Hobsonville

Date: Apr 1936

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21439-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 19 Jul 1939

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21530-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Apr 1940

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21532-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White 2010 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1989

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[32 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star in March and April, 1989.]

Reference: A-225-170

Description: Cartoon shows the prows of three frigates flying New Zealand flags. Their names are written on the prows. Other Titles - March In 1989 there was a national reorganisation of local government and some local bodies were amalgamated. Hobsonville and Whenuapai became part of Waitakere City. Papakura became part of a larger area. The implication of the cartoon may be that the amalgamation allowed cost-cutting which would contribute towards funds for the purchase of the frigates. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on card 170 x 265 mm.

Date: 1941-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-194

Description: Series of interior and exterior photographs of various Dental Sections in NZ taken 1945. Include: Woodbourne; Trentham Camp Dental Hospital; Whenuapai; Burnham; HMS Philomel; Hobsonville. Various captioned photographs. Includes: NZDC POW dental section at Oflag V B, Biberach, Germany; 2 NZEP IP (Treasury Island, Bourail, Green Island); Vella Lavella; senior dental officers in New Caledonia; officers of 10 MOB Dental Section, 1944 (named); group of medical and dental staff BHQ 30 NZ Bn, Nissan Island; group photo of Dental Section, Pacific Area (unidentified); 22 Field Ambulance; Dental Section CCS Guadalcanal, AWWS HQ Guadalcanal; No 1 Max-Fac Dental Section, 4 Gen Hospital, New Caledonia; ATD Camp, Nemeara Valley; Dental Section RNZAF Station, Espiritu Santo; mobile dental section, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal ; Fiji detachment, 1944; Base Hygiene Section; Bougainville staff and surgery, 1944-1945; Field force exercises, 1941-1942; prosthetic truck; aerial view of mobile Dental Section area at Guadalcanal and plan of the area; aerial view of 10 MOB Dental Section HQ, Port Cruz, Guadalcanal; group photo of staff at Bn HQ; Lt Col O E L Rout and staff at Dental HQ; No 2 Max-Fac Dental Section. No 2 NZCCS, Guadalcanal; dental mechanics at work at an under-canvas dental hospital; Field dentistry at 53rd [?] Tank camp at Nissan; embarkation from New Caledonia to Guadalcanal, 1943 (group photo); 6 Squadron RNZAF 1945 (staff at Halavas); Dental Section at Emirau 1944-1945 (groups named and camp site). Quantity: 275 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1943

By: Revfeim, K J, active 1943-1976

Reference: MS-Papers-9967

Description: Comprises exercise book of notes by Revfeim of plan for guidance system of the V-2 rocket, with marked assignment re same, and clipping re V-1 flying bomb with illustration of device Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr K J Revfeim, Ngaio, Wellington, May 1976

Date: 1885

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: E-964-q-013

Description: Shows a paddle steamer on the water in Hobsonville. There is dense bush down to the water's edge and no visible sign of houses in view Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Hobsonville Auckland [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - M Wykes [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on wove paper, 126 x 197 mm (image)

Date: 21 Feb 1996

From: Holyoake Biography Project

By: Scott, William John, 1916-2001

Reference: OHInt-0343-5

Description: William John Scott was born in Te Awamutu, in 1916. Discusses family's Scotish origins and early emigration to New Zealand. Outlines early education at Mount Albert Grammar and states he was the first old boy of the school to enter parliament. Talks about father's tuberculosis and treatment. Outlines work in Pironga, purchase of Hobsonville farm in 1937, ownership until 1972 and developing the farm. Recalls changing electoral boundaries in 1954 to include Hobsonville in the new Rodney electoral district. Talks about positions held within the National Party and as Rodney MP during the 1950s and 1960s. Recounts decision to leave politics in 1969. Describes the rift evident between Keith Holyoake and deputy prime minister Jack Marshall. Discusses work with farmers and the manufacturing lobby. Talks about Walter Nash, the 1960 election, time as chief whip, travel, and the capital punishment debate. Describes Keith Holyoake in his role as Prime Minister. Talks about portfolios held including broadcasting, Government Printing Office and Marine. Outlines work with Tom Shand and the seafaring unions. Discusses fellow MPs Robert Muldoon in role as finance minister and education minister Arthur Kinsella. Outlines involvement with the establishment of Radio Hauraki, including the court case and licensing issues and their relocation offshore. Touches on later position as chairman of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust from 1969 to 1972 after retirement from politics. Interviewer(s) - David Young Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012371, OHC-012372, OHLC-006871, OHLC-006872 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4187.

Date: 10 Mar 2004

From: MOTAT: Aviation memories oral history project

By: Curtis, Douglas, 1919-2008

Reference: OHInt-0767-05

Description: Interview with Doug (Douglas) Curtis, born in Hastings in 1919. Recalls joining the Air Force in August 1939 and being sent to Levin and then to Hobsonville where he learnt to pack parachutes and to repair fabric work on aircraft. Refers to being sent to Ohakea and then to Nadi Base, Fiji in November 1940, which was then just a flat field with no runway, hangars or barracks. Mentions the base had Repeater and Tiger Moth aircraft, which had to be sheltered in dugouts during hurricanes. Comments the Repeaters were used for surveillance, and that they had more De Havilland four engine planes after the hurricanes. Mentions his term of duty was extended to 2 1/2 years, with the number of planes at the base climbing to seventy. Refers to an American base being built nearby, and American planes refuelling en route to Australia. Comments on guarding the runway at Nadi and threatening to shoot Americans who cut across it. Talks about the Americans being very lenient with equipment. Discusses being in Fiji when Singapore fell, and having been sent to Singapore in a Flying Boat. Comments on the monotony of base life, coral poisoning, and sugar trains. Recalls catching buses, Indian shops, walking into the bush, and being taken to Fijian villages. Talks about returning to New Zealand by sea in April 1943 and going back to Hastings until he was sent to Onerahi and then to Hobsonville where he saw WAFs for the first time. Refers to supervising five women who packed parachutes and repaired fabric. Mentions attending a safety equipment course in Nelson and then looking after safety equipment at Hobsonville. Comments on how he found out the war was over, having leave, and marrying three days later. Abstracted by - Jean Ford Interviewer(s) - Roger Munns Accompanying material - RNZAF From Ground Level One Airman's Views and Experiences - Doug Curtis, filed with abstract OHA-5120 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014158, OHC-014159 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (35 Kilobytes). 1 digital photograph(s) (608 Kilobytes, jpeg). 1 interview(s). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5120, OHDL-000228. Digital photograph of Doug Curtis in his home, 2004 (MOTAT photograph) Search dates: 1919 - 1939 - 2004 - 1945

Date: 16 Feb 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Takle, Florence May, 1920-2017

Reference: OHInt-0827-14

Description: Interview with Florence May (Maisie) Takle (nee Younger), born Taumarunui, 23 July 1920. Talks about her mother's French family history, and her father's Scottish background. Briefly describes her education, leaving school at 13, working as a machinist, and marrying Ken Younger in 1940 before he was sent overseas. Refers to joining the Red Cross VAD (Volunteer Aid Detachment) and being posted to a military annex attached to Auckland Hospital at Ellerslie racecourse. Talks about enlisting in the Air Force in 1941, being sent to Rotorua, posted to Rongotai base as a nurse, and later to Hobsonville. Discusses the uniform, sharing accommodation, ward duties, leave and not being allowed to wear her wedding ring. Refers to the tensions between American troops and New Zealand servicemen. Recalls air raid drills at Hobsonville, and checking medical kits on aircraft. Mentions not having much contact with other WAAFs apart from ambulance drivers. Describes leaving the Air Force once she heard unofficially that her husband was on his way home. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015252, OHC-015253 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.31 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5531 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. Accompanied by photocopies of two photographs of Maisie Takle, in Red Cross VAD uniform and in WAAF uniform Search dates: 1920 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: [ca 1930s-ca 1985]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10010-011

Description: Aerial photographs taken by Leo White and Whites Aviation between the 1930s and circa 1985. Images show Auckland region, particularly Howick. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in sets according to location. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Most of the Whites Aviation negatives have been digitised and images are searchable by Record title and by Whites Aviation reference number e.g. WA-12345..

Date: 24 October 1945

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

Reference: PAColl-10612-12

Description: Vickers Vildebeest NZ102 biplane inside a hangar at the Hobsonville air base. Photograph taken by Auckland Star. Copy negative made with reference number 154634-1/2 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1926-1928

From: Earle, Laurence Edward, 1896-1980: Photograph album and negatives relating to Earle's work with the Public Works Department

Reference: PAColl-10723

Description: Unbound photograph album and pages comprises photographs of hydroelectric power and electricity transmission, probably taken by Laurence Earle from 1926 to1928. Photographs are mainly of completed and under construction work for hydroelectric dams and electricity pylons (known at the time as 'towers').The album also contains photographs of powerhouses around the North Island, scenic images taken on location, and worker's campsites. Images of fieldwork include in-construction and erection of electricity towers at Hobsonville, East Tamaki, Greenhithe, Penrose-Takapuna, Panmure and Bombay; as well as cabling installation, bullock teams, survey equipment, construction equipment and dredging machinery. Hydroelectric dam images feature pipelines, dam spillways, dam walls and turbines. Photographs with interior and/or exterior views of powerhouses include the Waikaremoana power scheme, the Arapuni Dam, and Penrose substation. Scenic landscape views include Rangiriri swamp, Waihi, Waiau river and gorge, Mangaore and Poutere lake. Most photographs have accompanying caption inscriptions, ranging from 1926 to 1928, which describe locations, structures, campsites, and bridges. Some photographs feature workers at campsites, or working on tower construction and/or undertaking fieldwork. Photocopy of Mangahao dam diversion tunnels scheme, which accompanied the album on arrival, held in Photographic Archive backfile. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: The album pages have been kept in their original order by the archivist. Quantity: 88 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on unbound album pages. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera photographic album cover. Physical Description: Unbound photograph album with navy blue cover and bound spine, 29.5 x 24 cm, with loose pages. Processing information: As the album pages on arrival were partially separated from the cover, the Conservation staff have separated the album cover from the pages. The cover has been cleaned and retained with the pages for storage.

Date: 1937

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-AVH-05-08-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation or predecessor. Title taken from original enclosure. Arrangement: Original box labelled "Union Airways| Electras Arrival| N.Z. Flights 1937" and "HR White Personal". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 1/4 plate. Processing information: Description created from original item housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.

Date: 1911 - 1914

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

By: Clark's Patent Blocks Ltd; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1911-02

Description: A flier advertising a damp-proof ceramic block manufactured by R O Clark. The eight photographs show: Warkworth Town Hall (architect A B Herrold), Clark's own residence ("Gentleman's suburban residence"), a four-roomed cottage, Rodney County offices, a residence under construction in Epsom (Architect A L Ferneyhough), a store in Theatre Lane Auckland (Architect A L Ferneyhough), a six-roomed residence in Hobsonville, and a cottage at Birkdale. The premises of Clark's Patent Blocks Ltd were at No 2, Second Floor, Endean's Building, Queen Street, Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 232 x 308 mm.

Date: 1938-1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-056

Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Hy A.A. site, Clarence Street, Auckland (Series 3/3); Moturoa Island, Bay of Islands showing general views of gun positions and camp (Series 13/6); Petone Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 16/18); Hokitika Drill Hal, 1938 (Series 8/7); Huntly Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 8/8); Kauri Point, Auckland showing bomb stores and magazine area, 1943 (Series 11/2); Takapuna Fort at Narrow Neck (Series 14/2); Hobsonville aerodrome showing general views, bomb stores, Hy.A.A. position (Series 8/2); Linton Military Camp showing general Kairanga area (Series 12/2); Harington Point, Otago Peninsula showing battery position (Series 8/1); Maraetai Bay, Sounds Defences showing camp, landing jetty, gun position, magazine, water reservoir (Series 13/3); Mount Pleasant showing general view including Lyttelton Harbour and Hy.A.A. position (Series 13/8); Paeroa Drill Hall and army officers accommodation, 1938 (Series 16/19); Mototapu Island showing army camp site and magazine (Series 13/15); Massey Memorial, Wellington, 1942 showing Mt Crawford Prison, Scorching Bay, Seatoun area (Series 13/7); Masterton showing USMC Solway (Camp No 14) and Memorial Park (Camp No 15) (Series 13/10); Morrinsville Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 13/12); Milton Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 13/11); Levin Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 12/3/1); Nelson showing A.A. Golf Course camp, gun positions, army office, drill hall and band room, general view of Nelson aerodrome and old magazine in Gov. Grounds (Series 14/3) Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1942-1944

By: Howell, Althea M, active 1944

Reference: PAColl-6627

Description: Photographs of W.A.L. Althea M Howell (W2941) and colleagues (including Thea Harris) in the WAAF in Auckland, Hobsonville and Te Rapa, 1942-1944. Chiefly group portraits of WAAF's in uniform, but also includes one of tennis players and one of a marching team. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: Bowden, Beverley, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-3704

Description: Voyage to NZ on Rangitane Dec 1939 - Jan 29 1940, RNZAF at Hobsonville, Rongotai, Bougainville. Quantity: 23 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (ie photocopies made from album deposited on loan for copying).

Date: 25 May 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13125a-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Apr 1936

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-21427-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches