Hercus, Margaret Ann (Hon Dame), 1942-

Hercus, Ann, 1942-, Sayers, Margaret Ann, 1942-

Daughter of Horace William and Catherine Mary Sayers. Married John Duncan Andrew Hercus in 1960. Labour party politician and Minister of Police, Minister of Social Welfare, Minister of Women's Affairs (1984-1987). Ambassador the the United Nations 1988-1990. See Who's Who in New Zealand. Personal papers held at Archives New Zealand.

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Manuscript

Funding applications and correspondence etc (b)

Date: [1997-2002]

From: Celebrating Women Trust : Landmarks project

Reference: 2004-284-12

Description: Includes unsuccessful requests for funding and uncertain applications; correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Women Members of Parliament meeting with the Speaker to discuss the re-siting of a plaq...

Date: 28 April 1982

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1982/1275-F

Description: Women Members of Parliament meeting with the Speaker of the House, Sir John Harrison, to discuss the re-siting of a plaque presented by the national Council of Women to commemorate the granting of the franchise to women. Photograph taken 28 April 1982 by an Evening Post staff photographer. The group comprises (from left): Mary Batchelor, Ann Hercus, Marilyn Waring (foreground), Ruth Richardson (obscured), Helen Clark (background) and Margaret Shields. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Trips to India, Africa and United Nations conference

Date: 1985-1986

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10286

Description: Contains photographs relating to Catley's trips to India and Africa, and the United Nations Decade for Women conference in Kenya. Some images were probably taken by Catley, others by unknown photographers, ca.1985-1986. Seven b&w images relate to the Tirthraj Milan religious gathering in Allahabad, India (1986), including conference delegates seated en masse outside and shots of religious leader Pandurang Athavale. Also images showing rural and village scenes in India, including meals being eaten and people seated beneath trees. Other images show Somnath Temple on the shoreline at Veraval. Some photographs feature Catley. Most images are double-exposed. Another set of photographs were taken at the 1985 United Nations Decade for Women conference in Nairobi, Kenya, and show groups of women of different nationalities holding meetings, socialising and dining. Individual woman who feature include Ann Hercus, Sonja Davies, Helen Clark and Christine Cole Catley. Also images taken in South Africa, including: domestic scenes of people Catley was visting, with them eating together and talking; scenic views of the Cape of Good Hope and Table Mountain; townships; and school children. Also images taken in Zimbabwe, including: rural scenes with traditional houses or huts; Catley and male friend visiting the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls; and Catley beside the statue of explorer David Livingstone on the Zimbabwe side of the Falls. Also photographs of Catley and her friend looking at rock paintings at an unidentified location. Quantity: 135 colour original photographic print(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Manuscript

Papers relating to United Nations conference for women (1)

Date: 1985

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-191

Description: Contains brochures, newspaper clippings, loose notes and correspondence. Also copy of plenary statement by Anne Hercus and programme for associated conference Forum `85. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

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New Zealand Labour Party :[Ephemera, including election pamphlets and propaganda. 1981]

Date: 1981

By: New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: Eph-B-NZ-LABOUR-1981

Description: Includes pamphlets, brochures and ephemera about the policies and strategies of the New Zealand Labour Party, and pamphlets and fliers for the following candidates: Michael Bassett (Te Atatu) Ann Hercus (Lyttelton) Peter Neilson (Miramar) Frank O'Flynn (Kapiti) Geoff Palmer (Christchurch Central) Ian Scott (Mt Eden) Liz Tennet (Aro Valley) Fran Wilde (Wellington Central) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on fliers and pamphlets, sizes varying below 330 mm.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Wellington's old central police station is suffering f...

Date: 1986

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-136-524

Description: Shows three vignettes. In the first a prisoner with a handcuff flying from his wrist is running away from the police station. A sign at the door says 'to avoid further over-crowding leave detainees at the door'. In the second scene a male and female police officer are standing very close together and the woman is telling the man he doesn't have to stand so close to her now that they are out of the station. In the third scene a group of police are contorting their bodies as someone reads out "Ann Hercus's plan to reduce congestion, Sarge - all officers here have to be skinny with size six feet". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, chinese white and crayon on paper, 335 x 388 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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New Zealand Labour Party :[Ephemera, including election pamphlets and propaganda. 1978]

Date: 1978

By: New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: Eph-B-NZ-LABOUR-1978

Description: Includes pamphlets, brochures and ephemera about the policies and strategies of the New Zealand Labour Party, newsletters of branches at Birkenhead, Eden, Miramar, Rimutaka and Wellington Central, and pamphlets and fliers for the following candidates: Michael Bassett (Te Atatu) Malcolm Douglas (Hunua) Warren Freer (Mt Albert) Ann Hercus (Lyttelton) W P (Bill) Jeffries (Miramar) Gerald O'Brien (Island Bay) Frank O'Flynn (Kapiti) Maurice Penney (Bay of Islands) Neville Pickering (Wellington Central) Richard Prebble (Auckland Central) David Rankin (Albany) Helene Ritchie (Ohariu) Stan Rodger (Dunedin North) Margaret Shields (Kapiti) Rex Stanton (Birkenhead) John Terris (Western Hutt) Quantity: 3 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on fliers and pamphlets, sizes varying below 330 mm.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning road transport, dr...

Date: 1986 - 1988

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-506/541

Description: Includes cartoons about: Concealed speed traps on private property; world oil prices plummet; robbers hold people up to get their rail tickets; Railways likened to snails; "We're taking the train" involves picking up the train and carrying it; Aratika storm in a teacup; warrant of fitness stickers indecipherable on some cars; defendant claims a road barrier crashed into him; gang members ask for a supplementary benefit for petrol; taxi firms fear gang takeover if delicensing goes ahead; road safety blitz wanted; road transport trucks threatening Railways' survival; lamb tallow fuel for diesels; scrapping of the North Island main trunk electrification system; rail service guards may be called on to clean and serve meals; traffic accidents in Ngauranga Gorge; Richard Prebble suggests that the Tory Channel overhead cable be lowered; ferry strikes cause desperate suggestions for remedies about digging tunnels under Cook Strait; Ann Hercus' chauffeur told to drive across airport runway; railways painted their carriages; motorist suffering from car insurance prices, tax increases, depreciation, service charges, vehicle registration, etc; private cars preferred to trains, because of frequent strikes by rail workers; the public blase about the Christmas road toll; Kupe oil well spouts up; Boeing 737's likened to a flying bathtub; rumour of ferry sales; Nissan may use plane cockpits in cars; Governor General Sir Paul Reeves pleads with Richard Prebble not to sell Railways despite the completion of the electrification scheme being half an hour late; redundancies in Railways will get it out of the red; plan to ban all cars from city centre; cable car repair stoppage is too long; children drive their drunken parents home; Wellington to put in a strong bid for lucrative Soviet maintenance contract; Searail revamp cuts 64 jobs. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 36 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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Album relating to Citykids Co-operative Childcare Centre, Wellington

Date: 1985-1993

By: Citykids Co-operative Childcare Centre

Reference: PA1-q-614

Description: This album is part of a larger collection of records which are held in the Manuscripts section It mainly recordes social events, children's birthday and Christmas parties held at the centre. There are also photographs of the opening, and inauguration of new facilities. A fair number of photographs of staff, parents and children are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Photographs

Date: [1960s-1980s]

From: Rowling, Wallace Edward, 1927-1995 :Official photographs

Reference: PAColl-9589-5

Description: Photographs of Rowling visiting his Tasman electorate and other electorates in New Zealand. Includes photographs of a Gold Badge presentation. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 colour original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Audio

Interview with Keith Morrow

Date: 05 and 06 Dec 1989 - 05 Dec 1989 - 06 Dec 1989

From: New Zealand Police Association Oral History Project

By: Morrow, Keith James, 1940-2001

Reference: OHInt-0095/4

Description: Keith Morrow recalls teaching and seafaring career, reasons for joining police, training, conditions and discipline at Trentham Police College. Describes the dual recruiting policy (cadets and direct entrants), the cadetship system, use of practical experience as a cadet when an instructor at police college, further aspects of training and need for change, other instructors: Ted Trappitt, Bill Overton, posting to Auckland, Jollymount Police Barracks, policing in Auckland, introduction of mobile patrols, the first communications room, Ken Thompson, pay and leave, experience of walking the beat, Auckland trouble spots, promotion to sergeant, innovation of women police, duties as a sergeant, slygrogging in Freemans Bay, closure of suburban stations and failure of mobile patrols, change in crime, relationships between criminals and police. Discusses policing in Whangarei, contact with Maori, transfer to police college and police work in Gisborne, J Teams, policing in Alexandra, differences in policing at all of above places, need for community involvement, involvement in Police Association as national councillor when in Gisborne, Rob Butler, effect of Bob Moodie, failure of the remit system, reorganization of the Association, Credit Union and Welfare Fund, the 1980 agreement on conditions of work, the early retirement clause and oppostion to it, dealing with Ann Hercus, Moodie's actions, Moodie's style: the kaftan, Ron Walton, Ken Thompson in detail, the cancellation of the Hamilton match (1981 Springbok rugby tour). Describes circumstances of Bob Moodie's resignation, Moodie's achievements, the post of industrial advocate, the 1985 salary claim, possibility of industrial action, relationship of Ann Hercus with Police Association, involvement in 1981 Springbok Tour, effect of tour on police and Association, role of Moodie and Alan Monk, Monk's resignation and Keith Morrow's decision to stand for president, the need to become full-time president in Wellington, political problems over secondment to Wellington, the 'Chatham Islands incident' of 1987, the issue of an independant police examiner, the decision for the Association to 'user pays' government, operation blueprint, involvement in the Erebus disaster victim identification team in detail, reasons for retirement as president in 1989. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Geoffrey Terpstra Venue - New Zealand Police Association offices, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002908 - OHC-002913 Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 5.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 561.

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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- : Squawk! [1981-1984]

Date: 1981 - 1984

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons, some for the "New Zealand times", and "Listener". ca 1981-1984]

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: B-154-145

Description: Shows Ann Hercus and Angela Foulkes dressed as soccer players. Foulkes is wearing a jersey labelled 'CTC'. She is standing in the goal looking dazed, and has possibly been hit with the ball. Hercus looks alarmed Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on card, 360 x 260 mm Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Audio

Interview with Ann Hercus

From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Sound recordings

By: Hercus, Margaret Ann (Hon Dame), 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0108-36

Description: Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Fiona Kidman Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002448 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Audio

St Andrew's Trust for the Study of Religion and Society: sound recordings

Date: 1990 - 1995

By: St. Andrew's Trust for the Study of Religion and Society; St. Andrew's on the Terrace (Church : Wellington, N.Z.); Dewes, Kate, 1953-; Easton, Brian Henry, 1943-; Graham, Douglas Arthur Montrose (Rt Hon Sir), 1942-; Hercus, Margaret Ann (Hon Dame), 1942-; Lange, David Russell (Rt Hon), 1942-2005

Reference: OHColl-1515

Description: Includes recordings of two lectures from the St Andrew's Trust for the Study of Religion and Society's 1990 Spring lecture series 'Political Integrity'. Recordings of Dame Anne Hercus' lecture 'Can the UN survive?' and Brian Easton's lecture 'Can democracy survive?'. Also includes recordings of three lectures from 1995 - Kate Dewes, David Lange and Doug Graham. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 event(s). 4 C90 cassette(s). Search dates: 27/09/1990 - 10/08/1995

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Ele, fl 1980s :Ann Hercus [drawn circa 1980s].

Date: 1980 - 1990

From: Ele, fl 1980s:66 caricatures of New Zealand and foreign politicians and newsmakers, drawn circa 1980s, possibly 1984.

By: Ele (Artist), active 1980s; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-056-050

Description: Caricature, head only, of Ann Hercus. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black felt pen on cartridge paper. 420 x 295 mm.

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Various cartoonists :[Collection of political cartoons belonging to former Labour Cabin...

Date: 1979 - 1987

By: Hercus, Margaret Ann (Hon Dame), 1942-

Reference: C-176-001/021

Description: Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper or board, sizes varying

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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the shower...! A...

Date: 1984 - 1985

From: Various cartoonists :[Collection of political cartoons belonging to former Labour Cabinet minister Ann Hercus. 1979-1987]

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: C-176-016

Description: Shows Ann Hercus in a dressing gown and shower cap, holding a body brush in her left hand as she peers around a door. The cartoon and caption refer jokingly to the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film 'Psycho', but it more specifically refers to the series of 21 women's forums, organised by Ann Hercus as the newly-appointed Minister of Women's Affairs, that were staged in 1984, and which addressed a number of items from the feminist agenda. The expectations that these issues would generally be upheld by the women of New Zealand proved more difficult than Labour had anticipated, as thousands of conservative and Christian women downgraded or rejected items on the feminist agenda, which they considered would undermine family life Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Hodgson [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and felt pen on board, 425 x 620 mm

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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- : [Caricature of Ann Hercus]

Date: 1981 - 1983

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons, some for the "New Zealand times", and "Listener". ca 1981-1984]

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: B-154-160

Description: Caricature of Labour MP Ann Hercus. Hercus is depicted with large hair and prominent glasses. May have been created at the time of Hercus' unsuccessful bid for the Labour Party deputy leadership in 1983. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Art Dept. S/S [in pen] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and Letratone on paper, 300 x 200mm

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New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department: [Ephemera. 1980s]

Date: 1980 - 1989

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-TP-1980s

Description: Includes: 1982: International visitor survey. 1982 (Questionnaire booklet) New Zealand Maori. 1982 (Pamphlet) 1983: Come alive in New Zealand. 1983. Colour slide set commentary (Booklet) Tourist industry information. Advisory and Information Service. Tourism insight. 1983 (Pamphlet) 1985: Come alive in New Zealand. 1985 (Pamphlet) New Zealand flora. 1985 (Pamphlet) New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. Information and Publicity Services Division. [A set of biographical cards for members of parliament: David Lange, Phil Goff, David Caygill, Philip Woollaston, Stan Rodger, Ann Hercus, John Falloon, Jim Bolger, Geoffrey Thompson] 1986: Why New Zealand's first travel agent should be your NZTP Travel Office. 1986 (Pamphlet) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

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Photographic prints relating to New Zealanders

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-157

Description: Photographs taken and collected by the Evening Post of Roger and Megan Douglas, Brian Edwards, Michael Fowler, Peter, Kate and Miranda Harcourt, Ann Hercus, Edmnd and Peter Hillary, Alison Holst, and Sam Hunt. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.