Skip to main content

Vic Percival papers relating to New Zealand-China trade

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2024/08

Scope and Contents

Collection files include a wide range of information including correspondence, visit information, trade and promotional literature, brochures and samples. This is a very comprehensive record of Percival's China-NZ trade activities from their inception in 1958 until the mid- 2000s, with the bulk covering 1984 to the late 1990s. Presumably the 1984 date reflects the removal of many trade barriers by the Labour Government.

Reference: Kohn, Bruce. 'Kiwi pathfinder : opening Mao’s China to the West '. Wellington, N.Z. : Grantham House, 2008.

Dates

  • 1957-ca 2003

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access subject to sorting.

Extent

34 metres (68 cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Location

In off-site storage. Expect delay of 12-24 hours from time of order.

Other Finding Aids

Box listing available.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Bill Percival, brother and executor of Victor Percival estate in January 2011.

Title
Inventory of the papers of Victor Percival relating to New Zealand-China trade
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository

Contact:
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand