Places

Date: 1942-1943

From: Menzies, Ada Annie, 1918-2000 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1784

Description: Album comprises mainly commercial souvenir photographs of places in New Zealand as well as further photographs of places possibly taken by Lieutenant Colonel Johnston. Includes annotations. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album has a suede cover with a poker-work picture of a Maori chief. 27.5 x 21.5 cm

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024833

Description: Shows a stack of poker chips labelled Sky City stacked on a square labelled Convention Centre. Refers to a deal between Sky City and the government to create a new $402 million convention centre in Auckland. (Stuff.co.nz, 13 May 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023393

Description: Cartoons showing a winning hand of four aces, plus a fifth card labelled 'NZ Visa fast track'. Context: Casino company Sky City helped negotiate a deal struck by the Government which fast tracks wealthy Chinese visitors' visa applications when they fly China Southern Airlines to New Zealand. (New Zealand Herald, 15 Nov 2012) Two versions of this cartoon are available Title from file name Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Metro (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0025891

Description: Under the caption 'Pokies' Skycity pokes a finger in Auckland's eye. The deal whereby Skycity Casinos provided a Convention Centre in exchange for more poker machine outlets, was biassed toward the Casino's interests. The attempts by the Auckland City Council to limit the number of pokie licences was more than offset by Skycity's gains. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-o-331

Description: Album of New Zealand views by Thomas Pringle, in two sequences. The first sequence are scenic views of famous beauty spots; the second sequence are tourist photographs of young and old Maori women. Other Titles - Art photos of New Zealand Other Titles - Maori studies Inscriptions: Album page - Art photos of New Zealand. 18 exquisite photos of famous beauty spots in N.Z. Copyright Thos. pringle, Wellington, N.Z."; Album page - Maori studies. Permanent carbonette photos. Copyright Thos. Pringle (Sequence after the landscapes) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan suede cover with poker work design and title, and embossed hei tiki, coloured green; entitled Maoriland pictures; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [Between 1935 and 1945]

By: Kent-Johnston, Charles Walter, 1918-1973; Kent-Johnston, Isabella Christie Loma, 1918-2003

Reference: PA1-q-134

Description: Photograph album relating to World War II, chiefly taken by Charles Walter Kent-Johnston, when in the 2NZEF in Egypt. The first part of the album shows family and friends, and various houses, none of which are identified. The war images include scenes of Burnham Military Camp, and then shipboard travel to the East, followed by scenes in Egypt. There are numbers of group scenes of the life of soldiers on leave, and some of the everyday life of Egyptians. The last group consists of postcards of Egyptian life. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with tooled leather cover, decorated with poker-work coloured illustration entitled `Maori Whare, N.Z.', and `Photographs'; 21 x 32 cm

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025289

Description: An elderly woman plays a poker machine while a man representing "sports clubs" collects the money from the back of the machine. The woman comments that the man is more addicted to pokies than she is. Context - Sports groups have expressed concern over potential decreases in funding following the announcement of a `sinking lid' policy on polker machines by the Auckland Council (NZ Herald, Jul 25, 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1884-1950s

From: Ormsby family : Papers

Reference: MSY-5008

Description: Contains a variety of materials on; an 1884 meeting in Alexandra (Pirongia) on the establishment of a Maori committee to handle issues affecting the locals such as land issues of the time; minutes of a further meeting held in Te Kopua in 1885; also contains printed matter on medical health and care, food and preparation; garden hints; home and hygiene; recipes; a change of address form; newspaper cuttings of roses; articles on how to play poker and one feature article on the creation of a Nicobarese dictionary Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0025555

Description: Shows Invercargill businessman Louis Crimp holding out a pile of money. A hand holds a marionette with the words, the Wadfather (a play on the logo of the iconic 1970s film, The Godfather). Versions of the cartoon offer variations on the text, "To be or yacht to be... with a little jiggery pokie." Refers to Crimp's offer to donate $500,000 to the Invercargill City Council for the Auckland to Bluff yacht race, but only if the council abolishes all poker machines from Invercargill. (Stuff.co.nz, 3 July 2013) Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Kirk, R F, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1704-F

Description: Panoramic view of a single-storeyed wooden farmhouse centre left, with outbuildings behind a hedge on the right. Garden behind a paling fence to the right of the house with a car parked outside on the left. Shelter belt of trees behind. Several sheep grazing in large paddock in foreground. Paddocks on low hills behind and in background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - R F Kirk. Kelso, via Gore. 1 oils. 3 sepia. Dark red house, tin roof. Garage as house. Red hot pokers in front of house. Light and dark foliage. Paddocks green & golden; Marginal notes on negative - 7 7 7 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 124.9 cm

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0021073

Description: Two visitors are shown Auckland Mayor Len Brown's official chair - it is a fence. In the rubbish bin are documents relating to the Ports of Auckland industrial dispute and on the desk is a document about the 'convention centre deal'. The fence is where the mayor sits when making hard decisions. Context: The mayor refused to involve himself in the Ports of Auckland dispute when a large number of Aucklanders were threatened with job loss. In exchange for Skycity's building a new convention centre the Government is expected to change gambling laws to allow the casino to have 500 more poker machines. Len Brown supports the government deal for the new convention centre but has concerns that Sky City is not doing enough to address gambling problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [ca 1930s-1950s?]

From: Creator unknown: Lantern slides, chiefly of trips overseas, plants, and gardens

Reference: PA11-282

Description: Lantern slides of gardens and houses, circa 1930s-1950s. Photographer(s) are unidentified. Some slides have captions written on paper affixed to the glass, that describe the location and/or the subject. Slides include: - Views of various gardens, flower beds, and trees. Also houses in the context of their gardens as well as surrounding farmland. Featured flowers and trees include magnolias, rhododendrons (with at least six images showing the same garden), clematis, weeping willow, stock, aquatic plants (lilies), acacia tree, and roses. Also includes structures associated with gardens such as ponds, rivers, fountains, statuary, a sundial, pathways, an arbour, and stone walls. - Series of images most likely taken at the Fleming & Co flour mill in Riccarton, Christchurch. One images includes Mill building. Gardens feature red hot poker flowers and water way. Image of Morris Eight car parked on road is also possibly in Riccarton. - Series of images of Millbrook Reserve, Christchurch, showing the Avon River, trees, and gardens. - Images often show unidentified people posing in various gardens besides trees and flower beds. Arrangement: Set contains slides from box 7 Quantity: 1 b&w lantern slide(s). 39 colour lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-655-001/037

Description: 37 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. A panda bear sits and swings the five Olympic rings in its paws with Olympic officials commenting on China's successful bid for the Olympic games. Comment on ASH's view of underage smoking - two children walk past a cinema and a man in an alleyway furtively offers to show them pictures of people smoking. Comment on Jim Anderton's aim for a 'Peoples Bank' - Jenny Shipley is portrayed as a bank teller sitting under a signd your breath'. Public cynicism of Michael Cullen's proposed Superannuation scheme. Farmers discussing their lack of confidence in ENZA. Cartoonist's reaction to the disparity between the financial levels of sports peoples and other people when being assessed to be published on the 'rich list'. Comment on the publication that 'kiwi kids' are overweight. A male ironing clothing offers comment on Helen Clark Jenny Shipley Silvia Cartwright Sian Elias and Michelle Boag being in positions of power. Comment by a male sitting down to breakfast that deer velvet being a sex aid is 'bunkum'. Michael Cullen is shown standing next to a poker machine called 'Future Super' indication it is the helath and education monines that the poker machine needs to work on. Comment on the outcome of Max Bradford's electricity reforms. Max Bradford is in an electricial repair shop being told that if the article he brought for repair was not broken before Bradford tried to fix it it is broken now. Helen Clark Parekura Horomia and Michael Cullen presenting their individual position on the issue of Maori TV A schoolteacher chastises Max Bradford for blaming others. Michael Cullen and Helen Clark watch two overweight dogs named Super and Maori TV eating while two thin dogs named Education and Health are straining at their leads for food. A nurse opens the expectant fathers waiting room door to tell Mr Anderton to go home and he will be notified if there is any sign of labour getting serious. Early visitors arrive on the shores of New Zealand with the comment that the natives may regret not having an immigration policy. Christine Rankin wears two very large earings one labled 'winzum' the other 'lose some'. Comment on the news that the right-of-way road rule is to be revised. Jim Anderton Helen Clark and Michael Cullen cling to a life raft identified as Beneficiary Voting Block with two boaties in the background commenting that even the knowledge wave did not loosen their grip. Comment on Helen Clark's support for funding going to the arts. Comment on Laila Harre and holiday shopping Finger pointing from Pete Hodgson and Max Bradford as to who is to blame for the electricity reforms not working/ Rugby fans pay their first visit to Dunedin and pass comment on the wearing of tartan trousers. Shows a bloody battle of Gengis Khan's army. Word is being passed around to forget about the plundering and go for the 'bonus point'. Refers to the NZ cricket teams decision to stop their point scoring run glut against Australia and take the bonus point offered by a technicality. Shows two young school boys discussing public educations failure to teach reading, writing and numeracy. Shows Jim Anderton on the steps of Treasury with water flooding under the front doors and down the steps. Comment on Anderton's attempts to stop the 'leaks' coming from Treasury. Comment on the public boredom over multi-millionaire Steve Fossett's attempts to fly around the world non-stop in a hot-air balloon. Shows Marian Hobbs with a large wind instrument wrapped around her playing 'NZ Music' to a man who represents the NZ public. He has a large flat neck collar on representing the new NZ music quota. The collar prevents him from putting his fingers in his ears should not wish to listen to the music. Shows mother explaining to her crying children that their father is now going to play golf rather than take them sailing. The change is due to their father being agitated by NZ Professional Golfer Grant Waite's performance. Comment on prison staff's industrial 'go-slow' and the opportunities it creates for prisoners to escape. Shows a large area of forestry being felled for the sake of sending 'positive signals' to overseas companies. Shows an elderly couple, justifying to a squad of police officers at their front door, that they are doing all they can in the nationwide drive to save electricity. Shows Marian Hobbs introducing a rock band called 'Marian and the quotas'. Shows Sam Neill at the Jurassic Park 3 movie premiere with an old pre-historic friend. Shows a woman in an art gallery asking if a framed display is a piece of art. The gallery worker assures her it is and explains that it is Creative New Zealand's justification for their travel expenditure. Quantity: 37 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies on sheets 297 x 210 mm.