Ghosts

A DigitalNZ Story by seanpaulk

Image: Child and woman in backyard

Child and woman in backyard

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Cedric the Ghost

Cedric the Ghost

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: "Ghost house"

"Ghost house"

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Heretaunga Players; A Christmas Carol : Chris Bloomfield - `Ghost of Marley'

Heretaunga Players; A Christmas Carol : Chris Bloomfield - `Ghost of Marley'

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: IVs his ghost," he groaned. (Marlborough Express, 23 December 1893)

IVs his ghost," he groaned. (Marlborough Express, 23 December 1893)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: From "The Sydney Mail.' THE GHOST STILL WALKS. (Evening Post, 13 August 1932)

From "The Sydney Mail.' THE GHOST STILL WALKS. (Evening Post, 13 August 1932)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: The Auckland ghost: Scenes in connection with the recent scare and its Denouement

The Auckland ghost: Scenes in connection with the recent scare and its Denouement

Auckland Libraries

Image: The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall

The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Henderson, Andrew Kennaway 1879-1960 :Ghost of Ramsay - "So...you too, fail them." Fool's Carnival, 1949.

Henderson, Andrew Kennaway 1879-1960 :Ghost of Ramsay - "So...you too, fail them." Fool's Carnival, 1949.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: A WHITE ROBED FIGtKE, WITH'HOOD AND MANTLE THROWN BACK, GLIDED GHOST-LIKE'�� (Observer, 30 December 1893)

A WHITE ROBED FIGtKE, WITH'HOOD AND MANTLE THROWN BACK, GLIDED GHOST-LIKE'�� (Observer, 30 December 1893)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Unidentified students, during capping procession in Wellington, wearing white costumes, including a truck with a sign reading 'They Need You, Verwoerd Craven'

Unidentified students, during capping procession in Wellington, wearing white costumes, including a truck with a sign reading 'They Need You, Verwo...

Alexander Turnbull Library

$Image: Sport and General" Kioto. 8.8.C.'S "HAUNTED HOUSE." — Dean, Manor, .some .five-miles from Mebpham, in Kent,'where the &.B.C. were to. attempt\to broadcast.a "ghost" last month. ,The building was wired;by 'B.B.Csengineers so as to ensure that when the ghost walked the psychic investigator iand the announcer, would be able to < "tell the world.". Dean Manor goes back to'the seventh century,.and the ghost issaid'to~.be~a["she,', t /but of whomtis not knoivn. ■ . . . (Evening Post, 02 April 1936)$

Sport and General" Kioto. 8.8.C.'S "HAUNTED HOUSE." — Dean, Manor, .some .five-miles from Mebpham, in Kent,'where the &.B.C. were to. attempt\to br...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Heretaunga Players; A Christmas Carol: Chris Bloomfield, Richard Bradley.

Heretaunga Players; A Christmas Carol: Chris Bloomfield, Richard Bradley.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Vignette for Joseph Braddock's Haunted Houses, chapter 4, page 59

Vignette for Joseph Braddock's Haunted Houses, chapter 4, page 59

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Vignette for Joseph Braddock's Haunted Houses, chapter 5, page 92

Vignette for Joseph Braddock's Haunted Houses, chapter 5, page 92

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Vignette for Joseph Braddock's 'Haunted Houses', chapter 12, page 203

Vignette for Joseph Braddock's 'Haunted Houses', chapter 12, page 203

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Vignette for Joseph Braddock's Haunted Houses, chapter 12, page 155

Vignette for Joseph Braddock's Haunted Houses, chapter 12, page 155

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Deserted post office building, St Bathans, Otago

Deserted post office building, St Bathans, Otago

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Recruitment cartoon for Māori

Recruitment cartoon for Māori

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Casper Lives Here!

Casper Lives Here!

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Old drapery store, Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand.

Old drapery store, Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand.

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Abandoned in Bexley

Abandoned in Bexley

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Old drapery store, Nightcaps, Southland

Old drapery store, Nightcaps, Southland

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: John Cullen and Sir James Gunson outside the haunted whare at Tongariro National Park

John Cullen and Sir James Gunson outside the haunted whare at Tongariro National Park

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Creepy Old Villa, Blackball NZ

Creepy Old Villa, Blackball NZ

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: The house of Edwin Trent (1839-1883) on his chicory farm at Templeton

The house of Edwin Trent (1839-1883) on his chicory farm at Templeton

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: The phantom pedestrian crossing, 1966. Evening Post

The phantom pedestrian crossing, 1966. Evening Post

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: The phantom canoe on Lake Tarawera, 1886

The phantom canoe on Lake Tarawera, 1886

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: E'er The Evening Lamps Are Lighted

E'er The Evening Lamps Are Lighted

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Young girls standing around a baby's coffin

Young girls standing around a baby's coffin

Alexander Turnbull Library