Voting

Date: 1890

By: Union Box & Packing Case Company; W R Bock and Son Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-POLITICS-1890-01

Description: Shows an illustration of a central vertical pole to which various Wellington political candidates are clinging: John Duthie, Bell, T K Macdonald, George Fisher, Winter, McLean, E G Jellicoe, F H Fraser. A verse about each man appears down the sides of the poster, and at the bottom, the conclusion is: "In essaying the poll they have toiled hard, The fight was keen as could be / But now let them wash down all rancour, In a cup of our UNION TEA. These men were all candidates for Wellington City in the 1890 election. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on two sides of poster 435 x 280 mm.

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-671-001/018

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows the 'Peace Processor' machine in action where Jewish and Palestinian antagonists are placed in one end of the machine and after numerous processes they come out the same. Jim Anderton proposes drastic remedies for medical problems. Shows Helen Clark as a mother trying to deal with her infantile fighting MPs. Shows Labour's Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, taking money from Health and Education to top-up the Government's Superannuation Scheme and then borrowing money to fund Health and Education. This is to show people that the Government is not borrowing to fund the Superannuation Scheme. Shows the Alliance Party waka spliting apart with rowers rowing in two different directions. Comment on Israel blaming Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians for the devastation caused to Palestine by the Israeli military. Shows Queen Elizabeth expressing her appreciation for having turned up for her mothers funeral and having worn a dress rather than her trade-mark trouser suit. Comment on the effectiveness of Jim Anderton in Government. Comment on Jim Anderton's pattern of changing political skins from Labour to New Labour to the Alliance and now onto what ever his new Party will be called. Comment on the poor showing of the National Party in public opinion. Shows a customer to the new Kiwibank wanting to have an account in both Kiwibank and with his existing bank until he decides later which way to go. He adds that Mr Anderton must understand this as he is assuming the same position over being the Government leader of the Alliance but setting up a new party in opposition to them later in the year. Comment on shift from Privy Council to NZ Appointed Court - infers that the new system will be more a roll of the dice rather than a matter of impartially balancing the scales of justice. Comment on the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Illustrates the demonisation of Yasser Arafat. Comment on the increasing need for vigilence in protecting our children from all forms of violence and abuse. Comment on NZ losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup with reference to the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Shows the Auckland public looking for alternate ways to blanket spraying to get rid of the Painted Apple Moth. A suggestion is to make the Rugby Union and Trevor Mallard responsible for its protection. This refers to them losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup. Comment on National's new tax package. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies.

Date: 1943-1945

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-023

Description: Includes a list of polling places, newspaper articles on election issues such as racism and social poverty, telegrams and letters of support and also party correspondence regarding Maori social policy; also includes a pamphlet on Moana Ngarimu; also includes electoral flyers Other Titles - E. Edwards, 'Lt Moana Ngarimu V.C' (Palmerston North) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: WH-0162-a-F

Description: Original caption reads: "NZEF IP [New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific]. A New Zealand brigade moves from Guadalcanal to Vella Lavella [Solomon Islands]. Voting conducted on board an LST. The polling booth. Seated (2nd & 3rd from left) are the polling officers: Major G B Gibbons (Wgtn) and Major H F Allan (Nelson). Official war photograph taken 1943. Photographer unidentified. Identified from original print of this negative in album PA1-q-302, page 82 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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: 2002

Reference: H-668-021/037

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Democracy Zimbabwe style, reactions to the news that Tau Henare is returning to politics, WINZ gives new hope to struggling artists, aftermath of the twin towers attack in New York, ACC reinstate lump sum payments for sexual abuse victims, Labour Government buy Maori votes through Moari TV funding, modern day Robin Hood and Little John - robbing the poor to give to the rich, levels of public concern over the leadership battle within the Alliance party, Helen Clark prepares for her meeting with George W Bush, Police ineffective at curbing Gang involvement in drugs, Alliance Party alikened to a Palestinian suicide bomber, the rich meet to discuss the plight of the poor, ex-MP's travel perks, Jim Anderton about to jump out of the Alliance waka, Helen Clark trys to convince Peter, her husband, to learn golf so he can play with George Bush, Marian Hobbs as an avenging angel tells commercial radio what to play, the uneven stand-off between Israel and Palestine. Quantity: 17 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

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: 1998

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

Reference: H-539-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. Comment on the growing gap between the rich and poor in New Zealand. Soldiers explain why it is humane to cut people's throats once they've been driven from their homes. Jenny Shipley reacts negatively to Jim Bolger's book. Jenny Shipley does a unicycle act on the high/slack wire. She can't look down for fear of falling, and she can't look up for fear of the coalition government she carries on her shoulders. Jack Elder and Tuku Morgan line-up behind Tau Henare in a new political allegiance. The American Republicans are exposed in their determination to impeach President Clinton over sex allegations no matteer what public opinion is. Jenny Shipley announces under National's new housing policy people in sub-standard housing will be assisted to buy their properties rather than rent them. Tim Shadbolt has been re-elected Mayor of Invercargill. Russia backs the bloody regime of Slobodan Milosivic against the Albanians. Jenny Shipley receives a negative reaction from the Dairy Board members over comments they should dig their own graves and make their wills. Jenny Shipley's intention of ending the Producer Board's statutory monopolies is thinnly veiled to avoid farmer backlash prior to the election. The Labour Party surges in the polls although their visibility is low. A paralell is drawn between roading reforms proposals and the manner Warriors' boss comments on players like Matthew Ridge. Commment on telephone electronic cueing messages. Canadian newspapers report that Wellington has the best views in the world. A Wellintonian watches as storms blow uprooted trees, boats, cars and other debris past his window. General Pinochet in jail being interrogated over his part in crimes of terrorism committed against Chilean critics of his Military Junta. Two contenders for the Auckland Blues Rugby coaching job are given a lesson in sportsmanship. Otago win the NPC (National Provincial Championships). Palestinian and Israeli leaders are booed by their supporters for their efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. The Met. office build an ark as an indication of the weather to come. Tuariki Delamere considers his political future. Tau Henare sums up the essence of his new Mauri Pacific Party. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1972

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-030

Description: A Mini-Deighton. A person goes to New Zealand House in London holding his voting paper. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white on watercolour paper, 187 x 107 mm

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-387-211

Description: Contains two frames. The first frame pictures Viscount Montgomery, a kiwi wearing a label reading 'Half of NZers', and Arnold Nordmeyer and Walter Nash exchanging worried looks. The second frame is about an unrelated topic. The title reads 'Americans invite second NZ artist to Antarctic!' It shows the cartoonist shivering while looking at the frost on his potatoes. He is imagining himself in Antarctica, struggling to draw a penguin because he is shivering too much Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1971 - 1974

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989:Five cartoons by Lodge on the 1974 Commonwealth Games.

Reference: A-349-050

Description: Shows a New Zealand athlete being pulled by both arms by two teams, one being led by Christchurch mayor Neville Pickering, and the other representing a poll petition. A man with 'Time Limit' is digging a hole in front of the athlete, while behind him is a sign reading 'Commonwealth Games Contest - Event 1 Tug o' War, Event 2 Poll Vault' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Nevile Lodge 71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, whiteout and letratone with some colour background; 265 x 335 mm on sheet 315 x 380 mm

Date: 1965

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-133-353

Description: Four vignettes illustrate how reluctant voters in the Wellington local body elections might be persuaded to enter polling booths. An official renames them 'Flagon Bar' and 'TAB', then pushes the unsuspecting voter into the booth to vote. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 295 x 390 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1983

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

Reference: A-360-176/208

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 33 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 2007

Reference: Eph-C-LOCAL-Wellington-2007-01

Description: Poster encouraging the public to vote during the local body elections in Wellington in October 2007, shows a photograph of City Missioner Des Britten with a speech bubble showing the words of the title. Behind him is a photograph of Wellington City seen from above Oriental Bay, with St Gerard's Monastery in the centre. Greater Wellington Regional Council and the Wellington City Council sponsored this poster. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 296 mm. Provenance: Donated by Wadestown Public Library in 2007.

Date: 1928-1957

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-021

Description: Includes correspondence, telegrams, demographic surveys and electoral pamphlets supporting P Jones electoral candidacy for the Western Maori seat in the National Party from people and organisations like the Kingitanga: also includes pamphlets and flyers for other political groups for seats like the Eastern Maori Seat; the demographic surveys contain the number of voters from almost all of the Tainui - Waikato iwi; also contains the minutes of the National Party Western Maori Seat meetings Other Titles - Constitution and Rules of the National Party 1951 Pei a Western Maori candidate Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1977

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

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-285

Description: This cartoon features four scenes relating to a low vote in the local body elections. Reasons for not voting included bad weather, no voting booth on the way to the TAB, or that the 1975 result shattered faith in the election process. However, the final scene shows the non-voters moaning about city council issues such as the motorway, the town hall, parking, rates etc Extended Title - 53 per cent didn't vote for various reasons Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 285 x 385 mm

Date: 1999

By: Sunday News (Newspaper); New Zealand doctor (Periodical); Progressive Building: the magazine of The New Zealand Institute of Building; Architecture New Zealand (Periodical); Walker, Malcolm, 1950-; Qantas Airways Ltd

Reference: H-627-001/012

Description: Cartoon photocopies published in Architecture NZ, NZ Doctor, Progressive Building, and Sunday News, 1999, and a finalist entry in the 1999 Qantas Media Awards (the winner was Malcolm Evans). Quantity: 12 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

Date: 1989

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[25 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star in September and October, 1989.]

Reference: A-225-253

Description: Cartoon shows the hand of a voter as he places his voting paper into the ballot box, which is labelled "Self-Delusion box". This implies that the South African public is deluded to think that they are exercising the power of true democracy. Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on card 182 x 270 mm.

Date: 1954

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-387-206

Description: Shows Sidney Holland wearing a crown and looking into a mirror titled 'Public opinion'. Behind him are political party leaders Wilfrid Owen and Walter Nash, who both look nervous and have arrows above their heads. Holland also has an arrow above his head. A calendar on the wall says 'Nov 13'. The cartoonist has written 'Note: Here your cartoonist has cleverly forecast results. After hearing final count, look here, and you will find an arrow, pointing to winning leader.' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, blue coloured pencil and white corrector on card, 230 x 290 mm

Date: 1981

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons, some for the "New Zealand times", and "Listener". ca 1981-1984]

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: B-154-150

Description: Shows Robert Muldoon, Bill Rowling and Bruce Beetham portrayed as mice. Beetham is eating from a block of cheese labelled 'Votes', as Muldoon and Rowling look on with unhappy expressions on their faces Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and white corrector on card, 345 x 450 mm Provenance: Purchased in 2003.