School buses

Date: 23 July 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/3090-F

Description: School bus, driven by Mr D L Dransfield, on a road beside the Wainui Stream after slips had been cleared from the road, taken 23 July 1968 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 2004

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-738-046/069

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 24 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: [1920s]

From: New Zealand Department of Education: Photographs of schools

By: Green & Hahn (Firm); Esquilant, William Charles, 1866-1952; Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948; Steffano Webb Photographic Studio; Campbell Photography; Drummond, G, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-147

Description: Album showing school and university buildings, chiefly in the Auckland region. Several images show the buildings under construction, or newly built. Photographs taken by various photographers for the Education Department, during the 1920s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album, 19 x 32 cm

Date: 30 Jan 1972

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/388

Description: Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0399 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 12 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other no script available.

Date: 11 March 1993 - 11 Mar 1993

From: Woodford House Oral History Project

By: Trotter, Rachael Jane, 1970-

Reference: OHInt-0061/42

Description: Rachael Jane Trotter grew up on a farm at Marton. Attended Woodford House School where mother and grandmother were also educated. Describes life and customs of Woodford and compares with stories of school told by mother and grandmother. Recalls being House Captain of Frimley house and being on the bus which crashed on its way back from a picnic in February 1987. Describes the crash and the support received. Mentions telegram from Mr Lange. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Marton Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Accompanying material - Newspaper reports of the accident in 1987, involving the Woodford House School bus, conveying pupils and staff from a picnic. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005701 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB-1197. 1 coloured photograph of Rachael Trotter in her final year at Woodford House, 1987 and one b&w photogaph of the bus on its side [after the accident in 1987]

Date: 15 Dec 1997

From: Birkenhead Transport oral history project

By: Bowman, David Robert, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0436-02

Description: David Robert Bowman born Auckland. Talks about interest in buses from an early age. Mentions Morris Commercial, International and Ford buses. Refers to Les Wilson, inspector. Discusses: young passengers' attitude towards drivers, with reference to Ernie Baker; driving for North Shore Transport (1961), changing to Birkenhead Transport (1961); mentions Daimlers and Macs. Recalls being put off school bus as a school boy by Bob Inwards and comments on today's policy re putting children off buses. Refers to Doctor John Mayhew. Compares past and present bus fleets. Other topics covered include: management and staff relations at BTL; team spirit amongst drivers; strikes, with reference to Drivers Union and Bill Anderson; six o'clock closing and its effect on passenger behaviour; speed cameras; pensioner fares introduced by Charlie Inwards and attitudes of other bus companies. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Ian Robertson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007772; OHLC-003877 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2046. Search dates: 1942 - 1997

Date: 15 Sep, 17 Dec 1997 - 15 Sep 1997 - 17 Dec 1997

From: Birkenhead Transport oral history project

By: Durham, Gladstone James, 1919-2010

Reference: OHInt-0436-03

Description: Gladstone James Orlando (Glady) Durham born Birkdale, Auckland. Discusses family's long association with Birkdale Primary School which is located on corner of Salisbury and Birkdale Roads. Recalls: early memories of bus transport, Blue Star Bus Company operating at Vernons corner, later bought by Charlie Inwards; shops at Vernons corner built 1925 with reference to Scotty Rae, haberdashery and stationery shop; school buses; apprenticeship at McClymonts; nationalisation of road transport [school buses?], with reference to McClymonts, Norths, Feltons, Trapsky, Hilders, Ivan Brewer, New Plymouth Transport and Northern Road Transport; experience as a stow porter with New Zealand Railways; Brljevich fire, with reference to Tony Brljevich, largest propagator of carnations in New Zealand. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Ian Robertson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007771; OHLC-003876 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2047. Search dates: 1919 - 1997

Date: 15 Sep 1997

From: Birkenhead Transport oral history project

By: Durham, Gladstone James, 1919-2010; Inwards, Charles Bruce, 1927-

Reference: OHInt-0436-06

Description: Glady Durham and Bob Inwards talk about transport on the North Shore and formatiom of Birkenhead Transport Ltd (BTL). Mentions Marine Suburbs Bus Company, manager, Tom Smith, and formation of Blue Star Bus Company by local people. Mentions Tom Halliday, Les Purdue and Tom Lynch. Other topics covered include: social entertainment 1930s/40s; Second World War; school buses; gift of Life Saving Unit to St John Ambulance and story re 1978 Arbitration Court, with reference to John Bufton and Sir Tom Skinner; buses built in 1930s and 1940s, with reference to Shepherds built by Dummy Aircraft during WWII and Bedford built by Strachans. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Ian Robertson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007769-007770; OHLC-003874-003875 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2050.

Date: 15 Dec 1997

From: Birkenhead Transport oral history project

By: Matthews, Stephen, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0436-11

Description: Stephen Matthews born Hokianga. Outlines working life, commencing with an apprenticeship in industrial painting, taking a bus driver's licence in 1963 and commencing work with BTL (Birkenhead Transport Ltd) 1966. Topics discussed include: Maori and Polynesian colleagues; driver / passenger relationship; school children and subsidies by Education Board; fare avoidance; electronic ticketing; inspectors' duties; accidents and traffic hold ups. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Elayne Robertson Interviewer(s) - Ian Robertson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007765; OHLC-003870 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2055. Search dates: 1942 - 1997

Date: 17 Nov 1999

From: Mussel farming oral history project

By: Gerritsen, Hans, active 1974-1999; Gerritsen, Marie, active 1974-1999

Reference: OHInt-0491-10

Description: Hans and Marie Gerritsen, schoolteachers, recall their move to Waitaria from Apleby. Background their involvement in mussel farming, with reference to Frank and Helen Godsiff and Colin Dunn. Discuss: learning the industry; mishaps with raft and boats; changes and innovations; advantages of being schoolteachers and driving the school bus; the growth of Waiperu Enterprises, Waitaria and Kenepuru; buying 24ft diesel launch `Karen'; social life, and McManaways first mechanical harvester. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Venue - Waitaria Bay Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007883 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2108. Photocopies of three coloured photographs; (i) Seeding at wharf, Waitaria; (ii) Seeding at Landcruiser and (iii) Marie on deck doing the mussel stomp

Date: 1974

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-201

Description: A man seated by a road, his head spinning, his motorbike on its side in front of him. He is watched by children looking out the back window of a school bus Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 151 x 191 mm

Date: 16 May 1996

From: Tuapeka oral history project

By: Cross, Nancy Jean, 1936-

Reference: OHInt-0569

Description: Nancy Cross was born in Cromwell in 1936. Recalls growing up on a sheep farm in Beaumont sheep farm in a large, close knit Roman Catholic family Describes attending the local primary school and Lawrence High School and leaving school to help at home. Talks about wanting to work with children, being accepted to train as a Karitane nurse and working at the Beaumont Hotel to save money for this training. Describes how she married in 1955 instead of training. Describes living in Timaru and Otematata where husband Michael Cross worked on hydro construction. Talks about returning to Beaumont to give the children a better lifestyle. Recalls driving the local school bus for a number of years and involvement in a number of community organisations including Parent Teachers ASsociation (PTA) and Women's Aglow Fellowhip. Talks about opposition to the proposed Tuapeka Dam which would flood their property. Describes their decision not to fight the dam issue, negotiations and sale of their property to ECNZ. Describes living at Crookston and continuing to visit Beaumont where family members still live. Notes she and husband lease an orchard from ECNZ. Mentions difficulty with her children's high school education in the absence of a bus for secondary school children. Describes division in the district over schooling when a bus was provided and her role as school bus driver for twelve years. Discusses the increasing division in the community with the news of the proposed Tuapeka dam in 1991. Comments on the failure of ECNZ to understand the impact on the community. Discusses the psychological effect of making difficult decisions. Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Photo of Nancy Cross, debutante, in group of debutantes; Nancy and Michael Cross on their wedding day; Nancy Cross and daughters in 1959; Nancy Cross and granddaughter in 1992 and Nancy Cross in 1996

Date: 1931-1993

By: Bus and Coach Association (New Zealand)

Reference: 94-202

Description: Collection consists of minutebooks and Bus and Coach Association and New Zealand School Transport Contractors Association subject files, 1934-1993, which contain correspondence, flyers, memos, circulars and other material relating to a wide range of issues and organisations. There are a number of sequences of minutebooks including Road Passenger Services Association/Bus and Coach Association, 1969-1973; Bus and Coach Association, 1973-1991; NZ Passenger Services Federation and the White Star Passenger Services of New Zealand, 1934-1964; NZ School Transport Contracters Assoc, 1960-1986, Local Authorities Passenger Transport Association and City Bus Association New Zealand, 1976-1991 and the New Zealand Omnibus Proprieters Assoc, 1931-1992. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 21 box(es). 7 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Preliminary listing contains note of original Bus and Coach Association file number for each item..

Date: 1945 - 1947

By: Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; C M Banks Ltd; Gordon, Peter, active 1978

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Road-05

Description: Shows six school children at right foreground, waiting to cross country road, after New Zealand Education Department school bus exits stage left. Ernest Mervyn Taylor was art editor and illustrator for the School Publications Branch of the Department of Education from 1944 to 1946. The annual report of the Transport Department for 1947 (Appendices to the journals of the House of Representatives 1947, H40) states that "in order to help to impress the smaller children of the primary schools with the need for care in crossing the road, appropriate posters [some] depicting animals were distributed to the schools and used as a basis of instruction by the teachers". Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - emt Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Print, 255 x 377 mm.

Date: 1954-1958

From: Maher, James Joseph, 1888-1964 : Parliamentary papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2182-14

Description: Includes: Letter fromn S Holland (PM) re Suez crisis (5 Nov 1956); Suez Canal and New Zealand's overseas trade (ca Nov 1956); letter from NZ Manufacturers' Federation to Keith Holyoake, Leader of the Opposition re factory visits (14 Mar 1958); Dairy Products Marketing Commission Amendment Bill (1956); The Transport of school children (ca 1956); New deal for Private Hospitals (1954); Home Lay-By Accounts: Summary of Scheme (ca 1955); Memorandum on Autumn Speaking Campaign (1957). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1945 - 1947

By: Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; C M Banks Ltd; Gordon, Peter, active 1978

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Road-07

Description: Shows children obeying this dictum. Ernest Mervyn Taylor was art editor and illustrator for the School Publications Branch of the Department of Education from 1944 to 1946. The annual report of the Transport Department for 1947 (Appendices to the journals of the House of Representatives 1947, H40) states that "in order to help to impress the smaller children of the primary schools with the need for care in crossing the road, appropriate posters [some] depicting animals were distributed to the schools and used as a basis of instruction by the teachers". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - emt Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithograph, 255 x 377 mm.

Date: [ca 1900s-1980s]

From: Brooklyn School (Wellington) :Photographs relating to Brooklyn School

Reference: PAColl-9544-1

Description: Includes school class and staff group photographs c1900s, 1919, 1921, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1933-1934, 1939 (Note: in some of the early class photographs children are holding toys); School concert cast 1911; Guy Fawkes Day collection for the Belgians c1915; Brooklyn soldiers memorial; 1978 school building fire; School picnic 1910; No 110 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn; Centenary cake. Quantity: 25 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 2 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1990 - 1999

By: Healthlink South (Christchurch, N.Z.); New Zealand Road Safety Association (Inc); New Zealand. Land Transport Safety Authority

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Road-1990s

Description: Healthlink South. Public Health Service. Health Promotion. After you've fed the pokies, have a bite yourself. [1995] Healthlink South. Public Health Service. Health promotion. Don't make this your final exit. [1995] Land Transport. Be aware of cycle riders [1990]. (3 differnet versions, 2 copies of each) Land Transport. Ride with a wrap. [1992/93]. (2 copies) [Land Transport Safety Authority]. Cycle helmets, compulsory from 1st January 1994. Get them on! Keep them on! [1993] (2 copies) Land Transport Safety Authority. There is an instant fine for not wearing a rear seatbelt. It could be a lot worse. [1992] (2 copies) Land Transport Safety Authority. Safe driving guidelines. Drink sensibly; drive responsibly. [1990]. (2 copies) Land Transport Safety Authority. School bus safety. Going to school. On the bus. Going home. [1999]. New Zealand. Ministry of Transport. Get them on! Keep them on! says Ashley Paske. [Re cycle helmets. 1993] (2 copies) New Zealand Road Safety Association. If you ride a cycle, you must wear a helmet from 1 Jan 1994. [1993] Wellington Region. Land Transport Division. Motorcycle awareness ride. Saturday July 17, 12.30 pm at Frank Kitts Park. [1993] (2 copies) Wellington Region. Land Transport Division and the Wellington City Council. Motorcyclist of the year 1993, incorporating teenage motorcyclist of the Year. Have you got what it takes? Saturday July 10, 10 am onwards, Shed 13, Queen's Wharf. [1993]. (2 copies) Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying around A3 size. Provenance: Most donated by the Land Transport Safety Authority in 1995. Healthlink South posters donated by the publisher in 1996.

Date: [ca 1924]

Reference: 1/1-004539-F

Description: Children boarding a Department of Education school bus, probably travelling between Paemako and Piopio School. Taken between 1924-1925. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads "`NZ' number plates in use from mid 1924 to mid 1925" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 29 Sep 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001324-F

Description: Children boarding the school bus in a street in Denniston, 29 September 1944. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Other - Caption from Pascoe file in Photographic Archive reads "A miners' bus collects the children." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - above image - 21, 324 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative