Comber, Diane Flora, active 1960s

Date: 1955-1971

By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002

Reference: PA-Group-00375

Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.

Date: 10 July 1985 - 10 Jul 1985

From: New Zealand National Party: Sound and video recording collection

By: Comber, Diane Flora, active 1960s; Gustafson, Barry Selwyn, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0226/010

Description: Diane Comber, one of the five children of Sir Keith Holyoake and later married to MP Ken Comber, talks about her experience in the family of a prominent politician and in the National Party. Talks about joining the Karori Branch of the Junior National Party at seventeen and notes the stronger social element in the party organisation in the 1950s. Discusses the role of women in the National Party. Talks about party principles and the sense of social conscience. Mentions politicians' sense of duty but notes differences between younger politicians and those of her father's generation. Talks about Holyoake's personal characteristics and his love of the land; Holyoake's early childhood and the challenge of public life; the supporting role of Lady Holyoake; his controversial appointment as Governor-General and the bestowal of the Order of the Garter. Comments on Holyoake's consensus style of government. Interviewer(s) - Gustafson, Barry Selwyn, 1938- Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-4034. Search dates: 1950 - 1985

Date: 26 November 1966

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

Reference: EP/1969/5344-F

Description: Prime Minister Keith Holyoake holding his twin grand children, while their mother, Diane Comber looks on. Photographed on the 26th of November 1969 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 8 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 21 Sept 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/3701-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 2 December 1963

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

Reference: EP/1963/3848-F

Description: Prime Minister Keith Holyoake and his daughters celebrate the National Party election win. Photographed on the 2nd of December 1963 by an Evening Post staff reporter Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives