Places

Date: 1949

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

Reference: C-164-050

Description: The title reads 'Hardly cricket! The cartoon shows a game of cricket with the 'Budget' as the wickets. Labour bowls and National bats and the two leaders wear multiple hats. From the left, clockwise, the batters (National) are - ?, William Sullivan, William Goosman, National leader Sid Holland, ?, Ronald Algie. From left clockwise (Labour) are Walter Nash, PM Peter Fraser, Robert Semple, ?, ?, ?. A judge sitting above calls out 'No ball', 'over', wide', and 'out'. Text reads 'Station 2YA - We now cross for a bawl by bawl commentary by John-Owe-a-lot, on the third day's play of the match Gentlemen v. Players - "Holland has yet to open his Account... Nash opens the bowling... Fraser will take over at the other end... Holland loans into this one and makes a recovery drive for four million... John Taxpayer sends a very poor return into the income tax people.... Semple comes on to bawl... He's looking for an argument to bowl with... What's Orson Wells doing at Third Man? Goosman is yet to break his duck... Now he electrifies the crowd with a tremendous power cut... Point of order is moving in... There's an apeal against the Electric Light Account... and they're taking the tea adjournment, so I'll pass you over to "Arfer Million for his impressions so far".' The title 'Start of the political stunt season' is at the bottom. Scribbled in blue ink are the words 'Cancelled' (why?) Was it because Labour lost and this cartoon shows them pretty confident? Also text '4 col Stipple over carpet'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 555 x 760 mm

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Weidner, Frederick William, 1866-1929: Negatives of Kaikoura and district

Reference: 1/2-021804-G

Description: Three unidentified men in front of the Kaikoura Star newspaper general election results board, circa 1920s. Photograph taken by F W Weidner, in the Kaikoura district. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1955 - 1956

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-019

Description: The cartoon is a series of caricatures of members of the Monetary Commission of 1955 (Royal Commission to report on the monetary, banking and credit system in New Zealand) along with a short quotation for each of them. Clockwise from the left they are - 'Sir Arthur Tyndall, Chairman, Judge of the Arbitration Court. "I claim to be a practical man..",Mr R.M. Hutton-Potts, Managing Editor, Southland News and well-known radio speaker on international affairs. "With quaifications and reservations...", Mr F.C. Jordan, Barrister and Solicitor, of Auckland, representing the N.Z. Social Credit Association. "I submit, Mr Chairman and gentlemen...", Mr E.D. Wilkinson, Public Accountant and Member of the Commission. "Answer my question plainly, please.", Mr F.P. Walsh, President of the Federation of Labour. "My people are interested..", Sir Wilfred Sim Q.C., Counsel for Associated Banks and Dr O.C. Mazengarb Q.C., Counsel for Mr H.J. Kelliher and the Mirror Publishing Company Ltd. Said the Chairman "I'm between the devil and the deep Q.C.'s." Mr C.G. Trotter, Managing Director of the Farmers' C0-operative Organisation Society of N.Z. Ltd. and a well-known figure in farm finance. "I want to get this clear...", Mr W.G.V. Fernie, Christchurch businessman and President N.Z. Employers' Federation. "You have to convince the Commission...", Mr G.G.G. Watson Wellington lawyer and company director. "Would you or would you not..."' Context - The Monetary Commission was a Royal Commission established in March 1955 to investigate the deficiencies of the banking system and to try to display inconsistencies in Social Credit precepts. Social Credit had won 11% of the total vote in the 1954 election which upset political calculations. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 330 x 415 mm

Date: 1949

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-017

Description: The cartoon is a series of cameos featuring politicians and others as All Blacks as the country heads towards the 1949 general election. The first cameo shows a man with a '?' on his jersey who scratches his head; text below reads 'Masterton - wet or dry, a trustworthy player-' The second shows PM Peter Fraser running with a rugby ball that represents 'Raglan' under his arm; text reads 'P. Fraser - his duel with Bretton Woods, (the international) will be watched with great interest-' The third cameo shows leader of the National Party, Sid Holland, whispering in the ear of a much smaller Frederick Widdowson Doidge who holds a rugby ball; text reads 'Private enterprise' - Sid's great discovery, knows all the doidges (wordplay on 'Doidge' and 'dodge') (no relation to Doug. Credit.) (is 'doug' another wordplay?) In the fourth cameo a player with his leg in plaster lies on a bed which floats in the sea; text reads 'M.S. Wanganella - the (dead) lock, may be a dead loss, still in dock with injuries received earlier. Has been to Australia before.' The fifth cameo shows a black rectangle with the words 'Wellington - All Black' below it. The sixth cameo shows two players bending over and presenting their backsides to the viewer; below are the words 'The union secretaries - back row, side row, front row, any old row will suit them - especially if it's about danger money-' (wordplay on 'row' meaning a straight line and the differently pronounced 'row' meaning 'argument') The seventh cameo in the centre is Walter Nash who grabs for a ball that represents the 'budget' (Nash's 'black budget'); text reads 'Touch'yer Nash - the fly-away half contemporary and admirer of Charlie Taxton; playing loan (or) cash (or) share league reputedly for big money-' Below him is 'Angus McLagan - the left winger - a hard man to tackle, possibly the toughest man in the country-'; McLagan runs with the ball looking tough. Eighth is a large player who sits on a rugby ball that represents 'work' looking stubborn above the text 'Willie Watersider - the go-slow (ex-Onslow) forward, generally asking somebody to back up, back out, back down, or back pay -' and in the corner is a player holding a ball that represents Karapiro above the text '-and of course, R. Semple, one of the best feat-bawlers in the country!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 380 x 490 mm

Date: 1975

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-022880-F

Description: Mr Nathan, National Party candidate for Island Bay, Wellington, during the 1975 New Zealand general parliamentary elections, standing beneath a defaced election poster. Evening Post photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1931]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008237-G

Description: Parliamentary general election results on display outside the Christchurch Press Company building, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, taken ca 1931 by The Press (Christchurch) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1901-1904

By: Watt, George Thomas, 1871-1933

Reference: PA1-o-516

Description: Photographs of family and friends, and scenes in the Wellington area and Hawkes Bay, taken by George Thomas Watt People and places named are listed in the headings above. Two images show the Wellington Post Office in the daytime and night time, when decorated in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. The night view shows the Post Office brightly lit with decoration. In the middle of the album is a group of 6 tourist-style photographs of young Maori women. One image shows the house owned by Thomas and Matilda Watt, at 172 Hastings Street, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, spine brown taped, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 22.5 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1994

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times 2 July - 22 September 1994

Reference: H-172-028

Description: Shows the 'Trickle Down' effect of 'Broken Promises' and 'Deception' from the Beehive, down to 'Corruption' and 'Tax Evasion' at business level, to 'Dishonesty' and 'Absenteeism' at worker level, to 'Drugs' and 'Vandalism' at street level, to 'Truancy' and 'Fibs' at childhood level. 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 cartoon bromide(s) and 1 photocopy. Physical Description: A4 size horizontal bromide and photocopy

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

By: New Zealand National Party

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1949-02

Description: Front cover shows a portrait of Mrs Berta Burns. Inside the pamphlet are arguments in favour of voting for her, and the back page has a poem "Pete's retreat", about Peter Fraser and the 1949 election by B S Burns (ie herself, Berta Sinclair Burns). Berta Burns stood for the Brooklyn seat against Peter Fraser, the Prime Minister and MP for Brooklyn. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on either side of folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded pamphlet, 222 x 138 mm.

Date: 1954

From: New Zealand Labour Party :[Ephemera, including election pamphlets and propaganda. 1950-1959].

By: New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: Eph-B-NZ-LABOUR-1954-01

Description: An arrangement of text and illustration, showing a head and shoulders portrait of James Alder (Jim) Bateman. Bateman was unsuccessful in this and the 1957 elections. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 252 x 192 mm.

Date: 1905

By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1905-01

Description: Shows a map of the North Island with shading for Lands disposed of, Crown lands, and Native lands. The text argues that the locking-up of native and crown lands means that settlement is blocked, prosperity is retarded, commercial and industrial progress is hampered, agricultural and pastoral resources are remaining undeveloped, would-be settlers cannot find homes, and merchants and traders and the general community is seriously affected. This land, if thrown open for settlement would find employment for another 50,000 people. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Wilson and Horton, Printers, Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engraving on paper, 570 x 455 mm.

Date: 1905

From: [Ephemera, pamphlets about politics and cards promoting political candidates in elections. 1900-1909].

By: Hornblow, Andrew Reed, 1870-1961

Reference: Eph-A-POLITICS-1905-01

Description: An arrangement of text, with the motif of a small figure in tuxedo, pointing. Other Titles - Tonight Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet 230 x 176 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-134-765

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: Dec 1905

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

By: McCaskey, J, active 1890-1905

Reference: 1/2-034652-G

Description: Pahiatua Herald general election results board on the roof of a building housing the Trocadero Tea Rooms, December 1905. The board shows the numbers of votes for candidates Buchanan, Hawkins, and Ross (Robert Beatson), all of whom were competing for the Pahiatua seat in Parliament. Photograph taken in Pahiatua by J McCaskey. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1954

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-023

Description: Leader of the Labour Party Walter Nash and Prime Minister Sid Holland peer with torches into the darkness of the Waitomo Caves. Scattered among the stalactites and stalagmites appear the words 'wages', 'police', 'prices', Antarctica', 'budget', 'housing', 'SEATO', and 'railways'. Walter Nash's torch picks out a grinning elf sitting on a toadstool. Context - probably just before the 1954 election, won by the National Party but in which Social Credit won 11% of the total vote. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil and Chinese white on paper 380 x 480 mm

Date: 1999

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

Reference: DCDL-0006742

Description: Shows the leader of New Zealand First, Winston Peters, dressed as a prostitute and soliciting on a street corner. The ground is covered with empty cigarette packets and butts. Refers to New Zealand First leaving coalition options to the vagaries of the election result. In fact Labour won the 1999 election. NZF and the Nats went into coalition in 1996 but their agreement fell apart in 1998. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1949

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

Reference: C-164-049

Description: The title in pencil below is 'Start of the political stunt season'. Sid Holland, leader of the National Party, has tried to do a series of somersaults and ends up crashing painfully onto the mat. Nearby PM Peter Fraser (standing on one hand) and Finance Minister, Walter Nash, do competent gymnastic exercises and the PM says (referring to Sid Holland's crash) 'I believe he calls it the 'No confidence motion'. Context - the run up to the 1949 election which was won comfortably by National. The title 'Start of the political stunt season' is at the bottom. Scribbled in blue ink are the words 'Cancelled' (why?) Was it because Labour lost and this cartoon shows them pretty confident? Also text '4 col Stipple over carpet'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 555 x 760 mm

Date: 1957

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; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-09-045

Description: A scene in Parliament showing Members rushing out the door, as the clock nears 10 p.m. Another M. P., still seated, is waving a petition at the departing Members, referring to the legendary late-closing habits of West Coast bars Quantity: 1 newspaper clippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping

Date: 1931

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008239-G

Description: Crowd checking the 1931 parliamentary general election results, Cathedral Square, Christchurch. The results were posted on a hoarding attached to the Christchurch Press building. Press (Christchurch) photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1905

By: Orr & Company

Reference: Eph-C-POLITICS-1905-01

Description: Shows a small hesad and shoulder portrait of Mr A S Adams, the political candidate for Dunedin Central in the 1905 general elections. There is a biography of Mr Adams, a solicitor involved with Workers' Building Societies and United Friendly Societies, and a president of the New Zealand Alliance. The poster was issued on behalf of Mr Adams' various committees: Rachel Don, President, Ladies' Committee; Hugh Mitchell, Chairman, Central Committee; H W McColl, Chairman, Roslyn Committee. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 354 x 217 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1983.