Stewart Island/Rakiura (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Map of Stewart Island New Zealand
Digital Image
Identifier: D00100001_e
Dates:
November 1898, additions to 1917; Publication: 1918
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Map of Stewart Island New Zealand
Digital Image
Identifier: D00100002_as
Dates:
November 1898, additions to August 1927; Publication: 1927
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Mining Areas; Pegasus District [Stewart Island, copy]
Digital Image
Identifier: D00100016
Dates:
1889 [copy 1973]
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Mining Areas; Pegasus District [Stewart Island] [copy], 1889 [copy 1973]
Item — Map-box 3: Series S0010
Identifier: S00100016
Scope and Contents
Photograph copy of Survey Office Map 2575 of tin mining areas in the Pegasus District, Stewart Island. Showing Blocks VII and VIII, and named sections.
Dates:
1889 [copy 1973]
Māori Beach School
Record Group
Identifier: A0293
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920-1934
MUNN, Allan Kenneth interviewed by Chrissy Wickes
Record Group — Box 19
Identifier: H0323
Overview
This interview focuses on the kakapo recovery project in which Allan was involved. In this interview Allan details his work for NZ Wildlife Service in particular with Kakapo. The catching of the birds on Rakiura and their release on Little Barrier Island, as well as the ongoing work to increase numbers. He talks about the harm caused by predators e.g., cats as well as the areas throughout NZ the birds can be found and the people involved in saving them.
Dates:
2017
M.V. 'Wairua' Ferry, no date, c.1945
Item — Box 1: Series S2619; Series S0504; Series S0602; Series S2754; Series S2776; Series S2777; Series S2778
Identifier: S27540001
Scope and Contents
The Wairua operated as the Stewart Island Ferry between 1944 and 1959.
Dates:
no date, c.1945
NATUSCH, Sheila interviewed by Lee Wadds
Record Group — Box 20
Identifier: H0145
Overview
Shelia tells of life and education on Stewart Island i.e. chores, teachers, enjoyment of art classes and having a love of nature. She wanted to be a writer and artist; and wrote ‘Natural World of the Trails’ and ‘Out of Our Tree’. She left home to go to Dunedin Teacher’s College and she gives a detailed account of her time there. In 1942 she had her first work published called ‘Overland to Pegasus’ in the Wanderlust magazine. She moved to Wellington and worked for the Dominion Museum – then did...
Dates:
2008
NEAVE, Gwen Meyer interviewed by Lee Wadds
Record Group — Box 1
Identifier: H0059
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. In this interview Gwen talks of her family, of being raised by Emmy May Ross a Deaconess in the Presbyterian Church, her education and the meeting of her husband Gary. She goes on to tell of her arrival on Stewart Island, the challenges of living here and of married life her. Gwen describes a full life of involvement in the community through her children’s school, Brownies, local politics, Community Trust and...
Dates:
2011
Oban, Stewart Island from the Ferry, New Zealand, c. 1940
Item — Box 1: Series S2619; Series S0504; Series S0602; Series S2754; Series S2776; Series S2777; Series S2778
Identifier: S27540003
Dates:
c. 1940
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