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Photographs relating to the Strongman Mine disaster
Date: 1967
From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn
Reference: PAColl-9543-51
Description: Photographs relating to the Strongman Mine disaster of 1967, taken by Joseph Quinn Includes photographs of the rescue effort and funerals and graves. The associated negatives include photographs of the commission of inquiry and MBE medal awards Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s) proof sheets. 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints, negative envelopes
Report of the Royal Commission investigating the disaster at the Dobson Colliery
Date: 1927
From: New Zealand. Department of Mines : Mining manuscripts
Reference: MSY-4517
Description: Includes evidence given by witnesses with index Quantity: 1 volume(s) (468 pages). Physical Description: Typescript
Miscellaneous records (714-864)
Date: 1926-1927
From: Hutt County Council : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/05
Description: Correspondence and papers re unemployment; Paekakariki Quarry; visit of Duke and Duchess of York; epidemic organisation re influenza; tree planting and eucalypts; old Maori canoe in Mr Whiteman's paddock at Whiteman's Valley (see also folder 119/4); Dobson Coal Mine Disaster Relief Fund, 1926; railways; and other miscellaneous matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Coal Mine Victims. Child Abuse Victims. 23 December 2010
Date: 2010
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016473
Description: The cartoon shows the entrances to two coal mines; the first is named 'Coal Mine victims' and the second 'child abuse victims'. Context - Comment on discrepancy in media coverage and numbers. The coal mine victims were the 29 miners who died in the Pike River Mine disaster of 19 November 2010. The child abuse victims are those reported in the following 'Between June 2009 and June 2010 Child, Youth and Family received 124,921 reports of concern about children, of which 55,494 required further action'. 'Child, Youth and Family and child protection trainers 'Child Matters' are jointly delivering the series of free workshops to professionals who work with children'. The workshops will run from 17 November 2010 until March next year, reaching more than 20 towns around the country and training 800 people. Colour and black and white versions available. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
"What royal wedding?" 27 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016206
Description: A man sits watching a report of the royal wedding as his wife reads about the 'Pike River tragedy' in the newspaper. She is so engrossed in the mine tragedy that she is oblivious to the royal wedding. Context; an explosion at the Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010 trapped 29 miners - they did not survive. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is to take place on April 29 2011 at the 1000-year-old Westminster Abbey. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
THE YELLOW RIBBON. Symbol of HOPE... now SHARED SORROW. 26 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0016227
Description: The cartoon shows a knotted yellow ribbon above the text 'Symbol of hope now shared sorrow'. Context; after the second huge explosion from the Pike River Mine people realized that the 29 trapped miners could not have survived. The first Pike River Mine explosion was on 19 November 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-:[Christchurch earthquakes and Pike River Mine] 24 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017166
Description: The cartoon shows the hands of two people joined in mutual despair and kindness. One represents 'Christchurch' and the other the 'Pike River Mine'. Context - the 7.1 earthquake on 4 September 2010 in Christchurch in which there was a lot of damage but no deaths, the Pike River Mine disaster which occurred on the West Coast on 19 November 2010 and caused the deaths of 29 coal miners and now on 22 February 2011 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch which has probably killed more than 200 people (at this point the number is still not known) and caused much more severe damage. The reason the apparently lesser magnitude quake caused more destruction is because it was very shallow, was in the middle of the day and struck very close to the centre of the city. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
The South Island. 3 December 2010
Date: 2010
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016249
Description: The South Island is depicted as a punch bag which is reeling with the punishment inflicted after having been practised on by 'blizzards', 'earthquakes', 'disasters' and now 'drought'. Context; the Christchurch earthquake of 4 October and the Pike River Mine disaster of 19 November as well as some fairly extreme weather. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Miners' memorial. 2 December 2010
Date: 2010
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016250
Description: In a darkened space stands a smiling miner; he wears his helmet on the front of which his lamp shines and he carries his kit; behind him is a crowd of miners also with kits and lamplit helmets. Refers to the Pike River Mine disaster of the 19th November in which 29 coalminers died. Title from file name Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A tragic blast has paralysed our country. Stunned, in shock we wait expectantly. For a ...
Date: 2010
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016150
Description: Shows the entrance to a dark tunnel from which a bright star shines. Text reads 'A tragic blast has paralysed our country Stunned, in shock we wait expectantly for a sign, a light in the darkness Because hope springs eternally'. Refers to the Pike River Mine disaster of 19th November 2010. At the time this cartoon was drawn there had still been no contact with the miners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
RIP 29. 2 December 2010
Date: 2010
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016257
Description: The cartoon shows a miner's helmet bearing the number '29' with its lamp lit. Refers to the Pike River Mine disaster of the 19th November in which 29 coalminers died. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Unveiling of memorial stone at graves of miners killed in Strongman Mine disaster, Karo...
Date: 18 Jan 2004
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000288
Description: Views of the unveiling of a stone memorial on 18 January 2004 to mark the graves of the 19 men who died in the 1967 Strongman Mine disaster. Shows ceremony at Karoro Cemetery, Greymouth. Source of descriptive information - Event identified by Library client Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Events (brunner memorial)" Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s).
THE GRAND SLAM. A MINER VICTORY. 29 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0016229
Description: The cartoon shows the words 'A Miner victory' against a dark background. Above are the words 'The Grand Slam'. Context; the miners killed in the Pike River Mine disaster were honoured by the All Blacks with a Grand Slam-winning performance. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932-:[The New Zealand ship of state] 4 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017282
Description: A ship named 'NZ Ship of State' lies high and dry on rocks; the great jagged holes in her represent 'the recession', 'Pike River', 'Chch 1' and 'Chch 2'. A man standing nearby asks 'How will we refloat her?' and a second man answers '...by cutting Working for Families & interest-free student loans' Someone outside the frame says 'Where's the No. 8 wire?' Context - The New Zealand economy was stagnating before the impact of the Christchurch earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 and the Pike River Mine disaster before that. The government was already considering cutting Working for Families & interest-free student loans before the earthquakes struck and it seems that now they are trying to push through these policy changes using the earthquakes as an excuse. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Pike River memorial. 3 December 2010
Date: 2010
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016251
Description: A miner's helmet with its lamp lit floats over the Paparoa ranges. Refers to the Pike River Mine disaster of the 19th November in which 29 coalminers died. Title from file name Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Roll on 2011..." 22 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016143
Description: A man and woman read the paper and watch the news on television. The man says 'Roll on 2011' after reading the long list of disasters in New Zealand in 2010. They are 'Blizzards, South Canterbury Finance, Earthquakes, kiwifruit, Pike River' The TV announcer is discussing 'road deaths'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :Pike River Mine... 15 July 2013
Date: 2013
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0025604
Description: Shows two frames in relation to the Pike River Mine. One shows the families of the victims mourning whilst the directors are holding on to their large money bag. Refers to the outcome of the Pike River Mine trial in which no criminal charges were laid. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
[Aust NZ United in Tragedy] 13 January 2011
Date: 2011
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016832
Description: The cartoon shows a flag which looks rather like that of both Australia and New Zealand but not exactly like either; the Union Jack is half out of the top left corner and there are just three of New Zealand's four red stars and three of Australia's white stars. The cartoonist's title is 'Aust NZ united in tragedy'. Context - The Queensland floods of December 2010 to January 2011. Colour and black and white versions available. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Moreu, Michael, 1969- :White lies bridge. 7 November 2014
Date: 2014
From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]
Reference: DCDL-0030367
Description: Cartoon shows a sign for the White Knight Bridge, leading to the Pike River Mine site. The bridge has been closed off with a second sign reading, 'Danger no Pike River re-entry possible', and the sign for the bridge has been changed with the word 'Knight' crossed out and replaced by the word, 'lies'. Cartoon references Solid Energy's decision to not re-enter the mine, which suffered an explosion on 19 November 2010 that killed 29 miners and contractors, with two others suffering injuries. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:"I have a feeling Noo Zealand is going to be good for us". 14 ...
Date: 2013
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
Reference: DCDL-0028757
Description: Cartoon shows an executive from the US-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation standing on an offshore oil platform. He reads a newspaper article about the dropping of charges in the Pike River Mine disaster, and feels optimistic about the company's future in 'Noo Zealand'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).