Oil wells

Date: 1969

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-133-842

Description: 'Fred has high hopes that we'll benefit from the oil discovery - he's hoping an oil slick will come in and ruin the beach and we can sue somebody.' The scene is the interior of a beach house, where a man kneels on a window seat and uses binoculars to look out to sea. His wife and a friend are seated on another window seat, with a Taranaki beach scene of beach activities and houses behind them, Taranaki/Mt Egmont in the background. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white, letratone, crayon and pencil, 318 x 387 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: ca 1950s

By: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987

Reference: PAColl-6993

Description: Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-103955 to 103960 Quantity: 6 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1993

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :New Zealand Herald cartoons. 6 - 23 January 1993

Reference: H-111-007

Description: The first scene shows a hand holding an empty clothes-hanger (the King of Tonga's new clothes). The second shows the King of Tonga pointing to a spout of oil gushing up in a lagoon (... and his new oil well). Refers to the King of Tonga's claim that oil has been sighted in a lagoon Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1975

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; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-793

Description: This cartoon is set in the Middle East and there are several oil rigs in the distance. Minister of Agriculture, Colin Moyle, is introducing himself to a sheik who is sitting on a mat outside a tent, beside which a large car is parked. The Arab man misinterprets Mr Moyle's greeting. A few goats are watching. Extended Title - 'Hullo, there! I'm Moyle' 'No,I'M oil - you borrower'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 280 x 406 mm

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-681-001/016

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows the Beehive spinning, refers to the political spin that happens leading up to an election. It seems that everyone is polled leading up to the election, including the hereford cow population. National Party President Michelle Boag spends the weekend putting Bill English's cabinet together, not his political cabinet but rather his coffin. Maurice Williamson, National Party MP makes Michelle Boag walk the plank of the National Party Pirate ship. Labour Party leader and Prime Minister, Helen Clark, gets ready to hang Winston Peters. As the country seeks improved work conditions, leave provisions and longer holidays, the Sri Lankan boat people show a keeness to come to New Zealand to work. Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, seeks to differentiate between asylum seekers and people and abos (aborigines) and people. Australian rugby players beat up the referee thinking someone called him a refugee. Helen Clarke (Eve) trys to tempt Peter Dunne (Adam) into eating an apple. Jim Andrton looks on from a tree as a serpent. Helen Clark paces the floor wondering which of the Parties, the Greens or United Future, are most infuriating. An Israeli soldier suggests a reporter could say that in the latest Israeli attack on Palestine that "Palestinian arms were uncovered", he holds a persons left arm in his hand. Helen Clark invites Peter Dunne into her office. He enters with a trojan horse with the sign 'moral right' around its neck. A photo of the main coalition family and includes Helen Clark, Michael Cullen, Jim Anderton and Peter Dunne. In drought and famine stricken Zimbabwe a man digs for oil seeing this as a way to get American President George W. Bush to have an interest in getting rid of the current leader, Robert Mugabe. A rugby union umpire takes the field wearing an American football padded and helmeted uniform. Refers to the assault on a rugby referee by a spectator in South Africa. Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1975

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :60 cartoon photocopies published 1975 - 1976 in Sunday News.

Reference: H-358-025

Description: Shows a group of men approaching a Middle Eastern man (OPEC). They all have large smiles on their faces and have brought him gifts such as a mug, a box tied with a ribbon and a sheep. The Middle Eastern man is standing next to a tap which has a drip of oil coming out. In the distance are a number of oil wells. Refers to oil supplies from the Middle East. Extended Title - International greasing... Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1969 - 1984

By: Waite, Keith, 1927-2014; Daily Mirror (Newspaper)

Reference: B-141-001/032

Description: Original cartoons by Waite that appeared in the Daily Mirror from 1969-1984 commenting on political issues in England. Quantity: 32 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Original ink drawings Provenance: Donation: Mr Keith Waite, England 1993

Date: 1906

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0153-09

Description: Paper read before the Hawkes Bay Philosophical Institution Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920

Reference: MapColl-832.2gbha/1920/Acc.15989

Description: On verso: [Sketch showing the harbour and the position of the wells, New Plymouth Road, and the proposed site for a refinery jetty] 21 x 31 cm. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured, 22 x 33 cm. Scale indeterminable

Date: [ca 1900-ca 1912]

By: Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019

Reference: PA1-o-731

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1890

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0719

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Motoroa oilsprings, New Plymouth, taken by A W Schaef ca. 1890 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Motoroa oilsprints, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: 1973

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; Sports post (Newspaper)

Reference: B-134-480

Description: This cartoon relates to the oil crisis and features two stereotypical Arab men sitting in a tent. Outside can be seen an oil refinery labelled Mecca (Most Essential Commondity Controlled by Arab states). A stereotypical Japanese man dressed in Arab clothes is bowing to the two Arabs, and one of them is commenting to the other with the words that form the title of this cartoon. Published in the Sports Post. Other Titles - Most Essential Commodity Controlled by Arab States (MECCA) Extended Title - Japanese bow to Arab oil threats. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 400 x 356 mm

Date: 1980

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; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-135-661

Description: The scene is a Mexican oilfield. Muldoon has arrived riding a donkey and wearing a sombrero. His guide is showing him the 'El Grande Mexico Oile Co. Office' but outside the office the workers are asleep huddled under their ponchos and sombreros. Extended Title - Commenting on the P.M.'s overseas trip, a spokesman said that with Mexico developing large oil reserves and eager to trade, Mr. Muldoon will be particularly interested in Mexico's energy potential. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 450 x 320 mm.

Date: 1986 - 1988

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-144-506/541

Description: Includes cartoons about: Concealed speed traps on private property; world oil prices plummet; robbers hold people up to get their rail tickets; Railways likened to snails; "We're taking the train" involves picking up the train and carrying it; Aratika storm in a teacup; warrant of fitness stickers indecipherable on some cars; defendant claims a road barrier crashed into him; gang members ask for a supplementary benefit for petrol; taxi firms fear gang takeover if delicensing goes ahead; road safety blitz wanted; road transport trucks threatening Railways' survival; lamb tallow fuel for diesels; scrapping of the North Island main trunk electrification system; rail service guards may be called on to clean and serve meals; traffic accidents in Ngauranga Gorge; Richard Prebble suggests that the Tory Channel overhead cable be lowered; ferry strikes cause desperate suggestions for remedies about digging tunnels under Cook Strait; Ann Hercus' chauffeur told to drive across airport runway; railways painted their carriages; motorist suffering from car insurance prices, tax increases, depreciation, service charges, vehicle registration, etc; private cars preferred to trains, because of frequent strikes by rail workers; the public blase about the Christmas road toll; Kupe oil well spouts up; Boeing 737's likened to a flying bathtub; rumour of ferry sales; Nissan may use plane cockpits in cars; Governor General Sir Paul Reeves pleads with Richard Prebble not to sell Railways despite the completion of the electrification scheme being half an hour late; redundancies in Railways will get it out of the red; plan to ban all cars from city centre; cable car repair stoppage is too long; children drive their drunken parents home; Wellington to put in a strong bid for lucrative Soviet maintenance contract; Searail revamp cuts 64 jobs. 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. Quantity: 36 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1979

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-135-568

Description: The scene is an 'aerial' view of the North Island showing various scenarios of the future. Around Wellington a man is saying to another that the government has called for another cost-benefit analysis on the proposed Wellington Airport runway. On the south Wairarapa coast one man is saying to another that one night they (the South Islanders) cut the cable (electric power cable) and sailed away. Dotted across the middle of the island are unsuccessful oil drilling sites while in Taranaki a man is commenting that the Ministry of Energy announcement is expected on what to do with Maui gas. Driving up the island is a car worth $80,000. In the north a group of people are watching an airliner full of emigrants fly away, amidst comments about the high price of air fares, Vietnamese boat people and reduction of population in the north. Offshore a cargo ship carrying New Zealand butter is heading towards an island to dump it's cargo which has been rejected by the E.E.C. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 320 x 445 mm

Date: 1978

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-135-441

Description: This cartoon features workers having a smoko at the Kowai 1 State Oil Search (SOS) project office. One is reading out a telegramme from the Minister of Agriculture transferrring them to the Ministry of Agriculture to find water as they have not been successful finding oil Label on reverse dated 15/3/78 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 320 x 450 mm

Date: 10 October 1975

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-454-044

Description: An oil well is decorated with a Christmas stocking and labelled "The Christmas tree", and to the left are carol lyrics referencing the oil crisis. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm

Date: 1961

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

Reference: B-137-427

Description: Cartoon shows a farmer, his wife and their dog and cat perched on their rooftop, while their hens perch on the ridgepole of the neighbouring chicken shed. On a hill at the far left, their cows stand on a hilltop which has escaped the water, while their sheep do the same on a hilltop at the far right. The tops of many wells can be seen partially submerged by water. The farmer was hoping to find oil and has sunk many wells, but found only water, but he does not accept blame for what has happened. Other Titles - A Manawatu farmer drilling for water, thinks he has struck oil. This should have farmers in other previously unprospected areas, well and truly interested. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 205 x 255 mm, on sheet 255 x 280 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: 1977

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

Reference: B-135-201

Description: Shows Muldoon holding a meat industry agreement, which has been signed by 'Jimmy' (Jimmy Carter). The next scene shows three men, two of whom are Japanese. The following scene shows one of the Japanese men holding another agreement about farm and fishing rights. The fourth scene shows Talboys addressing the Speaker in parliament. In the next scene a woman is looking in a shop window which has an advertisement for reduced food prices. The next scene shows a man in his car at a petrol station. Next scene shows two men (Employers and Union) hugging each other and in the last scene a man is jumping in glee in front of an oil well. Refers to International trade and relations with USA and Japan, tax cuts, food and petrol prices - relations betweem Employers and Unions and the oil industry. Extended Title - In Mr Muldoon's absence. "I have decided, Mr Speaker, to increase the tax cut in the last mini budget to 50% from last February". All food prices heavily reduced. Petrol back to 1973 price - so are motorists... Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 240 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.