New Zealand Herald pictorial images of early Auckland and other regions

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New Zealand Herald

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14-0056
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1. NZ Herald. Apr 25 1992, Sec 2.p.8. The long and winding Rd. A man walking among Autumn shadows on Constitution Hill in central Auckland.
2. NZ Herald. Sep 5 1992, Sec 4.p.12. Liner arrives for long stay in Doubtful Sound. The Tasman liner Wanganella steaming up Doubtful Sound to become a floating hotel for workers on the Manapouri power project in 1963.
3. NZ Herald. Sep 30 1992, Sec 3.p.16. Commuting from Devonport before the bridge. The Vehicular ferry Eaglehawk berths at Mechanics Bay in 1939. The Car ferries were withdrawn on the completion of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in June 1959.
4. NZ Herald. Oct 3 1992, Sec 4. p.14. Life on the Inangahua. A Cobb and Co. coach crossing the Inangahua River near Westport during the 1890s.
5. NZ Herald. Oct 10 1992, Sec 4.p.14. Emissary from the 18th century Taken in the King Country in 1885 by Alfred H Burton, the picture is of Topene Te Mamaku, right reputed to have been 100 years old, with Mr Burton's guide. The village was Tawhata on the western banks of the Whanganui River.
6. NZ Herald, Oct 17 1992, Sec 4.p.16. Iron horse puffs through winters Chill. A goods train ascending a grade into Waiouru station in 1955, with Mt.Ruapehu in the background.
7. NZ Herald. Oct 21 1992. Sec 4 p.20. End of a hard day's work. Sheep muster on Huiarua Station 25km inland from Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast in 1951.
8. NZ Herald. Oct 24 1992, Sec 4.p.16. All dressed up and waiting for election results. Crowds waiting outside the New Zealand Herald Office at the intersection of Queen St and Wyndham St. in Auckland on December 15, 1919 to see the general election results.
9. NZ Herald. Nov 4 1992, Sec 2.p.14. Off to camp by Waikato paddle power. The paddle steamer Manuwai departs from Hamilton with a party of 200 school children for a camp at Port Waikato in 1934.
10. NZ Herald. Nov 7 1992, Sec.3 p.7. Learning in the great outdoors classroom. An open air class being held at Presbyterian mission school at Ruatahuna in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in 1939.
11. NZ Herald. Nov 17 1992, Sec 2.p.8. The byword is teamwork at harvest time. Harvesting of oats by horse-drawn reaper and binder on the south bank of the Tamaki River in 1963.
12. NZ Herald. Nov 21 1992, Sec.4.p.12. Capital finish to historic flight. Pioneer aviator George Bolt lands his flying boat on Wellington Harbour to complete the first flight from Auckland to Wellington in October 1921.
13. NZ Herald. Nov 28 1992, Sec.3.p.8. Cream cans set off on Hokianga Journey. loading cream cans on to a boat at Opononi on the Hokianga harbour in 1925.
14. NZ Herald. Dec 2 1992, Sec.4.p.20. Pier perfect place to mend the fishing nets. A fisherman mends his nets on Wynyard Pier around 1890. The pier was where the Auckland Railway Station stands below.
15. NZ Herald. Dec 3 1992, Sec.3.p.11. A prim and proper traffic jam. Cyclists head down the main street of Greymouth around 1895.
16. NZ Herald. Dec 17 1992. Sec.2.p.6. When traffic jams were a futuristic fiction. Looking south along Dominion Rd. at the intersection with Valley Rd. in Auckland around 1905.
17. NZ Herald. Dec 18 1992, Sec.2.p.5. Life on the lazy river. Rafting logs down the Mangonui River, Northland to the mill in 1908.
18. NZ Herald. Dec 22 1992, Sec.3.p.6. Cooling the hoofs in soothing waters. Bullock drivers resting the log-hauling team in a stream in Mangamuka Valley north of Kaitaia around 1910.
19. NZ Herald. Jan 9 1993, Sec.2.p.7. Little schoolroom on Kawau Island. School children on the beach in front of their one-room school on Kawau Island in 1936.
20. NZ Herald. Jan 23 1993, Sec.3.p.26. Team ready to pull anything. A Puhoi bullock driver with his team in 1930.
21. NZ Herald. Jan 23 1993, Sec.3.p.10. Monuments to hard work and nature's bounty. Haystacks on a farm near Raukawa south of Hastings in 1948.
22. NZ Herald. Jan 30 1993, Sec.4.p.12. Teamwork sees that woolclip gets through. A bullock team heads for Tolaga Bay on the East Coast with wool bales in 1895.
23. NZ Herald. Feb 6 1993, Sec.4.p.10. Fortunes in the backblocks. A gumdigger and his wife outside their whare near Kaitaia in 1898.
24. NZ Herald. Feb 24 1993, Sec.2.p.14. Making hay while the sun shines. Members of a Cape Runaway family head home with their crops in 1930.
25. NZ Herald. Feb 27 1993, Sec.4.p.14. Flags and ferries on the Waitemata. Steam ferries depart from downtown Auckland for the North Shore in 1904.
26.NZ Herald. Mar 31 1993, Piscatorial prowess. The Florence Kennedy returns to Auckland after a fishing trip to the Firth of Thames in 1958. In four 48 fishermen caught over 3000 snapper. Below: A young fisherman shows his brown trout catch at Lake Rotoiti near Nelson in 1959.
27.NZ Herald. Apr 2 1993, Sec.3.p.5. Quiet moments in downtown Devonport. Looking down Victoria Rd. Devonport, towards the ferry wharf in 1890.
28.NZ Herald. Apr 3 1993, Sec.3.p.6. Tram Jam in early fifties Queen St. Trams in Queen St. Auckland near Shortland St. in the 1950s.
29.NZ Herald. Apr 24 1993, Sec.4.p.14. Sedate pace for early Auckland traffic. Looking up Queen St. towards Karanagahape Rd. from the Wellesley St. intersection around 1900.
30.NZ Herald. Apr 28 1993, Sec.p.14. Treaty House then and now. The house of James Busby in 1932 before it was restored to become the Waitangi Treaty House. Below: The Treaty House Today.
31.NZ Herald. May 19 1993, Sec.3.p.24. NZ wool begins the long journey to market. Loading wool into a ships boat at Akito, Hawkes Bay, as the bullocks stand p[atiently in the surfin the 1930s.
32.NZ Herald 2 Jul 1993, Sec.4. p.12. Postcard from the 19th century. Looking south down Queen St. Onehunga about 1889.
33.NZ Herald. Jul 28 1993, Sec.2.p.14. Looking back on Shortland St. Looking down Shortland St. across Queen St. to Swanson St in 1930.
34.NZ Herald. Aug 4 1993, Sec.3.p.24. The visit of the futrure King Geroge VI and Queen Mary to New Zealand in 1901. The royal party was photographed travelling up Queen St. in Auckland.
35. NZ Herald. Sep 1 1993, Sec.2.p.12. Room for expansion in maritime haven. Looking from Mt.Victoria towards Devonport wharf and Auckland City in 1905.
36. NZ Herald. All ashore for island visit. An excursion steamer moored at Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island in 1931.
37. NZ Herald. Sep 18 1993, Sec.3.p.8. Ferries at work on the Waitemata. The steam ferry Albatross departs Auckland for Devonport in 1936. Other ferries, from left. The Ngoiro, Peregrine and the Takapuna.
38. NZ Herald. Sep 25 1993, Sec.5.p.24. Making hay while the sun shines. Haymaking on the Montgomerie farm in Mangere, Auckland in 1916.
39. NZ Herald. Nov 13 1993, Sec.4.p.21. Stately progress on the waterfront. Aucklanders out for a spin on a sunny day at Okahu Bay in 1940.
40. NZ Herald. Dec 11 1993, Sec.4.p.17. Battling the breakers at Piha. Surf lifesavers challenge the seas at Piha in 1936
41. NZ Herald. Jan 25 1994, Sec.2.p.8. Jostling on the waterfront. An early morning scene in the sheltered basin at Western Viaduct in 1946. fishing boats, hire craft, coastal traders , tugs and small craft of every description jostle with one another for berthing space and favoured quayside positions.
42. NZ Herald. Feb 1 1994, Sec.2.p.8. Lazy days at low tide on the Manukau. Summertime at Onehunga in 1936.
43. NZ Herald. Feb 12 1994, Sec.4.p.20. And not a jumbo in sight. An aerial photograph showing the Auckland Aero Club's clubhouse, tennis courts, hangar and fleet of planes at Mangere in 1934.
44. NZ Herald. Feb 22 1994, Sec.2.p.6. Business on Symonds St. 1930s style. A landmark of Auckland the top of Partington's windmill, can be seen behind homes and businesses in Symonds St. in 1936. A major hotel now occupies the windmill sight.
45. NZ Herald. Sep 16 1995, Sec.3.p.8. Forest giants await release of the waters. Logs piled up in the Awakino creek in Northland in 1912. When a dam up the creek was tripped the surge of water carried the logs down to the Northern Wairoa River.
46. NZ Herald. Jun 22 1996, Sec.2.p.9. Load of firewood heads up Waitemata. The scow Rahiri laden with firewood makes its way up the Waitemata harbour in the early 1930s.
47.NZ Herald. Jul 2 1996, Sec.3.p.4. Car Ferry bound for Birkenhead. A car ferry across the Waitemata harbour in 1948.
48.NZ Herald. Jul 8 1996, Sec.2.p.7. Warships mark opening of dry dock. The opening of Calliope dry dock in Devonport, Auckland, on February 16, 1888. In the dry dock are the British warships Calliope and Diamond.
49. NZ Herald. Sep 25 1993, Sec.4 p.15. Rough ride for the Royalist. HMNZS Royalist off the Wellington coast in 1962.
50. NZ Herald. Nov 25 1992, Sec.4 p.10. Scows set every sail for regatta honours. Scows run before the wind during the Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta in 1920.
51. NZ Herald. May 1 1993, Sec.4.p.14. 1950: Flying before the wind. Jellicoe class 14-footers with spinnakers set racing on the Waitemata Harbour during Anniversary Day Regatta in 1950.
52. NZ Herald. Sep 2 1992, Sec.3.p.22. Proud queen of the seas runs before the wind. The barque Pamir under full sail off the Northland Coast in 1948.
53. NZ Herald. Oct 20 1992. Sec.2.p.6. Disaster under sail on Ninety Mile Beach. The 2052-tonne sailing vessel Forrest Hall soon after it ran aground on Ninety Mile Beach on February 27, 1909. The wreck was sighted from the air in 1975 after being partly uncovered by a strong rip.
54. NZ Herald. Feb 20 1993. Sec.4.p.14. Storm victim aground on Great Barrier. The Wiltshire starts to break up a few days after she runs aground on Great Barrier Island in a storm on May 31, 1922.
55. NZ Herald. Jun 26 1993. Sec.4.p.14. Harbour slumber for working boats. Scows tied up in St Mary's Bay, Auckland, in 1935.
56. NZ Herald. May 8 1993. When the river ruled their lives. Steamers unloading freight at Pipiriki on the Whanganui River in 1900.
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1 folder loose-leaf : 56 p. ; Black and white ; 41 x 61 cm.
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New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Herald pictorial images of early Auckland and other regions, 14-0056. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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