Orakei Korako

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091442-F

Description: View of Elephant Rock at Orakei Korako. Photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: 1905 to 1908

From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-229

Description: Includes photographs taken by Harold Hislop of friends and family at their home in Wellington and during trips around New Zealand. Possibly contains photograph of Myamym [house?] in Melbourne, Victoria. Album also includes photos of Utauta Webber (nee Wi Parata) and Natanahira Wi Parata, and other relatives, from Waikanae. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown leather cover; 24 x 31 cm

Date: 1962-1968

From: Morris, Maude Ethel, 1888-1977 : Morris collection of Mansfieldiana and personal papers / Guy and Maude Morris

Reference: MS-Papers-3981-097

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1955

By: Allison, P, active 1999

Reference: PAColl-5972

Description: Photograph of ferry at Orakei Korako taken in 1955. The area has now been inundated by the Lake Ahakuri Dam. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1962]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6927

Description: Photographs of Orakei Korako, taken ca 1962 by John Ingle Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [Circa 1937]

Reference: PA1-f-054

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm

Date: [Between 1930 and 1941]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-207

Description: Album of photographs (mainly landscapes) taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1930 and 1941. The album is divided into sections (not in chronological order), many relating to camping holidays with an unidentified companion. Areas covered included a Christmas holiday trip in 1937 to the East Coast and thermal regions around Tikitere and Waimangu, the Morere nikau forest, Mount Maunganui beach, Hongi's track, the buried village at Te Wairoa, and Rotorua. A North Auckland trip in December 1938 included camping as far north as Paihia, Russell and Waitangi, the Waitangi Falls, the Waipoua Kauri Forest and Trounson's Kauri Park, also Auckland, the Kaingaroa Plains and Waiouru Valley. Areas of erosion were noted, and mangrove swamps. An Anniversary Day trip (22-23 January 1939) took Salmon to the Putangirua Pinnacles in the Wairarapa; and in September 1941 he went to the Hawke's Bay area. In 1945 he went on a North Island Expedition working on malaria control, with ?Bissett, and William John Phillipps. February 20-27 1939 was a trip across the Napier-Taupo Road, and included a number of images of the silt and desolation caused by a great flood in the Esk Valley in 1938. In 1936 Salmon went on a geological trip to the Rotorua area, and at Orakei Korako he was particularly interested in "sinter formations" (thermal deposits of silica, of which the Pink and White Terraces were examples). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091448-F

Description: Unidentified group of people passing by a silica terrace, Orakei Korako. Identified by the photographer as the green and brown terrace. Photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091439-F

Description: View of ponga ferns at the entrance to Ruatapu Cave (also known as Aladdin's Cave)at Orakei Korako. Photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: 1850

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-004-1

Description: Shows white cliffs in the foreground and water and hills behind. Other Titles - Orakei Korako Other Titles - Orakeikorako Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 78 x 52 mm.

Date: [ca1908]

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-f-179

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

Date: 1853

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-029-6

Description: Shows foreground cliffs with a lake and hills behind. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash, 40 x 65 mm.

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091434-F

Description: View of the Waikato River from Inspiration Point photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091435-F

Description: View of road to Orakei Korako and rocky country enroute photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091443-F

Description: View of Silica Terrace at Orakei Korako. Photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091440-F

Description: Unidentified group standing on rocks beside a lake at the base of Ruatapu Cave, also known as Aladdin's Cave. Photographed at Orakei Korako by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Waikato-1970s

Description: Includes pamphlets promoting tourism to Waikato including Hamilton, Matamata, the King Country, Tokoroa, Okauia mineral baths, and Orakei Korako. Ephemera on hotels in the area may be housed at Eph-A-HOTELS-Waikato. For other Waikato material see under Eph-A-TOURISM-Waitomo, Eph-A-TOURISM-Coromandel Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs and offset printing on pamphlets, sizes varying below 250 mm.

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091445-F

Description: Zeila Walker (sitting) and Robert Wells (standing) beside a silica terrace at Orakei Korako. They were married in 1937. Photographed by Robert E Wells, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-031

Description: Views of New Zealand with particular interest in mountain scenery, both in the North Island and the South Island. They include numbers of images of chairlifts, skiing, rivers and springs, and thermal regions in the North Island. Most of the images are colour photos, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, during the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover labelled "Photographs", 250 x 300 mm

Date: [ca 1962]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6929

Description: Photographs of Orakei Korako and Lake Ohakuri, taken ca 1962 by John Ingle Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm