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Date: 1998

Reference: H-501-001/021

Description: Shows the race for the rural vote with National in the lead, followed by Act and Labour in the rear. Comment on Paul Holmes seeking to be Mayor of Auckland while retaining his nightly TV show. All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick retires from rugby - a tribute. Shows the tension between Winston Peters and Bill Birch. Shows the only ones winning from the Melbourne docks picket are the lawyers. John Luxton explains why New Zealand should phase out tariffs ahead of the rest of the world. A guy at the pub suggests introducing a work for the cabinet salary scheme would have more effect than a work for the dole scheme. Pol Pot is met in Hell by Hitler and Stalin. Politicians lobby to a near empty hall. The public favour paying for their televised sport rather than pay more on their Broadcasting Licence fee to get free to air sports. Paul Holmes agrees with himself that he would make an outstanding Mayor for Auckland. Helen Clark shows a growing obsession with the National leader, Jenny Shipley. Max Bradford sees the benefits of splitting up ECNZ. A toast to the Northern Ireland peace deal. Graham Latimer calls for Maori to get superannuation at age 50. Winston Peters thinks that informed public servants should not have any say in the debate over splitting ECNZ. Winston Peters tries to reassure New Zealanders they have nothing to fear about the Japanese economy committing hara kiri. Outbreak of crytoporidiosis linked to public swimming pools. Jenny Shipley and Winston Peters wear the defeat over the Government's referendum proposal on Auckland's local body assets. Money considerations guide surgical decisions in New Zealand hospitals. The elderly have the national superannuation surcharge removed. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Sizes vary slightly, the average cartoon frame being approximately 14 x 20 cm.

Date: 1983

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

Reference: A-360-176/208

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 33 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-677-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows father and son watching a World Cup Soccer game. The boy comments that he's going to play soccer when he grows up as it gives him all day to do something else. Comment on the nature of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Shows Sharon and Arafat as two dogs. Sharon is huge and dangerous and Arafat is small and timid. George W Bush points out Arafat as being the dangerous dog and the other needing to be put on a lead for his own protection. Comparing the Black Caps cricket performance with the teachers strike. The Beehive is bombarded by a swarm of Painted Apple Moth demanding an apology from Helen Clark. Refers to all the apologies Clark has given recently. Nandor Tanczos argues that using cannabis has never done him any harm. Helen Clark defends her position on giving special treatment to Maori. Walking frames are unloaded ready for a political address by Winston Peters. Helen Clark prays to God to look after the country while she campaigns. She reassures God she'll pick the job up again on the 28th of July (the day after the election). Jim Anderton receives a gold Mickey Mouse watch from his former Alliance Party colleagues. A New Zealand couple receive a written apology from Helen Clark for the things she will do once back in power. Helen Clark and Bill English get breifed about not hitting below the belt. Helen Clark's belt (popularity) goes all the way up to her arm-pits and Bill English's belt only comes up to her knees. A storm cloud (resurgent unionism) rains over a school. The forecast is for continuing stormy weather for the next three years. Helen Clark stands on a chair screaming as 4 large rats (Rising Dollar, Falling Commodity Prices, Popularity Decline, Rising Interest Rates) approach her. A child comments on the 2002 snap election. Helen Clark does the Dance of the Seven Veils with possible election dates. The audience call for her to give them a date. A man is about to take a pill (rural GP subsidy) but it is too little to help with his condition, a giant knife (rural dissolution policies) through his body. Shows Winston Peters using immigration to brew up trouble as a way of getting back into power. Comment on the number of apologies the Prime Minister has been making. Comment on the likelihood of the Teacher Settlement Package being ratified. Shows Helen Clark ticking off the list of apologies she's planning to make. Comment on the possibility of a mad-cow disease outbreak in New Zealand. Shows Helen Clark holding firm on not letting anything out in regards to the possible election date. Shows Air New Zealand's new no-frills airline, the plane has no seats. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 4 Feb 1988 - 04 Feb 1988

From: New Zealand Police Association Oral History Project

By: Ingram, Daniel Mason, 1914-1996

Reference: OHInt-0095/3

Description: Dan Ingram recalls joining the police in 1938, training, living conditions, paying for a cook, rules in the barracks, hours of work, leave provisions, compares discipline to the army, duties, work at Waiouru Military Camp, work at Tinakori Police Station, attitude to Association before involvement, interest amongst workmates, first impressions of the management committee, role of the president and the vice president, changes in the operation of the management committee during 1962-1974, dissention within management, how disputes were resolved, issues involving police housing, impressions of Ministers of Police: Allen, Mick Connelly. Describes election to president in 1971, his view on the role of president, district visits, reception, issues such as pay, housing, general conditions of service, effect of riot at Alexandra Blossom Festival, issue of early retirement, the Sam Barnett period, feelings about 1951 waterfront strike, appointment of Compton to commissioner, the 1953 Royal Tour, issue of patrol cars, issue of closing suburban stations, opinions of Jack Meltzer, David Lee, the Welfare Fund, views about Hamish Thomas in 1969, the Manners Street building, changes in policing over his career as a police officer, views on community policing, changes in Association during his time on the job. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Geoffrey Terpstra Venue - Mr Ingram's home at Lyall Bay Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002920 - OHC-002921 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 564.

Date: 24 Mar 1988

From: New Zealand Police Association Oral History Project

By: Butler, Robert Laurie, 1931-

Reference: OHInt-0095/1

Description: Rob Butler recalls reasons for joining the police force in 1951, training at Mount Cook Barracks, the 1951 waterfront strike, Training College in Wellington South, Senior Sergeant Prater as sole trainer, fatigues, barrack conditions, first assignment in Wellington Central Station, watch house duty, experience of being on the beat, social life in barracks, relationship with superior officers, reasons for joining CIB (Criminal Investigation Branch), training system, promotion to detective, cultivation of informers, difference between CIB and uniform branch. Describes introduction to the Police Association, the Association in the 1950s, election to management committee, attitude to police journal, Association politics, lobbying, opinion of Jack Meltzer and control of the Association, other committee members, attitude of commissioners to Association: Spencer, Urquhart, Sharp, Burnside, anecdotes about Burnside, election to presidency in 1964, his aims, relationships with Ministers of Police: Allen, Connelly, Norman Kirk as prime minister. Discusses the Compton Affair (1953-1954), Sam Barnett, the first president - Bill Murray, the five day week (1958), early retirement (1959), Sickness Benefit Fund, Police Council of Sport (1960), abolition of capital punishment and the Angelo Antonio La Mattina case, recalls various activities of the Association in early 1960s, the Police Staff Tribunal, retirement of Jack Meltzer in 1965, succession of David Lee, David Lee's achievements, establishment of Ministry of Transport, Hamish Thomas' succession in 1969, politics against Hamish Thomas, the Gilfedder affair (1973), opinion of Bob Moodie and Alan Monk, building of the police college at Porirua (1979), housing issues, amalgamation of Association with Police Officers' Guild, uniforms, problems with the remit system, status of women in Police. Venue - Wanganui Interviewer(s) - Geoffrey Terpstra Venue - Mr Butler's home in Wanganui Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002917 - OHC-002919 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 563.