Awatere River
[Creator unknown]:Plan of the line of coast and country inland between Wairau and Cante...
Date: 1852
Reference: MapColl-834.2at/1852/Acc.307
Description: Topographical map of coast line and inland country between Wairau and Canterbury from the coastal river entrance of the Awatere River to the coastal river entrance of the Kowhai River. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows placenames and Caverhill's tracks in red line, dated 1850-51. Notes in left hand corner provide information on native track being impracticable to sheep. Mentions track by Hamner supposed to be S.W. pass as seen by Mr Weld from the Clarence being practicable for sheep. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on light weight brown paper, paper glued to light card, coloured, Scale [1:200 000], 44 x 84 cm.
Jeffery, M H, fl 1958 :A Sketch Map of the Kaikoura Ranges [ms map]. 1958
Date: 1958
By: Jeffery, M H, active 1958; Sharpe, E (Mrs), active 1975
Reference: MapColl-834.2cbum/1958/Acc.38203
Description: Map of the Kaikoura ranges and its peaks, also showing the Kaikoura coastline, and the Acheron, Awatere, Dillion, Clarence, Kowhai and Puhipuhi rivers. A map key provides the location of huts and stations along the Awatere and Clarence rivers. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, scale [1:250 000], 25.5 x 28.5 cm. Provenance: Donated by E Sharpe, May 1975. Donated with photograph album [Reference No. PA1-o-466]
Mount Tapaenuku climbed, February the 11th, 1925
Date: 1924-1925
From: Loftus, Helen :Photographs of climbing Mt Tapuaenuku and a trip to Kaikoura
By: Gunn, George Alexander, 1895-1968
Reference: PA1-o-1217
Description: Record of six members of the Awatere Rugby Football Club who climbed Mount Tapuae-O-Uenuku on the 10th and the 11th of February 1925. Four of the team had made a failed attempt at the summit the year before (1924), and two of the images in the album were taken at this time. The party foregathered at Seddon and drove up the Awatere Valley to the Hodder River where the walking began. They followed the Hodder River and then its tributary, the Shin. They spent the night in Shin Hut (built in 1880) and the next morning made the climb to the Crows Nest, passing the Pinacle, and then on to the summit. The reached Shin Hutt on the way out at four o'clock on the afternoon of the 11th of February. The six men were George Alexander Gunn, Alan Fleming, William (Bill) Dick, Jock Dick, Frank Dick, and Albert (Bert) Lawsen Kennington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Bridge over Awatere River near Seddon
Date: [190-?]
From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: 1/1-039447-G
Description: Bridge over Awatere River near Seddon. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maori-Europe...
Date: 1843
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-4/1/4-Acc.37741
Description: Identifies Tua Marina and Awatere Index to names etc included on file Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 23 x 24 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Railway bridges
Date: 1975, 1993-1996, 1998
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11618
Description: Transparencies of railway bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location (town, city, or area). Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, metal case, alphabetically for the first 5 rows. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard 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.
Railway bridges
Date: 1986, 1992-1995, 1997
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11617
Description: Transparencies of railway bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location (town, city, or area). Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, metal case, alphabetically for the first 5 rows. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard 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.
[Creator unknown] :Provisional Map showing Upper Hodder Basin, Inland Kaikoura Range [c...
Date: 1949
Reference: MapColl-834.2gmbh/1949/Acc.7778
Description: Topographic map of the Upper Hodder Basin of inland Kaikoura, showing the Hodder and Awatere rivers, with various branching rivers and creeks. The Map key provided shows the location of routes, ridges, contours, bluffs, streams, shingle, scrub and snowgrass, trig stations, spot heights, and rivers. Annotations relate to the lie of the land, and the location of camps and huts along the Hodder river. Inscriptions: Text beneath map key reads 'This map is the result of a sketch made from the summit of Tapuaenuku on Saturday 22nd Feb 1949 by a Nelson Tramping Club Party, D A MacMorlanb, Club Captain N T C' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Positivie photocopy, paper on linen backing, scale [1:31680], 61 x 29 cm.
South from Blenheim to Seddon views from the railcar
Date: [ca 1960s]
From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip
Reference: PA12-7003
Description: Photographs taken from a railcar travelling south from Blenheim past Cloudy Bay and the Awatere River to the hills near Seddon taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the coastal cliffs, Cloudy Bay, the Kaikouras, Wairau Valley and hills, Lake Grassmere, Hurunui River, the Awatere River with the doubledecker road and rail bridge over the Awatere River at Seddon; and hills near Seddon. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
Grassmere, Clarence, views from railcar
Date: [ca 1960s]
From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip
Reference: PA12-7004
Description: Photographs taken from a railcar travelling south from Blenheim past Lake Grassmere to Clarence taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the Lake Grassmere saltworks showing salt ponds and heaps of salt; the Hurunui River, the Clarence River; hills near Seddon; North Canterbury Plains; the Seaward Kaikouras and the coastline. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
Views of Canterbury and Christchurch
Date: [ca 1920-1925]
From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9827-4
Description: Includes - Coast south of Ward near Wharanui. Washpen Creek, Hawarden. Awatere River at Seddon. The Wairau George. Buildings in Christchurch illuminated for the Prince of Wales visit in 1920. Picture theatres in Christchurch - Everybody's, Liberty, Grand. Witch Hill, Summit Road. Botanical Gardens and Hagley Park. Interior views of the Provincial Council Chamber. Avon River and Cashel Street Bridge. Station yards and wharves, Lyttelton. Ruins of Porter's Pass Hotel. View of Rapaki. View of Diamond Harbour. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s).
Trip to the Awatere River Valley
Date: November 1991
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: PA12-6636
Description: Trip to the Awatere River Valley, Marlborough (November 1991). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard mounts.
Gully, John, 1819-1888 :The valley of the Awatere with the Inland Kaikouras / John Gull...
Date: 1875
From: Gully, John, 1819-1888 :New Zealand scenery chomolithographed after original water-color drawings by John Gully with descriptive letterpress by Dr Julius von Haast. Dunedin, Henry Wise & Company ; London Marcus Ward & Co., 1877
Reference: PUBL-0010-09
Description: Looking across the valley towards mountains. A figure on horseback is in the foreground, amidst rock outcrops, flax, toetoe and cabbage trees Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 304 x 376 mm
Seddon settlement, Marborough District, including Awatere River
Date: Sep 1958
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-47668-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Seddon, Marlborough District, including bridge over Awatere River
Date: Sep 1958
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-47670-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Seddon, Marlborough District, including Awatere River
Date: Sep 1958
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-47671-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Seddon, Marlborough District
Date: 21 Nov 1951
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-29899-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Awatere Bridge over Awatere River, Marlborough Region
Date: Aug 1960
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-53892
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative
Seddon, Marlborough District
Date: 21 Nov 1951
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-29898-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate