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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[31 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January-March 1990.]

Date: 1990

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-363-170/200

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, sizes vary, some with bromides stuck on reverse. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Dower, Mark 1949- :[Ten original cartoons published in the Marlborough express and the ...

Date: 1995

By: Dower, Mark, 1949-

Reference: A-305-002/011

Description: Ten cartoons relating to French nuclear testing in the Pacific, United Nations troops in Bosnia, Mt Ruapehu explosion's link to French testing, drug testing of staff in dangerous jobs, arrest of Greenpeace activists near Mururoa, the heavy burden of being a cartoonist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Newspaper and date of publication]. Quantity: 10 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, 210 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:The Auckland watersiders who unloaded some French cargo...

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-134-395

Description: This cartoon features the reaction of Auckland waterside workers who unwittingly unloaded some French cargo in contravention of the FOL ban because of French nuclear testing in the Pacific. A little box is unloaded on the wharf and watersiders are shocked, some are collapsing, others are sick and one is jumping into the sea. Extended Title - Made in France Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 295 x 460 mm

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Bon Jour! 28 May 1983.

Date: 1983

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

Reference: A-331-134

Description: The cartoon shows a small island, New Zealand, with a small pipe reading, Motunui, dripping small amounts of pollution into the sea. Looking over their shoulders the New Zealanders notice a Frenchman from another island waving and saying hello. He is standing next to a pipe that reads, Mururoa, which is pouring huge amounts of pollution into the sea. The New Zealander's look shocked. Refers to the synthetic fuels plant at motunui and to nuclear weapons testing at Mururoa Atoll. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 235 x 185mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Darroch, Bob, 1940- :[Twenty-five cartoons published in the Whangarei Report and the Ch...

Date: 1986 - 1989

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-060/084

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. New Zealand switches from milk in bottles to milk in cartons. Hayley's Comet turns out to be disappointing for most star gazers. High number of requests for aid from sports and charity groups. Children deny tobacco advertising influences their smoking habits. Core samples are taken from the hull of the New Zealand entrant to the America's Cup. 1986 - the International Year of Peace - $1,746,000,000,000 spent on weapons. Mother's Day again. Burglar makes himself at home. General election candidates begin their hand-shaking tour of the rural areas. There's a big turnout for the rugby on election day. People are getting overloaded with the morning radio bad 'news'. Christmas shopping bedlum is upon us. ANZAC Day shows the difference between the self-sacrificing of the returned service men and women and the selfishness of youth. The French do another nuclear bomb test. Cups are shown off at the yacht club, some for winning races but mostly for winning court battles over yacht race rules. Parents supporting their children from the rugby sidelines are becoming increasingly violent. Over-crowding of New Zealand prisons. New Zealand's economic slump sees long ques of people waiting to get Government assistance through the Dept. of Social Welfare. Rogernomics puts the whole country into crisis. Post Offices are closed around the country. Children embrace cigarette smoking. Hospital emergency outpatients restrict their services in an effort to cut costs. Pakeha consider how they can benefit from the Maori land claim process. The law struggles to deal with complications of using force in your own self defence. Ozone layer threatened by fumes, smoke and smog. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). 24 photocopies. Physical Description: A4 size original and photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[33 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January, February...

Date: 1983

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-360-142/175

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 33 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Convention on International Relations (1954; Auckland, N.Z.) :Bulletin No. 1. The bomb ...

Date: 1954

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to nuclear weapons, nuclear power, anti-nuclear protests]

By: Convention on International Relations (1954 : Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-NUCLEAR-1954-01

Description: Pamphlet issued ahead of the Convention on International Relations in Auckland (on 7-13 September 1954). The front cover shows a photograph of a mushroom cloud over a Pacific setting with palm trees. Inside is a report of a determination by churchmen to hold a convention "to promote international understanding and a worldwide allegiance to the purpose of the Charter of the United Nations". The hope was to reduce and control armaments and meet the challenge of nuclear energy. Urges readers to publicise the event, give financial support and send delegates to the convention. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on folded pamphlet, 220 x 141 mm.

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Bromhead, Peter :Sixteen cartoon photocopies published in the Dominion, 1 May 1997 - 15...

Date: 1997 - 1998

From: Bromhead, Peter :Thirty-two cartoon photocopies published in the Dominion, 1 May 1997 - 15 June 1998.

Reference: H-491-017/032

Description: Political cartoons Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

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Darroch, Bob, 1940- :[Cartoons published in the Whangarei Report, Hutt News and the Dar...

Date: 1993 - 1995

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Hutt News (Newspaper)

Reference: A-316-106/123

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Relationship between drinking and increased resistance to colds, joys of club rugby, crisis of resources in the health system, the downside of community involvement in crime prevention, public opinion is negative over clergymen and politicians, increased leisuretime leads to more time spent in criminal activities, violence on the sports field reflects violence in the world around us, Police respond to apparent home-alone case, the publically hounded life of the British royals, current socially unacceptable behaviour blamed on our forebears, women ponder the wonders of evolution, sporting ties bring peace and understanding through onfield competition, UN Peacekeepers observe the war, fallout from French bomb tests at Mururoa, woman tries to get her husband put down, children encouraged to watch more TV and spend less time playing outside in the sun. Original drawings for A-316-111, -113 and -121 in a separate folder, and separately catalogued. Quantity: 17 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :One folder of original cartoons donated for the New Zealan...

Date: 1973 - 1992

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

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: C-133-010/040

Description: Includes cartoons about: Chinese nuclear weapons testing; Trawlermen blockading Wellington and Auckland harbours; Air New Zealand air fares; Cost cutting at hospitals; Fumigation because of a cockroach problem at Hutt Hospital elderly ward; Pollution in Wellington harbour and nuclear weapons testing at Mururoa; Wharfies knock off because of dead rat found in the hull of a ship; Air New Zealand passengers bypassing customs; Port hold up as 400 used cars are steam cleaned; New Zealand medical council; Railway fares rise by 10%; Industrial disruption from railway workers; Condemned railway carriages being demolished; Wellington airport runway; Gambling to see what will come first, an eruption of Mt. Egmont or a nuclear weapon being used in warfare; Doctor's going on strike; Bikies ruling the roads; Bus and train fares rising; Housing; Do it yourself medical treatment; Railway workers asked to report on their workmates to reduce pillaging; Australia to build four frigates for New Zealand; New Zealanders buy 3 Frances Hodgkins fakes; Defence cost cutting; Public health; Rio 1992. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, various sizes.

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Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Aw NO!" [1955]

Date: 1955

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-071

Description: Shows a man labelled 'Mr N.Z.' yelling out in alarm as a hand representing the 'Geological Survey and Mines Depts' fires an arrow labelled 'discouraging report' at 'The Uranium Bubble'. The bubble is being blown by a young boy labelled 'West Cost' The words '23 Nov 1955, "Bubble" cartoon, No. 177' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

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Warrior Records :Herbs "What's be happen?". 3 new songs including 'French letter' on Wa...

Date: 1981

From: Various artists :[Posters advertising sound and phonographic recordings made in 1981].

Reference: Eph-D-PHONO-1981-01

Description: Poster advertising a new sound recording by Herbs shows a small photograph of the group at top centre, above a larger photograph showing a view of the police cordon around protesters at Bastion Point in 1978. Below this photograph is a photograph of a nuclear explosion and mushroom cloud. Other Titles - Three Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 545 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

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Papers relating to Pounamu folk group

Date: [1995]

From: Tikao, Ariana, 1971-: Collection relating to the music of Ariana Tikao

Reference: MS-Papers-11749-2

Description: Papers relating to Pounamu's tour to France in 1995, as the New Zealand representatives on a Body Shop sponsored pacific delegation to campaign against French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Includes itinerary [with the wrong name of `Linda Tikao'], press releases, media reports, correspondence [including from Andy Thompson] and ephemera. Also includes a poem by Jennifer Barrer, and other poems and song lyrics. Also includes a visitor badge for the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and a participation badge for the Fete de l'Humanite 1995, both relating to activities of the Body Shop delegation against nuclear testing. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty cartoons published in the Evening Post between 1 and 30 April...

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-558-001/020

Description: Political cartoons. Paralells between the Nazi ethnic cleansing of the Jews in the 1940's and the ethnic cleansing in Europe in the 1990's. Shows Milosevic soaking in a blood bath to take his mind off the Nato bombing raids. A Serbian soldier explains to the West via a reporter the reasons behind their present actions. The electricity reforms continue to cost the consumer more. The military invite refugees from Kosovo to return to their destroyed homes. Milosevic is prepared to destroy Kosovo in order to save it. Shows India testing a long-range nuclear missile off the back of a cow. Shows Nato commander explaining their strategy of punishing Milosevic by bombing Serbia. This resulted in mass destruction of property and life but no direct harm to Milosevic. New Zealand yachties receive large slaries but are not prepared to pay for weather data from Government Agencies. Serbs use human shields to protect their forward tank movement. Following sex scandals, the Scouts tighten up their screening of adult supervisors. Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley fight over their respective attributes. They agree that women bring poise to politics even in an arguement. Max Bradford gets the country into trouble over electricity reforms. Minister of Tourism, Murray McCully, objects but does not intervene in large, secret and tax-free payouts to directors he forced to resign. Comment on Anzac Day commemorations. Shows two men in their respective backyards burning their Hurricanes supporters rugby gear, comment on another year where the Hurricanes have not played well. Comment on Tau Henare's behaviour of holding onto his Cabinet position when his party, NZ First, pulled out of the National coalition government. Minister of Tourism, Murray McCully, is encouraged to resign after a tourism related row adversely affects National's position in the polls. A new flag for America with a hand holding a smoking gun. Hillary Commission recommends 10 minutes of physical activity, three times a day for couch potatoes. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

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Protest against H-Bomb. Mass public meeting Civic Theatre, Sunday, May 2nd, 2 p.m. Pres...

Date: 1954

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to nuclear weapons, nuclear power, anti-nuclear protests]

By: Clarity Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-NUCLEAR-1954-02

Description: Flier advertising a public meeting in Christchurch against nuclear bombs. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on flier, 205 x 135 mm.

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Now is the hour..when I keep my election promise.. Auckland Sta...

Date: 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-118

Description: Prime Minister Norman Kirk stands on a wharf playing 'Now is the Hour' on a tuba as the ship HMNZS Otago departs, flying the New Zealand flag. The Labour government, elected the previous year, sent the frigate H.M.N.Z.S Otago to Mururoa Atoll to protest against the nuclear testing being done there by the French government. It departed from Devonport naval base on 28 June 1973. Extended Title - H.M.N.Z.S. Otago Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on watercolour paper, 257 x 374 mm

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Gibbard, Leslie 1945- :[Photocopies of original cartoons by Gibbard while in England co...

Date: 1971 - 1987

By: Gibbard, Leslie, 1945-2010

Reference: B-142-076/128

Description: Cartoons done by Gibbard while in England commenting on political issues of the day, both in England and overseas from 1971-1987. Quantity: 53 photocopy/ies of cartoons. Physical Description: Photocopies of ink drawings various sizes Provenance: Donation: Mr Les Gibbard, London 1993

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Bromhead, Peter 1933-:Be my guest New Zealand...Auckland Star, 21 June 1983.

Date: 1983

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-:[Folder of original cartoons, concerning issues to do with nuclear power and weapons, published in the Auckland Star between 22 October 1981 and 10 December 1985].

Reference: A-305-208

Description: French president Francois Mitterand opens a garbage can labelled Muroroa full of dead fish and offers it to New Zealand. Mitterand says `Be my guest New Zealand...'. From the garbage can comes an obviously foul odour. Refers to the damage caused to Mururoa Atoll by decades of French nuclear tests. Also possibly refers to a scientific expedition by South Pacific scientists to assess Mururoa in 1983. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Moruroa. Mitterrand. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 190 x 230 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Nuclear Shelters - ANZUS Style. 16 July 1988.

Date: 1988

From: Bromhead, Peter, b.1933-:[1 Folder of original cartoons, concearning issues to do with nuclear power and weapons, published in the Auckland Star between 24 February 1986 - 5 December 1988].

Reference: A-322-045

Description: The cartoon shows a man, representing New Zealand, lying inside a dog house that is labeled, "Dog Box". He looks very upset and put out being in such a position. The cartoon refers to New Zealand's legislation on ANZUS, how it left New Zealand in the position of having few military allies. So in times of need New Zealand could be in the "Dog Box". Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - The Rainbow Warrior Affair. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card. 190 x 250 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Scott, Tom:Political cartoons published in the Evening post from 1 May 1998 to 29 May 1...

Date: 1998

Reference: H-502

Description: Political cartoons Quantity: 21 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies on archival paper, sizes vary slightly, the average cartoon frame being 14 x 20 cm

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