Orongorongo Valley

Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1947-1955

By: Shaw, Geoffrey Conrad, active 1947-1966

Reference: PAColl-6596

Description: 14 photographs of tramping huts and general views: Waerenga hut and Baines hut in the Orongorongo valley; Flora hut on Mt Arthur; ATC huts on Mt Ruapehu and Moumoukai valley; Ketetahi hut on Mt Tongariro; Black Horse Hotel in Nelson; Upper Takaka Hotel, Takaka; a view of Collingwood; two views of the Hutt Valley from the Wainuiomata Hill; band playing in the sound shell at Wellington Botanic Gardens; a street in Kawhia; a hotel in Upper Takaka; and a view of Wellington from Brooklyn. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018137 to 018150 Quantity: 14 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1979

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington Regional Water Board

Reference: MapColl-WRC-C10/6C-Acc.

Description: Identifies D S I R reserved area, permit area and restricted area Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale ca 1: 30 000, 48 x 56 cm.

Date: 1950-1982

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 2010-184-14

Description: Box contains six collated, mounted and bound volumes of newspaper clippings relating to the Eastern Bays, Wellington. Volumes cover Somes Island, Wainuiomata, Orongorongo, Eastbourne, Mahina Bay, Pencarrow and Turakirae (1950-1980, 1953-1976, 1953-1979, 1963-1974, 1972-1982). Interleaved in the volumes are handwriten research notes, typescript correspondence, photographs and items of ephemera. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Printed material, mss, typescripts, photographs & ephemera

Date: 1913

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1224

Description: Mainly a series of holidays, tramping trips, and local excursions. The first is a trip to the head of Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound via the Milford track. It begins on the road between Glenorchy and Paradise, then through the valley of the Route Burn River to the Hollyford Valley where the party camped on the shores of Lake Howden. From there they passed Lakes Fergus and Gunn into the Eglinton River Valley and on to Te Anau, and then onto the Milford track to Milford Sound via the Clinton River Valley. Images on the way include Mount Balloon, Mount Elliott, Routeburn Hut, and Lake Ada. There is a view of Mitre Peak, Mount Tutoko, and the Pembroke Glacier from Milford Sound. The second series relates to a camping trip to Wanganui and the Whanganui River. This includes a game of golf and visiting friends in St John's Hill. There are views of the party's camp and a number of images taken during a canoeing trip up the Whanganui River in what looks like a Maori dug out canoe. Two other images in this group are of men standing beside the trigs on Mounts Holdworth and Dundas in the Tararua Ranges. The third series is of family and friends at home in Eastbourne and in the bush at Muritai; Girdlestone, a friend, and two women on motor cycles on the coast road; views of Eastbourne from the hills above the suburb; women on the beach and reading at home. The fourth series relates to a trip to the Volcanic Plateau during which the party climbed Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. There are two group photographs of the whole party, one taken in front of the Waihohonu Hut, and the other on the summit of Mount Ruapehu. The fifth series shows a party of men and women on a walk and a picnic in the beach forest in Gollan's Valley near Eastbourne. The sixth series is a record of a holiday to Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds taken by a group of men over Christmas 1913. There are views of the sounds and surrounding landscape, of Portage where the party stayed, and of boat and fishing trips that they made during their stay. The seventh series is of a tramping trip to the Orongrongo River Valley. The views are of native forest, the river and the mountains, and one of two men boiling a billy beside their tent in the bush. The eighth series consists of two photographs of the wreck of the "Devon" on the rocks at Pencarrow Heads, Wellington harbour. This occured on the 25th of August 1913. The ninth series is a group of photographic postcards of the Te Anau, Milford region, and probably relate to the trip recorded at the beginning of this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1944-1945

By: New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force; Evatt, Gerald Sinclair, 1906-1981

Reference: PAColl-0338

Description: Photographs of the Japaneses capitulation in South East Asia and the Pacific, particularly Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. They include a number of photographs of Japanese prisoners of war being marched to camps; the signing of surrender documents by Australian officers; painting Japan Surrenders on the underside of RAAF plane wings to inform Japanese forces; the announcement of the Japanese surrender by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in Singapore; the Duke of Gloucester, Governor General of Australia, visiting troops; a Japanese tank on fire; and earlier photographs of Allied forces on Bougainville in 1944. The photographs are nearly all official Royal New Zealand Air Force and are captioned on the reverse. Also included with the collection is a copy of New Zealand Freemason frm May 1977 which includes a photograph of the NZEF Masonic Association meeting in 1918 in France.. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-105

Description: Photographs taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Contains images related to Paraparaumu shopping malls, including Coastlands and Copperfield. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: December 1970

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

Reference: 35mm-103427

Description: Negative film strip contains five frames numbered 6 to 10. Related index card reads: Portraits. Sixth Form at Marsden School with Mary Cleveland on trip to Orongorongo Valley, December 1970. [Stamp no.] 256. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103426 to 35mm-103429 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 1-299x..

Date: December 1970

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

Reference: 35mm-103428

Description: Negative film strip contains five frames numbered 11 to 15. Related index card reads: Portraits. Sixth Form at Marsden School with Mary Cleveland on trip to Orongorongo Valley, December 1970. [Stamp no.] 256. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103426 to 35mm-103429 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 1-299x..

Date: December 1970

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

Reference: 35mm-103426

Description: Negative film strip contains five frames numbered 1 to 5. Related index card reads: Portraits. Sixth Form at Marsden School with Mary Cleveland on trip to Orongorongo Valley, December 1970. [Stamp no.] 256. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103426 to 35mm-103429 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 1-299x..

Date: December 1970

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

Reference: 35mm-103429

Description: Negative film strip contains four frames numbered 16 to 19. Related index card reads: Portraits. Sixth Form at Marsden School with Mary Cleveland on trip to Orongorongo Valley, December 1970. [Stamp no.] 256. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103426 to 35mm-103429 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 1-299x..

Date: ca 1949

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

Reference: 1/4-129155-F

Description: Related index card reads: People. Wellington, c. 1949. L. Cleveland (centre) with Paddy Gunn (left) in Stag Hut, Orongorongo Valley. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: ca 1949

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

Reference: LCI-01-263

Description: Index card reads: People. Wellington, c. 1949. L. Cleveland (centre) with Paddy Gunn (left) in Stag Hut, Orongorongo Valley. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index card. Physical Description: Cardboard index card with attached proof print(s), 13 x 19cm

Date: December 1970

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

Reference: LCI-01-299X

Description: Index card reads: Portraits. Sixth Form at Marsden School with Mary Cleveland on trip to Orongorongo Valley, December 1970. [Stamp no.] 256. Quantity: 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index card. Physical Description: Cardboard index card with attached proof print(s), 13 x 19cm

Date: 1879

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-005

Description: Two sketches. The upper view shows part of the East Coast, possibly near the East Cape, viewed from the sea. The lower view is from the land, looking north along the path from Eastbourne towards Orongorongo, with a man and two horses passing between rocky outcrops at the foot of the hill rising to the left Other Titles - Palliser Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1989

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-WRC-R27-10,000/5.4-Acc.

Description: Identifies Wainuiomata, Pencarrow, Rimutaka State Forest Park and Orognorongo Base map published by New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Ink on black paper. Scale [ca 1: 10, 000] 83 x 59 cm. Provenance: Purchased on 15 Mar 1989

Date: 1969

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to tramping, tramping clubs in New Zealand]

By: Tararua Tramping Club; Ross, John C (Dr), 1938-

Reference: Eph-A-TRAMPING-1969-01

Description: Certificate souvenir of the Tararua Tramping Club's 50th anniversary walk. Shows a large gold 50 at top right, superimposed on two edelweiss plants. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on card, 123 x 202 mm. Transfers: From Book Collections -.

Date: [ca 1910-1986]

From: Nelson, Royal Cullen, 1897-1988 : Papers, mainly relating to scouting

Reference: MSZ-1303

Description: Mainly photographs, correspondence, postcards, greeting cards, receipts, certificates, and other ephemera. Material relating to Gjerson family (later known as Nelson); Jaeger family; World War I (including concert on board Mamari); St Augustine's Petone Boy Scouts; scouting history (1908-1950s); Brookfield Scout Camp; Crowther family and Mary Ursula Crowther (d 1958); Palliser Bay photographs (including Mukamuka); Burdan's farm; personal records re school, war and scouting; R L Button & Co re pension scheme. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 16 March 2016

From: Herpetofauna researchers of New Zealand oral history project

By: McCahon, Shona, active 2005-2014

Reference: OHInt-1217-01

Description: Interview with Ben Bell conducted by Shona McCahon. Topics covered include: childhood and schooling England; his early interest in biology, ornithology and herpetology; studies at the University of Nottingham; Christianity; teaching at University of Leicester; immigration to New Zealand in 1969; working at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR); teaching and research at Victoria University of Wellington (1976-2012), and Bell’s work researching frogs. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 8 digital sound recording(s). 5 Electronic document(s). 2 digital photograph(s). Search dates: 2016

Date: 08 Nov 2011 - 9 Dec 2012

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000826

Description: Comprises photographs taken between 8 November 2011 to 9 December 2012 by Dylan Owen of infastructure designed to improve the environment. Includes scenes taken in Wellington region, the Electric Vehicles Charging Station on Featherston Street, a possum trap on a tree and an empty ground predator trap in Wainuiomata bush, the recycle bins at the Wellington City rubbish dump, sign 'Health Warning Sewer Outfall' beside coast, Titahi Bay, rail bridge over stream leading to train tunnel and train shed next to turnpoint in Orongorongo Wainui water catchment area, birds at Waiwhetu Stream (stream with new concrete banks), and a high angle view of the predator wire fence around Zealandia, Karori. Includes interiors and exterior views of second hand goods on display and the recycle bins, Wanaka Recycling Centre. Arrangement: Files delivered to library within a folder called "Environment 2012" Quantity: 13 digital photograph(s).