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New Zealand (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1190 Collections and/or Records:

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Rototkanapanapa (Mud Volcano), 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/4
Scope and Contents

200 x 140 mm A view looking across an expanse of mud, dotted here and there with mud craters. This is probably at Waikanapanapa.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Royal Tour of Commonwealth 1953-54

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011EEE
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs by various photographers. Captions are derived from information on the back of some photographs and from official programmes and published books on the tour.H.M. King George VI was anxious to undertake a major post-war tour of the Commonwealth, but was prevented by ill-health. It was therefore agreed that H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh would travel to East Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and they flew from London airport on the...
Dates: 1953 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ruapehu, 3876 feet, from Taumaranui, King Country, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/25
Scope and Contents

143 x 199 mm. A view looking between trees and across a lake towards Ruapehi, the most southerly of the three volcanoes which stretch in a line south-west of Lake Taupo.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Runanga House (Hinemihi), Wairoa, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/10
Scope and Contents 202 x 145 mm. An interior view of a runanga, or assembly house, showing the rhythmical painted motifs on the rafters, the elaborately carved ancestor-panel at the rear of the house and carvings on the central supporting pole. This plate and Y3089D/11 were taken after Burton’s 1885 expedition at Wairoa and before the Tarawera eruption. After the disaster the house was dismantled and obtained by the Earl of Onslow, later being transported to Clandon Park, Surrey, where it now is. The house was...
Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Runanga House (Hinemihi), Wairoa, 1884 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089D/11
Scope and Contents

201 x 145 mm An exterior view of the assembly house showing the carving on the beams at the side of the entrance and around the roof. In front of the building stands a group of Maori men, women and children, Aporo standing in a warlike pose, wearing Maori dress and with feathers of the huia in his hair and brandishing above his head a kotiate, the small Maori club made from various woods and stones. Third from the right of the standing Maoris is Ngareta.

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Russell, Bay of Islands, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089E/36
Scope and Contents

191 x 143 mm. A view looking down on to the town, with houses built right down to the beach. A steamer is moored to a jetty in the harbour. The original town of Russell (named after Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Colonies) was destroyed by fire in 1842 and never rebuilt, and the use of the name Russell here applies to Kororareka, an older nearby settlement and port.

Dates: 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sale of store sheep to farmers, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7093
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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(Same subject), 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/7004
Scope and Contents

[Close up of Maggie Papakura on her verandah].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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(same subject as 6814) [De la Beche and the Minarets seen across the Tasman Glacier from the hut at Malte Brun], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6818
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Closer view].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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(Same subject as 6814) [Head of the Tasman Glacier], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 26/6815
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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(Same subject) [Lamb sale], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7087
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Three different pictures of lambs in pens at Addington Sale Yards, Christchurch].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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(Same subject) [Lamb sale], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7088
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Three different pictures of lambs in pens at Addington Sale Yards, Christchurch].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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(Same subject) [Lamb sale], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 28/7089
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Three different pictures of lambs in pens at Addington Sale Yards, Christchurch].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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San Francisco night or Wellington ?, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham M/12
Scope and Contents

[Lights of a city].

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-Series

[Scenery and People], 1875 - 1910

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC New Zealand/1-259
Scope and Contents

Colour and monochrome postcards of various dates depicting the scenery and people of New Zealand.

Dates: 1875 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

School Empire Tours Record 1927-1939

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011FFF
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...
Dates: 1927 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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School for Maori children near Auckland, 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B/39
Scope and Contents

360 x 262 mm. A view showing Maori boys and girls posed with their teacher outside a small wooden schoolhouse.

Dates: 1876
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Scrapbook II, 1914 - 1922

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/2
Scope and Contents

Press cutting relating to Australia and New Zealand, West Indies, British Guiana, and Lord Milners's visit to Manchester.

Dates: 1914 - 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Scrapbook II, 1914-1922 (Australia, New Zealand, West Indies), 1914 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY/9-14
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.

Dates: 1914 - 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Scrapbook III, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/17/1/3
Scope and Contents

Australia and New Zealand

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Scraping the gum, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7060
Scope and Contents

[Six men gathered round pile of gum lumps].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Scraping the gum, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 27/7061
Scope and Contents

[Four men round heap of gum lumps].

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Scrub-covered river valley with snowy mountains in background], 1870 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/23
Scope and Contents

183 x 132 mm. Possibly New Zealand.

Dates: 1870 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Scrubland with snow-covered mountains in background], 1870 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection including scenes from Ascension, Canary Islands, Madeira, Egypt, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan, Senegambia, Sierra Leone, the U.K., Gibraltar and Norway. The arrangement is a random one, but is seems likely that the left-hand photographs, one of Norway, the remainder definitely or probably New Zealand, were inserted later than those on the right. 108-113 are loose prints. The following is a list of the locations:New Zealand: 1, 12, 14, 16, 18Possibly New Zealand: 3, 7,...
Dates: 1870 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sealey Gorge: W. Coast Road, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/23
Scope and Contents

193 x 139 mm. A view looking down on the road through the gorge, with a small wooden bridge in the foreground. The snow-capped mountain in the background is possibly Mt. Sealey.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).