Colombo Plan

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-115

Description: Photographs related to political parties, political aid, and controls, 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 government investigations, including the Royal Commission to Inquire into Accident Compensation. Includes images related to the Asian and Pacific Council (ASPAC). Images relating to political patries are arranged alphabetically from C to V Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: June 1966-January 1967

By: Grant, Alastair, 1938-

Reference: ATL-Group-00220

Description: Photographs taken by Alastair Grant between 1966-1967 throughout his first term with the New Zealand Civilian Surgical Team during the Vietnam War. Images predominantly show the daily life of Binh Dinh Province Hospital, Qui Nhon, and the work of the New Zealand Civilian Surgical team, including portraits of the patients and their families, New Zealand and Vietnamese medical staff, casualties in the wards, and surgery. Other images depict daily life in Qui Nhon and landscape and coastal views of the surrounding environs. Also includes photographs taken during a field trip to Dak To Base Camp in the Central Highlands, and during a leave period spent in Hong Kong. Comprises film negatives with matching contact sheets, sets of loose photographic prints developed from some of the film negatives, and colour slides. Alastair Grant used his photographs for his presentations to the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. Some of his photographs were published in the Evening Post newspaper in 1967 on his return. Dates, descriptive information, and identification of persons are taken from information supplied by Alastair Grant. Photographs were taken by Alastair Grant on his on his Canon Dial camera. All photographic materials were developed in 1966. The film negatives and photographic prints were developed in Qui Nhon by a local Vietnamese business. The colour slides were developed by Kodak in San Francisco. Alastair Grant developed the contact sheets himself. Record titles have been supplied by the Library. Arrangement: Loose photographic prints were delivered in sets bound by rubber bands. The sets appear to contain images taken in the same locations or of the same subjects. The slides were in a box. This order was preserved by the archivist. The contact sheets and 35mm film negatives were delivered together in an unlabelled office ringbinder. Each contact sheet shows images from six of the negative film strips. The relationship between the contact sheets and film negatives has been recorded by the archivist by noting the Library reference number of a contact sheet in the record for the associated 35mm negative strip and vice versa. Surgeon and photographer Alastair Grant worked two terms with the New Zealand Civilian Surgical Team during the Vietnam War in 1966-1967 and 1972. Grant had worked at Tauranga Hospital before his time in Vietnam as had some of his colleagues. A keen photographer from childhood, he documented his experiences between June 1966 to January 1967 when he was based at Binh Dinh Province Hospital and living at Capitol House in Qui Nhon. A major focus was to document the conditions at the hospital. During his first term Grant did a job swap which resulted in a week long field trip to the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Quantity: 226 b&w original photographic print(s). 402 b&w original negative(s) on 61 x 35mm negative strips. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) contact sheets for the 35mm negative strips. 25 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints, black and white 35mm film negative strips, and colour transparency slides in card mounts Transfers: Contact sheets and film negatives were housed separately for conservation reasons.. Processing information: The original housing for the film negatives was not of conservation standard and was not retained. Not all names are indexed. In July 2020 Alastair Grant viewed the contact sheets and colour transparencies to identify the image content. The archivist has included the full details of information supplied by Alastair Grant in the descriptive records for the matching negatives strips, and in records for the colour transparencies. Where possible the archivist has identified the relationship between individual prints made from some of the negatives in the descriptive records. Where Grant identified New Zealand persons, the negative frame number or reference number of the relevant print is written in the scope and contents field of the descriptive record.

Date: 1970 - 1974

From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]

Reference: Eph-A-INTERNATIONAL-1970/1974

Description: Includes pamphlets and fliers relating to: African liberation movements Cambodia Chilean refugees China Colombo Plan. 23rd Consultative Committee meeting. Wellington, 27 November - 6 December 1973 New Zealand-Australia Cooperation New Zealand-Israel Association Northern Ireland Operation 21; youth against hunger Overseas Development Committee Portuguese in Africa Rhodesia South Africa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1955-1971

By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002

Reference: PA-Group-00375

Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.

