Ruakuri Cave

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: [1880s - 1890s?] and [1920s?]

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa

Reference: PA1-o-244

Description: A pocket inside the front cover of this album contains 23 loose photographs of landscapes in New Zealand, many of them Government Publicity Photos. In the South Island various views show Milford and the Milford Track, Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook, and the Buller Gorge. In the North Island there are several views of a group of fallow deer near Featherston; two of geysers at Whakarewarewa; and two of caves in the Waitomo Cave system, showing the underground river in the Aranui Cave, and stalactites in the Ruakuri cave. The main body of the album contains older photographs, circa 1890s, of townscapes in the Wairarapa. Two scenes show groups of Maori performers, one of a posed group of men and women, some holding taiaha and mere; the other of a group of young girls dancing on a podium. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with imitation crocodile skin cover, entitled `Photographs'; 26 x 33 cm

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: [ca1975-ca2004]

From: Nunns, Richard, 1945-2021: Collection

By: Alford, Rachel, active 2005; James, Brian, active 1983

Reference: PAColl-9112-5

Description: Photographs - mostly from the mid 1980s - of a range of instruments (old and new, Maori, Japanese, Chinese, from Pacific Islands and Celtic) being played at events in different parts of New Zealand, by New Zealand and visiting performers. Includes shakuhachi, guqin, a Rarotongan nose flute, a Celtic horn, taonga puoro including a koauau made from koiwi tangata (human bone) and a kete woven by Geneva Gray. Also includes images of performances curated by Allan Thomas in the auditorium of the National Library; copy of the cover for an album `Traditional music of the Maori' with Mrs Wineera of Porirua; the opening of visitor facilities in the Ruakuri Cave at Waitomo; an event in the crater of Mount Tarawera; a workshop at an Auckland teachers training college; expeditions in search of pounamu in the Arahura River valley; a tour by Urban Taniwha. Quantity: 100 colour original photographic print(s). 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 papers (letters and envelopes).

Date: 5 Sep 1953

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

Reference: EP-Science-Geology-Caves-01

Description: New Zealand Speleological Society president, Mr Henry Lambert, lowering himself down a rope ladder on a cliff face, to inspect the bones of Maori chief Taane Tinorau at Ruakuri Cave, Waitomo, Waikato. Photograph taken 5 September 1953, by an unidentified Auckland Star photographer. Publication note - Published in the Evening Post on 8 September 1956 Source of descriptive information - Evening Post caption Arrangement: Print in Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 14, drawer 4, at Science-Geogology-Caves Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 22 x 16.4 cm

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

From: Commons family :Assorted negatives, photographs and postcards relating to the Commons family

By: Hawley, Alfred Sibthorpe, 1866-1935

Reference: PA5-0079

Description: Ruakuri caves, Waitomo, New Zealand taken by A S Hawley on 27 Nov 1908. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 140 mm