Ducks - New Zealand

Date: 1989

From: Watt, James Norwood, 1928-2018: Collection

Reference: PA12-11169

Description: Colour transparencies of birds, insects, rocks, and hydroelectric power taken by James (Jim) Watt during his solo circumnavigation of New Zealand in his yacht 'Matariki' in 1989. Contains images of a pair of paradise ducks by a waterfall [Fiordland?], South Island tomtit [Manapouri?], image of the inside of the Manapouri hydroelectric plant, a Fiordland bus parked outside a tunnel, a dragonfly, a stick insect, and two rocks. Also contains one image of George Sound (with snow capped peak) dated 17 March 1989. Inscriptions: Note from depositor reads: "Jim Watt - sailing round NZ solo, 1987 - yacht 'Matariki'" Arrangement: Image of George Sound located with Totorore expedition at time of deposit (PA12-11156). Shifted to current set by Library staff when discovered. Watt attempted to follow the path of Captain James Cook on this voyage. Quantity: 15 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1674-F

Description: Panoramic view of the lake at Wellington Zoo, with ducks and swans in centre. Two men are standing by the fence on left, and a woman and child on the right. The gates to the zoo are seen far left. Wide path/road up hill on right, flower beds, hedges, and there are tall trees in the background all around. There is a large two-storeyed building outside the zoo grounds visible between trees in the middle distance far left. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - The Lake. Zoological Gardens. Wellington. N.Z. No. 712; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Wellington Zoo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.3 cm

Date: ca 1904-1905

From: Butcher, Charles Henry, 1887-1957 :Lantern slides of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA11-263

Description: Photographs of Pukekura Park, New Plymouth ca 1905-1906. most likely photographed by Butcher. Featured landmarks are the Band Rotunda, Poet's Bridge, Queen Victoria Monument, and Barrett's Cannon. On Main Lake, unidentified figures are seen boating (with a vignette and faint view of Mount Taranaki in the background), while another image shows ducks and geese on the water. Flora includes fern and pine varietals (one image is hand coloured). Set of slides also contains one image of transept being added to Christchurch Cathedral in 1904. Quantity: 8 b&w lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: [ca 1985-1998]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PAColl-9778-08

Description: Groups of photographs that include - Cows. Pigs. Alpaca. Llamas. Emus. Ducks. Goats. Sheep. People. Rural field days. Conferences. Views of farms. Macadamia fruit. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 34 colour original photographic print(s). 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1990-1999]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PAColl-9778-06

Description: Groups of photographs that include - Views of farms, market gardens or orchards. Alpaca at Tauhara Alpacas, Taupo, 1991. Sheep. Hens. Turkeys. Ducks. Cows. Donkeys. Pigs. Trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 75 colour original photographic print(s). 26 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1995]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PAColl-9778-05

Description: Includes - People, rural views, and farming activities, Gladstone area, Wairarapa. Other rural views and farm animals. Animals include goats, pigs, rabbits, hens, alpaca, bulls, and sheep. There are also plant nursery operations growing herds and ornamental plants. Group of photographs relating to cows. Group of photographs relating to hens, ducks, and turkeys. Group of photographs relating to farm equipment. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 117 colour original photographic print(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s).

Date: 1973

By: Cometti, Ronald Holten, 1933-2008

Reference: A-443-022

Description: Three views of two ducks: one, a profile of an adult drake with a white head; and two views of a month-old duckling, probably the same species, one full-frontal and one a profile of its head. Both have a distinctive stripe that runs from the bill to behind the eyes. It would appear that the drawings were done for the publication Notornis, a peer-reviewed journal publishing ornithological research relevant to New Zealand/Aotearoa and the South Pacific. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Cometti short note (8) 80%. Do you think this will be OK as a line block? 25 cm [indicating width of drawing] [in blue ink]; Recto - bottom right - R. H. Cometti. 1973. (October 23rd.) [in pencil]; Verso - centre - Short notes Cometti [in blue ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 236 x 165 mm Provenance: Elliot Dawson is a science/Museum person active in the later part of last century Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Donation - MS-Group-1951 - Drawing found in papers on various scientists - MS-Papers-11140-02 - Other items from collection also transferred to Photographic Archive and New Zeland and Pacific published collections..

Date: 2013

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026687

Description: St Peter at the gates of Heaven's 'Extinct Section' welcomes a duck: 'According to a recent Department of Conservation audit - you must be a South Island brown teal duck'. On 14 November 2013 a A Department of Conservation audit showed that the state of 20 bird species had worsened over the past four years. In particular, the South Island brown teal, a duck mainly located in Fiordland and listed as threatened with extinction since 2009, could not be found. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 10 Mar 2004 - 27 May 2005

By: Young, David Christopher, 1947-

Reference: OHColl-1174

Description: Interviews relating to the Blue Duck (whio) and the need to conserve the species found in New Zealand mountain streams in the North and South Islands. Interviewees mention efforts to identify, count and track duck numbers, as well as monitoring recovering populations. They also highlight threats by predators such as stouts and possums along with dangers to habitats by the damming of rivers for hydroelectric schemes. Some interviewees talk about the mitigation agreement in the early 1990s, between the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (ECNZ), the Department of Conservation and the Forest and Bird Society, to release minimum flows below the Mangatepopo and Whanganui intakes on the Western Diversion of the Tongariro Power Scheme, and to establish the Central North Island Blue Duck Charitable Trust. Interviewees: Kevin Collier, Keri-Ann Edge, Bunny Gorringe, Tracy Hickman, Kerry Oates, Winston Oliver, Ron Peacock, Bubs (Tyrone) Smith, Tony and Albert Volkerling, Murray Williams. Interviewer(s) - David Young Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-024953 - OHC-024964 Abstracts: OHA-8267 - OHA-8276 Quantity: 12 C60 cassette(s). 10 transcript(s). 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available Partial transcripts and notes available for some of the interviews. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2100. Search dates: 2004 - 2005 Processing information: Individual interviews not yet described.