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Date: 1995

From: Brockie, Bob :Three laser copies of original cartoons donated by the artist for the New Zealand Cartoon Archives auction, 6 November 1997.

Reference: H-451-003

Description: The cartoon shows Jim Bolger, reading a newspaper with a picture of Jacques Chirac, talking to the Minister of Science, Simon Upton, about New Zealand's response to news of further French nuclear weapons testing in the South Pacific. Refers to French nuclear testing in the pacific and the eruption of Mount Ruapehu. Quantity: 1 laser copies. Physical Description: A4 size laser copies

Date: 1975

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

Reference: C-132-128

Description: Shows a volcano, presumably Ruapehu, erupting and speaking to a reporter. The reporter is hovering near its summit in a helicopter, clutching a microphone. The implication is that underground tests at Mururoa may be causing volcanic eruptions in New Zealand and that New Zealanders should be protesting against French nuclear testing Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 507 x 636 mm

Date: 1987

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].

Reference: B-144-062

Description: Shows the marine ecologist Jacques Cousteau in a wetsuit and rubber dinghy, reconnoitring in Wellington Harbour from his boat the "Calypso", while a concerned member of the public looks on from the shore. Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, image 245 x 327 mm, on paper 385 x 520 mm.

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; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-485

Description: This cartoon features Deputy Prime Minister Hugh Watt asking British Prime Minister Ted Heath to support New Zealand against French bomb tests in the Pacific. A sign on the wall used to say 'The Commonwealth Before All Else' and this has now been altered to read 'The Commonmarket Before All Else'. Ted Heath has his arm around Pompidou who is lighting a bomb with his cigar. The are tied together with ropes labelled EEC and Trade. Published in the Sports Post Other Titles - The Commonmarket Before All Else. E.E.C. Trade. Extended Title - 'Whatever happened to the old family ties?' 'Absolutely nothing, old boy, the jolly old ties are still there - just a slight change of family.' Inscriptions: bottom right - Neville Lodge '73 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 385 x 310 mm

Date: 1964

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992

Reference: E-549-q-13-206

Description: President Charles de Gaulle, speaking to Prime Minister Holyoake across part of the globe representing the South Pacific. De Gaulle's shadow is in the form of an enormous bomb. Part of a newsclipping is on the left, headed 'France - N.Z. always in accord. Speech by de Gaulle.'. The cartoon refers to French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll and to New Zealand's concern about this. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on newspaper cutting, 150 x 210 mm. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-765

Description: This cartoon shows new Prime Minister Kirk and his deputy Hugh Watt discussing the problems the new Labour Government faces. Through the window Leader of the Opposition Marshall and his deputy Muldoon are looking on smugly. 1973 cartoon filed with those from 1975 Other Titles - What to do about Springbok Tour? Other Titles - Unions action over bomb test Other Titles - What to do about Springbok tour? Other Titles - What to do about French bomb test? Other Titles - Hart disruption plans Other Titles - Peace media plans Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 260 x 316 mm

Date: 1985

From: Heath, Eric :Seven laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archives auction, 6 November 1997.

Reference: H-459-004

Description: The cartoon shows a warship representing ANZUS with the middle section (NZ) removed from the boat and under the control of David Lange. Lange is responding to the question, `Like you, Mr Shultz, we will niether confirm nor deny!'. Refers to the severing of the ANZUS treaty as a result of the US neither confirm nor deny policy over whether ships are nuclear powered. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed by the artist Quantity: 1 laser copy. Physical Description: A4 size laser copy.

Date: 1954

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-024

Description: Text reads '"Wellington women are a hydrogen-bomb job - it is no use talking H-line until they decide to hook on to a bit of fashion". - Visiting foundation garment representative'. The cartoon shows a mushroom-shaped H-bomb that represents 'Wellington women' which has blown the foundation garment representative and some of his garments as well as the woman he was talking to up into the air. A paper with a headline reading 'H-lines and other nuclear fashions'. The man says 'What H-H-Happened?' and the woman replies 'They blew up!' Context - Criticism of the fashion sense of Wellington women and their explosive reaction. H-line of 1954 was a slender tunic suit with a slim skirt that later became more of a dropped waist tubular twenties style dress with a hemline that was creeping upwards. This would become a classic 1950s fashion garment.(Info from website Fashion Era) Internationally, the test restored at a stroke the US lead in the race for weapons of mass destruction. The H-bomb abbreviation for 'hydrogen bomb' was a thermonuclear weapon produces a large amount of its energy through nuclear fusion reactions. The world's first hydrogen bomb was set off at a United States test site in the Pacific Ocean just after dawn on 1 November, 1952. It was hundreds of times more powerful than the A-bomb explosion at Hiroshima. The Soviet Union's first full-fledged H-bomb was tested in 1955. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 395 x 480 mm

Date: 1985

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning nuclear and ANZUS issues. Published in the Auckland Star, 1985 - 1988].

Reference: A-331-148

Description: The cartoon shows a Frenchman using a toilet. The sewage pipe from the toilet goes through a pipe and eventually comes out from a shower head, raining on a man representing New Zealand. Laurent Fabius's statement, following the publication of the Tricot Report, did not apologise to New Zealand for the bombing of the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, in New Zealand territory. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 245 x 195mm.

Date: 1985

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024932

Description: Shows a large pistol gun loaded with a missile bomb directed at the planet. Possibly refers to the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone (SPNFZ) Treaty of Rarotonga that was singed on 6 Aug 1985 in which the South Pacific states were concerned over nuclear testing. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0018231

Description: Text reads 'Closer defence ties with India signalled'. Below, near the Taj Mahal is a smiling Prime Minister John Key, sharing an umbrella that represents 'Nuclear proliferation' with the prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. Context - A free trade agreement is high on New Zealand's agenda. India is not a signatory to the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which India argues entrenches the status quo of the existing nuclear weapons states whilst preventing general nuclear disarmament. India possesses nuclear weapons and maintains short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, nuclear-capable aircraft, surface ships, and submarines under development as possible delivery systems and platforms. (Wikipedia) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).