In Henry Winkelmann immigrated to New Zealand arriving at Port Chalmers in October 1878 on the sailing ship Calypso.

Henderson would provide passage and provisions plus a salary, payable upon return of £2 10s for every month spent on the island.

In order to prevent other Auckland business rivals knowing what they were doing, their advertised destination was given as the Kingsmill (Gilbert) Islands.

A man named Squire Flockton was left behind to retain ownership, together with Hudson's revolver.

He worked in branches in New Zealand and Fiji, supplementing his income by teaching the zither and playing in concerts.

In April 1892 Winkelmann purchased a Lancaster Instantograph camera and soon recognising its commercial potential began to supplement his earnings as bank clerk with photography.

To assist him in taking better images he purchased a Thornton-Pickard Ruby No.4 half-plate camera and a half plate enlarging lantern from Ross of London.

In August 1901 Winkelmann set up a photographic studio at 316 Victoria Arcade, at the corner of Shortland and Queen Streets.

He was photographer on the 1908 scientific expedition on the Union Steamship ship Taviuni to view the solar eclipse at Flint Island in 1907-1908.

In late 1913 Winkelmann purchased a farm at Kaukapakapa and he spent much of World War I there, a period that saw him retreat from most social life except for the yachting race days.

[6] Winkelmann's glass-plate negatives stored at the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Auckland Libraries were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao register in 2023.

For a few years he shared a property on Great Barrier Island with a fellow Auckland bank clerk called Richard Harrington.

Among Winkelmann's collection are photographs of him and friends bathing together in the hot pools on Great Barrier Island, sharing a bed, and kissing.