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Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015955

Description: A group of Warner Brothers executives sit around a table discussing the issue of filming 'The Hobbit' in New Zealand. One of them suggests scrapping 'The Hobbit' and making a film about trying to make the Hobbit movie instead'. Refers to the Hobbit saga in which a between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1864

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1864-02

Description: Arrangment of text with fringed border. Members of the cast include: George Fawcett, J Dunn, Mr Howe, T Fawcett, Mr Towers, Miss K Grant, Miss M Dunn, Miss E Royal, Mr Manley, Mr Fitzjames, Miss E Juno. Box office at Varty's. Crowther's Albert Cars will leave for the Theatre Royal, Queen-Street, at 7.15 every evening. Next spectacle will be "The Flying Dutchman" under the patronage of Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor and the Officers of the 14th Regiment. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on fringed silk poster.. Physical Description: Letterpress, black on cream fringed silk poster, 205 x 105 mm.

Date: 2010

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0015963

Description: The cartoon shows a hellish industrial scene with hundreds of workers labouring in underground caves beneath a tall tower that shows a faint resemblance to the Beehive and with smoke billowing into the sky from cracks in the desolate earth as far as the eye can see. Prime Minister John Key stands with the wizard Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings saga watching the scene and comments that he loves Gandalf's non-unionised workforce. Refers to the dispute between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film that very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. The battle, which has been resolved successfully after meetings between PM John Key and Warner Brothers representatives, divided New Zealanders. The government agreed to amend the country's labour laws and offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Published in the Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

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

Reference: DX-014-020

Description: The auditioners for an actor to play the former New Zealand All Black Colin Meads find American film actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's powerful physique wanting. Extended Title - Auditions - Colin Meads - the movie. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015942

Description: A Warner Brothers' executive sits at a huge desk and crows triumphantly into the phone: "Yeah, super deal!! We get $34 million and the law changed!.. All for shooting where we wanted to anyway and casting someone called Helen Kelly as a witch!" Refers to the New Zealand government having agreed to amend the country's labour laws and offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Brothers, in order to get agreement to allow Peter Jackson to make the two 'Hobbit' films in New Zealand. There had been disagreement between Warner Brothers and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film. Helen Kelly is the President of the Council of Trade Unions (CTU). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s). Processing information: Record updated 17 October 2016

Date: 2003

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-001-697

Description: Caricature of American actor Elijah Wood who played the part of Frodo in Peter Jackson's film trilogy, 'The Lord of the Rings', in Wellington for the World Premier of 'The Return of the King'. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: December 1945

From: Marsh, Ngaio :Photographs of theatrical productions

Reference: PA1-q-172-22-1

Description: Scene from a Canterbury University production of Henry V at the Little Theatre, Canterbury College, Christchurch. Taken 1945 by an unknown photographer. Actors included John Pocock, Catherine Osborne, Rosemary Clark-Hall, Chris Justin, Miles Botting, John Lovell-Smith, Michael Cotterill, Dundas Walker, William Scannell, George Webby, Mary Hopewell, Shailer Weston, Bill Walsh and Ian Ainsley. Directed by Ngaio Marsh, this was the last full Ngaio Marsh production in the Little Theatre. Source of descriptive information - date, location and people identified by researcher and verified by http://tadb.otago.ac.nz Formerly described as ca 1945 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1920

From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district

Reference: 1/1-001751-G

Description: Actors during a production of "The Importance of Being Ernest" at Auckland Teachers College. Photograph taken by Herman John Schmidt in 1920. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1897

From: [Theatre programmes for opera performances in New Zealand. 1890s].

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; Falk, active 1893; Barnes, William Rodney, 1851-1939

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1897-01-cover

Description: Shows inset head-and-shoulder portraits of Mrs Brown Potter and Mr Kyrle Bellew, who played Rosalind and Orlando in "As you like it", in mid-January 1897. The portraits are from photographs by Falk. Around are scenes of stars in the shy and the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet". Down the sides of the cover are advertisements for Sterling Stainless Hosiery (on sale at Staerker and Fischer), and Read Brothers, jewellers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Star and Graphic Print, Shortland Street, Auckland Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and lithgraph, on cover 281 x 218 mm.

Date: 1969

Reference: Eph-D-DRAMA-1969-01

Description: Shows group portrait of some cast members: Yvonne McKay as Hermia, Bill Stalker as Lysander, Nigel ('Sam') Neill as Theseus, Deirdre O'Connor (rear) as Helena, Catherine Wilkin (front) as Hippolyta, Douglas Blair as Demetrius. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 575 x 370 mm.

Date: 2010

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015930

Description: The title reads 'Tired but happy the protagonists retire to savour their rewards'. In the first frame PM John Key holds hands with a Hobbit while film producer Peter Jackson stands behind with a clapper, while in the second frame a group of wealthy American Warner Brothers' representatives loaded with money wave goodbye at the airport. Refers to the dispute between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film that very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. The battle, which has been resolved successfully after meetings between PM John Key and Warner Brothers representatives, divided New Zealanders. The government agreed to amend the country's labour laws and offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1919

From: [Programmes and posters for drama productions in New Zealand from 1900 to 1929].

