Baker, John Victor Tuwhakahewa, 1913-2009

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: 27 April 1992 - 27 Apr 1992

From: Department of Statistics Oral History Project

By: Baker, John Victor Tuwhakahewa, 1913-2009

Reference: OHInt-0214/4

Description: John Victor Tuwhakahewa Baker born Manunui. Recalls commencing work for Railways Department, transferring to State Advances Department for six years before joining Government Actuary's Office after completing an MA Maths through part-time study. Describes tasks at Government Actuary's office, with reference to actuarial valuations of Friendly Societies, Government Life Insurance, and Labour Government's Social Security Scheme. Mentions Walter Nash. Gives reasons for transfer to Department of Labour. Refers to International Labour Office conference on labour statistics in Montreal (1950) with reference to George Wood. Backgrounds his move back to Department of Statistics and becoming Government Statistician. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Venue - Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004370-004372 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0713. One photocopy of b&w photograph of Mr J V T Baker, Government Statistician from MAF collection, National Archives.

Date: [1954-1965]

From: Frankel, Z, fl 1950s-1990s : Addresses and articles on left-wing and economic issues

Reference: MS-Papers-6655-1

Description: Comprises NZPSA, `A Critique of the "Campbell report", an opening response to the Government's intention to privatise the Government Printing Office' (24 Jun 1988); `Crystal gazing in practice; statistics as an aid to management decisions affecting the future', by J V T Baker, address to Top Management Conference (Auckland, May 1977); `Some social aspects of economic development in under-developed countries in Asia' (1954) and `Aspects of economic development' by H Belshaw; `A Socialist policy for NZ'; and `Work and undertime; industrial relation problems of automation', an address to the Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Wellington Branch) by F J L Young (2 Aug 1965) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950-1954

From: Bollinger, Conrad Vickers Irvine, 1929-1975 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2151-412

Description: Includes brochure issued by Labour Party, some correspondence notes, papers 'Probable cost of the Welfare State by 1970' by JVT Baker (1954) and 'NZ's Social Security System considered in relation to the Declaration of Human Rights' (prepared by Ministry of External Affairs 1950) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.