Karangarua River

Date: 1850-1890

By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Moberly, Patricia, active 1990s

Reference: PA1-f-207

Description: Album probably compiled by the mountaineer and explorer, A P Harper. Harper was also probably the photographer for many of the prints, especially those of mountains and mountaineering. There are Harper and Ackland family photographs which include interior and exterior views and views of the garden, of Ilam, the family mansion in Christchurch. The other main group of photographs relate to A P Harper's activities as a mountaineer and explorer in the Fox and Franz Joseph glacier regions. Some of the climbers active in the Southern Alps during the 1880s and 1890s are depicted. W S Green and his two Swiss guides, and at least one photograph taken by Green during his unsuccessful attempt to reach the summit of Mount Cook in 1882. Fitgerald, Zurbriggen, Mannering, and Dixon were all men that Harper was associated with as a mountaineer. As an explorer he was associated with Charles Douglas, and there are photographs of Douglas, Leonard Cockayne the botanist, and John Roberts of the Westland district survey. There are also many photographs of the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and gorges of the Southern Alps. Some of the English photographs at the beginning of the album may be associated with A P Harper's brother Charles who became an Anglican priest. He may have been the C C Harper who was at Keble College and Cuddesdon theological college, Oxford. There are two interiors of "C C Harper's room at Keble College", and a number of photographs of family groups taken in the grounds of the vicarage at Patea where Charles Harper was vicar from 1894 to 1900. The album ends with A P Harper and his house at Thames, and more British photographs, in particular several pages of Jersey taken about 1897 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1896-1897

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910; Cundy, Horace Gordon, 1907-1983

Reference: PA1-o-124

Description: Photograph album of West Coast scenes, compiled, and in part photographed by surveyor George John Roberts. Several images show Roberts, including one image of him with L Cockayne and C E Douglas standing on ice at the Bealey in April 1897. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black bound album with cream cotton spine, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32 cm Provenance: Donated by Mr H G Cundy, Palmerston North, 1977. The album was compiled by surveyor George Roberts, uncle of Mr Cundy.

Date: 1885

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Mostly Westland. No 3 Folder. [1885]

Reference: E-178-f-048

Description: Shows river with mountain range in distance Other Titles - Karangarua Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 195 x 329 mm

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: 1896 - 1900

From: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937 :[Collection of views of scenic areas of New Zealand. 1896-1900]

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937

Reference: E-141-q-009

Description: Looking towards a mountain through a river gorge On same sheet as E-141-q-008 Looking down McKerrow Glacier from Douglas Pass Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 116 x 150 mm

Date: 1959-2007

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

Reference: PAColl-10131-4

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1959 to 2007. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are: Senior Sergeant George Christopher Donnelly of Hokitika police; Ivy Harper and Bert Birchfield; Mike Armstrong and Jim Daken; Mary and Heather Cornwell; Charleston coal mine operator Neil Mouat; Mack Heinz; Tex Smith; Mike Armstrong; Henry Heveldt and M Bennett of Nolan's Mill; Garth Graham; meat shooters Mike Bennett and Kevin Blythell; John 'Opo' Angus, the Eggling brothers; helicopter pilot Ben Morris and Les's wife Mary Cleveland; and Johnny Hewer, Claire Easterbrook and Liam Easterbrook in front of the Neils Beach school house. Featured natural environments include the hot springs at Welcome Flat and the Karangarua Valley, River, Ranges, and the view from the Sefton bivouac, Ocean Beach, and Neils Beach, including car wrecks at the rubbish dump. Other images (and series of images) of note include scenes from the Kumara races; environmental damage (slips and road works at Milford Tunnel, Inangahua River road, and Haast and Jackson's Bay area; open face coal mining at Charleston; deer hunting, largely based in Mussel Point; Central Otago Hotels (Cardrona, White Horse, and Vulcan); Post Offices and boxes (St Bathan's, Outram, Ophir, and Dunedin) and a Pacific Films crew on Fox Glacier. Also includes images of James Heveldt's grave (Jackson's Bay), Peregrine Vinyard, a new house in Bannockburn, a girl in a Westport ice cream parlour, women in a Carter's Sawmill shop, a Hokitika cake stall, and various shop fronts and signage in Dunedin, Gore, and on the West Coast. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1975, 1978, 1993-1995, 1997

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11623

Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand and other countries, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in an upright slide container with two rows of slide drawers, comprising 10 slide drawers in total. Slides were arranged in the container largely alphabetically either by bridge or river name, or location name, and possibly also by type of bridge. Slides were physically arranged from top to bottom and across both rows. The container was labelled as follows: "Suspension 1 - part 4 timber truss | part 5-6 | timber truss 7 | miscellaneous 8 | steel iron 8 misc steel/iron some timber truss | 9 Scotland England USA | 10 Wales Australia". Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: Christmas 1959

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

Reference: 1/4-129696-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Karangarua River, xmas 1959, S. Westland. Colour (2 1/4 x 2 1/4). [Stamp no.] 164. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: Christmas 1959

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

Reference: LCI-11-194

Description: Index card reads: Mountaineering. Karangarua River, xmas 1959, S. Westland. Colour (2 1/4 x 2 1/4). [Stamp no.] 164. Quantity: 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index card. Physical Description: Cardboard index card with attached proof print(s), 13 x 19cm

