Agricultural pests - Control

Date: 2003

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

Reference: H-701-001/023

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics include ACT list member of Parliament Donna Awatere-Huata's alleged misuse of funds for a stomach stapling operation and her refusal to resign from her party, Maori activist Titewhai Harawira and Waitangi Day, an artist painting a portrait of the 'painted' apple noth, govenrment negotiations with Tranz Rail and derailment, heat affecting railway lines, bush fires in Australia and United States threats to attack Iraq, United Nations attempts to slow down American policy on Iraq, American threats of sanctions against North Korea and their nuclear programme, President Bush's State of the Union address, the Black Caps fear of terrorism when on tour, the overburdening of the health system with administrators, President Bush's record of capital punishment and Saddam Hussein's of genocide, Israel's refusal to comply with United Nations resolutions to withdraw from occuppied territory, the arrival of pit ball dogs on Noah's Ark being the signal for all the other animals to burst out of it and away, racial bickering in New Zealand and the remoteness of the establishment of Maori TV channel. Quantity: 23 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1961-1974

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: 84-223-181/Pt1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 8 Jun 2000 - 08 Jun 2000

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929-

Reference: OHInt-0427-28

Description: Helen Hannah Hughes born Nelson (a home birth). Describes childhood in Tahunanui; move to Nelson; schooling; Quaker household; Presbyterian Sunday School; University College, Canterbury and study at Vasser (USA). Recalls meeting David Crowther Hughes and describes wedding in drawing room at home; honeymoon at Kina, in ancient Austin 7; setting up home in Christchurch and having three children in three years and three months. Mentions return to teaching, relieving at Te Wai Pounamu and later at Onslow College. Describes move to Suva and work with Fiji Department of Agriculture. Gives details of work with weeds on Rewa river. Recalls return to New Zealand and describes Ian Baumgart, Commissioner for Environment and move to DSIR as Environmental Co-ordinator with reference to New Zealand Conservation Strategy. Discusses influence of Strategy and refers to Sir Frank Holmes and Ken Piddington. Continues to outline career, government restructuring following 1984 Election and appointment as Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. Discusses rabbit control, subsidies on pest control and refers to `1080 poison dropped on McKenzie Basin and import of Spanish Flu - Rabbit Caliceo Virus Disease. Discusses threads through career: Toxic Chemicals, ICI Fire in Auckland; system to deal with hazardous chemicals; Mapua waste; Resource Management Act 1991; Hazardous substance and new organisms legislation. Lists committements since retirement in 1996; On Cawthorne Institute Trust Board; Worldwide Fund for Nature Board; UNESCO Science Commission; Council of Wellington Branch of Royal Society and served on New Zealand Academic Board Unit. Discusses involvement as Quaker: Wellington Meeting Children's Committee. Accompanying material - Photocopy of Reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment January 1987-May 1997 Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007462-007464 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 2.25 Hours and minutes Duration. 1 Interview(s). Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1886, OHDL-000612.

Date: 1925 - 1935

By: Christchurch Mechanical Works; Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: Eph-C-HORTICULTURE-1930s-01

Description: Arrangement of text, listing types of fruit tree and the times and chemicals for spraying. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on either side of red sheet.. Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet, 290 x 450 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1997.

Date: 1999 - 2000

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: H-637-001/009

Description: Topics inlude the high price of whitebait, the effect of the 1999 election on business confidence, the public image of the Inland Revenue Department, shortcomings in the equipment of the New Zealand peace-keepers in East Timor, attitudes towards the millenium, the non-event of the Y2K bug, the high cost of funding the national museum, Te Papa, the cost of buying frigates, the exorbiant pay paid to television newsreaders as a news item, control of the varroa bee mite. Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: A4 size colour prints

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-689-014/028

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics include High Telcom fees for rural phone connections Sky Casino reneging on a pledge to Queenstown community Funding ACC from petrol taxation MP Winston Peter's anti-Asian immigration stance Language testing for immigrants Supertanker accidents The performance of Bill English, Leader of the National Party Princess Anne's conviction for not keeping proper control of her dog Drug taking in prisons Windy days in Auckland preventing America's Cup racing and the spraying for the painted apple moth Qantas buying into Air New Zealand The proposal to build a new prison at Milburn Fonterra redundancies Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1996-2005

From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11241-051

Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. Contains material on aerial spraying of Dupont Answer herbicide on blackberry and honeysuckle on the Raumati Escarpment, Kapiti Coast, photocopy of Agricultural Chemical Trepass bill, a proposal to outlaw agricultural chemical trepass (spray drift) and a photocopy of "Commercial Grower" magazine article on spray drift damage. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript

Date: 2003-2004

From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11241-050

Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of aerial spraying of painted apple moth insecticide Foray 4B. Includes emails and letters from community anti spraying lobby groups, Green Party MPs, ministry officials, plus Offical Information Act released correspondence, minutes and papers associated with Wellington School of Medicine report 2002 about the spray programme. Also includes material concerning dispute between Fraser High School, Hamilton, and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) over health effects of aerial spraying to eradicate Asian Gypsy Moth, including OSH (Occupational Health and Safety) report and copy of High Court memorandum as to costs in WATCH (Waikato Against Toxic and Chemical Hazards Inc) case against MAF. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss

Date: 2003-2004

From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11241-049

Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of aerial spraying of painted apple moth insecticide Foray 4B. Includes emailed copies of newspaper articles and community group and Green Party press releases. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss

Date: 1993

From: Smith, Ashley W : Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards. 1993

Reference: H-227-004

Description: Shows two Gypsy moths on a leaf. The younger moth is attracted to a `Pheramone's Sex Trap' which is also sitting on the leaf. The older moth is cautioning him about going inside since they have `a lot of forests to eat'. Refers to the Ministry of Forestry setting up pheramone traps around major ports to trap any Asian Gypsy moths that may have come ashore from Russian vessels. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1883, 1906-1915

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-134

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes draft agreement for Aramoho Hotel (1883); timber delivery with some Maori notes and translation of letter from A M Jones to Field in Maori; letter re Phillips Road from Levin & Co, letter from [?] F W [?] Ferris or Venn, written from place near Shannon, letter re establishment of dairy school in Palmerston North, one regarding flax grub problem and other papers Language - Includes notes in Maori with letter in English translated into Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Apr 1884-Jul 1885

By: Fletcher, A J P (Hon), active 1884-1885

Reference: MS-Papers-10797

Description: The diary covers all of Fletcher's trip, from leaving Cambridge in Apr 1884 to arrival back in England Jul 1885. Includes coloured sketch of the ship Zealandia, occasional poems, diary of the voyage and detailed descriptions of places and people whom he met and with whom he stayed in New Zealand. also includes tipped-in printed card on the tune played by the bells of the Wellington General Post Office, New Zealand newspaper cuttings on agricultural pests and ship sailings; also, printed map of Lake Wakatipu Source of title - Supplied by Library The Hon A J P Fletcher left Cambridge to undertake a journey aound the world. He spent most of his time in New Zealand, staying with relatives and friends and travelling around the islands Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Bloomsbury Auctions, 2011 Includes sketch of the Zealandia and printed map of Lake Wakatipu

Date: 1887

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer and free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: J-065-019

Description: Shows stoats, a rabbit, and four men, one possibly Chinese. Item can be viewed on Papers Past at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TO18870416.1.8&e=---- ---10--1----0-- Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy Processing information: Description updated 4 May 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: 1944

From: Evans, Robert Joseph, 1917-1984 : Farm diaries

Reference: qMS-0693

Description: Includes recipe for `poisoning the blowfly', a list of horses foaled, a method of detecting a mare in foal, many farming hints on dogs and equipment design, and poems, including one `Station muster' by L A Wall, `shepherd and spectator of this thrilling day, 7 Dec 1944 4am-2.30pm'. Evans married between June 1944 and Dec 1945. This diary was not used as a farm diary for much of the year and includes letters of reference for 1947. Evans noted his address as Haka[taramea] Valley Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (33cm, ¼ red linen, grey boards)

Date: 1967

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

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-133-622

Description: The single scene shows two men in overalls and gumboots at a garage with the sign, Steam Clean Car Laundry. A sign on the fence says, Keep Out! Foot and Mouth Treatment. A dripping red-faced man in a suit is walking away. One man, with his hand on a lever, dripping car on hoist behind, says 'I dunno if we've caught up with foot and mouth, but we've certainly got on(e) very clean, germ-free agricultural department inspector.' A clipping about a statement from the Minister of Agriculture, Brian Talboys, about vehicles unloaded at N.Z. ports, is attached. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and white ink, letratone and pencil, 262 x 356 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1994

From: Hubbard, James, 1949- :Cartoon entries for the Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 25 February 1994 to 23 December 1994.

Reference: H-233-045

Description: Shows a man calling out from an aircraft as hundreds of 1080 pellets drop from the plane onto the Beehive below. Refers to the controversial 1080 poison used to control possums. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1974 - 1996

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: B-147-056/065

Description: Includes: Lee Kuan Yew (1974); [Bill Rowling] "I'm the only one battle-scarred enough ..." (1983); "We don't blow our own trumpets ..." (1982/83); "Ever had that nagging feeling ...?" (1983); "Come under here where it's nice and dry! (US President Ronald Reagan invites PM Lange under ANZUS umbrella, 1984/85); The Members Show (the Parliamentary chamber, 1986?); "Monsieur Tricot - on our honour we were under ze boat all ze time and if zere had been Frenchmen behaving suspiciously ve would have seen zem!!" (Divers speak to Foreign Affairs Minister, Don McKinnon, 1988?); "Every time I go to buy a mansion in Howick ..."; to Jan Chilwell (1996?); "Generation X has paid for its own tertiary education ..." (199-?); The 1st canoe! Have any of you been on a farm recently?" (The first Maori are asked about importing agricultural pests; 1980s?) Quantity: 10 original cartoon(s). Provenance: Donated by the cartoonist in 1997.

Date: 1984

By: Blair, David, active 1984; Friends of the Earth; New Zealand. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; National Water and Soil Conservation Organisation; Nathan, Don, active 1984; New Zealand. Commission for the Environment; New Zealand. Wildlife Service; Williams, Karen, active 1984

Reference: Eph-D-ENVIRONMENT-1984

Description: Hutchinson and Friends of the Earth. Wake of the Whale. [1984]. (2 copies) Kauaeranga: Lets tramp it - not stamp it. / [Screenprinted by David Blair. 1984.] (2 copies) MAFIS and the Noxious Plants Council. Our native forests are being smothered. [1984]. (2 copies) National Water and Soil Conservation Organisation. Branch out...Plant a Tree - Arbor day. 1983. (2 copies) Native Forest Action Council. Waihaha Forest / Photographed by Ian Macdonald. [1984]. (2 copies) New Zealand Wildlife Service. The K Team form K.W. Country / Created by Don Nathan, 1984. Nga Manu Sanctuary, Waikanae. [1984]. Commission for the Environment. Tread gently on the ice / Photography by Karen Williams and Harry Keys. (1984) (2 copies) Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters, plus 6 duplicates.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying. Provenance: One poster donated by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: [1985-1988]

From: Organic Food Co-op: Records

Reference: 97-246-1/08

Description: Includes information circulars, sheets, newsletters, correspondence and other papers from similar oganisations re management, problems, organisation and related matters Other Titles - Bloomingfoods newsletter; US Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1993-2004

From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11241-048

Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of aerial spraying of painted apple moth insecticide Foray 4B. Includes emails, research reports, questions, annotated notes, Green Party press releases, newspaper articles, briefing paper, and report on aerial spraying of Foray 4B in Canada. Also includes a letter about the inner city bypass project in Wellington. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss