Atiamuri Dam (N.Z.)

Date: January-November 1979

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1212

Description: Black and white proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other electric power production related images. Includes images of the information centre for the Huntly power station construction, Huntly coal mine, and an open day at the Rangipo power station construction site. Also includes images of the Minister of Energy and National Development, Rt Hon Bill Birch, at press conferences, with head of Tasman Pulp and Paper Company Ronald Trotter at the "Tasman Geothermal signing" in 1979, and with the Secretary of Energy William Duncan at Demand Restraint Advisory Committee meetings. Other named people in the images are Mr. B Kennedy, Mr Summers, Alan Bright. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 48 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding black and white photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating black and white prints ('B&W'). Processing information: Not all names associated with the item are indexed.

Date: May 1981-July 1983

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1215

Description: Black and white proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other electric power production related images. Images include aerial views of some dams and power stations, the Hamilton District Office of the Ministry of Energy, the greenhouse at Ohaaki power station (which used geothermal resources for heating), the Hiko simulator at Wairakei (a computer controlled training simulation of a power station), diagrams of a fault in the Cook Strait Cable, the Head Office of the Ministry of Energy including images of cartoons about electricity production, an open day at Islington substation, an event labelled "Maori carving dedication" (location unspecified), the ship "MW Luminence" at Miramar Wharf, a Japanese doll, portraits of Kevin McCool and staff named Nixon, Dell and W. Strauss, and "Nixon retirement". One sheet labelled "Huntly simulator" has no contents. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 52 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding black and white photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating black and white prints ('B&W').

Date: September 1980

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1214

Description: Black and white proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other electric power production related images. Images include the Southland Electric Power Supply (SEPS) offices, SEPS workers installing and testing electrical equipment, including at an Alliance Freezing Works plant (location not specified), system control at Whakamaru Power Station, boats on Lake Karapiro, the Hamilton District Office of the Ministry of Energy, the control gates on the Waikato River at Taupo, the General Manager's car, and the interiors and exteriors of substations at various locations including Orepuki. Includes aerial photographs. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 48 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding black and white photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating black and white prints ('B&W').

Date: November 1969-September 1970

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1220

Description: Colour proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other images related to electric power production in New Zealand. Images include Karapiro village, Manapouri village, Auckland and Christchurch Training Schools, displays at Coastlands Shopping Centre in Paraparaumu and in Palmerston North Public Library, and the shop window of Kodak in Lambton Quay, Wellington, showing a display of Electricity Department photographs Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 49 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding colour photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating colour prints ('COL').

Date: May 1985-August 1987

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1218

Description: Black and white proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other electric power production related images. Images include staff photographs (labelled "personnel photos" and "management photos" but otherwise unidentified), photographs of named staff Keith Grantham, John O'Sullivan and Mike Turner, the opening of the Ohau C power station by the Minister of Science and Development, Bob Tizard, the Director-General signing the contract for a history of the Electricity Division with writers Peter O'Connor and Mary Ronnie in 1985, system control Wellington and Islington, Computer Services staff, celebration of the centenary of electric lighting in Reefton, the Huntly Power Station sign (showing ownership by Electricorp), an Electricorp sign in Napier, Chief Executive Roderick Deane, railways transformers, Electricorp and CoalCorp internal building signs, offices in Hamilton and Auckland, an induction trip to the Mangahao power scheme, and L. Lobbs retirement farewell. Sheet 888 is labelled "Ladarello" but has no content. Sheet 909 is labelled "Huntly 1000mw [megawatts] cabaret" but has no content and a note states that it was "sent to Huntly 28/9/87". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 58 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding black and white photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating black and white prints ('B&W').

Date: September 1970-March 1971

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1221

Description: Colour proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other images related to electric power production in New Zealand. Images include Auckland and Palmerston North Training Schools, a Careers Week display in Lower Hutt, fishing and boating on Lakes Arapuni and Waipapa, and on the Waikato River near Meremere, and several aerial views. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 50 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding colour photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating colour prints ('COL').

Date: November 1971-August 1972

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1223

Description: Colour proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other images related to electric power production in New Zealand. Images include untitled scenery, scenery in the South Island and on the East Coast of the North Island (including the statue of Captain Cook in Gisborne), an "old power station near Havelock North", the information centre at New Plymouth Power Station, landscaping at Atiamuri dam and power station, Wairakei village, the 'rogue bore' at Wairakei, an untitled sheet of portaits of a woman labelled "Miss McCubbin" on the back, a display by the Electricity Department in Palmerston North in 1971 with a sign for "Centennial Electricity Week", a model of Napier, and some aerial views. Sheets 208 and 230 are annotated "Not used". Sheet 229 has no content. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 50 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding colour photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating colour prints ('COL').

Date: December 1981-June 1982

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1232

Description: Colour proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other images related to electric power production in New Zealand. Includes images of people at Auckland Training School and Head Office, views of Auckland (yachts and downtown buildings), the Taupo Control Gates on the Waikato River, and scenic views of areas in the North Island, including views of Mount Maunganui that are labelled on the sheet "Tauranga". Also includes images entitled "Long Bay", without further explanation; it is not possible to tell if the location is Auckland or the Thames-Coromandel area. Sheet number 680 is annotated "Not used". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 49 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding colour photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating colour prints ('COL').

Date: July 1985-April 1986

From: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1238

Description: Colour proof sheets showing power stations, dams, and surrounding areas, as well as other images related to electric power production in New Zealand. Includes images of various spillways, canals, and tunnels in the Tongariro power scheme, views of the Southern Alps, and portraits of Kevin McCool, General Manager of the Electricity Division of the Ministry of Energy. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) 51 sheets. Physical Description: A4-sized black PVC-covered ringbinder containing plastic pockets holding colour photographic proof sheets. Top right front cover and spine have labels with sheet numbers; spine also has a label indicating colour prints ('COL').