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Name	Summary/Abstract	Subject category
‘A Long Day in a Tin Can’	New Zealand Railways hostesses recall working the main trunk line in the 1970’s and 80's.	New Zealand Railways North Island Main Trunk Railway
Time Flies When Having Fun	During an exploration of timepieces within MOTAT’s Collection, we rediscovered several unique and kooky clocks. Here’s what author Emily Hames found…	Clocks and watches
Preserving Time	During the unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend that re-emerged was the appreciation of a more slow-paced life. This resulted from having more time at home due to people’s movements being restricted to their neighbourhoods. People had more time to spend in the garden and exercise through, walks, running, biking and/or scooter rides within their bubbles. With the lack of takeaway options, home cooked meals and baking became more common;, this also included the act of preserving food.	Canning and preserving Glass Glass manufacture
‘You’ve kicked me’: Tram Conductresses	Auckland’s tramway was initially a public/private venture by the British Electric Traction Company in London and the Auckland Borough Councils but was taken over by the Auckland City Corporation in 1919. It flourished for 40 years but street tramways fell out of favour and were replaced by diesel and trolleybuses in a modernisation programme after the Second World War. Auckland’s last trams ran on 30 December 1956 (although they run regularly at MOTAT).	Women transport workers New Zealand Auckland
The Life & Times of a well-travelled Steam tram Engine - No.100 - celebrating 130 years of age	Built in 1891 by the well-known engine manufacturers Baldwin Locomotive Works, read about the history of MOTAT's Tram 100.	Australia New Zealand Conservation and restoration Wanganui Corporation Tramways
Tram No. 135 and its century of travelling the tracks	Built in 1921, Tram No. 135's history of service in Wellington and journey to MOTAT is outlined.	New Zealand Wellington City Corporation Tramways Conservation and restoration
Redressing the Balance – A Brief History of Letter Balances and the Penny Post	During my recent research of MOTAT’s Weights and Measures Collection, the letter balances, or postal scales, stood out – when did they first become popular and how are they relevant to New Zealand’s history?	Postal service Postage stamps Scales (Weighing instruments)
A New Topdressing Aircraft	The Walsh Memorial Library hold eight logbooks of Banks Peninsula-born pilot Harold Lord Piper (1899–1965). Log books are an invaluable record for any pilot — tracing the different aircraft types flown, distances and conditions they flew in.	Aerial fertilization New Zealand
Christening the Collection	An important aspect of the Registry team’s role is reviewing the Collection. Here is what we have discovered about our assortment of christening gowns…	Christening gowns
Looking after Auckland Harbour Bridge	Painting the bridge was a constant job...	Auckland Harbour Bridge Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company
The Flying Kiwi: A Photo Essay	The Walsh Memorial Library currently has a selection of objects and archival material on display to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cliff Tait’s round the world flight in New Zealand manufactured, AESL Airtourer 115 “Miss Jacy.” The Library cares for the extensive photographic collection compiled by Cliff during this flight, which saw him away from his family from May — August 1969, something we’re all learned to grapple with during the COVID pandemic.	Flight
Harold Piper — What’s in an Aviator’s Logs?	The Walsh Memorial Library hold eight logbooks of Banks Peninsula-born pilot Harold Lord Piper (1899–1965). Log books are an invaluable record for any pilot — tracing the different aircraft types flown, distances and conditions they flew in.	Aviators Log books
Amateur Radio Operations Aid the 1933 Tasman Crossing by the Southern Cross	Aviation tours captured the imagination of the New Zealand public, with Tasman crossings increasingly carried out in the 1930s after the first successful crossing in 1928 by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In January 1933 Kingsford Smith made another crossing, flying between Sydney and New Plymouth in Fokker F.VII ‘Southern Cross’ with co-pilot Patrick Gordon Taylor and radio operator John Stannage.	Shortwave radio Radio stations Radio operators Radio Flight radio operators Radio equipment Southern Cross (Airplane) Fokker Tri-Motor F.VIIB-3M (Southern Cross)
A Platform for the Future: Auckland Rapid Transit	The plan for Auckland’s electric metro rail that included an underground CBD loop from 50 years ago.	Railroad engineering Railroads
Open access: Glass plate & lantern slide collection	As we are all adjusting to increasingly ‘virtual’ means of learning, exploring and engaging with the world’s heritage, we’d like to highlight a collection recently digitised by the Walsh Memorial Library’s Assistant Librarian for Digitisation, Andrew Pettengell. This recent project is part of MOTAT’s continuous process to improve the access information available on Collections Online. We’ve recently uploaded copyright terms for over 7,000 photographic records now in the public domain. Over 3,000 of these have images attached, including ones from the rich glass plate and lantern slide collections cared for by the Walsh Memorial Library. Read on to uncover the process to catalogue, digitise & preserve this rich collection and showcase some of the various subject highlights.	Photography Photographic processes Topographical surveying Nature photography New Zealand Photographers
Telecom Phone Cards	A donation of Telecom phone cards from the late 1990s has filled a gap in our Telecommunications collection.
Going Viral: Polio and the Iron Lung	New Zealand has a long history of epidemics and pandemics - from the influenza epidemic that was reported by Māori in Foveaux Strait in 1817-20, to today’s COVID-19 pandemic. Protocols such as social distancing and the closure of schools and public venues has previously been seen in New Zealand’s history, affecting Kiwis throughout the early 20th Century due to a reoccurring epidemic - the Polio (poliomyelitis) virus.	Public health Health
First Contact: Eugene Hirst and New Zealand’s Innovative History of Contact Lens Production	Located at number 9 High Street in Auckland is the flagship store of Mortimer Hirst, an eyewear company associated with a rich history of contact lens innovation in New Zealand. The company is result of a partnership set up between optometrist Douglas Mortimer (1918–2005) and dental technician Eugene Hirst (1911–1989) in 1949, joint directors of both Mortimer Hirst and Hirst Contact Lens Limited.	Contact lenses
Contemporary Collecting: The Pear-1 Ventilator Prototype	A look at one object, the Pear-1 ventilator prototype, acquired by MOTAT as part of quick response collecting during New Zealand's 2020 Level 4 lockdown - why this object?	Technological innovations
Leo White: The Man Behind The Whites Aviation Collection	The Whites Aviation Collection spans some 70 years of history with categories covering the early aero clubs, trans-Tasman flights, the formation of the early airlines in New Zealand and other aviation events up to the 1970's.	Whites Aviation Limited Photographers Photography Aerial photography

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