Property tycoon, author and former politician in New Zealand. Older brother of prizewinning author Lloyd Jones.
Jones, Robert Edward (Sir), 1939-
Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty-one cartoons published in the Evening Post between 2 and 30 J...
Date: 1997
By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: H-418-001/021
Description: Political cartoons. The Auckland Blues win Super-12 game. As Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark soar in the opinion polls Jim Bolger considers a sex-change. Tim Shadbolt becomes deputy leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Tuku Morgan is accused of seeking a fee for an exclusive interview with the media. Public opinion on Tuku Morgan's behaviour. Maori bashing continues over Tuku Morgan, as Maori hit themselves and ask why he just doesn't resign. Maori occupy land in Waiouru during winter as temperatures hit a low. They are protesting against the wild horse mustering? Winston Peter's accepts Tuku Morgan's apology and assumes the moral high ground. International study shows kiwi kids poor at maths but good at bullying. Bob Jones suggests that the Beehive be dynamited. A look at genetic makeup in terms of race. Comment on teacher inaction over bullying in school play grounds. Jim Bolger comments on a meeting between National Party and New Zealand First MPs held in his home. Buyer beware - used car importers rip people off. Comment on what iwi-based Treaty settlements mean to many Maori. The International Rugby Board (IRB) threatens to clamp down on New Zealand style rugby. The law forbids the rich and the poor from living in shoddy housing that leads to unneccesary fires and death. School leaving age kept at 16. Winston Peters finds himself on a high-wire with pressures all around him like, 'fiscal restraint', 'Maori hopes', 'social spending' and 'NZ First's last chance'. Winston Peters goes off to Hong Kong leaving Jim Bolger and Bill Birch defending the budget. Winston Peters at the handover of Hong Kong to China, continues to warn about the Asian take over. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[21 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in November and Dece...
Date: 1983
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-360-231/251
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[22 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in August, September...
Date: 1983
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-360-209/230
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 22 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Stoddart, Margaret Olrog, 1865-1934 :Vale of Morobray / M O Stoddart. - [Wellington] ; ...
Date: 1984 - 1890 - 1899
By: Stoddart, Margaret Olrog, 1865-1934
Reference: C-117-035
Description: Scottish landscape Issued gratis with The New Zealand business who's who, 25th ed. Same as C-117-035-a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 300 x 400 mm on sheet 420 x 600 mm
Mayor of Wellington Michael Fowler, property developer Bob Jones, and art dealer Peter ...
Date: [ca 7 Aug 1979]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1979/2782-F
Description: Mayor of Wellington Michael Fowler, property developer Bob Jones, and art dealer Peter McLeavy, and a 1978 painting by Sir Toss Woollaston called 'Mounts Owen, Arthur and Campbell from Motueka' at the Peter McLeavey Gallery, Cuba Street, Wellington, circa 7 August 1979. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Bob Jones bought the painting for the City Gallery in Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[25 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in June, July, Augus...
Date: 1985
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-361-152/176
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Sir Robert Muldoon at a suprise dinner organised by Sir Robert Jones
Date: 29 January 1992
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1992/0400-F
Description: Sir Robert Muldoon, Lady Thea Muldoon, Sir Robert Jones, and Revenue Minister Wyatt Creech, at a suprise dinner for Muldoon organised by Robert Jones. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 29 January 1992. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[26 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in November and Dece...
Date: 1985
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-361-177/202
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 26 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Lynch, James, 1947-:'The good news is... we've finally got a theorum people can underst...
Date: 1983
From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.
By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-186-057
Description: Shows Bruce Beetham, leader of Social Credit, standing with colleague, Gary Knapp, in front of a blackboard on which is written a theorum that they hope will explain social credit theory. Context: The emergence of Bob Jones' NZ Party saw Social Credit's ratings begin an inexorable slide. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 280 x 360 mm
Lynch, James, 1947-:The end of the Nats is nigh. 4 December 1983
Date: 1983
From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.
By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-186-064
Description: Shows a protest led by the founder of the new party 'New Zealand First, Bob Jones, who carries a placard that reads 'The end of the Nats is nigh'. A long queue of supporters follow him hoping to get property hints or money. Prime Minister Rob Muldoon wags a finger and calls Bob Jones a 'naughty boy' rather than a 'messiah'. Context: Property developer Bob Jones had just formed the New Zealand Party as a protest against Muldoon's "socialist" policies. He attracted a surprising amount of support, mostly from disaffected National voters."The life of Brian" was a popular Monty Python film current at the time. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 280 x 350 mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Bob Jones loads Winston Peters into a cannon]. 16 August ...
Date: 1991
From: Heath, Eric, 1923- :Cartoons from the `Daily Smile' exhibition (1994-1996). [1970-1992].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)
Reference: B-143-024
Description: Bob Jones loads Winston Peters into a cannon which is directed at the Beehive. After National won the 1990 election, Peters became Minister of Maori Affairs in the fourth National government, led by Jim Bolger before he was sacked in 1991. He returned to Parliament as an independent, then formed his own party, New Zealand First in 1993. This cartoon suggests that Bob Jones was supporting Winston Peters in August 1991. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper 310 x 480mm
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:So Jones thinks I won't be able to take Tamaki for gran...
Date: 1983
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-136-174
Description: Shows Muldoon scoffing at the idea that Bob Jones's N.Z. Party could win his Tamaki electorate seat. He considers Bob Jones to be a comic and decides to show Jones by looking in the Yellow Pages for a safety service and then ringing them to request that a seat belt fitted. Extended Title - Bob Jones says right N.Z. Party candidate could cause difficulties for P.M. in Tamaki electorate Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and white ink on watercolour paper. 242 x 389 mm.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:Anyone will go along to see a good comic.. Mr. Muldoon ...
Date: 1983
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-136-173
Description: Shows Bob Jones, Robert Muldoon and David Lange on a stage. Jones is sitting in front of the microphone, Lange holds a poster declaring that Jones's New Zealand Party has split the National Party's vote in the 1984 election while Muldoon is bent double laughing at Jones. Extended Title - He that laughs last laughs Lange-st (?) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and white ink, letratone and crayon on watercolour paper. 260 x 390 mm.
Stoddart, Margaret Olrog, 1865-1934 :Vale of Morobray / M O Stoddart. - [Wellington] ; ...
Date: 1984 - 1890 - 1899
By: Stoddart, Margaret Olrog, 1865-1934
Reference: C-117-035-a
Description: Scottish landscape Issued gratis with The New Zealand business who's who, 25th ed. Same as C-117-035-a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 300 x 400 mm on sheet 420 x 600 mm
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[30 cartoons published in the Auckland Star and Sunday Star in 1...
Date: 1977 - 1990
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-364-102/131
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 30 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Plumb Productions Ltd - Hometown Boomtown (transcripts)
Date: 1982
From: Wilson, Derek John, 1922-: Papers relating to his architectural practice
Reference: MS-Papers-9249-5
Description: Interview transcripts : Harry Seresin; Helen Tippett; Michael Fowler; Bob Jones; David McGill; Rex Nicholls; Bill McDowell; Warren Trent; Maurice Patience; Ian Smith; Mark Webley. Covering letter from director John Reid, Plumb Productions Other Titles - Hometown Boomtown Hometown Boomtown - A documentary of the development of the Wellington central city region Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Interview with Sir Robert Jones
Date: 18 November 1993
From: Cappuccino Oral History Project
By: Jones, Robert Edward (Sir), 1939-
Reference: OHInt-0281/9
Description: Sir Robert Jones talks about the rise and fall of New Zealand's coffee bars in the 1950s and 1960s. Recalls that as a seventeen year old in Wellington he noticed the influence of Dutch immigrants on garden centres, the house building boom and particularly on the numbers of coffee bars they opened up. Considers that coffee bars were forerunners of licensed restaurants and that their predecessors were department store tea rooms. Describes cooking standards in New Zealand in the 1950s and the decor which was identical throughout the country - one of two themes (a) Spanish Bull posters and (b) Big coffee machines bubbling away but frequently serving Nescafe, and little formica tables and chair. Describes the `Mexicali' in Victoria Street with reference to John Easom; `The Dutch Tulip' in Herbert St, a hangout for poets including J K Baxter; Pat Brockie's coffee bar, `The Stopbank' in Lower Hutt; Carmen's coffee bar in Vivian St; Roy Parsons elegant coffee shop and the Settlement. Considers that good restaurants and TV caused the demise of coffee bars. Interviewer(s) - Dinah Priestley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007318; OHLC-003478 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1824. Search dates: 1993
Clark, Laurence 1949- :Plague case diagnosed - News ; Bring out your shares! Jones X Di...
Date: 1993
From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc], 1949- :New Zealand Herald; Cartoons, 3 August - 28 August, 1993
Reference: H-013-010
Description: Shows a man dressed in medieval garb, pulling a cart and ringing a bell outside a door, labelled "Jones", and marked with a cross. Refers to the outcome of Bob Jones's court case and to outbreaks of the plague in the former Soviet Union Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph
New Zealand the Way I want It by Bob Jones
Date: 1978
From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives
Reference: 35mm-79462-F
Description: New Zealand the Way I Want It by Bob Jones, taken for Jaurie Jack and Whitcoulls Ltd in 1978 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number 1550/78. Laurie Jack Whitcoulls ad Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with two images. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Clark, Laurence, 1949- :[Nine political cartoons for the New Zealand Herald. ca 1990-1996]
Date: 1990 - 1996
From: Various cartoonists :[Fourteen original cartoons by a range of New Zealand cartoonists, including E F Hiscocks, Klarc, Burton Silver and Peter Bromhead. ca 1900-1996]
By: Clark, Laurence, 1949-
Reference: A-461-005/013
Description: Topics touched on include: the relationship between Geoffrey Palmer and Roger Douglas; Robert Muldoon's visit to Russia; Mike Moore's term as Prime Minister in 1990; a mistaken implication that Bob Jones was quitting as chairman of Robt. Jones Investments Limited; a spoof of Burton Silver's 'Bogor' cartoon in which Alliance (the hedgehog) chases the woodsman (Jim Bolger), entitled 'Bolgor' (see also H-099-014); Jim Bolger delivering a National Party speech that puts everyone to sleep; Jim Bolger, Helen Clark, Jim Anderton and Winston Peters shown as Laughing Clowns; Jim Anderton's involvement in the first MMP election in 1996; and Helen Clark, Winston Peters and Jim Anderton portrayed as dancing Cossacks, as Jim Bolger looks on in despair Quantity: 9 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, attached to card; varying sizes