Assassination

Date: 1988

From: Heath, Eric, 1923- :Cartoons from the `Daily Smile' exhibition (1994-1996). [1970-1992].

Reference: B-143-014

Description: The cartoon shows Dominique Prieur, one of the two French Secret Service agents who blew up the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985 when it was moored at Marsden Wharf in Auckland. A Portuguese crew member, Fernando Pereira was killed. The Rainbow Warrior had been involved in protests over French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Prieur is sitting proudly on the top of a tall plinth and is very pregnant. Crowds of French admirers down below shout 'Vive l'assassine!' (Long live the assassin!) Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart were were arrested and charged with murder, but both pleaded guilty to manslaughter and were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. They were to serve their sentences in full on Hao Atoll in French Polynesia. In what was considered to be the final insult, both were released early: Alain Marfart returned to France because of 'illness' in 1987, while Dominique Prieur was repatriated in May 1988 because she was pregnant. Both were honoured, decorated and promoted upon their return home. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and purple ink and letratone on paper 320 x 395mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1976

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-18/01

Description: Files relating to the World Council of Churches, the New Zealand Games, the Soweto uprising and church matters; these include inward and outward correspondence, clippings, newsletters, press releases and related papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1871

Reference: PAColl-0749

Description: Set of cabinet cards of the Paris Commune and the resultant damage to the buildings. They include the exterior and interior of the Tuileries Palace; the Chateau de St Cloud and the area aound it; a barricade of cobblestones on the Place Vendome with artillery in the foreground; looking towards the Colonne de Vendome with Communards on their barricade; the topped Colonne de Vendome; a firing squad in a square assassinating a clergyman, possibly the Archbishop of Paris; and a view over Paris towards the Seine showing ruined roofs and buildings. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1772

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: C-108-026

Description: Copy of original work at G-824-3. Reconstruction of the death of Marion du Fresne. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 435 x 615 mm, mounted on heavy card, 435 x 690 mm.

Date: 1998

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-539-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. Shows Boris Yeltsin drunk at the end of a steel girder threatening to jump and take the global economy with him. A Russian gaurd tries to stop him. Winston Peters is happy with the gloomy forecasts for the economy. Comment on the risk to children of TB due to poverty, poor nutrition and other health related problems. New Minister outside of Cabinet, Marie Hasler wants to change the NZ flag to say something like 'NZ for sale as, where is!' Jenny Shipley says it's not quite what they're looking for. National's Bill Birch reassures the NZ public about the world wide economic crisis. Jenny Shipley calls for a confidence vote for National's 'vague and ill-defined policies.' National Party Finance minister, Bill Birch panics about the world economic situation. Jenny Shipley reassures the public National has a calm and sober hand on the economic tiller. The new Minister of Police, Clem Simich promises to raise police morale. A senior police officer asks Simich if he's resigning already. Comment on America's hypocritical rage over the Clinton-Lewinsky affair as they enjoy the lurid details provided by newspapers and the Starr Report. The All Black 7's win gold at the Kuala Lumpa Games. Media speculation on the state of relations between Bill and Hillary Clinton following the Clinton-Lewinsky affair revelations. Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark can't agree on a coalition between National and Labour but they do agree on a nomination for Mike Moore as Head of the World Trade Organisation as a way of getting him out of New Zealand. The Republicans are willing to plunge the world into the worst depression since the 1930's if it means bringing President Clinton down too. Comment on the American Justice System where a mafia boss can claim the fifth amendment and refuse to answer any questions on the grounds that it might incriminate him. But the President of the United States must answer all questions and the have the cross-examinination broadcast on television. Winston Peters comes a poor fourth in the latest leadership polls. Kenneth Starr, Prosecutor in the Clinton-Lewinsky case joins the Presidential Assassin Hall of Fame, his weapon, the Monica Lewinsky tapes. War crimes go unchecked in Kosovo as the world media focus on Bill Clinton's sex life. The Government reconsiders it's plans to deregulate producer boards following a hostile reaction from fruit growers. Jenny Shipley reassures elderly New Zealanders that national super will not be cut but it will be allowed to fall behind the cost of living. Treasury cuts medical care for children under six. Jenny Shipley rationalises why the elderly are carrying a greater share of the economic sacrifice expected of the country. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1975

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-134-816

Description: This cartoon relates to a second assassination attempt on US President Ford and is set in a family living room. The woman is reading the paper about the event and her daughter is standing next to her. They are looking indignantly at the man who is standing in front of the heater, lighting his pipe and suggesting that women can't shoot well Label on recto dated Wed 24/9/75 Extended Title - Second attempt on Life of President - Another Woman Arrested Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone,320 x 380 mm

Date: 2015

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0030711

Description: Commentary from the cartoonist says 'Considering the fact that many people consider Vladmir Putin as at least a "person of interest" in the circumstances surrounding Boris Nemstov's murder, there is a certain Russian irony in the news that Putin is involving himself in the actual investigation. Cartoon depicts Russian President Vladmir Putin and the murdered Boris Nemtsov'. Shows President Putin holding flowers outside the Kremlin and saying "The sudden death of Boris Nemtsov might look like a straightforward case of political suicide. But to make sure justice is served I will take charge of the investigation myself." Refers to the shooting of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on 27 February 2015. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0030820

Description: Commentary from the cartoonist reads "Putin's opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was found murdered in the Kremlin on Friday night." Shows variations of the Russian flag with differing text such as 'flagging the opposition', 'calling the shots' and 'bullet points' in reference to the killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Four versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 4 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0031069

Description: Shows two Russians agreeing with Russian President Vladimir Putin who is on television saying that he had no reason to assassinate opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, since he was able to "beat, exile, and imprison" his opposition forever and any time he wished to. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019224

Description: In the top frame someone phones the White House and says 'The FBI has evidence Iran hired Mexicans to assassinate a foreigner in a third country Mister President!' In the lower frame President Obama angrily demands to know whether 'we were given a chance to quote.' On the wall behind him is a series of 'wanted men' that includes Obama, ZarQawi and Khan. Context: President Obama is furious at missing out on the chance to act as assassins. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1772 - 1883

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868; Focillon, Victor Louis, 1849-1918; Lemercier et Compagnie (Firm); Maison Charavay (Firm)

Reference: A-447-007

Description: Reconstruction of the death of Marion Du Fresne in the Bay of Islands in 1772. Shows part of a pa, with a store-house (pataka) and fence. A group of implements and European objects is in the foreground, including a three-cornered hat and a sword. A cabbage tree and flax plants can be seen in the foreground. Marion du Fresne is surrounded by a number of Maori, with others looking on from the pataka. He is distracted by one of the Maori men offering him what looks like a bird, while another Maori stands behind him, about to strike him with a club. A Maori woman is walking off to the left with another French sailor, and a Pakeha youth, probably one of the ship's crew, looks on in horror. State: Second state; appears in Aglaus Bouvenne, Notes et souvenirs sur Charles Meryon, son tombeau au cimetiere de Charenton Saint Maurice (Paris: Charavay Freres, 1883), facing p.12. This book was published in an edition of 335 copies Other Titles - Assassination of Marion Du Fresne, drawn after Meryon and rendered as an etching by V Focillon. Photogravure by Lemercier. Published by Charavay brothers, Paris. Printed by Lemercier and Co [translation] Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Meryon [in pencil]; Recto - bottom left - Navigateur né Saint-Malo 1729 [in pencil]; Recto - bottom centre - S29 [in pencil, crossed out] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching and photogravure, 128 x 195 mm (plate mark), on sheet of laid paper 250 x 325 mm

Date: 2012

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020862

Description: Cartoon shows President Assad of Syria driving a juggernaut that destroys everything in its path. Context: Hopes for a peaceful end to the Syrian crisis were fading rapidly on Sunday after President Bashar al-Assad refused to meet Tuesday's (3 April) deadline for withdrawing his forces from flashpoints across the country without guarantees from the opposition to stop fighting first. Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-101-011

Description: Caricature of former Prime Minister of Lebenon, Rafik al-Hariri, who was killed by a car bomb on Monday the 14th of February, 2005. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1772 - 1846 - 1848

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868; Nan Kivell, Rex de Charembac (Sir), 1898-1977

Reference: G-824-3

Description: Reconstruction of the death of Marion du Fresne. Shows part of a pa, with a store-house (pataka), whare and fence. A group of implements and European objects is in the foreground. Marion du Fresne is surrounded by a number of Maori, with children in the background. A Maori woman is walking off to the left with another French sailor. Language - Original title in French Other Titles - Assassinat du capitaine Marion du Fresne a la Baie des Iles, Nouvelle Zelande, 12 Juin 1772 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon, pencil & chalk on paper with linen backing 1000 x 2000 mm Provenance: Exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1848, passed to the artist's friend Antoine-Edouard Foley, then by inheritance to his son before being bought in Paris by Rex Nan Kivell and smuggled back to Britain, rolled inside Nan Kivell's trouser leg, at the outbreak of the 2nd World War. Part of Rex Nan Kivell collection, National Library of Australia, between 1959 and 1967, when it was given by the Australian Government to the New Zealand Government, during the visit to New Zealand of the Australian Prime Minister

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[Original cartoons published in the Auckland star, 1976].

Reference: A-347-005

Description: Shows Labour Cabinet Minister Hugh Watt on crutches with a broken leg. He has a knife labelled "The Party leadership" sticking in his back. Refers to alleged leadership struggles within the Labour Government and to controversy surrounding Hugh Watt's forthcoming position as New Zealand High Commissioner in London Other Titles - Accident Compensation Commission. Get out of London. Move sideways to London. The Party leadership. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - BROMHEAD Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on sheet, 164 x 228 mm, stuck to board (title stuck to board separately)

Date: 2008

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008504

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip'. The politician explains to a group of reporters that he has been a fan of the new president (Obama) for over a week and that that is a long time in politics. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0004758

Description: A Pakistani man who looks like a terrorist sits at a table labelled 'Pakistan elections' and asks someone if they have cast their 'bullet' yet. On the table is a ballot box in the shape of a coffin and the man wields a rifle. Refers to the difficulty of holding a democratic election in Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan Peoples' Party was assassinated on 27 December, 2007. Pun on 'bullet' and 'ballot'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0004989

Description: Shows two doctors discussing their patients as they do their round of the ward. In the bed behind them is the President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta who they say will make a full recovery but in the bed they stand beside is a dove with its head bound in bandages about whose recovery the doctors are less sure. The dove is called 'Peace in Timor'. Refers to the assassination attempt on Jose Ramos-Horta and the possibility that the assassination attempts on both he and the Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, by East Timorese rebels may have dammaged the peace process in East Timor as intimated by the wounded dove. Rebel Fretilin leader Alfredo Reinado was killed by gunfire during the attack. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005549

Description: Shows a dove with an olive branch in its beak nesting inside the barrel of a gun. The gun has a spiderweb trailing across it. Suddenly the peace of both the spider and the dove is shattered as an ominous 'click' is heard as a soldier prepares to fire. Refers to the attempted assassination of President Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor by the Fretilins. The rebel leader, Alfredo Reinado, was killed in the gunfire. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-001-759

Description: Caricature of Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel in a helicopter shooting wheelchair-bound Hamas leader and co-founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).