Police - New Zealand

Date: 11 September 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/3881-F

Description: Constable G J Wilkes of Taranaki Police station, Wellington, blows his police whistle for the last time. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 11 September 1968. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 2 May 1985

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

Reference: EP/1985/1971-F

Description: Police headquarters staff member Sergeant Steve Fitzgerald models the new winter jersey for all uniformed police officers. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Stuart Ramson 2 May 1985. The jacket was introduced at the beginning of 1986. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 20 October 1966

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

Reference: EP-Legal-Police, Cyprus-01

Description: Commander of the United Nations Force in Cyprus, General Martola presents UN service medals to New Zealand policemen serving with the United Nations in Cyprus. The presentation took place in the mountain village of Kakopetria. Photographed by an unkown photographer October 1966. Published in the Evening Post 28 October 1966. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.7 x 15.1 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at Legal-Police, Cyprus (Cabinet no 10, drawer 4)..

Date: 1927

Reference: PA1-o-444

Description: Photographs of the Royal visit in 1927 of the Duke and Duchess of York, taken by an unidentified photographer. None of the photographs have captions. Images include the royal entourage driving or travelling by train through New Zealand countryside in the South Island and the North Island; various ceremonies, welcoming crowds, a large group of nurses lining the steps up to a hospital, various dignitaries, and inspection of troops and police. Two photographs show the Royal camp at Tokaanu, and one shows rows of people seated at tables in the open air. A number of more personal images show the Duke and Duchess, the Duke outside smoking a pipe, the Duke at a racecourse with a trotting horse and sulky, and the Duke and Duchess fishing near Turangi. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; entitled "Photographs" (stamped in lower right corner); 18.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: 4 November 1980

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

By: Scott, Don, active 1970s-1980s

Reference: EP/1980/3587-F

Description: Constable Brian Parker of Otahuhu and his dog Wynne taking part in a tracking exercise at Trentham during the National 1980 Police Dog Championships. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Don Scott 4 November 1980. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 4 July 1981

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

Reference: EP/1981/2398-F

Description: Police Anti Terrorist Squad at work in Wellington, New Zealand, photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid 4 July 1981. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 4 June 1985

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

Reference: EP/1985/2593-F

Description: Senior Sergeant Mal Ward holds the new Canadian-style police jacket. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson 4 June 1985. The jacket was introduced at the beginning of 1986. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 29 November 1984

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

Reference: EP/1984/5664-F

Description: Police national headquarters media officer, Constable John Wills, models a special jacket that plain clothes police will have to wear when involved in crash entry operations. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 5 March 1977

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

Reference: EP/1977/0839-F

Description: Police dogs in training with their handlers at the New Zealand Police Training School, Trentham, Upper Hutt. From left - Constable D J Steel and Ari. Sergeant Iveri Koroirua and Vala. Corporal Vio Taikefanatavu and Prince. Constable S Costello and Anka. Constable G J Davidson and Ace. Constable F M Twyford and Atlas. Constable L Sugden and Troy. Constable D Briscoe and Argus. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 5 March 1977. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2227-F

Description: Panoramic group portrait of police escort contingent for the tour of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927. Two rows of uniformed policemen (60 men) standing, with 9 men in civilian clothing and 7 senior officers seated in front. They are posed in front of an unidentified building in an unidentified location (possibly Auckland). The rear of a car is visible on the far left (number plate: 34-554). Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Royal Escort to T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York, New Zealand Tour, 1927; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 23.7 x 123.4 cm

