Ruapehu  1880 S Burton Brothers Purchased 1981 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds

Vase  1915 Pilkington Tile and Pottery Co, Lancashire Walter C Cook Decorative Art Collection, Gift of Walter Cook, 1993

Poster, ’Heavy bombers of the R.A.F.’  Circa 1943 Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd., Nottingham Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967

Poster, ’Lets Go!’  Early 1940s Advertising & Sales Club of Toronto, Canada Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967

Poster, ’Buy Health Stamps’  1932 Marmaduke Matthews, New Zealand Purchased, 2002.

Mangahao - Wellington city transmission line  1923 George Adkin, Mangahao Gift of Maud Adkin, 1964

Rawene wharf, Hokianga  1957 Eric Lee-Johnson, Rawene Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Poster, ’Waste no food’  Early 1940s Fosh & Cross Ltd., London Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967

New Zealand Towns and Pubs  1950 s Eric Lee-Johnson, New Zealand Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Poster, ’Hudson’s’  1930s Gordon H. Burt Ltd., Wellington

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