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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: 1885 - 1910

Reference: D-016-015

Description: Cartoon showing an unidentified candidate for election speaking from a platform to a group of inattentive and disruptive people. Audience members are saying 'Bosh', 'Order, order' and 'Puff' and one man has fallen over. A bottle of 'Old Tom' is on the table behind the speaker and several people are holding drinking glasses Includes a pencilled note, upper right: 'This emanated from the brain of an exhausted editor after a fit of delirium tremens' The style of clothing suggests a date between the late 1880s and early 1900s. All those present are men, which may suggest a date prior to 1893 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 580 x 874 mm

Date: 1960

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

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1960-01-cover

Description: Cover of booklet put out before 1960 election. Shows head and shoulders portrait of Mr Hampson-Tindale in shirt and jacket, wearing spectacles. Other Titles - Booklet cover Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 204 x 127 mm.

Date: 1999

From: Scott, Tom, 1947- :Eighty-eight cartoon bromides published in the Evening Post, 30 September 1999 - 29 February 2000.

Reference: H-606-018

Description: The leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, Helen Clark, with a cannabis cigarette in her hand, refers to her flirtation with the Green Party which advocates the legalisation of cannabis. The cartoon also puns on United States President Bill Clinton's assertion that he had oral sex but not full intercourse with Monika Lewinski and to earlier comments that he had tried cannabis but had not inhaled the smoke. Extended Title - 'I took a puff, but I did not inhale...' Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A5 size bromide of ink drawing.

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: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :One folder of original cartoons on the subject of rugby published in the Auckland Star between 1982 - 1988.

Reference: A-322-075

Description: The cartoon shows two men, one representing the New Zealand rugby union and the other representing South Africa. They are passing a rugby ball between them that repesents the election year. Refers to sporting ties with South Africa and the effects they have politically. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card. 190 x 260 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: 1949

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

By: New Zealand National Party

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1949-03-cover

Description: Cover of booklet put out before 1949 election. Shows map of New Zealand, a red country on a navy blue sea. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 181 x 139 mm.

Date: 1995 - 2003

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-001-552

Description: Caricature of New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clark riding a white horse and dressed as a page delivering a proclamation. Could be Helen Clark going to the country calling the 2002 General Election. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1977

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Van der Voo (A-316-1), Malcolm Walker (A-316-2), Mark Winter (A-316-3), Neil Lonsdale (A-316-4).

By: Walker, Malcolm, 1950-; Sunday News (Newspaper)

Reference: A-316-2-018

Description: A row of vultures perch on a branch above the dying body of 'Mangere' (the electorate), while one of them, 'Lucky Lange' flies down to scavenge it. David Lange won the seat of Mangere in a by-election. Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper cutting 170mm x 270mm.

Date: 1985

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024920

Description: Shows David Lange and Jim McLay at the starting line for a race. Both are injured - Lange has a broken leg (Unions) and a injured arm (Inflation) and McLay is in a wheelchair with a broken leg (Leadership). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The Timaru by-electio saw both parties in terrible shape'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1980

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022049

Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon being chased by a 'scapegoat' representing National Party President George Chapman. In the background ministers Derek Quigley and Brian Talboys urge the scapegoat on. Context: The loss of East Coast Bays in a by-election sent shockwaves through the National party.The P.M. blamed the party organisation (George Chapman) and the party and many M.P.'s blamed the P.M. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1981

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022092

Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon as a bulldog which is tethered to a stake beside a kennel. The President of the National Party George Chapman is a cat and sits on top of the kennel. The bulldog barks at several chickens which squawk and scatter. The chickens represent the leader of the Labour Party Bill Rowling, and Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham who are on the ground and Jim Knox, Secretary of the Federation of Labour, who is in the air. Context: The Prime Minister was making a habit of threatening early elections and scaring the other leaders and the unions; none of whom were ready to contest an election at the time. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [1925 or 1931]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008238-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [1925 or 1931]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008241-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.