Rivers - New Zealand

Date: 1977-2009

By: Young, David Christopher, 1947-

Reference: MS-Group-2100

Description: Includes correspondence from his time as Deputy Editor for the Listener, correspondence and papers relating to his research on rivers, including the Whanganui, his Waitangi Tribunal work and other papers and letters relating to various research projects Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Arranged into series covering his major writings and correspondence. David Young is an author, oral historian and researcher. He has worked as deputy editor on the 'New Zealand Listener' and is noted for his research work on New Zealand rivers, especially the Whanganui River. Quantity: 64 folder(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory in backfile for A2015-115 collection (Ms-Papers-11966). Transfers: To Oral History Collection - Two boxes of interview cassette tapes relating to two oral history projects, the 'Keeper of the long view' (Whanganui), and the whio (Blue Duck) project at OHColl-1174. - To Photographic Archive - Photographs at PAColl-0844.

Date: [19--?]

By: Savill, David J, active 2005

Reference: PAColl-8700

Description: Collection comprises: View of sheep crossing stream at Whangamomona, taken ca 1900s by an unknown photographer. Sheep crossing Maikaikatea Bridge over Awakino River, taken ca 1920s by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Photocopy of page from a magazine relating to one of the photographs Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints on mounts Provenance: Donated by Mr David J Savill, Pukekohe, in 2005

Date: ca 1900-ca 1920

By: Bradstock, Cedric Alec, 1925-

Reference: PAColl-4264

Description: Views in New Zealand Quantity: 28 postcards.

Date: [ca 1904-ca 1979]

From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums

Reference: PA1-q-1011

Description: Most of the cards date from ca 1904 to ca 1920. New Zealand cities and towns are represented, including many notable buildings, monuments, and parks. Tourist destinations like Lake Wakatipu, the Whanganui river, and thermal areas feature. One group depict native forest as scenery. There are also memorial cards, the largest number for Richard Seddon, and one for T E Taylor Mayor of Christchurch. One card is of the famous female cross dresser and con-man/woman, Amy Bock. Two cards depict champion New Zealand rowers, Richard Arnst, William Webb, George Whelch, and W Fogwell. Several of the greeting cards, which are scattered throughout the album, depict Maoriland maidens. Another group of cards feature sheep, in flocks on the road, crossing bridges, and at pasture. There is also a group of cattle beasts including highland cattle. Thermal areas include Whakarewarewa, steaming cliffs on Lake Rotomahana, and Waimangu. Volcanoes include Mount Ngauruhoe erupting, Mount Ruapehu, and Mount Egmont. There are also views of the Southern Alps, and one view of the Franz Josef Glacier. Places include Queenstown, Geraldine, Blenheim, New Plymouth, Stewart Island, Lake Wakatipu, Waihi Beach, Hawera, Waiau Gorge, Rotorua, Wellington, The Chateau, Queen Charlotte Sound, Dunedin, Bay of Islands, Christchurch, Buller River, Wanganui, Invercargill, Russel, Auckland, Timaru, Oamaru, Ashburton, Nelson, Napier, Picton, Port Chalmers, Hanmer Springs, Lake Manapouri, Hamilton, Waipukarau, Milton, and Balclutha. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1993

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6551

Description: Views of Whangarei Heads from Lady Alice Island, Hen and Chickens Islands, Northland (October 1993). Photographs of the Raukokore and Maungahaupapa rivers. Also of Te Kumi Flats on the Raukokore River (October 1993). Tramp in the Whirinaki State Forest. Includes views inside the forest on the Fort Road Loop Track (November 1993). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 1904-1973

From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums

Reference: PA1-q-1010

Description: Most of the cards date from 1904 to 1914. New Zealand cities and towns are represented, including many notable buildings. Tourist destinations like Lake Wakatipu, the Whanganui river, and Milford Sound feature. One group relate to trams in Invercargill and Wellington, with a photograph from the 1950s of a horse drawn tram in an unidentified town. There is also one photograph of a dairy factory and the milk arriving in wagons. The largest group of town images relate to Palmerston North, most dating from about 1908. The largest group of post cards in the album are all sorts of greeting cards, many of which are hand coloured. Places represented include Christchurch, Hanmer Springs, Invercargill, Wellington, Governors Bay, Rotorua, Pigeon Bay, Lake Wakatipu, Napier, Dunedin, Te Aroha, Skippers Gorge, Hastings, Lyttelton, Milford Sound, Lake Taupo, Waimate, Kawau Island, Whanganui River, Timaru, Oamaru, White Island, New Plymouth, Paekakariki, Akaroa, Palmerston North, Westport, and Hamilton. There are also some cards from Australia, the United States, and Britain. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1919-1922

From: Webster, E Norman, fl 1918-1922 :Photographs of New Zealand, 1920-1922

By: Webster, E Norman, active 1918-1922

Reference: PA1-o-1558

Description: Cities towns and tourist destinations in New Zealand. Album opens with general views of Christchurch, and particular places which include Cathedral Square, and the River Avon. There is one view of Christchurch from the air. Photographs of thermal regions include the Government Bath House, Rotorua. Lake Tarawera. Lake Rotomahana. Whakarewarewa. Waimangu. Wairakei. Two views of Auckland. One view of Mount Ruapehu. Wanganui and the Whanganui River. A trip on the Whanganui River. Wanganui River boats, one the SS Ohura. Picton and Nelson and a trip on Pelorus and Queen Charlotte sounds in the SS Blenheim. Cadillac motor car abandoned after the engine caught fire. Views of Dundedin and Invercargill. Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, and the SS Earnslaw. Wellington views and the Rimutaka Incline. Family groups at Lyall Bay. Ships SS Moeraki in Wellington Harbour, and the barque France at Wellington Warves. The front page of the album is inscribed with the name M Couwell, and dated 28th Dec 1922. This person is likely to have been the recipient of the album. Some duplicate prints in the collection have notes on the back in a consistant, neat handwriting. In three cases these are signed E N Webster, who advises that he arrived in Wellington 5 February 1918, and left 15 June 1922. During this period he holidayed to the various places recorded in the album. The photographs were taken between 1919 and 1921 judging from dates on the duplicates. His second name was Norman, and this is the name he used to sign letters on postcards sent from Christchurch in 1919 to his mother, and a friend called May. There is also a note attached to an illustration of Ben Lomond in the collection in which he gives his name as Norman Webster. Information on postcards indicate that he came from Australia, and in 1916 lived at Nambour, Queensland. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1900s-1910s]

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1555

Description: Photographs relating to Satchell family. Includes photographs of family members, recreation by rivers, tug-of-war game, automobile travel, picnics, golf playing, pheasant hunters and friends. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 165 x 210 mm

Date: 1918-1922

From: Webster, E Norman, fl 1918-1922 :Photographs of New Zealand, 1920-1922

Reference: PA1-o-1559

Description: New Zealand Postcard album. Cards include - Wellington. Rimutaka Incline. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. Rotorua. Whakarewarewa. Wairakei. Waimungu. Waiotapu. Lake Rotomahana. Queenstown. Lake Wakatipu. Diamond Lake. Timaru. Bluff. Stewart Island. Wanganui. Whanganui river. Pipiriki House Hotel. Nelson. Picton. The sounds. Palmerston North. Blenheim. Taumaranui. Cromwell. Mount Cook. Mount Ruapehu. Mount Egmont. Hapuwhenua Viaduct. Table Bay, Cape Town. Cape Horn. Two front pages of the album are inscribed with the name E N Webster. The first is dated 31-1-1916, and the location is Nambour (Queensland, Australia). The second is dated 1918-1922, and the location is NZ. The first of these inscriptions, as well as information on some of the postcards in this album, indicate that Webster came from Australia, probably to Wellington where he advises on one photograph in the collection, that he arrived 5 February 1918, and left 15 June 1922. During this period he holidayed to the various places recorded in this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1904-1970]

From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums

Reference: PA1-q-1020

Description: Most of the cards date from ca 1904 to ca 1920. They include cities and towns, buildings, and scenic views including some of the thermal areas. Other postcards include - Two memorial cards for Richard Seddon. Three portraits of, and pyjamas belonging to, Amy Bock. Nurse Maud and a young supporter, Festival Queen, Christchurch, 1915. Gathering of the Hawke's Bay Hunt. Greeting and novelty postcards include greetings from - Wanganui. Christchurch. Auckland. Gore. Maoriland. Novelty cards include - Cartoon of Sir Joseph Ward in London. Name card "Bessie." Colour cartoon "I have just arrived in Dunedin." card "We are buzzing round Invercargill." Cartoon "Wash day in the Garden of Eden." Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Jan 1931, 28 Dec 1934-2 Feb 1935, 27 Dec 1935-17 Jan 1936

From: Johnston, Phyllis, 1904-1998: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1896

Description: Photograph album formerly belonging to Phyllis Johnston. Contains images taken during three holidays in New Zealand. Compiler of albums, and photographer(s), are unidentified. Album is extensively captioned though few people are identified. - Motoring trip of North Island in January 1931, following family on a camping trip in a A-Model Ford. Route, as suggested by image order in album, goes via Hastings, Wairoa, Lake Waikaremoana, Morere, Gisborne, Opotiki, Ohope, Whakatane, Rotorua, Whakarewarewa, Tauranga, Waihi, Thames, Mercury Bay, Tui Glen, Waiwera, Waipu, Whangarei, Bay of Islands, Mount Messenger and Dawson Falls. Images feature camp grounds and sites, car with tent awning erected and with gear packed alongside, picnicking scenes, motoring scenes, and tourist sights on route. Images and sites of note are: Tongoio Falls; Aniwaniwa Falls; road between Gisborne and Opotiki including ford, adjacent ranges and valleys, bush, and coastal views; Whakatane War Memorial; Road between Whakatane and Rotorua, including bush, Lake Rotoma, Hongi's Track, and Tikitere geothermal area; Whakarewarewa, including tourist group with Guide Rangi, Maori children bathing, and Frog Pond; Tauranga Harbour and railway bridge; gorge between Waihi and Thames; bullocks hauling Kauri logs south of Coromandel; 'Rotten Row' cabins at Waipu; Christ Church, bay and sea shore, and view of town from the flagstaff, Russell; cream being delivered by row boat in Bay of Islands; Zane Grey Camp, Otehei Bay; car on barge crossing between Russell and Paihia (including car transfer to shore); Williams Memorial Church, Paihia; and Waitangi Falls. Miss B G Kirk appears in a number of images (identified in one). - Road trip to South Island in 1934-1935 features images of Christchurch, Dunedin, and Oamaru. Christchurch images include views of Cashmere, Lyttelton, the road to and picnicking at Governors Bay, Sumner, Opawa, picnic ground 'Kauriki' (and poplar avenue in area), Christchurch Botanical Gardens (including Rose Garden), Avon River, Christchurch Art Gallery (interior and exterior shots), Canterbury College (School of Art, cloisters and observatory), Scott's memorial fountain, Victoria Lake, Beaths Department Store rooftop garden, stone house at Cracroft Wilson estate, and various social scenes including 'Thor' at an easel, a family portrait (Mr and Mrs Wilson with Thor, Lance, and Helen), and an unidentified tennis party. Dunedin images include Knox College, Winter Gardens, child Maklin Duncan of Elgin Road, and Mrs Hosking, some of her children, and her father Mr White. Oamaru images show the cityscape, Basilica, and Oamaru Gardens (fountain, duck pond, swans). Also includes a copy of a studio portrait of Winnie M Munro and Mr and Mrs Munro on their balcony. - Anakiwa, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Blenheim summer holiday (1935-1936) pictures feature the natural sights of the Marlborough Sounds area as well as family holiday snaps of holiday activities such as social events, picnics, fishing, bush walks, and day trips. Images of note include: Anakiwa Homestead (with interior and exterior shots); Anakiwa beach, wharf area, and views of Tiri Moana, Kenepuru, Mahau, and Pelorous Sounds taken on a bush walk; Picton including 'Betty and The Youth' at Picton War Memorial, view from the water, and view from across Shakespeare Bay; various boat rides (including on the 'Alcedo') and a small bus; group photograph of those at the New Year's Eve Ball at Anakiwa including people in costume; Mrs McDougall, Miss Ray Cuff, and Mrs Raine dressed as Three Blind Mice; Havelock main street and wharf; Pelorous River (including bridge and rapids); Bay of Many Coves; Ship Cove (including Captain Cook Memorial); ice cream eating; Blenheim War Memorial; the plane 'Karoro' at Woodbourne Aerodrome and Rongotai Airport; and an aerial view of Marlborough taken on route from Woodbourne with Wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cardboard album tied with leather string, 20 x 24 cm

Date: 23 Jan-9 Feb 1925

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-08

Description: Account of riding holiday taken by Phyllis Long and Sylvia Lysaght on horses Ngaio and Ladybird. Describes route from Punarima via Mokoia, Hawera, Ngaere, Stratford, Te Whera, Pohukura, Whangamomona, Ohura, to near Aria. Then by car to Te Kuiti and on to Waitomo Caves. Return journey by foot to Te Kuiti and back to Aria by car. Route on horseback continues with the two women travelling down the Awakino River to the sea and then back to Punarima via Tongaporutu, White Cliffs, Urenui, and New Plymouth. Account describes the people they meet and places they stayed along the way. Camping spots, bush, the condition of the horses (including Ngaio almost drowning), rats, mosquitos, bathing, and food (including picnics). Also description of Waitomo Caves. People of note include: Mr Henry and Mrs Ida Barwick (of near Te Wera): the Good family (also of near Te Wera) who rode through the Tangarakai Gorge with them; and the Ritchie family (including Thomas, Mary, and John) of Aria, formerly of the Chatham Islands, where they left their horses when they travelled on to Waitomo. Also includes description of Waitomo Caves with tourist postcards pasted in. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, photographs Also includes Long's photographs and sketches as well as a hand drawn map of the route taken (with location of accommodation and campsites marked).

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Werren, Douglas John 1930-2007: Transparency slides

Reference: PA12-11319

Description: Transparency slides taken by Doug Werren, circa 1950s to 1960s. Includes photographs of unidentified hydroelectric power stations, including under construction. Also photographs of [Wairakei?] geothermal power plant. A series of images show a river valley. One construction site [possibly for dam?] is in the vicinity of Mount Ruapehu (visible in the rear of one image in the series). Also includes two images of an unidentified site [quarry?]. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: [ca 1950-1970]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

By: Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969; Robin Smith Photography Ltd

Reference: PA12-10641

Description: Commercial slides from various publishers collected by Muriel Edwards. Named photographers are Robin Smith and N Hartwell. Images are published by Colourful New Zealand (Timaru), Tasman Colour Slides, and Fotocentre Colourview (Oamaru). Contains tourist shots from around the North and South Island, with towns, waterfronts, mountains, church buildings, and gardens all areas of focus. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Sheehan, Grant, 1950-

Reference: PA12-10815

Description: Includes - Wellington buildings. Moon over a distant river. Water drops. Beached boat. Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1985

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8551

Description: South Island photo tour, 1985. Weathered bark. Bands of white and grey rock. Hills seen beyond tussock grasses. Lake surrounded by mountains. River, beyond which is tussock grassland backed by a mountain wall. Green pasture in foreground, braided river beyond issuing from high mountains. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1907]

From: Butcher, Charles Henry, 1887-1957 :Lantern slides of New Zealand and Australia

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA11-264

Description: Contains miscellaneous lantern slides of New Zealand scenes, mostly dated ca 1907. Likely to have been photographed by Butcher. Landscapes include a hand-coloured slide of a Burton Brothers photograph of Lake Wakatipu from Kinlock, unidentified coastal towns and harbour views (one featuring an obelisk monument), rock formations, and river scenes (some bridges). Images of Wellington include the Provincial Council Building, view of Thorndon (Molesworth Street), and boats on the beach in Island Bay with Tapu Te Ranga Island in the background. Images of Napier include newly planted Norfolk Pine trees on Marine Parade and outer harbour wharf scene. Dunedin Botanic Gardens, hand coloured images of the interior of an unidentified fern houses, and a series of views of Mount Taranaki and the surrounding area are included. Also contains sepia toned images of a geyser and unidentified Maori boys in a hot pool [Rotorua?] as well as a formal portrait of an unidentified Maori girl. Includes a brightly hand coloured sky, a horse and cart outside an unidentified property, and image of an explosion at sea. Some images have vignettes. Quantity: 30 b&w lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: [ca 1955-1969]

From: Conley, Peter Vaizey, 1924-2000 :Transparency slides of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-8863

Description: Colour transparency slides of New Zealand scenes, taken ca mid to late 1950s and 1960s by Peter Vaizey Conley. This set is chiefly of Auckland and Tauranga. Includes: Four slides documenting motor racing at Ardmore, probably New Zealand Grand Prix. Two views of a Ford [Zodiac?] motorcar. Harbour scenes, including ship SS Orsova, a ferry transporting vehicles, Auckland Harbour Bridge, and several views of a sailing ship with four masts. Miscellaneous images include an unidentified river, a waterfall, and a view of Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, from a beach. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1939-1951

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1969

Description: Photograph album compiled by Les Cleveland, comprising mainly photographs of mountaineering expeditions and tramping trips, 1939-1951, as well as images relating to his service in World War Two. Photographs showing Cleveland himself are taken by unidentified photographers. Most images are captioned with names, locations, and, in some cases, dates. Mountaineering and tramping photographs comprise the majority of prints in the album. New Zealand images feature Southern Alps and Canterbury, with many peaks, valleys, passes, and glaciers identified. Huts (interior and exterior) are also featured and most are identified. North Island tramping locations include the Tauherenikau Valley and Orongorongo Valley. Expedition members also appear in photographs but are largely unidentified. Album also includes photographs of a hunting trip at Mount Somers and various skiing scenes. Christchurch Ski Club (1951) and Ruapehu Ski Club (group portrait and building) are identified. Some individuals are identified. "Junee" is pictured crouched with an ice axe (page 5), Sophia Walsh of Christchurch appears in a seaside portrait (page 60), A B [Borely?] is identified on the Mt Somers hunting trip, Doug Fyfe is pictured mountaineering, and J Lange is seen rappelling in the Port Hills. Cleveland appears in several photographs. World War Two photographs feature New Caledonia in 1942. The images include military camps, scenic landscapes, and church at Thio as well as recreation scenes (swimming, boating, collecting oysters). Cleveland is pictured playing a guitar in a number of photographs. Also includes photographs of soldiers on motorbikes at an unknown location and a group photograph captioned "I4 Platoon". Album also includes mountaineering group in the Dolomite Ranges, postcards of Gruppo di Brenta, Rufugio Gonella, and Cormaiore. A boating scene from Lake Trasimeno, Italy, is included as is a [European?] skiing trip in 1945 and mountaineering Other images show the Majestic Caberet, Wellington (1950) and Ashburton Races (1939). Also includes West Coast scenes, with Wanganui River and Lake Mahinapua. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 323 b&w photographic prints. Physical Description: Brown textured card photograph album, 26 x 32.5 cm Processing information: Loose prints removed from album pages, with page number noted, and stored in envelope with album. Donor's interleaved notes on scrap paper removed by archivist after relevant information was transferred to record.

Date: [ca 1952-1960]

From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-1631

Description: Album containing scenic photographs of the South Island from Picton to Invercargill. Publication Note - This photograph album was published in 2002, 'Photography by Gladys Goodall : A record prepared by Gladys, for her sister Edna in 1960, of South Island photography', compiled by Laurence Eagle Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 26.5 x 33 cm