Housing Corporation of New Zealand

Date: 2 November 1985

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

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1985/4944-F

Description: Penny Kinnaird in front of her home, a Housing Corporation property at 48 Strand Crescent, Naenae. Photograph taken 2 November 1985 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. Caption - 'It may look all right from here but Penny Kinnaird's home at 48 Strand Crescent, Naenae, is crooked, with cracks in the walls, sloping floors, and windows that will not open.' (Evening Post, 2 November 1985) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1917 - 1926

From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes for variety, comedy, and music-hall shows and performances toured throughout New Zealand. 1920-1929].

By: Housing Corporation of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-B-VARIETY-1920s-Scrapbook-01

Description: Includes programmes for shows in London at the Lyric Theatre, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, St James Theatre, Duke of York's Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre, New Theatre, London Coliseum, Prince of Wales Theatre, Carlton Theatre. Also includes programmes for shows in New York, at the Earl Carroll Theatre, New Amsterdam Theatre, Chanin's 46th Street Theatre, Sam S Shubert Theatre, Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programme booklets in hardbound album bound in red leather, 28 x 240 mm.

Date: 1977

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-R11/14F-Acc.

Description: Identifies New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation and area approved for Housing Corporation. Also map extension of Pauatahanui shows area approved for Spinaker Drive Church site Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Coloured ink on cream paper. Scale [ca 1: 6336] 106 x 67 cm.

Date: 16 October 1985

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

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1985/4579-F

Description: Newly completed Housing Corporation units in Randwick Road, Moera. Photograph taken 16 October 1985 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. Caption - 'These Housing Corporation flats in Randwick Road, Lower Hutt, have been labelled "fragile, cheap and nasty" and resembling a transit camp, by the city's town planning committee chairman, Gerald Bond.' (Evening Post, 16 October 1985) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1978 - 1990

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards and solutions]

By: Housing Corporation of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-B-HOUSING-HC-1900s

Description: Includes: 1978: Terms and conditions for residential sections at Whitby, Porirua. 4 February 1978 1979: Application for loan finance [or] Advance of capitalised family benefit. Form J1/2 [1979] 1982: Will this be your working life? The Housing Corporation needs professional, executive, technical and clerical staff of all kinds including community planners, research officers, valuers, civil engineers, architects, administrators, draughtsmen, lawyers, solicitors ... [1982]1983: Home improvement loan finance. Application form [1983] 1989: [Set of leaflets: Corporation acquisition of boarding houses (2 copies); Special Tenancies programme; Venture Fund; Women's Project Fund; Help for Co-Operative housing; Special Lending; Sweat Equity Loans; Home-Swap; Maori land (the multiple ownership housing contract); Housing Older People and People with Disabilities; Owner-Occupied Flats for Older People and People with Disabilities; Home improvement loans; Community Grants programme; Better Use loans; The Housing Corporation's Mortgage Guarantee Scheme (2 copies)] 1990: A helping hand for older people with housing; the helping Hand Loan [ca 1990] New horizons (loans for Aucklanders moving to other parts of the country) [1990] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs and photocopies, sizes varying up to 300 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources prior to 1995, and John Sullivan (2007)

Date: 1990 - 1993

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards and solutions]

Reference: Eph-B-HOUSING-1990/1993

Description: Includes: 1990: Lockwood Buildings (N.Z.) :Planbook, volume 2. Lockwood locked-in strength [1990]. 1992: From the office of Hon John Luxton. Housing restructuring legislation introduced. Media release 7 May 1992. Embargoed until legislation introduced. (2 copies) Shelter; a human need, a human right. Who will provide housing when the Housing Corporation is destroyed by the Government? [1992] 1993: Michael Tannock. Kelburn house minding [1993]. Blue leaflet James Hardie. New home design guide; fashion houses by James Hardie [1993]. Booklet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying. Provenance: Acquired from various sources including a purchase from Barney Brewster (2011)

Date: August 2017 - August 2019

By: Orchard, Samuel, 1984-; We Are Beneficiaries (Collective)

Reference: ATL-Group-00328

Description: Collection of digital art work and supporting documentation for the We Are Beneficiaries project. The works of art were created by both named and unnamed artists involved with the project, and feature images and text to document lived experiences on social welfare in Aotearoa New Zealand. The stories in the artworks are told in beneficiaries' own words, and many of them illustrate struggles of poverty, employment issues, racism, and general bias against beneficiaries. Some stories also discuss disability, and physical and mental health issues. Others offer wishes and suggestions for improvements to the social welfare system. In addition to the digital project archives, the collection includes eight paper-based original drawings by Sam Orchard, four of which are featured in the final report. It also includes downloaded copies of the project's accounts on the social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Arrangement: Collection arrangement reflects the original electronic folder structure from the donor. Organised by illustrator and comic artist, Sam Orchard in August 2017, the We Are Beneficiaries project is a grassroots social media campaign to create art to amplify the voices of current and former beneficiaries in Aotearoa New Zealand. The works of art were originally shared online via the social networking sites Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to raise awareness of issues, and generate dialogue and discussion. Approximately 200 illustrated stories were compiled in the We Are Beneficiaries report, which was presented to Parliament on 21 December 2017. The project continues to publish artwork online as of July 2018. Quantity: 663 digital image(s). 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 digital video recording(s). 8 drawing(s). 33 Electronic document(s) (including three downloaded social media archives). 1 electronic scan(s). 1 folder(s). Transfers: An electronic copy of the 'We Are Beneficiaries' published report has been described separately and is available at https://natlib.govt.nz/records/38931744.

Date: 1970 - 1974

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the sale and purchase of real estate, domestic dwellings, commercial buildings, houses, subdivisions and sections]

Reference: Eph-B-REAL-ESTATE-1975/1977

Description: Includes: 1975: ANZ Holdings Limited: Floor-ownership office space, magnificently sited in prime position, 57 Willis Street, Wellington [ca 1975] Land & resources; a two stage revolution; de-urbanisation ... [ca 1975]. Mimeographed flier 1976: Harcourts. Otari; "the country estate with the city address". 53 choice hime sites ... [1976] Churton Park. Westview Village, incorporating Cressy Circle, Jason's Place, Finch Lane, Clairmont Mews, Salem Court. Fact & information kit [ca 1976] (2 copies) 1977: Darlington Park; a development of 15 two-bedroomed garden apartments [Darlington Road Miramar. 1977]. 2 stapled sheets Housing Corporation of New Zealand, Wellington, 2 July 1977. Terms and conditions for residential sections at Pencarrow, Wainuiomata and Timberlea, Upper Hutt. 8 stapled pages. New Zealand Institute of Valuers. Wellington Branch. June 1977 [Newsletter] Pauanui; perfect for all the family [1977] South British. Te Haumi Reserve, a residential subdivision [Bay of Islands. 1977] Rod Weir & Co. 6 exclusive breathtakingly beautifl 10 acre blocks. Horokiwi public auction, 19 February 1977. Wrightson NMA. Auction - Mount Hutt Station for sale as a going concern, 25 November 1977. [Information wallet] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards]

Reference: Eph-A-HOUSING-1980s

Description: Includes: 1980s: Home Owners Association Ltd. The home service setip you've been waiting for ... One call for all around the house jobs! [1980s?]. pamphlet 1980: Award Homes Ltd. We think you deserve an Award [ca 1980] Keith Hay Homes; a home of your own. Booklet 1980s? National Housing Commission. New Zealand's changing housing needs; a seminar. 15 July 1980. Pamphlet (2 copies) Wellington Tenants' Union. Tenants' rights [ca 1980]. Booklet 1982: Majoribanks Apartments, 38 Marjoribanks Street, Wellington City New Zealand [1982?]. Pamphlet Mount Victoria Housing Trust. [1982-1983?]. Blue pamphlet Wellington Housing Trust; a pioneering approach to rental housing. [1982?]. Booklet (2 copies) Wellington Tenants' Union. What does the tenants' Union do? [ca 1982]. Yellow pamphlet 1983: Housing Corporation of New Zealand. Home improvement loans. 1983 1984: Wellington Tenants' Union. Housing a national disaster. Flier [1984] (2 copies) 1985: AARH Action Against Rent Hikes. End of rent "freeze". 11/2/85 [1985]. Pamphlet Ministry of Energy. Waikato housing; it's your choice. [1985?] Pamphlet 1987: Landlords and tenants; rights and obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. Booklet [1987?] The Manukau Housing Scheme. Housing ... as if people mattered. Pamphlet [1987?] New Zealand Housing Network [1987]. Folded pamphlet 1989: Housing Corporation. Home loans [1989]. Pamphlet Housing Corporation. Renting a home from the Housing Corporation [1989]. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: [1977-2000]

From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7118-078

Description: Comprises notes; jury selection papers; complaints against treatment given to Ian Kidman; investiture instructions; copy of photograph of group which includes Fiona Kidman; sketch maps of Kerikeri and Hataitai, Wellington; itineraries for Kidman to Australia (1999) and to London, Europe and the US (1985); notes; greeting or song in Maori; and other papers Language - Poem, song or greeting in Maori (untranslated) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 19 January 1983

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

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1983/0228-F

Description: Mrs Elva Wilson (front), her daughter Mrs Berverly Serci (left) and granddaughter Francine Serci, inside the new Housing Corporation flat at Woburn into which Mrs Wilson had recently moved. The two-storey flat was converted from a hostel. Photograph taken ca 19 January 1983 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 23 June 1980

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

By: Richardson, Brett, active 1978

Reference: EP/1980/2003-F

Description: Two boys, named Jason and Garry, with their dog Dusty, leaning agains the letter box of no 4A Hampshire Street, Porirua East, one of three Housing Corporation multi unit blocks in the area being demolished. Photograph taken on 23 June 1980 by Evening Post staff photographer Brett Richardson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 2 November 1985

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

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1985/4943-F

Description: Housing Corporation state houses in Strand Crescent, Naenae, undergoing re-piling. Photograph taken 2 November 1985 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. Caption - 'These houses in Strand Crescent, Naenae, are three of the first of 147 Housing Corporation houses to be repiled and made level because od serious subsidence.' (Evening Post, 2 November 1985) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [1985-1996]

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7261-28

Description: Papers relating to the immigration of the Nawaqatabu family; includes correspondence with family members, with schools the children attended, and others involved in the project Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1987-1989

By: Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Housing Corporation of New Zealand

Reference: OHColl-0185

Description: Two pilot interviews (Jim Hawkes and Pat Allardyce) were done in 1987 and the remaining interviews were done in 1988-1989. The purpose of the project was to collect resource material for the Corporation's historical archives in the form of life histories of a selected group of long-serving employees. Other - Copies of interviews held by Housing Corporation Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 17 interview(s). Number of interviews/events: 17

Date: 1989

Reference: Eph-C-WOMEN-1989

Description: Includes: Housing Corporation. Women in housing need. Most of the Housing Corporation's clients are women. We are here to help [1989] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset and screenprints, sizes varying around 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1990

By: Housing Corporation of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-HOUSING-CORPORATION-1970/1990

Description: Includes pamphlets with the following titles: 1978: National Housing Commission. Information leaflet 1979: Applying for a Housing Corporation rental home; Home finance; Home imporvement loans 1980: Home improvement loans (2 copies); Limited tenancies and the Tenancy Savings Scheme; Corporation rental housing 1981: Home finance 1982: Home finance; Home finance for tenants in employer-provided accommodation; Limited tenancies and the Tenancy Savings Scheme Corporation rental housing; How to buy your corporation rental house; Renting a home from the Housing Corporation; Nofo totogi he kaina mai he Kautaha Fale (Niuean); Nofo Totongi 'i ha 'Api mei he Kautaha Nofo'anga (Tongan); Refinance of home loans; A more comfortable life; Builders & developers - getting an inner city building site ready?; Because the storms floods volcanic eruptions and earthquakes which shaped New Zealand are continuing ... 1983: Home finance - modest income earners; Information on housing for the elderly; Te tono whare mou mai i te Kaporeihana Tuku Whare mo te utu reneti (New Zealand Maori); Ki e tohi kole ki ha nofo-anga totongi 'o e Kautaha Nofo-anga (Tongan); Talohagaina kihe Fale mau totogi mai to malo (Tokelauan); Mautotogi i se fale a le Faalapotopotoga Tau Fale (Samoan) 1984: Rent thaw - rent limitation regulations 1984 - Dwellinghouses [and another pamphlet for] Commercial land and property; Te whiwhi kainga reti mai i te Kaporeihana Tuku Whare (Maori); Nofo totogi ihe fale mai te Fakalapotopotoga ona fale; (Tokelauan); Ka manako a koe ke moua he Fale nofo totogi he tau Kautaha Fale (Niuean); Faamatalaga mo a talosaga e fia Nonofo Mautotogi I Fale a le Ofisa o Fale (Samoan) 1989 and/or 1990: Homestart help for first home buyers; Do you need a loan to improve your home; Buying a home from the Housing Corporation; Applying for a Housing Corporation rental home; Meeting your insurance needs; Home loans Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on pamphlets and flyers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 5 -6 February 2000

From: CORSO 50th anniversary oral history project

By: L'Estrange, John Michael, 1942-2000

Reference: OHInt-0504/13

Description: John Michael L'Estrange born India 1942, of parents in exile from Burma. Gives some family background - father who was in British Burmese Army organised exodus of people of 'mixed blood' to India after Japanese occupation. Recalls returning to Burma after the war and attending Montessori school between 1945 and 1949 when family left Burma. Talks about education at St Benedicts in Auckland, Marist, Vermont Street and gaining a scholarship to Sacred Heart College. Discusses decision to enter Seminary, starting at Holy Cross College, Mosgiel for theology and later continuing studies in Rome where he was exposed to great ideas during Vatican II. Mentions discussions on celibacy, contraception etc. Recalls being sent as a priest to Huntly and talks about the difference between keeping tradition intact and adapting tradition to new needs. Mentions relationship of Catholic Church at that time with indigenous people. Refers to Pope John Paul who brought intellectual innovations to the Church but also brought in some conservative elements in terms of morality. Describes three years at Loretto Hall [Catholic teacher training college] lecturing in theology. Backgrounds decision to leave the priesthood and recalls obtaining a job with NZSCM (New Zealand Student Christian Movement) with aim to develop critical christian thinking on various aspects of life. Talks about involvement with CORSO as Chairperson. Refers to Toby Truell, Trevor Richards (working for HART), Kevin Clark and Jim Kebbell. Refers to the `Seven Sisters' [multinational companies]. Refers to Paper `Christian Attitudes towards work'. Mentions ACORD - group of Pakeha graduates and the setting up of [NPR] New Perspectives in Race, whose purpose was to run workshops. Refers to Titewhai Harawira. Also refers to UTCR [Urban Training to Combat Racism]. Recalls that out of New Perspectives on Race grew the Churches' Programme on Racism run by Bob Scott. Discusses the critical thinking of CORSO and reaction against it. Mentions World Vision and TEAR. Mentions visit of Rex Rumakiek [from Vanuatu]. Mentions Ross Stevens. Recalls that all organisations were involved in Anti-Vietnam War, Anti-Nuclear, and Anti-Racism. Other work experience includes: working with Trade Union Training Board; 1988 doing mediation work for the Tenancy Bond Division of Housing Corporation; running taxi business combined with child care of own children and job as Principal Tenancy Mediator in Tenancy Board Division. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Cecily McNeill Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011203-011206 ; OHC-005490-005493 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3918. Search dates: 05/02/2000 - 06/02/2000 Processing information: Description updated 26 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member, as part of reparative description work.

