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Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-587-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. Shows a redneck's nightmare, ownership of the Whanganui River is given to Maori who loaded it onto the back of a truck and took it away. Comment on executive golden handshakes and reduntant workers having to sign up for the dole. Shows violent offenders at Paremoremo Prison selecting soft movies like 'The Sound of Music'. In the middle of a power blackout the family try and read the latest power bill, it's gone up. The effect on the opposition of Jonah Lomu being left on the reserve bench. Statue of Liberty calls for the poor and huddled masses but says 'no' to New Zealand lamb. Comment on New Zealand's response to America's tariffs on New Zealand lamb. The common man comments on Bill English upstaging Jenny Shipley at the National Party Conference. Maori MP calls for quotas in the public sector that will ensure employment for ethnic minorities. Hospital hygeine is called into doubt. A politician trys to sell the idea of deregulating the Dairy Industry. A woman comments to her husband that it's a good thing young men eventually grow out of wanting more sex. He wistfully agrees. Obituary for JFK Jr. 1960-1999 Comment on youth alcohol consumption. Auckland Hospital try to reassure the public all babies are born equally there but not necessarily treated equally after that. Comment on Christine rankin's over the top refurbishment of the dept of work and income. Celebration of three New Zealand triumphs. Mike Moore gets top job at WTO, the All Blacks beat the Australians and the Black Caps cricket team beat the English at Lords. Paul Holmes promotes his autobiography. F-16 fighter planes are promoted by an Air Force Officer. The lowering of the drinking age is debated in Parliament. Boys try to come to terms with the news that girls are better pupils than boys. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: [ca 1902]

By: Pettifer, Walter, active 1902

Reference: PAColl-7744

Description: Photographs, many of which are panoramas, of New Zealand cities, rivers and lakes. Includes photographs of Sydney and Tasmania, and a photograph of Brooklyn Bridge, New York. Taken ca 1902, possibly by Walter Pettifer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from Judith Grant, London, September 2002. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1135 : Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 : Diary and scrapbook..

Date: 1972

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-A-CABOT-Opera-1972

Description: Includes programmes or fliers for the following: 1972: Williamson-Edgley Theatres Ltd, Kerridge-Odeon and Aztec Services Pty Ltd in association with Harold Fielding present Anna Neagle, Derek Nimmo, Johnny Farnham in "Charlie girl" ... Directed by Freddie Carpenter. New Zealand premiere. St James Theatre Auckland, 26 May 1972. Programme (2 copies) Harry M Miller's production of the American tribal love-rock musical "Hair". Calendar card "Tommy". Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Full-length dance spectacular to music composed and recorded by The Who. City Center 55 Street Theater, 131 West 55th St., New York, N.Y. 10019. 246-8989, 3-28 May [1972]. Flier only Wellington Operatic Society presents the romantic Austrian musical "White Horse Inn". Producer Grahame Clifford; musical director John Morrison; choreographer Kevin Westmoreland. Ana Veitch as Josepha; Silvio Famularo as Leopold. Grand Opera House, 28 June - 8 July [1972]. Programme and flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes or fliers, under 250 mm.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-072/088

Description: Collection of political cartoons published in The Southern Cross that mainly relating to Sidney Holland and his conservative policies. Some cartoons are specific to the Wellington region; there is reference to a cannon test and the Wellington Baker's Association (president H.E. Fariey). International issues are adressed. This includes an Indonesian police coup and the continuing problems that Britain faced in the aftermath of World War II. There is also an advertisement for the National Savings Bank. Quantity: 13.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-648-001/085

Description: 85 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include cricketers, PM's avoidance of Waitangi Day protests, Treaty of Waitangi signing 1840, Maori sovereignty, Israel's hard line on Palestine, perils of being a child in NZ, Rugby sevens, Fiji's lack of moral fibre, genetic relationship between humans and slugs, corporate savaging of small shareholders, dairy farmers play down record returns, farmer reaction to vet strike, People's Bank documents leaked, Anderton looks for way to get rid of Phillida Bunkle, cricket rules questioned, possible beaurocracy of Kiwi Bank, NZ Post attempts to gag Richard Prebble, Bunkle and Hobbs on political scrap-heap, NZ rich list, possum damage Australian tax payer responsibility, cricket match-fixing, Bunkle unlikely to get back into Cabinet, extended rugby season not cricket, Kiwi Bank customers may bring their debt with them, Super-12 referees, census forms, British border control officials under fire, NZ scenery blocked by pine trees, ACT conservation policy - eat Kiwis, Germans announce NZ sheep have scrapies, Winstone Peters argues against opinion polls, RCD farmers support border control of foot-and-mouth, TVNZ presenters fight amongst themselves, Helen Clark and her husband communicate via e-mail, Clark defends and attacks her husband, CNN broadcasts incorrect information about NZ cases of foot-and-mouth disease, skyhawks put out to pasture, Clark and Shipley fight it out, MIR space station breaks up, Hobbs on the rack, Air Force apologise to Clark, Clark wins 'scariest skirt' award, George W Bush's stance on carbon dioxide emissions, Jonathon Hunt fails to name drunken MP's, Milosovich faces punishment, Clark and Anderton negotiate deal to get rid of Bunkle, Bush's foreign policy stance escalates world tensions, women in leadership roles - men ponder their choices, Bush questions the colour of 'red China', Tiger Woods - king of the golf world, Clark hot and cold on America, Shipley faces political crisis, schizophrenic flatmates, Ansett NZ maintenance, Anderton farmers' favourite, schizophrenic flatmates, cervical screening and justice, Rankin missed by bomb on WINZ building, message from Qantas NZ, airline collapses while owner plays golf, dawn parade 2030, Saturn TV, Bush armwrestles Chinese dragon, King and budget decisions, air ticket competition, US impose tariffs on NZ farmers, white house and star wars, Hurricanes fans pray for victory, Clark axes skyhawks, Hitler and Hirohito and Clark, female, sex and animals, arms race history, TVNZ internal affairs, Clark and Blair campaigns, McVeigh dies in Oklahoma, Clark out of touch, Peters makes a come-back, burning effigies, global warming, Dairy Board merger, Maori Party, taxing home ownership, soya sauce scare, Bob Dylan on Radio NZ, importance of appearance in the public service. 85 H-648-033 misrecorded as a Tom Scott cartoon when it is in fact a Garrick Tremain. Refiled H-645 series. Quantity: 85 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 bromides

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-647-001/080

Description: 80 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Laila Harre and views on liberalisation of cannabis laws, Helen Clark asserts authority over Ms Turia, Maori and pakeha racial guilt and shame, Ms Turia reluctantly apologises for 'holocaust' comments, Dr Cullen ponders low business confidence as Grouch Marxist, Timor's Indepencence birthday celebrations destroyed by violence, Fijian-Indian refugees in Fiji following coup, political posturing over Treaty of Waitangi clause in free trade agreement with Singapore, US dollar blasts kiwi dollar, Sydney 2000 Olympics begin, Winston Peters plays the race card in the hopes of raising his popularity, Olympic swimming athletes get the once over by their female onlookers, Australian-New Zealand currency merger proposal, Prebble gets axed by Jenny Shipley, Kiwi dollar low and oil prices high, New Zealand is best at all the wrong things, sports couch potatoes, Milosevic runs for the presidency, US dollars gains steam with President Clinton in charge, women's performance at the Olympics, political awards, NZ toasts the Olympics, army peace keepers get pay review by Clark, 3 Middle East faiths based on love and compassion unable to share sacred site, Don Brash fails the Kiwi dollar, Clark and Milosevic relations, Israeli and Palestinian relations, court call for accountability of parole officers, NZ cricket sports fan still in the dark, NZ dollar down - sharemarket down - petrol prices up, Middle East pro-war protest singer, Clinton attempts to negotiate Middle East and National Party crises, Mr Mudgeway in padded cell waiting for big NZ sports win, rural economy on the up for farmers, Swain and Horomia on ownership of the Taranaki oil and gas fields, Lions rugby team claim the Air New Zealand trophy, Clark seeks an alliance with big business, Clark's alliance with big bisiness consumated, one-tree-hill pine tree felled along with Mike Smith, same-sex marriages, Clark preparing to kneecap Ruth Dyson for Norm Hewitt comments, Property Bill, Dyson resigns over drunk driving incident, purity pledge, cricket match-fixing, support for Paul Holmes' salary, lack of real choice in US presidential elections, NZ Melbourne Cup race winner, US election results on a knife edge, boxing - Lennox vs Tua, All Blacks beat France, Lennox Lewis vs David Tua boxing fight, US presidential election goes to court, English strung up as heretic, Tipene O'Reagan let's nature take its course with stranded whales, Labour Party victory conference, CNN backgrounds the US election count process, petrol prices high, US presidential election fought out on American flag, George Hawkins' suggested cost cutting measures for the Police, National Party leadership based on personality deficit of Bill English, George W. Bush wins Florida, Clarks preparation for Waitangi Day, Tainui iwi's new grievance cycle, Mrs Mudgeway's son hopes to qualify for ACC compensation, Clinton is back as President?, the new and the old All Black diet, signs of recovery in NZ economy being hidden from Don Brash, NZ/Australia defence spending and policies, Hawkins hands out pornography to Police to cut phone-sex costs, being a modern day All Black, Clark and Cullen's popularity increases, Simon Upton departs the National Party, obituary to reporter Mike Robson, America - where every judge counts in becoming President, Clark still unable to apologise to Dover Samuel, cricket at the Basin Reserve for Boxing Day test, petrol war, Anderton and Bunkle over question of where Phillida resides, Paul Holmes CD for Christmas makes Granddad throw-up. Quantity: 80 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: 1949-1967

