Matai (Ship)

Date: 1940

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Southerwood, Marion, active 1988

Reference: PAColl-1129

Description: Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: 2007

By: Beaglehole, Helen Elizabeth, 1946-

Reference: MS-Papers-8821

Description: Comprises letter to Helen Beaglehole from Neil Hudson relating to harbour navigational aids, particularly with regard to Bean Rocks Lighthouse and other beacons in Waitemata Harbour. Mr Hudson describes the maintenance work done while he was master of the floating crane `Hikinui' in the 1980s. Also relates earlier events (ca 1950s) when he was working on the government steamer `Maitai' and the Union Company's vessel `Kawaroa', both of which serviced lighthouses, at Cuvier Island and Taranga Island Includes covering letter from Helen Beaglehole.. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Helen Beaglehole, 2007

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1961-1961

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-02

Description: Report of Survey of Doubtful Sound by Lieutenant Commander G L Haskings,(R. N.Z.N) includes, sketches, gradient diagrams, photographs. Also includes report on Voyage of G.S.S. Matai to Doubtful Sound, October 1961 by H Ruegg, 17 November 1961. Other - Original file NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F02 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

From: Meikle, John Edward, 1914-1994: Papers and photographs

By: Lysons, Markham Carthew, 1907-1944

Reference: PAColl-10550-2

Description: Photographic prints of Jackson Bay, New Zealand, taken by John Meikle and Markham Carthew Lysons, mostly undated, but featuring some documented events dated in the year 1939. Some prints stamped verso "Printed by Douglas Cox Ltd. Christchurch". Comprises three groups, a series of 27 large half-plate photographic prints, and two groups of small prints, one loose and the other mounted on 22 pages with captions. - Photographs documenting the construction of Jackson Bay wharf and scenery in the surrounding areas, including alpine views and a portrait of a penguin. - Photographs portraying the camp township at Jackson Bay, Lake Ellery, the YMCA Recreation Hall at Jackson Bay, post office, aircraft on the beach, construction of highway, "Sports at Okuru", and various vessels including 'Gael', 'Waihao' lighthouse steamer 'Matai', the Arawata River bridge under construction, Smoothwater River and Waiatoto River, also erection of masts at Air Radio Station. Also portrays staff working at Nolan Bros whitebait processing factory. - Photographs of ships, barges, and wharf construction at Jackson Bay, and scenic landscapes. Named individuals portrayed include "Mr & Mrs E J McEachen", Mrs McEachen is noted for editing 'The Jacksons Bay Chronicle', and the resident engineer in charge of public works at Jackson Bay "Mr J B Jackson", with another captioned "Mrs Jackson enjoying afternoon tea in the pretty garden of flowers and bush surrounding her home". Photographs by Lysons are stamped verso as either "M. C. Lysons | Franz Josef Glacier | N.Z. | Copyright" or "M. C. Lysons | Waiho Gorge | N.Z.". Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints.

Date: [Circa 1930s-1940s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-f-018

Description: Large black and white photographs taken by William Henry Clift, circa 1930s to 1940s. Images include a group tramping in the Southern Alps; scenic views of mountains and rivers; ships in port; and a view of the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green buckram cover entitled "Photographs", 29 x 38 cm

Date: [ca 1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6960

Description: An assorted collection including a number of images of scouts camping, being taught to light fires etc. Also included are a number of family groups taken in a garden, a trig point on a hilltop, battleships moored in a harbour, electric train in Wellington Railway Station etc. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059018 to 059111 Quantity: 94 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: Apr 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-181

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, Apr 1949 Scene at the civic reception held in Dixon Park, Greymouth to honour the visit of HMNZS Kaniere, one of the new frigates of the Royal New Zealand Navy; Cromwell racecourse; action photos from Ngaruawahia's annual regatta (includes young Maori boy eating watermelon); Maori deputation visiting Parliament to discuss the question of liquor licence in the King Country (includes portrait of 78 year old Mrs A Huirama); exhibition held in Christchurch of Japanese wood-block colour prints compiled by K R Moshelm, a former director of Army Education and Welfare Service in Japan; Bailey bridge on Lewis Pass Road, near Glen Wye Station; photo of family of Gilbert Edwards, a Dunedin claimant to the fortune of a Welsh stonemason who immigrated to New York and died in 1789 (story in Free Lance, 20 Apr 1949). Makara Radio Station (series of photos including A F Smith, officer in charge of Makara Radio Station); Star Rugby Club, New Plymouth 60th jubilee celebrations and members of the 1919-1939 decades in the grand parade held at Rugby Park; limestone caves recently discovered at Lake Te Anau (Cave of Swirling Waters). Final section of the main highway between Auckland and Te Kuiti under construction (Mayor of Te Kuiti, K W Law watching final load of metal chips being laid); composting of Masterton's refuse; construction of the road at Belmont Gully and Haywards (Hutt Valley); repair of fault in the Auckland-Suva cable by Government steamer Matai; Union Steam Company's vessel Waitemata en route to Vancouver rescuing converted Fairmile launch Mahurangi in Pacific Ocean near Rarotonga. All Black captain Fred Allen, with former All Black Trevor Berghan and Mrs Berghan in fancy dress costume; Chinese crew's arrival in Auckland to take over the Union Steam Ship Company's vessel Kaikorai at Port Chalmers (sold to Hwah Lee Steam Ship Company of Shanghai) Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1940s

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: PAColl-4619

Description: The Matai at sea repairing the Auckland-Doubtless Bay link of the Auckland-Norfolk cable; the Matai loading cable at Auckland; and the Musick Radio Station of the New Zealand Post Office through which telegraph traffic from New Zealand to San Francisco is routed. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Details of deposit unknown

Date: [1932-1969]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-12

Description: Notices, circulars, membership and scoring cards, some correspondence, notes, ephemera, shorthand notes etc; essentially not material relating to conscientious objection. Includes circular letter from Ormond Burton accompanying `The ways of God to men'; hand-painted menu for meal on NZGS `Matai' (1938); words for `Kangaroo & Kiwi' by Haere Hongi written for the visit of the Australia bowlers to New Zealand, and electoral material for Lincoln Efford. Other Titles - Kangaroo & Kiwi, words by Haere Hongi Other Titles - The ways of God to men by Ormond Burton Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [24 Jul 1950]

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

Reference: 114/175/08-G

Description: The ship `Matai' in Evans Bay. Photograph taken 24 Jul 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 1930s

From: Edwards, Gerald Harry, 1910- :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-018400-G

Description: Landing stores from the ship "Matai" for the Cape Maria Van Diemen lighthouse. Shows a group on a circular platform with ladders (below the lighthouse?) on the edge of a rocky outcrop. Stores are being winched from a row boat in the water below. The "Matai" is a short distance offshore. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1930s

From: Edwards, Gerald Harry, 1910- :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-018397-G

Description: Broadside view of the ship "Matai" in Beechy Harbour, Preservation Inlet, photographed by Gerald Harry Edwards in the 1930s. Looks over a row boat in the foreground, towards a ship alongside a steep, bush clad, cliff. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-049255-G

Description: The N Z Government vessel `S S Matai' on the patent slip at Evans Bay, Wellington. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith, circa 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - N.Z.GOV. S.S.MATAI ON PATENT SLIP WELLINGTON S.C.SMITH PHOTO; Marginal notes on negative - top right - 5. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: Sep 1935

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-09921-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: [ca 1900-1955]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-099

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, many made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1900s-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Pen & ink drawing of S S Indralema; Port Napier at Wellington; Port Hobart; Marere (later sunk by a submarine); James Cook loaded with timber for Australia at Tauranga; Matthew Flinders at Greymouth; Oronsay on fire; several interior views of an Orient-Pacific liner. Also: Austral; schooner Huia berthed; auxillary scow Kahu; Matai; Pahau (former minesweeper); coaster Koutunui; Wakakura (former minesweeper); Southern Cross (Melanesian Mission ship), 1949; Wellington Harbour ferry Muritai; Wellington Star on maiden voyage from England. Also: Melbourne Star; Palana berthed at Auckland; Fernmoor; cargo being discharged at Mechanics Bay, Auckland; Orsova; Orontes; Oronsay; Ormonda at Aotea Quay; S S Hinemoa (NZ Government lighthouse tender); Wellington Harbour Board pilot boat Uta; Wellington Harbour ferry Cobar, Apr 1951 Includes various photographs of overseas ships (names not added to Name field) Quantity: 28 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints; 1 album leaf with black & white original photographic prints; 1 ink drawing. Physical Description: Photochemical prints, and silver gelatin print