The log-book of two voyages by the 'Black Diamond' from Port Nelson. The first under William Rhind, went to Wanganui to load cattle.
The log-book of two voyages by the 'Black Diamond' from Port Nelson. The first under William Rhind, went to Wanganui to load cattle.
The collection includes subject indexes 1988-1999, and photographs taken for the 'Upper Hutt Leader' newspaper in the 1970s and 1980s. The photographs have not yet been sorted in any way. A35/1 Inde
The 2 ZR radio club class B private radio broadcasting station was initiated by Wilkins and Field Ltd. in 1923.
This is a day-by-day account of a journey by train and horse-drawn coach from Christchurch via Arthur's Pass, Greymouth and Reefton to Nelson and return between 19th and 24th October 1897.
Yvonne Airey (nee Blackett) worked as a journalist in Wellington and the Hutt Valley beginning as a cadet with the "Evening Post" in 1963.
The construction of the lighthouse at the Akaroa Heads was started in 1878 and the lights were first shown in 1880.
'Aroha Nui Otara' was a community newspaper in Otara, Manukau City, published (mostly) fortnightly from August 23 1993 to February 12 1996, 57 issues in all.
The recollections of Mr James Ashworth of 'Harleston', Sefton, North Canterbury, as recounted in September 1918, and a postscript dated 18 August 1919. James Ashworth came to Canterbury with his pare
Reports and correspondence relating to various proposals for canals linking the Waitemata and Manukau Harbours and the Waikato River and Manukau Harbour. Items include a summary of various canal propo
This collection consists of soft drink labels from Pahiatua and newspapers found in a house owned by Ted Barnes.
Batten was a saddler at Bulls. In November 1892, together with Wanganui photographer, Alfred Martin, and J. C. Blackett he went up the Wanganui River to photograph scenery.
F.T. Berry married Elizabeth Jane Warden in 1839, and they came to New Zealand on the 'London' in 1840. By 1845 he was farming at Happy Valley, north of Nelson.
Bray was born in London in 1812.
'Broadsheet' is a feminist periodical founded in 1972 by the Auckland-based Broadsheet Collective. The records consist of subject files, predominantly containing newspaper and other published article
Brough came from Cumberland and worked on the Victorian goldfields, before arriving in Nelson in 1866.
Edwin Blyth Buckhurst opened The Radio Warehouse in the 1920s.
Mr J. Caffin was the publicity officer on the Canterbury International Air Race Council. The papers relate to the London-Christchurch (England-NZ) International Air Race in 1953.
The Canterbury District Railway Committee was set up in July 1922 under the auspices of the Canterbury Progress League with representatives of the Railways Department, the Industrial Association, and
The records comprise official correspondence (1852-1875); correspondence concerning public works (1864-1876); letter-books of various departments including Treasury and Railways, and of the Road Board
Constructed in the 1860ts under the auspices of the Canterbury Provincial Council, the 2.870 yardlong Lyttelton railway tunnel cost £195,000 to complete. Mooted by W.S.