Gardening

Date: 2003

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

Reference: H-738-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1866-1872

By: Shaw, Charles Reginald, 1829-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-3803

Description: Shaw's diary covers the period 10 Dec 1866 to 5 August 1872. The brief daily entries describe the land he surveyed (the number of acres and the owner), and his activities around his home (gardening, maintenance of the house and furniture, and paying for household purchases). He also records information relating to the health and recreation of his wife and children. Source of title - supplied title Shaw came to NZ in 1853. He was a surveyor living in Timaru. Quantity: 2 folder(s) (172 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1931

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968: 6 black exercise books of newsclippings from the Dominion of cartoons by A.S. Paterson covering the period from 3 September 1930 to 24 March 1932.

Reference: E-862

Description: 1 black exercise book of cartoons by A.S. Paterson, dated 26 March, 1931 to 27 June, 1931. The clippings were collected by J.M. Shanks, who worked in the Land and Income Tax Dept in Wellington in the early 1930s. Volume 1 of the 7 volume set was missing. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 1 black exercise book of newsclippings of cartoons, c26 x 20 cm.

Date: Apr 1898-Nov 1899

By: Nairn & Sons Ltd

Reference: qMS-1406

Description: Records financial transactions of Christchurch seed business. Also some clippings on garden plants Quantity: 1 volume(s) (742 pages). Physical Description: Ms and printed matter (34 cm; ½ brown calf, dark brown boards)

Date: 1961

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

Reference: B-137-406

Description: Shows a man in his backyard with a spade. He is shoveling mud from the path which leads to the washing line. The rest of the backyard is also covered in mud. He is talking to his wife is standing who is on the back door step with a mop and bucket. Refers to floodwater damaging gardens in Upper Hutt. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, 205 x 255mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1930

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968: 6 black exercise books of newsclippings from the Dominion of cartoons by A.S. Paterson covering the period from 3 September 1930 to 24 March 1932.

Reference: E-860

Description: 1 black exercise book of cartoons by A.S. Paterson dated 3 September 1930 to 3 December 1930. These were clipped from the Dominion by J.M. Shanks who worked in the Land and Income Tax Dept in Wellington in the early 1930s. The cartoons in the second volume are dated underneath the clippings, (so that you cannot see them immediately); the rest are dated beneath the cartoons. Volume 1 of the 7 volume set was missing. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 black exercise book of newsclippings of cartoons, c23 x 18 cm.

Date: 1931

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968: 6 black exercise books of newsclippings from the Dominion of cartoons by A.S. Paterson covering the period from 3 September 1930 to 24 March 1932.

Reference: E-864

Description: 1 black exercise book of cartoons by A.S. Paterson, dated 27 September, 1931 to 21 December, 1931. The clippings were collected by J.M. Shanks, who worked in the Land and Income Tax Dept in Wellington in the early 1930s. Volume 1 of the 7 volume set was missing. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 black exercise book of newsclippings of cartoons, c23 x 18 cm.

Date: 1998

By: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014

Reference: J-049-001/010

Description: Cartoons of rural life. Quantity: 10 colour pages from calendar. Physical Description: Reproductions of watercolour and pen. Image sizes 280 x 390 mm.

Date: 1796 - 1791

By: Gosse, Thomas, 1765-1844

Reference: C-036-015

Description: Captain Bligh standing in a small rowboat at the water's edge on the right, with two sailors steadying the boat. He watches as a group of Tahitians lift a young breadfruit tree in a small wooden tub towards the boat, with further saplings lined up to be transferred. A fruiting breadfruit grows on the left among banana palms and other tropical plants. A central figure, a Tahitian chief in a long white robe and draped hat, directs procedings. The rigging of one of Bligh's ships, the Providence or the Assistant, is visible in the right background. The central Tahitian figure appears to be based on Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Omai. Omai died in 1780, well before Bligh's visit to Tahiti for breadfruit transplanting. Bligh made a trip to Tahiti in 1791 with two ships, the Providence and the Assistant, to transplant breadfruit to the West Indies, to feed slaves on plantations Other Titles - Breadfruit Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured mezzotint, 492 x 602 mm on sheet 530 x 620 mm

Date: 1931

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968: 6 black exercise books of newsclippings from the Dominion of cartoons by A.S. Paterson covering the period from 3 September 1930 to 24 March 1932.

Reference: E-863

Description: 1 black exercise book of cartoons by A.S. Paterson, dated 29 June, 1931 to 19 September, 1931. The clippings were collected by J.M. Shanks, who worked in the Land and Income Tax Dept in Wellington in the early 1930s. Volume 1 of the 7 volume set was missing. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 black exercise book of newsclippings of cartoons, c23 x 18 cm.

Date: ca 1929

Reference: PAColl-4299

Description: Photograph of C W S Chamberlain carrying a spade and a rake in his garden in Dunedin. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949-

Reference: H-707-001/034

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. Sexual harassment in the work place; a time-line across history of the political, religious and sexual treatment of women; man gets blown-up into a balloon; running the home like a business; women are the stronger sex?; woman fights an armoured knight on a horse; Michelangelo sculpts a naked man with an exaggerated penis; Women's Liberation; persecution against homosexuals likened to that perpetrated by the Nazi regime and the medieval church; Lesbian Nation; media interviewer, Brian Edwards leads a TV programme on the Women's Movement; Muldoon drinks a glass of wine bottled to commemorate Women's Suffrage Day, Sept. 19; while the men discuss world revolution, a woman pour them tea; the double violation of rape victims by their attacker and then by the justice system; the female anatomy exposed to a room full of male doctors; church women protest against feminism challenging the family and traditional roles of women; justice for some, but not for women; the feminist backlash; pay equity; perhaps god is a man after all - three wishes; May I have my rights, please? apologetic feminism; justice not weighted equally for all; issues around sexual reproduction and the Royal Commission Report; women unite to resist the intrusion of the SIS (Special Intelligence Service); Muldoon's legacy to New Zealand women; sex roles reversed in the shearing shed; abortions; National Party tramples on New Zealand women; position of women in Iran; genital mutilation; the 1979 budget - what's in it for women; SPUC anti-abortion rally likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally with hoods and burning torches; the marriage trap; psychology and the oppression of women. Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 1930 - 1931

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968: 6 black exercise books of newsclippings from the Dominion of cartoons by A.S. Paterson covering the period from 3 September 1930 to 24 March 1932.

Reference: E-861

Description: 1 black exercise book of cartoons by A.S. Paterson, dated 5 December 1930 to 25 March 1931. The clippings were collected by J.M. Shanks, who worked in the Land and Income Tax Dept in Wellington in the early 1930s. The cartoons in the first half of vol 3 are dated underneath the clippings, (so that you cannot see them immediately); the rest are dated beneath the cartoons. Volume 1 of the 7 volume set was missing. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 black exercise book of newsclippings of cartoons, c23 x 18 cm.

Date: 1974

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-133-056

Description: An athlete, his neck festooned with medals from the 1974 Commonwealth Games is waving goodbye to his friends departing down the suburban street in a taxi. Behind him his wife looks out the window of their house, grinning at him and the "winner's stand" she has set up in the garden for him - in first place is the lawn mower, in second place the garden tools and in third, the roof paint. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and letratone 470 x 635 mm

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Walker, Susan, active 1990s; Fowlie, Karen, 1990s; Quillin, Viv, active 1980s-1990s; Chanwai-Earle, Lynda, 1965-; Seule, Juliet, active 1990s; Sorzano, Rigel, active 1990s; Rhonda, active 1990s; Chadwick, Rona, active 1990s; Hollander, Nicole, active 1990s; Fleming, Jacky, active 1990s; Horacek, active 1990s; Jackson, Cath, active 1990s; Vania, Rustam, active 1990s; Peterson, Nancy, active 1980-1990s; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-

