Volcanic eruptions

Date: 1902 - 1908

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: E-599

Description: Includes sketches of Plimmerton, Mana, Kapiti, Waikato River below the rapids, the mountains of the Central Plateau, a view of the Central Plateau from the summit of Mount Tongariro, a view from near the Ketetahi Crater, the Crater Lake on Ruapehu, Waihohomo at twilight, double portrait of Gilfedder and Jones, a panorama of Taupo. There are also handwritten notes about the eruption of Ruapehu on 15 March 1906, a sketch of Rangitahau and notes aboutt aking the tapu off a whare. Other Titles - Sketches Inscriptions: On cover: Sketches Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings in sketchbook bound in brick-red buckram covers, each page 135 x 173 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: 1993 - 1994

From: Greenall, Frank, fl 1980-1990s :Cartoons published in The Dominion. Mar 1993/May 1994.

Reference: A-300-053

Description: Two men on Rangipo golf course, one sending his ball to the green. May refer to the eruption of Mount Ruapehu, near Rangipo Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 296 x 418 mm

Date: 1841 - 1843

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888

Reference: A-160-015

Description: Mount Etna in eruption with houses around its base Inscription on back, not in the hand of the artist: "Mts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu from Lake Taupo". Dating: Albin Martin and his wife Jemima married in England in 1841, spending the next two years based in Italy in the Naples area. The work is likely to date to the period 1841-1843. He also visited Rome with artist Samuel Palmer in 1839 Other Titles - Etna Inscriptions: Verso - Mounts Tongariro, Ngaruhoe and Ruapehu from Lake Taupo [in a later hand] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 94 x 200 mm Provenance: Purchase: Mrs Marjorie Forde, London 1972.

Date: [ca 1863-1888]

By: Young, Archibald, -1954; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Caney, Ebenezer, active 1883-1887; De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Savage, Charles Roscoe, 1832-1909; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-748

Description: Photograph album of images taken by various photographers (identified below). Chiefly scenic views of New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, and United States of America. Also eight images of Fijian and Samoan persons. Album compiled by Archibald Young ca 1888. - Album features photographs of New Zealand, including Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Gisborne, Port Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Hutt Valley and river, Waitakere Falls, Oamaru, Queenstown, Waikato River at Ateamure [sic], Mt Earnslaw and Lake Wakatipu, Milford Sound, Lake Manapouri, Ohinemutu, Lake Rotorua and Mokoia, and Wairakei. Also includes series of George Dobson Valentine images relating to the eruption of Mount Tarawera (before and after), including the Pink and White Terraces, Tikitapu Bush, Lake Rotomahana, Echo Lake and rent in the side of the mountain. Album also contains images relating to Maori, including King Tawhiao but also unidentified group images, meeting houses, various carved object, and dried heads. - Images from Australia feature: Cape Raoul, Mount Wellington and other Tasmanian scenes; Melbourne city scenes, including 1888 Exhibition building, Scots Church, Federal Coffee Palace, Princess Theatre, and Bourke Street; Ballarat; Garden Gully Goldmine; Sandhurst, including the School of Mines and Industry and the Shamrock Hotel; Blue Mountains, New South Wales, with Katoomba Falls, Govett's Leap, Weeping Rock, and Jenolan Caves featured; and a panorama of Sydney, including the harbour. - Photographs from the Republic of Hawaii feature Diamond Head, King's Palace and Princess Ruth's Palace, Coconut grove at Waikiki, Hawaiian Hotel, E C Hall's residence, gardens at Queen Hospital, and various dance groups. Photographs from the United States of America feature: San Francisco images include general city views, the observatory at Golden Gate Park, and Beach Drive from Cliff House; various images of geological formations in Yosemite Valley including Yosemite Falls, Merced River, and an unidentified group standing on Glacier Point; Salt Lake City, including the house of Brigham Young and the Mormon Tabernacle; Colorado Springs' Antlers Hotel and Garden of the Gods; and a number of images of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Line, including railway engine and passenger cars, Castle Gate, Marshall Pass, and Royal Gorge. - Also contains a number of portraits of unidentified Fijian and Samoan women and girls, and one group portrait of Fijian men. - Photographers include John R Morris, [James?] Connolly, Burton Brothers, Daniel Louis Mundy, George Dobson Valentine, David Alexander De Maus, Josiah Martin, Ebenezer Caney, [W M?] Reynolds, Chuck Photo, Faber Photo San Francisco, Charles Roscoe Savage, and William Henry Jackson -Miscellaneous materials include a loose print of a construction [mining? drilling?] scene [ca 1880s-1890s] and pressed leaves that are dark brown against paper but reddish brown when held to the light. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Opposite leaf to album page one `Daddy went twice around the world but the second time he got a chill playing deck cricket'; On album page 45, above photograph of Hawaiian Hotel (Honolulu) `Daddie had breakfast with the King & Queen of Honolulu'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Donor is a distant relative of Archibald Young.

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Burrett, Robert, 1830-1886

Reference: Eph-B-POLITICS-1880s

Description: Includes: 1881: The Foxton election. Dr Buller will address the electors at ... on ... November. R Burrett, steam printer, Molesworth Street Wellington [1881] 1884?: Galley proof of poem titled "Says Vogel" [1884?] 1886: News from the scene of the recent eruption. "We have had a dreadful night ...". Cartoon supplement to the Wellington Advertiser, Saturday June 26, 1886. [Shows a man beside an exploding volcano sheltering under an umbrella labelled Insurance Board; relates to George Fisher and the Government Insurance Association] 1887: Thorndon election 1887. Circular campaign letter from William McLean, dated 23 September 1887. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, lithographs and other prints, sizes varying below 330 mm

Date: 1965

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-121

Description: A group of volcanologists standing around a model of the central volcanic plateau, watching Ngauruhoe erupting Dating: the Symposium was held in New Zealand in 1965. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1950 - 2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Science-Geology-Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions

Description: Photographs relating to volcanoes and volcanic eruptions, compiled by the library of the Evening Post newspaper, ca 1950-2000.

Date: 2015

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0030581

Description: Depicts Environment Minister Nick Smith as an Aztec priest about to sacrifice the 'RMA' man and put him in a volcano of 'runaway house prices' erupting with lava in the hope that it will "prevent disaster". Refers to annoucments by Smith that the National government will reform the Resource Management Act in response to claims that housing projects had been abandoned because of delays and uncertainities in the RMA regulations, which meant new houses were costly. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0025362

Description: An airport check-in attendant at Taupo Airport stands under a sign announcing that 'Due to Tongariro all flights have been postponed until further notice' and she tells a couple that "It's safe enough but none of the other airports wants you walking ash onto the carpet." Refers to the eruption of Mount Tongariro on 21 November 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022510

Description: Shows two panels illustrating Mt Tongariro erupting for the first time in over a hundred years and the Kiwi House in London in flames following gas cyclinders exploding. Kiwi House was a temporary venue located at King's Cross, London, during the 2012 London Olympic Games. Designed as a haven for friends, family and supporters of the New Zealand Olympic Team. A large fire broke out on 8 Aug 2012 and forced the early closure of the venue. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022544

Description: An expert stands in front of a picture of a volcano and addresses a group of people concerned about the recent volcanic activity, saying that the volcano could erupt again, or not. One audience member comments that he should be a politician. Context: On 6 August 2012, Mount Tongariro erupted for the first time since 1897. Experts are unsure if the eruption was a one time event, or if further eruptions will occur. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022492

Description: A woman comments to a friend that her husband who is slouched in front of the television is blaming Tongariro for the strange smells. Context: Tongariro erupted on 7th August 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0022484

Description: Shows Mount Tongariro emitting ash, it apologies to its neighbouring volcanoes Mount Ruapehu and Mount Ngauruhoe. Refers to Mount Tongariro erupting for the first time in more than a century on 6 August 2012. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022599

Description: A couple are admiring a view of mountains. The woman asks the man if that rumbling sound was him or Mount Tongariro. Context: Mt Tongariro erupted on 6 August 2012, the first time in 115 years. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022936

Description: Shows two trampers walking in deep trenches cut in path over lahar mud covered plain below Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro. The 'Tongariro Crossing' sign on the path says to keep New Zealand clean and green, but it is covered in mud. Context: Te Maari crater of Mount Tongariro erupted on 6 August 2012 raining ash over surrounding region and closing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing track (Tongariro Alpine Crossing website 16 Oct 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023443

Description: Shows two men observing a huge plume of smoke rising from a crater. One comments that New Zealand, sometimes called Middle Earth, is 100% pure carbon. Context: Refers to the imminent launching of Peter Jackson's first 'Hobbit' film in Wellington - the Hobbits live in Middle Earth. Refers to the eruption of Mount Tongariro on 21st November and also refers to New Zealand's stance on carbon emissions - the government's decision not to sign the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change. (New Zealand Herald, 14 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023449

Description: Shows an erupting volcano and text reading 'Increased SIZEmic activity... on RUAPEHU dotcom'. Context: After the eruption of Mount Tongariro on 21st November, it has been noticed that Ruapehu is also heating up. And GNS Science says it looks near inevitable Mount Ruapehu will erupt within the coming months - because a vent is blocked and pressure is building up. (Radio New Zealand 21 November 2012) There is also a reference to Kim Dotcom who has been much in the news recently and is of great size. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023538

Description: Shows David Cunliffe's head on top of a volcano labelled Mount Cunliffe with a cork in its mouth. David Shearer walks away gleefully, saying, 'Hopefully that'll quell any further eruptions'. Refers to a small eruption of Mount Tongariro on 21 November 2012, and divisions within the Labour party, where David Cunliffe challenged the leadership of party leader David Shearer. Shearer won a confidence vote, and Cunliffe was demoted to the unranked section of caucus. (Stuff.co.nz, 20 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023431

Description: Shows Mount Tongariro erupting. A man watching from a DOC (Department of Conservation) vehicle, comments that the 'Israeli ambassador suspects Hamas'. Context: refers to the eruption, at the Te Maari crater, on Mount Tongariro which happened shortly after 1.20pm on 21st November 2012. The 'Hamas' comment refers to the hostilities between Israel and the Gaza strip, currently ruled by Hamas. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 18 June 2021

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0040707

Description: Digital cartoons by Jim Hubbard on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Shows a man wearing an 'Expert' badge announcing that after studies and discussion he and colleagues have concluded that "the volcano could erupt again.... or not." A man in the audience turns to a woman and says, "These guys could be politicians..". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).