Parking enforcement agents

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-388-026

Description: Contains three frames. The first frame is titled 'A correspondent suggests parking under Cranmer Square.' Two men are sitting in the Square and one says to the other, 'Can't hear a word you're sayin' for those darned cars below.' The second frame is titled 'Pigeon-hole parking.' It shows a man looking up at a parking building and saying, 'Crikey! I've pigeon-holed the wife!' His wife is trapped in one of the parking spaces near the top of the building. The final frame reads 'Cars seem to be getting longer and longer. So that now, if you're double parked, you risk being double 'pinched'!' It shows a man receiving two parking tickets because there is a traffic officer at both ends of his long car Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-139

Description: Photographs relating to roads and traffic, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images relating to roads are arranged alphabetically from T Images relating to traffic are arranged alphabetically from C to R Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1969

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-134-036

Description: An attached clipping quotes from a submission to an Inquiry into Urban Passenger Transport, saying private cars should not be discouraged in the inner city. The first scene shows the road blocked with road works. The next shows the way barred to the car with signs. The third shows the car being browbeaten by parking wardens. The last shows it being bullied and battered by a large bus. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white, crayon and pencil, 318 x 454 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1990 - 2002

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

Reference: A-366-380/430

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues in New Zealand and overseas. Quantity: 51 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.

Date: 1963

From: [Various cartoonists] :[Cartoons about Sir Robert Muldoon] 1963-1983

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: A-294-010

Description: Cartoon shows a street scene with various people reacting to the news that an extra 12,000-13,000 cars are to be imported into New Zealand. A car salesman rolls out the red carpet to potential customers, a used car dealer laments "Goodnight sweet racket!"; a traffic cop is happy at the prospect of writing a possibly 13,000 extra ticket fines; a pedestrian anticipates "13,000 more chances of non-existence", and a driver laments that there will be 13,000 less chances of finding a parking space. Two drivers who have crashed their cars together are sanguine - they will soon get other cars. Panel beaters say "the future's never lookoed brighter!" "On 17 June the Minister of Customs announced details of provisions for importation of an additional 12,000 to 13,000 cars" (information from a consultation document, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 24 September 1963, BOP/27 retrieved 24 June 2011, from http://www.wto.org/gatt_docs/English/SULPDF/90360139.pdf) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing and letratone, on board 255 x 355 mm.

Date: 1966

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-133-534

Description: It is reported that the Takapuna Businessmen's Association is 'to engage two attractive young ladies' in bikini swimsuits as meter maids for the two weeks before Christmas. The cartoonist considers that this idea is - Hardly calculated to make things safer for the motorist. This is illustrated in 4 vignettes - Meter maid in bikini talks to male motorist, whose wife hits him on the head with her handbag. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil, 260 x 358 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1956

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-101

Description: Shows a parking warden approaching a man and his parked car. The man is showing a great deal of interest in her and does not realise that she is writing a parking ticket. He looks very surprised when she slaps the ticket on the windscreen and tells him that she'll see him in court. Refers to women being recruited for parking enforcement in Auckland. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0006302

Description: Shows the graves of three parking wardens. Instead of tombstones they have parking meters. The first one is expired and has incurred a $10 fine. The second has 2 minutes remaining on the meter. The third has a hat sitting over the meter. Refers to the general public dislike of parking wardens. Published in The Press, 6 October 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "archive2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0013613

Description: The cartoon shows an angry woman who has just been issued with a parking ticket and who has accused the traffic officer of carrying out a 'personal vendetta'. As the traffic officer returns to his bike he thinks with irritation about the accusation and wonders whether she wants a stadium or not. Text above reads 'DCC issues more than 70,000 parking tickets. Refers to the blow-out in the cost of the controversial Dunedin stadium and the sense that the public feel they are being squeezed to pay for it. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-068

Description: The scene is outside a pub where a parking warden dressed in a kilt is writing out a parking ticket for a car which already has 4 parking fine notices on its windscreen. The owner of the car is coming out of the pub carrying a large bottle of wine and is looking horrified as he sees the parking notices. The parking meter says 'only just expired'. Refers to Dunedin City Council and parking fines. Extended Title - Ye thrifty Caledonian plonkerette Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013555

Description: Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0005619

Description: A female parking warden writes out a fine for a man who has overstayed his time on a parking metre. She says that he should consider himself lucky. Refers to the News poster standing on the street nearby that says that 'EU fines Microsoft $NZ1.6 billion'. Refers to the European Union fining Microsoft for anti-competitive behaviour in that the corporation failed to comply with demands that it share vital parts of its software with rivals. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0012656

Description: The scene shows a man fulmigating about the wonders of Wellington where he finds the streets full of pedestrians and not a car in sight. His wife tells him that if he looks more closely he will see that the people are all traffic wardens. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017889

Description: Text reads 'Parking wardens resume work in Christchurch'. A parking warden peers anxiously at a huge tanker named 'Bill's Septic Tank Services' which is apparently parked illegally. The driver of the tanker, who holds the nozzle of a pump attached to the tank, says 'Your move!' suggesting the threat of a sewage spill if the warden insists on compliance. Context - 'After a lengthy grace period following the devastating February 22 quake, Parking wardens were yesterday on the hunt for parking infringers in the city's non-metered time-restricted zones, loading zones, bus/tour coach stops and taxi stands, and on the likes of broken yellow lines.' The resumption of work by the parking wardens does suggest a return to normal in Christchurch. (NZHerald 30 May 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0013843

Description: The cartoon shows a scene of devastation 'after the big one'. The only life that survives are rats, cockroaches and Wellington parking wardens. Refers to the news that a bus driver faces disciplinary action after letting slip to passengers that Wellington's parking wardens ride free while on duty. NZ Bus general manager operations Zane Fulljames said the policy was in recognition of the help wardens gave to buses. He said that "Parkwise personnel help keep bus stops and bus ways clear. This helps guarantee both the safety and reliability of our services." Wellington motorists are the most likely to be stung by parking wardens, with tickets they issue amounting to a $9.2 million annual cash cow. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-006-118

Description: Depicts a group of pakeha sunbathing on a beach; they have parking meters at their heads. A Moari man walks along whistling and issuing those whose meters have expired with tickets. Refers to issues relating to the ownership of the seabed and foreshore. The issues raised in 2003 resulted in the Foreshore and Seabed Bill being passed on November 19th, 2004. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1983

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; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-189

Description: Shows a man standing by his car holding a parking ticket. He is protesting to the female parking warden who is writing out a ticket for the next car in the street. Refers to the increasing public anger created by government policies which adversely affect the ordinary man-in-the-street. Exhibited in 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington: Celebrating the life and works of cartoonist Nevile Lodge' exhibition of cartoons By Nevile Lodge on Wellington topics over the period 1943-1988, curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive for the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and exhibited at the Museum from 25 May to August 2004. Published in book 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington' by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2004. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and crayon on paper, 343 x 430 mm

Date: 2013

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

By: Twitter Inc (Firm); Facebook (Firm); Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0025693

Description: Apparent zombies swarm around a motorist. One passerby asks 'it's not Hone Harawira again?' Another replies that they are 'just Wellington parking wardens feeding off another motorist...' Accompanying note from cartoonist states: 'Wellington parking wardens are like jackals feeding on helpless prey. The cartoon refs the court case about the incident when MP Hone Harawira would not move his car when asked to by Police.' Illustrates a popular attitude to parking wardens in Wellington. Hone Harawira was arrested in Auckland in March 2013 for illegally parking his car during a protest over housing. Many thought that he had been deliberately targeted. Published on Martin Doyle's cartoon Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-Doyle/607865899238901?ref=hl) and Twitter (Twitter@Mart_cartoons) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 13 June 1973

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

Reference: EP-Transport-Parking-01

Description: Wellington meter maids wearing new uniforms, taken 13 June 1973 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Shows a row of nine women wearing sky blue jackets, mini skirts and hats; black knee-high boots; and white scarves. Caption - Original Evening Post caption reads: "Looking much less military and more elegant in their new sky blue uniforms are nine of Wellington's 16 meter maids. The uniforms, designed by the Wool Board, today replaced the navy blue skirts, white shirts and black ties previously worn by meter maids throughout New Zealand..." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 23.1 x 13.6 cm

Date: 2015

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0030801

Description: A man views a 'super economy' car at a used car dealership. The salesman says "Economical? Sir will run this baby a whole year for the cost of half an hour over-parking at the stadium!" Refers to calls for the Dunedin City Council to manage parking in Moray Place and at Forsyth Barr Stadium after negative public reaction to the 'breach notices' of $65 issued by Wilson Parking. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).