Date: [Circa 1890s]

By: Beattie, John Watt, 1859-1930; Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Roberts, Elizabeth, 1856-1918; Stoner, W

Reference: PA1-o-482

Description: Album of photographs relating to mountains and mountaineering in the Southern Alps. A photograph of George John Roberts, Charles Edward Douglas, and Leonard Cockayne (p 1), was probably taken by George Roberts' wife, who took one of the group at the same time but in different positions (See image at PAColl-5926-13) C H Stonor is seen with "Dr Teichmann" [i.e. Ebenezer Teichelmann] (p 40). Two photographs at the end of the album are of Tasmania, one showing a bush scene with a small waterfall; and one taken by John Watt Beattie of Hobart from the bay. All the inscriptions in the album are hand-written with decorative lettering and patterning. Inscriptions: Album page - W. Stoner, Llanvair, Coronation Rd, South Ascot. Rev. Celsus Kelly Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, black spine; 24.0 cm x 31.5 cm

Date: 1896 - 1900

From: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937 :[Collection of views of scenic areas of New Zealand. 1896-1900]

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937

Reference: E-141-q-003

Description: Looking towards mountains with a swift-flowing river in the foreground On same sheet as E-141-q-002 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Signed: G.N.S. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 98 x 128 mm

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13737a-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Part two of a two-part panorama. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [Circa 1910s-1920s]

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

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-0959-38

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand chiefly taken by Government Publicity photographers. North Island views include the Waitomo Caves system, including the "Waitomo Caves Hostel" (circa 1908); "King Edward's Court" and "Bride's Jewels" in the Ruakuri Cave; and an image of glow-worms. The other main area in the North Island is along the Whanganui River, including small ferry boats, the Makere Houseboat, and a Maori in a dugout canoe. There is one view of Lake Waikaremoana showing the Panekiri Bluff (no. 28); and one view of Seatoun, Wellington, taken circa 1910s. South Island views are chiefly in the Southern Alps and glacier area on the West Coast. The other main region is lake Kanieri, with a number of images of a small boat named "Dorothy". Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1885

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Mostly Westland. No 3 Folder. [1885]

Reference: E-178-f-045

Description: Shows river, vegetation and shingle areas, mountain range in distance Name Cloudy Peak no longer used for this area Other Titles - Karangarua Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 195 x 329 mm

Date: [Circa 1913-1915]

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

By: Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961

Reference: PAColl-0959-14

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps taken circa 1913-1914 by Herbert Otto Frind (H.O.F.). All the views are identified, filed in 12 blue folders. The views are from the following sites: from Malte Brun Hut; below William's Galcier; from Haast Ridge; from maunga Ma; from Montgomery [i.e. Montgomerie]; from Sebastopol; from Ngakanohi Glacier; from Mueller Glacier; from Darby; from Sladden neve; from Barron Saddle; from Scissors; from Bannie; from Tasman Saddle. Image no. 36 shows Austrian/Canadian mountaineer Conrad Kain on the rock arete of Mount Darby. Many of the named physical features are listed above in "places". There are examples of a bergschrund, rock formations, ice caves, and cloud formations. Quantity: 66 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1910s-1930s]

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

By: Joachim, Mary Eleanor, 1874-1957; Theomin, Dorothy Michaelis, 1888-1966

Reference: PAColl-0959-37

Description: Alpine views in the South Island, taken by Miss Joachim (nos. 1-19) and Miss Theomin (nos. 20-50). There are two North Island views taken by Miss Joachim (Papakura Geyser (no. 2), and Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua (no. 9)). Included in this box is a two-page letter to "Mr. Kennedy" signed by Dorothy Theomin. She starts off "I am always so very [proud when you think any of my films are worth turning into slides that I feel the "kindness" is all on your side for the honour you do me in using them...". She also refers to Peter Graham, Mr. Chas. Buchanan and a Mrs. Bickerton. There are also two pages, partially in Miss Theomin's hand-writing, describing a few of her images, though the numbering system in these notes, the pencilled numbers (possibly given by W. A. Kennedy) and the numbers in the typescript inventory all differ from one another. Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1962

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Gough, Robert Philip, 1910-1988; R E Owen (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/19/257/Acc.54943

Description: New Zealand Cadastral Map - Bruce Bay - NZMS 177 Sheet S 78. Published by the Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, under the authority of R P Gough, Surveyor General. Printed by R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington. Manuscript annotations include additional place names inscribed in red ink with references to Government Gazette with year and page number. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on linen-backed paper, with ms annotations, scale 1:63,360 (1 inch to 1 mile), 59 x 74 cm

Date: 20 March 2008

From: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Photographs of the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, Inangahua, Mount Ngauruhoe, and various New Zealand locations

Reference: PADL-002139

Description: Single span suspension bridge on SH6 across Karangarua River. With a 130-metre span, it is the longest single-span suspension bridge still in use in New Zealand. Descriptive text supplied by Simon Nathan. Title supplied by photographer. Arrangement: File was delivered in a digital folder titled "SN West Coast". Quantity: 1 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13736-F

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

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13735-F

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