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With Sir Hubert Wilkins to the Antarctic and Arctic by aeroplane and submarine, with a ...
Date: 1933
By: Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd
Reference: Eph-E-ANTARCTICA-1933-01
Description: A large advertising poster for a lecture by Wilkins, printed in navy blue, the text surmounted by the image of the submarine "Nautilus" and itself surmounting the image of a plane with the words "Ellsworth Trans-Atlantic Flight" to the side of the plane. Other Titles - Coulls Somerville Wilkie In 1931, Sir Hubert Wilkins commanded the Nautilus submarine expedition to the Arctic. This was the first submarine to travel under the Arctic pack ice. During the 1930s, Wilkins travelled to the Antarctic four times as second-in-command of the Lincoln Ellsworth Flight Expeditions. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 855 (+ 160 folded under) x 380 mm.
New Zealand journals / Dudley Alexander
Date: Dec 1900-Mar 1904
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: MSY-4600
Description: A journal kept by Ranfurly's chief aide-de-camp, Dudley Alexander. Most of the journal comprises his illustrated letters to his sister Alice. This give detailed descriptions of places, various events and travels, people met and observed, historical anecdotes and more as Alexander accompanies the Governor, the Governor's family, politicians and others around New Zealand. The accounts are profusely illustrated with artworks, photographs, newspaper clippings and other mementoes of Alexander's travels. The events and adventures described are: A cruise on the Government steamer `Hinemoa' to New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands, 27 December 1900 to 21 January 1900. Included are sketches by Alexander, plant specimens, newspaper clippings and a photograph of the `Hinemoa'. A March 1901 tour on the Governor's train through the central North Island to Lake Taupo. A April 1901 tour by horse and train from Auckland to Wellington via Tauranga, Kati Kati, Paeroa, Te Kuiti, Mokau, New Plymouth, Opunake and Hawera, with accompanying map and photographs. A December 1901-January 1902 second visit to the sub-antarctic islands on the "SS Tutanekai". On this visit Ranfurly was accompanied by his wife and by the artist C N Worsley. Accompanying the account are sketch maps by Alexander, watercolours by Lady Ranfurly and Worsley, a sketch of an seabird by Dr Wilson of the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition, and a photograph of Alexander and Lady Ranfurly shooting seabirds. An account of a excursion on the Tasman Glacier, 12-16 February with Lady Ranfurly, with a watercolour sketch of Alexander by Lady Ranfurly, sketch maps and photographs. A March 1902 excursion to Mount Cook through central Otago, where Alexander describes the gold fields at length, Alexandra and Dunedin, illustrated with sketches, photographs, a map, and a small gold nugget. A railway journey on the lines south of Auckland, through Waingaro and Cambridge and on to Rotorua and surrounding districts, through the King Country and back to Auckland, accompanied by photographs and newspaper clippings. A drive through inland Victoria, Australia, in November 1902. A fishing expedition to the Opihi River near Timaru. A April-March 1903 expedition on the Tasman Glacier with photographs. Clippings relating to the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition of 1901-1903, with a sketch map by Alexander and a 23 March letter from Edward Evans of the expedition. A May 1903 railway journey to Rotorua from Auckland, with sketches and photographs of Tarawera and thermal areas, and on to Te Aroha and then to Te Kuiti, Waimarino and surrounding areas. Their are extensive photographs of and sketches of the party, the thermal areas and of a Maori whare inspected at Te Kuiti. A February excursion on the `Hinemoa' to Collingwood, Karamea, Westport, Greymouth, and back to Nelson. A journey through the Urewera ranges to Ruatoki to talk with Tuhoe leaders, with extensive photographs of the expedition. This expedition is also covered in a photograph album. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter
Crew of the 'Morning' during a picnic at Otarama
Date: 21 November 1902
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 7
By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936
Reference: PAColl-6001-37
Description: Crew of the 'Morning' during a picnic at Otarama. Left to right, back row: C Parkins, O Riley, G W Rolfe, A Cheetham, J Sullivan, G Bilsby, H King. Middle row: W Hender, L Burgess, A Noyon, W Burton, J Wainwright, J Beer, A Coelho. Front row: F Taylor, A N Pepper, G R W Leavy, J A Chester. Absent: A Casement, J Hancock, F Kemp, T Good. Photograph taken by Sir Joseph James Kinsey on 21 November 1902. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Ship Nimrod sailing for the Antarctic from Lyttelton Harbour
Date: 1907
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-040929-G
Description: The ship `Nimrod' sailing for the Antarctic from Lyttelton Harbour in 1907. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Lonsdale, Neil 1907-1989 :Shucks! What do folks do with their time in this burg! Men of...
Date: 1956
From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.
By: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-309-098
Description: Shows four sailors lounging under a tree and feeding ducks by the Avon River. One of them is asking what people in Christchurch do to occupy themselves. In the background a couple is walking past with ten children and a pram. Refers to the American sailors who stopped in Sydney instead of Christchurch because it was considered `too dull'. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, white-out and pencil. 283 x 339 mm.
"I got laid off too! But I hear there's a vacancy at Franz Josef!" "Race ya for it!" 28...
Date: 2009
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012905
Description: The cartoon shows lots of icebergs floating in the ocean. A tourist ship, a helicopter and an aeroplane take tourists to view the unusual sight. One of the icebergs says to another that it got laid off too but has heard that there is a vacancy at Franz Josef and another iceberg challenges it to a race. Refers to the news that a giant flotilla of 100 icebergs is passing just 260km off the coast of the South island. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hemus Sarony (Photographers) :Portrait of Ernest Henry Shackleton
Date: 1909
By: Hemus Sarony (Firm)
Reference: PA7-58-12
Description: Portrait of Shackleton taken in the Christchurch studio of Hemus Sarony in 1909 Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Hemus Sarony. Copyright Photo. ChCh; Mount recto - bottom right - Signed - Ernest H Shackleton 1909 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 24 x 18.5 cm (oval) on mount 38.4 x 31 cm
Dunedin - Riviera of the Antarctic. 22 November, 2006.
Date: 2006
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DCDL-0002699
Description: The image shows a group of penguins, one of then holding a large sun umbrella, enjoying the sunshine on a beach in Dunedin. In the background looms a huge iceberg. Refers to the icebergs that have floated to a hundred kilometres off the Dunedin coast. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Memorial to Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers, and Evans on the hill overlooking the Lower H...
Date: Jan 1959
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/2-032771-F
Description: Photograph showing the memorial to Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Adrian Wilson, Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, Henry Robertson Bowers, and Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russel Evans. The stone monument is cylindrical in shape with an anchor on top, and carries a marble plaque with words in memory of Scott's expedition party. It is mounted on a hill overlooking Dunedin's lower harbour. Photograph taken in January 1959 by Ronald Fox for the National Publicity Studios. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
The ship Discovery leaving Lyttelton Harbour
Date: 1901
Reference: 1/2-032269-F
Description: The royal research ship Discovery leaving Lyttelton Harbour on the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904), led by Scott. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Darroch, Bob, 1940- :"I sort-of hope they don't ban whaling. I'd miss all this if they ...
Date: 2010
From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]
By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0017628
Description: Two whales swim beneath a 'Save the whales' protest ship and chat about how they would miss the protesters if they all went home. Context - The activists were protesting at the continuing whaling activities of Japan in spite of international condemnation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
News. A fishing boat that had been catching Patagonian toothfish in Antarctica has been...
Date: 2007
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0003733
Description: Two sailors stare in dismay at the oil slick leaking into Lyttelton Harbour. They have just returned from the Antarctic where they have been catching Patagonian toothfish. One of the Patagonian toothfish, in revenge, has chewed a hole in the oil tank that is now leaking oil. Published in Shipping Gazette. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Robert Falcon Scott and his wife Kathleen, on Quail Island
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Kinnear, James Hutchings, 1877-1946 :Negatives of Auckland shipping, boating and scenery
Reference: 1/2-016452-G
Description: Robert Falcon Scott and his wife Kathleen, on Quail Island, circa 1910. The 2 men on the left are unidentified. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :'Hold it... John Key's fainted' 19 January 2013
Date: 2013
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023886
Description: Shows a group of penguins discussing Prime Minister John Key. One of the penguins holds a newspaper and tells the other penguins, 'Hold it John Key's fainted.' Another penguin asks, 'What, he can't take a joke?' The statement is in reference to the cartoon, Key on Ice, from 18 January 2013, reference number DCDL-0023837. Key fainted at the Italian restaurant, Tutto Bene, in Christchurch ahead of his scheduled trip to Antarctica. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :[Key on ice]. 18 January 2013
Date: 2013
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023837
Description: Shows a group of penguins discussing Prime Minister John Key's visit to Antarctica, stating that it will be 'his best Pole result in ages.' Key visited Scott Base in Antarctica briefly in January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Lynch, James, 1947-:Shooting season opens. 4 May 1981
Date: 1981
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-0022076
Description: Shows a duck with the head of Air New Zealand boss Morrie Davis being shot at by several different duckshooters - the shooters represent 'financial problems', 'Commission of Inquiry' and 'overseas competition'. Context: Air New Zealand was under a lot of fire from all sources after the Erebus disaster. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Ok godwits! grab the GPS unit!...' 24 October 2012
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023269
Description: Shows a group of godwits as they decide to leave their 'frozen wasteland for a broken wasteland.' Refers to failed efforts to turn the Ross sea into a protected marine area. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :"Holy mackerel... they're sending that useless Herman back. We'll h...
Date: 2011
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018714
Description: A group of penguins down in the Antarctic chat and read the newspaper. One of the comments 'Holy mackerel... They're sending that useless Herman back. We'll have to find another country to despatch him to.' A second version has the penguin newsreader comment 'Holy mackerel... They're sending that useless Herman back. He'll be unbearable after all that media attention.' Context: Well we didn't know he was called Herman and dubbed him 'Happy Feet'. Herman arrived half dead at Peka Peka Beach and was revived and made given hero status at Wellington Zoo. He was sent on his way back to the Antarctic several months later. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :Happy Stomach - the sequel! 16 September 2011
Date: 2011
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018853
Description: The cartoon advertises a new film called 'HAPPY STOMACH - the sequel!' A killer whale leaps out of the sea and burps happily. Context: The cartoon suggests that the killer whale has just made a good meal of Happy Feet, the Emperor penguin, which was released into the wild after being cared for by vets at Wellington Zoo for a couple of months. Happy Feet was found rather outside its normal territory, on Peka Peka beach, north of Wellington two months ago - he nearly died after eating sand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :Happy Feet to be released... 30 August 2011
Date: 2011
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0018732
Description: Text reads 'Happy Feet to be released...' A killer whale, a shark (who yells 'Get ready here he comes!') and a seal grab their forks and tie on their napkins as Happy Feet, the penguin, swims unwittingly on its back towards them, clutching a map and wearing a tracking device. Context: Happy Feet was released into the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand more than two months after it came ashore on a beach nearly 2,000 miles from home. Happy Feet was found on 20 June on Peka Peka beach, about 40 miles north-west of Wellington. It had been 44 years since an emperor penguin was last spotted in the wild in New Zealand. (Guardian 4 September 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).