Press photographer. Began career 1971 as cadet photographer on The Dominion, then moved to the Evening Post. After travel overseas he returned to the Evening Post and was appointed Chief Photographer in 1995. In 2006 was Chief Photographer for The Dominion Post. He has photographed the 1981 Springbok tour, three Commonwealth Games and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2004 he accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary's visit to Antarctica. Source of information: The Capital vision collection 2005 (Wellington: Dominion Post, 2005); Registrar General
Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Protest outside Churtonleigh Retirement Home, Lower Hutt - Photographs taken by Phil Reid
Date: 16 December 1994
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1994/3840-F
Description: Staff and relatives of residents picketing outside Churtonleigh Retirement Home, Connolly Street, Lower Hutt, in protest at pay rates of staff. At right are Graeme Bridge and his mother, Gwenda, a resident of the home. To their left is Shirley Wakelin, daughter of a resident. Photographs taken ca 16 December 1994 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm
Jack and his dog Wolf duck shooting - Photograph taken by Phil Reid
Date: 1 May 1993
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1993/1641-F
Description: 50 year old veteran duck shooter Jack and his dog Wolf at the Otaki River mouth for the start of the duck shooting season. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 1st of May 1993. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Courtenay Place, Wellington, showing verandah signs advertising restaurants - Photograp...
Date: [ca 25 Feb 1995]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1995/0576-F
Description: Courtenay Place, Wellington, showing verandah signs advertising businesses, particularly restaurants. Signs for Axolotl Cafe and Kong & Hoi chinese takeaway are in the foreground. Photographs taken circa 25 February 1995 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm
Wellington Girls College old girls at centennial celebrations - Photograph taken by Phi...
Date: 19 March 1983
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1983/0969-F
Description: Wellington Girls College old girls, Roberta Hawksworth (nee Jolliffe) and Peggy Allen (nee Ewart) attending the School's centennial in their school uniforms of 1929-1933. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 19th of March 1983. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Construction cranes over Wellington, New Zealand - Photograph taken by Phil Reid
Date: 30 April 1986
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1986/1998-F
Description: View over Wellington showing a canopy of construction cranes photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid 30 April 1986. Foreground crane is on the rear building of the Press House complex. Centre crane is on the National Provident Fund Building in Wakefield Street. Three cranes in the background - right hand one is on the site of Pringle House in wakefield street. The other two are also on Wakefield Street, one on the site of the Plaza Hotel, and the other on the site of a multistoried car parking building. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip, 35mm. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Graeme Lee and Patricia Bartlett with banned pornographic videos - Photographs taken by...
Date: 7 September 1993
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1993/3203-F
Description: Internal Affairs Minister Graeme Lee and Patricia Bartlett with banned pornographic videos, on the first day of the amnesty on hardcore pornography, 7 September 1993. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35 mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Deputy Wellington Mayor Helen Ritchie holding a re-development plan for the civic centr...
Date: 19 Sep 1987
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1987/4733-F
Description: Photographs of Deputy Wellington Mayor Helen Ritchie on Mercer Street holding a re-development plan for the civic centre, and photographs of the re-development plan itself, all taken 19 September 1987 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. The area of Mercer Street shown in three of these pictures later became Civic Square. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Sue Sutcliff in front of the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church, Otaki - Photographs tak...
Date: [ca 11 Oct 1995]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1995/4142-F
Description: Sue Sutcliff in front of the charred ruins of Rangiatea Church, Otaki. Photographs taken by Phil Reid of the Evening Post, circa 11th of October 1995. The church was destroyed by fire on the 7th of October 1995. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm
Members of East Timor Action Group burning Indonesian Flag outside Defence headquarters...
Date: 6 September 1995
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1995/3765-F
Description: Members of East Timor Action Group burning Indonesian Flag outside the Ministry of Defence headquarters in the Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington, photographed 6 September 1995 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm
Children wading through flood waters in Stokes Valley, Wellington - Photographs taken b...
Date: [ca 13 March 1990]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1990/0942
Description: Children wading through floodwaters in Hanson Grove, Stokes Valley, Wellington, taken ca 13 March 1990 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Cyclist Jeremy Truma leads the way. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Premier House, Thorndon, Wellington - Photographs taken by Phil Reid
Date: [ca 14 April 1990]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1990/1352-F
Description: Photographs of the exterior of Premier House, Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, and of a builder working inside the house, taken ca 14 April 1990 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Jimmy McGuiness and the junk mail delivered to his home - Photographs taken by Phil Reid
Date: ca 15 November 1995
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1995/4462-F
Description: Jimmy McGuiness is sitting amidst the junk mail that has been delivered to his Lower Hutt home during the year. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid ca 15 November 1995. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm
James Beard and his dog Flame - Photograph taken by Phil Reid
Date: 6 August 1988
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1988/3198-F
Description: James Beard and his dog Flame at the unveiling of Wellington's nuclear-free sign at Wellington Airort. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 6th of August 1988. Published in the Evening Post on 8 August 1988 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
David Lange and Naomi Lange on election night, 1984 General Election - Photograph taken...
Date: 16 July 1984
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1984/3357-F
Description: David Lange and Naomi Lange at Labour Party headquarters in Mangere on election night, 1984 General Election, photographed 16 July 1984 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Hui held at Waiwhetu Marae on the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act - Photograph taken by Phil R...
Date: 12 May 1993
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1993/1784-F
Description: Kaumatua, Richard Luke (Te Atiawa) geeting people attending a hui on the Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt. The hui was held in relation to the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 12th of May 1993. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
One of the first couples to travel from Japan to marry in Old St Paul's, Wellington - P...
Date: [ca 6 Jan 1984]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1984/0061A-F
Description: Kenji Maeda and Fusayo Ikedo, one of the first couples to travel from Japan to marry in Old St Paul's, Mulgrave Street, Wellington. Photographed circa 6 January 1984 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Constable Ross Grantham with weapons confiscated after a brawl - Photographs taken by P...
Date: 16 June 1981
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1981/2221-F
Description: Constable Ross Grantham with weapons confiscated after a brawl in Wellington. Photographed 16 June 1981 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35 mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Rev Pepe Nokise at Nokise House, Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington - Photographs ta...
Date: 13 November 1980
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1980/3670-F
Description: The Rev Pepe Nokise, photographed on 13 November 1980 in the walkway above the church hall at the newly-opened Nokise House in Constable Street, by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Original caption reads: "Nokise House ... one of the country's most expensive Presbyterian Church complexes, opens on Saturday, 10 years and $700,000 after Pacific Islanders started fundraising for the Constable street project. The complex is named for the Rev Pepe Nokise ...." (Evening Post, 13 November 1980) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Barry Barclay protesting outside New Zealand on Air office - Photograph taken by Phil Reid
Date: 16 December 1996
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1996/3620-F
Description: Maori film director, Barry Barclay, encamped in Kent and Cambridge Terraces, Wellington, protesting against racism outside the office of New Zealand on Air. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 16th of December 1996. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm
Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room, Treasury - Photograph taken ...
Date: 4 July 1990
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-
Reference: EP/1990/2249-F
Description: Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room of Treasury, in The National Provident Fund Building, on the corner of Bowen Street (left) and The Terrace (right), Wellington, photographed 4 July 1990 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Original caption reads "Records in the Treasury basement were open to the public scrutiny for at least three days during the past week. The records are three flights down from a door near the main entrance of the 13-storey National Mutual Building at 1 the Terrace, a caller told the Evening Post. There was no visible security when a Post reporter and photographer entered the building at street level yesterday, and walked down the three flights of stairs. Signs indicating 'Treasury records sub-basement' and 'Treasury main records' were on an unlocked door. Access was available to all files stored on shelves. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm