Oil well drilling rigs

Date: 1946 - 1950

From: New Zealand. School Publications Branch: [45 double-sided photographic posters, photographed by National Publicity Studios and other photographers. ca 1949]

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1949-1-31/60

Description: Photographs are by National Publicity Studios, V C Browne, Tudor Collins. Includes posters numbered: 31. Wool. Preparing bales of wool for export (National Publicity Studios) 32. Port Chalmers. This is the main port of Otago. Notice the dry dock on the right (V C Browne) 33. Wool. "Dumped" wool being stored for export. "Dumped" bales have been tightly pressed to save shipping space (National Publicity Studios) 34. Making butter. The cream from the receiving vat at the bottom is pumped through a heater. It is then cooled quickly on the cooler behind the man. This heating and cooling is called "pasteurising" (National Publicity Studios) 35. Buying wool. At this auction sale in the Town Hall at Wellington, buyers from many countries are bidding for New Zealand wool (National Publicity Studios) 36. Raglan. This little port is a holiday place for Waikato people (V C Browne) 37. Making cheese. The milk arrives at the factory where it is weighed and a sample taken for testing (National Publicity Studios) 38. Wellington. The business centre of the capital city. Can you find the railway station? (V C Browne) 39. Making cheese. The milk pours into a receiving vat (National Publicity Studios) 40. Mangaweka. This country town is on the Main Trunk railway south of Taihape. Notice the main highway north, and the white-cliffed gorge of the Rangitikei River (V C Browne) 41. Making cheese. After being heated and cooled to kill germs, the milk is set with rennet. Then the curds are cut with knives into cubes (National Publicity Studios) 42. Nelson. Harvesting a crop on the Waimea plain near Nelson (National Publicity Studios) 43. Making cheese. After cooking, the whey is drained off and the curds are left in piles along the vat (National Publicity Studios) 44. A fishing port. Kaikoura, eans "crayfish food". It lies at the north side of the isthmus of the Kaikoura Peninsula (V C Browne) 45. Making cheese. After being cut into cubes, turned, and salted, the curd is poured into "hoops" lined with cheese cloth (National Publicity Studios) 46. Tolaga Bay. Notice the jetty at the top right. Few vessels call at this coastal port (V C Browne) 47. Making cheese. The "hoops" full of cheese have been in the pess al night (National Publicity Studios) 48. Tarakohe. This port has one factory and was built to ship one product - cement (V C Browne) 49. Making cheese. These cheeses are being weighed and crated ready for export (National Publicity Studios) 50. Sheep country. This photo shows what parts of North Auckland look like. It was taken on the Takatu Peninsula near Matakana (Tudor Collins) 51. New Plymouth Harbour. The breakwater protects ships at the wharf. Notice the oil derricks (V C Browne) 52. Auckland. This photo shows the main road and rail outlet to the south. What kind of trees grown close to the shore here? (V C Browne) 53. Making butter. After one night in a storage vat the cream goes to the churn. Here half a ton of butter is being removed from a churn (National Publicity Studios) 54. Lime Hills, Southland. What takes place in these buildings? Why are they built in steps? What do you call the workings on the hill top? (V C Browne) 55. Butter. Weighing and packing bulk butter for export (National Publicity Studios) 56. Timber. How can you tell which of these forests are native and which are exotic? This is part of Karioi State Forest (V C Browne) 57. Butter. Each box contains a 56 pound block of butter. What is happening to it here? (National Publicity Studios) 58. Irrigation. The Rangitata Diversion Race runs north along the Canterbury Plains (V C Browne) 59. Maori fortifications. Turu-turu Mokai Pa, near Hawera - the best preserved Maori fortifications in New Zealand (V C Browne) 60. Irrigation. The Highbank Power Station, at the end of the Rangitata Diversion Race, can be seen near the centre of the picture. Mt Hutt is in the background, the Rakaia River is in the foreground (V C Browne) Date estimated from the fact that some have been date-stamped 31 August 1950. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset photographic prints, 513 x 584 mm., on both sides of sheets

Date: [1978?]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-204-027

Description: The oil rig Penrod 74 is having its 'Petrocorp Exploration' sign changed to 'Ferticorp Exploration' and the workers are told they are 'out of oil and into fertiliser'. A newspaper clipping attached to the cartoon reads 'Engineering problems have forced Petrocorp Exploration to abandon its Takapu 1 well, off the Otago coast, and start again nearby.' Refers in part to the discovery of phosphate deposits on the sea floor off the Chatham Islands. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Nevile Lodge [78?] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon, white corrector and collage on paper, 275 x 335 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, in a private collection in the Wellington region.

Date: [1970s-1980s]

From: Rowling, Wallace Edward, 1927-1995 :Official photographs

Reference: PAColl-9589-2

Description: Includes photographs of Red Cross Conference in September 1974; Trip to Antarctica; Opening of Richmond Coal Store in Rowling's Electorate; Campaigning in Northland 1980; Visit of Lee Kwan Yeu Prime Minister of Singapore; Visit to Paris, France; Visit to North Sea Oil Rig (Aberdeen); Laying foundation stone at the Invercargill Railway Station 1975; Visit of Crown Prince and Princess of Japan; Visit to Iran 1973 Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s). 20 colour original photographic print(s). 5 b&w original photographic print(s) proof sheets.

Date: [c 1960s]

From: New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers :Photographs of ports, docks and shipping around the world.

Reference: PA12-8643

Description: 24 transparency slides relating to the New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers, taken in the early 1960s. Places identified: Cardiff, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Le Harve (France), Avonmouth (Bristol), Antwerp (Belgium), Hamburg, Amsterdam, (9 slides with unidentified location). Cardiff: General harbour view of boat at docks. Liverpool: Image of sledges used in the hold, detail of bag sling and a tent. Rotterdam: Harbour view showing a compass adjuster in use. Le Harve (France): General view of docks across the sea showing sub pens and wind deflectors, stacked wine containers. Avonmouth (Bristol): General view of docks and cargo conveyer belt in use. Antwerp (Belgium): View of docks showing a customs van - conveyer of goods under free port facilities. Hamburg: General view of docks showing a freezer truck, grain machine, oil drill platforms. 9 slides with unidentified location: General views of docks, loading goods and wharf workers. Quantity: 24 colour copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slides

Date: 2007-2015

By: Morse, Valerie, 1971-

Reference: Eph-B-POLITICS-Morse-2007/2015

Description: Includes: Calendar Gals 2008 (Calendar) Remember the police terror raids? It's not over! Sat 30 August ... www.october15thSolidarity.info (2 copies) State terrorists kidnapped my friends. Feminazis. Flyer (2 copies) October 15th Solidarity Public Meeting. Dawn raids 9 months on. A wider look at the raids of 15 october 2007. Flyer (2 copies)www.october15thSolidarity.info. Remember the state terror raids on our communities. Rally! March! Resist! Global day of action ... Sat 30 August ... www.october15thSolidarity.info (2 copies) www.october15thSolidarity.info. Special event Dr Jeff Sluka discusses state terror in the Ruatoki Valley and the anti-terroism raids. Tuesday December 2nd, St Johns Church Hall (cnr Willis & Dixon Sts) (2 copies) Soul Fire with Yardwise, Misteek, Spin Zero, Sistah Jhan and friends. Vintage Bar, 1 August. In support of people affected by the 2007 police terror raids. www.october15thSolidarity.info. Peace Action Wellington. Football for Peace! Celebrate the 1914 Christmas truce. Boxing Day football game. Parliament forecourt [2014?] Peace Action Wellington. How else could New Zealand use the money spent on weapons? A4 flyer (2 copies) Peace Action Wellington. Stop the 2015 Wellington Weapons Conference. Tuesday 17 Nov [2015]. Flyer (1 A4, 1 smaller) Peace Action Wellington. What you need to know about the 2015 Weapons Conference. Folded pamphlet Peace Action Wellington. open arms not firearms. Public meeting, 21 October, St John's in the City Willis Street [2015] Rally and picnic in opposition to the National Front. No room for racism. Small flyer (2 copies) Toys for tots: charity or propaganda? Small flyer Save Happy Valley! Why would the labour Governmment want to turn this into this? Postcard (2 copies) Oil Free Wellington. Change everything. 12-13 December 2015, Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Folded pamphlet Hands off Afghanistan. SAS out now! Hang shoes in opposition to war! (2 copies) Hands off Afghanisan. Put your shoes where your mouth is and take action against the war Muntadar al-Zaide (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by Valerie Morse, Wellington, in 2015.

Date: 2007-2015

By: Morse, Valerie, 1971-

Reference: Eph-C-POLITICS-Morse-2007/2015

Description: Includes: Oil Free Wellington Fundraising exhibition. "Rising tide"; a community exhibition exploring climate change and climate justice narratives. Thistle Hall, 17-22 November [2015] Te Mana Motuhake o Tuhoe www.october15thSolidarity.info. Remember the state terror raids on Te Urewera. www.october15thSolidarity.info. Special event Dr Jeff Sluka discusses state terror in the Ruatoki Valley and the anti-terroism raids. Tuesday December 2nd, St Johns Church Hall (cnr Willis & Dixon Sts). [2008] A3 poster (2 copies) Soul Fire with Yardwise, Misteek, Spin Zero, Sistah Jhan and friends. Vintage Bar, 1 August. In support of people affected by the 2007 police terror raids. www.october15thSolidarity.info. Coloured A3 poster (2 copies) Help support operation 8 arresties. fundraiser gig at Happy, Fr 2nd of May. Upper Hutt Posse, The Feminazis, the Mr Sterile Assembly, Palace This!, Paroxysm [2008] (2 copies) Public meeting: police raids, terrorism and the Labour Party Conference. Tuesday 8 April. Arlington Community Centre, 312 Taranaki St. www.october15thSolidarity.info A3 poster (2 copies) Support Operation 8 arrestees. The Klezmer Rebs, Emma Paki, Plum Green. The Adelaide, Saturday 5 April [2008 or 2014]. A3 poster (2 copies) [Wellington Prisoners]. Stop the terrorist government! Crash the Labour Party's party; disrupt the labour Party conference. meet at te Aro Park, Saturday 12 April midday [2008 or 2014]. A3 poster (2 copies) "Patu!" produced by Merata Mita. Special screening Friday 30th Nov. Paramount Cinema [2007] (2 copies) Peace Action Wellington; Lest we remember.org. NZ troops out of Iraq! march against the war. Sat, 16 May 2pm at Midland Park [2015]. Peace Action Wellington. Stop the 2015 Wellington Weapons Conference. Tuesday 17 Nov [2015]. A3 poster Hands off Afghanisan. Put your shoes where your mouth is and take action against the war Muntadar al-Zaide. A3 poster Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Valerie Morse, Wellington, in 2015.

Date: 11 August 1971

From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: C-179-010

Description: A desert labelled "Rock-hard union-employer attitude" with rocks, eagles, a skeleton, a tent, and a camel. Signs read "Beer desert" and "Dry hole". An oil rig and equipment is in the foreground. Skinner, labelled "F.O.L", and two other men are looking on wearing overalls and hardhats. Muldoon, Holyoak, and Marshall are in the background in a tent, they wear Arab keffiyeh. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 385 x 480 mm.

Date: [ca 1940s-1970s]

By: Shell Heritage Society Incorporated

Reference: ATL-Group-00655

Description: Photograph albums and photographic prints relating to the history of Shell New Zealand, circa 1940s-1970s. Includes photographs taken by photographers who were engaged by Shell New Zealand Ltd and albums compiled by private individuals. Many of the photographs are captioned and some are dated. Includes photographs of the interior and exterior of service stations, and roadside signs in towns and cities around New Zealand, including Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Auckland, Nelson, Gisborne, and Wellington. Also includes images documenting installation and construction of oil rigs and pipelines. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 album(s) containing 574 photographic prints (531 black and white, 43 colour). 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w original photographic print(s) contact proof sheets (total of 152 frames/images). 193 colour original photographic print(s). 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Photograph albums, colour and black and white photographic prints, and a colour transparency. Provenance: The material was created and gathered by Shell New Zealand, who then gave the material to the Shell Heritage Society circa 1990s. The Society included retired Shell staff. Processing information: Some photographic prints removed from albums for preservation due to material degradation.

Date: 2010 - 2012

By: Greenpeace New Zealand; Pringle, Michael James, 1962-

Reference: Eph-E-GREENPEACE-2011-01

Description: Poster that is yellow on the left side and black on the right side. The left panel shows an oil-covered penguin holding a sign "No drill no spill". At the lower centre is a small square panel showing a QR code. Two copies held Other Titles - Text and Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 595 x 840 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Commander Denis Fairfax, Porirua, in 2012; aonther by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2016.

Date: 1979 - 2011 - 1996

By: Greenpeace New Zealand; Greenpeace New Zealand. Atmosphere and Energy Campaign

Reference: Eph-C-GREENPEACE

Description: Includes: Green Peace Squadron Benefit. Sam Ford & the Verandah Band, Cockroach, Limbs, John Hanlon, Garry Berryman. Uni Cafe, Fri[day] Mar 23 [1979]. (2 copies, 1 green and 1 blue) Greenpeace. [On verso] Greenpeace exists to make positive change in our environment - protecting the climate, stopping killer chemicals, saving the forests, protecting the oceans, public support. [ca 1990]. Greenpeace Pacific Atmosphere and Energy Campaign. Low islands - high risk. Stop global warming. [ca 1994]. Greenpeace Atmosphere and Energy Campaign. Climate change and the greenhouse effect. Change your life - not the climate. [1993]. Greenpeace Atmosphere and Energy Campaign. Change your life - not the climate. Help stop global warming. [1993]. Greenpeace. Notes from the Marshall Islands [pamphlet]. What you can do. [1986?] Greenpeace. A Pacific paradise? Weapons testing - French tests - toxic dumping - pollution. [Brochure. 1987]. Greenpeace New Zealand. Why Greenpeace? Who are they anyway? Porirua Museum's current exhibition ... November 27th - March 30th [1985]. 2011: No drill, no spill. Stop deep sea oil. Txt your name & favourite beach to 5806 to sign the petition [2011] (Digital print copied by the Library from an online file) Quantity: 10 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on sheets, sizes varying around 430 x 300 mm.

Date: 1977

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

Reference: C-132-179

Description: Shows oil workers being chased from an oilwell site by a group of wildcats that are emerging from a well shaft. Original drawing for the cartoon published in the Dominion, 4 August 1977. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 295 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1963

From: Ilott Advertising Ltd :[New Zealand National Party publicity material] / Ilotts - 1960, 1963

Reference: A-261-031

Description: Design drawing for National Party publicity shows four images: a hydroelectric dam, and oil drill, the interior of an aluminium smelter, and cars driving along a motorway. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings and collage, on sheet 180 x 420 mm.

Date: 2013

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026142

Description: Cartoon shows two oil rig workers drilling through Prime Miniser John Key's skull. One asks the other, "Any luck locating the democractic core?" and the other responds, "Not yet, we're having difficulty piercing the strata of arrogance." Refers to controversy over the government's plans to allow deep sea drilling off of New Zealand's shores. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0026463

Description: Cartoon shows Minister of Energy and Resources Simon Bridges, lying on the ocean floor. A drilling rig labelled, TV3, drills into his skull, and dark oil spills out of his mouth. Text reads, 'Exploratory drilling'. Cartoon references an interview on the current affairs television programme, Campbell Live, where John Campbell and Simon Bridges sparred over the potential danagers of deep sea oil drilling. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0026738

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states, "It's true we'll make a killing if we strike oil, but has anyone checked to see who's being killed.... Cartoon addresses the deep sea oil drilling issue off Raglan and Greenpeace's protest." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026752

Description: Cartoon shows a Greenpeace ship approaching an oil rig which is held up by a giant John Key, who is underwater. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026747

Description: Cartoon shows a ship named 'Oil free seas' sailing on choppy waters. Voices from the ship call 'We may have to cut our protest short! We're running low on fuel!'. An oil rig is shown on the ship in the background. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0026851

Description: Cartoon shows John Key wearing a cowboy hat emblazoned with a $ sign, tearing up a paper labelled 'Risks. Deep sea drilling'. In the background are deep sea oil rigs. John Key's speech of welcome indicates that New Zealand doesn't mind oil rigs setting up and taking resources, as long as there is a monetary return. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0024619

Description: Shows Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith, and Minister of Energy and Resources, Simon Bridges, admiring the view through a large picture frame. They are rebranding the environment as 'development' and see a picture of a 'beautiful' future with off-shore oil rigs. Wider context refers to an increase in activity around deep-sea oil exploration. Specific recent context may include an amendment to the Crown Minerals Bill introduced by Bridges, which will allow the Defence Force to arrest and detain anti-mining protesters outside of New Zealand's 12-mile territorial limit. Context may also include Tag Oil beginning oil and gas exploration near Dannevirke and debates around the use of fracking and drilling for oil off the Wellington coast. The picture frame may refer to similar ones used by the Auckland Regional Council to draw attention to natural masterpieces. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025426

Description: A large portrait of Prime Minister John Key. On his right shoulder he hears the words of 4 suit-wearing moguls, representing film, casino, oil and mining. On his left are four people labelled parent, teacher, conservationist and democrat, however he does not hear them because he has a large cork stuck in that ear. Refers to suggestions from some quarters that the Prime Minister has a bias towards certain industries and similarly displays a disinclination to engage in debate with other interest groups. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).