Photographer William Hall Raine died in 1955, so this was PD NZ as of 2005 under the Copyright Act 1994 rule: death date of photographer plus 50 years. (Authority: Turnbull gov nz site, viewed 2009-04-18 says Raine's lifetime was 1892-1955 sourcealternate natlib source.
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Type of material
Copyright has expired if ...
A
For photographs, manuscripts, archives, music scores, maps, paintings, and drawings published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown:
photo taken or work published prior to 1 January 1974 (50 years ago)
For photographs, manuscripts, archives, music scores, maps, paintings, and drawings (except A-C)
Creator died before 1 January 1974 (50 years ago)
E
For oral histories, music, computer-generated work and spoken word sound recordings
Released before 1 January 1974 (50 years ago)
F
Published editions2
Released before 1 January 1999 (25 years ago)
1 Some government publications are not subject to copyright, including bills, acts, regulations, court judgments, royal commission and select committee reports, etc. See references [2] or [3] for the full list. 2 means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint.