Parua Bay

Date: ca 1910

From: Robinson, Mr :Photograph albums containing mainly carte de visite portraits and views of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-f-063

Description: Large format photomechanical tourist views of New Zealand taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly published by Wrigglesworth & Binns in "W & B Series". Places shown are listed above. One photograph shows a young maori woman wearing a feather cloak and a hei tiki, and carrying a mere. Other Titles - Robinson III Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 430 x 295mm rebound with blue "Library" marbled covers

Date: 1 Jul 1895-16 Mar 1897

From: Papers relating to Samuel Charles Gower Downard

Reference: MSX-8553

Description: Includes descriptions of boating, fishing, visiting a `big kauri', attending musical performances and a show of the Scottish strongman Donald Dinnie, school, and viewing a partial eclipse of the sun Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms

Date: 1951 - 1959

From: [Tovey, Arthur Gordon], 1901-1974 :[Nine pencil landscape drawings. 1950s].

Reference: C-105-018

Description: Shows an inlet in Whangarei Harbour, with hills on the far shore. There are grid lines over the whole image. This is a preliminary drawing for oil painting done in the 1950s (See Carol Henderson's "A blaze of colour" (Christchurch, 1998), page 217). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on cream paper, 360 x 493 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist's daughter, Carol Henderson, in 2001. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-115.

Date: 20 May 1998 to 06 August 1998 - 20 May 1998 - 06 Aug 1998

By: Deverall, Patsy, active 1999-2015; Rust, Niria Yvonne, 1922-2002; Hawthorne, Raymond, 1936-; Hastedt, Jean Alison, 1938-

Reference: OHColl-0880

Description: Interviews about leading New Zealand potter, art teacher and painter, Yvonne Rust, conducted by Patsy Deverall in 1998. Three interviews with Yvonne Rust describe the Northland Craft Trust, beginnings of her pottery and pottery on the West Coast. Four interviews are with people who knew her as apprentices or students. Subjects include learning to pot, development of pottery in New Zealand from the 1940s-1990s, the nature of art, teaching art at high schools, night classes and pottery schools, sourcing West Coast clay and glazes, developing kilns and studios, and artists of the time such as Barry Brickell, Olivia Spencer Bower, Theo Schoon, Mirek Smisek and Japanese master potter Hamada Interviewees are Jacky Fahey, Jean Hastedt, Raymond Hawthorne, Evelyn Hewlett and Yvonne Rust Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Patsy Deverall Venue - One interview with Yvonne Rust was recorded at her home in Barrytown, West Coast Accompanying material - Article from New Zealand Women's Weekly October 6, 1986 called "Change of direction...at 64" about Yvonne Rust. Northland Craft Trust, Autumn newsletter Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-025056 - OHC-025066 Transcripts: OHA-8293 - OHA-8295 Quantity: 11 C60 cassette(s). 3 transcript(s) edited. 7 interview(s). 11 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available for three interviews only. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Patsy Deverall, Auckland, 2007 Search dates: 1948 - 1998 Processing information: Individual interviews not yet described

Date: 7 Dec 1999

From: Whangarei Heads Millennium oral history project

By: Oxborrow, Nita, 1935-

Reference: OHInt-0528/3

Description: Nita Oxborrow born 1935 recalls her earliest memories of milking, moving house for the Capey family and visits of her paternal grandparents. Refers to her mother [Stella Beasley] who started teaching in 1942 and describes schoolroom and growth of Parua Bay School. Talks about big events in the 1950s, travelling to Whangarei dental clinic, gymkhana at the Clothworthy [farm], development of the area from Whangarei out to the Heads and travelling to visit family in Manuwera, Auckland. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - P Gates Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010760B Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s) (side two). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3816. Search dates: 1999

Date: [1945-1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-157

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1945 and 1949. Series of photographs of Northland towns and places: Whangarei Heads from Parua Bay; Whangarei Heads showing Mt Manaia, Lion Rock & Bream Head with McLeod Bay (on left); Urquharts Bay with Taurikura Bay (on left); baches at Taurikura Bay; Waiwera township & bridge with estuary in foreground); main street of Wellsford; rock formations near Mangonui; Victoria Street, Dargaville (Tonkins on left); main street of Kaikohe (Kings Building on right); main street of Ohaeawai (cash store and drapery on left); Paihia from off-shore; Awanui; Pakanae Valley; Cooper's Beach - Photographer A W Powell. Also: Rotorua Post Office & Municipal Buildings, July 1945; Christmas traffic at corner of Manchester and High Streets, Christchurch, 1949; Queenstown; trout fishing at Dreadnought Pool, upper Waikato River; Matamata showing Bank of Australia and shops, Jan 1946; Kaikoura coast near Parnassus, 1946; Hagley Park in autumn; main street of Tauranga, Dec 1946; Kennedy Park, Hastings; Oriental Bay with people enjoying the beach, Summer 1946/47 Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1847

From: Ivison, Thomas :Sketchbook. 1846-1847

Reference: E-004-045/046

Description: A map spread across two sketchbook pages, showing the Port Whangarei area (with mangroves noted) on the left, Tamaterau left of centre, Parua Bay (here called Kawha Bay), McLeod Bay and Urquharts Bay (here called Tau Ri Kura Bay) and the entrance to the harbour on the far right, with Marsden Point ('Low land') below. Four islands are also named, the largest to the left possibly Limestone Island as Motu Kiore, another as M[otu] Panamaia and two more, closer to Bream Head as M. Karoro and as M. Tapu Extended Title - From Thomas Ivison sketchbook, 1846-1847. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 208 x 131 mm.

Date: ca 1890

Reference: PA4-1105

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a Puriri tree, Parua Bay, Whangarei, taken by L Hanlon Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Remarkable Puriri tree, Parua Bay, Whangarei; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Hanlon - Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1939, 1947-1957

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Wells, Robert Ernest, 1905-2006; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-179

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1939, 1947-1957. Views of Whangarei Heads - McLeod Bay looking towards Urquharts Bay, Parua Bay; Matapouri and Woolley's Bay (holiday homes); Tutukaka harbour; Table Rock (between Waitaruke & Mangonui). Motorcamps - Ruakaka Domain Motor Camp; Coopers Beach Motor Camp; Whangarei Motor Camp at Mair Park; Russell Motor Camp Whangarei Falls; Waipoua River; elevated view of Whangarei; Central Park, Whangarei; headstone at Waimate North churchyard; timber mill at Kaikohe; Waipoua Kauri Forest; Te Matua Ngahere (kauri in Waipoua Forest); Omahuta (kauri); Packwood kauri (between Waipu & Wellsford) Four holiday photographs taken at Mokau Bay, Woolleys Bay and Sandy Bay by R E Wells, Aratapu School, Dargaville, ca 1950s Young Caroline Ann Tinker of Omapere, Hokianga Harbour using a door bell made from a ship's telegraph. Deep sea fishing vessel off Piercy Island, of Cape Brett (R V Francis Smith, Christchurch, photographer) Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 10 May 1982

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-76133-F

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

Date: 9 May 1967

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-66925-F

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

Date: 7 Jan 1985

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-78010-F

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

Date: 24 Jan 1972

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-70052-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 7 Jan 1985

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-78009-F

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

Date: 17 December 1954

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-36572-F

Description: Aerial view of Parua Bay and Kiri Kiri Point, Whangarei Harbour, Northland. Photograph taken 17 December 1954 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date from Whites paper negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 11 x 13.2 cm

Date: 7 Jan 1985

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-78007-F

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

Date: 7 Jan 1985

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-78008-F

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

Date: 9 May 1967

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-66924-F

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

Date: 23 Feb 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-61438-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 7 Jan 1985

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-78006-F

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