Grocery shopping

Date: 1980 - 1986

From: [Ephemera of around A3 size relating to economics, economic conditions, government economic policy]

By: New Zealand University Students' Association. Women's Action Collective

Reference: Eph-C-ECONOMICS-1980-01

Description: Poster shows a photograph of a woman standing at a supermarket checkout while the operator checks out her items, by keying in prices or codes. The customer has a thin scarf which shows the curlers she is wearing in her hair. The image is "torn" with the words "Because we're women" at top centre. On the checkout bench are items including Chelsea white sugar, SX bread (manufactured by Stacey & Hawker), Purex toilet tissue, and a carton of eggs. The style of the word "Variety" on the wall to the far right suggests that this is a Woolworth's supermarket. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 2002, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020, and undated

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Countdown Foodmarkets (Firm); Mitre 10 (Firm); Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Neudorf Vineyards; New Labour Party; Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (Organisation); Parking Solutions Ltd; Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand; Zealong Tea Estate Limited

Reference: Eph-A-JUNE-JULY-2020/4

Description: Ephemera donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library during June and July 2020. Dated material ranges between 2002 and 2020. Some material is undated. Includes; Pamphlets relating to the 2020 General Election, 2020 Official Visitor Guide for Nelson Tasman, Promotional pamphlet for the exhibition 'Henry Moore, Journey through Form' held at Te Papa Tongarewa 23 February to 4 June 2002. Brochure for 'Aunt Jean's' milk, 'Simply New Zealand' bookmark Adult one way ticket for the Wellington cable car Handwritten menu for 'Rita' restaurant, stamped with the date 26 June 2020. Catalogues for Neudorf vineyard and for Zealong tea, 'Kōrero Maōri, Give it a go' booklet published for Maōri Language Week 2007. Flier for 'Cellfish' performing at Hannah Playhouse, Wellington 11 to 15 June 2019 as part of the Kia Mau Festival. Flier for 'The One Room Fan Museum' Lord of the Rings museum in Newtown, Wellington Flier for 'History for lunch' free lunchtime talks held at the Central Library in Wellington on Wednesdays during August (2013) Flier for Wellington local food week 2 to 7 April 2013 Business card for Harbour Tronics Ltd. in Kilbirnie, Wellington Operation 513 'Are You a Good Person?' comic booklet. 'Hand Hygiene for Consumers' brochure and other ephemera. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 43 pieces of ephemera..

Date: 1940

From: Rountree, Harry, 1878-1950: [Ephemera and posters accessioned 2019]

By: George Philip & Son Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-GRAPHIC-ARTS-Rountree-02

Description: Card advertising the Co-Operative Wholesale Society features a pop-up three-dimensional grocery shop counter, and inside, an account of the CWS, with photographs of its first store at Rochdale, a colliery at Shilbottle, a clothing factory at Broughton, ironworks at Keighley, boot and shoe works at Leicester, biscuit factory at Crumpsall, and a cabinet factory at Radcliffe. One panel shows an illustration by Harry Rountree of a mother rabbit returning home from the Co-Op with her many children and exclaiming to her husband "Look what we got for the money!" Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on light card, 215 x 430 mm, folded to 110 x 215 mm.

Date: 1899-1949

Reference: MS-Papers-11551

Description: Volume is an accounts notebook kept by unidentified creators, written in German. The first entries written mainly in ink are from 1899 and 1901. Later entries from the late 1940s are in pencil. Most entires appear to be grocery lists with prices, private notes, and one diary entry for 30 Sep 1948. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Transfers: From Book Collections - One volume from the ATL General Collection.

Date: 1970

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-137-151

Description: Shows two women leaving a supermarket carrying bags of shopping. The window of the supermarket has several notices advising price rises on many items. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 303 x 373 mm

Date: 1999

By: Amway of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1999-01

Description: Sales catalogue of merchandise distributed and sold by Amway including cosmetics, skin and body care products, cookware, laundry and kitchen care, telecommunications, insurance, credit cards, homeware and groceries, pet care, jewellery, bags abd luggage, baby products, first aid, hosiery, men's and children's wear. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 115 pages, 277 x 232 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2011.

Date: 1970 - 1979

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-787/805

Description: Includes cartoons about: Rich man burning money to light his cigar; garishly-dressed couple loading their supermarket trolley; New Zealand weighs lightly against Australia on the NAFTA balance; the budget likened to "M*A*S*H"; the New Zealand economy strung up in the slaughterhouse; not a soul left in New Zealand [becuase of emigration]; tax increase for rich people is too small; the New Zealand economy sick in hospital; the televised budget considered unsuitable of viewers of Socred, Values and Labour persuasion; huge queue for getting holiday money out of the bank; school uniforms on sale with dole uniforms; the price of a new house soars right out of reach; lamb market down, drug market up; Kiwis leaving New Zealand a the rate of 1000 per week; woman returns from grocery shopping trip to Australia; New Zealand beer three times the price of petrol; running on the treadmill of inflation; new car given away with every ham sold; three wise men bringing fridges, stereos, cars. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 440 x 560 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1986 - 1988

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Twenty-four drawings and cartoons published in the Dominion Sunday Times and the New Zealand Listener ca 1976 to 1989]

Reference: B-056-028

Description: A couple in a supermarket with a trolley. The woman is pushing the trolley, to which the man is about to add a six-pack of low-calorie beer. The woman may have been intending to refer to toilet paper Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 390 x 342 mm

Date: 1973

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

Reference: B-134-357

Description: Shows two women at a checkout counter in a supermarket. There are 'specials' signs hanging all around the shop but the advertised items are no cheaper. While the shop owner is packing groceries, one of the women complains about the cost of her weekly shopping. Refers to the price increase. Extended Title - Tupp's supermarket. From now on all our prices subject to adjustment hourly. Special! jams only 1c. up.!. Label on verso dated Mon10/9 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper, 230 x 320 mm

Date: 1985

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-136-447

Description: Two women are talking in the aisle of a supermarket. They have goods in their trolleys and there is a small boy watching them. One of the women refers to the fact that although the value of the dollar is stronger its buying power has not improved. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 332 x 390 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1958 - 1962

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-187

Description: A scene in a butcher's shop, with a wide range of tinned goods for sale, but no meat. The butcher looks indignant on being asked for meat by a customer Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 2014

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0031555

Description: Depicts a friendly check-out worker wishing "..a good day" to Labour MP Shane Jones as he grumpily pushes his shopping trolley out of Countdown supermarket. Jones has criticised Progressive Enterprises owners of Countodwn supermarket for requiring New Zealand suppliers to make payments to the supermarket to keep their products stocked there. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028588

Description: Cartoon depicts a fat woman wheeling her supermarket trolley past a retail display of a 'New weight loss fridge magnet' product, which is a lock. Refers to concern at the rise in obesity rates from 19% in 1997 to 31% in 2012 to 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028811

Description: Shows an elderly woman approaching the service counter at a supermarket and tells the staff "Humilate me!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029486

Description: Shows two women talking over a shopping trolley in a supermarket aisle. One woman comments that now she has him "home for a few days" that she understands what the "voters didn't like about David". Refers to Labour Party leader David Cunliffe staying at home for a few days after the party's defeat in the 2014 General Election. The woman speaking bears some ressemblance to his wife Karen Price. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028528

Description: Cartoon depicts a couple outside a supermarket putting their groceries in their car. They are discussing the comment from HBSC Bank that New Zealand has a "rock star economy", but they are finding the "tickets to the concert are going through the roof". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0003937

Description: A woman pushes her cart round in the supermarket. She looks with interest at the different sections created to simplify shopping. One is 'Food scares of the week' and another is 'Supposedly good for you'. This week it was A1 milk's turn to get the bad press. Note supplied by Hawkey. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0002010

Description: Shows a scene at a supermarket. A woman stands in an aisle holding her trolley and anxiously explaining to a supervisor that all she did was brush against a woman with her trolley. The woman in question is writhing on the floor as though in a fit. The superviser believes that this behaviour is caused by the World Cup, (World Cup fever). Refers to the World Cup Soccer being held in Germany. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0001773

Description: Two women chat outside a supermarket. One of them pushes a laden trolley and the other carries a handful of plastic bags. The second shopper explains that she could afford only the bags today. Refers to the suggestion put forward by the Green Party that shoppers pay a levy on shopping bags in order to cut down on the unnecessary use of plastic. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0006216

Description: Shows a long queue of people, many of them elderly, at the supermarket express checkout counter and a single customer with a laden trolley at a regular counter. A woman in the queue comments to her neighbour that the express lane is slow now that most people cannot afford to load a trolley. Refers to rising food prices and cost of living. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).