Takahe Creek

Date: Between 1959 and 1982

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA12-8855

Description: The first 19 slides are untitled but show mycorrhiza (fungi) on douglas fir roots; the trunk of a "rusty gum", kowhai seeds; bark of several trees including eucalyptus sideroxylon and an oak tree; one jacaranda bloom and jacarnda foliage; hellebore corsicus; hosta leaves; a Judas tree; eucalyptus micocorys; bunya pine tree; twisted maple trunk; Friesian heifers; a eucalyptus maculosa; and wych elm blossom. The last three show the Homestead at Takahe Creek, and a man only identified by Christian name "John" with Rusty the spaniel in the garden. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: Circa 1950s to 1960s

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA12-8857

Description: The first 7 images relate to the farm and homestead at Takahe Creek. The owners are unidentified. They show farm cottages, a surveyor taking bearings, stockwork with a cattle truck in the yard, trucking sheep, the house library, farm bush and sheep yards and cattle. Two portraits show John Canvin and Mr Fitch at Rozel. The next two slides show potato vine flowers, and a fallen tree uprooted. The final 11 slides are portraits of Joan McWhannell with her baby Niel; Helen Anderson; Pat McNicol; and Jill and Mike Carter. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: Circa 1960s

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA12-8856

Description: This collection of slides relate to the farm and homestead at Takahe Creek. The owners are unidentified. An unidentified man and woman are shown. The man was seen in the slides on sheet (PA12-8855), named John. They are accompanied by the spaniel Rusty. One image is a close-up of a man's hand holding a Maori toki (adze). A number of images show the house, including the verandah, and an interior view of the kitchen. Others show parts of the farm and the farm coastline. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm