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

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.

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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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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:Dire results if Kawerau dispute causes complete newspri...

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-134-504

Description: This cartoon features three scenarios if newsprint becomes unavailable because of an industrial dispute at the pulp and paper plant at Kawerau. In the first a man is complaining to his wife that he has been laid off because of the dispute but now there is no newspaper to look for jobs. In the second one a family is complaining about the electricity cuts and now there is no paper to light the fire and in the third the fish and chip shop is closed because there is no newsprint to wrap them in. Label attached to verso has date Thur 23/8 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 316 x 394 mm

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[31 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January-March 1987.]

Date: 1987

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

Reference: A-362-160/191

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[27 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in September-October...

Date: 1986

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

Reference: A-362-112/138

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 27 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[25 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January-July and ...

Date: 1980 - 1981

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

Reference: A-362-001/025

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Evans, Malcolm :Twelve cartoon photocopies, the winning entry in the 1999 Qantas Media ...

Date: 1999

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper); Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-; Qantas Airways Ltd

Reference: H-623-001/012

Description: Cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald, 1999, and the winning entry in the 1999 Qantas Media Awards (other finalists were Tom Scott, Garrick Tremain, Malcolm Walker and Mark Winter) Quantity: 12 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[18 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in October 1988.]

Date: 1988

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

Reference: A-363-110/127

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 18 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. 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- :[23 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in May and July 1988.]

Date: 1988

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

Reference: A-363-053/075

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 23 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Hubbard, Jim, 1949- :Six original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archives...

Date: 1995 - 1997

By: Hubbard, James, 1949-

Reference: B-154-009/014

Description: Includes cartoons about: The New Zealand cricket team's bad batting performances; New Zealand cricket team versus the West Indies; Wellington stadium; Military input on unemployment; Australia plans 2 year delay on Kiwi dole; Streakers in cricket. Quantity: 6 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, various sizes.

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Lynch, James, 1947-:'Stop bothering me little Nat! Can't you see I've got this big bad ...

Date: 1983

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-054

Description: Prime Minister Rob Muldoon stands outside a cage that represents the wage 'freeze' with a gun; inside the cage is a mournful-looking bear representing 'inflation'. A small National supporter looks behind him and tries to draw the PM's attention to an enormous bear that represents 'employment'. Context: The freeze on wages and prices seemed to have supressed inflation temporarily but now unemployment loomed as a huge threat.The Young Nationals had expressed concern about it but received an unsympathetic response from the PM. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

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Lynch, James, 1947-:'Funny how it seems to have got dark out there all of a sudden!' 13...

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-094

Description: Shows a school house with a huge dark cloud representing 'unemployment' hanging over it. Context: Employment prospects for school leavers were at the worst for many years. A big issue at this time of year. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[34 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in August and Septem...

Date: 1988

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

Reference: A-363-076/109

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 34 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Tremain, Garrick :Thirty-nine cartoon photocopies published in the Otago Daily Times, 3...

Date: 1999

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-552

Description: Political cartoons and caricatures. Quantity: 39 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

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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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McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001:[Collection of newsprint clippings of illustrations an...

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001

Reference: A-369-088/098

Description: Collection of political cartoons published in The Southern Cross which mainly relate to Sidney Holland and his conservative policies, as well as the New Zealand forces that were sent to Japan after its deafeat in World War II. Also contains cartoons that are specific to the Wellington region with particular reference to mayor William Appleton and the prison on Mt Crawford. International issues are also adressed; especially those relating to Britain's class sysyem and the social problems that the nation faced in the aftermath of World War II. Quantity: 11.

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Lynch, James, 1947-:NZR - competition, unemployment, apprentices, staff. 21 August 1983

Date: 1983

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-056

Description: Shows Minister of Railways George Gair driving a train around a dangerous corner on a cliff edge ahich causes staff and apprentices to fall out. Context: Minister of Railways, George Gair had initiated reforms in the Railways which involved layoffs, reduced aprenticeships and increased road competition. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

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Lynch, James, 1947-:The people statistics. 20 October 1980.

Date: 1980

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-012

Description: Cartoon shows a graph on which a queue of unemployed people on the dole climbs upwards from 1000 in 1974 to 60,000 in 1979. Unemployment reached a record high in 1980 after a history of full employment. The words 'The people statistics' appear in pencil beneath the cartoon. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and Chinese white on paper, 345 x 530 mm

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Lynch, James, 1947-:'Don't be silly! If I stopped feeding them... They'd eat me!' 6 Mar...

Date: 1983

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-045

Description: Shows Prime Minister Muldoon feeding two enormous plants that represent 'S.M.P.' and 'Welfare'. In the background the 'world economy' is shown as a scarecrow and 'Think big' is shown as a stick in the ground from which nothing grows. Text top left reads "Social Welfare recruits 250 extra staff to pay the dole" - S.M.P.s" to continue" - News. Context: The "SMP" was the "Supplementary Minimum Price" scheme which supplemented farmers incomes. These schemes plus the extra unemployment caused by poor economic times was having a serious impact on Government spending and the PM felt neither could be reduced. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 280 x 350 mm

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