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Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
- Date
- 1935 - 1985
- By
- Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014; Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Gibbard, Leslie, 1945-2010; Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992
- Reference
- A-311-4
- Description
Includes:
1970s Eric Heath cartoons featuring Muldoon as a bull in a china shop; Michael Fowler's new mayoral car; salvage charges for the boat "Celtic"; Michael Fowler on a magic carpet; butcher's boy refers customer to his boss for payment; Robert Muldoon and NZ's "economic Dunkirk"; deportation to the UK for stealing a leg of lamb; Matiu Rata's kindness to young people; Norman Kirk slams into a tree of Labour Policy in his Caucus car; Rob Muldoon on the "extreme left wing" of the National Party biplane.
1930-40s Minhinnick cartoons show the genie of Michael Savage appearing to the holder of a lamp; Forbes and Coates peering jealously at the golden egg claimed by Nash and Savage as a 270,000 pound surplus; Forbes and Coates shooting down bills, but with the guns of the Labour opposition upon them; McLagan and the coalminers sing lullaby; Insects topical and sub-topical, including the House Fly (John A Lee); The Labour Bird (Michael Savage, etc; the NZ Labour Party National Executive berates John A Lee for his attack on Michael Savage.
Neville Colvin cartoon from the early 1950s, shows Sid Holland reciting "Who Killed the Council" (after the pattern of "Who killed Cock Robin?").
1970s Nevile Lodge cartoons include: Announcement that School Certificate will be phased out by 1977; man living on canned dogfood rather than ordinary meat; Sir Basil Arthur cites the Official Secrets Act; Tom Skinner threatens his boys with a National win at the next election if they're not good - with his hands he makes the shadow of a monster Muldoon on the wall; Muldoon's difficulties in producing the 1976 budget; Michael Fowler winds up the windows of his new car so that he can't hear the protesters about rates increases; Hugh Templeton protects Broadcasting staff who are in danger of job loss or no holiday pay.
Gibbard cartoon shows the tailor Muldoon fobbing off a customer with a very small suit. (late 1970s?)
Quantity: 28 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (newspaper clippings of cartoons).
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- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 28 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (newspaper clippings of cartoons), Works of art, Clippings, Cartoons (Commentary)
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UnknownScales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :Shed no. 6 at 5 o'clock sharp, please Jenkins. Otago ...
Date: 1953
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003; Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: A-311-4-002
Description: A waterside worker arriving at the wharves instructs the chauffeur of his Rolls Royce to pick him up again after work. Extended Title - Many watersiders earn more than £1000 a year...news. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Excuse me. Focus, 1969.
Date: 1969
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; Focus: an independent national review (Periodical)
Reference: A-311-4-015
Description: The leader of the newly formed Social Credit Political League, W.B. Owen, taps Norman Kirk, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party on the back. Owen wants to have a turn dancing with the leader of the National Party, Keith Holyoake. Holyoake is dressed as a woman and his glasses fall off in surprise. 'Excuse me' was the name of a dance in the mid-twentieth century Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A5 size bromide.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Baked enamel should last a life time. Dominion, 29 August ...
Date: 1967
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)
Reference: A-311-4-011
Description: One protestor amongst a group of demonstrators holding placards protesting against the Vietnam War has had his placard made of a durable material thinking that the conflict would never end. Other Titles - Lifetime Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :IT'S TIME. Gentlemen please!! Dominion, 27 November 1972.
Date: 1972
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)
Reference: A-311-4-017
Description: Newly elected New Zealand Prime Minister Norman Kirk (leader of the Labour Party) as a barman kicks the defeated Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (leader of the National Party) and his deputy, Jack Marshall, out of a bar which is 'under new management', i.e. Labour. Hugh Watt is assisting Kirk from behind the bar. The Labour Party's electoral slogan was 'It's time for a change.' Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper cutting, 190 x 250 mm.
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Class of 1984. National Business Review, 25 June 1984.
Date: 1984
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; National Business Review Ltd
Reference: A-311-4-023
Description: Cartoon published in the run-up to the 1984 general election is a mock film poster for 'Class of 1984. Screening nightly until July 14. (R20) Coarse language and some scenes may offend. Should be enjoyed for its sheer effrontery...N.Y. Times'. It features Robert Muldoon, leader of the National Party, Bob Jones, leader of the New Zealand Party, David Lange, Leader of the Labour Party and Bruce Beetham, leader of the Social Credit Party, dressed as characters in the Rocky Horror show and declaiming "We are the future! And nothing can stop us!" Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping 190 x 140 mm.
Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :The little woolly stranger. Otago Daily Times, 14 Jul...
Date: 1954
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003; Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: A-311-4-008
Description: A lamb labelled 'Social Credit' springs around happily in a paddock, watched gloomily by two old sheep with the faces of the leader of the New Zealand National Party, Sid Holland and the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, Walter Nash. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A5 size bromide.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Don't just stand there - do something! Dominion, 9 March 1...
Date: 1978
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)
Reference: A-311-4-018
Description: Shows 'Public' trying to whip up a donkey, 'Government', pulling a "NZ"cart in which a large abbatoir worker slumps indolently. Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper cutting, 175 x 210 mm.
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Bop! UK. France. E.E.C. Germany. Cock [magazine], Decem...
Date: 1968
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-
Reference: A-311-4-014
Description: The New Zealand Minister of Overseas Tade, Jack Marshall, is hit in the face by fists labelled U. K., France, E. E. C. and Germany in turn. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :I may be fat and going grey but I can still bend over b...
Date: 1967
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-
Reference: A-311-4-013
Description: New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake as a naked prostitute declares his allegiance to the Vietnamese policy of United States' President Lyndon B. Johnson. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :What the hell Bruce. We lose a few old pillars but we g...
Date: 1982
From: Various artists :[Collection of cartoon clippings, of works by Eric Heath, Nevile Lodge, Gordon Minhinnick, Neville Colvin, Les Gibbard. 1950-1980s].
By: Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; National Business Review Ltd
Reference: A-311-4-022
Description: The bulldozers building the hydro-electric Clyde dam on the Clutha River are knocking over the temple pillars of 'The Law'. Bruce Beetham's Social Credit Party supported Robert Muldoon's National government in the passing of special 'fast track' legislation which overrode the existing legal protection of land owners, so that the Clyde dam could be built. Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping 160 x 220 mm.