Places

Date: 2010

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016119

Description: Shows Minister of Commerce Steven Joyce driving a powerful car painted with the words 'Liquor Bill' and with a number plate reading 'Booze Power' - he holds a can of beer and says 'Don't worry, I can drive this baby thru' parliament no sweat!' In the sky above is a plane filled with MPs 'going on a summer holiday' which is a reference to the panning of MP travel perks because of misuse. Refers to the National's continuing resistance to calls to lower the drink driving limit from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. Steven Joyce refuses to introduce the lower limit in new road safety legislation, opting instead for a two year research project on drivers who have accidents while reading between 50 and 100mg of blood alcohol. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1966 - 1967

Reference: Eph-C-ALCOHOL-Trust-1966-01

Description: Arrangement of text. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 417 x 162 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1949

From: [Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to alcohol and alcoholic beverages and drink, in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-1930/40s-01

Description: Explains that Lemora is an alcoholic drink made from grapefruit and lemons. The brochure gives testimonials from around the country. The top of the front page shows a hand holding five playing cardd showing three aces and two Kings. Lemora is said to have been a drink favoured by the writer Frank Sargeson (see Kevin Ireland's "Under the bridge and over the moon", 1998, pages 151-2). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on brochure.. Physical Description: Offset printing, 227 x 144 mm.

Date: 1863 - 1865

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-012

Description: A picnic with a dozen people sitting on the ground. Part of the text below is missing but the main male character appears to be offering beer to a young woman. Others are also holding beer bottles and glasses The artist was a surgeon with the British forces during the Waikato-Tauranga war of the mid 1860s Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 231 x 212 mm (irregular)

Date: 2010

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017645

Description: A small boy is investigating the contents of his father's liquor cabinet and says 'There's already a health warning on these bottles... "Harm will come to anyone who even TOUCHES this"! I think it's from Dad'.Two smaller children and the cay are lining up for drinks. Context - the Law Commission's review on how to reduce alcohol abuse, and the blood alcohol content for drivers. One of the suggestions is adding a health warning label to alcohol. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1865

From: Artist unknown :[Album of an officer en route to and from New Zealand and on service in New Zealand] 1863-1867

Reference: A-277-030

Description: The interior of a hut, with a soldier reading and smoking a pipe, the remains of a meal, including alcohol in front of him. He is seated at a large table, with a form along one side, suggesting that the room may be part of soldiers' barracks. Another room is visible to the left, with a thatched entranceway protruding into the main room. A sheathed sword and gun in its holster and another container are hanging from a beam and a skylight is propped open with a long stick. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 132 x 147 mm

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014324

Description: A group of hopeful young people arrive at the entrance to the 'RWC Party Central' (Rugby World Cup) which includes the words 'Alcohol Free Zone'. The policeman at the entrance tells them that these words do not mean they do not have to pay for alcohol but that there won't be any. There is a call for the RWC Party Central to be alcohol free which is a stance criticised as having the potential to make New Zealand a laughing stock. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1957

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-09-045

Description: A scene in Parliament showing Members rushing out the door, as the clock nears 10 p.m. Another M. P., still seated, is waving a petition at the departing Members, referring to the legendary late-closing habits of West Coast bars Quantity: 1 newspaper clippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping

Date: 1905

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, issued in support of the campaign against the sale of liquor in New Zealand. 1800s - ]

By: New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic

Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Prohibition-1905-01

Description: An arrangement of text, with blank spaces for the pledger's name and the date. At top left is the belt logo of the New Zealand Alliance. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on paper, 83 x 129 mm with perforation down left side

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0026170

Description: A disgruntled group of five drinkers gather at night in the 'Alcohol free Zone' in the middle of the Christchurch Rebuild. One says 'Great night life! Been here half an hour and not a free drink in sight!' Public drinking of alcohol had been imposed by the Christchurch City Council, particularly in the central Christchurch 'Rebuild' area in 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024692

Description: Cartoon showing past and present battlegrounds for New Zealand. Then the battlegrounds were Greece, Crete, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Italy. Now the battlegrounds are nicotine, alcohol, obesity, sugar, diabetes, fast foods, and poverty. Refers to ANZAC Day commemorations, and current health issues in New Zealand. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0029898

Description: Cartoon shows a boxing match about to begin between a large figure representing child abuse and domestic violence, and a much smaller figure labelled, 'Glenn Inquiry'. The referee tells a support figure labelled 'Booze barons', to get out of the ring. Cartoon references the Glenn Inquiry, a report which stated that alcohol consumption is a major factor in incidents of family violence. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021337

Description: Shows a young man ruined by drinking slumped in a doorway. A second man representing 'new legislation' simply walks around him and continues on his way. Context: Suggests that the new legislation intended to combat youth drinking is likely to be ineffective. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Salient (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021290

Description: Addresses the issue of binge drinking culture in New Zealand, particularly with young people, a sign in the background reads 'spill yr guts, tell yr MP to lower the drinking age!'. The cartoon shows unflattering images of drunk people. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022685

Description: A woman drops a fox into a hen house. Refers to Minister of Justice Judith Collins defending the decision to allow the alcohol industry to have the chance to self-regulate, rather than create government reforms regarding alcohol. (3News, 23 Aug 2012). Title from file name Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022697

Description: Shows Minister of Justice Judith Collins lying on a park bench, covered in a newspaper and surrounded by empty bottles of alcohol, with a massive hangover. Refers to Collins defending the decision to allow the alcohol industry to have the chance to self-regulate, rather than create government reforms regarding alcohol. (3News, 23 Aug 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023229

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Shows three frames in which one politician asks the other if he has everything he needs for the marathon debate on alcohol reform. The other politician replies 'No! I forgot my hip flask!'. Context: Prime Minister John Key apologised for misleading the public after he said he voted for the drinking age to move to 20 in the Alcohol Reform bill debate. However he actually voted for the age to be 18 in pubs and 20 at off licence premises. Opposition parties are criticising his memory loss (TV3 website, 18 Oct 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023264

Description: Shows an arm raising a glass to alcohol reform, stating, 'I'll drink to that in moderation with 3 per cent alcohol content, purchased before 8 pm.' Refers to recent proposals to regulate alcohol consumption in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023565

Description: Shows a group of dogs drinking alcohol, smoking, and taking party pills. One of the dogs says, 'Alcohol, drugs, mind-bending political spin Let's hope humans never take up this crap'. Refers to the proposal to test party pills on animals before allowing them to be sold to humans. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023580

Description: Alcohol executives sit in lounge chairs in a gentleman's smoking room, labelled 'Big Booze and Baccy Club,' with drink in hand and a cigar in the other. One reads a newspaper about the conviction of Switched On Gardener on drug charges. One man says, 'Fancy those dopes thinking they could get away with promoting a product that does such harm!' and the other responds, 'Head cases!'. A small figure in the corner says, 'The must have been smoking something'. Context: The owner of the hydroponic gardening chain, Switched On Gardener, were found guilty of supplying equipment to grow cannabis. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).