Tuai

Date: [ca 1933-1959]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Watherston, R A, active 1956

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-202

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1933-1959. Various photograph of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu - Soldiers memorial; camping grounds; Queenstown School; Queenstown Post Office; main street; Scott Memorial in Queenstown Park; town centre, 1933; several elevated views; Queenstown Gardens; Kawarau Dam, 1949; aqua-skiing on the lake; Earnslaw; loading wool at Greenstone Bay, 1950. Franz Josef Glacier; mountaineers cutting steps on the glacier; Arrow Basin; Kaniere gold dredge at Kumara, 1959; St Mary's Church, New Plymouth; Mrs W Reid of Runanga surf casting at Crows Bay, West Coast; hay making near Waikari, North Canterbury; Honeymoon Bay in Tasman Bay. Sheep mustering on high country run of A W Gard, Mt Bell Station (near Kurow); photo of musterers (all named on back) and property owned by Gard. Photographs sent to New Free Lance with accompanying letter by R S Watherston of Springhills, 1956 Also Balclutha; Milton; Woodbank Church; Russell, car ferry at Paihia; Mr Barker's stud at Wanaka; bridge over Molyneux River; Roman Catholic Church at Tokaanu; Wanganui river boat; rock formations at Palliser Bay; yachts of man-made lake Lake Whakamarino, 1947; Cascade Saddle; Mount Egmont lighthouse; Pukekura Park; tree growing amongst rocks on Dunstan Range; Taihape Plunket Rooms; elevated view of Nelson; haymaking near Dagarville; Marion Camp, Homer Tunnel; Northland express passing down main street of Kawakawa, 1947; Centennial Memorial, Wanganui; A & P Show, Taranaki; Dobson; Victoria Park, Waimate; main street of Levin, 1930; Midhurst Co-operative Dairy Factory; St Bathans, 1947. Quantity: 89 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1937]

Reference: PA1-f-054

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm

Date: 1950

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046974-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1971-1972

From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation

Reference: PA1-o-843

Description: The journey begins at Palmerston North and includes Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty. The van follows State Highway two with frequent deviations from it into various back block localities. Another section of the journey is from Wairoa to Taupo via Lake Waikaremoana and the Kaingaroa Forest. Children as library users and at some of the schools where the van stops are featured. There are a number of photos of the power houses at Kaitawa, Tuai, and Piripaua Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1920s

By: Morton, William Bampton, 1885-1957; Morton, Dorothy Alice, 1884-1985

Reference: PAColl-3146

Description: Album and loose prints include photographs of power stations at Horohora, Lake Coleridge, Mangahao, Arapeti, and Tuai. Postcards of Grafton Bridge. Quantity: 1 album(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1950

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046973-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1960-[1970s?]

From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection

Reference: PA12-12338

Description: Colour transparencies of Te Kūhā Marae, Tuai, near Lake Waikaremoana, including paintings inside the mahau, and images of the exterior. Taken by Gordon Walters. Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies Processing information: From box 16 in donor's listing.

Date: 1955 - 1988 - 2003

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-237

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seeds of the titoki. Artist's list: A. excelsus ssp. excelsus: Flowers 20.1.55 from Tu[a]i, Waikato R. Capsules Sept. from a cult. plant. Juvenile leaf Aug. 2003 from Bay of Islands, coll. Graeme Jane Appears on page 471 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - September, October, January Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1930s-1950s

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-165

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1930s-1950s Main street of Waipawa, 1930s; main street of Waipukurau, 1931; aerial view of Hastings taken over Cornwall Park; Frimley School, Hastings, 1958; Temoana (showing old homestead near showgrounds), 1945; rural scene north of Woodville; rural scene near Onga Onga; Napier Civic Square; Waikaremoana (lake & Bluff); elevated view of Gisborne; holiday makers at Waikanae Beach nr Gisborne; Young Nick's Head, Hick's Bay; man ploughing near Aorangi; Makaretu River; roadside falls on Wairoa road near Tuai; construction of new wharf at Napier, 1939; view looking south over Napier South, 1946. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1945 - 1947