Date: 8 Sep 2006 - 08 Sep 2006

From: The founding of landscape architecture in New Zealand oral history project

By: Aitken, Neil Alexander, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0857-01

Description: Interview with Neil Aitken, born in Christchurch in 1938. Talks about growing up in Christchurch and New Brighton and childhood influences on his awareness of landscape. Discusses his horticultural apprenticehip in Christchurch's Parks and Gardens department, and wanting to deal with the broader landscape after a secondment to Mt Cook for four months. Talks about working in the landscape section of the Ministry of Works (MOW), Christchurch, doing plantings in state housing developments in Christchurch and on the West Coast, for the Electricity Department at Otamatata for the Benmore and Aviemore dams, the Ilam campus, and state highway planting in rural Canterbury. Comments on completing his National Diploma in Horticulture by correspondence, with a landscape-based thesis, and the influence of George Malcolm as a mentor. Refers to studying Landscape Architecture at Lincoln College in the first diploma class. Discusses returning to the Ministry of Works' Christchurch landscape section in 1971 and the types of projects he worked on. Comments that they were normally brought in at the remedial stage, but with time their level of involvement in planning landscape construction work increased. Discusses relationships with architects and engineers, and refers to the emerging consciousness of ecology in the Ministry. Mentions work by the Public Service Association to have Landscape Architect recognised as an occupational class in the 1970s. Discusses the origins of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects following a suggestion by Frank Boffa. Outlines his appointment as Chief Landscape Architect with the Housing Corporation in 1975 where he worked on policy issues, and establishing systems in branch offices to work with MOW landscape architects. Discusses the gradual running down of design and technical work in the Corporation and leaving to set up in private practice, a transition that he found difficult. Talks about forming Titchener Monzingo Aitken Limited with Mary Monzingo and Allan Titchener in 1989. Discusses downsizing and disestablishment in the public sector in the late 1980s and the need for design standards, and for both public and private sectors. Comments on the growing prominence of the work of landscape advocates at hearings and resource consent appeals under the Resource Management Act. Talks about landscape architects not having as much influence as planners and developers in subdivision and coastal planning processes, and the need for human values. Interviewer(s) - Shona McCahon Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015863 - OHC-015866 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 3.47 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5700. Search dates: 1938 - 2006

Date: 1970 - 1999

Reference: Eph-C-HOUSING-1900s

Description: Includes: 1970s: Tasman Pulp and Paper Ltd :Designed to be built in Tasman pine. Tasman pine is the product of a great national enterprise [ca 1975-1979] TENANTS. Wellington Tenants Protection Assn Inc. Telephone 44-814. PO Box 11-160, Wellington [1970s] 1972: Squatters World. Franklin Rd, Ponsonby, this weekend. Protest march, Monday. Assemble noon, Victoria Park [May 1972] 1974: Picket. Mon 2 Sept, 10.00. Magistrate's Court. Support those arrested at Landlords meeting [1974] 1980s: Beazley Homes (Firm): "Sovereign series" of home plans [1980s] Parade of homes. Newton Place [Palmerston North], 5-20 November [ca 1983?] 1980: Beazley Homes (Firm) :Beazley, "more home for your money". 80's series of home plans. 2nd edition, new plans. [ca 1980] Beazley Homes (Firm) :Beazley, "more home for your money". Classic series of home plans; quality, value and style. [ca 1980] 1981: New Zealand University Students Association. National student housing survey ... Hand in at Stud. Ass. Office [1981] 1983: Wellington Tenants Union. 1984, the rent freeze will end. Don't let your landlord run away with your wage or benefit. Demand no rent increases, no evictions, now. Fair Rents Day, Oct 17 [1983] 1986: Rent Mart is a rip-off. Join our picket at Rent Mart's offices, 252 Willis St. 12.30 Wed June 26 [1986] 1987: Housing Corporation of New Zealand. Tenancy Bond Division :Moving in. The Residential Tenancies Act 1986 came into effect on 1 February 1987. Even if you signed your lease prior to this date you and the leasor will still be covered by the legislation ... [1987?] 1989: Housing Corporation. Women's Project Fund. Case study - Housing for Women Trust [1989] 1993: Hampton Gate Residential Estate. Open days Saturday & Sunday, August 28 & 29 [[1993]1998: New Zealand Master Builders Federation. House of the year 1998. [Tabloid newspaper] 1999: Housing Corporation of New Zealand :Kapa Hanga Kainga; group self-build pilot housing programme. You CAN build your own home / Te Puni Kokiri, Ministry of Maori Development [and] Housing Corporation, Te Kaporeihana Whare. [1999]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying.