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Date: 1875 - 1876

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Lake Wakatipu, Banks Peninsula, Dunedin and its outskirts, Central Otago, Lake Wanaka, Oamaru, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1878]

Reference: E-016-5-084

Description: Two drawings on one page. On the left, a back view of a boy in a nightshirt standing on a chair on tiptoes, reaching into a pantry. The pantry door has a sign 'jam closet'. Likely to show one of the artist's younger sons helping themselves to food from the family pantry after bedtime. On the right a view of precipices on Mount Iron. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on trimmed sketchbook page, page size 98 x 127 mm

Date: 1947 - 1950

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-167

Description: Humorous pencil sketches of student life at a university sports tournament shows figures playing basketball, table tennis, fencing, hockey, shooting, marathon running. Two men sing beside a beer barrel, beer bottles rise on wings, a man tries to persuade a girl to come to the cemetery with him, a woman throws a wet missile at a man boarding a train ("The Royal Soak"), and the scene is filmed by a man from the National Film Unit. Assumed to be drawn by Neville Rykers when he was an engineering student at Auckland University. He may have travelled to a University Easter Sports Tournament in another city. There was a Gresham Hotel in Christchurch and in Dunedin. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 350 x 520 mm.

Date: 2011

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0017523

Description: In the top frame Labour Party leader Phil Goff says 'Damien O'Connor's tirade against gays and Trade Unionists in the Labour Party must be condemned strongly, so I say, Tisk! Tisk!' A supporter says 'That's the best you can do? Comeon Phil, harden up' and so Phil Goff says 'Okay, okay, okay, Gimme a break, geez 'Tisk! Tisk! And Tisk!' Context - Labour MP Damien O'Connor has said sorry after lashing out about a "gaggle of gays" and "self-serving unionists" having too much control over the party. The cartoon suggests that Phil Goff didn't wholly disapprove of the sentiments expressed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016269

Description: National Party Minister of Ethnic Affairs and Women's Affairs is thrown from a plane labeled 'Cabinet' by Prime Minister John Key who says 'Sorry Pansy... this is one flight you won't be taking!' Below a seal at Kaikoura says 'I thought humans were warm-blooded creatures like us... not cold blooded killers!!' Refers to the resignation of Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong from her portfolio after it was revealed that on a trip to China in 2008 her husband Sammy Wong was involved in a business deal. An independent investigation of travel claims by Mrs Wong and her husband Sammy was ordered by Speaker Lockwood. The trip was made with a 90 percent taxpayer-funded rebate on their airfares, and it is against the rules to use the allowance for private business. Mrs Wong has apologised and paid back the $474 rebate for the China trip. An Auditor-General's inquiry called for by the Labour opposition is not considered necessary. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0011949

Description: Shows Sir Geoffrey Palmer beside himself with excitement as he describes the drunken debauched behaviour of young people in Courtenay Place while he was chairing a review of liquor laws. He says THAT IT WAS ALMOST AS BAD AS THE LABOUR CAUCUS FROM 1975 TO 1984. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017532

Description: The cartoon shows Labour MP Damien O'Connor shooting himself in the foot but unfortunately the bullet ricochets and hits Labour (Ric O'Chet) right where it hurts. Context - Labour Party MP Damien O'Connor ranted about a "gaggle of gays" and "self-serving unionists" having too much control over the party list; he was blaming the list process and the influence of union and rainbow sector groups for skewing the list against him and other rural and provincial-based candidates. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017377

Description: The cartoon shows Philip Taito Field leaving a court house; behind the door hides a mischievous-looking 'toff' who is about to give him whiskey and a gun. Context - The 'Nick Smith on business' column entitled 'Cheaper justice in a bottle of Scotch'. Nick Smith says 'It makes me pine for that kinder, gentler age when serious issues of political corruption were dealt with quietly and efficiently. Back in the day, according to some Tory toffs, you simply supplied a bottle of Scotch and a gun to the miscreant and off he went into the night'. He is commenting on Philip Taito Field's long drawn out and very expensive trial on corruption charges. Published in New Zealand Herald Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016112

Description: PM John Key holds a card that reads 'Two Wongs don't make a right...' and thinks to himself that the 'travel perk' is 'nothing but "travel murk"'. Refers to the news that the PM says MP travel entitlements are to be abolished but MPs elected before 1990 will keep the perk - follows a demand by the public for transparency after several scandals (Pansy Wong most recently) over misuse of the entitlement. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017507

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is shocked to hear that he has been put 'way down the party list'; he demands to know if 'self-serving unionists and gays' have been put ahead of him and is stunned into silence when he discovers that everyone has been put ahead of him. Context - Labour MP Damien O'Connor has said sorry after lashing out about a "gaggle of gays" and "self-serving unionists" having too much control over the party. Also when Darren Hughes was forced to resign as Labour's chief whip after a sexual misconduct accusation, there was much redistribution of the Labour Party list MPs to get Hughes replaced by Louisa Wall. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016103

Description: Deputy PM Bill English is on the phone to the PM reporting that he has 'sorted out the Pansy Wong problem'. There is a plank leading from Bill English's desk to the window-sill - clearly Pansy Wong has had to walk it. Refers to news that Pansy Wong, resigned her portfolios as Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister because she broke the rules when she and her husband went to China and he conducted business while he was there. Pansy Wong is being further investigated. There are two private companies registered at Ms Wong's Botany electorate office in which Mr Wong has interests. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0016092

Description: In the House surrounded by MPs in their seats, a security guard holds an MP upside down by his ankles and shakes him so that food, cash, wine, an Air NZ plane and dancing girls fall out of his pockets. The Speaker, Lockwood Smith asks 'Would the dis-honourable member care to explain?' Refers to the continuing interest in the spending of taxpayers money as perks by MPs and has resulted in the special travel allowance being scrapped altogether after a demand by the public for transparency. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017025

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is suddenly concerned about the lack of rental properties in the city because his son has had to move back to live with him. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017256

Description: A man sits glumly in his armchair watching the 'latest' on Charlie Sheen on television. On the floor is a newspaper with an article on Charlie Sheen. The man who has been made redundant wishes he 'got a fraction of his publicity in my redundancy package' Context - American actor Charlie Sheen, television's highest-paid actor, has been sacked from hit sitcom Two and a Half Men and accused of criminal behaviour. He has now taken to the web and a live UStream show to air his grievances. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005720

Description: Shows a female reporter chasing Bob Clarkson, National Party MP for Tauranga, and asking for his response to accusations that he is fascinated by his testicles. Refers to the accusation by Winston Peters against his competitor for the Tauranga electoral seat, during the 2005 General Election. Published in The Press Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0016096

Description: The words 'RIGHT CALL ... WONG NUMBER' appear in large print in the centre of the cartoon. The title reads 'Minister resigns'. Refers to news that Pansy Wong, resigned her portfolios as Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister because she broke the rules when she and her husband went to China and he conducted business while he was there. Pansy Wong is being further investigated. There are also two private companies registered at Ms Wong's Botany electorate office in which Mr Wong has interests. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016773

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister tells his aide that he has pointed out to the leader that he has not misbehaved this year and so deserves to be promoted back to the front bench. His aide comments that it is only the 5th January. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016113

Description: A government official responsible for 'MPs travel perks' tells his assistant that he is 'searching for any more Wong doings'. Refers to news that Pansy Wong, resigned her portfolios as Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister because she broke the rules when she and her husband went to China and he conducted business while he was there. Pansy Wong is being further investigated. There are two private companies registered at Ms Wong's Botany electorate office in which Mr Wong has interests. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0016890

Description: A policeman is startled as someone throws a report that hits him on the head and knocks off his hat. The report is the 'State Services Commission Report on the New Zealand Police'. Text reads 'COP IT!' Context - The independent report on police conduct by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, released last night, found change had not happened fast enough, as "senior management lacks the confidence and adeptness to make bold, circuit-breaking and symbolic moves that will change the DNA of the organisation". Police Association president Greg O'Connor says the report 'is too narrowly focused and could end up being counter-productive'. (NZ Herald 27 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016301

Description: A huge pig representing 'MPs' eats from a trough labeled 'Taxpayer funded perks'. Nearby is a newspaper that reads 'Public opinion forces parlt. To ban sow crates' and watching the pig are two men who represent 'public opinion', one of whom comments 'Our next project needs to be getting THEM outa THAT thing!' Refers to the announcement by Agriculture Minister David Carter that pig gestation stalls (sow crates) will be phased out by December 2015. He made the announcement at the release of the Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2010. Refers also to debate about MP abuse of perks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016115

Description: PM John Key struggles along a road 'going somewhere' carrying a suitcase labeled 'MPs' travel perks' and with a tag reading 'Pansy Wong' that he feels is 'getting heavier by the day...' Refers to the news that the PM says MP travel entitlements are to be abolished but MPs elected before 1990 will keep the perk - follows a demand by the public for transparency after several scandals (Pansy Wong most recently) over misuse of the entitlement. Pansy Wong resigned her portfolios as Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister because she broke the rules when she and her husband went to China and he conducted business while he was there. Pansy Wong is being further investigated. There are two private companies registered at Ms Wong's Botany electorate office in which Mr Wong has interests. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).