Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd

Date: 1987-1991

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6371-14

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; includes letter from Paul, Hamilton. Other correspondents identified and entered under Name. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1970

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-72363-F

Description: Mobil tankers at Kaiwharawhara, taken for Mobil Oil NZ in 1970 by K E Niven and Co commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number 873/70 Mobil tankers at Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with three images. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1957 - 1974 - 1981 - 1965 - 1993

By: Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Mobil

Description: Includes programmes for: 1957 contest, 1963 contest, 1965 contest, 1974 contest (2 copies - with list of winners back to 1956), 1981 final concert programme, pamphlets for 1984 contest and 1989 contest (Michael Fowler Centre Wellington, 2 July 1989) Flyer for final concert of 1957 song quest. With Alex Lindsay String Orchestra. Town Hall [Wellington?], 1 October 1957. Flyer Pamphlet / booking form for 1989 contest Pamphlet for 1993 contest showing former winners Malvina Major 1963, Kiri Te Kanawa 1965, Christopher Doig 1972 Programme for recital by 1987 winners Deirdre Elliott, Paul Whelan, Jan Harrington. 1 December 1987. Quantity: 9 programmes and pamphlets. Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: [between ca 1962 and 1970]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-4948-F

Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative

Date: [1969]

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-60603-F

Description: Mobil Oil, Mobil petrol station with southern alps in background, taken 1969 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - 796/69 Mobil Oil, Mt. Cook, Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with two images. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1964 - 1968

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-044-022/026

Description: Includes floor plans. The eighth floor alterations were for the Mobil Oil Company. Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 570 x 730 mm.

Date: 1988 - 1989

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1988/1989

Description: Includes: 1988: XIVth Commonwealth Games Auckland. Help NZ win gold in 1990 ... [Pamphlet] Visa to Seoul; win one of two trips for two to the Olympics in Seoul plus accommodation and $2,000 worth of Visa Travellers' cheques. Visa, official sponsor 1988 New Zealand Olympic team. Pamphlet 1989: Mobil guide to New Zealand Track & Field 1989. Complied by P N Heidenstrom. Published by Exemplar Athletics for Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited. Mita Copiers One-hour Decathlon. Monday 30 January 1989. East Coast Bays Stadium, mairangi Bay Auckland. Official programme Mobil New Zealand Track and Field Championships 1989. Mt Smart Stadium Auckland, March 11, 12 [1989]. Programme Mobil National Athletic league 1989/90. Programme Quantity: 4 album(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Athletics New Zealand in 2013.

Date: 1991

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1991

Description: Includes: Athletics Otago (Inc). NZ Track & Field championships. Mobil Athletics NZ. Caledonian Ground Dunedin, 14-17 February 1991. Programme ANZ Bank New Zealand Road Championships. Napier, 12 October 1991. Programme Triathlon New Zealand. 1991/92 season events calendar. Issue no. 1, September 1991. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Athletics New Zealand in 2013.

Date: 1990

Reference: Eph-A-ATHLETICS-1990-3

Description: Includes: Athletics New Zealand Canterbury Centre. Mobil New Zealand Track & Field Championships 1990. QEII Park, 2-4 March [1990]. Programme Mobil New Zealand Road Championships, New Zealand Walk Championships, New Zealand Veterans Championships. Mosgiel-North Taieri, 13 October 1990. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Athletics New Zealand in 2012.

Date: 1990 - 1994

Reference: Eph-A-RUNNING-1990/1994

Description: Includes: 1990: Mobil New Zealand road relay championships. Kaimai Relay, 1 September 1990. Programme Palmerston North Athletic and Harrier Club presents the 1991 Pub Charity Round the Ranges Relays. Rules and course description 1991: Southland Times New Zealand Cross Country Championships. Lorneville Invercargill, 10 August 1991. Programme 1992: Athletics Otago (Inc) the Otago Centre of Athletics New Zealand presents the 1992 National Road Relay Championship. Taieri Plains relay. 26 September 1992, start and finish at Mosgiel. Pamphlet Fletcher Challenge Marathon. Rotorua New Zealand, 10 am Saturday May 2, 1992. Booklet with entry form Freyberg Pool & Fitness Centre. 2nd Women's Fun Biathlon 1992. Oriental Bay, 8 November 1992. Entry form Red Band Round the Bays Fun Run. Sunday 29 March 1992. Official entry form 1993: Brooklyn Community Association annual Run for Fun. Sunday 7th November [1993]. Flyer Saucony NZ Road Relay Championships in association with Woodpeckers restaurants Christchurch. 54th Takahe-Akaroa Relay, September 25th 1993. Official programme Red Band Round the Bays, supporting the Special Olympics. Sunday 28 March 1993, Kilbirnie Park to Frank Kitts Park. Official entry form 1994: Tower Round the Bays, Sunday 10 April '94. Start and finish at Frank Kitts Park. Official entry form 1994. 1994 N.Z. Road Relay Championships. Masterton, 24 September 1994. Complimentary programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1988 - 1989

Reference: Eph-A-RUNNING-1988/1989

Description: Includes: 1988: Marlborough Express New Zealand Road and Walk Championships, Blenheim. Saturday October 8th 1988. Programme New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association 1988. DB Draught New Zealand Cross Country Championships. Oamaru Racecourse, 13 August 1988, organised by Otago Centre NZAAA with the assistance of North Otago Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club. XVI IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Auckland New Zealand, 26/3/88. Programme 1989: Mobil New Zealand Cross Country Championships. Taranaki Country Lodge, Bell Block New Plymouth. [Programme] (2 copies) Mobil NZ Road Relay Championships. 50th Takahe-Akaroa Relay organised by the Cross-Country Committee, Canterbury Centre NZAAA. 9 September 1989. Official programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-TRANSPORT-1950/1979

Description: Includes: 1950s?: Dunedin Corporation Transport. [Cream ticket] Available for 10 one-section rides Dunedin Corporation Transport. [Yellow ticket] Available for ten 8d cash rides. 6/-/ Murphy's Transport Ltd. Ponaroa. [Luggage label. ca 1950s?] Wellington City Corporation. Bus & tram routes and stopping places. City area [ca 1950s?] 1951?: New Zealand Communist Party. Auckland District Committee : More transport - not tanks. Elect communists to the Board. On November 17th, vote Mrs Rita Smith, Mr Alex Rait. Say "No" to Holland's gagging act! Work for peace. Issued by Auckland District Committee, N.Z. Communist Party. Wilson Print [1950-1952?] 1960s: New Zealand Truck-Trailer Manufacturers' Federation. Truck-trailers; they save you money. Pamphlet [1960s?] 1961: Mobilgas + Milex. Travelling time guide; plan your trip. Pamphlet [1961] 1964: Auckland Transport Board farewell dinner [to] Chairman of the Baord N B Spencer. Grand Hotel, 30 September 1964 1969: "Once in a lifetime" over the motorway (second stage) certificate. 19 October 1969 1970s: Freear Philip Enterprises Limited. We move everywhere. Pamphlet [1970s] 1971: Wellington District Trades Council of the NZ Federation of Labour. You pay from today; rail and road tracks paved with disturbing intentions. 1 June 1971. Flier 1972: Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs Auckland New Zealand. A must for your itinerary when in Auckland. Pamphlet [ca 1972] State Insurance. What to do in the event of a motor vehicle accident. A R Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand - 1972. 100,000/3/72 -8552D 1974: Chartered Institute of Transport. New Zealand Division. Are you in transport? Are you in the Institute? Pamphlet 1974. Grouse & Grouse Ltd. "NZ 1900". Greeting card, 1974. 1975: First New Zealand Transport Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 14-15 November 1975. Tentative programme and comparative demonstrations. Pamphlet 1976: Kwikasair Express. Sending something from here to there; send it quicker! Pamphlet [1976?] Kwikasair Express. You can control time. Pamphlet [1976?] Kwikasair Express. You're making a convenience of us ... Pamphlet [1976?] New Zealand Ministry of Transport. Welcome to the Ministry of Transport [for new staff. 1976] Second New Zealand Transport Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 5-6 November 1976. Tentative programme and comparative demonstrations. Pamphlet 1977?: New Zealand Transport Policy Study. Rail passenger questionnaire (in business reply envelope) [ca 1977] 1979: Odlin Transport & Storage Ltd. Matt Hipperson, Transport Manager. [Business card, 1979] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1984

Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-1984

Description: Includes: Aotearoa is Maori land. Leaflet distributed by protest group outside NZ House, Haymarket, London, 3 February 1984. Green flier Attention history teachers. A resource kit on cultural interaction in New Zealand. The totara and the rose. A Cabbage Tree publication. Order form. Green flier Auckland Public Library. Nga Tuhituhinga a nga Tupuna; a display of manuscripts by 19th century Maori writers, and of rare books in the Maori language. Rare Books Room, Auckland Public Library, 21 November 1984 - 3 January 1985. Flier Maori Publications. A New Zealand first; a catalogue of books written in Maori for children [1984]; plus separate order form New Zealand Film Archive. Maori & Pacific films from New Zealand / Des films Maoris & Pacifiques de la Nouvelle-Zelande 1901-1984. 4eme Festival des Arts du Pacifique, Noumea, Nouvelle Calédonie 1984 (cancelled) Nga Puna Waihanga; New Zealand Maori Artists and Writers. Circular letter from Ross Hemera, 1 October 1984 Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd. Te Maori; he kohikohinga no te Ekepihana; a selection from the exhibition. Pamphlet and order form for the calendar (2 copies) Nga Taonga Hou o Aotearoa; recent acquisitions of Maori art and antiquities. National Museum, 28 March - 17 June [1984]. Brown flier Tena koe, Arohanui / Dun Mihaka [Flier with a facsimile of a cartoon illustration of Dun Mihaka exposing his buttocks to Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer during the New Zealand visit 1983. The flier was handed out by Dun Mihaka in Cuba Mall in 1984] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mimeographs and offset prints, sizes varying below 350 mm.

Date: 1980

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1980

Description: Includes: 1980s: Briscoes. Hear ye! Hear ye! This Briscard is your inbtroduction to bigger profits; [and] flier advertising new self-service wholesale warehouse in Palmerston North [1980s?] 1980: D.I.C. A store is born (2 copies) D.I.C. in store for your family this summer L V Martin & Son. Mail order catalogue. April 1980 Merchant Adventurers of Narnia. Warehouse sale. Garments & fabrics at cost and belwo, [25 February - 7 March 1980]. 104 Dixon St. [Illustration by] John Pratt Graphics. Flyer. Mobil summer savers. [Flyer advertising Woodcraft model kits, chilly bags, Sonic wrenches, canvas shopping bags, canvas hammocks, sun/frost screens for cars, extension leads, car cleaning kit, barbecue sets, steak knives, hydraulic jacks. 1980] National Association of Retail Grocers & Supermarkets of New Zealand (Inc). Annual conference, May 17-19 1980 at the THC International Hotel, Rotorua. Registration form Group of Unions Opposing Weekend trading. Saturday trading ... the end of the weekend. [1980] NZ Shop Employees Association. Saturday shopping; it costs more than you think. Don't weaken the weekend (2 copies) Welcome to Courtenay Place, your shopping centre of service where prices are competitive and service is outstanding (Zifferilis, Shop 'n' Wine, Paramount Butchery, Super Liquor Man, Kahns reconditioned radios, TVs, stereos, A1 Trading Mart, Alco Aluminium Ladders, John Watt Menswear). Flyer / entry form for free Christmas stocking Wayne Wentworth (NZ) Ltd. Wayne Wentworth's mail order materials [ca 1980] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on flyers and booklets, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1981

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-1981

Description: Includes: Associated Wholesalers Ltd. [and] L D Nathan (Wholesale) Ltd. August 1981 [Sales catalogue] Cuba Street Advancement Association. Shoppers parking guide [1981]. Blue flier L V Martin & Son. Receipt book of Mr J P Sullivan [1981/1982] Lambton Square Shopping Centre, 180 Lambton Quay. Pamphlet showing layout of the businesses within the centre. (2 copies) Mobil summer savers. See your Mobil man now and save a total of $51.35 [1981]. Pamphlet incorporating coupons Reserve Bank of Caravanserai. Fifty dollars [flier in the form of a banknote, issued by an unknown Auckland shop as an advertising gimmick. 1981] Wellington Duty Free Shop. 1981-82. Sales catalogue Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1968

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. December 1967-May 1968

Reference: E-473-f-016

Description: Shows a Mobil service station (Crofton Motors) and Ngaio Groceries Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 272 x 360 mm

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Four Square Stores

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1970s

Description: Includes calendars: 1970s?: [Calendar of ship portraits. 1970s?] 1972: Four Square calendar 1972. With the compliments of Avalon Service Store. 1973: New Zealand Information Service. New Zealand calendar 1973 (2 copies) African Liberation Support Movement. Liberation calendar: Africa. Calendar 1973/74. Printed by Kosmik Crumbia Christchurch. 1974: Barnardo calendar 1974. Nineteenth century New Zealand 1974 calendar (Alister Taylor Publishing Limited). (2 copies) 1975: Thorndon Society. Historic Thorndon calendar 1975. Printed by Glenbervie Press. (2 copies) New Zealand Forest Service calendar October 1975 to September 1976. International Women's Year 1975. Calendar. (2 copies) New Zealand Information Service. New Zealand calendar 1975. Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway pictorial calendar 1975 1976: Kathryn Madill calendar 1976. Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway pictorial calendar 1976 Salvation Army New Zealand Territory calendar 1976. 1977: Beautiful New Zealand calendar 1977. (Dates have been cut off leaving only pictures) Four Square calendar 1977. Maori Women's Welfare League. Recipe calendar 1977. New Hebrides British National Service calendar 1977 produced by the Information Department British Residency. Printed by the Government Printer, Honiara, Solomon Islands. 3M Company. Calendar 1977. 1978: Four Square calendar 1978. With the compliments of Cottons Foodmarket, 937 High Street, Avalon. Mobil Economy Run calendar [1978]. (2 copies) Petone Community Project YMCA. Historic Petone calendar 1978 (2 copies) Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway pictorial calendar 1978 Salvation Army New Zealand Territory 1978 calendar Thorndon Society calendar 1978 "Threatened". Wainuiomata Historic Society. Historic calendar of Wainuiomata 1978. Working Women's calendar 1978. 1979: Historic places of New Zealand calendar 1979. Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway pictorial calendar 1979 Salvation Army calendar 1979. The seasons of Mahina; a Hawaiian fishing and farming moon calendar 1979. Photos from the Bishop Museum collection. T Burson Nuttall, softgoods warehouseman, manufacturer's representative, Christchurch. Bye-Bye [brand]. Calendar 1979 Vintage Wellington 1979 [calendar] World Vision Childcare. The beautiful people 1979 calendar (2 copies) Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes. Transfers: Donation taken in to NZ&P, transfers made to ephemera, on appraisal, from there..

Date: December 1978

From: Fearnley, Charles James, 1915-1988 :Photographs of New Zealand buildings

Reference: 1/4-076511-F

Date: [ca 23 Nov 1991]

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

Reference: EP/1991/3725-F

Description: Staff from the Regional Council, Port of Wellington, and Mobil Oil, clean up a fake oil spill at Kaiwharawhara Stream, Wellington, as part of an exercise. Shows them using a new 240 meter Structurflex boom. Photographs taken circa 23 November 1991 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 29 May 1984

From: NZOHA New Zealand Computer Society Silver Jubilee Oral History Project

By: Henley, Arthur John, 1929-

Reference: OHInt-0093/09

Description: Arthur Henley was born 18 May 1929 at Clevedon, Auckland. Describes family background, childhood, education, rugby, geography degree at Auckland University. Talks about employment as an executive trainee, Standard Vacuum Oil Company (later Mobil Oil), Wellington in 1951. Speaks about move to IBM in 1959, one of the first four employees taken on. Mentions Thomas Watson, founder of IBM; the first real computer, the IBM 650; early punchcard and mechanical accounting machines; competition in New Zealand between ICL and IBM. Discusses early data processing systems such as for Treasury, payroll for the Education Department and the Railways, Canterbury University. Recalls running IBM's Christchurch operation, selling punch card equipment to Gough, Gough and Hamer, IGA Grocery Wholesalers, the Mercantile Gazette, flour millers D H Brown. Speaks of Paul Walker of Treasury and Gordon Oed of the New Zealand Post Office. Talks about the kind of people entering computing, women employees, New Zealand Computer Society, development of IBM's business. Describes use of punch cards, early computers, sales incentives, staff turnover, pressures on staff, development of industry in the 1960s. Discusses move to establish computing at South British Insurance in 1968. Speaks of the future of the industry, legislation, changes in use of email and sending documents electronically, use of micro computers. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - NZ Insurance Company Office, Shortland Street, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001553b/001559/001560/001561 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0242. Xeroxed photo in project report folder Search dates: 1929 - 1984