Warkworth

Date: 1928

By: Rodney Agricultural Society; Rodney times (Periodical)

Reference: Eph-A-SHOW-Rodney-1928-01

Description: Schedule and list of prizes. Schedule included agricultural horses, saddle horses, hacks and competitionsjumping events; dairy cattle, shorthorn, jersey, friesian, ; Sheep - Lincolns, Romney, crossbreeds; Dairy produce, field produce, garden produce, bread, preserves; Needlework, flowers, weight-guessing competition. There are advertisements throughout and a list of advertisers at the end. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 59 pages, each 212 x 137 mm.

Date: 1878

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-L&S-A1a

Description: Copy of a manuscript map which shows a sprinkling of numbered land blocks, some with owner's names. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 63 360], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: [1950s-1970s]

From: Nicholls, Trevor, 1929- :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-7485

Description: Colour slides of various parts of New Zealand, taken 1950s-1970s by Trevor Nicholls. Includes: 1. Whangaroa Harbour, St Paul's Rock ca 1972, 2. Te Pahi, 3-4. Marsden Point 1976, 5. Mangamuka Forest, 6. Formation at Kerr Bluff (North Cape), 7. Cape Reinga, 8. Church at Russell, 9-12 Piercy Island, 13. Pompallier House, 14. Waimate Mission House, 15. Warkworth Satellite dish, 16. Lyttelton, 17. Addington railcar, 18. Dunedin 1950s, 19-20. Church Havelock (New), 21. Brooklyn mid 1950s (from Washington Ave), 22. Foxton, flax mid 1950s, 23. Wesleyhaven, Naenae mid-late 1960s, 24. Statue at Paraparaumu Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour film negatives

Date: [1925-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-046

Description: Includes: Construction, etc of 4th General Hospital, Dumbea, New Caledonia; unidentified Pacific campaign (US servicemen); NZ Military Forces display at the Dunedin Exhibition, 1925 (Series 30/1); aerial photographs of Whangaroa Harbour showing battery position, etc, 1942 (Series 23/12); aerial photographs of Whangarei Heads, including Bushy Head, 1942 (Series 23/11); Wellington (Series 23/16) including Garrison Hall in Buckle Street 1938, magazines at Kaiwarra, Central Park Camp, Kaiwarra US Camp, Anderson Park US Camp, Gracefield US warehouses; Wanganui (Series 23/7) showing Drill Hall 1938, position of aerodrome & coastal battery; Warkworth (Series 23/8) showing general area, Camp No 6, 30-bed hospital. Includes some photocopied prints Quantity: 174 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1900-ca 1915, 1930s, 1960s

By: Dye, Kathleen, active 1930s; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015; Sharp, Barbara, active 2003

Reference: PAColl-7713

Description: Photographs of the Rodney district, Russell, Waitangi, Te Kuiti, Te Aroha, Wanganui, Hunua Falls, skiing in Tongariro National Park, Rotorua, Nelson, and army groups. Kathleen Dye was the donor's mother. The family lived north of Auckland, in the Kaukapakapa - Warkworth area. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Barbara Sharp, Levin, in August 2003.

Date: 1858-1964

From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-04

Description: Contains registers for Ephiphany (Arch Hill), 1914-1964; St George's, Epsom, 1916-1948; St Columba, Grey Lynn, 1912-1945; Hauraki, 1858-1863; Helensville & Warkworth, 1881-1927 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1969-1984]

By: Sutherland, James Hector, 1925-

Reference: MS-Papers-6085

Description: Research notes on the history of various rural libraries, library and reading lists, and a partially handwritten and partially typed manual compiled while working for the mobile library of the New Zealand Country Library Service in the 1970s and 1980s. Also includes blueprints of plans of the mobile library van, together with details of its shelving arrangement. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 7 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, blueprints Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 9 albums and 4 packets of photographs.

Date: 2000 - 2005

By: Albertland and Districts Museum; Marsh, William Harold, 1876-1948; Worsnop, Don, active 1950s

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-Albertland-2000/2005

Description: Calendars featuring historical photography in the Wellsford, Warkworth, Port Albert area by Harold Marsh and Don Worsnop. Years held: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Spiral bound calendars, 210 x 300 mm. Provenance: Acquired under legal deposit.

