

By: Sklenars, Linda, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1212

Description: Album compiled on a tour of the North Island in 1924 by an unknown photographer. The album includes views of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Wairakei, Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoehu, Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotomahana, Hamurana Springs, Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Waitomo. The scenes in Wellington include views of Parliament, Government Buildings, St Mary of the Angels church, Oriental Bay, Island Bay, Wellington Heads, Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Miramar, Lyall Bay, Khandallah and Days Bay. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album

Date: 1971

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Shearer, Archibald Reid, 1914-1997

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1971-01

Description: Poster advertising New Zealand tourist attractions with six photographs: Mount Cook, light aircraft flights to glaciers, Waitomo Caves boat trip, Pohutu Geyser at Whakarewarewa, the Wellington Cable Car, dining in a restaurant, picnicking and fishing beside a river. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 810 x 535 mm. Provenance: One copy purchased from Vintage Posters Only, Australia, in 2007.

Date: 1952 - 1956

By: Turner, Dennis Knight, 1924-2011; Barrow, Terence Tui, 1923-2001

Reference: A-011-001/053

Description: Sketches of Waitomo Caves Dating: Dennis Knight Turner became a guide at Waitomo Caves in ca 1952. Quantity: 53 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches sizes vary Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives Section.

Date: ca 1930s

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-7974

Description: New Zealand scenes taken by Ben Thiem of Hokitika ca 1930s. Comprises scenes in the thermal district, Maori portraits, mountains and glaciers, pastoral scenes, rivers and lakes, and bush. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from John Arnold, book and antique dealer, February 2004

Date: [1890s-1900s?]

From: Teale, Edmund Oswald (Sir), 1874-1971 : Birell album

By: Charles H Kerry & Company; Shearsby, A J, active 1913-1928; Star Photo Company; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-q-029

Description: Postcards, chiefly of Australia, including Tasmania, Adelaide, Queensland, New South Wales, with several showing various tin mines in Tasmania. There is a section of New Zealand postcards in the middle of the album, many taken by an Australian photographic company "Charles H Kerry & Co", labelled "Series 53. Hot Lakes District, New Zealand". These images are tinted, and include views of the Huka Falls, the Pink and White Terraces, Waiotapu, Ohinemutu, Whakarewarewa, Lakes Waikaremoana and Taupo, and the Aratiatia Rapids. The NZ images also include views of the Mount Cook region of the South Island, including Franz Josef Glacier, Hooker Glacier, Mounts Darwin, Sefton and Cook, and Lakes Te Anau and Wakatipu. Many of the postcards show the photographers' names, and include R C Harvey, A J Shearsby, the Star Photo Co., de Tourret, and the New Zealand Tourist Department. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown "Postcard album" with red, green and blue decoration, 285 x 240 mm

Date: 1923-1928

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-204

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990 - 2000

From: [Pamphlets, programmes, flyers relating to wood-chopping and sports meetings, collected by Eric Warner. 1915-2009]

Reference: Eph-B-SPORT-Warner-1990/2000

Description: Includes: 1990: Pacific National Exhibition, 1990 Logging Sports Show. Vancouver, British Columbia, 18 August - 3 September 1990. Information bulletin and general rules and regulations 1991: Benneydale & District Sports Club. Axemen's Carnival, 6 April 1991. Programme and entry form Kumeu District Agricultural & Horticultural Society. Woodchopping programme, Kumeu Show, 2 March 1991 Turangawaewae Logger's Club. Ngaruawahia Regatta. 16 March 1991. Programme / flyer Rotongaro Country Sports Club. Forty-ninth annual event to be held on 9 February 1991 on Mr D O'Sullivan's property, cnt Rotongaro-Ruawaro Roads, 10 kms west of Huntly. Motocross, chopping, ponies, horses, tug-o-war, barbeque [sic], children's races, novelty events. Pocket programme Royal Easter Show Auckland. 23 March - 1 April 1991. Husqvarna Lumberjack Programme / entry form flyer 1993: Challenge of Champions. Royal Easter Show. Lumberjack competition. Auckland A&P Association, 150th jubilee, 3-12 April 1993. Schedule of lumberjack events Husqvarna Lumberjack World Championships. Husqvarna Arena, Royal Easter Showgrounds, Epsom, Auckland, 11-12 April 1993. Programme Otorohanga Axeman's Club. Chopping & sawing programme, 12 February 1993. Programme sheet Sports Collectors' Club, SCC. [Three newsletters / price lists. ca November 199] Waiuku Cosmopolitan Axemen's Club. Gala day, 11 December 1993. Programme / flyer (2 copies) 1994: Auckland Agricultural & Pastoral Association. Royal Easter Show of Champions, 26 March - 4 April. Lumberjack section ... Schedule of events 1994. Husqvarna Carter Holt Harvey Forests. Handicap weekend. Royal Easter Showgrounds, Epsom, Auckland, 26-27 March 1994. Programme Waikato Lakes Development Company Limited. 3rd annual Mangakino Festival, 13 February 1994. Woodchopping & sawing tournament. Programme sheet Waitomo Caves Sports. Waitomo Caves Domain, 26 March 1994. Programme (sheep shearing, dog trials, chopping & sawing events, horse & pony events, steer calf & sheep riding, children's events) 1995: Waikato Lakes Development Company Limited. 4th annual Mangakino Festival, 12 February 1995. Woodchopping tournament. Programme sheet 1996: Reporoa Sports and Country Fair to be held at the Reporoa Domain, East Road, 3 March 1996. Programme 1997: Ngatimanu Axemen's Carnival 1997. Venue Ngatimanu Marae, Karetu, Kawakawa, 4 January 1997. Preliminary programme on blue sheet 1998: Waitomo Caves Sports. Waitomo Caves Domain, 28 March 1998. Programme (dancing pig, jigger chop, sheep shearing & wool handling, dog trials, chopping & sawing events, horse & pony events, Highland dancing, steer calf and sheep riding, children's events). 2000: Otorohanga Axemen's Club. Otorohanga County Fair, 12 February 2000. Chopping programme sheet Quantity: 1 folder(s) 22 items. Physical Description: Flyers and booklets, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: ca1880-ca1935

By: Nielson, Debbie, active 1996

Reference: PAColl-5036

Description: 5 albumen prints of New Plymouth and Waitara, 46 snapshots and postcard photographs of the thermal district, Napier, Waitomo caves and other places in the North Island Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Found at Hunterville dump in January 1996 by Ms Neilson, who offered them to the Whanganui Regional Museum, giving them permission to dispose of as seen fit.

Date: [ca 1920-1945]

Reference: PAColl-0056

Description: Life in a Middle Eastern Military hospital during World War II, and 1920s tourist shots of the Huka Falls, Aratiatia rapids, Waitomo caves and Whangarei. The photographs of Waitomo Caves are a set of 12 prints in an envelope, published by P Tarrant of Waitomo. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PA1-o-1247

Description: Album of photographs taken on motor tours in the North and South Islands, mid 1920s-early 1940s. Includes Tourist Series and commercial postcards as well as original photographs by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1930]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PAColl-D-0796

Description: Six views taken inside the caves showing the stalactites and stalagmites. Inscriptions: Recto - Photographer's numbers - 2392; 2985; 2391; 2390; 2388; [one partially obscured] Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 6 x 140 x 190 mm mounted 533 x 708 mm