Date: May 1954

By: Morehouse, Ward, active 1954

Reference: MS-Papers-0874

Description: Source of title - Title page Paper presented at a Conference on Asian Affairs, New York in May 1954. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (85 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 7 August, 2 September 1983 - 07 Aug 1983 - 02 Sep 1983

From: New Zealand Nursing Education and Research Foundation oral history project

By: Shadbolt, Yvonne Telford, 1933-; Walton, Alice May, 1906-1988

Reference: OHInt-0014/171

Description: Alice May Walton registered as a nurse at Waihi Hospital 1927. Did maternity training at Whakatane, 1928 and midwifery training at St Helen's Hospital, Wellington, 1935. Talks about: her nursing experience in Fiji; District health nursing at Tokomaru Bay; Nurse Inspector at Timaru; her involvement with the Colombo Plan Assignment, Indonesia, 1954 and her experience as a nurse at Mount Eden Prison. Mentions Miss Lambie. Miss Elizabeth Orbell contributes occasionally. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Other - limited biographical information available Interviewer(s) - Yvonne Shadbolt Venue - 25 Seaside Avenue, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000120, OHC-005221; OHLC-002863; OHLC-002864; OHLC-004350; OHLC-005208 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 8 August 1984 - 08 Aug 1984

From: New Zealand Nursing Education and Research Foundation oral history project

By: Orbell, Elizabeth Bamford, 1912-2010; Shadbolt, Yvonne Telford, 1933-

Reference: OHInt-0014/129

Description: Elizabeth Bamford Orbell trained as a nurse in Christchurch. Recalls story of Nurse Maude; influence of Miss Lambie; attitudes and values of period, 1936-1950 and nursing education in same period; development of new curriculum; experiences at Post Graduate School for nurses (1955); experiences, in India (1951) under Colombo Plan, Boston (1959, 1960), work on UNICEF projects (1960) and education project in Kenya and Uganda (1965) for WHO. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Other - limted biographical information available Interviewer(s) - Yvonne Shadbolt Venue - Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005222-005223; OHLC-005209-005210 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 21 Sep 1999

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Thompson, Richard Huberht Thurlow, 1924-

Reference: OHInt-0427-22

Description: Richard Huberht Thurlow Thompson born London 1924, family emigrated to New Zealand 1926. Gives family background - father, Russell Thurlow Thompson was on church paper, The Challenge. Recalls childhood, in Lower Hutt, Wellington and Christchurch. Reflects on education at Canterbury University and discusses involvement with Student Christian Movement and refers to John Johnson. Describes Theological College and licentiate in theology and experience as a lecturer at Otago University and then Canterbury University. Recalls being Dominion Secretary for International Student Service World Student Relief (ISSWSR), an offshoot of World Student Christian Federation and recalls commencement of the Colombo Plan. Describes link with Quakers from 1940, being pacifist in war time. Refers to Philip Thorne, Amy Thorne, Reginal Hughes, Mrs Page and the Sutherland family. Mentions marriage; birth of children; registering for PhD at Birmingham University and rejection of thesis `The Church Hesitant' a study of 4 Anglican parishes; return to New Zealand and involvement in 1959 with protests - sports & South Africa with reference to HART (Halt all Racist Tours). Mentions Patrick Duncan, editor of Liberal paper and Denis Brutus (leading figure in protest movement in South Africa). Backgrounds career in local government which ended in 1980. Refers to standing with John McKenzie. Discusses: Hillsborough Residents Association and introduction of Ward System; Amalgamation of Heathcote & Peninsular; Regional Planning Authority; Museum Trust Board; Old Stone House Trust Board and Cashmere High School Board of Governors. Recalls producing 50 reports as Councillor to 1980. Accompanying material - Typed list of Richard Thompson's publications Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007447-007449 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1881, 000811.

Date: 17 February 1967

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

Reference: EP/1967/0580-F

Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "Mrs Chanthouma Souvannakhilya, a Colombo Plan student from Laos, who arrived in Wellington this week, and one of her countrymen, Mr Chittavoravong Saly, who has been in New Zealand a year and now has returned home." Photographs taken on 17 February 1967 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1958-1963

From: Pedersen, Doris Taur, 1907-2001 :Photographs relating to Doris Pedersen's career in nursing

Reference: PAColl-6809-4

Description: Group photographs of students and teachers at the Post Graduate School of Nursing, Wellington. Many of the images are of graduation ceremonies and the attendant social events. One group of snaps records a tramping trip taken by nursing students. Many of the students are from South East Asia studying in New Zealand under the Commonwealth Colombo Plan Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1967-1969

From: Parry, Margaret Joy, 1935-2003: Photographs of events relating to Māori and papers relating to Te Ao Hou

Reference: PAColl-8969-1

Description: Events recorded in this collection include: Coronation Hui, May 1967. Maori Women's Welfare League conference, Tauranga, July 1967. Regatta on the Waikato River, March 1968. Visit of East Coast parents to Parliament, August 1967. Photo of hei tiki on feather cloak. Coronation Hui, Tekuiti, May 1968. Unveiling at Watene grave, June 1968. Ringatu Hui, July 1968. Weaving workshop run by Miria Simpson, August 1968. Bible Society event, August 1968. Seminar associated with the consecration of an Anglican Bishop, October 1968. Ratana Hui, November 1968. Rapaki Hui, 22 May 1969. Coronation hui, June 1969. Maori Women's Welfare League conference, Gisborne, July 1969. Cloak sample, 1969. Young Maori man and woman of the year, 1969. Arrival of and farewell to a group of visiting American Indians, April 1969. Colombo Plan students, February 1969. Quantity: 68 b&w original photographic print(s) proof sheets.

Date: 13 Feb 1960

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

Reference: EP/1960/0551-2-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 14 February 1962

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

Reference: EP/1962/0448

Description: Mr Fidel Madlansacay of the Philippines receives a presentation of books from the Prime Minister, Mr Holyoake, for being the 1000th student to New Zealand under the technical assistance programme of the Colombo Plan. Mr Madlansacay, who will attend Massey Agricultural College to study pastoral and dairy management, presents Mr Holyoake with a length of material. Photographed 14 February 1962 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.7 x 5.7 cm

Date: 11 May 1993

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Knight, Katherine Mary, 1913-2001; Knight, Paul, 1935-

Reference: OHInt-0427-08

Description: Katherine Knight and her son Paul Knight talk about international voluntary work camps in New Zealand. Paul Knight recalls activities of Young Friends in Auckland 1957, working with young Maori people on projects. Explains idea was to give experience in working with other groups in order to overcome prejudices, first task being to find suitable projects. Mentions Maori Women's Welfare League. Lists some of the projects: renovations to Old People's Home; wood chopping at Henderson, Anglican Orphanage at Takapuna, Rawene and Murapara Maori Boys Training Farm. Explains that UNESCO was the umbrella organisation to whom an annual report was sent. Refers to Colombo Plan students who also helped. Recalls his experience of rescuing Wehi Morunga from an overturned tractor. Talks about his experience in Japan and South East Asia promoting international voluntary work camps in these countries and explains the significance to his future which is teaching Japanese language at Massey. Kath gives names of people involved: Elsie & Norm Bennett, Hilary & David Shackleton and family, Lex and Rae Westbrooke and family and Jack and Nancy Willetts and family. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Katherine Mary Knight (recorder) Accompanying material - Extract from NZGM minutes giving more information on Work Camps Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-0077404 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 event(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1867, OHDL-000828. Processing information: Title and scope changed following information from interviewee, 10 June 2022.

Date: 15 Jan 1960

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

Reference: EP/1960/0161-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 26 Jan 1960

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

Reference: EP/1960/0319-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 10 Feb 1960

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

Reference: EP/1960/0524-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 21 Jan 1960

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

Reference: EP/1960/0255-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 19 Mar 1959

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1959/0940-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0461-F

Description: Images show scenes from Ruatoria, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show scenes of a welcome being held for Columbo Plan students and include the students being greeted with a hongi. Frame 5 and onwards shows a Mrs White, sitting at a table, eating and drinking. She has a moko on her chin. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.