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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'The Prime Minister's compliments, Mr. Faulkner, and he...

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-134-747

Description: This cartoon features the office of the Minister of Labour Arthur Faulkner. He has an intray filled with Permanent Disputes and a smaller one with New Business. The Settlements tray is empty. An official is bringing him a notice about a controversial selection in Dunedin North and is telling him the Prime Minister is leaving it for him to sort out Extended Title - Row over Labour's election candidate for Dunedin North Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 280 x 406 mm

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Scott, Tom 1947- :Deep in the woods a creature stirs and sniffs the wind... Five hundre...

Date: 1993

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: B-184-001

Description: The first of three horizontal frames shows a quiet scene with mountains and forest and includes text that reads 'Deep in the woods a creature stirs and sniffs the wind...' The second frame shows a close up of the trunks of forest trees with a sinister figure disappearing into the gloom; it includes text that reads 'Five hundred elderly are trapped in a hall, it can't wait...' The third frame shows Winston Peters making a speech; text reads 'With some difficulty, they give it a rousing standing ovation... and he says 'I'm back, and I'm still angry...' Winston Peters served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being sacked in 1991 and losing party endorsement for his Tauranga seat. He returned to Parliament in 1993 as an independent, after defeating Gail McIntosh National MP for Lyttelton and then formed his own party, New Zealand First in July, shortly before the 1993 election when he kept his Tauranga seat as an independent, to be greeted by his elderly devotees, after he was sacked by the National Party and after he won the bye-election but before the launch of NZ First in July. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 290 x 420 mm (sight) Provenance: Donated by David and Rachel Underwood in 2010. Originally purchased by them in 1994 from a fundraising event being run for Downstage Theatre.

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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[16 original political and social cartoons drawn for Metro magaz...

Date: 1997 - 1998

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Metro (Periodical)

Reference: A-129-049/064

Description: 16 original cartoons published in Metro Magazine, illustrating Bill Ralston's 'Politics' and 'Godzone' columns and one pencil sketch on reverse of a cartoon. Quantity: 16 original cartoon(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black ink, gouache and coloured pencil. Sizes vary, approximately 420mm x 300mm.

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Hocken Library :David Low; Kiwi cartoonist on Hitler's blacklist. Hocken Library, Unive...

Date: 1933 - 1996 - 1939

By: Hocken Library; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1996-02

Description: Shows an arrangement of text, with a central cartoon by David Low: "The scum of the earth, I believe? The bloody assassin of the workers, I presume?" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 415 x 297 mm.

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1 original and 5 cartoon photocopies by Malcolm Walker, 6 cartoon photocopies by Daryl ...

Date: 1999 - 2000

By: Walker, Malcolm, 1950-; Crimp, Daryl, 1958-; Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Sunday News (Newspaper)

Reference: H-620-001/013

Description: 13 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Labour-Alliance coalition government, Cullen's financial direction for the government, the demise of National to the benefit of Labour, New Year celebrations, the dawning of the millennium, inconsistent court sentencing, marital relations during Super-12 season, the public is warned about Crimp, Jenny Shipley supports the All Blacks, rugby coach speaks out about players taking drugs, sportswomen pose nude for cash, women's squash tops NZ sporting highlights, interview with Steffi Graf. Quantity: 13 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 1 original A4 cartoon by Walker, ink on paper. 12 horizontal A4 photocopies.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:Leap Year By-Election. 1976

Date: 1976

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-135-110

Description: This cartoon relates to the Nelson by-election and features Rowling and Muldoon as women. Rowling is carrying off Nelson after winning the by-election. Muldoon is furious as he kneels in front of his gifts of a mini-budget and election promises Dated on Mon 1/3/76 Other Titles - New Zealand the Way You Want It Other Titles - Mini Budget Extended Title - 'Fancy accepting that hussy's proposal after all I offered him!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 320 x 386 mm

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Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :"Ah - `Saint' Peter, I presume?". An American visit...

Date: 1948

From: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :[Twenty-eight (28) original cartoons, 1940s and 1950s].

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: C-132-864

Description: Shows the Prime Minister Peter Fraser, standing as Saint Peter with his keys at the Gates of Heaven. He is approached by the "Mountpark" Tribunal, led by the Judge who offers his hand to Fraser. The Gates have labels on them reading, "Mountpark Deadlock" "Now open". This refers to an incident during the 1948 dispute on board the ship "Mountpark" in Auckland Harbour. Fraser was originally shown standing in a nightdress, but, out of respect for the figure of the Prime Minister, this was overlaid with a jacket, tie and trousers. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, mounted on board 403 x 560 mm.

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Evans, Malcolm :Twelve cartoon photocopies, the winning entry in the 1999 Qantas Media ...

Date: 1999

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper); Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-; Qantas Airways Ltd

Reference: H-623-001/012

Description: Cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald, 1999, and the winning entry in the 1999 Qantas Media Awards (other finalists were Tom Scott, Garrick Tremain, Malcolm Walker and Mark Winter) Quantity: 12 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[31 original political and social cartoons published in Metro ma...

Date: 1999

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Metro (Periodical)

Reference: A-129-065/095

Description: 31 original cartoons published in Metro Magazine which illustrated Bill Ralston's 'Godzone' column and the letters page. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, gouache and coloured pencil. Sizes vary, approximately 420mm x 300mm.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning world politics, the...

Date: 1972 - 1980

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: C-132-845/863

Description: Includes cartoons on: the flooding of the Clutha Valley, the housie-influenced mother, TV commercials (ie election propaganda) a good time to make a cup of tea, panic among ANZ bank customers over threatened closures, dogs which steal, influencing the sex of an unborn child, the rising cost of living, supply of arms to the Middle East (Richard Nixon supplies Moshe Dayan, and Brezhnev supplies Nasser?), commemmoration of the battle of Britain seen as a rugby game, Haile Selassie (?) knocks his head against the UN Security Council brick wall, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as the puppetmaster of Turkish and Greek armies, Vietnamese boy asks what peace is, US President Gerald Ford gets advice from a guard who is holding aloft a USA top hat which is being riddled with bullet holes, British PM Edward Heath steps into the political limelight, terrorist Ugandan President Idi Amin arrives at a British conference and sends the British scurrying, huge piles of containers are backed up in the harbour, New Zealand's helping hand to Rhodesia does not includes acceptance of black immigrants, French President Giscard D'Estaing attacks New Zealand sheep exports. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Inscriptions: Recto - Signed by artist. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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Wrathall, Bill, 1931-1995 :One flew over the cuckoo's nest; the Mason report, Auckland ...

Date: 1988

From: Wrathall, Bill, 1931-1995 :[Editorial cartoons 1973-1991]

Reference: A-289-041

Description: Shows two nests on the branch of a tree: the Auckland Hospital Board nest and the Whare Paia nest. A caricature of Titewhai Harawira depicted as a bird is shown in the Whare Paia nest, and an unknown man from the Auckland Hospital Board is represented in the nest on the left. A bird representing Ken Mason flies overhead, and has defecated into the faces of the inhabitants of both nests. A kiwi at lower right comments: "One in the eye for arrogance!" Extended Title - New Zealand truth The Mason Report concerned \"procedures used in certain psychiatric hospitals in relation to admission, discharge or release on leave of certain classes of patients\". The report was critical of Whare Paia, scheme was a service for Maori mental health patients, wherein it was hoped to bring together Maori and pakeha treatments and methods. The report criticised the scheme for lack of direction, purpose and structure. The title\" One flew over the cuckoo's nest\" is a reference to the American motion picture of the same name (1975, from a 1962 novel by Ken Kesey) set in a mental institution. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 297 x 406 mm.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'Omigosh! He forgot himself and started to give them hi...

Date: 1972

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-134-232

Description: This cartoon shows an election meeting. Finance Minister Muldoon has been giving a speech but has turned away from the microphone and is covering his face with his hand. One of the officials sitting at a desk behind him is exclaiming to the other one that Muldoon has muddled up his speech and instead of criticising Labour's promises has become confused and praised them. Extended Title - At Gisborne, Mr Muldoon presented his idea of the sort of budget Labour might bring in to pay for his election promises. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 318 x 397 mm Provenance: Donation: .

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Future rugby tours. 26 March 1985.

Date: 1985

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :One folder of original cartoons on the subject of rugby published in the Auckland Star between 1982 - 1988.

Reference: A-322-084

Description: The cartoon shows a man, representing the All Blacks, being tackled by the South African police making the ball, which repesents future tours, hang in the air. Refers to possible All Black tours to South Africa being in limbo because of the South Afrcan police. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card. 180 x 230 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'Perhaps you should get some advice from Jack Marshall,...

Date: 1973

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

Reference: B-134-394

Description: This cartoon features the collapse of the bridge at Bulls in a flood. Minister of Works and Deputy Prime Minister Hugh Watt, some other men and a police officer are inspecting the wreckage. One of the men suggests that Leader of the Opposition Jack Marshall could give some advice as he's so keen on bridge building (regarding the South African Springbok rugby tour). Extended Title - Bulls Bridge Collapsed. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 310 x 368 mm

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Peter Fraser, Walter Nash, and W J Jordan

Date: 1926-1947

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-187

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1926-1947. Peter Fraser - Labour candidate for Wellington Central (1931); several of Prime Minister Fraser during the war years; with Sister Nepia (Wairoa District Nurse) and A T Carroll, May 1947; with WAAFs S H Boyd & M C Bullard, 1944; receiving Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law at Cambridge University, 1944; with Miss Jean McKenzie, General Freyberg & Mrs Harold Kemp on arrival in London when he was made a Companion of Honour; gathering at Ruatoki where Fraser addressed the gathering, 1947; Hirini Heremaia performing a powhiri to the official party at the opening of Northland College, Kaikohe by Rt Hon Peter Fraser, 1947 Walter Nash - During the war years when he was Minister of Finance; as President of International Labour Conference at Philadelphia, 1944; Mr & Mrs Nash, 1938; Mr & Mrs Nash with F G L Bertram (deputy-director of Civil Aviation in British Air Ministry) on board Aorangi, 1936; Mr & Mrs Nash in their lounge with their two sons, 1936. W J Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London - MP for Manukau (1931); Mr & Mrs Jordan laying a wreath, May 1938; Mr & Mrs Jordan and family, 1936 & 1939; with his mother, Sep 1936; during the war years. Includes list of photographs Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Clark, Laurence (Klarc) :Forget the wings. We'll just have to BULLDOZE up the middle. N...

Date: 1995

By: Clark, Laurence, 1949-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-317-069

Description: New Zealand Prime Minister, portrayed as a rugby All Black, exhorts his team, Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 227 x 318 mm.

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Clark, Laurence (Klarc) :[Jim Bolger being hit by flour bombs] New Zealand Herald, 13 A...

Date: 1996

By: Clark, Laurence, 1949-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-317-074

Description: New Zealand Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, is portrayed as an All Black running from flour bombs being dropped from the air onto the rugby field. Protestors had flour-bombed a rugby test match between South Africa and New Zealand. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 227 x 318 mm.

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Mini Bromhead; Bill? - I've worked out a way to get you off the...

Date: 1977

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning New Zealand politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January - February 1977].

Reference: A-328-034

Description: The cartoon shows Robert Muldoon talking on the phone to Bill Rowling. In his hand he is holding a piece of paper that reads, by-election. In the background is a sign reading, vote National! Refers to the Mangere seat being vacant after Colin Moyle resigned. The seat was soon filled by David Lange. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 115 x 135 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Tremain, Garrick :Forty-eight cartoon photocopies, published in the Otago Daily Times, ...

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-557

Description: Political cartoons and caricatures. Quantity: 48 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Nuclear powered ships, Auckland Star, 29 March 1983.

Date: 1983

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-:[Folder of original cartoons, concerning issues to do with nuclear power and weapons, published in the Auckland Star between 22 October 1981 and 10 December 1985].

Reference: A-305-206

Description: The cartoon shows a figure, `The Labour Party Faithful' being chased by a much larger character representing the 20th century. The child is screaming "Help!... The 20th century's trying to catch me again!!". Suggests that the Labour Party is behind the times, particularly when dealing with contemporary issues like nuclear power. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - The Labour Party faithful - Help! the 20th century is trying to catch me again!! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 190 x 250 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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