Caves - New Zealand - Auckland Region

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1849 - 1852

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-143-063

Description: A burial cave with skulls on the floor, a tree trunk passing through a hole in the roof. The scene is near Auckland. A tree fern with two Maori standing alongside in Hutt Forest, Wellington The same cave, identified as being near Three Kings, Auckland, is shown in E-143-071 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of two lithographs

Date: 1849

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863

Reference: E-143-071

Description: View inside a burial cave, with a tree growing up through a hole in the roof. A European man is seated inside with his dog. Skulls and other bones are spread over the cave floor A note on the reverse is inscribed Cavern near the Three Kings Auckland 1849 The same cave is also shown in E-143-063-1 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of crayon drawing

Date: 2016-2017

By: Jindal, Chirag, active 2016-2018; Crossley, Peter C, 1943-; Mander, Ian, active 2017; Auckland (N.Z.). Council

Reference: ATL-Group-00653

Description: A collection of LiDar digital spatial data and accompanying information created during a survey of ten lava caves located under three volcanoes; Te Tātua-a-Riukiuta (Three Kings), Maungawhau (Mount Eden), Māngere and Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) in Auckland City. Arrangement: Data set files arranged by cave, as supplied by donor. Supporting documentation for caves has been described separately. Chirag Jindal collaborated with speleologist Peter Crossely and Ian Mander in a two year LiDAR mapping project. The resulting data was used in an exhibition "Into the Underworld: The Architecture of Katabasis" held at Silo 6 on the Wynyard Quarter, Auckland, between 9-24 December 2017. Quantity: 10 data set(s). 11 Electronic document(s).