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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: 26 Feb-17 Jul 1888

By: Barnes, E, active 1888

Reference: qMS-0138

Description: The diary opens with a description of the Waikato country when staying in Ohinemutu, Lake Rotorua. The writer then moved to Auckland and from there went to Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Kaloomba, and back to Sydney, a journey of nearly two months. Describes people and places in an outspoken way. Source of title - Transcribed Writer is probably a woman; travelled with Arthur who also kept a diary. The letters were preserved in the letter copybooks of letters sent home in a private capacity. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (141 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (33 cm, black linen)

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024197

Description: The Waikato Expressway was expected to be finished in 2013. As the news item notes, the Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce, emphasised the road's benefits in cutting travel time and fuel usage. Or, as the characters in the cartoon remark, the road could just enable more transport to travel further. Where would the the fuel and time saving be in that? Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024198

Description: A mother reads to her child a bedside tale of the mythical times when there was rain. The drought of early 2013 by March seemed endless for the agricultural and normally wet Waikato region. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0020652

Description: Shows two men looking at a hot air balloon ressembling the head of Gerry Brownlee, National MP for Ilam and Leader of the House. Context: A hot air balloon festival "Balloons over Waikato" ran between 28 March and 1 April 2012. On 21 March Gerry Brownlee said during a parliamentary debate that Finnish people are uneducated and disrespectful to women. This sparked outrage in Finland (Stuff 26 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023262

Description: Shows a solitary man marooned on a tiny desert island with a letter asking if there might be '4,937 other people marooned on the island.' Refers to a recent news report that 4938 outpatients missed their appointments at Waikato hospital over three months. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017325

Description: A caricature of rugby star Tana Umaga. The Chiefs have signed veteran centre Tana Umaga, permitting the 37-year-old to return to Super Rugby for the first time since 2007. Umaga returned to New Zealand rugby earlier this year and was evidently impressive enough to deserve to be part of the 32-man Chiefs' club, in their bid for next year's championship. The Chiefs (formerly known as the Waikato Chiefs) are a professional Rugby union team based in Hamilton. Published in Capital Times Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: July 2002-2013

By: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941-; Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DC-Group-0014

Description: Political and social cartoons published in the Waikato Times from July 2002 onward. Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive Allan Hawkey was born 1941 in Invercargill, and raised in Timaru. From 1982-1990, he published cartoons in the Timaru Herald with the signature, 'Hawkeye'. In 1990, he left the Timaru Herald and took up a banking appointment in Fiji. Upon returning to New Zealand, he settled in Hamilton, and his cartoons have been published in the Waikato Times since 1998, and on a daily basis since January 2001.