By: New Zealand. State Hydro-electric Department; Berwald, I M, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-C-ELECTRICITY-1946-01

Description: Map shows a bird's eye view of Lake Waikaremoana, Kaitawa, the pipe line to Tuai, the intake, surge chamber and electric lines leading to the power station at Piripaua. The kilowatt capacity of Tuai, Kaitawa and Piripaua are given. It is stated that "all three stations are under the control of one man in Tuai control room by supervisory control". Another copy is at: MapColl-832.19gena [1946?] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 340 x 310 mm on sheet 380 x 335 mm.

Date: 1920s

From: Morton, W B :Photograph album and loose prints relating to hydroelectric projects

By: Darby, Edward Joseph, 1875-1959

Reference: PA1-o-352

Description: Album includes photographs of the design and construction of power stations at Horohora, Lake Coleridge, Mangahao, Arapeti, Tuai; the construction of the Khandallah substation etc; and close-up views of machinery and equipment, including a pole lorry, insulators, a transformer room, and generators. Two views show aspects of the Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd, at Port Pirie in South Australia, one view of "flying foxes" for filling smelter bins, and one (in colour) emptying slag pots. Photographs probably taken by William Bampton Morton, an engineer with the State Hydro-Electric Department Inscriptions: Album page - "W.B. Morton, Wellington, July 1924" Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan cloth covers, entitled Album, with "Electrical" in pencil above; 24 x 30 cm

Date: [193-?]

From: Kennett, Robert, 1913-2007 : Photographs, including images taken after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

Reference: PA1-o-1763

Description: Album of 39 photographs taken by Robert Kennett circa 1930s including eight images relating to military cadets (possibly in the Wairoa district) and eight of buildings damaged in the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Also includes images of the Wairoa district including Frasertown, Lake House, Morere, Tuai, Frasertown Bridge, Wairoa. Also a Bristol Fighter aircraft, a Gipsy Moth aircraft. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown soft card covers, 17 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1949]

By: MacPherson, R, active 1949; Blockley, John, active 1995

Reference: PAColl-4915

Description: Quantity: 259 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: nd - 10 June 1869

By: Clift, Charlotte May, 1902-1999

Reference: PAColl-1136

Description: One photograph of the Waikaremoana overflow One photograph of the Karori reservoir Three photographs of the grave of Michael Noonan One photograph of Tuai and one of Kaitawa Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: [ca 1929-1938], [ca 1942], [ca 1980], 1990

By: Kelliher, Patrick, active 1935-1990

Reference: PA1-o-1803

Description: Album compiled by Patrick Kelliher. Chiefly photographs relating to the construction of the power station at Tuai in the 1930s taken by Kelliher, a keen amateur photographer who worked in the powerhouse. Includes images of pack horses, heavy machinery and trucks, the construction of tunnels, spillway, a bridge, pipes, the power house and the huts in which workers lived. Also includes five images taken after the Kopuawhara flash flood of 19 February 1938 (in which 21 people were drowned) and a newspaper cutting from a year after the flood. Also a set of 14 images taken at Wairoa railway station at the the opening ceremony of the 97 mile Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu portion of the Napier-Gisborne railway, also taken by Kelliher. Images include steam and diesel engines, visiting dignitaries and Maori performers. Also one photograph of Kelliher on a horse drawn cart in Masterton, Wairarapa, taken circa 1980s and a 1990 certificate to Kelliher from the Lions Club of Wainuiomata. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 32 x 24 cm album with an embossed synthetic cover featuring a spear-bearing rider on a horse taking aim at a lion (or similar animal). Provenance: Donated by Christine Hayvice, New Zealand/Vancouver, Canada, 2013. Donor is the niece of Patrick Kelliher. The album was passed down to Ms Hayvice from her mother.

