56691
Records of Bert Goulding (Robert Thomson), 1886-1987
Date1914-1981Reference NumberAms 227DescriptionCollection comprises:
- 100th birthday, [Box 375]:
- box of miscellaneous correspondence, greetings cards and personal memorabilia including birth and marriage certificates and telegram from the Queen on the occasion of his 100th birthday
Correspondence relating to town planning in Tauranga District 1961-1963, [Box 376], including:
- significant amount of documents relating to subdivision in Matua and subdivision plans/applications in various parts of city
- copies of the Blair-Mason report on Tauranga Harbour as it appeared in the Bay of Plenty Times, 8 August 1919
- copy of handwritten article sent to the Bay of Plenty Times for publication in "City celebrations" issue entitled "City of Tauranga: past, present and future"
- miscellaneous maps
- hand drawn map on tracing paper of the Chapel Street/Sulphur Point area showing names of businesses and land use (Otumoetai causeway pencilled in)
- hand drawn map on tracing paper of Tauranga Race Course Domain (undated)
- papers relating to Mount Maunganui Golf Course Domain
- document "Proposed extension of the Borough of Tauranga", dated November 1960
- miscellaneous items
Notebooks and financial records concerning his work as a surveyor, [Box 377]:
- Includes notes for talk "Being a surveyor in the 20th century"
Correspondence relating to town planning, [Box 378] including:
- Port Access Commission, newspaper reports and summary of evidence
- Mount Maunganui Borough District Scheme, October 1962
- City of Tauranga District Scheme Section No. 1, 1964
- copy of Tauranga Borough Town Planning Scheme No. 1, 1947
- Government guidance re Town planning and land subdivision, 1926
- note written by Alister Matheson "Proposed air survey of Tauranga, Correspondence, October 1936
Correspondence relating to town planning, [Boxes 379 and 379], including:
- index to numbered documents in the box
- note written by Alister Matheson "639 has reference to drainage problems on Saxon Tollemache's old farm"
- Index to letter books
- note written by Alister Matheson "363 Māori Hostel site"
- Population statistics for areas in Tauranga in 1956 reprinted from Bay of Plenty Times, 17 May 1957 (163)
- Map "Proposed development: Port of Tauranga" showing proposed reclamation at Sulphur Point and access routes to Port (316)
Miscellaneous and Margaret Valentine Goulding, [Box 381]:
- diaries of overseas trips
- passports for Margaret Valentine Goulding
- miscellaneous papers relating to Margaret, horticulture, garden clubs
- papers relating to the and making of film "Hei Tiki" that Margaret Wallis acted in. Includes Bay of Plenty Times article, 8 August 1981
- photograph of Margaret outside tent pitched in bush with labrador and photograph taken on Mount ocean beach.
Seven diaries, [Box 381],
- 1968, 1972, 1974-1977, 1980
Photographs
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Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.Access ConditionsNo access restrictions anticipated for this collection. To be reviewed upon next access request. AcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Ams 227
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Goulding, Bert (Robert Thomson), 1886-1987, Records of Bert Goulding (Robert Thomson), 1886-1987 (1914-1981). Pae Korokī, accessed 19/03/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/56691





