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Date: 1959

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: J-047-001/004

Description: Cartoons on various social and political issues covering topics; safety in school play grounds, the morning after ANZAC Day celebrations, stock diversification among farmers, television attempts to get a closer view of rugby games. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 photocopies Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-090/112

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the changes within coalition government as a genetic mutation where the Labour Alliance strands are repalaced with the Labour Greens strands. Comment on the plight of the refugee boat people. All Blacks coach John Mitchell calls for more excitement from the All Blacks. Jim Bolger promotes Kiwi Bank to other former world leaders. New Zealand horse Ethereal wins the Melbourne Cup. Helen Clark protects Turiana Turia from opposition accussations of political interference. President Bush attempts to calm and reassure the American people in the face of extreme threats from Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. John Howard wins another term as Australian Prime Minister on the backs of refugee boat people. Jim Anderton and Bill English look for ways to provide gaurded support for New Zealand SAS involvement in Afghanistan. Shows lions in a zoo with a sign 'Big Cat poisoning Times...' The new rule in Kabul Afghanistan, don't dare NOT to show yourself. Shows a man having his beard removed and a women removing her veil. Both regimes the now deposed Taleban instituted. A bin Laden supporter talks about the perfect weapon they have against the American led attack into Afghanistan. However they have some problems with detonating the nuclear bomb. Factions within the Alliance Party turn on each other and vow to fight to the death. Comment on the increase in alcohol consumption due to the lowering of the drinking age, and expectation that the same thing will happen when cannibis is legalised. Shows the maze of buildings that United States Air Force missiles are trying to penetrate in Afghanistan. The chance of striking a target is pretty low. The Prime Minister is swollowed by a giant snake during a visit to the Amazon. A reporter asks her how the Amazon compares with NZ eco-tourism. Jim Anderton pretends to fire a gatling gun every time the Alliance Party President, Matt McCarten appears on television. Helen Clark arrives home to find the house demolished. Refers to Alliance Party infighting. Shows Jim Anderton and Matt McCarten facing off over the breakfast table. A Black Caps cricket player thanks an African rain-man for helping the team by creating rain which washed out the second test. Jim Anderton reassures everyone that the crisis within the Alliance Party is now over and he and Matt McCarten are now pulling in the same direction. The Alliance boat is now however sinking. New Zealanders make love twice a week on average. A woman comments that it is decidedly average. Afghanistan Alliance soldiers run over Taliban prisoners in an armoured tank. They blame the prisioners for being in the way. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning sport (excluding rugby). Published in the Auckland Star, 1977 - 1988].

Reference: A-333-116

Description: The cartoon is in four parts and shows a man sitting on a desert island listening to the radio. Each part shows the radio broadcasting a different comment, which are things the man seems fairly indifferent to. The final two parts show the radio broadcasting that it may be losing the Pacific service, and the man seems fairly happy with that. Refers to Radio New Zealand, the 1982 Commonwealth games and sporting ties between New Zealand and South Africa. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Should our kiwi sportsmen go to South Africa? Will there be a black African boycott? What do Hayden, Muldoon, Bjelke-Peterson, HART, Ordia, etc, etc, think? This Radio New Zealand Pacific news service may be axed... Cheers! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 265 x 190mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1983 - 1985

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-036/054

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. English royals sell off surplus New Zealand gifted wedding presents. New economy-fare airlines hit the skys. People encouraged to talk to their plants. Vehicle license fees up by 93%. Claims that human water-births would contribute to world peace.. Father's Day now celebrated during school holidays. Public response to grocery price-freeze. Maori rugby tours avoid arguements over racially selected teams. Two men muse over the reason for burning Guy Fawkes. Protesting at Waitangi on Wantangi Day. New Zealand fear of nuclear warships accelerates. Airlines begin serving liquor on board flights. Test-tube baby experiments have been approved in Auckland. People consider the 1984 'end of the world' scenario. Marsden Refinery workers return to work after their strike. Marsden Refinery workers strike. The Muldoon National Government calls a snap election amidst the Marsden Refinery strike. New Zealand resistance against the a USA Navy warship. Patients in the hospital outpatients get their respective wounds dealt to following protests for and against rugby tours and gay rights. Quantity: 19 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1971 - 1987

By: Gibbard, Leslie, 1945-2010

Reference: B-142-076/128

Description: Cartoons done by Gibbard while in England commenting on political issues of the day, both in England and overseas from 1971-1987. Quantity: 53 photocopy/ies of cartoons. Physical Description: Photocopies of ink drawings various sizes Provenance: Donation: Mr Les Gibbard, London 1993

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016187

Description: A man stares in dismay at the newspaper headlines in the 'Daily Bugle'; it has been a bad news week with the Pike River mine disaster, North Korea attacking the south, the failure of the G20 Assembly, the 'Irish economy in ruins', the Black Caps being thrashed and two million lambs dead. However the one bit of good news is Pope Benedict XV1 accepting the use of condoms for gay male prostitutes with HIV - particularly critical for Africa. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016837

Description: Text reads 'NZ Navy asked to hunt pirates' and shows two pirates figuring that this means 'one old ship'. There is a second version worded slightly differently. Context - The Government confirmed has received a request from the United Nations for a warship to be deployed on piracy patrol off the Somali coast, and also in the Strait of Malacca and Singapore. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017418

Description: Text reads 'News - NZ has turned down a U.N. request to supply a warship for piracy patrol'. A waka containing several fierce and armed Maori activists chugs through the water; one of the activists holds a banner that reads 'Leave the COAST alone you @!F*#@!' and another is Hone Harawira. Someone from the United Nations outside the frame says 'NZ said this would be scarier - but we've just got to ensure they stay on our side'. Context - New Zealand has turned down a United Nations request to provide a warship for piracy patrols, probably off the coast of Africa. Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said the navy had too much on currently to send one of its two Anzac frigate, and so the waka is being sent instead but the U.N. is worried about their loyalty. Refers also to Hone Harawira's resigning from the Maori Party because of disagreement over policy, perceived disloyalty. Published in the Shipping Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

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

Reference: DX-003-065

Description: Shows the leader of the ACT Party, Richard Prebble considering his options beyond his political life in Government. Other Titles - act. Act New Zealand. Private Bag Wellesly AUCKLAND. OPTIONS Outside Parliament...?? Finance...Govenor Reserve Bank...Advisor Government Super fund?...Advisor Kazakhstan..Argentina? Law...Prisoners Aid?...Prison visitor? Judge? Religion?...Clergy?...Pope?..vacancy?...Headmaster girls school. Diplomacy...(d)arkest Africa...Fiji?...Trade Commissioner...Sudan? Cuba? Afterdinner Speaker...Probus...Toastmasters...Retired persons Assn. ??? Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024899

Description: Shows a couple having Christmas dinner as a naked African man stands behind them with an empty bowl. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Famine in Africa - especially the horn of Africa - was big news at the time'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024914

Description: Shows Prime Minister David Lange on an official safari being carried in a litter and escorted by African men carring his halo, 'various assorted directives to private N.Z. citizens' and '60 boxes of mallowpuffs'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'David Lange's trip to Africa looked more like an imperial triumph as he was feted everywhere he went. Opposing the proposed South African tour helped and his general message was a far cry from Muldoon's intransigence'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1976

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-135-028

Description: The cartoon shows a man giving his opinion to two of his friends at the pub. Refers to a boycott of the Olympic games by many African Nations because of New Zealand's rugby involvement with South Africa. Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Brush and ink, black crayon, letrafilm, 385 x 305mm.

Date: 1959

From: Ball, Murray, 1939-2017: 4 photocopies of cartoons published in the Manawatu Times April/May 1959.

Reference: J-047-003

Description: Shows an unsuspecting farmer being chased by a new African strain of bull. Two other farmers watch while they discuss the need for stock diversification. In the background children shoot lions or bison with their bow and arrows and cows throw a cattle dog into the air. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Extended Title - 'PALMERSTON NORTH, May 14 ("The Dominion" Reporter) - Diversification was a new and unfamiliar word to many farmers a few years ago but recently it has become very much a part of the farmer's vocabulary - it certainly features prominently in farm planning, particularly in the Manawatu and Rangitikei districts.' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies A3 size. 1 newspaper clipping. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy and 1 newspaper clipping 130mm x 208mm Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.