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Date: 1993 - 1995

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Hutt News (Newspaper)

Reference: A-316-106/123

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Relationship between drinking and increased resistance to colds, joys of club rugby, crisis of resources in the health system, the downside of community involvement in crime prevention, public opinion is negative over clergymen and politicians, increased leisuretime leads to more time spent in criminal activities, violence on the sports field reflects violence in the world around us, Police respond to apparent home-alone case, the publically hounded life of the British royals, current socially unacceptable behaviour blamed on our forebears, women ponder the wonders of evolution, sporting ties bring peace and understanding through onfield competition, UN Peacekeepers observe the war, fallout from French bomb tests at Mururoa, woman tries to get her husband put down, children encouraged to watch more TV and spend less time playing outside in the sun. Original drawings for A-316-111, -113 and -121 in a separate folder, and separately catalogued. Quantity: 17 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1996 - 1998

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-124/141

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. No mad cow disease in New Zealand, hospital waiting lists, do-it-yourself operations, selling body parts, coalition negotiations, skills required to be a politician, police officers leave the force in record numbers, proposals to raise the school leaving age and lower the drinking age, decision making on the home front, government asset sales, Black Caps perform poorly, sea pollution, anti-baldness pills may decrease men's libido, barflys discuss the government's poor performance, cost of living and restructuring. Quantity: 14 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1990 - 1992

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-085/105

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Spree of national and international reforms Abortion, tobacco sponsorship, defending your property laws, horse-jumping medals, electioneering, morality of thieves, sports coverage causes domestic disharmony, headlines nothing but bad news, upside of unemployment, smoking cessation programme, disillusionment over government consultants, the violence of the civilised world, violence seen as natural response to threats, referendum '92 on the voting system, sporting injuries. Original drawings, numbers A-316-091, A-316-095 and A-316-105 in a separate folder, individually catalogued Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1999 - 2001

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-142/160

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Unemployed fathers as role models to their sons, the pracitical side of genetic modification, 20th century sees out-of-control war, violence and death, United States aims to curb people's access to guns, election year sees 32,000 more operations being done, study shows teenages think about girls approx. every three minutes, marriages end in divorce due to the Rugby World Cup, parents supervise their children to school, move to replace cigarettes with cannabis, supermarkets selling to underage drinkers, kiwi dollar plummets to record low, family politics of winning, cricket bribery revealed, Black Caps perform poorly in cricket, children's language shocks, 600 Air Force staff made redundant, new complications of professional rugby, moves to ban children from movies that portray smoking, travellers face uncertain choice of destinations following world terrorist attacks. Original drawings for A-316-144, -152, -156 and -160 in separate folder and individually catalogued Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.