Waiora Valley

Date: 1930

From: Gibbens, Ken :Photographs of New Zealand, Australia, California, Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji

By: Gibbens, Ken, active 1920s-

Reference: PA1-o-836

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

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Malaghan, Patrick Thomas, -1938; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Ross, Charles S, active 1890s-1900s; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PAColl-0959-40

Description: New Zealand scenes including thermal areas in the North Island, and river, mountain and roading scenes in the South Island, taken by various identified and unidentified photographers between about the 1880s and 1900s. Two photographers, Josiah Martin and Patrick Thomas Malaghan took most of the images. Other identified photographers include Edmund Wheeler, F. Finch, A.J. Iles, Charles Spencer, Edward Le Grice, J.V. (James Valentine), and Ross (Photographer, Invercargill). Several of the unidentified photographers are listed under their initials only, and include one with the initials T.S.M (or S.T.M. in a monogram), also A.A.B., R.G., Rooney, Luney (?), and L.M. A large number of those taken by Patrick Malaghan show Skippers Road and the Shotover River, with Pinchers Bluff, Huttons Cutting, Hell's Gate, and Skippers Creek. Thermal areas in the North Island show the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 eruption of mount Tarawera, and also a number taken after the eruption, including the remnants of Te Ariki Pa. A large number also show various geysers, mud pools and hot springs. One method of crossing rivers is shown with the Hooker Wire Bridge (or Hooker Cage) and a "chair" travelling across a wire in Skippers over the Shotover River. Note on this box reads: "1st Ball Hut print" (no. 33); and "J. Martin "Mt Cook"" (no. 66). Most of the places identified are listed above. Other Titles - Old P.O.P. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [ca 1924-1951]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Bierre, Eric W, 1899-; Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-201

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1924-1951. North Island scenes - Aerial view of Hokianga Harbour, 1949 (Whites 5115); road through Waitakere Ranges, 1938; Waipoua Forest; mustering sheep on East Coast; Humphries Castle (well-known rock formation on slopes of Mount Taranaki); Wanganui River (at meeting place of three provinces); Lake Taupo; Wellington Railway Station taken a night; mustering sheep in Wairoa Valley; Maori village at Waihi near Tokaanu, 1930; cattle crossing river in Waiotahi Gorge, 1946; Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi; Kohokohu in Hokianga Harbour, 1931; Whitianga, 1932 & Whitianga beach and camping grounds, 1951; Jersey calves, Taranaki; elevated view of Seatoun, Wellington looking north-east; Featherston Street looking towards Lambton Quay (Prudential Assurance Co & Commercial Bank of Australia buildings), 1938. South Island scenes - Spring time blossom along banks of Avon River; Greymouth Borough Council office (in house formerly owned by Dennhy family), 1950; Mt Zora and Landsborough River; women artists painting autumn colours near Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, 1940s; Christchchurch Airport, 1953 (Whites 32581); Lyttelton School (taken 1874); Patearoa & Minaret Station Central Otago, 1939 & 1942; leisure craft at Diamond Harbour, 1937; Mr Oldfield and sheepdogs on Lewis Pass Road; erosion at Middle Dome, north of Lumsden, 1949; camp at Bruce Bay, Westland, 1939; convoy of battleships at Greymouth during vice-regal visit, 1925; Westport coal industry; Buller Gorge; Mount Cook from Red Lake; aerial view of Waiou River, North Canterbury, 1934; Waimakariri River in flood (taken from just above Rakaia Gorge Bridge), Nov 1928; Waipiata Sanatorium, 1924; municipal chambers at Westport, 1947; bridge over Karamea River (Thelma Kent); Lake Ohau, 1951; Tasman Glacier from Ball Hutt, 1949; members of Hutt Valley Tramping Club on Olivine ice plateau; public works camp at Weheka (near Fox Glacier), 1936.. Photographers include: E C Lackland, Auckland; W Hall Raine; Thelma Kent; T W Collins; Whites Aviation; W G Weigel; A V Bowden; A Inkster; J D S Roberts; D V Apperley; Eric W Bierre; L Wallace; Green & Hahn; etc Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1923-ca 1924

From: Derbidge, M (Mrs), fl 1920-1935 :Photographs of the Derbidge and Harding families

Reference: PA1-o-1186

Description: Photographs of the Hall and Harding families and family friends, and views of Canterbury, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, the West Coast, Rotorua, and Auckland, taken ca 1923 to 1924 by Mrs M Derbidge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [194-?]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12703-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 1953

From: New Zealand Department of Tourist and Publicity. Publicity Division :What to see and do at Wairakei. Another highlight of New Zealand. Produced by the Publicity Division of the New Zealand Department of Tourist and Publicity. R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, 1953.

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Wairakei-1953-01-inside

Description: Pamphlet promoting Wairakei as a tourist destination, with text describing Waiora Valley, Karapiti Blowhole, Aratiatia Rapids, Huka Falls, the thermal baths, Hotel Wairakei, sport and recreation and sightseeing. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on pamphlet 223 x 190 mm.

Date: [194-?]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12704-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate