Right and left (Political science)

Date: 1943

By: Hyde, William Julius, 1889-1962

Reference: A-355-029

Description: Shows horn-shaped loudspeakers emitting opposing electioneering promises from opposite sides. One is attached to "The Battle Box", sitting on a podium of Truth; the other is larger and is shaped like the globe of the world. The wording indicates that the subject is the Christchurch East by-election in 1943, eventually won by Mabel Howard. A contrast is made between Labour and the Right. Other Titles - 2 July 1943 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on light card 165 x 208 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2003.

Date: 1998

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-448-083/102

Description: Political cartoons. President Clinton goes on television to clear his name of sex scandal allegations. Lockwood Smith pledges drought relief to the farmers of Marlborough. Taxpayers get hit for $270 million payouts to Equiticorp statutory managers. A Texas justice representative justifies their views on capital punishment. 158 years after the birth of New Zealand, historians work out why the country still suffers from labour pains - fish hooks in Article II of the Treaty. Titewhai Harawira makes Leader of the Opposition, Helen Clark weep at Waitangi. Shows an alternate way Titewhai Harawira could have protested over Helen Clark speaking on the marae. Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark outline their positions on military action against Iraq. Comment on the proposed military bombing solution for dealing with Iraq's chemical weapons. New Zealand cricket fans get excited over the Black Caps beating the Australian Cricket team. Te Papa gets the thumps up. Jenny Shipley dons her armour and helmet to do battle. The Press Gallery at Parliament struggle to describe the Prime Minister's, Jenny Shipley's, State of the Nation speech. Comment on National's Code of Social Responsibility. Helen Clark, who has been critical of the parenting skills of other MP's is reminded of Frank Sinatra's advise to the Pope on the issue of birth control, 'He no play da game, he no make the rules...' The newly streamlined Mercury Energy is responsible for plunging Auckland into ongoing power cuts. An Iraqi child survivor of American bombing reads, a letter from the President, Bill Clinton. Members of the Board of Mercury Energy are wired to the main power grid - they will be the first to know when the energy to Auckland returns. A Mercury Energy executive defends their performance. Winston Peters unveils his preferred immigration application form. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2019

Reference: Eph-C-SOCIALIST-2019

Description: Includes: Capitalism and the climate crisis. Forum hosted by International Socialist Club. Student Union Victoria University, 19 March 2019 International Socialist Club. Countering the new Far Right, with David Renton. Public forum hosted by International Socialist Club, Kirk Building Victoria University, 9 April 2019 (2 copies) IYSSE; International Youth and Students for Social Equality. Meeting, Student Union Building, 12 March [2019] Islamophobia will not win! Solidarity forever! Wellington stands up to Fascism. Join us for an urgent public meeting on how we can defend our communities from fascist terror. Newtown Community Centre, Monday 18th [March, 2019] Stand with Muslims! No to Islamophobia! Public forum hosted by International Socialist Organisation Aotearoa. Student Union Building, Kelburn Campus Victoria University, 19 March 2019 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset and digital prints, around 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1985

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[36 original political cartoons, drawn for the New Zealand Listener. 1984-1990; and two photocopies].

Reference: C-128-004

Description: Labour Leader David Lange is held up by a crowd of left wing supporters yelling sloggans. David Lange is drawn as an unballanced giant. Some of these cartoons may have been displayed in an exhibition curated by Roger Smith for the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust about 1990-1992 (or about 1986). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and lectratone.425 x 640 mm

Date: 1930 - 1946 - 1939

From: [Ephemera, New Zealand and overseas, collected by Arthur Nelson Field. ca 1920-1960]

Reference: Eph-C-FIELD-04

Description: Includes: Figaro. Article by Francois Coty. Les financiers qui menent le monde. Reponse a quelques objections; cinquieme article. Le filet qui enserre les nations; la position de l'Angleterre [The financiers who lead the world; a reply to some objections; 5th article; the net which binds the nations; England's position]. 20 April 1932 (2 copies) Canadian Nationalist Party of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Manifesto. 1 March 1938 (2 copies) Canadians awake! Boycott all Jews. Down with Jewmocracy. A call for action [ca 1938?] John Higgins. They've started a "Brave New World". Reprinted from the Courier-Mail, 12/10/1946. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying

Date: 1956

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

Reference: A-309-120

Description: Shows Nash with his head and shoulders out the top of a tank. He has earmuffs on and is calling out "Turn left" with his arm extended to the left. Next to the tank is a road sign which is directing them to Hamilton. There are two faces peering through slots in the front of the tank. Refers to Nash opening the Labour campaign for the vacant Hamilton seat. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1985 - 1990

From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: B-197-002

Description: Shows a middle-aged couple in an expensive restaurant, ordering chips and salad for themselves while asking for a high-quality cut of steak for 'the man in the street'. Probably refers to Anderton's left-of-centre political leanings Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies photocopy of original cartoon. Physical Description: Photocopy, enclosed in mat, 205 x 295 mm (sight)

Date: 1999

From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: B-197-012

Description: Shows a man labelled 'The political Right' entering a room that has a broken window, cobwebs, and bare floorboards. An old couple sit beside a one-bar heater, trying to keep warm. Their clothes are worn and patched. The woman sits in a wheelchair, the man has a zimmer-frame. The 'political Right' yells at the couple to 'shop around' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies photocopy of original cartoon. Physical Description: Photocopy, 298 x 232 mm Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1997

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Nine original cartoons published in New Truth between May 1997 - December 1997.

Reference: A-322-011

Description: A three-panel strip showing Winston Peters and Jenny Shipley tied together for a three-legged race. Peters complains to the supervisor that his parner keeps pulling to the right; he wants to be paired with someone else. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - D. Fletcher Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt pen, 124 x 390 mm.

Date: 1975

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1975-01

Description: Billboard poster for an issue of "Truth" shows an arrangement of text below the Truth masthead featuring the New Zealand flag. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, on newsprint sheet 760 x 510 mm. (missing lower right corner)

Date: 13 March 2005

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-308

Description: Shows John Banks pulling Rodney Hide over the edge of a cliff. Douglas tells Hide that he it is repositioning. Refers to John Banks discussing standing for the ACT Party in the 2005 Election and the potential impact of that the Party's policies. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Leader page cartoon 186mm x 133 14CARTOON Pls scan and send to Pix on Hand (Production Pix) [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 340 mm

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1949-08

Description: An election booklet delivered by post to the Householder prior to the 1949 general election reports on the proposals made by the Labour Party to make New Zealand a more socialist country by giving the government power to take over businesses, to allow snoopers to enter houses to check if a family was storing more than rationing allowed, and to have noliability for any damage occauring during this process. The the government had also been hoping to introduce legislation to force farmers to grow what the government wanted them to, but strenuous political opposition made that the labour Government had not been able to get these laws passed. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 206 x 130 mm.

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1949-06

Description: An election booklet delivered by post to the Householder prior to the 1949 general election accuses the Labour Government of taking over more of the country's business. It reports on losses in Railways, deficits in shipping, housing, harbour funds, losses in the flax indistry, deficit in the Public Trust, coal, iron, land. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 202 x 128 mm.

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

By: Roycroft Press Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1949-07

Description: Booket mailed out to the householder prior to the 1949 election. It points out the advantages of private enterprise, and the threat of socialism and the one-employer state. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 210 x 130 mm.

Date: 1960

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1960-02

Description: Pamphlet issued prior to the 1960 general election, outlines differences in policy regarding political ethics, tax rates, interest rates, state control, encouragement of business enterprise, creation of employment, free enterprise, government interference, industrial relations, individual or state responsibility. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, 219 x 138 mm.

Date: 29 Jun 1988

By: Jesson, Bruce Edward, 1944-1999

Reference: OHColl-0124/1

Description: Bruce Jesson describes the formation of the People's Alliance, the People First, and Socialist Alliance political movements, formed in the wake of the 1987 General Election. Also describes the intellectual bankruptcy of the New Zealand Labour Party, and of the Left in general, as against the libertarian Right. Give his views on the future of the Left and of Socialism in New Zealand. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Margaret Tibbles Venue - Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002490B; OHC-003147 (copy of tape one) Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 25 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Processing information: (OHC-0003147 copy of tape one)

Date: [1930-2013]

By: Gale, Leonard Thomas , 1926-2016

Reference: MS-Group-1002

Description: Includes material relating to Thomas Gale (cartoonist), political leaflets and cartoons of Len Gale and series of letters from Len Gale to his grandson, Cody, in the form of reminiscences, and three copies of a Vietnam War poster designed by Gale Also includes statement by the Auckland Provnicial Committee on the Railways Branch and TG resignation (ca 1951) and two circulars from the New Zealand Socialist Party Also includes material relating to family members of Gale including an obituary notice for Jim Gale, a photograph of Thomas Gale with other railway workers, a scanned photograph of Bob Edwards, a poster from a Vietnam war protest event and some wood cut prints. Also includes May Day poster (1987), and an electronic document from 2013 describing meetings of the Viet Nam Committee in Auckland in the 1960s-1970s. Source of title - Supplied Left wing and trade union activist, metal worker, cartoonist, writer Quantity: 10 folder(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, poster and cartoons Transfers: To Photographic Archive - One photograph of political demonstration (not identified).

Date: 1977

From: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :[Editorial cartoons drawn for the Otago daily times, 1976-1978]

Reference: A-289-019

Description: Shows the cartoon character `Thinkman the thinker' talking about extreme left and right wing politics. As he is talking his nose is growing into a beak and his arms are shrinking. In the final scene he has turned into a kiwi. Refers to the comment Muldoon made about there being no place in New Zealand for extreme left or right wing politics. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, bromide Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1940

From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].

Reference: E-605-q-042

Description: Shows a plane called Aotearoa with the face of Peter Fraser, and two engines represented by Daniel Giles Sullivan (right wing engine) and John A Lee (left wing engine). The left engine is facing up and backwards as the plane flies low over water. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 150 x 210 mm stuck into lined exercise book

Date: 1994

From: Bromhead, Peter (1933- ) :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 19 May 1994 to 11 October 1994.

Reference: H-234-007

Description: Shows a line of people walking up to a large box (Ballot box), climbing up a ladder and entering into the box. They are calling out their support for left or right wing politics. Four people are walking out the other end of the box in a straight line and saying "Middle of the road..." Refers to the result of the electoral referendum. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..