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
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.
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.