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Tremain, Garrick 1941-:37 cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times between 14 Februa...
Date: 2002
Reference: H-668-001/020
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Whanau benefits in Maori TV funding and jobs, Helen Clark advises Australia to stay out of New Zealand politics, the stranding of the tanker Jody F Millennium off the Coast of Gisborne, air-sprayed 'painted apple moth' toxin seen as a possibility for dealing with Palmerston North gangs, Government spending prioroties questioned, Judges private use of lap-top computers called into question after pornography accessing case, Helen Clark and Peter Davis come to terms with royal protocol, the Queen arrives in NZ and is greeted by the Deputy Prime Minister, comparrisons of Royal and Vice Regal visits including the beleaguered Australian Govenor General, 2002 Rich List and the increasing poverty of the ordinary man, the Government considers new road tax on motorists, ex-MP's and their spouses travel perks, The Queen and Duke meet Australian PM Howard and Govenor General, Governments spending priorities questioned, large amount of new road tax to fund Auckland roading development, Alliance Party in self destruction mode, the unlikely prospect of Bill English becoming Prime Minister, Helen Clark wonders whether the Governments policies have given the unions too much strength, ease of securing money for social activities if you call them a 'hui', NZ Rugby Football Union loses co-host status for World Cup and it's associated revenue. Quantity: 20 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies
Interview with Helen Hughes
Date: 8 Jun 2000 - 08 Jun 2000
From: Quaker Oral History Project
By: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929-
Reference: OHInt-0427-28
Description: Helen Hannah Hughes born Nelson (a home birth). Describes childhood in Tahunanui; move to Nelson; schooling; Quaker household; Presbyterian Sunday School; University College, Canterbury and study at Vasser (USA). Recalls meeting David Crowther Hughes and describes wedding in drawing room at home; honeymoon at Kina, in ancient Austin 7; setting up home in Christchurch and having three children in three years and three months. Mentions return to teaching, relieving at Te Wai Pounamu and later at Onslow College. Describes move to Suva and work with Fiji Department of Agriculture. Gives details of work with weeds on Rewa river. Recalls return to New Zealand and describes Ian Baumgart, Commissioner for Environment and move to DSIR as Environmental Co-ordinator with reference to New Zealand Conservation Strategy. Discusses influence of Strategy and refers to Sir Frank Holmes and Ken Piddington. Continues to outline career, government restructuring following 1984 Election and appointment as Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. Discusses rabbit control, subsidies on pest control and refers to `1080 poison dropped on McKenzie Basin and import of Spanish Flu - Rabbit Caliceo Virus Disease. Discusses threads through career: Toxic Chemicals, ICI Fire in Auckland; system to deal with hazardous chemicals; Mapua waste; Resource Management Act 1991; Hazardous substance and new organisms legislation. Lists committements since retirement in 1996; On Cawthorne Institute Trust Board; Worldwide Fund for Nature Board; UNESCO Science Commission; Council of Wellington Branch of Royal Society and served on New Zealand Academic Board Unit. Discusses involvement as Quaker: Wellington Meeting Children's Committee. Accompanying material - Photocopy of Reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment January 1987-May 1997 Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007462-007464 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 2.25 Hours and minutes Duration. 1 Interview(s). Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1886, OHDL-000612.
Winter, Mark 1958- :[Stags snip snip] 4 February 2013
Date: 2013
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023968
Description: Depicts a stag imagining himself without antlers. Text reads velvet from deer antlers contains banned growth hormone and could this mean 'snip snip' for the stags. Golfer Vijay Singh withdrew from the Phoenix Open a day after admitting he used deer antler spray which contains banned muscle growth hormone IGF-1. (NZ Newswire 4 Feb 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Ekers, Paul, 1961-: Sewage leak closes beach again. 8 January 2010
Date: 2010
From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]
Reference: DCDL-0029323
Description: Black and white cartoon shows a man and a woman both wearing full-body hazmat suits, helmets, gloves, and gumboots, as they walk hand in hand along the beach. The man turns to the woman and says, "Is it just me or has a romantic evening stroll along Owhiro Bay lost some of it's appeal?" Text at the top of the cartoon reads, 'Sewage leak closes beach again'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).