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

Squads parading on square  1940 - 1941 Anthony Gross, England Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1949

Scene at Apia  1890 - 1910 Thomas Andrew, Samoa

Laughing kitten  1950s Eric Lee-Johnson, New Zealand Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Untitled. From the series: Night trials  Circa 1956 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Staircase, Australian pavilion, New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington  04.1940 Eric Lee-Johnson, Wellington Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Hyalogyra expansa Marshall, 1988; holotype

Untitled (’Petone’ advertisement)  circa 1931 Gordon Burt, Wellington Printed from negative owned by William Main, 1979

Poster, ’Put out your old hot water bottle’  circa 1942 Stafford & Co., Ltd., Nottingham Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967

Untitled. From the series: Night trials  1957 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

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