New Zealand Memories Issue 65

New Zealand Memories Issue 65 - Contents
My Grandmother’s Place 4
By Leonie Couper
Road to Akaroa 8
A picturesque view
Old Snap 9
Kiwi heartland poetry from Keith Austen
William Gordon: Artist Extraordinaire 10
A profile prepared by Maurice Norton
Last Stop for Gallipoli Railway Men 16
Petone’s dawn service attended by Michael Lulich
The Advance Party 18
Betty Chambers recalls the war years of 1939 – 1945
Regions : Northland 22
Ice Age 32
Scott Base turns 50 by Claire Duncan
Down Memory Lane 40
Schoolgirl reminiscences
“So Pleased We Came” 44
Mags Meechang’s Nelson experience
The Right Choice 48
Mr. E. Buchanan spent 44 years as a bank employee
Regions: Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty 50
Helping New Zealand Families 60
Joyce Powell on Karitane nursing
Reader’s Response 64
From Allan P. Berry, a senior philatelist and postal historian
Mailbox 66
In Print 68
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Hit the jackpot?
Cover image:
Bob Miller of the Southern Survey Party
taking a noon-sight on Great Glacier, on
New Year’s Day.
© Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection
(Ref: TAE1217).

New Zealand Memories Issue 65 - Index

Index Issue 65

A

ACHESON, Judge 27

air raid drill 42

Akaroa 8

ANDERSON, Thomas 50

Antarctic dogs 37

Antarctica 32

ANZAC Day 17

Aponga 29

Arawa explorers 57

art exhibitions 13

artist 10

ATKINSON, Alfred 14

Auckland 27, 40, 48

Auckland Exhibition 27

Auckland Municipal Band 15

Auckland Society of Arts 14

Aunt Daisy 5

Avro 504 54

aviation 54

B

babies 60

baby farmers 61

baby formula 62

BAGHURST, Sarah Jane 5

BALHAM, Ron 34

bandsmen 12

bank employees 1, 48

Bank of New Zealand 1, 48

Banks Peninsula 52

BANKS, Joseph 27

Baring Head lighthouse 64

BASHAM, Maud 5

BASSETT, Thomas 29

Bay of Plenty 54

BEAMISH-WHITE, Mrs. K.O. 59

Beaver aircraft 38

BEESON, George 50

betting 72

boating 56

bookmaker 72

breast feeding 61

bridge building 52

bridges 28

brown trout 58

BUCHANAN, Mr. E. 48

bursaries (nursing) 62

BURT, Mr. M.J. 26

Butter Point 34

C

canoes 57

Cape Egmont lighthouses 65

car ferry 23

Castlepoint lighthouse 65

CAUGHEY Family 61

CHAMBERS, Athol 18

Betty 18

Christchurch 60

Chunuk Bair 17

CHURCHILL, Mr. R. 12

CIMINO, Mrs 12

coal-range 5

Commercial Hotel 54

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

32

construction (Antarctica) 34

copper (washing) 5

Coromandel 50

Coromandel Harbour 50

COYNE, Mr. F. 12

CRANFIELD, Bill 34

D

DANSEY, Roger 58

Dargaville 30

DAVY, Judd 59

Dawn Service 17

DAY, Mr. F.F. 29

Depression, The 41

Dept. of Conservation 50

DIXON, Mr. H. 12

Dog Island lighthouse 64

dogs 9, 37

DOUGLAS, Murray 34

DUFEK, Admiral G.J. 32

Dunedin 60

E

East Cape lighthouse 64

education 40

ELLIS, Murray 34

emigration 44

employment 1, 48

ETANA, Wiki 27

EVANS, Mr. J. 12

F

Family Centres 63

Farewell Spit lighthouse 64

farm dogs 9

farming 27, 30, 52

farming practices 27

fashion (men) 72

feeding (babies) 61

FERGUSSON, Sir Bernard 39

fiat 502 8

FILDES, Horace 14

First Echelon 19

flag raising 32

flagstaff 17

food preparation (children) 62

FUCHS, Sir Vivian 33

FULLER, Neville 23

fundraising 62

G

Gallipoli 16

gardening 7

glass plate camera 25

GORDON, Henry 10

William 10

GORDON-BULLIE, Mr. 12

GRANT, Lyonel 59

GRAY, Ida 40

GRAY, Mr. G. 12

Mr. T. 12

Greenland Huskies 37

Guide Sophia 57

H

haka performances 27

HARAWIRA, Herepo 27

HARDING, Alfred 29

Edwin 29

HARRIS, Leslie 61

Wolff 61

HASTINGS, Major 17

HEAPHY, Charles 50

HEKE, Mr. 34

HELM, Mr. A.S. 32

HILLARY, Sir Edmund 32

HIMIONA, Kaipara 27

HITCHMAN, Mr. & Mrs. 45

HOLLOWAY, Mrs. 24

Rev. William 24

Home Missions 25

Hongi Hika 58

hospital ship 21

HUGHES, Lizzie 61

Hukerenui 27

HUNT, Sir William 61

Hut Point 32

I

Infant Life Protection Act 61

International Geophysical Year 33

J

K

KAPA, Ikanui 27

Waata 27

KARENA, Awarua 27

Karitane hospitals 61

Karitane nurses 60

Karitane nursing 60

kauri logging 30

Kawakawa 27

KILLEN, Mr. J.M. 29

KING, Dr. Truby 60

Mary 61

Kiripaki School 24

KIRKWOOD, Capt. H. 32

L

Lake House Hotel 56

Lake Okataina 59

Lake Rotoiti 58

Lake Tarawera 57

Lands and Survey Dept. 13

lantern slides 24

ledgerkeepers 48

LEIGHTON, Mr. 29

lighthouses (stamps) 64

Long Range Desert Group 18

Lord’s Prayer (Maori) 13

M

MacDONALD, Isobel 40

malnutrition 61

MANUERA, Hemi 27

Maori Land Court 27

MARSHALL, Mr. B.M. 12

Martinborough 5

MASSEY, William 17

MATIU, Tia 27

McCARROLL, Major 25

McCONOCHIE, Mrs. 46

McFARLANE, Sgt. 17

McLAUCHLAN, Gloria 40

McLEAN, Sir Donald 13

McMurdo Sound 33

memorial (WWI) 17

METE, Rihare 27

MILLER, J.H. Bob 34

milling – kauri 30

MING, Angela 44

George 44

Margaret 44

Mrs. 44

missionary work 24

MITCHELL, Mr. J. 12

Mokoia Island 58

mothercraft 60

Motu Kawau Islands 50

Mounted Rifles 19

Moura 57

Mt. Maunganui 54

MURPHY, (Jnr), R. 12

MURPHY, Mr. J. 12

music 12

N

N.Z. Govt. Life Insurance Dept 64

Nelson 44

New Plymouth Military Band 14

New Zealand Flag 17

Newman’s buses 44

Ngaiotonga 22

Ngaruawahia Military Camp 19

Ngunguru 25

North Auckland Times 29

Northern Wairoa 29

Northland 22

nursing 60

O

O’CONNOR, Mr. M. 12

Ocean Beach 54

Ohinemutu 58

Okaihau 25

Okarito 72

Opotiki 52

Opua 23

overseas service (WWII) 19

P

Paihia 23

Paihia car ferry 23

PAKO, Hauraki 27

Henare 27

Parihaka 13

PATU KIRIKIRI 50

Peti Peti River 52

Petone 17

Petone Railway Station 17

philatelists 65

Plunket 60

Polar Plateau 34

PONDER, Mr. Frank 33

Post & Telegraph Dept. 64

post office 48

postal service 64

Pram Point 33

premature babies 62

Presbyterian Church 24

PUAI, Hamihana 27

Q

R

race meeting 72

RADCLIFFE, Frederick 54

radio 5

Railways Dept. 64

Rainbow trout 58

RENNER, Fred 11

Reserve Bank of New Zealand 49

REYBURN, Wayne 30

RHODES, Sir R. Heaton 65

road cutting 23

ROBERTSON, Mr. James 40

ROBLEY, General 14

ROCHE, Mr. & Mrs. 45

Ross Dependency 32

Ross Island 33

Ross Sea Committee 32

Rotoiti Sawmilling Co. 58

Rotoma Sawmilling Co. 58

Rotorua 56

Ruakura State farm 27

RUEGG, Capt. H. 32

Russell 23

S

SAMUEL, Dr. J. 11

school motto 40

school sport 43

school uniform 40

schooling 40

scientific study (Antarctica) 38

scientists (Antarctica) 33

Scott Base 32

SCOTT, Capt. Robert Falcon 32

SCOTT, Constable 29

SEDDON, Richard John 65

sewing 62

Shackleton Base 34

SHARPE, Alfred 50

SHEFFIELD, Phyllis 40

shipping, Aotea 29

Awatea 21

Gosford 29

Hero 59

Hikawai 59

Hinemoa 58

HMNZS Endeavour 36

HMS Virago 12

Jane Lockhart 12

Knoxie 23

Ngaroto 59

Ngunguru 55

Percy 12

Rotoiti 59

SS Alice 58

SS Hamurana 58

Tamahine 19

Vampire 58

Victory 58

Wairoa 29

Wanganella 21

SIMPKIN, Mr. 29

sketching 10

sleds (dog) 34

SMITH, S. Percy 14

Social Welfare 62

St. Cuthbert’s College 40

St. Faith’s Church 57

stamps 64

STEADMAN, Colonel 25

steam-propelled vessel 58

STEWART, John 61

‘Stray Leaves’ at work 13

SUNDELL, Edward 52

Elvira 52

Hilda 52

Hugo 52

T

Takapuhati Valley 52

Takapuna Grammar 48

Tangiteroria 28

Tangiteroria bridge 29

Tangiteroria Hotel 29

Tapuhi War Memorial 25

Tarawera 57

TARR, Wally 34

Tasman Glacier 37

THUELL, Patricia 40

Tauranga 54

TAYLOR, Mavis 44

Te Ariki 57

Te Kao 27

Te Kao Native School 27

Te Kopuru Brass Band 29

TE WHITI 13

Telegraph Dept 13

telephone exchange 5

The Advance Party 19

The Great Trek 27

THIEM, Ben 72

THOMPSON, Constable 29

TITO, Ramon 34

TITOKOWARU 13

Toa Toa 52

tourism (Rotorua) 57

TOWLE, Pte. John 34

tractors 34

transport 23

Trentham Military Camp 19

trout fishing 58

Tutukaka 25

U

uniform (school) 40

uniforms 27

uniforms (nursing) 62

V

W

Wairoa River 29

Wanganui 13

Wanganui Rifle Volunteer Band 13

WARBRICK, Alf 57

WARD, Joseph 17

washing (clothes) 62

water taxi 59

WEBB, Mr. 29

WEISS, Capt. 34

Wellington 19

Wellington Artillery Band 12

Wellington Mounted Riflemen 17

Whakapara 23

Whakapara 24

Whakatane 55

Whangamumu 22

Whanganui Island 50

Whangaruru Harbour 22

WOODS, Michael 50

WWI 16, 52

WWII 18, 41

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Index Issue 65

A

ACHESON, Judge 27

air raid drill 42

Akaroa 8

ANDERSON, Thomas 50

Antarctic dogs 37

Antarctica 32

ANZAC Day 17

Aponga 29

Arawa explorers 57

art exhibitions 13

artist 10

ATKINSON, Alfred 14

Auckland 27, 40, 48

Auckland Exhibition 27

Auckland Municipal Band 15

Auckland Society of Arts 14

Aunt Daisy 5

Avro 504 54

aviation 54

B

babies 60

baby farmers 61

baby formula 62

BAGHURST, Sarah Jane 5

BALHAM, Ron 34

bandsmen 12

bank employees 1, 48

Bank of New Zealand 1, 48

Banks Peninsula 52

BANKS, Joseph 27

Baring Head lighthouse 64

BASHAM, Maud 5

BASSETT, Thomas 29

Bay of Plenty 54

BEAMISH-WHITE, Mrs. K.O. 59

Beaver aircraft 38

BEESON, George 50

betting 72

boating 56

bookmaker 72

breast feeding 61

bridge building 52

bridges 28

brown trout 58

BUCHANAN, Mr. E. 48

bursaries (nursing) 62

BURT, Mr. M.J. 26

Butter Point 34

C

canoes 57

Cape Egmont lighthouses 65

car ferry 23

Castlepoint lighthouse 65

CAUGHEY Family 61

CHAMBERS, Athol 18

Betty 18

Christchurch 60

Chunuk Bair 17

CHURCHILL, Mr. R. 12

CIMINO, Mrs 12

coal-range 5

Commercial Hotel 54

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

32

construction (Antarctica) 34

copper (washing) 5

Coromandel 50

Coromandel Harbour 50

COYNE, Mr. F. 12

CRANFIELD, Bill 34

D

DANSEY, Roger 58

Dargaville 30

DAVY, Judd 59

Dawn Service 17

DAY, Mr. F.F. 29

Depression, The 41

Dept. of Conservation 50

DIXON, Mr. H. 12

Dog Island lighthouse 64

dogs 9, 37

DOUGLAS, Murray 34

DUFEK, Admiral G.J. 32

Dunedin 60

E

East Cape lighthouse 64

education 40

ELLIS, Murray 34

emigration 44

employment 1, 48

ETANA, Wiki 27

EVANS, Mr. J. 12

F

Family Centres 63

Farewell Spit lighthouse 64

farm dogs 9

farming 27, 30, 52

farming practices 27

fashion (men) 72

feeding (babies) 61

FERGUSSON, Sir Bernard 39

fiat 502 8

FILDES, Horace 14

First Echelon 19

flag raising 32

flagstaff 17

food preparation (children) 62

FUCHS, Sir Vivian 33

FULLER, Neville 23

fundraising 62

G

Gallipoli 16

gardening 7

glass plate camera 25

GORDON, Henry 10

William 10

GORDON-BULLIE, Mr. 12

GRANT, Lyonel 59

GRAY, Ida 40

GRAY, Mr. G. 12

Mr. T. 12

Greenland Huskies 37

Guide Sophia 57

H

haka performances 27

HARAWIRA, Herepo 27

HARDING, Alfred 29

Edwin 29

HARRIS, Leslie 61

Wolff 61

HASTINGS, Major 17

HEAPHY, Charles 50

HEKE, Mr. 34

HELM, Mr. A.S. 32

HILLARY, Sir Edmund 32

HIMIONA, Kaipara 27

HITCHMAN, Mr. & Mrs. 45

HOLLOWAY, Mrs. 24

Rev. William 24

Home Missions 25

Hongi Hika 58

hospital ship 21

HUGHES, Lizzie 61

Hukerenui 27

HUNT, Sir William 61

Hut Point 32

I

Infant Life Protection Act 61

International Geophysical Year 33

J

K

KAPA, Ikanui 27

Waata 27

KARENA, Awarua 27

Karitane hospitals 61

Karitane nurses 60

Karitane nursing 60

kauri logging 30

Kawakawa 27

KILLEN, Mr. J.M. 29

KING, Dr. Truby 60

Mary 61

Kiripaki School 24

KIRKWOOD, Capt. H. 32

L

Lake House Hotel 56

Lake Okataina 59

Lake Rotoiti 58

Lake Tarawera 57

Lands and Survey Dept. 13

lantern slides 24

ledgerkeepers 48

LEIGHTON, Mr. 29

lighthouses (stamps) 64

Long Range Desert Group 18

Lord’s Prayer (Maori) 13

M

MacDONALD, Isobel 40

malnutrition 61

MANUERA, Hemi 27

Maori Land Court 27

MARSHALL, Mr. B.M. 12

Martinborough 5

MASSEY, William 17

MATIU, Tia 27

McCARROLL, Major 25

McCONOCHIE, Mrs. 46

McFARLANE, Sgt. 17

McLAUCHLAN, Gloria 40

McLEAN, Sir Donald 13

McMurdo Sound 33

memorial (WWI) 17

METE, Rihare 27

MILLER, J.H. Bob 34

milling – kauri 30

MING, Angela 44

George 44

Margaret 44

Mrs. 44

missionary work 24

MITCHELL, Mr. J. 12

Mokoia Island 58

mothercraft 60

Motu Kawau Islands 50

Mounted Rifles 19

Moura 57

Mt. Maunganui 54

MURPHY, (Jnr), R. 12

MURPHY, Mr. J. 12

music 12

N

N.Z. Govt. Life Insurance Dept 64

Nelson 44

New Plymouth Military Band 14

New Zealand Flag 17

Newman’s buses 44

Ngaiotonga 22

Ngaruawahia Military Camp 19

Ngunguru 25

North Auckland Times 29

Northern Wairoa 29

Northland 22

nursing 60

O

O’CONNOR, Mr. M. 12

Ocean Beach 54

Ohinemutu 58

Okaihau 25

Okarito 72

Opotiki 52

Opua 23

overseas service (WWII) 19

P

Paihia 23

Paihia car ferry 23

PAKO, Hauraki 27

Henare 27

Parihaka 13

PATU KIRIKIRI 50

Peti Peti River 52

Petone 17

Petone Railway Station 17

philatelists 65

Plunket 60

Polar Plateau 34

PONDER, Mr. Frank 33

Post & Telegraph Dept. 64

post office 48

postal service 64

Pram Point 33

premature babies 62

Presbyterian Church 24

PUAI, Hamihana 27

Q

R

race meeting 72

RADCLIFFE, Frederick 54

radio 5

Railways Dept. 64

Rainbow trout 58

RENNER, Fred 11

Reserve Bank of New Zealand 49

REYBURN, Wayne 30

RHODES, Sir R. Heaton 65

road cutting 23

ROBERTSON, Mr. James 40

ROBLEY, General 14

ROCHE, Mr. & Mrs. 45

Ross Dependency 32

Ross Island 33

Ross Sea Committee 32

Rotoiti Sawmilling Co. 58

Rotoma Sawmilling Co. 58

Rotorua 56

Ruakura State farm 27

RUEGG, Capt. H. 32

Russell 23

S

SAMUEL, Dr. J. 11

school motto 40

school sport 43

school uniform 40

schooling 40

scientific study (Antarctica) 38

scientists (Antarctica) 33

Scott Base 32

SCOTT, Capt. Robert Falcon 32

SCOTT, Constable 29

SEDDON, Richard John 65

sewing 62

Shackleton Base 34

SHARPE, Alfred 50

SHEFFIELD, Phyllis 40

shipping, Aotea 29

Awatea 21

Gosford 29

Hero 59

Hikawai 59

Hinemoa 58

HMNZS Endeavour 36

HMS Virago 12

Jane Lockhart 12

Knoxie 23

Ngaroto 59

Ngunguru 55

Percy 12

Rotoiti 59

SS Alice 58

SS Hamurana 58

Tamahine 19

Vampire 58

Victory 58

Wairoa 29

Wanganella 21

SIMPKIN, Mr. 29

sketching 10

sleds (dog) 34

SMITH, S. Percy 14

Social Welfare 62

St. Cuthbert’s College 40

St. Faith’s Church 57

stamps 64

STEADMAN, Colonel 25

steam-propelled vessel 58

STEWART, John 61

‘Stray Leaves’ at work 13

SUNDELL, Edward 52

Elvira 52

Hilda 52

Hugo 52

T

Takapuhati Valley 52

Takapuna Grammar 48

Tangiteroria 28

Tangiteroria bridge 29

Tangiteroria Hotel 29

Tapuhi War Memorial 25

Tarawera 57

TARR, Wally 34

Tasman Glacier 37

THUELL, Patricia 40

Tauranga 54

TAYLOR, Mavis 44

Te Ariki 57

Te Kao 27

Te Kao Native School 27

Te Kopuru Brass Band 29

TE WHITI 13

Telegraph Dept 13

telephone exchange 5

The Advance Party 19

The Great Trek 27

THIEM, Ben 72

THOMPSON, Constable 29

TITO, Ramon 34

TITOKOWARU 13

Toa Toa 52

tourism (Rotorua) 57

TOWLE, Pte. John 34

tractors 34

transport 23

Trentham Military Camp 19

trout fishing 58

Tutukaka 25

U

uniform (school) 40

uniforms 27

uniforms (nursing) 62

V

W

Wairoa River 29

Wanganui 13

Wanganui Rifle Volunteer Band 13

WARBRICK, Alf 57

WARD, Joseph 17

washing (clothes) 62

water taxi 59

WEBB, Mr. 29

WEISS, Capt. 34

Wellington 19

Wellington Artillery Band 12

Wellington Mounted Riflemen 17

Whakapara 23

Whakapara 24

Whakatane 55

Whangamumu 22

Whanganui Island 50

Whangaruru Harbour 22

WOODS, Michael 50

WWI 16, 52

WWII 18, 41

X

Y

Z

in capitals.