Date: 18 Feb 1987

From: NZOHA Electricity Centenary Oral History Project Stages I, II and III

By: O'Donnell, James William, 1903-1994

Reference: OHInt-0003/09

Description: Describes family background and childhood. Recalls education at Sisters of St Joseph Convent, Gisborne, including the standard of education, discipline, sport. Discusses the following topics both in childhood and later life:- religion, politics, alcohol, smoking and contact with Maori. Refers to World War I, mainly in terms of the Cadet Corps and Territorials. Discusses his engineering apprenticeship with Jas J. Niven & Co, Gisborne, from 1919; the incentive scheme to encourage high standards for apprentices; night school. Recalls passing tests to join the New Zealand Navy as Engine Room Artificer (E.R.A.) but no vacancies so found work for Public Works Department at the construction site of Lake Coleridge Power Station. Describes the duplication of power stations, erecting 6.6 kilovolt switchgear, the layout of the station, the social life, accommodation, domestic arrangements and sport. Recalls transfer to Tuai Power Station, Lake Waikaremoana in 1929 and describes Tuai, the construction camp and some of the tough characters among the construction workers, gambling, drinking and the official opening. Describes meeting his wife, their engagement and wedding. Recalls events at Tuai Power Station during the Napier earthquake in 1931. Backgrounds his promotion and transfer to Lake Waitaki Power Station and describes the layout of the power station, his friendship with Phil Blakeley, the engineer. Discusses trade unions and recalls strike at Haywards Sub Station, Wellington. Mentions forming the Kurow Dramatic Society with the local parson (later professor) Lloyd Geering. Remembers aspects of the first Labour Government, 1935, particularly the enthusiasm which greeted Bob Semple on a visit to Tuai. Recalls spending war years (World War II) at Lake Waitaki, the running of Kaitawa Station in 1947 and the effect on his health, work as a System Operator at Addington Sub Station, Christchurch and explains system control of water flow, and analysing rainfall in the South Island. Outlines his part in cutting power to Christchurch during late forties. Mentions role as Superintendent at Hayward's Sub Station in fifties and sixties. Recalls aspects of the Cook Strait Cable proposal in terms of the system of power distribution and being the first person to handle the distribution of the direct current from the South Island. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Venue - Lower Hutt Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr O'Donnell's home 4 Levin Grove, Kelson, Lower Hutt Accompanying material - Copy of handwritten notes by Jim O'Donnell about education, apprenticeship, Napier earthquake, various jobs, life; Index of passengers from "Oxford", 27/11/1876; Extracts from entry in N.Z. Herald, 2/3/1877, announcing the arrival in Auckland of the immigrant ship "Oxford"; Typewritten notes separate to printed abstract covering many aspects of his life (23 pages), including a tribute to his wife, Marion Galloway, O'Donnell (nee Simpson). Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001449 - OHC-001451 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 224. Black and white photographs:-. Jim O'Donnell, 1987. Jim O'Donnell, c1921. Copy of black and white photograph:-. Marion and Jim O'Donnell, c1974 Search dates: 1903 - 1987

Date: ca Mar 1929

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-7796-11

Description: Power house at Tuai, part of the Waikaremoana Hydro Electric Power Scheme. Photograph taken by Mr A Hardcastle circa 2nd March 1929. Original caption reads: "Published 2nd March 1929. Mr A Hardcastle, Pho. Waikaremoana is to-day in commission, four and a half months ahead of the scheduled date. Ultimately two more power-houses will be built at Waikare, one at the head of the pipe line (at top of illustration) and another some three miles lower, the water being used three times. The ultimate development will be of 140,000 kilowatts. " Inscriptions: See scope and contents Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.7 x 21.1 cm

Date: 2 Sep 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21819-F

Description: Aerial view of the settlement of Tuai and surrounding area, Hawke's Bay. Includes Lake Whakamarino. Photograph taken 2 September 1949 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print and negative sleeve. Lake Whakamarino identified by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 11.2 x 13.2 cm

Date: 2 Sep 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21822-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate