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Date: 2001

From: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014 :[Ten cartoons from Jock's Country Life calendar published in 2001.]

Reference: J-052-009

Description: The scene is the interior of a church with a marriage service about to begin. The groom whispers into the vicar's ear that he hopes he can 'whip through this bit mate' because he wants to watch a rugby match between the Springboks and the All Blacks. All the men nearby are looking very pleased, but the women less so. Notes accompanying the cartoon in 'Having a ball' read 'It is not uncommon for calendars to be checked before dates are set for weddings, engagement parties and other important occasions to make sure they are not competing with equally important rugby test matches'. A page from a calendar Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of pen and watercolour, 280 x 390 mm.

Date: 2002

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DX-014-019

Description: An official photographer tries to make the group seem fewer in number. Extended Title - Helen Clark names the biggest executive for more than a decade - news. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022542

Description: A man watches a television, holding a newspaper that states, 'More NZ deaths in Afghanistan,' and comments 'Faster, higher, stronger.' His wife asks if he's referring to the Olympics, and he says the Taliban. Context: Two New Zealand soldiers were killed in Afghanistan during a gun fight in a village near Do Abe, in the north east of Bamiyan Province on 4 August 2012. The 30th Olympics games occurred in London from 27 July - 12 August 2012. (TV One News, 6 August 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017205

Description: As a man and a woman walk along the man comments that 'for 2 minutes yesterday people were joined as one in a spirit of caring and thoughtful reflection...' The woman, speaking about their personal life, wonders why they only ever manage 2 minutes of that. Context - at 12.51 pm on Tuesday 1 March 2011 (exactly a week after the catastrophic Christchurch earthquake of 22 February) all of New Zealand stopped for two minutes of silent contemplation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016927

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira floats in the sea as a jellyfish while on the beach behind stand Co-leaders of the Maori Party Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia in their swim suits unwilling to take the risk if being stung. Context - The problem of criticism of his own party by maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira. Harawira says that many Maori believe the party has not been able to be an independent voice because of its government partnership and so Mr Harawira is calling for his party to consider its options at the next election. Mr Harawira said that the problem was exacerbated because when the Maori Party was going into coalition with National, the whole world was going into recession and when this happens their choice (National) is to help the rich guy, help the big business, on the basis that they will stay here and keep their business here and everybody will get a job He said the Maori Party needed to get back to supporting basic social policies to help the poor. (Stuff 18 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017656

Description: A man and woman sit on the deck reading the newspaper which features a headline that reads 'I wouldn't mind... John Key'. Their young son says 'Hey Dad - you know you said you wouldn't care who sis came home with as long as she was happy...?' Behind him his sister floats along the path in a cloud of cannabis hand in hand with a dazed-looking bikie clutching a beer bottle. Context - Maori Party MP, Hone Harawira was asked how he would feel if one of his seven children came home with a Pakeha and he replied: "I wouldn't feel comfortable. Like all Pakehas would be happy with their daughter coming home with a Maori boy - and the answer is they wouldn't." Mr Key said he found Mr Harawira's views ridiculous. "It depends on you as an individual but I wouldn't care what ethnicity my kids dated as long as they are happy." (NZH - 3 August 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of cartoons concerning nuclear and ANZUS issues. Auckland Star, 1976 - 1984].

Reference: A-331-137

Description: The cartoon shows a tower with a flag reading, ANZUS, flying from the top. There are two windows on the tower. At the top one we can see Uncle Sam and in the one below we can see a man representing Australia. At the bottom of the tower is a door and someone can be seen trying to sneak out of it. The other two are watching it all from the windows. Refers to New Zealand's split from ANZUS. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 225 x 180mm.

Date: 2002

From: Crimp, Daryl, 1958-:[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post and other newspapers]

Reference: DCDL-0002476

Description: Shows the New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, trying to gauge how her attack on Zimbabwe at the World Summit went down in the media. She made page two of the world news section of the paper, but the main story was an announcement of a celebrity wedding.

Date: 1949

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: A-317-063

Description: The cartoon shows a man in his pyjamas, who has got up in the middle of the night to listen to 1st test of the 1949 tour to South Africa. A burglar who has been robbing the man's house has stopped what he's been doing and is secretly listening to the rugby match as well. Refers to the 1st test against the Springboks on the 1949 tour. Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster. Quantity: 1 laser copy. Physical Description: Laser copy, A4 size.

Date: June 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177119-F

Description: Scene from an unidentified western, photographed by Morrie Hill, June 1956. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 2011

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0017196

Description: Debbie thinks she has scored when she meets Comic theorist Scott McCloud but he says he's an author avatar, a semi-abstract representation of Scott McCloud and actually a gram of four-colour half-toned ink on newsprint - Debbie can't cope with the abstractions and tells him 'Ok Aristotle, save it for Webstock'. Context - Webstock is a range of web-related events with the aim of improving how websites are built through inspiration, education, insightful analysis and practical application. It features industry leaders and kick-ass speakers talking on topics such as accessibility, web standards, usability and other best practices. Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and theorist on comics as a distinct literary and artistic non-linear medium. (www.webstock.org.nz/about/) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017865

Description: Finance Minister, Bill English, Wearing a vest with the word 'budget' printed on it, runs furiously on a treadmill running machine that represents the 'economic plan'. Context - The cartoon suggests that the 2011 budget provides very little in terms of an economic plan. There is public criticism of the government's attempts to improve the economy by tinkering with the present situation rather than finding innovative ways to create wealth. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017023

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira and Co-leader Pita Sharples are each about to smash opposite ends of their waka; Co-leader Tariana Turia peers anxiously over the edge of the waka. Pita Sharples says 'Hey!' and is perhaps holding out a conciliatory hand but is rejected by Harawira who says 'What?' Context - criticisms of Maori Party policy and thinking by Hone Harawira has led to a complaint being laid against him by fellow Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell. This means an investigation that could lead to expulsion for Hone or some sort of conciliation. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: ca 1930

From: Wellington Savage Club Inc :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5673-1-1

Description: Formal group of men arranged in front of the entrance to a meeting house. Some of them are wearing woven flax headbands. Two Maori women are seated in the second row from the back. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2011

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017474

Description: Text reads 'Who will put this story together now? A computer screen shows the text 'The plain honest facts about our own little country' and an office chair has the text 'NZPA RIP 2011' on its back. Context - The pending closure of the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) could threaten the survival of regional newspapers, supporters of the national news agency say. The NZPA board yesterday said the future of the 130-year-old newswire service was to be "reviewed". The move was sparked by major shareholder Fairfax, which gave notice of withdrawal from the co-operative. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017312

Description: Text across the top of the cartoon reads 'always design in context' There is a globe, small in the context, with a little message reading 'you are here' pointing, perhaps, to New Zealand or even more specifically, Christchurch; the globe is being threatened from all sides by forces of nature represented by the hand of god reaching out of clouds. Context - the Christchurch earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 and the idea that buildings must be designed in the context of their environment - NZ being earthquake-prone. Perhaps also the idea of 'design in context' in a broader sense. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017623

Description: The scene shows a family at the beach. A very plump father has just jammed a bucket onto the head of a child and kicked him head over heels. His mother tells him that it serves him right for telling his father that 'we're used to one metre rises in sea level because it happens every time he goes swimming'. Context - One of the effects of global warming is rising sea levels. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016382

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister's relief at not being named in the report on MPs' use of credit cards is shortlived; he discovers that he is in the report on the MISUSE of credit cards. Context; The Auditor-General is due to release a report commissioned earlier this year concerning Housing Minister Phil Heatley's use of his ministerial credit card. Mr Heatley resigned from Cabinet but was reinstated after it was found he did not intentionally break the rules by misspending $1402 of taxpayers' money. Prime Minister John Key said the spotlight was now on Ministerial Services. 'The aim of the latest report was to look closely at the adequacy of Ministerial Services' administration of ministers' expenses and to make recommendations on what and where improvements could be made'. (NZ Herald 14 December 2010) Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0016049

Description: A Kiwi rugby fan comments that the Black Caps are 'kicking India's butt in the second innings and wonders about the 'odds' of a win - an Indian fan sitting beside him takes the betting talk seriously, and tells the man he will look up the odds but that he should keep his voice down. Refers to cricket scandals earlier in the year involving Pakistan. India, cricket's financial powerhouse, accounts for nearly 70 percent of the game's global revenues and is regarded as the hotbed for betting syndicates and match-fixers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018530

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is glad there is to be a televised leaders' debate about income inequality because he doesn't see why the PM should earn so much more than him. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).