Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust
Production date
1951-1996
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
Description
In 1951, Douglas Cook purchased a block of land nestled between the Pouakai and Kaitake Ranges on the upper Carrington Road. This block was later transferred to the newly formed Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust.
Gradually, the Trust developed the land incorporating a unique blend of rhododendrons and other exotic plants in a setting of New Zealand native bush.
The records illustrate the development of the gardens and gives insight into the drive and commitments of Pukeiti members. The minutes of the Trust and supporting organisations such as the Ladies Committee are included along with an extensive collection of photographs. 1951 - 1996
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Object detail
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
Box 1
1) Pukeiti Board and AGM minutes 1950s
2) Pukeiti Board and AGM minutes 1960s
3) Pukeiti Board and AGM minutes 1970s
4) Pukeiti Board and AGM minutes 1980s
5) Pukeiti Board and AGM minutes 1990s (odd bits and ends)
6) Newsletters No 1 (August 1952) to Vol 47 No 1 (Feb 1997)
7) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1951 - 1959
8) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes1960 - 1963
9) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1965 - 1968
10) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1969 - 1970
11) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1971 - 1972
12) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1973 - 1974
13) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1975 - 1976
14) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1977 - 1978
15) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1979
16) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1980 - 1981
17) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1982 - 1984
Box 2
18) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1985 - 1986 (incomplete)
19) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1987
20) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1988
21) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1989
22) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1990
23) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1991
24) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1992
25) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1993 (incomplete)
26) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1994 (incomplete)
27) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1995 (April missing)
28) Pukeiti Executive Committee minutes 1996 (incomplete)
29) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-1- Permanent history
30) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-3-1 Trustee Minutes 1972 - 1994
31) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-3-2 Trustee Minutes 1971 - 1985
32) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-3-3-1 Trustee Minutes 1983 - 1986
33) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-3-3-2 Trustee Minutes 1986 - 1990
Box 2A
34) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-3-3-3 ditto 1991 - 1993
35) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-3-3-4 ditto 1993 - 1995
36) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-4-1 cash book 1971 - 1989
37) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-4-1&2 ledger-journal
38) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-5-0-1 Financial statements 1991 - 93
39) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-6-0-2 Working papers 1991 - 1994
40) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-6-0-2 Working papers 1990 - 1995
41) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-18-1-1 Correspondence 1988-1995
42) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-18-2-1 Correspondence 1988-1995
43) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-20-0-2 Investment & share certificates 1979-94
44) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-20-0-3 Investments 1992 - 1995
Box 3
45) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-48- Various history and copy of Trust Deed
46) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-99-1 newsletters (misc)
47) Pukeiti Trust Fund file 1357-99-2 list of members (misc)
48) Annual reports 1958-1982; 1984-1987;
49) Membership lists: 1954-58; 1963; 1968; 1974; & misc
50) Planting book 1979 - 1981
51) Day Book 1980 - 1982
52) Staffing reports
53) Review 1990
54) Puddle, Charles
55) Archives lists
56) Tours national
57) Tours Overseas
58) Tupare
59) Volunteers and guides
60) Catalogues Christmas/greeting cards
61) Catalogues - plant sales
62) Membership forms
63) Membership cards
64) Invitations to BBQ and dinners
65) Brochures
66) Gate House Appeal
67) Notes by J D Anderson
68) Interviews - Pat Greenfield
69) Articles G Smith(?)
70) Founders file
71) The Story of Pukeiti
72) Miscellaneous clippings
73) Personal letters 1958 - 1970
74) Plans and drawings for Lodge and surrounds
75) Summit road construction 1957-1968
Box 4
76) Jubilee 1976
77) Rules 1958
78) Trust deeds
79) Papers. Ned Shewry estate.
80) Synfuel
81) Miscellaneous letters 1951- 1983
82) Miscellaneous correspondence
83) Miscellaneous correspondence
84) Correspondence Peterson, S. W. (Wellington)
85) Post cards, (not Pukeiti)
86) Christmas and greeting cards
87) Other cards
Photos
88) Promotional material
89) Maps
90) Articles/publications undated
91) Articles/publications 1950a
92) Articles/publications 1960 - 64
93) Articles/publications 1965 - 69
94) Articles/publications 1970 - 74
95) Articles/publications 1980 - 84
96) Articles/publications 1985 - 89
97) Articles/publications 1990 - 94
98) Articles/publications 1995 - 9
99) Annual financial statements 1970 - 89 (incomplete)
100) misc papers
Box 5
Photographs
Box 6
101) Scrapbook clippings and photographs 1959 - 1989
102) Scrapbook clippings 1990 - 1994
103) Photos - a collection of photos or Orvis Croft Colchester (Jack Gordon); photo of Pukeiti Lodge (outsized); photo of water wheel (outsized); photo of one of the paths and a recent planting (outsized)[the latter three photos were taken by P H G La Vie, Northcote, Auckland) (black and white).
104) Photos (black and white) - views of Pukeiti by Douglas Elliott (6) mounted onto cardboard. Have been part of a display (pin holes in corners)
105) Certificate - New Zealand National Flower Show 1952 - Certificate of Merit awarded to Pukeiti
106) Certificate - Garden of the Week 1968 - awarded to Pukeiti.
Box 7
107) Visitors Book 1955 - 58
108) Visitors Book 1958 - 60
109) Visitors Book 1960 - 64
110) Visitors Book 1964 - 69
111) Visitors Book 1969 - 72
112) Visitors Book 1972 - 75
113) Visitors Book 1976 - 95
114) Visitors Book 1995 - 96
Box 8
Pukeiti Ladies Committee
115) Correspondence 1960s
116) Correspondence and notes
117) Early Members Thoughts - a note book containing reminiscences of Jack Goodwin, a list of founder members; notes on the formation and activities of the Ladies Committee,
118) Minutes from inagural meeting March 1955 to 1970
119) Minutes 1970 - 92
120) Minutes 1980 - 90
121) Minutes 1990 - 96
122) Letterbook 1960 - 80
123) Account book 1967 - 82 Includes lists of committee members and helpers
124) Devonshire Teas - 1982 - 84 note book used in organising the Devonshire teas
125) Catering - (1980s) note book
126) Library catalogue 1974 - notebook
Box 9
127) Mathews, Elizabeth - Botany collection (pressed and mounted specimens)
128) Hale, Leonora - Native Trees of New Zealand (pressed and mounted specimens)
129) Wade, Selena - Collection of pressed and mounted botanic specimens 1889 - 1890
130) Williams, Mary botanical painting by: including sophora (kowhai); Pterostylus banksii (Tutukiwi); Fuchsia Excorticata (Kotukutuku); Dendrobium cunninghamii, tree orchid (Winika); Senicio kirkii; Libertia ixiodes (NZ iris); Tetrapathaea tetrandra, NZ passion flower, (Kohia); Gunnera sp; Coprosma brunnea; Fuchsia procumbens; Clematis paniculata (puawhanganga);
131) Marshall, Janet - botanical painting Rhodo baileyi
132) Architectural plan - Stead Block house. (Syme) 1964
133) Architectural plan - Implement shed (Olson) 1965
134) Plan of tracks
135) Photograph - aerial view of Pukeiti (rolled)
Public comments
Hello there, I have the September 30th 1961 New Plymouth Photo News which has a page "Pukeiti Opens to Visitors' in it. The reason I have kept it is because my mother, sister and another couple were 'posed' pictured by the Photo News admiring the rhododendrons. You may be interested in a copy of the page for your records. I did give the then owner of the cafe a picture a few years ago but don't know whether it was passed on. You may already have this record. Regards Susan Bone If you are I will be at the gardens during the week of the Garden Festival.
- Susan Bone posted 3 years ago.