Moths

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-019

Description: Shows six unidentified moths numbered 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 & 56. They are probably Australian moths Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 105 x 147 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-016

Description: Five moths, their wings spread, with the left set of wings of each rendered in full watercolour. They are numbered 40 to 44 and are tentatively identified by the artist as `Tatosoma agrionata' `Arthina'? sp, `Poendocdemia productata?' `Arthena ondinata' and posibly `Cidaria. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 105 x 144 mm on sheet 183 x 203 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: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-017

Description: Probably Australian moths Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 114 x 86 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1987

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-136-715

Description: In a night-time scene a jockey is shown sitting on his horse explaining to the horse's irate owners that the reason he rode all over the track was because the moths prevented him from seeing. Refers to the fact that the Avondale Jockey Club experimented with night gallops. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on thin card, 320 x 480 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-032

Description: An Australian moth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 49 x 72 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 2002

Reference: H-668-001/020

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Whanau benefits in Maori TV funding and jobs, Helen Clark advises Australia to stay out of New Zealand politics, the stranding of the tanker Jody F Millennium off the Coast of Gisborne, air-sprayed 'painted apple moth' toxin seen as a possibility for dealing with Palmerston North gangs, Government spending prioroties questioned, Judges private use of lap-top computers called into question after pornography accessing case, Helen Clark and Peter Davis come to terms with royal protocol, the Queen arrives in NZ and is greeted by the Deputy Prime Minister, comparrisons of Royal and Vice Regal visits including the beleaguered Australian Govenor General, 2002 Rich List and the increasing poverty of the ordinary man, the Government considers new road tax on motorists, ex-MP's and their spouses travel perks, The Queen and Duke meet Australian PM Howard and Govenor General, Governments spending priorities questioned, large amount of new road tax to fund Auckland roading development, Alliance Party in self destruction mode, the unlikely prospect of Bill English becoming Prime Minister, Helen Clark wonders whether the Governments policies have given the unions too much strength, ease of securing money for social activities if you call them a 'hui', NZ Rugby Football Union loses co-host status for World Cup and it's associated revenue. Quantity: 20 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-028

Description: Probably Australian moths Quantity: 2 watercolour(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Watercolour, 34 x 40mm and 41 x 39 mm on same sheet, 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-011

Description: An Australian moth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 88 x 116 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-041

Description: Three moths with a record of the locations in which they were found Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 72 x 119 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1806 - 1807

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Abbot, John, 1751-1840

Reference: E-265-q

Description: Numbers 001 to 061: life size watercolours of insects of Georgia, U. S. A., by William Swainson, with notes in his hand, some referring to Mr [John] Abbot; 080 to 106: watercolours of moths, probably by John Abbot; 062 to 079 and 107 to 153: chiefly pencil sketches of cicadas by William Swainson, with sketches and proof plates for his Zoological illustrations. Quantity: 130 drawing(s). 23 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: 130 originals, both pencil and pencil and watercolour; 23 art prints, both colour and black and white, various media, in 3 boxes 380 x 240 mm.

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-034

Description: A moth observed in Gippsland, Australia Other Titles - Gippswick Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 36 x 49 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: [Between 1931 and 1966]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-204

Description: Album containing many contacts from 35mm film, as well as black and white prints of differing sizes, taken by Professor John Tenison Salmon. He takes particular interest in the flora and fauna of New Zealand, the damaging effects of road construction, erosion from bush felling, and destruction caused by introduced species including deer. There are huge collections of close-up images of various plants (only a few of which are listed above), including flowers, leaves and seeds. He comments on mangrove swamps at Tauranga, which are growing at the furthest point from the Equator possible for them to exist. The other important collection shows various stages in the life cycle of insects and animals, including wetas, katydids, different types of moths, mosquitoes, bees, stick insects, and native New Zealand frogs (Hochstetter's frogs) (p. 91-92). Photographs relating to wetas include scenes of ovipositor tracks of cave wetas in the mud in Waitomo Caves; different varieties of wetas including cave wetas; and weta nests. In 1935 he photographed two Australian species of lizards which he found in the yard of the Dominion Museum, the Australia crested dragon, and the Australian blue-tongued lizard. Many of these photographs were taken on a photomicroscope, including photographs of rock sections (p. 72-75), and photographs of insects and larvae. There are also views of his photomicrosope equipment. Professor Salmon worked at Victoria University, and there are numbers of "contaflex" views of Wellington from his office window, taken to demonstrate the use of various filters (p. 26-29). There are also images of Professor Salmon in his study lab in April 1955; and further images of him in the Entomological Department of the Dominion Museum. Page 35 has views of a science exhibition organised by the Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand held in the Wellington Town Hall, 12-14 April 1948. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 29.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-018

Description: Shows four unidentified moths numbered 47, 48, 49 & 50. They are probably Australian moths Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 95 x 141 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-008

Description: Shows a New Zealand moth Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in calligraphic script Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 85 x 110 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1983 - 1816 - 1818

By: Abbot, John, 1751-1840; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-112-010

Description: Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: A moth of Georgia, USA

Date: 2010

From: Ephemera, advertising and sales catalogues of octavo size relating to sound recordings, record releases, mainly in New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-PHONO-2010-01

Description: Stickers and flier issued with the sound recording "The Red" (CD) in 2010. The stickers show: A red plum with a green worm coming out of it A butterfly or moth with a damaged wing A green bird perched on a twig with a red leaf on the end of it The flier shows an illustration of a small figure of a woman in red and green clothing walking at night between high buildings in a desolate and otherwise deserted city street. Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital prints on stickers and fliers, sizes varying

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-689-014/028

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics include High Telcom fees for rural phone connections Sky Casino reneging on a pledge to Queenstown community Funding ACC from petrol taxation MP Winston Peter's anti-Asian immigration stance Language testing for immigrants Supertanker accidents The performance of Bill English, Leader of the National Party Princess Anne's conviction for not keeping proper control of her dog Drug taking in prisons Windy days in Auckland preventing America's Cup racing and the spraying for the painted apple moth Qantas buying into Air New Zealand The proposal to build a new prison at Milburn Fonterra redundancies Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-677-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows father and son watching a World Cup Soccer game. The boy comments that he's going to play soccer when he grows up as it gives him all day to do something else. Comment on the nature of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Shows Sharon and Arafat as two dogs. Sharon is huge and dangerous and Arafat is small and timid. George W Bush points out Arafat as being the dangerous dog and the other needing to be put on a lead for his own protection. Comparing the Black Caps cricket performance with the teachers strike. The Beehive is bombarded by a swarm of Painted Apple Moth demanding an apology from Helen Clark. Refers to all the apologies Clark has given recently. Nandor Tanczos argues that using cannabis has never done him any harm. Helen Clark defends her position on giving special treatment to Maori. Walking frames are unloaded ready for a political address by Winston Peters. Helen Clark prays to God to look after the country while she campaigns. She reassures God she'll pick the job up again on the 28th of July (the day after the election). Jim Anderton receives a gold Mickey Mouse watch from his former Alliance Party colleagues. A New Zealand couple receive a written apology from Helen Clark for the things she will do once back in power. Helen Clark and Bill English get breifed about not hitting below the belt. Helen Clark's belt (popularity) goes all the way up to her arm-pits and Bill English's belt only comes up to her knees. A storm cloud (resurgent unionism) rains over a school. The forecast is for continuing stormy weather for the next three years. Helen Clark stands on a chair screaming as 4 large rats (Rising Dollar, Falling Commodity Prices, Popularity Decline, Rising Interest Rates) approach her. A child comments on the 2002 snap election. Helen Clark does the Dance of the Seven Veils with possible election dates. The audience call for her to give them a date. A man is about to take a pill (rural GP subsidy) but it is too little to help with his condition, a giant knife (rural dissolution policies) through his body. Shows Winston Peters using immigration to brew up trouble as a way of getting back into power. Comment on the number of apologies the Prime Minister has been making. Comment on the likelihood of the Teacher Settlement Package being ratified. Shows Helen Clark ticking off the list of apologies she's planning to make. Comment on the possibility of a mad-cow disease outbreak in New Zealand. Shows Helen Clark holding firm on not letting anything out in regards to the possible election date. Shows Air New Zealand's new no-frills airline, the plane has no seats. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1806 - 1807

From: [Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :[Entomological drawings and plates, all collected and many drawn by William Swainson, with some drawn by John Abbot of Georgia]. 1806, 1807, 1831.

By: Abbot, John, 1751-1840

Reference: E-265-q-001

Description: A black and white beetle, 27 mm long, with a detail of its antenna. The word Cayenne refers to a placename, not to the insect's name Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title. Also, in pencil on verso (page trimmed and text incomplete by a few letters; also some words hard to decipher): 'Fig 1. From Cayenne, Sth America. Elytra soft flexible & veined in the manner of the Sibellula, antennae flat ... as are the legs. Antennae compound of 10 joints, part of the 1st joint of the legs dull orange.' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 228 x 171 mm