140 x 85 mm.

198 x 142 mm. A view looking down on the curving river, with steam rising in places from the steep banks. It is difficult to tell which of the numerous small plateaux above the river is the Crow’s Nest.

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

361 x 265 mm. A view from the river bank looking towards the bridge, with grasses and rushes in the foreground. Additional information on the caption states: ‘This bridge carries the Addington and Kowai Railway over the River Waimakariri, in the provincial district of Canterbury. The bridge has a total length of 627 feet, made up of 19 spans of 33 feet each. The contract was let on the 21st April, 1871, and the work completed on the 16th November of the same year, at a cost of £4,400’.

140 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘WAIMANGU GEYSER. PROTECTED. III. 2.11.01’.

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

140 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘WAIMANGU GEYSER. ILES PHOTO. REGISTERED No. 1206. 12/11/03’. Another copy is filed at Y3089FF/23.

140 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘WAIMANGU GEYSER. ILES PHOTO. REGISTERED No.1206. 12/11/03’. Another copy is filed at Y3089FF/40.

75 x 120 mm.

125 x 75 mm.

A collection of loose prints, measuring approximately 75 x 95 mm and captioned in the negative. The prints are a commercial souvenir set and are contained in a printed envelope sub-titled 'The wonderland of thermal grandeur'. The views show waterfalls, rivers, geysers and boiling lakes. Some have additional handwritten notes on the reverse. Photographs (sold) by Wairakei Store.

198 x 138 mm. A view showing the mouth of the mud geyser in the foreground with the pool in the background behind trees.

130 x 80 mm.

191 x 141 mm. A view looking into the steaming mouth of one of the geysers in the area.

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

198 x 144 mm. A view looking down on the lake from a wooded hillside. Wairoa is situated near the coast at Hawke Bay, and Lake Tarawara was the scene of the sighting of the ‘Phantom Canoe’ which to the Maoris presaged the volcanic eruption of 1886 (see Y308A131 and New Zealand postcards 100-111).

A collection of views measuring approximately 60 x 80 mm, captioned in the negative. The prints are a commercial souvenir set contained in a printed envelope. Photographs by the New Zealand Government Tourist and Health Resorts Department.

126 x 70 mm. A postcard depicting the hostel and the surrounding land.

194 x 141 mm. A view looking down from a wooded hillside on to the beach and estuary at Waiwera, with a large house standing near the beach. Waiwera, which lies on the east coast just north of Auckland, is an area of hot thermal springs and was developed as a tourist area by Robert Graham (c 1820-1885), the man who also gave his name to Grahamstown.

198 x 147 mm. A view of Waiwera from the other side of the bay, and taken from the seashore, with a man sitting on a rock looking across towards the house seen in Y3089E/31.

198 x 147 mm. A similar photograph to Y3089E/31, taken from a slightly different place on the hillside.

199 x 145 mm. A view taken from slightly further inland showing the cultivated backgarden of the large house and more of the estuary which is crossed by a bridge in Y3089E/31.