White-fronted tern
Birds on Kapiti Island, and on Chatham Islands
Date: 1983-1984
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: PA12-6504
Description: Bellbird and nest of chicks, Kapiti island, November 1984. Birds on the Chatham Islands, photographed in October 1983. These include: Weka. Chatham Island Robin (Black Robin). Little Blue Penguin (Korara). White-fronted Tern (Tara). Chatham Island Tomtit. Shore Plover (Tuturuata). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.
Sound recordings of white-fronted tern (Tara), Sterna striata
Date: 12 Oct 1984 - 1 Nov 1984 - 01 Nov 1984
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: OHInt-0834-112
Description: Two tracks: Adult breeding pairs, South East Island, Chatham Group. Track 1: Reaction to recordist near breeding colony; flying and landing in vicinity of nest sites; distance 4m; Whaler's Bay, east end; short turf and ground cover; background occasional black backed gulls; weather fine mild, strong NW wind; recorded 12 Oct 1984, 1000 hrs. Track 2: Territory calls; sitting on or by nesting sites; rocky shore; background sea, red-billed gulls; weather fine mild, few clouds, SW wind; recorded 1 Nov 1984, 0900 hrs. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-1680 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 2 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other see catalogue cards 286. Search dates: 1984
Travel in New Zealand
Date: December 1958 to April 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
Reference: PA12-8797
Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand between 1958 and 1959. This sheet of slides relating to the flax industry at Waihue with flax fibre drying, and being transported on a truck; views of the Kawerau Pulp and Paper Mill (nos. 632-634); the Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill (nos. 636-640); and birds seen in New Zealand including the Australian native black swan, the grey duck, white-fronted tern, erect-crested penguin, kiwi, pukeko and wandering albatross. Slides on this sheet are numbered 628-650 with one gap where no. 647 was removed for lectures on New Zealand. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slide (no. 647) showing a notornis (takahe) for his representative collection on New Zealand used in a lecture series when he returned to England. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Terns. 1990]
Date: 1990
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-116
Description: Shows a pair of adult white-fronted terns and a juvenile; a black-fronted tern in summer, and an Eastern little tern. Description details appear on tracing paper overlay. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Sea and shore birds of New Zealand" (1990). This image appears on page 46 of this book. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 300 x 205 mm, with tracing paper overlay.
Power, Elaine, 1931- :Terns [1990]
Date: 1990
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-115
Description: Shows studies of terns in flight, a little tern, and a white-fronted tern chick. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Sea and shore birds of New Zealand" (1990). This image appears on page 45 of this book. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet 297 x 210 mm.