Lake Kaniere

Date: [Between 1914 and 1937]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-406

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers; and several scenes showing Canterbury Mountaineering Club annual sports days over a number of years. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Many of the people and places photographed are listed above. Most of the landscape photographs are again fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [240 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-59

Description: Photographs taken in the West Coast, South Island in 1899, by an unknown photographer. The upper photograph (PA1-f-195-59-1) shows Lake Kanieri. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-59-2) shows Mahinapua Creek. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. named]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-056-032

Description: View across the lake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 90 x 168 mm

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

Date: 1925

Reference: PA1-o-505

Description: Photographs of trips taken in 1925 by an unidentified photographer. On the first trip the photographer goes by car to the Nelson Lakes District, and the Buller River, to the Korere Valley "and so home". The second trip is one travelling to the New Zealand Exhibition at Dunedin in November 1925, though there are no images showing the exhibition. The trip goes from the Buller River; Lake Kaniere; views of the Rimu Dredge; near Jacksons; Otira Station; Otira Gorge; Springfield after a snow fall; Lyttelton Harbour; a visit to the remains of the old homestead at Double Corner, Waipara, with historic white gums; and lastly views from the Summit Road, Akaroa Peninsula. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with soft card cover tied with brown cord; entitled "Trips, 1925" in white lettering; 19 x 26 cm

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1930s

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-7974

Description: New Zealand scenes taken by Ben Thiem of Hokitika ca 1930s. Comprises scenes in the thermal district, Maori portraits, mountains and glaciers, pastoral scenes, rivers and lakes, and bush. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from John Arnold, book and antique dealer, February 2004

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-62

Description: View of Lake Kanieri, taken ca 1899 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: One photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: 1887

From: Alexander, J, b 1863? :Photograph album of English yachts on the Solent, and other photographs

By: Jackson, A G (Mr), active 1887; West & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-010

Description: Album appears to have been owned by J Alexander as it came into the possession of his son F R Alexander. Photographs taken by A G Jackson (and possibly also by his companions on the trip - H.A.F Jackson and J Alexander) in 1887 on a penny-farthing cycle trip from Christchurch to the West Coast, have been added to an existing album of commercial photographs of yachting on The Solent, England. Most of the yachts are named. Named yachts include 'Queen Eleanor', 'Silver Star', 'Raven', 'Bonina', 'Buttercup', 'Mavourneen', 'Nonparelle', and 'Vanessa'. Other Titles - Instantaneous photographs: Yachting Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 370 x 260 mm grey buckram, with black spine and corners, with title 'Instantaneous photographs Yachting' embossed on cover, in phase box.

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. named]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-056-040

Description: A small island on Lake Kaniere Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 86 x 180 mm

Date: [Between 1940 and 1954]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-208

Description: Album of photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1940 and 1954. The sequence of images is not chronological. Slip attached to spine reads: Trips - Bold Peak, 1943, Mt. Arthur tbld, Marlb. Sounds, Mt. Algidus, 1946, Honeymoon, 1948. 7th Pacific Sc. Congress. West Coast. The album opens with views taken on a trip to the West Coast in January 1954; followed by a West Coast museum trip, February 1940; a Neslson-Westhaven expedition, November 1952; John and Pam Salmon's honeymoon in the South Island in December 1948; and a trip to Mt. Algidus, February 1946. The next trips in the album were the Mt. Arthur tableland museum expedition, February 1946, and again in February 1948; the Bold Peak district, February 1943; trip around the Sounds on "The Alert", August 1948; air trip over the Sounds in April 1949; and then the South Pacific Science Congress, Auckland-Christchurch, February 1949. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: ca 1890, 1923

By: Brewster's Rare Books (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6819

Description: View of Port Chalmers taken ca 1890s, and views of Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier, Waiho River and Lake Kanieri taken in March 1923. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1903 and 1906]

By: Mair, John Thomas, 1876-1959; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts

Reference: PA1-o-321

Description: Album of scenic photographs, chiefly taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, with views of the North Island and South Island. North Island scenes include a number of tourist views of Maori, showing carved meeting houses; a group performing a haka; two women demonstrating the hongi; a young woman wearing a feather cloak, hei tiki and huia feathers, and holding a mere; a group of young boys in a haka pose; a woman smoking a pipe; a group of children bathing in a hot pool at Ohinemutu; and Mr. Nelson's carved house at Whakarewarewa. Other North Island scenes show Mount Taranaki, the Auckland wharves, Lake Waikaremoana, and a man fishing at the Ohau Channel, Rotorua. South Island views cover Lakes Wakatipu, Manapouri and Te Anau; the Tasman Glacier; peaks in the Southern Alps; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; a team of four horses with a laden Cobb & Co coach on a ferry, crossing the Mangahua [i.e. Inangahua] River, the Lyell River Bridge and Hawks Crag, all in the Buller Gorge. The last few images are exterior and interior views of the Dunedin Railway Station soon after it was finished in 1906. Inscriptions: Album page - John T. Mair, Wellington, New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, entitled `Photographs' lettered in gold; 26.0 x 31.5 cm

Date: Between 1908 and 1915

From: Brown, Charles Hunter, 1826-1898 :Photographs of the Nelson and West Coast districts

Reference: PA1-o-238

Description: The Miscellaneous section contains photographs of the Hunter Brown family and friends at various gatherings including Christmas parties in 1909 and 1910, and New Year's Day in 1911; views of houses; outing to Tahuna Beach; driving in horse and carriage along the Moutere Road; haymaking at Riwaka; the Moutere River; and a scene from the New Zealand Tennis Championships in 1908 The Westland trip was taken in 1911, and includes scenes in Greymouth; the Buller Gorge; Lake Kanieri; Lake Mapourika; several views of the Franz Josef Glacier including some taken close-up near the snout and a section of the terminal face; Mount Rolleston; the railway viaduct at Rolleston Gorge; the Otira Gorge; the mouths of the Otira Tunnel under construction at both the Otira end and the Bealey end; construction works by the Waimakariri River; and coaches arriving at Cass. None of the people are identified, but most of the locations are given. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black card cover, entitled `Miscellaneous and Westland trip' (hand-lettered in white ink); 16.4 x 22.6 cm

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. named]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-056-031

Description: View across the lake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 86 x 175 mm

Date: [Circa 1906 to 1909]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, Charles Tenison, active 1906-1910

Reference: PA1-o-456

Description: Photographs of the West Coast, Christchurch and Dunedin taken by Charles Tenison Salmon, circa 1906 to 1909. Two photographs show unidentified children; a small boy wearing a sunhat, shorts and a jacket and socks and shoes playing with a toy boat at the edge of a stream (p 6); and a young girl wearing a dress, socks and shoes, and a lacy hat (p 23). A number of images show native clematis flowering in the Otira Gorge; and several show wild coastal scenes in the Dunedin area. Other - Negatives are held of these images Inscriptions: Album page - Photographs taken by Charles T. Salmon, about 1906-1909 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 19.5 x 26.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1900s-1930s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-0959-28

Description: Photographs of the West Coast taken by Hokitika photographer Ben Thiem. Images no. 11-16 have the photographer's official stamp on the back which reads "Ben Thiem, photographer, Hokitika. This photograph must not be copied without the permission of Ben Thiem, photographer, Hokitika". These are stamped with the photographer's own numbers: F1, F26, F29, F31 and F32. The first two images show sunset over water, with lights in the windows of a train in the middle distance. Image no. 3 shows a waterfall at Mitchells, near "Lake Moana" (Lake Brunner); image no. 4 shows houses at Punakaiki. Lake Kanieri (Kaniere) is seen in images 5-10, including no. 10 which shows the road to Lake Kanieri under snow on July 20th, 1931. Photograph number 11 shows the Cook River Flats with the Fox Glacier Hostel visible on the extreme right, followed by close-up views of the Fox Glacier terminal and ice formations on the glacier. Identified places are listed above. Images numbered 10 and 16 are mounted on heavy cardboard. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints.

Date: 1969

From: Edwards-Sextus, Patricia, active 1999-2019: Collection

Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Edwards-Westland-1

Description: Includes the following labels: Export W.B. quality. Westbrew traditional bitter beer with the tang of the hops. Brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Westland Breweries Ltd., Greymouth [Gold-edged label] (2 copies) Ford's pale XXXX ale. The best sport in Westland. Brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Robt Ford & Co. Ltd, Hokitika [Shows Franz Josef Glacier] (2 copies) Monteith's pale ale. Brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Westland Breweries Ltd., Greymouth [Brown and yellow label] (2 copies) Sparkling alpine ale. Brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Robt Ford & Co. Ltd., Hokitika [Yellow and red label] (2 copies) W.B. Westbrew golden lager, brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Westland Breweries, Greymouth [Brown and yellow label] (2 copies) W.B. Westland's golden draught beer. Brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Westland Breweries Ltd., Greymouth [Red and yellow label] (2 copies) Westland Breweries Ltd. Tira pale ale. Brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Westland Breweries Limited, Greymouth [Red and black label] (2 copies) Westland Regatta brew. N.Z. Power boat championships, Lake Kaniere 1969. Brewed and bottled in New Zealand by Westland Breweries Ltd., Greymouth [Blue label] (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1984-1989

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to marked walks, trails, tracks and walkways]

