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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty-one cartoons published in the Evening Post between 1 and 30 J...
Date: 1999
By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: H-587-001/021
Description: Political cartoons. Shows a redneck's nightmare, ownership of the Whanganui River is given to Maori who loaded it onto the back of a truck and took it away. Comment on executive golden handshakes and reduntant workers having to sign up for the dole. Shows violent offenders at Paremoremo Prison selecting soft movies like 'The Sound of Music'. In the middle of a power blackout the family try and read the latest power bill, it's gone up. The effect on the opposition of Jonah Lomu being left on the reserve bench. Statue of Liberty calls for the poor and huddled masses but says 'no' to New Zealand lamb. Comment on New Zealand's response to America's tariffs on New Zealand lamb. The common man comments on Bill English upstaging Jenny Shipley at the National Party Conference. Maori MP calls for quotas in the public sector that will ensure employment for ethnic minorities. Hospital hygeine is called into doubt. A politician trys to sell the idea of deregulating the Dairy Industry. A woman comments to her husband that it's a good thing young men eventually grow out of wanting more sex. He wistfully agrees. Obituary for JFK Jr. 1960-1999 Comment on youth alcohol consumption. Auckland Hospital try to reassure the public all babies are born equally there but not necessarily treated equally after that. Comment on Christine rankin's over the top refurbishment of the dept of work and income. Celebration of three New Zealand triumphs. Mike Moore gets top job at WTO, the All Blacks beat the Australians and the Black Caps cricket team beat the English at Lords. Paul Holmes promotes his autobiography. F-16 fighter planes are promoted by an Air Force Officer. The lowering of the drinking age is debated in Parliament. Boys try to come to terms with the news that girls are better pupils than boys. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.
Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Okay then - two exceptions ... Dial-a-Pizza and the fe...
Date: 1995
From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Twenty-two cartoon bromides from Otago Daily Times. 1 March to 31 March 1995.
Reference: H-271-012
Description: Shows Ken Mair and another Maori activist (his deputy) standing beside a tree in the Moutoa Gardens in Wanganui. Ken Mair is explaining the exceptions to the rule about keeping non-Maori out of the Gardens. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Garrick Tremain Moutoa Gardens was the scene of an 80-day Maori occupation in early 1995. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).
McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001:[One original cartoon and a collection of newsprint cl...
Date: 1945 - 1950
By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)
Reference: A-369-135/152
Description: Political cartoons from the end of the ministry of Peter Fraser, the lead up to the 1949 election (in which he was defeated by Sidney Holland), and the first year of Holland's ministry. These cartoons mainly address Holland's link to the British conservatives (which McNamara had a very negative view of), and cuts he made to wages, pensions and allowances when he came into power. Other cartoons relate the post-war political situation in Britain and the United State's aid of the country. Some illustrations of animals are also included. Quantity: 17 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary
Blomfield, William, 1866-1938 :Highly Affecting. New Zealand Observer and Free Lance, S...
Date: 1894
From: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938 :[197 copies of cartoons from the New Zealand Observer and Free Lance 1880-1896.]
By: New Zealand observer and free lance (Newspaper); Blomfield, William, 1866-1938
Reference: H-722-184
Description: Sir Robert Stout plays to a synpathetic female audience, labouring the point that the former Premier, Mr Ballance, had promised the leadership to him, but that Seddon had grabbed it instead. Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Other Titles - Sir Robert - 'Boo-hoo! My dear Mr Ballance said I was to be Premier, but Seddon went and cut me out!' Chorus of Sympathetic Ladies - 'Oh, fancy! What a shame!' Oppositionists in the background - 'He's overdoing it.' Extended Title - 'It was the late Premier's request and dying wish that I should come and lead the party.' - Sir Robert Stout at Wanganui Women's Political Meeting. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy
Brockie, Bob 1932- :Goodhealth Wanganui. Acme Promotions Ltd. 1994.
Date: 1994
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison (1932- ) :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. Cartoons published throughout 1994.
Reference: A-302-093
Description: The first scene shows a group of people pointing and admiring a sign above them which says; "Good Health Wanganui". In the next scene, the sign has fallen down on top of them and squashed them. On the back of the sign are the words; "Acme Promotions Ltd." Refers to the disillusion following the misdiagnosis of 40 cancer patients at Good Health Wanganui. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:With industrial disruption facing the country, will all...
Date: 1983
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Reference: B-136-166
Description: Shows Wanganui rugby team and Lions preparing to play a match in Wanganui. The players are on strike 'until they get $20 a week play increase'. The Lions coach is telling his players that the New Zealand Minister of Sport can't give a play increase because of the wage and price 'freeze' but he will give players a book of Golden Kiwi tickets instead. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and letratone on watercolour paper. 322 x 450 mm.
Crimp, Daryl 1958- :It's for you... Somebody from "Good Health Wanganui"! [1994]
Date: 1994
From: Crimp, Daryl, 1958- :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 6 February 1994 to 30 December 1994.
Reference: A-302-131
Description: Shows the Grim Reaper standing in an open doorway. There is a man holding the door and looking over his shoulder at a very concerned woman. Refers to the bad publicity Good Health Wanganui has received after a number of patients were misdiagnosed with cancer. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :"It's a protest over a recent appointment to Wanganui C...
Date: 1982
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-136-082
Description: Shows the office of the Minister of Immigration, Aussie Malcolm. The minister is at his desk and outside the door there are a group of protesters holding a placard which demands 'N.Z. teachers for N.Z. tutors'. There is a picture of Muldoon hanging on the wall. Refers to Prince Edward arriving at Wanganui Collegiate School where he spent a year as a house master and junior tutor. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm.
"We're collecting signatures for a petition to get rid of the mayor, Michael Laws, and ...
Date: 2006
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0001175
Description: The scene shows a little old lady who has staggered to her front door with the aid of two walking sticks. She there confronts rather short-sightedly two huge Black Power members who are petitioning residents with the aim of getting rid of the mayor, Michael Laws. At the same time they politely ask whether the old lady's cannabis and 'P' needs are being met. There have been several serious incidents of physical violence in the streets of Wanganui recently and the mayor, Michael Laws, in his characteristic way, has waded into the fray determined to free the streets of patched gang members and describing them as terrorists. Gangs are reputed to be responsible for a lot of the New Zealand drug trade. There is a cactus and a garden gnome by the front door. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The 'H' in Wanganui.. "Hell! It's a start..." 7 May 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0011196
Description: Shows a huge black silhouette of a gang member with a little man representing the 'patch ban' and flexing his muscles that is stitched onto the shadow as a patch. Text reads 'The 'h' in Wanganui'. The 'patch ban' figure is pleased to declare it a start. Refers to the legislation passed to ban gang patches in public places in Wanganui that has been promoted by Mayor, Michael Laws. Michael Laws is also trying hard to prevent the 'h' being put into the name of the city of Wanganui. Alternate version of DCDL-0011197 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Aw, I dunno, sometimes their fencing looks just fine..." 20 December 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0013388
Description: Shows a man reading a newspaper outside a fortified prison on the walls of which are illustrations of gang members who look like gorillas. The newspaper reports that the Mayor of Wanganui (Michael Laws) wants gang fortifications and fences gone but the man thinks to himself that sometimes the fencing looks just fine - meaning when gang members are in prison. Refers to gang problems in Wanganui. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"I'm looking for Wanganui" "That way" 31 March 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0010780
Description: A capital 'H' is looking for Wanganui. A man points him in the right direction. Refers to the dispute about putting the 'h' back into the word 'Wanganui' making it 'Whanganui' like the river. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
WHANGANUI/WANGANUI. Other NZ Place Names Incl NZ. 31 March 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0010790
Description: Shows a stack of dominoes that have begun to topple. The first domino reads 'Wanganui' but is plastered over with a label that reads 'Whanganui'. The next few dominos have the words 'other, NZ, placenames, incl, NZ'. Refers to the debate about the spelling of the name Wanganui and the idea that if a change is made then a flood of placename changes might follow. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Michael Laws. 30 March 2009
Date: 2009
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DCDL-0010823
Description: Caricature of Michael Laws, Mayor of Wanganui, holding a sign that reads 'fhuk!' Refers to the battle over whether the city of Wanganui should have an 'h' inserted after the 'w' so that it would be the same as the Whanganui river. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Over the years she's had so much pleasure from her patchwork. 2 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0012215
Description: Cartoon shows an old woman busily embroidering patches for various gangs. Her husband comments to a friend that she has had so much pleasure from her patchwork. Refers to the decision by the Mayor of Wanganui, Michael Laws, to ban gang patches in Wanganui. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The H-bomb. WHANGANUI. 19 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0012403
Description: The cartoon shows the name 'Wanganui' with an image of a bomb bearing the letter 'H' inserted between the first and second letters. Refers Refers to the row about whether the 'h' should be put into the name 'Wanganui'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Ken Mair. 31 March 2009
Date: 2009
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DCDL-0010824
Description: Caricature of Maori political activist, Ken Mair, wearing a t-shirt with the name 'Kenneth' and 'Mana Maori' on it. Ken Mair is a spokesperson for the hapu board Te Runanga o Tupoho which argues that the city and district's name is spelled wrongly - without an 'h' after the 'w'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
WHANGANUI. UPPER UTT. 18 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012376
Description: A street sign points to 'Whanganui' and to 'Upper Utt'. Refers to the row about putting the 'H' back into 'Wanganui' so that the city name will mirror the river name. 'Upper 'Utt' is really "Upper Hutt'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
[Gangpatch] 13 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012317
Description: In a series of six frames a gang member carrying a cudgel and wearing a gang patch is seen being picked up by a large hand which removes the patch thereby causing the gang member to deflate into an overgrown baby carrying a teddybear. Refers to the gang problem with maybe a reference to new legislation in Wanganui that has banned the wearing of patches. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Keep walkin' Phil! It's better for the environment!"/ New gang in Wanganui?... 20 Sept...
Date: 2009
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012378
Description: In the first cartoon Prime Minister, John Key, and Co-leader of the Maori Party, Pita Sharples, drive past leader of the Labour Party, Phil Goff, enveloping him in clouds of noxious fumes from their battered old four-wheel drive. A label stuck to the back of the vehicle reads 'Emissions deal' and Pita Sharples leans out of the window and congratulates Phil Goff on walking because it is 'better for the environment'. Refers to the deal about managing emissions that was stitched up between the National government and the Maori Party without the Labour Party. In the lower frame a second cartoon shows three gang members with 'H' on their patches marching past a signpost that points to 'Whanganui, Whaikato, Whaitomo, Whellington, Whestland and Mt Chook'. Refers to the row about putting the 'H' into the name 'Wanganui' and also to the regulation that forbids the wearing of gang patches in the city of Wanganui. The Mayor of Wanganui, Michael Laws, wants the status quo maintained in the spelling of 'Wanganui' and he is responsible for the gand patch ban. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).