Reference: H-709-001/033

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. National Women's Cervical Cancer inquiry, the value of women's experience in the work field when dealing with employers who are predominantly worried about a woman's period being heavy; questioning the relevance of Aids education information for lesbians; family discussion about orgasms; sexual harassment in the work place and the Employment Contracts Act; what are the options for a home-maker if her husband leaves her for another woman; ACC claims; men, women and housework; the stress of being too busy with activities and commitments; verbal abuse; siblings argue about being lesbian; 1993 - what women have to celebrate in Suffrage Year with Jenny Shipley and Ruth Richardson at the political helm; women can vote but thewy still remain disadvantaged in many areas; growing older; women respond to the Bobbitt Case (where a women cut off her partners penis); how lesbians can often feel inadequate when reading lesbian erotica books; being an independent, aggressive, adventurous girl doesn't win you many friends; men express themselves as women did in the 70's, but they're still slow to share their goodies with women; feminist collectives; never give up; 12 week campaign for maternity leave; seeking to silence her biological clock; pay equity; women and girls' self defence; beauty contests; the tree of life is a woman; wife slavery; a spell of warts for rich people; Women's Liberation targets your mother, sister and girl friend; Maori Women's Welfare League Conference poster, 1982; women lifting wieghts; dealing to a wolf whistler. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Barraud, Francis James 1856-1924 :[What to do and how to do it series. 188-?]

By: Barraud, Francis James, 1856-1924

Reference: A-084-042

Description: Shows a woman reclining in a hammock, holding a book, another woman holding a rake and talking to the first woman, a man with a wheelbarrow in the garden in the background Extended Title - From: Every Girl's Annual [188-? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, coloured 191 x 126 mm

Date: 1947

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091216-F

Description: Robert Wells (son of the photographer) and another child crouching down and planting sweet peas in the garden at Aratapu. Photographed by Robert E Wells in April or May 1947. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-101

Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. The first frame shows a farmer looking out towards a road with heavy traffic. Text reads, 'Farmer Giles can tell it's Spring by... all the blooming fools appearing along the roads.' The second frame shows a man suspended from the roof of Parliament House and reads 'Bert's young hopeful wants to know if this is how Mr. Hanan was suspended from the House.' The final frame is titled 'In Spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, it's true, but as the years roll on, he learns that Spring means work - not woo!!' It shows a woman handing her husband a spade and saying 'Dig that crazy garden, man!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Fijn, Jan (John) Reinder, 1910-2003 :Transparencies, particularly relating to the royal visit to Waitangi in 1963, and to Maori

Reference: PA12-10653

Description: Colour slide photographs taken by John Reinder Fijn depicting scenes from life in Waipiro Bay, circa 1960s. Images show a man and two boys harvesting potatos in a seaside vegetable garden (also corn plants), a series of images of a girl on a skewbald horse with a huntaway cross sheepdog and further images of the same girl on a bay and a different girl on a grey. Two images, most likley taken in Waipiro Bay, show children swimming in the water and playing in small canoes near the shore (one canoe is named 'Kontiki'). Slides are mounted in metal and glass slide holders constructed by Fijn. Quantity: 8 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour phototransparencies

Date: 30 December 1940-1 February 1941

From: Neil family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12059-10

Description: Correspondence from Arthur James Neil to his wife Deanie Robina Olive Neil during World War II. Written while on a course based out of Haifa, Palestine, 30 December 1940 to 1 February 1941. Subjects discussed include "almost doing a complete circuit of the country" on one course exercise, the new pyjamas his wife has sent him, and the garden back home (including a planting diagram). Also includes one sketch of Neil by a fellow soldier and lyrics for a "love song" written by Neil for his wife. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing holograph letters and pencil sketch. Physical Description: Holograph letters and envelopes, pencil sketch. pencil sketch of Arthur James Neil at the bar of the Gat Rimmon Hotel [Tel Aviv?] by "Ross"