Meatshooter at Waiatoto River in 1966. Based in Mussell Point, Haast, in 1974. Organised the centenary of Jacksons Bay settlement in 1974. Author of The Venison Hunters, published in 1979.
Bennett, Mike, 1935-2015
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South Island prints three
Date: 1959-2007
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-4
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1959 to 2007. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are: Senior Sergeant George Christopher Donnelly of Hokitika police; Ivy Harper and Bert Birchfield; Mike Armstrong and Jim Daken; Mary and Heather Cornwell; Charleston coal mine operator Neil Mouat; Mack Heinz; Tex Smith; Mike Armstrong; Henry Heveldt and M Bennett of Nolan's Mill; Garth Graham; meat shooters Mike Bennett and Kevin Blythell; John 'Opo' Angus, the Eggling brothers; helicopter pilot Ben Morris and Les's wife Mary Cleveland; and Johnny Hewer, Claire Easterbrook and Liam Easterbrook in front of the Neils Beach school house. Featured natural environments include the hot springs at Welcome Flat and the Karangarua Valley, River, Ranges, and the view from the Sefton bivouac, Ocean Beach, and Neils Beach, including car wrecks at the rubbish dump. Other images (and series of images) of note include scenes from the Kumara races; environmental damage (slips and road works at Milford Tunnel, Inangahua River road, and Haast and Jackson's Bay area; open face coal mining at Charleston; deer hunting, largely based in Mussel Point; Central Otago Hotels (Cardrona, White Horse, and Vulcan); Post Offices and boxes (St Bathan's, Outram, Ophir, and Dunedin) and a Pacific Films crew on Fox Glacier. Also includes images of James Heveldt's grave (Jackson's Bay), Peregrine Vinyard, a new house in Bannockburn, a girl in a Westport ice cream parlour, women in a Carter's Sawmill shop, a Hokitika cake stall, and various shop fronts and signage in Dunedin, Gore, and on the West Coast. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints
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Transparencies of deer hunting
Date: 1967-December 1970
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PA12-11588
Description: Transparencies of deer hunting taken by Les Cleveland, 1967, 1968, and December 1970. Images feature the unloading of deer carcasses from a plane at Mussel Point, Haast, and a plane landing at Te Naihi strip. Identified people are Mary Cleveland, pilot Sam Sands, and Mike T Bennett. Also includes an image of three men in the snow at a meatshooters camp. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies mounted in card slide frames
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Transparencies of Haast and surrounding area
Date: 1967-1971
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PA12-11563
Description: Transparencies of South Westland, including river and beach areas, and images relating to "meatshooters", 1967-1971. Taken by Les Cleveland. Photographs include the airstrip at Mussel Point, Haast Beach, musterers on horseback with dogs driving cattle on the banks of the Haast River. A number of images are taken from the air. A series of images relate to "Meat Planes" and "Meatshooters" [deer hunters?] with planes and helicopters photographed on the Waiatoto River flats. In a mountainous area a man [holds?] the bottom [skid?] of a helicopter in flight. A series of images show Mike T Bennett. He is seen smoking, carrying a pig on his back, with the severed head of a deer, with a large pile of antlers, and at a "meatshooters" camp by a fire. Lorraine Bennett is photographed cooking and Rosina [Sands?] is seen with her children at a Mussel Point location. A series of images show the Bennett family and "Haastians" having a picnic at Mussel Point. Mussel Point airstrip photographs also include other unidentified children of meat shooters. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived in enclosure labelled "Haast" by Cleveland. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies mounted in card slide frames Transfers: Part one of two. See remainder of set at PA12-11564.. Processing information: Slides that were originally stored together were split into two parts to facilitate appropriate storage.
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Mike Bennett, meatshooter, with deer carcase, Te Naihi River Airstrip, South Westland, ...
Date: 1971
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-D-1534
Description: Mounted exhibition print showing meatshooter Mike Bennett holding a rifle, smoking a cigarette, and carrying a deer carcass on his back. Taken by Les Cleveland, 1971. Vintage print stamped "Les Cleveland Photograph". Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprint mounted with framing mat on backing board
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: [1938-1974]
From: Glover, Denis James Matthews, 1912-1980 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0418-037
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.