English language - Dialects - New Zealand

Date: 1917

From: Calman, Gordon Jamieson, b 1893 :Tiki-talk ; epistles of the Corinthians ; souvenir, Left Wing, 23rd Rfmts ; [original drawings] / G J Calman. [1917]

Reference: A-224-034

Description: Shows a caricature of a smiling soldier on a ship's deck in the rain. He is smoking a cigarette. Other Titles - Hungry, horse, and, blooming Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 179 x 129 mm.

Date: 2007

By: New Zealand Dictionary Centre; Wai-te-ata Press; Oxford University Press; Victoria University of Wellington

Reference: Eph-C-LANGUAGE-2007-01

Description: Includes two sizes of each of the following posters: Black Cups. n. the New Zealand barista team. Set in The National Gothic, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Kris Sowersby of KLIM Typographic Design. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press Cyberhui. n. a seminar focusing on the use of computers and information technology. Set in Karbon, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Kris Sowersby of KLIM Tupographic Design. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press Poozler. n. a scavenger or collector. Set in Jesika, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Kris Sowersby of KLIM Typographic Design. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press Includes one each of the following posters: Beehiver. n. a politician. Set in Churchward Samoa, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Joseph Churchward. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press. Kaumatua flat. n. a granny flat. Set in Artemis, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Mark Geard. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press. Mainland island. n. an onshore sanctuary for indigenous plant and animal species. Set in Yan Series 333, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Jack Yan. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press. Electric puha. n. marijuana. Heading set in Lowery Auto, body copy set in Skyler, both are contemporary New Zealand typefaces designed by David Buck. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press. Golden koha. n. golden handshake. Set in Novalis, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Mark Geard. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press Gumbooter. n. a dairy farmer. Set in Farmer, a comtemporary New Zealand typeface designed by David Buck. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-Ata Press Gypsy day. n. June 1, the date on which sharemilkers move their cows and belongings to new properties. Heading set in Panhandler, body copy set in Skyler, both are contemporary New Zealand typefaces designed by David Buck. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press. Maorioke. n. a karaoke contest for Maori participants. Heading set in Churchward Maori, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Joseph Churchward, body copy set in Skyler, designed by David Buck. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press Tinny house-holder. n a cannabis dealer. Heading set in Churchward Design 5 Line, a contemporary New Zealand typeface designed by Joseph Churchward, body copy set in Skyler, designed by David Buck. Designed by Kellie Pruden. Published by Wai-te-ata Press Quantity: 15 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes 202 x 420 mm, and 140 x 297 mm.

Date: 1952-1953, 1977

From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6984-08

Description: Includes notes and correspondence re the New Zealand Broadcasting Service series Say it in English series 1-13 (1952) and 1-13 (1953). Also notes re articles in the New Zealand Listener, 1977. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.

Date: [1996-1999]

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7181

Description: Comprises `Czech poetry in English translation, 1970-1988' by Ian Milner, annotated by Ewald Osers; copies of letters from Ian Milner to Tony Harrison; correspondence between John K Milner, Ian Milner and Jarmila Milner; paper on J A W Bennett by Professor Douglas Gray; and paper, `Pacific English' by Norman Davis Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2007

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

Reference: DCDL-0003473

Description: The cartoon shows a poster about fundamental sentences spoken in New Zealand that need to be understood by new immigrants. The sentences are spoken in a broad Kiwi dialect. The first two are greetings and farewell sentences and the last is a death sentence concerned with an energy provider cutting power. Refers to the death of Samoan woman Folole Muliaga when she was unable to use her oxygen machine because the power was cut off through failure to pay bills. The case has highlighted the plight of people who, unable to manage their finances and whose command of English is not great, are not heard by the authorities. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [1990-1996]

From: Mann, Phillip, 1942- :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6791-134

Description: Copies of `Confronting history, the abandonment of Mother England in contemporary New Zealand theatre'; `Tragic power in Vincent O'Sullivan's "Shuriken"'; `Maurice Shadbolt the dramatist; on the dramaturgy of "Once on Chunuk Bair"'; `Cross-currents; a consideration of some of the tensions within New Zealand English as revealed in selected works by James K Baxter, Patricia Grace, Maurice Shadbolt and other New Zealand writers' (1996) Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-6791-106 Quantity: 1 folder(s).