Sports journalism

Date: [ca 1902]-1947

By: Atchison, Thomas James, 1881-1947

Reference: MS-Group-1281

Description: First scrapbook contains articles mainly about rugby and rowing written by Atchison under his pen name `Punt'. Includes articles on the history of rugby on the West Coast and articles about the Kawatiri and Wanganui rowing clubs; also an autographed menu for a dinner to the touring British rugby team, New Plymouth, 24 May 1930. Second scrapbook contains cutting from newspapers and serials relating to the history of the West Coast and to sporting events both on the West Coast and nationally. Sports covered include rowing, rugby (in particular matches against Great Britain) and boxing. Also several items of ephemera including programmes for celebration of the coronation of Edward VII, 26 Jun 1902 and Westland Goldfields 50th Jubilee, 7 Jan 1914 Atchison was Clerk of Works, Westport Harbour Board and wrote articles on sport under the pen name `Punt' Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs L Campbell, Lower Hutt, 2004

Date: 1985-2002

By: Clark, John, 1957-2003

Reference: MS-Group-1627

Description: Includes various photocopies relating to athletics, drafts of articles on sport and sporting identities, and material relating to a proposed book on the New Zealand track and field athlete Robin Tait. Source of title - Supplied by Library Clark was a Christchurch researcher and writer, who has written many articles about aspects of New Zealand's athletic history. Quantity: 14 folder(s). 0.75 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter & ephemera Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Athletics New Zealand, Wellington, Sep 2007 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts in Sep 2007; material transfered to the Serials Collections from Manuscripts. - To Serials Collection - Box of serials relating to athletics in New Zealand..

Date: 1924-1948

By: Lovelock, John Edward, 1910-1949

Reference: MS-Group-0012

Description: Diaries and albums of New Zealand middle distance runner and Olympic Gold Medalist at the Berlin Games in 1936. Small yearly diaries, giving brief details of daily training and activities, cover period 1933-1935. Twenty-five larger volumes of albums containing photos, newspaper clippings, newspaper and periodical articles written by Lovelock for 1924-1948. For the years from late 1931 to the end of 1935 these volumes also include detailed journal accounts of his races, written up and expanded from his briefer diary entries. Includes volume of clippings concerning Lovelock's visit to New Zealand in Oct-Dec 1936; pamphlet titled `Athletics for Health' by J E Lovelock (1937) and the Official Report of the XIth Olympiad 1936, presented to Lovelock by the British Olympic Association. Born in New Zealand, educated at Timaru Boys' High School and University of Otago. Lovelock left New Zealand in 1931 as a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University, where he became renowned as an athlete. He retired in 1936 to pursue his medical career, but remained active as a sports writer for various magazines and newspapers. Quantity: 31 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: Paper inventory previously available in the reading room was removed on 1 December 2014, as it contained no further information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: [1890-1984]

By: McLean, Terence Power (Sir), 1913-2004

Reference: ATL-Group-00912

Description: Collection comprises diaries and notebooks from the 1950s and 1960s which detail the progress of test matches, rugby tours and biographical notes about rugby players. Also includes correspondence with players, rugby administrators and journalists. Includes sound recordings of interviews. Source of title - Supplied by Library Relationship complexity - A separate collection of papers were donated by the Mclean family in 2007 and 2013. They are held at MS-Group-1637. McLean was a sports journalist and columnist for various newspapers, but mainly for the New Zealand Herald between 1946 and 1983. Writer of sport books, many on rugby and the All Blacks. Quantity: 59 C90 cassette(s). 33 volume(s). 18 C60 cassette(s) microcassette(s). 15 folder(s). 8 C60 cassette(s). 4 C120 cassette(s). 1 Linear Metres. 1 audiocassette(s). Physical Description: Mss & printed material, audiocassettes Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Hard to Find Books, Auckland, Mar 2011 Transfers: Photographs transferred to the Photographic Archive are referenced as PA-Coll-0708 - To Photographic Archive - Black & white photographs, negatives. Held at Photographic Archive as PA-Coll-0708. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Pencil sketch of the `Nieuw Amsterdam' in Wellington Harbour.

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022522

Description: Shows six frames of various sports journalists asking athletes a range of questions. Refers to the types of questions that the media asked Olympic athletes during the London Olympics. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028257

Description: Cartoon shows a sports editor sitting at his desk. The sports editor tells two colleagues, "The cricket people have adopted the budget policy... they're embargoing test match results until the games have been played." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0002858

Description: Caricature of Reon Murtha, retiring racing and trotting announcer. He is shown against a background of a sports stand, probably at Reefton. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0003909

Description: Stephen Jones who is the chief rugby writer of The Sunday Times sits at a table with his laptop in front of him trying to put a negative spin on an All Black win. "He clearly has an axe to grind with New Zealand rugby" says Mark Saunokonoko in London. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013742

Description: A vulture sits on a branch at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver; it has a camera in place of eyes and a microphone and mini satellite dish attached to the top of its head. A notice reads 'Next! On NZ TV... Death of a Winter Olympian!!!' Refers to the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died in a crash while training. The cartoon suggests that images of the crash and death were inappropriately shown on television. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DX-025-146

Description: Three rugby fans, a member of the Barmy Army flanked by two All Black supporters, are drinking at the bar. The Lions' supporter is told that the All Blacks don't hate the Lions, they just hate the Welsh Rugby writer, Stephen Jones. Stephen Jones is 'arguably the most influential rugby writer in the world. He is British Sports Writer of the Year. He is fearless and well-informed with his opinions.' But his predictions about the first test which the Lions lost 23 to 3, means that the All Blacks are out to prove him wrong as much as to defeat the Lions. Other Titles - "Why do the All Blacks hate the Lions so much?" "They don't, they just hate Welsh rugby writer, Stephen Jones..." Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: 2003

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

Reference: DX-002-219

Description: A hangman in ear-muffs reads through piles and piles of articles on New Zealand's America's Cup defeat. An unshaven and distressed Arab man in a cell begs someone to stop him. Refers to both Team New Zealand's defeat to the Swiss, and Algerian Asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui's continuing incarceration. Extended Title - Cruel and unusual. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).