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Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-362-160/191

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary.

Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-674-088/107

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. John Davy, the man at the centre of the fraudulent CEO appointment to the Maori Television Service explains his bogus qualifications were created by a Canadian witness protection programme. Jim Anderton on the eve of taking an oath of allegiance to his fourth political party, Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition Party. Jim Anderton rides two horses (Alliance and Progressive Coalition Parties) like Ben Hur. He says he doesn't like the view from his position. Helen Clark who is standing underneath him admits she doesn't like the view from where she stands either. Jim Anderton runs across a crumbling bridge (credibility). Hurricanes fans can't bear to talk about their team but can't stop talking about them either. It is revealed to Bill English that his boxing opponent for the youth suicide charity bout is Jenny Shipley. Council rubbish collectors remember that there are always a lot of discarded televisions at this time of year when the Hurricanes are defeated in the Super Twelve competitions. A customs officer interviews a man suspected of carrying ecstasy in his underpants. The public and private thoughts of Jim Anderton and Laila Harre as the rift grows within the Alliance Party. Shows the government as a three-legged table being propped up by a pile of rickety books (Alliance Party). Tribute to All Black Jeff Wilson who has retired from All Blacks rugby. The All Blacks are hit with a hard draw in the rugby world cup. Bill English knocks out members of his staff who deliver any bad news about poll results. Michael Cullen is about to deliver the next budget as some are only just recovering from his 2001 budget. Jeanette Fitsimons puts forward the Green Party's point of view on the release of GE organisms into the environment. Helen Clark says the country already has a point of view and it's hers. The Crusaders rugby team defeat the Brumbies. Comment on the ultimatums being used around the world. Particularly India and Pakistan threatening nuclear war and Helen Clark and Jeanette Fitzsimons debate over the release of GE organisms into the environment. Pakistan and India are convinced of God being on their side as they wheel out their nuclear weapons. Palestinian bombers warn Israel they are now targeting 18-month old babies for their part in the 1967 annexation of Palestinian lands. Russian gets a seat at the NATO Council. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.