Reference: Eph-C-DRAMA-1919-01

Description: Shows a three-quarter length portrait of the actress Emelie Polini who appeared in the plays "De Luxe Annie" by Edward Clark, and "Eyes of Youth" by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon. The pamphlet announces that these two plays will be performed at the Opera House Wanganui on Monday & Thursday, November 10 & 13. Pamphlet printed at the Evening Post Office. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of pamphlet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on pamphlet cover 343 x 250 mm.

Date: July 1946

From: Marsh, Ngaio :Photographs of theatrical productions

Reference: PA1-q-172-02-1

Description: Scene from Canterbury University production of Macbeth by William Shakespeare directed by Ngaio Marsh in July 1946 Source of descriptive information - Extra information provided by library client, citing http://tadb.otago.ac.nz Formerly described as ca 1945 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15 x 21.5 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 1864

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1864-01

Description: Arrangment of text with fringed border. Members of the cast include: George Fawcett, John Dunn, Mr Howe, Tom Fawcett, J T Towers, Miss Kate Grant, Miss Marian Dunn, Miss Eliza Royal, Mr Edwards, Mr Smith, Miss May. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on fringed silk poster.. Physical Description: Letterpress, black on cream fringed silk poster, 250 x 120 mm.

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015991

Description: Prime Minister John Key with furry feet and wearing a little cap has been sitting contentedly drinking coffee on a wall that represents the 'Industrial dispute' and '20 yrs of govt. neutrality'. He is picked up by a huge dragon representing Warner Brothers and carried away as arrows from Mordor fall ineffectively behind him. On the far side of the wall are the mountains of Mordor. Refers to the dispute between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. The battle, which has been resolved successfully after meetings between PM John Key and Warner Brothers representatives, divided New Zealanders. The government agreed to amend the country's labour laws and offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Bros. The reference to 20 years of neutrality is explained by PricewaterhouseCoopers tax partner Geoff Nightingale, who puts it this way: "We're heading back from a broad-based, neutral, low-rate tax system to one where it's acceptable again to use the tax system as a lever to influence business activity" - a reference to the Rogernomics free enterprise era. Published in MG Business Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [ca 1883-ca1884]

From: Hill, E E :Photographs of Nelson hotel party and Island Bay Army camp

Reference: PAColl-0376-2

Description: A concert party and friends from Wellington outside a Nelson hotel. They are from left: Mr Read (at window), (standing) Griffin, Bob Gant, Rivers Allpress, -----, Mrs Allpress, -----, [(in window) Mrs Murray, Mrs Cazneau, Alice Hill], Charlie Edwards, Cecil Reyworth, Charles Hill, Pinell, Dene Lyon, Harry Nicholls, Baillie, Bill Brown, Hawtrey West, W R Hill, (seated in window) Jack Hill, (boy in upper window) Alf Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 29.8 x 20 cm, on cardboard mount, 31 x 21.3 cm

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015943

Description: On the left are Finance Minister Bill English and Prime Minister John Key; both are dressed as hobbits, have hairy feet, and carry banners reading respectively 'Cash on demand!' and 'Law change while u wait!' Nearby is CEO President Helen Kelly with a banner reading 'Stir! Agitate! Menace! and an oldstyle unionist whose banner reads 'Demand! Intimidate! Strike!' The first two are labeled 'Old Hobbits' and the second two 'Old habits'. Refers to the fact that the government has agreed to amend the country's labour laws and has offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Brothers in order to get agreement to allow Peter Jackson to make the two 'Hobbit' films in New Zealand. Disagreement between Warner Brothers and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film. Helen Kelly is the President of the Council of Trade Unions (CTU). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 19 December 1963

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1963/4087-F

Description: Members of the congregation of St Ninian's Presbyterian Church, Karori, Wellington, rehearse a nativity play. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 19 December 1963. This photograph was taken to illustrate an article on building a golf course at Makara for the Karori golf Club. It was proposed that the old hotel building become the clubhouse. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm

Date: 2010

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0015932

Description: Tony is sceptical that Warner Brothers will agree to filming 'The Hobbit' in New Zealand if they find they can 'save a single cent by moving the Hobbit to Slovakia'. He selflessly says that the only people who really miss out are the actors and then realises with dismay that this is not true, that all the crew will miss out too. Jaimee says sarcastically that they love it when the 'warm props express an opinion'. Refers to the stouch between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film that very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015888

Description: An American movie tycoon sporting a large grin and cigar drags his couch behind him as he shakes hands with a rattled PM John Key saying 'Sir Peter tells me you Kiwis are very keen to see my movie is shot in New Zealand!' Refers to the Hobbit saga in which a stouch between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the Hobbit films very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. This cartoon suggests that Warner Brothers are not agreeing to the films being made from the goodness of their hearts and that whatever New Zealand gains from the productions, Warners will gain a lot more. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).