Haig, Alexander Meigs Jr, 1924-2010

U.S. soldier and politician. Chief of Staff for President Nixon; Secretary of State for President Reagan. See Dominion Post Obituaries (Saturday, February 27, 2010, B7)

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New Zealand out of ANZUS. Haig out of New Zealand. Protest rally at Parliament 12.30pm,...

Date: 1981

Reference: Eph-C-PEACE-1981-01

Description: Shows portrait of US Secretary of State Alexander Haig, with nuclear reactors printed over his eyes. Text says that the rally is organised by: Te Matakite, Nga Tuahine, the Home Base Campaign, WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom), Religious Society of Friends, World Peace Council, Third World Solidarity Committee, NZUSA, Progressive Students Alliance, CANWAR, Central American Committee, Victoria University Students' Association, Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, Women's Resource Centre. Part of the poster exhibition "I protest" displayed in th Alexander Turnbull Library foyer, Feb-April 1997. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 309 x 431 mm.

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Photographs

Date: [1960s-1980s]

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

Reference: PAColl-9589-4

Description: Miscellaneous photographs of Rowling in political activities overseas and at home. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s).

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[16 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in May-June 1982.]

Date: 1982

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-360-047/062

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 16 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Friends of the Earth: The film to end all films; the most explosive love story ever. Mi...

Date: 1979

By: Friends of the Earth

Reference: Eph-D-INTERNATIONAL-1983-01

Description: A poster protesting the American-British collaboration in proliferating nuclear weapons. It shows US President Ronald Reagan with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in his arms, against a landscape with a nuclear mushroom cloud. The poster is a take-off of a film poster, and is said to be "an IMF [International Monetary Fund]picture". Screenplay is said to be by Kid Joseph, directed by Hank Kissinger (US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger), with music by Eddie Heath (former British Prime Minister Edward Heath). The "cast list" includes Ronnie Reagan, Maggie Thatcher, Mal Fraser, Al Haig, Caspar Weinberger and Piggy Muldoon. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print in red on yellow background, 627 x 440 mm.

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New Zealand Council for World Peace: Now showing! White House Corporation presents Rona...

Date: 1981

From: [Posters of A2 and A1 size, relating to peace and anti-war issues. 1980-1989]

By: NZ Council for World Peace

Reference: Eph-D-PEACE-1981-01

Description: A poster in the style of a movie poster, showing United States president Ronald Reagan as a gun-toting cowboy. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm.