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Date: 1967 - 1970

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-100-032

Description: Workers for the Natural gas Company explain to an irate householder why they are installing a gas pipe parallel to the power lines using the electrical power poles as support. Extended Title - Natural Gas Company. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Reproduction of black ink and pencil on paper, glued to mount card. Image size 358 x 514 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Enerco, then by Orion New Zealand Ltd.

Date: 1969

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-100-033

Description: The words 'natural gas potential' are loaming out of Tom Shand's pipe to the alarm of the power board men gathered around the seance table. Extended Title - The possibility of discovering vast quantities of natural gas in NZ must be taken into account - Mr Shand at the Electrical Supply Authorities conference. Natural gas potential. Power Boards Seance, Tom Shand, medium. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil on paper, glued to mount card. Image size 320 x 481 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Enerco, then by Orion New Zealand Ltd.

Date: 1950

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; Auckland Herald (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-02-039

Description: Shows two children, Auckland and N. Shore, looking through a glass window and pointing excitedly at an electrified railway system going through a city landscape. Published in the Auckland herald on 4 October 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) newspaper clipping. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping 145 x 225 mm.

Date: 1937

From: Minhinnick, Gordon :[Three cartoon laser copies, published in the New Zealand Herald, August - September 1937].

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-540-002

Description: The cartoon shows a man representing New Zealand, playing rugby and scoring a try. However he has put the ball down at the 25 yard line instead of the try line. Two players from the opposing team, representing British agriculture and Morrison, are laughing as they watch. Two New Zealand farmers are watching with complete surprise. Refers to New Zealand agriculture. Extended Title - "I could always raise a laugh in any British audience by assuring them that the try that Wales was alleged to have scored in 1905 was not a try at all. They all remembered the All Blacks." - Hon Walter Nash. Quantity: 1 Laser copy. Physical Description: Laser copy, A4 size.

Date: 1950

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; Auckland Herald (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-02-058

Description: Shows Mr T C Webb pushing against the stones of Mt Eden prison, so forcefully that he makes a hole in the wall, and the prisoners and guards look on in surprise. Published in the Auckland herald on 3 November 1950. Other Titles - "I intend to throw all my wieght behind the proposal to shift the Auckland Gaol from Mt Eden" - Mr Webb. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) newspaper clipping. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping 145 x 225 mm.

Date: 1967

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-100-030

Description: Tom Shand, New Zealand Minister of Mines and of Electricity, is holding a bottle from which a genie, labelled Kapuni, is emerging to the alarm of watching men labelled power boards and coal. Mount Taranaki is in the background. Extended Title - Kapuni. Power Boards. Coal. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil on paper, glued to mount card. Image size 291 x 397 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Enerco, then by Orion New Zealand Ltd.

Date: 1981

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Dominion (Newspaper); Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); New Zealand herald (Newspaper); Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-691-001/004

Description: Cartoons by Eric Heath (Dominion, 3 Feb 1981), Trace Hodgson (The Press, 2 Feb 1981), Nevile Lodge (Evening Post, 2 Feb 1981) and Gordon Minhinnich (New Zealand Herald, 3 Feb 1981), all relating to the incident on 1 February 1981 when the Australian team beat the New Zealand team at cricket by bowling underarm. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies from newspaper

Date: 1935 - 1940

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

Reference: A-091-064

Description: Prime Minister Michael Savage and Minister of Education Peter Fraser, each wearing a 'W.E.A' tie, are greeted 'G'day Mick!' and 'Howdy Pete!' by two men in the street. The greeting seems to offend Savage and Fraser who call the men 'cads'. Text reads 'The Prime Minister and several members of cabinet were at one time members of W.E.A. classes - it might not be a bad thing for our opponents if they were to go to W.E.A. classes now, but it might be a very dangerous thing for us if they did. Perhaps we should lay down a condition for a subsidy that you will not admit ex-cabinet ministers. Hon P. Fraser, Minister of Education.' Context: Suggests anxiety about class origins by the PM and Minister of Education. Handwritten in ink on verso 'Original by Minhinnick (Auckland) in one of Wellington newspapers about 1932'. Librarian questions that date as Savage was PM from 1935 to 1940 which is clearly when the cartoon was drawn. There is also an address handwritten in ink on verso 'V.G. Newman, 40A Wright St., Wellington. April/64'. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 175 x 240 mm

Date: 1973

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Minhinnick (A-311-1), Mack (A-311-2) and Bird (A-311-3).

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-311-1-043

Description: New Zealand prime minister Norman Kirk creeps along apologetically, holding a small, shakily written 'No Tour' placard, behind a group of determined and angry protestors who are marching to stop rugby sporting tours to and from South Africa as a protest against South Africa's policy of apartheid. A line of policemen hold back the watching crowd. Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper cutting 140mm x 200mm.

Date: 1967

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-100-031

Description: Four 'cavalry' representing the power boards and using electrical power poles as lances are charging into a circle of gas pipes which are firing like canons. Refers to the competition natural gas was now giving the electricity industry. Extended Title - Power Boards. Natural Gas. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil on paper, glued to mount card. 350 x 480 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Enerco, then by Orion New Zealand Ltd.

Date: 1967

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-100-028

Description: Natural gas is portrayed as a greyhound asleep in the starting gate while power charges as the hare race off. He is watched by a bemused New Zealand Prime Minister, Keith Holyoake, men representing the power boards and a frustrated man representing the general public. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil on paper, glued to mount card. Image size 288 x 415 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Enerco, then by Orion New Zealand Ltd.

Date: 1950

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; Auckland Herald (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-01-082

Description: Shows a couple looking at six pictures, entitled: "The house next door - to let"; "Butcher!" (butcher delivers meat to the housewife's door); "Still life" (Scotch whisky bottle and glass); "Auckland Harbour" (no ships tied up by striking workers); "Rice pudding" (good old-fashioned dessert); "Certainly Madam, we'll send them on approval this afternoon" (polite treatment from shop salesman). Published in the Auckland Herald on 10 March 1950. Other Titles - Look, John, How quaint! - No ships waiting at anchor! Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping. Physical Description: newspaper clipping, 152 x 227 mm.

Date: 1950

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; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-01-068

Description: Shows two women gossiping over the teacups. They are labelled Christchurch and Wellington and they are talking about a woman labelled Auckland, who stands in the right background listening to them. Published in the Auckland Star on 22 February 1950. Other Titles - Scandal Other Titles - News - Vancouver journalist criticies Auckland Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping. Physical Description: newspaper clipping, 150 x 225 mm.

Date: 1964

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: J-044-011

Description: Shows Holyoake and Nash talking. Holyoake is looking over his shoulder at an angry Asian man (probably President Sukarno of Indonesia) who is running with a sword in his hand towards another man (Malaysia). Refers to relations between New Zealand and South East Asia. Exhibited in 'The Line-Up' exhibition of 36 cartoons by 36 cartoonists curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library auditorium foyer from 5 April 2002 to mark the tenth anniversary of establishment of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 laser copy

Date: 28 June 1961

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-13-182

Description: Mr Marshall, the New Zealand Minister of Overseas Trade, is leading a group of farmers in a Maori haka, or war dance on the sea shore. A programme leaflet 'Reception to Mr Sandys' is on the ground. Duncan Sandys, the British Secretary of State for Commonwealth relations had led a delegation to New Zealand to soften New Zealand opposition to the British application for entry to the European Economic Community without success. Extended Title - Mr Marshall addresses farmers on implications for N.Z. of E.E.C. - news. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newspaper cutting, 140 x 210 mm. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1995

From: Various Artists :Four laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive auction, 6 November 1997.

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; Winter, Mark, 1958-; Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992

Reference: H-475-002

Description: Four cartoons all featuring David Lange. The first, by Trace Hodgson shows Lange talking to Ronald Reagan and Bob Hawke, Reagan and Hawke are dressed as gangsters and Reagan says, `We want to be your friends, David, we want to look after you. So play the game or we'll smash your kneecaps in! Right, Bob?' Hawke replies `Right boss'; Bob Brockie, shows Bob Hawke being sprayed in the face with a cannister with a peace sign on it as he passes through New Zealand customs. Hawke says, `Starve the lizards Lange, this stuff gets up my nose!', to which Lange replies, `Helps clear the mind'; Chicane, shows Lange in a pair of swimming togs riding a surfboard in a nuclear free Pacific. Lange says, `If you want to rule the waves... you have to be prepared to waive the rules'. Gordon Minhinnick, shows Lange in the Pacific, looking like the famous statue by Michaelangelo, with America and France coming to get him. The caption reads, "`David,' by Michael Langelo". All cartoons refer to the Nuclear issue. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed by David Lange in 1995. Quantity: 1 laser copy. Physical Description: Laser copy, A4 size

Date: 1950

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-652-002

Description: Shows a cheerful looking pair of boys, trying to reassure Clement Attlee, the despairing English Prime Minister, who is seated at a desk on the left, having trouble dealing with Socialism. The governments of New Zealand and Australia were opposed politicially for only three or four years out of four decades from the early 1940s onwards. Labour was in power in New Zealand from 1945-1949 and in Australian from 1941 to 1949. Clement Attlee's Labour Party won office in Britain at the end of the Second World War, remaining in government until 1951. 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. Extended Title - Issues influencing British voters are housing, living costs, value of money, freedom from unnecessary controls, taxation cuts, maintenance of social services and full employment - News. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies A4 size photocopy.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.

Date: 1964

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Minhinnick (A-311-1), Mack (A-311-2) and Bird (A-311-3).

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-311-1-036

Description: The workers in a bank are dancing wildly to the piped music and one couple are kissing behind the counter. Extended Title - New Auckland bank building to have background taped music designed to soothe frayed nerves, reduce mental tension and induce toleration between staff members. - news. Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper cutting, 125mm x 160mm.

Date: 1946

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Minhinnick (A-311-1), Mack (A-311-2) and Bird (A-311-3).

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-311-1-022

Description: Two vignettes. New Zealand prime minister Peter Fraser holding a satchel 'world affairs' is standing on a pedestal 'UNO' surrounded by pressmen when a woman wearing an apron 'Raglan by-election' shouts 'Peter!!" and he leaps off the pedestal, responding anxiously 'Coming, love!'. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.