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: [Ephemera relating to telephones, telephone exchanges and subscribers. 1900- ]

Reference: Eph-A-TELEPHONE-1970s

Description: Includes (partial contents only): 1970: Alexander Graham Bell; a brief note on his life and his inventions [1970s] Answer Services Ltd. How many calls did you miss yesterday? Don't let those messages get away. Let our experienced telephone secretaries answer when you can't. [1970] New Zealand Post Office. Satellite Earth Station, Warkworth [1970] (2 copies) 1970s, undated: It pays to put a smile in your voice [1970s] New Zealand Post Office. Going away? What about your phone? [1970s] New Zealand Post Office. A visit to the Automatic Telephone Exchange (2 versions) Seekers telephone answering services: Telex bureau, radio telephon, alarm monitoring, telephone answering. All these services and many more. All available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Space age communications [1970s?] Telephone courtesy; a leaflet for telephone operators [1970s] Telephone courtesy creates goodwill [1970s] 1971: New Zealand Post Office. Instructions for operation of private automatic branch exchanges [1971] 1973: New Zealand Post Office. Telephone Services Branch. It makes good business sense. Advertise where sales are certain, the Yellow Pages [1973] 1974: New Zealand Post Office. Dunedin telephone directory; supplement to Balclutha section. Kaka Point numbers. 1974 1975: New Zealand Post Office. Background facts about telephones. PR195. September 1975. 1976: New Zealand Post Office. Introducing STD; subscriber toll dialling [1976] (2 copies) New Zealand Post Office. Subscriber toll dialling; STD codes and dialling instructions. September 1976 (2 copies) 1978: Marlborough Regional Committee. Unveiling of the Whites Bay Cable Station notice board and opening of the restored cable station building, noon, Waitangi Day, 6th February 1978 by Sir Alistair McIntosh, KCMG, Chairman of the Trust. Service category information [re STD. 1978] 1979: New Zealand Post Office. Introducing ISD; international subscriber dialling [1979] (2 copies) New Zealand Post Office. Telephone charges; two-monthly base rate area telephone charges. 34366/8/79-XII Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and screenprints on pamphlets and booklets, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 2006-2007

From: La Plante, Steven, fl 2001-2015: Photographs of war memorials

Reference: PAColl-10421-06

Description: Photographic prints showing war memorials, chiefly for WWI and WWII, in various localities in the North Island. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s) (Resin coated silver gelatin prints).

Date: 1905-1920

From: Postcards collected by Annie Eva Jaques; arranged by Betty Haxton (nee Dudson).

By: Kurta, Jekob Wincent, 1877-1965; Longdill & Redin (Firm); Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Haxton-1-2

Description: Includes: 31. 3865. Memorial Maori & South African wars, New Plymouth N.Z. J W Kurta, stationers & fancy goods importer New Plymouth 4758 32. Muir & Moodie. 3866. Hospital New Plymouth NZ. J W Kurta, stationers & fancy goods importer New Plymouth. 4759 33. Tanner Bros Ltd. Best wishes for a happy New Year. Mt Egmont from the Recreation grounds, New Plymouth NZ. X 60-750 34. Recreation Grounds New Plymouth. A Lovegrove series, Devon St., New Plymouth 35. Recreation Grounds New Plymouth. A Lovegrove series, Devon St., New Plymouth 36. Muir & Moodie 3846. Gardens New Plymouth NZ. J W Kurta, stationer & fancy goods importer, New Plymouth. 4754 37. Recreation Grounds New Plymouth. A Lovegrove series, Devon St., New Plymouth 38. Recreation Grounds New Plymouth. A Lovegrove series, Devon St., New Plymouth 39. Bells Falls, Mt Egmont. A Lovegrove series, Devon St., New Plymouth 40. General Post Office, Hamilton. 225. Universal Post Card Co., Dunedin [posted 1912] 41. Taihape, N.Z. no 248 Longdill & Redin, Taihape. Aldersley Photo copyright 128376 [posted 1908] 42. Ohakune N.I.M.T. NZ. F T Series no 1155 43. W Beattie & Co., Auckland. No. 3. At Taumarunui. Pro 1.11.1909. 44. Wanganui River, Taumarunui, NZ. “Bathgate”, Mosgiel NZ. Copyright. Publsihed by A W Bathgate, Mosgiel NZ. Printed in England 45. R E Lucas. Main Street Waipukurau. Real photograph. Aldersley series 46. High Street Dannevirke from Swinburn Street. R H Coltman, Dannevirke. Printed in Germany 47. The Dam, Warkworth 1377. W.A.P. Photographic series, manufactured by the Price Photo Co., Herne Bay Auckland 48. Warkworth 2044. W.A.P. Photographic series, manufactured by the Price Photo Co., Herne Bay Auckland 49. Warkworth river scene. W.T.W. series real photo.1754 50. Warkworth Cement Works 1573. Wilsons Post card, real photograph 51. W T Wilson. Warkworth. 1931. Young’s Falls. Prot. 1.9.12. [1912] 52. F T Series no 2459 A. Post Office, Dee St Invercargill NZ. 53. Tay Street looking west, Invercargill NZ 617. Published by William Nees wellington NZ. Peal photograph 54. G.P.O. Masterton. Academy series 14. Real photo post card 55. Queen Street looking south. Masterton. Academy series 1. Real photo post card 56. Centre Queen Street Masterton. Academy series 7. Real photo post card 57. Queen Street Masterton A 821.Aldersley series. Real photograph 58. Municipal Buildings Masterton. Academy series 10. Real photo post card 59. Bowling green, tennis courts & tea kiosk, Masterton Park. Academy series 3. Real photo post card 60. Park lake & pavillions [sic], Masterton. Academy series 11. Real photo post card Cards were removed from the albums in which they came, but kept in the same order (numbered accordingly) Quantity: 30 postcards. Physical Description: Photolithographs on cards, sizes varying around 90 x 140 mm Provenance: Originally collected by Annie Eva Jaques, later sorted by her niece Betty Haxton (née Dudson), the mother of donor.

Date: [ca 1941-1945]

From: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1933

Description: Photograph album compiled by Robert Thomas Martin containing images of New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands during military training and service in World War II. Some images likely taken by Martin. New Zealand images show training camps at Rotorua (1941), Papakura (1942), 1st Field Ambulance camp in Warkworth (Jun-Sep 1942), and Fencourt [Cambridge?] (1942). In addition to informal portraits featuring Martin, Colin Arroll, and other unidentified soldiers, there are images of tents, a route march, a hospital under construction and parked ambulances (at Warkworth), and a Bob Semple tank with soldiers and Martin and his sister Valerie posed in front (at Papakura). Identified groups include Warrant Officers and Sergeants in 1st Field Ambulance in Papakura, 7th Field Ambulance, and D Company. Also image of Martin walking down a street in uniform while on leave. Images from Rotorua also show Regent Theatre (exterior and courtyard), Post Office, Sanatorium building and grounds, St Faith’s Church (Ohinemutu), swimming scenes at the Blue Baths, and Maori children diving for pennies [at Whakarewarewa?]. A 1940 series of images at a house in [Auckland?] show Martin in uniform with various people including his Uncle Frank, Guy [?], and a number of young women [relatives, including his sister Valerie?]. Martin is also photographed with a dog [Collie?]. Images from service in New Caledonia, Jan-Aug 1943, feature group photographs of the B Company 7th New Zealand Field Ambulance at Nemeara and Nepoui Valley. Identified people in informal group and individual portraits at the Nemeara Camp are Doug Smith, Wally McKusker, Doug Smith, Stan Poomore, Shorty Luscombe, Jack Ireland, Allan Stewart, Bill Cullum, and Cliff Pinker. Nemeara Camp images also include a medical examination of an unidentified local man, local children and men, the cookhouse, tents, hospital “bure” [thatched hut], a combination water heater and incinerator, mess hut under construction, swimming area in river [including competition?], and Nemeara mission church (with Mt Boa in the background). Images from Bourail show the gendarmerie, Main Street, and a church. Also view of Nouméa Harbour Treasury Island images show scenic views, including the river mouth at Malsi and the northern tip of Mono Island. Solomon Islanders are photographed including local men trained to fight by 34th Battalion, A Company tent, vegetation, local church (following rebuild by 29th Battalion) and [another?] destroyed church, men packing up the QM [Quartermasters?] store, and group getting ready to play “Tennaquoits”. Identified men are Tom Murphy, Jock Plunkett, Fred Walker, and Martin. Some show men posing with “Jap Souvenirs” (including flag, swords, knife, and trumpet), sick and injured men at 7th Field Ambulance [MDS?] at Stirling and on stretchers being evacuated by barge. Images of military equipment and armaments include G pounder anti-tank gun, 50 mm Bofors Ack Ack gun, a jeep (being dug out of mud), beach landing craft, beach scene with men rolling drums [fuel?], LST being unloaded at Purple Beach (Stirling Island), ship ‘Tyrone’, and a boat described as a “Seaplane tender”. Arrangement: Donor identified item as "ITEM C Family photos and Pacific Islands". Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 115 silver gelatin photoprints. Physical Description: Black cardboard album bound with string, 20 x 23 cm

Date: 11 Mar 2010

From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s

By: Kingston, Robyn Elaine, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0984-09

Description: Interview with Robyn Kingston (nee Hutching), born in Auckland in 1940. Interviewer's summary: Robyn talks about her life growing up on a small dairy farm in Warkworth, Northland, the early years of her married life, and how her close relationship with her mother was influential. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001493 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 digital photograph(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 interview(s). 2.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001461, OHA-7389. Colour photographs of Robyn Kingston's cookery book. Scanned B&W photographs of: Robyn as a child; Robyn and Don Kingston on wedding day (1960); Robyn, Don and two children (1974) (OHDL-001462) Search dates: 2010

Date: 30 Sep 1992

From: Interviews for Romance Writers Book Project

By: Kingston, Robyn Elaine, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0339-06

Description: Robyn Donald was born in Auckland, in 1940. Talks about aspects of fiction writing and origins as romance writer. Refers to Essie Summers. Describes personal life and obstacles she has overcome to write. Illustrates traits of heroes and heroines in literature and the needs of the audience. Outlines male and female responses to romantic fiction. Refers to her article "Mean, Moodey and Magnificent: the hero in romantic literature". Discusses her family and childhood in Warkworth. Recalls decision to become teacher and subsequent training. Talks about New Zealand and Australian authors, themes and settings within literature, the spread of ideas, the Romance Writers of America Conferences, Mills & Boon and the Festival of Romance in Christchurch. Names her favourite heroines. Outlines the purpose of romance and the ups and downs of being a romance writer. Interviewer(s) - Rachel McAlpine Accompanying material - abstract contains list of interviewee published works to 1992, and copy of article by Robyn Kingston entitled "Mean, Moody and Magnificent: the hero in romantic literature". Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012751, OHC-012752, OHC-012753 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4412.

Date: [between 1965 and 1975]

From: Oettli, Max Christian, 1947-: Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PAColl-10851-11

Description: Comprises individual and group photographs taken by Max Oettli during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s of musical performances by unidentified acts at an outdoor concert in Warkworth. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Delivered in a folder titled “Warkworth”.   Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1937

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Northland-1937-01

Description: Envelope shows a photograph of the town of Warkworth, and lists its attractions as golf (2 courses), tennis, bowling, croquet, shooting, bathing (sea and river), fishing, boating. Text recommends the overland route via Warkworth to beautiful Kawau Island. The envelope carries a 6d stamp and is addressed to Mr H G Nowland, at the Post Office at Barraba, NSW, Australia. The back of the envelope shows a rubber stamp of the sender, H Duke of "Lavona", Warkworth, New Zealand. Some words of title are obscured by overpasted sticker Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph and holograph on postal envelope, 90 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Complete Stamp Company, June 2013.

Date: 1963-1987

By: Burns, Ruth Alvina (Lady), 1912-2002

Reference: MS-Papers-11710

Description: Contains correspondence to Lady Burns from her friend, botanist, Lucy Moore. The correspondence describes daily life and comments on family and friends. Also contains newsclippings and printed material relating to Moore, including an obituary and a letter from Mrs K. F. Moore thanking Lady Burns for her sympathy and her tribute to Moore following her death. Source of title - Supplied by library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed material Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Carolyn W Burns, Dunedin, March 2014

Date: 2016 - 2019

By: Albertland and Districts Museum; Marsh, William Harold, 1876-1948; Worsnop, Don, active 1950s

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-Albertland-2016/2019

Description: Calendars featuring historical photography in the Wellsford, Warkworth, Port Albert. Two versions of calendar for 2017 - original (1 copy) and revised/corrected version (2 copies). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Spiral bound calendars, 210 x 300 mm.

Date: 1992-1993, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12254

Description: Transparencies of concrete construction in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the concrete structure. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Buildings/structures and locations annotated on the slide mounts include house in Mercer Road near Waitepeka, ruins of concrete cottage on Mercer Road "Waitawheta" [probably Waitepeka], Bastion Hill water tower at Wanganui, Riverina [Wilson house] at Warkworth, 'Little Riverina' house at Warkworth, Racing Club grandstand at Waverley, Overton [at Marton], various aspects of Fort Ballance in Wellington, and former Clayton house at Queen Margaret College in Wellington. Title supplied by Library. Few slides have dates annotated Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a six-row, 43 slides per row, metal case. The case was not labelled; the order appears have begun as largely alphabetical by location, name of building/structure, or name of station/farm; however, arrangement becomes more disordered in the last two rows of the case. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1990 - 2003

From: [Ephemera of quarto size, relating to wine and winegrowing in New Zealand, including ephemera issued by wineries and vineyards. 1800s - ]

By: Parsons, Marion, active 2003-2007

Reference: Eph-B-ALCOHOL-Wine-Parsons-2003-1

Description: Includes labels from the following wineries: Far North: St Francis Wine Co (Warkworth), Matakana Estate, Marsden Estate (Kerikeri), Ascension Vineyard Waiheke Island: Mudbrick Vineyard, Onetangi Road, Stony Batter, Stonyridge, Shepherds Point, Passage Rock Auckland: Montana, Babich, St Jeromes, West Brook, Collards, Landmark, Herald Cove Vineyard (Odyssey Wines), Karaka Point; (in second sequence) Villa Maria Estate Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on labels, sizes varying