By: New Zealand. Department of Conservation

Reference: Eph-A-WALKS-Westland-1984/1989

Description: Pamphlets for walks: Charming Creek Walk 1984 (2 copies) Croesus and Moonlight Walks, Paparoa Forest. 1985 Denniston Walk. 1984 (2 copies) Dolomite Point Walk [ca 1984] (2 copies) Goldsborough Walks, Waimea Forest. 1981, reprinted 1984 Guide to tracks in the Blue Grey & Robinson Valleys. Victoria Forest Park. 1986 Kahikatea Forest Walk, Lake Kaniere. 1984 (2 copies) Karamea Forest walks, North-West Nelson State Forest Park. 2nd edition 1986 Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve. Information . 1984 (2 copies) Lyell Walk [Buller Gorge]. 1984 (2 copies) Point Elizabeth Track. 1984 (2 copies) Truman Track and Te Miko Coastline [ca 1984] (2 copies) Woods Creek Track, Westland 1986 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: [ca 1905-1941]

From: Beattie family: Autograph and postcard albums

By: Beattie, Mary, 1886-1944

Reference: MSX-9662

Description: Postcard album compiled by Mary Beattie, nee Mckenzie, wife of James Herries Beattie, with inscribed date "September 4th, 1905". Many postcards contain messages on the reverse of the card and others also have annotations on the front. Most of the postcards appear to be used and posted. Includes postcards captioned: - Group of Fijian Warriors - Herriot Row and Royal Terrace. Dunedin, N.Z. - Dunedin. Showing Electric Car Route - Dunedin, from Herriot Row - Princes St. Dunedin, Looking South (Muir & Moodie, No. 6084) - St Hildas Collegiate School, Dunedin (Muir & Moodie, No. 360P) - New Railway Station, Dunedin - Knox Church and Manse, Dunedin - Dunedin. Reservoir - A Picturesque spot in Botanical Gardens. Dunedin - Water of Leith, Dunedin, N.Z. - Municipal Buildings, Glasgow - Otago University, Dunedin - New Zealand Wild Flowers - Botanical Gardens, Dunedin - No. 638. Maori Chief. (Photo by N.Z. Tourist Dept.) - No. 1336 Full Blood, Maori Woman (Muir & Moodie) - Fijian Type (72387 J. W. Waters, Suva, Fiji) - Preparing for dinner - The Breakwater, Timaru - Maori Beauties (Photo by Denton) - Greetings to Father and Mother - Half-Moon Bay, Stewart Island, N.Z. - Lake Kanieri, 12 Miles from Hokitika - Wharf, Bluff, N.Z. - The Bluff - Rough Sea - Bluff Harbour - Lake Brunner - Rolleston Glacier. Otira Gorge. N.Z. - Otira Gorge N.Z. - Buller Gorge - Fern Arch, Buller Gorge. N.Z. - Orangipuka Creek. Lake Brunner - Arnold River near Lake Brunner - Mount Earnslaw, Lake Wakatipu, N.Z. - Mount Largs - Head of Lake Te Anau - Lake Te Anau - Lake Hankinson - Middle Fiord - Lake Te Anau - Diamond Lake, Paradise - Lake Te Anau - On Lake Te Anau - Opawa River. Blenheim - Glen Dhu. Lake Wanaka - Ellaline Terriss [portrait] - Bushscenery, Green Point, Bluff - Madras St Bridge Chch - George Friedrich Handel - Coast of Port Erin, Isle of Man - Mount Tasman, 11, 475 feet and Hochstetter Ice Fall Southern Alps N.Z. - Harris Falls. Routburn - Paradise - Spoonbill, & Blue Duck - Shotover Bridge Arthurs Point - Queenstown New Zealand - Heavens Gate. Paradise - The Cattewater, from Smeaton Tower, Plymouth - A backwater at Richmond (Surrey) - A Charming Nook, Recreation Ground, New Plymouth - Ann Hathaway's House - Franz Peter Schubert - Cataract, George Sound, N.Z. - Lion Cubs Age Two Months - Lake Wakatipu - Pigeon Island, Wakatipu, N.Z. - Dunedin - Victoria St. Bridge, Christchurch, N.Z. - Soldiers Monument Mount Gambier - Fijian Fire Walkers Preparing the Oven - Cathedral Square, Christchurch, N.Z. - Horizontal Pillars, Giant's Causeway - Rothesay Castle - Old Stirling Bridge - Bathing Station, Aberdeen - Balmoral Castle - Lake Wakatipu and Remarkables, Queenstown, N.Z. - Solitary Cove, Dusky Sound, N.Z. - Alexandra S. - of Gold Digging Fame - The Avon & Canterbury Rowing Clubs, Christchurch - The Omut, Riverton, 1905 - Dunedin from across Harbour - Miss Nina Boucicault [portrait] And various portraits, including cats and kittens, and Christmas greeting cards. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound postcard album with postcards mounted in precut slits in album leaves. Processing information: Description updated 1 November 2023 following information provided by a staff member/researcher, as part of reparative description work.