New Plymouth City Council, Public Relations Office

Production date
1956-1984
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
Description
A collection of records from miscellaneous organisations including the Taranaki Promotions Trust (minutes), New Zealand Travel and Holiday Association (minutes), the New Plymouth Opera House Centennial Project (minutes), Disabled Person's Association, the New Plymouth Top Team, the Royal Tour 1970 and a series of scrapbooks illustrating industry in the New Plymouth district.
The collection also includes the records of the Bowl of Brooklands, Miss Brooklands' competitions and the Festival of the Pines.

Object detail

Production date
1956-1984
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
Classification
Item list

  Box 1

Scrapbook - Industry 1961 - 1962

Scrapbook - Industry 3/1/63 - 11/7/63

Scrapbook - Industry 17/7/63 - 16/1/64

Scrapbook - Industry 20/1/64 - 9/11/64

Scrapbook - Industry 20/11/64 - 28/7/65

Scrapbook - Industry 6/8/65 - 26/2/66

Scrapbook - Industry Feb 66 - July 66

Scrapbook - Industry Jul 66 -

Scrapbook - Industry 1/1/67 - 19/7/67

Scrapbook - Industry 19/7/67 - 31/1/68

Scrapbook - Industry 9/2/68 - 30/6/68

Scrapbook - Industry 6/7/68 - 3/11/68

Scrapbook - Industry 1/12/68 - 31/1/68

Scrapbook - Industry 6/3/69 - 7/2/69

Scrapbook - Industry 10/1/69 - 19/9/69

Scrapbook - Industry 10/9/69 - 30/11/69

  Box 2

Scrapbook - Industry 25/4/70 - 25/7/70

Scrapbook - Industry 30/7/70 - 9/12/70

Scrapbook - Industry 22/12/70 - 4/5/71

Scrapbook - Industry 13/5/71 - 9/2/72

Scrapbook - Industry 25/3/74 - 26/9/75

Scrapbook - Industry 1/10/75 - 10/3/78

Scrapbook - Taranaki Promotions Association 1973 - 1976

Scrapbook - Motorway plan Aug 13 - Dec 5 1968

Scrapbook - Historical book 1 1971

Scrapbook - Historical book 2 1971

Scrapbook - Public Relations 1961 - 62

  Box 3

Scrapbook - Public Relations 1962 - 63

Scrapbook - Public Relations 1963 - 64

Scrapbook - Public Relations 1964

Scrapbook - Public Relations 1964 - 65

Outsized photographs of Brooklands Bowl (under construction), performers (Kiri Te Kanawa) etc and an internal view of Whiteley Memorial Church, Liardet Street, New Plymouth

  Box 4

Collection of promotional pamphlets and flyers, such as 'Whats On', Also a copy of the catalogue for the Parade on Homes, Marfell, New Plymouth 1959 and a programme for a 1959 concert performed by the New Plymouth Girls Choir.

  Box 5

Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes July 1960 - March 1963

Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes April 1963 - July 1969

  Box 6

Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes April 1970 - November 1978

Bowl of Brooklands Trust - minutes June 1979 - April 1984

  Box 7

91) Festival of Pines - organisation working papers 1958

92) Festival of Pines - general working papers 1958

93) Festival of Pines - organisation, letters, budgets 1959

94) Festival of Pines - general working papers 1959

  Box 8

95) Festival of Pines - contract agreements 1959

96) Festival of Pines - general working papers 1960

97) Festival of Pines - misc exec papers 1961

98) Festival of Pines - finance 1962

99) Festival of Pines - general correspondence 1962

100) Festival of Pines - artists contracts, travel & accom. 1963/64

101) Festival of Pines - programme planning 1965

102) Festival of Pines - Ballet 1967

103) Festival of Pines - Front of House report 1961

104) Festival of Pines - The Crucifixion 1967

105) Festival of Pines - The Seekers 1968

106) Festival of Pines - oganisation working papers & corresp 1968

107) Festival of Pines - newsletters 1972 - 73

  Box 9

108) Bowl programmes 1958 - 1969

109) Bowl programmes 1970 - 79

  Box 10

Slides (projector) showing the Bowl of Brooklands (site and performances)

  Box 11

110) Bowl programmes 1980 -

111) Bowl of Brooklands, Contracts, programmes, agreements 1967 - 1970

112) Bowl of Brooklands, contracts and payments 1976 - 1977

113) Bowl of Brooklands, Festival 1966, artists accommodation, travel, contracts.

114) Bowl of Brooklands, Festival, C1966. Bands, accommodation.

  Box 12

115) Insurance - includes Festival policies

116) Festival of the Pines tickets 1970 - 71

117) Festival of the Pines passes 1976

118) Bowl of Brooklands, Front of House report 1969

119) Bowl of Brooklands, Selwyn Toogood shows 1960 - 61

120) Bowl of Brooklands, correspondence with Pukekura Park Committee 1957 - 1960

121) Bowl of Brooklands, information and plans 1970

122) Bowl of Brooklands, reports and recommendations on Festivals 1968

123) Bowl of Brooklands, reorganisation and development report 1967

  Box 13

124) Bowl of Brooklands - development, 1957 - 61

125) Bowl of Brooklands - technical data 1959 - 68

126) Bowl of Brooklands - technical 1969 - 70

127) Miss Brooklands 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963

128) Miss Brooklands 1960

129) Miss Brooklands 1962

  Box 14

130) Miss Brooklands 1964

131) Miss Brooklands 1965

132) Miss Brooklands 1969

133) Miss Brooklands 1970 1971

Miss Brooklands, misc papers

The Seekers, publicity photographs

Photographs -Various performers, publicity photographs

Photographs - The Bowl of Brooklands - photos of venue and performances

Photographs - views of New Plymouth collected by PRO for publications and promotions. Includes street scenes, work on the Powderham Mill, camping at Ngamotu Beach, views of the city etc.

  Box 15

1) Bowl of Brooklands - Programmes, photos and publicity

2) Bowl of Brooklands - newspaper clippings

3) Bowl of Brooklands - Luton Girls Choir

Photographs - parks, predominantly Pukekura

Photographs - misc views including New Plymouth

  Box 16

Photographs - views of New Plymouth collected by the PRO for publications and promotions. Includes some views of other Taranaki towns and districts.

  Box 17

PRO Diary for 1983. a diary of events registered with the Office

Pukekura Jaycees - handbook 1978

Gas Association of New Zealand 1980 Conference papers.

  Box 18

Taranaki Promotions Trust - minutes 1971

Taranaki Promotions Trust - newsletters, corresp etc 1975

Taranaki Promotions Trust - finance 1973 - 77

'Bits of Promotions' 1974 - 76

New Zealand Travel and Holiday Association - minutes 1965 - 75

  Box 19

New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes and correspondence 1956

New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes and correspondence 1957

New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes and correspondence 1958

New Plymouth Public Relations Office - Board of Control, minutes 1957 - Feb 1960

Industrial Advisory Committee (NPCC) meeting papers 1963. Includes reports etc regarding Natural Gas 1963

  Box 20

Industrial Advisory Committee (NPCC) Iron Sands Research committee - corresp. reports etc 1959 - 1964

Industrial Advisory Committee (NPCC) Taranaki Iron Sands Research Committee clippings, reports, corresp and minutes 1958 - 1963

Miss 'Taranaki' by Jeremy Pope. The draft mss for a possible publication promoting Taranaki.

  Box 21

Royal Tour, 1970 - time tables, seating plans etc

International Year of the Disabled 1981 (5 folders)

Policies of Various other PRO Committees in other areas of New Zealand 1971

New Plymouth Public relations Co-Ordinating Council - meeting papers 1956 - 1958

  Box 22

Citizen's Award - correpsondence and info of recipients 1979

Telethon - Year of the Child 1979

New Plymouth Welfare Council 1976

Combined Service Club Meetings 1974 - 76

Theatrical Groups meetings 1974 - 76

New Plymouth Opera House refurbishment 1975

Civil Defence 'The Big Shake' Exercise 1975

Skateboards, 1979

Misc clippings

  Box 23

Top Team 1977 - 79 (2 folders and 1 cash book)

Misc newsletters, minutes and correspondence (2 folders)

  Box 24

Seven reels of 8mm film and one reel Super 8mm film. Attributed to Malcolm McAlpine and gifted to the Taranaki Museum by the Bowl of Brooklands Trust. Undated.

Colour Films migrated to DVD February 2008. Run time 1 hour 30 minutes.

Quality of images varies. No sound.

  Part 25

DVD Research copy

  Part 26

DVD Master

Accession number
ARC2002-59
Collection type

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