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Date: 1997

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

Reference: H-418-044/064

Description: Political cartoons. The Todd Panel on superannuation threaten to silence Winston Peters with a 'no vote'. News - Bogus psychiatrist practised in the Hutt. Jim Bolger's leadership of the National Party is under threat. New Zealand Police face a major retention of recruits problem. Jim Bolger and Winston Peters present a united front in an effort to attain harmony between arguing MP's Bill English and Neil Kirton. Winston Peters axes Neil Kirton without any decent excuse - it seemed for being a competent MP. All Blacks victory in a game that saw a lot of blood spilt. Ethical dileamas doctors face over sex with patients. The conditions on which Neil Kirton is allowed to stay in the NZ First caucus. Mental Health services abdicate responsibility and release suicidal people back into the care of their distressed families. Winston Peters considers apologising to officials he smeared in the Winebox Inquiry but thinks better of it. Super 12 win at what price to the bodies of the players. Words the public would like to hear the Minister of Health, Bill English, to say. Loss-making mental health services to become standalone business centres. A pictorial explanation of the Winebox Inquiry saga. Neil Kirton irritates Winston Peters again by making comments on the vehicle speedo scam. With the country in an increasing economic crisis Jim Bolger's political leadership fails. Chemists seek a consultancy fee for providing their expertise to the public. Perhaps petrol station attendants will try it next. The Police form a road block in an attempt to halt the RCD virus. Lotto makes their priorities known - wheelchairs for elite athletes but not for children with muscular dystrophy. Farmers take a laid-back some would say irresponsible attitude to the illegal introduction of the rabbit RCD virus into New Zealand and its possible consequences. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1997

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

Reference: H-418-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. The Auckland Blues win Super-12 game. As Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark soar in the opinion polls Jim Bolger considers a sex-change. Tim Shadbolt becomes deputy leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Tuku Morgan is accused of seeking a fee for an exclusive interview with the media. Public opinion on Tuku Morgan's behaviour. Maori bashing continues over Tuku Morgan, as Maori hit themselves and ask why he just doesn't resign. Maori occupy land in Waiouru during winter as temperatures hit a low. They are protesting against the wild horse mustering? Winston Peter's accepts Tuku Morgan's apology and assumes the moral high ground. International study shows kiwi kids poor at maths but good at bullying. Bob Jones suggests that the Beehive be dynamited. A look at genetic makeup in terms of race. Comment on teacher inaction over bullying in school play grounds. Jim Bolger comments on a meeting between National Party and New Zealand First MPs held in his home. Buyer beware - used car importers rip people off. Comment on what iwi-based Treaty settlements mean to many Maori. The International Rugby Board (IRB) threatens to clamp down on New Zealand style rugby. The law forbids the rich and the poor from living in shoddy housing that leads to unneccesary fires and death. School leaving age kept at 16. Winston Peters finds himself on a high-wire with pressures all around him like, 'fiscal restraint', 'Maori hopes', 'social spending' and 'NZ First's last chance'. Winston Peters goes off to Hong Kong leaving Jim Bolger and Bill Birch defending the budget. Winston Peters at the handover of Hong Kong to China, continues to warn about the Asian take over. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1998 - 1999

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

Reference: H-539-063/086

Description: General Pinochet complains about not being allowed to travel freely. Comment on the Minister of Defence's policy. Opposition Leader, Helen Clark, tells the public about National's intended defence spending. New Zealand's energy resources are put up for sale. Vultures gather around National's leader, Jenny Shipley. Jenny Shipley celebrates her first year as leader of the National Party. Boris Yeltsin reassures Russians he is still alive and running the country even though he is on an intravenous drip of Vodka. Finance Minister, Bill Birch in a pool after his attempt in the NZ Economic Free Fall Competitions. Jenny Shipley passes his togs, which he forgot to put on. Comment on the commercialisation of professional cricket. The House Judiciary Committee sit in judgement over President Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal. New ACC law allows victims the right to sue. Paul East quits politics to take up a cushy post for Foreign Affairs in London. Leaked conversations of Gilbert Myles. US military are relaxed about Iraqi missiles aimed at US Republicans. Jenny Shipley visits Bill Clinton. The world tryys to understand why Serbian security forces commit such terrible atrocitities. The Serbians say 'Because they can' Rachel Hunter and Jerry Hall discuss why they got rid of their rock star husbands. Pam Corkery quits politics. Bill Clinton tells the nation about the state of his relations with his wife Hillary following the Lewinsky allegations. The International Olympic Committee get 1st, 2nd and 3rd for Corruption, Greed and Arrogance. Monica Lewinsky is called to Washington for a high-level debriefing. The Government's response to people's needs following the storms in Northland. Sweetwaters festival leaves a mountain of unpaid debtors. Jenny Shipley advocates her favoured MMP option. Quantity: 24 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1998

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

Reference: H-448-083/102

Description: Political cartoons. President Clinton goes on television to clear his name of sex scandal allegations. Lockwood Smith pledges drought relief to the farmers of Marlborough. Taxpayers get hit for $270 million payouts to Equiticorp statutory managers. A Texas justice representative justifies their views on capital punishment. 158 years after the birth of New Zealand, historians work out why the country still suffers from labour pains - fish hooks in Article II of the Treaty. Titewhai Harawira makes Leader of the Opposition, Helen Clark weep at Waitangi. Shows an alternate way Titewhai Harawira could have protested over Helen Clark speaking on the marae. Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark outline their positions on military action against Iraq. Comment on the proposed military bombing solution for dealing with Iraq's chemical weapons. New Zealand cricket fans get excited over the Black Caps beating the Australian Cricket team. Te Papa gets the thumps up. Jenny Shipley dons her armour and helmet to do battle. The Press Gallery at Parliament struggle to describe the Prime Minister's, Jenny Shipley's, State of the Nation speech. Comment on National's Code of Social Responsibility. Helen Clark, who has been critical of the parenting skills of other MP's is reminded of Frank Sinatra's advise to the Pope on the issue of birth control, 'He no play da game, he no make the rules...' The newly streamlined Mercury Energy is responsible for plunging Auckland into ongoing power cuts. An Iraqi child survivor of American bombing reads, a letter from the President, Bill Clinton. Members of the Board of Mercury Energy are wired to the main power grid - they will be the first to know when the energy to Auckland returns. A Mercury Energy executive defends their performance. Winston Peters unveils his preferred immigration application form. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1998

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

Reference: H-539-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. Comment on the growing gap between the rich and poor in New Zealand. Soldiers explain why it is humane to cut people's throats once they've been driven from their homes. Jenny Shipley reacts negatively to Jim Bolger's book. Jenny Shipley does a unicycle act on the high/slack wire. She can't look down for fear of falling, and she can't look up for fear of the coalition government she carries on her shoulders. Jack Elder and Tuku Morgan line-up behind Tau Henare in a new political allegiance. The American Republicans are exposed in their determination to impeach President Clinton over sex allegations no matteer what public opinion is. Jenny Shipley announces under National's new housing policy people in sub-standard housing will be assisted to buy their properties rather than rent them. Tim Shadbolt has been re-elected Mayor of Invercargill. Russia backs the bloody regime of Slobodan Milosivic against the Albanians. Jenny Shipley receives a negative reaction from the Dairy Board members over comments they should dig their own graves and make their wills. Jenny Shipley's intention of ending the Producer Board's statutory monopolies is thinnly veiled to avoid farmer backlash prior to the election. The Labour Party surges in the polls although their visibility is low. A paralell is drawn between roading reforms proposals and the manner Warriors' boss comments on players like Matthew Ridge. Commment on telephone electronic cueing messages. Canadian newspapers report that Wellington has the best views in the world. A Wellintonian watches as storms blow uprooted trees, boats, cars and other debris past his window. General Pinochet in jail being interrogated over his part in crimes of terrorism committed against Chilean critics of his Military Junta. Two contenders for the Auckland Blues Rugby coaching job are given a lesson in sportsmanship. Otago win the NPC (National Provincial Championships). Palestinian and Israeli leaders are booed by their supporters for their efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. The Met. office build an ark as an indication of the weather to come. Tuariki Delamere considers his political future. Tau Henare sums up the essence of his new Mauri Pacific Party. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 21 May 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Ross, John C (Dr), 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0576-34

Description: These notes were taken from a brief unrecorded telephone interview with John Ross. Talks about completing English Honours at Victoria University in 1962-63, being chairman of the University Literary Society, and recalls Denis Glover as a poetry performer, reading 'The Rakehelly Man' and 'Sings Harry' at the English Department's end of year review. Talks about his thesis on poet Rex Fairburn's 'Dominion', taking it to Glover for his comments, and working on the Fairburn correspondence with Glover prior to Lauris Edmond editing them. Talks about Khura Glover's support for Glover and his work, his thoughts on Glover's drinking. Comments on Glover's writing style - the sophistication of his poetry, comparing it to Ben Johnson's in Elizabethan times or The Beatles lyrics. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Quantity: 1 printed notes - not recorded. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2823.

Date: 15 July, 1995 - 15 Jul 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Young, Jocelyn, 1909-2002; Fairburn, Janis, active 1947-2004; Holman, Dinah, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0576-26

Description: Jocelyn Young (Fairburn) met Denis Glover in 1937 or 1938 through her husband poet Rex Fairburn. Talks about Glover's first wife Mary Glover. Mentions Glover's chronic insomnia. Talks about Glover's reaction to Fairburn's impending death, his vigil for Fairburn and Fairburn's funeral. Mentions Glover talking to Young's mother, Ivy May, about the effect of a decision he made on D Day in World War II. Talks about Glover's friendship with Olive Johnson. Mentions Janet Paul. Talks about the memorial celebration for Rex Fairburn, organised by his friends Harold Innes and winemaker Mate Brajkovich, where Glover gave impromptu readings. Mentions a courtcase brought against Khura and Denis Glover by their landlord at Paekakariki. Describes Glover's friendship with Fairburn and their rapport. Mentions 'The Woman Problem', Fairburn's attitude to women and his relationship with his daughters. Mentions Glover's relationship with Lyn Glover. Mentions Glover's death and funeral. Discusses Glover the poet in comparison to other New Zealand poets, the effect of his personality on his work and his dislike of intellectual or technical poetry. Mentions the characteristics Glover and Fairburn shared that meant they would never be university professors. Jocelyn Young and Rex Fairburn's daughters, Janis Fairburn and Dinah Holman were also present at this interview and contributed some comments (see transcript). Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008808 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2821.

Date: 10 May 1995

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Hunt, Samuel Percival Maitland, 1946-

Reference: OHInt-0576-13

Description: Sam Hunt is interviewed by Gordon Ogilvie's daughter, Margaret Ogilvie in Paramata. Sam Hunt talks about Denis Glover being inseparable from his poems, the poems being part of him, rather than a literary act. Describes him as representing the romantic image of the poet, talks about his favorite Glover poems, Glover's greatest poems. Talks about people wanting to put some of Glover's poems to music, and Glover's response. Talks about Glover's performances, describes a drunken start to the Writers in Schools New Zealand tour which Glover regretted. Describes Glover's personality, talks about Khura Stewart (Glover), describes Glover's reaction and behaviour at her funeral. Talks about visits to Pakaekariki to Denis and Khura Glover's home, alcohol and social evenings and the consequences the next morning. Discusses the rhythm of Glover's poetry, describes his poems, and the capacity of his short poems. Talks about poems always being part of their conversations. Describes events on the Four Poets New Zealand Tour with Hone Tuwhare, Alan Brunton, Denis Glover and Sam Hunt. Mentions an event at a Catholic girls' school on tour. Describes his time with Glover as a mixture of banter, talk, wisdom and humour. Mentions book launches of Lauris Edmond and Fiona Kidman and his own dislike of the intellectual snobbery of the poetry scene. Mentions his fondness for Khura Glover. Interviewer(s) - Margaret Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-8800 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 90 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2812.

Date: 22 Jul 1992

From: Interviews for Romance Writers Book Project

By: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000

Reference: OHInt-0339-02

Description: Rilla Berg recounts early intention to become an authoress in a family of readers. Talks about father, a Danish seaman, and her early childhood on Mount Victoria. Mentions current genealogical project. Outlines her marriage and nursing career at Wanganui Hospital. Describes early writing attempts, lack of confidence and love of others writing including Dorothy Eden. Mentions first novel, published 1974. Talks about writing the history of the New Zealand Women Writers Society, of which she was the president. Recounts death of husband and subsequent travel to the Amazon and Galapagos Islands. Discusses the status of romance writers and limitations placed on romance novel heroines. Outlines personal philosophy of life and personal pleasure found at home. Interviewer(s) - Rachel McAlpine Accompanying material - abstract includes list of interviewee published works Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012754, OHC-012755 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4413.

Date: 01 Oct 1992

From: Interviews for Romance Writers Book Project

By: Hughes, Rose, 1910-1995

Reference: OHInt-0339-07

Description: Catherine Hay is the pseudonym of Rose Hughes. Talks about preference for historical romance writing and her plots that included the New Zealand gold rush and the Tarewera Eruption. Discusses and critiques some of her early publications in detail and summarises the characters. Talks about romantic fiction heroines in New Zealand settings. Outlines work in modern suspense romance genre. Backgrounds her own childhood with parents and younger sister on Te Kuiti farm. Talks about her father's work as a farmer and her early interest in art. Recounts life on the farm including drain digging, making milk butter, collecting eggs, riding a pony to school and early education. Remembers father's bed time stories. Outlines working career as domestic and clerical worker to supplement her writing career. Discusses physical limiations of typing. Recounts death of her husband, travel and health problems with Parkinson's Disease. Interviewer(s) - Rachel McAlpine Accompanying material - abstract includes list of interviewee published works Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012756, OHC-012757 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4414.

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-587-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. Jack Elder tries to explain his innocence in awarding a travel grant to a school cultural group containing colleagues' daughters. NZ First waken from political death in time to campaign for the 1999 General election. A green lipped muscle reads scary stories from the book 'Tales from the Lab' to his children. Refers to research into cancer cures. Infant looks suspiciously at mother's nipple and opts for the scrambled egg if there's any chance of the milk having been genetically modified or irradiated. NZ and Australian Ministers of Health have declared war on depression. A drepressed man says over the breakfast table, when politicians start slashing their wrist in large numbers, then he'll cheer up. Over a beer two men discuss All Black coach, John Hart's performance. Police warn the public of an IBM fugitive. Refers to the IBM scoop of public money for a Police computer main-frame that never eventuated. Politicians avoid the responsibility of the INCIS Police computer fiasco. Media woman interviews state minister on the tit for tat shooting down of Indian and Pakistan military planes. She suggests there may be a risk of it leading to nuclear war. The minister says they'll cross that bridge when they come to it. Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley battle it out in the preferred Prime Minister Polls. Shows the Statue of Liberty with a gun to her head. The caption says, 'tighten up the gun laws America, or the lady gets it...' Boris Yeltsin appoints his 5th Prime Minister in 17 months. The new Prime Minister looks distincly uneasy as his chair sits on a trap-door. Shows and elephant (IBM) being sting by a bee (Bill Birch). Refers to the Police INCIS computer fiasco. Earthquake rocks Turkey, they call for help. Academics discuss the government's five-step knowledge-based economy plan to restore NZ's stand of living. One says, 'Sounds fabulous, except that you can't take two steps across an abyss...' New Zealand Black Caps beat the English cricket team. World athletics is shackled by the weight of the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs. Mike Moore leaves government politics with a sense of freedom at last. Possible outcome of mixing human genes into cows. Petrol Companies hold motorists to ransom with higher petrol prices. The shadow of violence hangs over voting in East Timor. Derek Quigley steers the select committee looking into decommissioning NZ's air-strike capability. National are alarmed as they thought Quigley was on their side. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1925-1995

By: White, Dorothy Mary Neal, 1915-1995

Reference: MS-Group-1262

Description: Comprises diaries and notebooks, correspondence and draft articles on children's reading, librarianship and literature in general. Also included are papers and letters on her study at Canterbury University College, her early library work and her time with the Carnegie School of Librarianship in Pittsburgh (1937-1939). Her personal papers contain family and personal letters, memoranda and housekeeping details, which give a detailed picture of Dunedin middle class life in the 1950s. There also papers relating to her first husband, Dick White, the Dunedin bookseller and actor. She collected brochures, printed material and newspaper cuttings on a wide variety of topics, especially on children's literature and on the Otago Branch of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, of which she was a keen supporter. A committed lay member of the Anglican communion in Dunedin, she also kept papers relating to church work and to St Paul's Cathedral. Finding aid updated with information provided by reseacher, February 2016. Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: Divided into series by format and subject. Dorothy Neal White, a noted librarian specialising in children's literature, radio broadcaster and writer, had studied at the Carnegie School of Librarianship in the 1930s and worked from the 1940s at the Dunedin Public Library. The Dorothy Neal White Collection of children's literature at the Nastional Library of New Zealand was named in her honour. Quantity: 243 folder(s). 85 volume(s). 3 box(es). 5.27 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms V Feltham, Wellington, 2004 Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Several pamphlets - To Photographic Archive - 42 black and white, 4 colour original photographic prints from A2004-056 (PAColl-7953).

Date: 1994

By: Clark, Laurence, 1949-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-317-064

Description: The cartoon shows Bob Hawke and David Lange as rugby players of their home nations engaged in a fight. Refers to the release of a book written by Bob Hawke that criticised David Lange. Also refers to the Bledisloe cup rugby test between New Zealand and Australia played the same day. Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 227 x 318 mm.