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New Zealand Postcards

Collection SummaryA collection of commercially released postcards that show the rural and urban landscapes of New Zealand, and many aspects of the life and activities of New Zealanders.Description

This collection contains more than 240 images of commercially released postcards that show the rural and urban landscapes of New Zealand, and many of the aspects of the life and activities of New Zealanders. The postcards are held in their original format in Mātangireia at the University of Waikato Library.

LevelSeriesSourcesHeld by University of Waikato Library Storage New Zealand Rare Books DU405.C697

Auckland

Library and Art Gallery, Auckland

Queen Street, Auckland

Waitakere Waterfall

Lake at Takapuna

View of Auckland from the wharf

Herald Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland

Lower Queen Street, Auckland

Auckland Wharf and Harbour

Mount Eden, Auckland

Auckland Harbour from Symond Street

Albert Park, Auckland

War Memorial Swimming Pool, Onehunga, Auckland

Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland

The Cenotaph, Auckland

Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland

Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island

Waiwera Beach, Auckland

Bathing pools, Waiwera

South Pacific Hotel, Waiwera

Kelly Tarlton's, Auckland

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Oneroa Bay, Waiheke Island

Botanical

Red Kowhai (Clianthus puniceus)

Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium)

Pohutukawa (Metrosideros tomentosa)

Kowhai (Edwardsia microphylla)

New Zealand Wild Flowers, Hinau

Koramiko (Veronica salicifolia)

Canterbury

Rock tunnel on the Kaikoura-Cheviot coach road

Bridge over Clarence River, Kaikoura

Christchurch

Greetings from the New Zealand Exhibition, Christchurch 1906-1907

Main front view of the N.Z. International Exhibition 1906-1907, Christchurch

A Typical Provincial Court display at the N.Z. International Exhibition 1906-1907, Christchurch

Best wishes - Avon River, Christchurch

The Incoming Tide, Governors Bay, Canterbury

Avon River near St Michael's Church, Christchurch

Looking south on Colombo Street, Christchurch

In the Domain, Christchurch

Promenade, Wainoni Park, Christchurch

The River Avon, Christchurch

Avon River, Christchurch

Punting on the Avon River, Christchurch

Dunedin

Green Island Beach, Dunedin

View from Lawyer's Head, Dunedin

Residence in Roslyn, Dunedin

Residence in Dunedin

Burns' Monument, Dunedin

Trooper's Memorial, Dunedin

The Catholic Cathedral, Dunedin

Botanical Gardens, Dunedin

Otago University, Dunedin

Bungalow Tea Rooms, Ocean Beach, Dunedin

Fiordland & Queenstown

Preservation Inlet, Fiordland

Skippers Road, Wakatipu

Bob's Cove, looking towards Mount Cecil, Queenstown

Cathedral Peaks, Lake Manapouri

Mount Pembroke, Milford Sound

Cleddau River and Mount Tutoko, Milford Sound

Sutherland Falls, Fiordland

General

New Zealand's got it all!

Amber Glow Waltz by Walter Impett

Gisborne

Roebuck Road Bridge, Gisborne

Waihirere Falls near Gisborne

Giant Pohutukawa, Te Araroa, East Coast

Best wishes: Te Reinga Falls near Gisborne

Hicks Bay Motels, East Coast

Gisborne: We're thinking of you

Hawke's Bay

Cornwall Park, Hastings

The Hotel, Lake Waikaremoana

Moonlight on Lake Waikaremoana

Manawatu

Makuri Gorge, Pahiatua

The Square, Palmerston North

Greetings from Pahiatua (two views)

Greetings from Maoriland: Manawatu Gorge

Bringing flax down the Manawatu River

Post Office at Taihape

Marlborough

Queen Charlotte Sound

Blenheim (two views)

Government buildings in Blenheim

National Park

Mount Ngauruhoe in eruption

Mount Ngauruhoe in eruption

Mount Ngauruhoe

Mount Ruapehu from Karioi Plains

Horse Shoe Bend, Raurimu Road

Hapuawhenoa Viaduct near Ohakune

Raukawa Falls, Mangawhero River

Mount Ngauruhoe from Ruapehu

Climbing Mount Ruapehu at the National Park

Mount Ruapehu from Horopito

Mount Ruapehu from the service road above the Spiral

Greetings Sincere: Mount Ngauruhoe

Northland

Russell, Bay of Islands

Monument at Waitangi

St James Anglican Church (1860), Kerikeri

Giant Kauri tree, Waipoua Forest, Northland

View of Whangarei Harbour from Main Highway

Whangarei Falls

Ruamanga Falls near Whangarei

McLeod Bay, Whangarei

View from One Tree Point on Whangarei Harbour

Giant Kauri tree

View from Marsden Point, Whangarei Harbour

Whangarei Falls

Hauling Kauri logs, Kauri Forest, North Auckland

Scenic Railway, Main Street, Kawakawa

Stone Store, Kerikeri

Kawakawa, Northland

Rotorua

Sanatorium Grounds, Rotorua

Hamarana Springs, Rotorua

Children jumping for pennies, Whakarewarewa

Twins and Inferno, Tikitere, Rotorua

Māori poi dancers, Whakarewarewa

T. Kapua, authentic Māori carver, Ohinemutu, Rotorua

Iodine Springs, Waimangu

The Inferno Crater, Waimangu

Haka dancing by Māori children

Okere Falls, Rotorua

Carved Gateway, Māori Pā, Whakarewarewa

Waikite Geyser, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

New Baths, Sanatorium Grounds, Rotorua

Waikite Geyser, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

Bath buildings, Rotorua

Ohinemutu, Lake Rotorua

Children jumping from bridge, Whakarewarewa

Carved Māori House, Whakarewarewa

Papakura Geyser

Brain Pots and Pōhutu Geyser

Waimangu after eruption

Eruption of Waimangu

The Waimangu eruption, April 1, 1917

Gibraltar Rock, Waimangu

Accommodation House after eruption

Frying Pan Flat, Waimangu

Waimangu Basin (three views)

Panoramic view of round trip (four views)

Pink Terrace, Rotomahana

The Lost Terraces of Tarawera

Desolations around Waimangu from Government Accommodation House

Kereru Geyser and Terrace Formation

Whatapoho Geyser, Rotomahana

Wairoa Falls at the Buried Village, Wairoa

Boiling mud, Rotorua

Waimangu Geyser, Rotorua

Te Wairoa Buried Village (three views)

South Canterbury

Hospital grounds, Timaru

Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru

Greetings from Ashburton (two views)

Southland

Residence in Invercargill

Oreti Beach, Invercargill

Gardens, showing Nith Street Bridge, Invercargill

Munro's Bush, Mimihau River, Wyndham

Gore Railway Station

Sports

Men's sports team

Men's sports team

Men's rugby team

Men's sports team

Men's rugby team

Men's sports team

Men's sports team

Men's hockey team

Men's sports team

Men's hockey team

Men's hockey team

Costume hockey game

Hockey tournament 1911, Napier

Men's hockey team

Tāneatua Men's Hockey Team 1912

Tāneatua v Tauranga Ladies Hockey Match 1912

Man high jumping using scissor kick style

Taranaki

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont]

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont]

New Plymouth Recreation Grounds

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont]

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont] and North Egmont Hostel

Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont] from Stratford

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont]

Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth

Season Greetings from Kaupokonui

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont]

Mount Taranaki [Mt Egmont] from Lake, Stratford

Moturoa, New Plymouth

The Hospital, New Plymouth

Devon Street from G.P.O., New Plymouth

Devon Street, New Plymouth

The Lake, Recreation Ground, New Plymouth

Dairy factory at Inglewood

Taupō

Māori house dining room, Spa Taupō

Taupō from the bridge

Aratiatia Rapids

Waikato River at Taupō

Aratiatia Rapids

Aratiatia Rapids, Waikato River

Tauranga

Salisbury Wharf, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga

Mount Maunganui, Tauranga

Transport

Air New Zealand DC-8

Hydrofoil Manu-Wai at Auckland

Wairarapa

Maungaterera Stream, Carterton

Wellington

Island Bay, Wellington

Jervois Quay, Wellington

Central Hutt and Melling Bridge

Convent, Island Bay, Wellington

Rimutaka Incline on the Wellington to Napier railway line

Whanganui

A glimpse of Whanganui through the cabbage trees

Māori women at home, Whanganui River

The Drop Scene, Whanganui River

Ātene [Athens] on the Whanganui River

Going through the Gates, Taupokiore, Whanganui River

World War I

World War I New Zealand soldiers [Auckland Regiment]

World War I soldier in chair reading letter

New Zealand Military Hospital, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames, England

New Zealand Military Hospital, Oatlands Park, England

New Zealand hospital at Brockenhurst

Canteen at the New Zealand Soldiers Club

World War I cartoon postcard - Fritz sends up a flare in No-Man's Land

World War I cartoon postcard - "She's a hard war, Dig'"

World War I cartoon postcard - Fritz: Some typical specimens

World War I cartoon postcard - On duty at a listening post

World War I cartoon postcard - That's the stuff to gie' 'em!

World War I cartoon postcard - "Napoo Fini!"

World War I cartoon postcard - The mark of the Hun - the ruins of a Flanders town

World War I cartoon postcard - Doing it hard

World War I cartoon postcard - Recruits coming into camp

World War I cartoon postcard - Massey's Massage Institute

World War I cartoon postcard - 100th Reinforcements

World War I cartoon postcard - 6am Chasing Bugle

World War I cartoon postcard - Mess Orderlies

World War I cartoon postcard - Returning from final leave at Trentham

World War I cartoon postcard - Our "Little Grey Home" at the Base

Zoological

The Pied Fantail - Piwakawaka

New Zealand birds and fauna

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Subject (keywords)Postcards -- New Zealand -- HistoryNew Zealand -- Pictorial worksNew Zealand -- Social life and customs -- HistoryPostcards -- New Zealand -- Pictorial worksKōrero neheSports -- New Zealand -- Pictorial worksWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works

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