Date: Date unkown

By: Adams, Marin, active 2022

Reference: MS-Papers-12833

Description: A collection comprising of materials relating to John Bell Thomson. Includes: - John Bell Thomson's parents marriage certificate (1833) - Thomson's discharge notice from the Victoria Police Department (1865) - Burial notice of Adam Thomson (1852) - Business correspondence, memorandums and telegraphs relating to Thomson's work in the police force from his time in Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington, Taranaki and Whanganui (between 1869 and 1893) - Three family letters with inscriptions reading 'My mothers letters' - Three birth certificates of Thomson and two siblings (1835, 1836 and 1838) - One letter from Thomson to his parents written while at boarding school (22 December 1848) - Two b&w portrait photographs of Thomson. Inscription on reverse of one of the photograph reads 'Photographed by B.P. Batchelder, Pall Mall, Sandhurst Bendingo' - Newspaper clipping which gives a biography of Thomson, written for the centenary celebrations of the McCrostie family from Invercargill (1965) - Newspaper clippings sharing the news of Thomson's death and later memorials (1896 and 1897) - Newspaper clipping celebrating Thomson's marriage to Annie McCrostie (1863). More information on John Bell Thomson can be found at: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t96/thomson-john-bell. Title supplied by Library. Thomson, John Bell, 1836-1896: Papers are held at Library reference MS-Papers-1524. Arrangement: Clippings and photographs arrived at the Library in plastic sleeves backed with paper held in place with paperclips. John Bell Thomson was a dectective working in Australia and New Zealand circa 1860s to 1890s. He is said to be one of Southlands first police officers. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor is the great granddaughter of John Bell Thomson. Processing information: Photographs and clippings were removed from plastic slips and rehoused by the Library. Photocopies were made of the items in their original state.

Date: 4 September 1979

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

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1979/3114-F

Description: Labrador-fox terrier cross, Kim, invested as an honorary police dog by Governor General, Sir Keith Holyoake, at Government House Wellington. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin 4 September 1979. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 13 December 1979

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

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1979/4377-F

Description: A former Commissioner of Police, Ken Burnside, and his wife Nancy inspect the ranks of the 72 police cadets at a ceremony in Upper Hutt. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin 13 December 1979. Mr and Mrs Burnside are the joint patrons of the graduating wing, the first wing to be named after the couple. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 30 August 1967

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

Reference: EP/1967/4105-F

Description: Commissioner of Police, George Urquhart, talking with Minister of Police, Percy Allen (right). Also present are Assistant Commissioner of Police W H A Sharp (left), and president of the Police Officers Guild, A I Knapp. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 30 august 1967. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 13 August 1970

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

Reference: EP/1970/3418-F

Description: Three British police officers recruited to New Zealand. They have just completed the recruits' course for retraining in New Zealand methods. From the left - Constable D Green from Manchester, who took the Minister's Prize for first in class. Constable R W Towl from Plymouth, who was second. Constable W H Jones from Cheshire who was third. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 13 August 1970. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1981

From: Currie, Roni, active 1981: Posters and zine relating to 1981 Springbok Tour

Reference: A-485

Description: Two posters, featuring police officers as pigs, created to protest the 1981 Springbok Tour. One poster called "Red squad is yellow!" depicts police looking scared during a riot, and the other, called "Boks bring out the bacon!", shows a police officer holding up a baton dripping with blood. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing two posters.

Date: [ca 1967-1983]

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]

By: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003; Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: A-454-415

Description: A police officer is standing there sweating in his uniform. Next to him is Santa Claus who has swapped his pants and boots for shorts and sandals. Caption reads “As work by the fuzz in warmer climates”. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 245 x 210 mm

Date: 1895 - 1955

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Cigarette-02

Description: Includes: 1. Hill's Cigarettes. No. 1. New Zealand Mounted Rifles. [ca 1900] 2. Cohen, Weenen & Co., London. NZ Mounted Rifles. [ca 1900] 3. I Rutter & Co's Mitcham Cigarettes. New Zealand [shows mounted soldier and initial design of United Tribes of NZ flag]. [ca 1900] 4. Pascalls Court Chocolates. Initial design of United Tribes of NZ flag]. [ca 1900] 5. Cope's Cigarettes. New Zealand [shows Maori woman against initial design of United Tribes of NZ flag]. [ca 1900] 6. Cope's cigarettes. The world's police: 4. Inspector, New Zealand [1890s?] 7. W D & H O Wills Cigarettes. New Zealand Ensign [red code signals flag ca 1899?] 8. John Player & Sons. No. 27: Flag; New Zealand emblem, British colony [ca 1900?] 9. Havelock Tobacco. Havelock Cigarettes. No 27: New Zealand [Maori man, clock and royal seal. Ca 1905] 10. John Player and Sons. National flags and arms. 31. New Zealand [after 1911] 11. John Player & Sons. Players Cigarettes. Army Corps & divisional signs 1914-1918. 2nd series no. 124. New Zealand Division: Silver fern [1920s?] 12. W D & H O Wills. Wills Cigarettes. Military motors, no. 25: Motor ambulance, New Zealand [1920s?] 13. John Player & Sons. Player's Cigarettes. Military uniforms of the British Empire overseas. No. 11: New Zealand Mounted Rifles [1930s] 14. Ogden's Cigarettes. Series of 50 flags and funnels of leading steamship line. No. 21: Shaw Savill and Albion Line. House flag and funnel [1930s?] 15. Ogden's Cigarettes. Series of 50 flags and funnels of leading steamship lines. No.6. New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd. House flag & funnel [1930s?] 16. Ogden's Cigarettes. Children of all nations. No. 50: New Zealand [1930s?] 17. Kensitas Cigarettes. British Empire; blue ensign of New Zealand. Printed in USA [Print on silk. Pre 1949] 18. Nieuw-Zeeland. Profile portrait of a young blond girl, on silk. 1930-1940s?] 19. Flags of the World. No. 68. New Zealand [ca 1955] Includes advertisement for Havelock Tobacco, manufactured in Richmond, Virginia. Quantity: 19 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithographs and offset prints, on cards, sizes varying around 70 x 40 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2014.

Date: 25 Nov 2006 - 6 Mar 2007 - 25 Nov 2006 - 06 Mar 2007

By: McGregor, Taina Hoia Tangaere, 1940-

Reference: OHColl-1144

Description: Interviews with five Māori police officers who talk about their family background, employment before recruitment, and training at Trentham Police College after joining up. They discuss their career paths, promotions and further study, as well as specialisation such as dog handling, field supervision, traffic policing, and youth aid. The subjects raise aspects of criminal offending encountered during their police careers. Other subjects mentioned include the relationship of Māori police officers with Māori communities, working with female police officers, the change from beat and suburban policing to centralised and mobile policing, domestic violence, racism in the police force. The interviewees also talk about careers after leaving New Zealand Police and their community involvement following retirement. The interviewees are: John Sydney Moran, Rana Donald Waitai, Robert Kinsella (Kim) Workman, Gordon Aropata Rongonui and Aporo Julian Joyce. Awards/funding - The project received an Award in Oral History grant Sponsored by - Commissioned by the Friends of the New Zealand Police Museum Interviewer(s) - Taina Tangaere-McGregor Arrangement: Original recordings: OHDV-0083 - OHDV-0096 Abstracts: OHA-7532 - OHA-7533, OHA-7536 - OHA-7537 Quantity: 14 videocassette(s) Mini-DV. 5 printed abstract(s). 5 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 2006 - 2007

Date: 1999

From: Fletcher, David :Eighteen original cartoons published in the New Truth & TV Extra, April - August 1999.

Reference: A-341-005

Description: One man feeds cash into an unplugged computer while commenting to his colleague Max that he can't get the school's new INCIS computer to work. He also notes that it is saving them money given the high price of electricity these days. Wider context refers to the extra money spent implementing the Integrated National Crime Information System (INCIS), which was abandoned in 1999. The INCIS was intended to provide support to the New Zealand Police force by providing advanced analysis and investigation capabilities. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - D.Fletcher [in felt tip] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen on card, 123 x 390 mm