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Date: 1922

From: [Ephemera relating to politics and elections in New Zealand. 1920-1929]

By: Tweedie, George, 1869-

Reference: Eph-B-POLITICS-1922-Tweedie

Description: Three fliers containing speeches or sermons by George Tweedie, "a retired sheep and dairy farmer, now a candidate for New Plymouth Constituency". One "sermon" is about Chivalry (2 copies); one addresses a detective who had opposed him; one advocates humility to God (2 copies). Mr Tweedie wrote the pamphlets from the Jubilee Boarding House, New Plymouth, on 26 November, 2 December and 7 December 1922. Quantity: 3 fliers. Physical Description: Fliers, sizes varying around 275 x 190 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Bill Sheat, Lower Hutt, in 2005.

Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-681-001/016

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows the Beehive spinning, refers to the political spin that happens leading up to an election. It seems that everyone is polled leading up to the election, including the hereford cow population. National Party President Michelle Boag spends the weekend putting Bill English's cabinet together, not his political cabinet but rather his coffin. Maurice Williamson, National Party MP makes Michelle Boag walk the plank of the National Party Pirate ship. Labour Party leader and Prime Minister, Helen Clark, gets ready to hang Winston Peters. As the country seeks improved work conditions, leave provisions and longer holidays, the Sri Lankan boat people show a keeness to come to New Zealand to work. Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, seeks to differentiate between asylum seekers and people and abos (aborigines) and people. Australian rugby players beat up the referee thinking someone called him a refugee. Helen Clarke (Eve) trys to tempt Peter Dunne (Adam) into eating an apple. Jim Andrton looks on from a tree as a serpent. Helen Clark paces the floor wondering which of the Parties, the Greens or United Future, are most infuriating. An Israeli soldier suggests a reporter could say that in the latest Israeli attack on Palestine that "Palestinian arms were uncovered", he holds a persons left arm in his hand. Helen Clark invites Peter Dunne into her office. He enters with a trojan horse with the sign 'moral right' around its neck. A photo of the main coalition family and includes Helen Clark, Michael Cullen, Jim Anderton and Peter Dunne. In drought and famine stricken Zimbabwe a man digs for oil seeing this as a way to get American President George W. Bush to have an interest in getting rid of the current leader, Robert Mugabe. A rugby union umpire takes the field wearing an American football padded and helmeted uniform. Refers to the assault on a rugby referee by a spectator in South Africa. Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-554-021/042

Description: Political cartoons. Jenny Shipley waits for the corner to be turned in the tourism row. Fringe political games. 1. Murray McCully passes the buck on the tourism row. 2. Helen Clark spread the rumour. Comment on the barbarism of human behaviour as news tells us that Hutu rebels hack tourists to death in Uganda. Comment on Air New Zealand's growing service and safety problems. More Fringe political games... Dodging the issue - Jenny Shipley. Losing the plot: - Clem Simich. A TVNZ executive is put in the firing line over the John Hawkesby payout. Farmers celebrate the end of the draught. Monica Lewinsky's side of the Bill Clinton sex scandal. Saatch boss, Kevin Roberts is made to walk the plank by the Tourism Board. New developments in genetic modification. Comment on the resilience of Tourism Minister Murray McCully to withstand the tourism row. Jenny Shipley explains she won't support the Alliance's Bill calling for labelling of all genetically modified food until the Bill has been redrafted with the National Party logo on the front instead of the Alliance one. A look into the Serbian Police Handbook which identifies threats and instructs Serbian Police to destroy them. The British establishment congratulate themselves on rooting out greed and corruption from the IOC (International Olympic Committee?) and go back to their indulgent ways. Comment on the contradiction between Paul Holmes pitching his show to the ordinary kiwi while receiving a $770,000 salary. Helen Clark trails in the polls as Labour heads toward the next election. Jenny Shipley leads the charge of the firemen against unpopular reformer Roger Estall. Allied planes swoop low over a Serbian soldier about to execute a woman and her baby. Allied war planes are dispatched with personal messages, except the spelling isn't that flash. Comment on the publics feeling of helplessness in the face of mass killings in Kosovo and the Nato response to the violence. Comment on the thought that the APEC summit in Auckland would bring American tourists. Comment on voyeuristic television shows. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2001

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

Reference: H-673-047/067

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. The All Blacks and Wallabies rugby teams put aside their differences to farewell John Eales. Australian Prime Minister's stance on Afghani refugees coming into Australia. Jim Bolger promotes the People's Bank as Jim's Bank. A red neck Australian suggests Helen Clark take the rest of their non-white population as well as the Afghan refugees. Air Force cadets sit an exam, one question asks what the greatest threat to NZ's combat Air Force is. The options include Helen Clark. Jim Bolger walks the tight-rope between credibility and scepticism with Jim Anderton on his shoulders. Refers to their working relationship within the People's Bank. A pilot looks alarmed as the left wing (Ansett Australia) is cut off the plane (Air New Zealand). Winston Peters gives his position on people seeking refugee status in New Zealand. The Statue of Liberty weeps as the twin towers in New York smoulder. Osama bin Laden reminds the world of the dignity and nobility of their cause. A paralell is drawn between breaking the cycle of welfare dependency and the government bail-out of the Air New Zealand Board. On board an Air New Zealand flight sit members of the Air New Zealand Board. They wear Mickey Mouse hats. The world mourns the loss of their citizens in terrorist attacks on New York's twin towers. Flags fly at half mast. Trans-Tasman rivally continues over rugby, airlines and CER. NZ First leader, Winston Peters finds his 'super scare monger' suit in time for the next election. Uncle Sam tries to find a way of fighting terrorism while occupying the high moral ground. Osam bin Laden refuses to leave Afghanistan by plane. Shows Michael Cullen and the Labour Cabinet divided on whether or not to rescue Air New Zealand or to place it in statutory management. President George W Bush presents his complex response to fighting the terrorist network, divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Shows the twin towers in New York under attack with a written reminder on the nature of fanaticism. Shows the air and sea crammed with every type of combat vessel heading toward Afghanistan and asks the question, 'ok, now what?' A proposal for dealing with released, violent psychiatric patients. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1875 - 1876

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Lake Wakatipu, Banks Peninsula, Dunedin and its outskirts, Central Otago, Lake Wanaka, Oamaru, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1878]

Reference: E-016-5-084

Description: Two drawings on one page. On the left, a back view of a boy in a nightshirt standing on a chair on tiptoes, reaching into a pantry. The pantry door has a sign 'jam closet'. Likely to show one of the artist's younger sons helping themselves to food from the family pantry after bedtime. On the right a view of precipices on Mount Iron. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on trimmed sketchbook page, page size 98 x 127 mm

Date: 1997

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

Reference: H-418-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. John Collinge, former High Commissioner to London and a former National Party President is accused of prodigious sexual activity. British colonial rule ends in Hong Kong, the territory is handed back to China. Illustration of the issue of cross-dressing within the New Zealand Police. Problems with moving the Beehive building. Martian exploration on other planets. Jim Bolger reacts nervously to his coalition government's announcement of a proposed compulsory retirement savings scheme. Paper boys consider compulsory retirement and it's costs. Relations between Bill English and Neil Kirton continue to be filled with animosity. Winston Peters is selective in which inquiry findings he'll accept. Jenny Shipley hedges her bets in backing compulsory superannuation schemes. Roger Douglas is raised from the dead to support national's compulsory superannuation scheme. Alamein Kopu leaves her party to become an independent MP. Alamein Kopu tells Parliament all her contributions to the house will be in Maori. Some MP's aren't worried as she is rarely in the house. Secret Australian briefing papers call Winston Peters a 'loose cannon...' Jenny Shipley uses fear tactics to promote her compulsory superannuation scheme. Alamein Kopu speaks Maori in the House of Representatives. Some MP's are not impressed. Bill English continues to attack Neil Kirton. Tau Henare gives out advice. Obituary for politician Matiu Rata 1934-1997. Winston Peters makes uncharacteristically responsible ethical statements. As Labour leader Helen Clark keeps a low profile her popularity in the preferred Prime Minister polls sours above Jim Bolgers. Jim Bolger feels he may be a target at the National Party Conference. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides. Processing information: Subject headings updated in 2022 as part of inclusive metadata work.

Date: 2010

By: Artis Gallery

Reference: ArtEph-2010-C-01

Description: Brochure reproduces 25 paintings by Ray Ching, each based on a moral adage. Subjects are rabbits, hedgehogs, hawks, cats, kiwi, ducks, geese, huia, Pelorus Jack, monkeys, swans, blackbirds, roosters, cows, horses, unicorn, possum, tuatara, pukeko and magpie. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital prints on brochure, 230 x 840 mm, folded in four to 230 x 210 mm

Date: 1907 - 1908

By: National Sunday School Union (Great Britain); Phillips, Bertie, active 1907

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-C-Cards-04

Description: 1907 card displays the verse: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God" (Matthew VI.33), and shows poppies, a cottage near the white cliffs of Dover. 1908 card (and duplicate) displays the motto "Fight the good fight of faith" (Timothy 6.12), and shows lilies and an English country church by a river or lake. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cards, and one duplicate.. Physical Description: Chromolithographs on cards 120 x 137 mm (scalloped edges) Provenance: Previously owned by Bertie Phillips, whose name is inscribed on the verso of one of the 1908 cards.

Date: 1947 - 1950

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-167

Description: Humorous pencil sketches of student life at a university sports tournament shows figures playing basketball, table tennis, fencing, hockey, shooting, marathon running. Two men sing beside a beer barrel, beer bottles rise on wings, a man tries to persuade a girl to come to the cemetery with him, a woman throws a wet missile at a man boarding a train ("The Royal Soak"), and the scene is filmed by a man from the National Film Unit. Assumed to be drawn by Neville Rykers when he was an engineering student at Auckland University. He may have travelled to a University Easter Sports Tournament in another city. There was a Gresham Hotel in Christchurch and in Dunedin. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 350 x 520 mm.

Date: 1990 - 1992

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

Reference: A-316-085/105

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Spree of national and international reforms Abortion, tobacco sponsorship, defending your property laws, horse-jumping medals, electioneering, morality of thieves, sports coverage causes domestic disharmony, headlines nothing but bad news, upside of unemployment, smoking cessation programme, disillusionment over government consultants, the violence of the civilised world, violence seen as natural response to threats, referendum '92 on the voting system, sporting injuries. Original drawings, numbers A-316-091, A-316-095 and A-316-105 in a separate folder, individually catalogued Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 2007

By: Photospace Gallery

Reference: Eph-C-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-2007-01

Description: Poster advertising a photographic exhibition shows one of Kendra McCarthy's photographs of a young woman seated at the controls of a car, with a cigarette in her mouth. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Zoe Brownlie, Wellington, in 2007.

Date: 2011

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0017523

Description: In the top frame Labour Party leader Phil Goff says 'Damien O'Connor's tirade against gays and Trade Unionists in the Labour Party must be condemned strongly, so I say, Tisk! Tisk!' A supporter says 'That's the best you can do? Comeon Phil, harden up' and so Phil Goff says 'Okay, okay, okay, Gimme a break, geez 'Tisk! Tisk! And Tisk!' Context - Labour MP Damien O'Connor has said sorry after lashing out about a "gaggle of gays" and "self-serving unionists" having too much control over the party. The cartoon suggests that Phil Goff didn't wholly disapprove of the sentiments expressed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016269

Description: National Party Minister of Ethnic Affairs and Women's Affairs is thrown from a plane labeled 'Cabinet' by Prime Minister John Key who says 'Sorry Pansy... this is one flight you won't be taking!' Below a seal at Kaikoura says 'I thought humans were warm-blooded creatures like us... not cold blooded killers!!' Refers to the resignation of Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong from her portfolio after it was revealed that on a trip to China in 2008 her husband Sammy Wong was involved in a business deal. An independent investigation of travel claims by Mrs Wong and her husband Sammy was ordered by Speaker Lockwood. The trip was made with a 90 percent taxpayer-funded rebate on their airfares, and it is against the rules to use the allowance for private business. Mrs Wong has apologised and paid back the $474 rebate for the China trip. An Auditor-General's inquiry called for by the Labour opposition is not considered necessary. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0011949

Description: Shows Sir Geoffrey Palmer beside himself with excitement as he describes the drunken debauched behaviour of young people in Courtenay Place while he was chairing a review of liquor laws. He says THAT IT WAS ALMOST AS BAD AS THE LABOUR CAUCUS FROM 1975 TO 1984. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017532

Description: The cartoon shows Labour MP Damien O'Connor shooting himself in the foot but unfortunately the bullet ricochets and hits Labour (Ric O'Chet) right where it hurts. Context - Labour Party MP Damien O'Connor ranted about a "gaggle of gays" and "self-serving unionists" having too much control over the party list; he was blaming the list process and the influence of union and rainbow sector groups for skewing the list against him and other rural and provincial-based candidates. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017377

Description: The cartoon shows Philip Taito Field leaving a court house; behind the door hides a mischievous-looking 'toff' who is about to give him whiskey and a gun. Context - The 'Nick Smith on business' column entitled 'Cheaper justice in a bottle of Scotch'. Nick Smith says 'It makes me pine for that kinder, gentler age when serious issues of political corruption were dealt with quietly and efficiently. Back in the day, according to some Tory toffs, you simply supplied a bottle of Scotch and a gun to the miscreant and off he went into the night'. He is commenting on Philip Taito Field's long drawn out and very expensive trial on corruption charges. Published in New Zealand Herald Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017859

Description: Caricature of Hone Harawira, who has started the new 'Mana Party'. He is shown as a baby in a plaid skirt and tam-o-shanter, breaking a patu in a tantrum. Context - The cartoonist says 'Hone using past injustices to hide the fact that really all he is doing is trying to get power, he's presuming anger for europeans breaking his heritage spirit (patu) but he's really just a dysfunctional human'. The cartoon was drawn to illustrate an article written by Nick Smith called 'Backwards into the future' which looks at similarities between Maori and Scots politics. 'Both Maori and Scots political groups trade on a sense of tribal injustice: that the perfidious Pakeha or Sassenach, respectively, has committed and continues to commit a crime against an entire people'. (NZ Herald 20 May 2011) Title provided by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017861

Description: The leader of the new Mana Party Hone Harawira appears as a baby being fed bile by his mother, Titewhai Harawira aho says 'num, num'. Context - Hone Harawira has left the Maori Party because of insurmountable differences and has formed the 'Mana Party' which is further out to the left. His mother Titewhai Harawira has always been a Maori activist but her pronouncements are becoming more extreme. Titewhai 'Harawira, mother of independent MP Hone Harawira, turned up at a Maori Party hui at Te Tii marae yesterday [8 May] and was reportedly yelling, swearing and singing over the top of other speakers'. Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party says her behaviour has 'just grown and grown and so in the end it's sort of like uncontrollable now." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016112

Description: PM John Key holds a card that reads 'Two Wongs don't make a right...' and thinks to himself that the 'travel perk' is 'nothing but "travel murk"'. Refers to the news that the PM says MP travel entitlements are to be abolished but MPs elected before 1990 will keep the perk - follows a demand by the public for transparency after several scandals (Pansy Wong most recently) over misuse of the entitlement. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017507

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is shocked to hear that he has been put 'way down the party list'; he demands to know if 'self-serving unionists and gays' have been put ahead of him and is stunned into silence when he discovers that everyone has been put ahead of him. Context - Labour MP Damien O'Connor has said sorry after lashing out about a "gaggle of gays" and "self-serving unionists" having too much control over the party. Also when Darren Hughes was forced to resign as Labour's chief whip after a sexual misconduct accusation, there was much redistribution of the Labour Party list MPs to get Hughes replaced by Louisa Wall. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).