From: Grant, Alexander Marshall, 1925-2011 : Papers relating to his career as a dancer

Reference: MS-Papers-11225-04

Description: Comprises programmes of some performances Grant appeared in, mostly during the 1950s and 1960s, for the Sadler's Wells Ballet, which became the Royal Ballet in 1956. Also includes programmes for tours to the USA and New Zealand. The gala dinner ball programme includes dinner menu and accompanying letter from Grant to his parents. Programme from Wellington performance (23 March 1959) includes newspaper cutting. Other - For programme of Grant's performance with New Zealand Ballet as guest artist in 1964 see MS-Papers-11225-02 Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet. "Cinderella". Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 18 October 1949 (Bryan Ashbridge, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: The Oxford and Cambridge University Ballet Club's gala dinner ball in aid of the Sadler's Wells Ballet Benevolent Fund. Dorchester Hotel, 1 March 1950. Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet. "Les sylphides", "Ballabile", "Ballet imperial". Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 24 August 1950 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet. "Le lac des cygnes". Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 10 September 1950 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet benefit performance for the English Speaking Union, Chicago branch, Civic Opera House, [Chicago], 18 December 1950. Souvenir programme (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet. "Harlequin in April", "Casse Noisette", "The haunted ballroom". Sadler's Wells Theatre, 11 September 1951 (Donald McAlpine, Sara Neil, Walter Trevor) Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet. "Ballet imperial", "Ballabile", "Daphnis and Chloe". Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12 September 1951 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet. "Coppelia". Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 17 September 1951 (Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet. "Les patineurs", "The three cornered hat", "Mam'zelle Angot". Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 28 February 1952 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: The Covent Garden Opera Company and the Sadler's Wells Ballet coronation season, [May-July] 1953. (Bryan Ashbridge, Warwick Braithwaite, Philip Chatfield, Bryan Drake, Alexander Grant, Joan Hammond, Rowena Jackson, Oscar Natzka, Inia Te Wiata) Contents: Sadler's Wells Ballet. "The shadow", "Le lac des cygnes, act II", "Homage to the Queen: the coronation ballet". Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 9 June 1953 [Coronation season] (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Royal Ballet. "Le lac des cygnes". Grand Opera House, Wellington, 23 March 1959 (Alexander Grant) (2 copies) Contents: Royal Ballet. "Les patineurs", "The rake's progress", "Les Sylphides". Grand Opera House, Wellington, 24 March 1959 (Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Royal Ballet. "Coppelia", "Facade". Grand Opera House, Wellington, 4 April 1959 (Alexander Grant) Contents: Royal Ballet. Tour of Australia and New Zealand 1958-59. His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, 6-18 April 1959. Preferential booking application (Philip Chatfield, Alexander Grant, Rowena Jackson) Contents: The film of the Royal Ballet. "Swan lake, act II", The firebird", "Ondine". [1959]. Accompanying booklet (Bryan Ashbridge, Alexander Grant) Contents: Royal Ballet. "La fille mal gardee". Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 15 June 1964 (Alexander Grant) Contents: Royal Ballet. "Les sylphides", "The rake's progress", "Pineapple poll". Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 28 June 1967. (Garry Grant) Arrangement: Programmes arranged in chronological order. New Zealanders named in each programme listed in brackets. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter