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Date: 1980

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

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-693

Description: The scene is an airport runway. Anchored offshore is a ship called 'Christchurch'. Hovering above the water is a helicopter towing a bag of money labelled $570,000. On board the ship are some figures firing at the helicopter trying to bring it down. On the runway the mayors of Christchurch and Wellington are leaping up and down calling "more! more! more!". Michael Fowler is holding a paper in his hand which reads 'Govt. development plan of W'gton airport'. Extended Title - Christchurch. May 27 (PA). - Christchurch city councillors lashed out today at the Government - and specially the Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) - over the channelling of money away from Christchurch Airport. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache, letratone and crayon, 452 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1979 - 1984

Reference: Eph-C-RECREATION-1979/1984

Description: Includes: 1979: Entertainment [tabloid "monthly" newspaper listing live shows, theatre, sport, arts and crafts, World Trade Fair] 1980: ... have a go! Get a family feeling. A promotion of the New Zealand Council for Recreation & Sport, PO Box 5122, Wellington, phone 728-058. 1981: Leisure into the '80s. Recro '81, 3rd New Zealand Sport & Recreation Fieldays, Mystery Creek Hamilton. Saturday & Sunday 17-18 October 1981. Printed by Express Print (Hamilton) Ltd. Summer City. Wellington City Council Parks and Recreation Department; Wellington Community Arts Council [1981] (2 copies) Summer City. 'Basin Bonanza'. Sunday 1st February, Basin Reserve [1981] Summer City. Harbour spectacular, Oriental Pararade [Parade], Saturday 14th Feb [1981] (2 copies) Summer City. Newtown, Prince of Wales Park, Sunday 8th Feb 1981. All Nations Day 1982: The Old Customhouse, Auckland. Customhouse happenings, February [1982] (2-sided sheet listing events) Grand Christmas Gala. Sat 6th Nov, Newtown School, opened by Sir Michael Fowler at 11 am [1982] 1983: Holiday programme! Kites, kites, kites [Exhibition, films, workshops, colouring competition, flying days, at Porirua. 1983] Here comes the sun; Summer City 1983 [poster showing a rising sun](2 copies) Here comes the sun ... Summer City 83. Wellington City Council Parks and Recreation Department, Wellington Arts Centre Trust, Summer City [poster showing a jester clown] Here comes the sun; Summer City 1983 [brochure listing events] (2 copies) Splash Out. Sunday March 6. Summer City Grand finale, in, on, around Wellington Harbour. Greta Point Tavern gutbuster, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Centenary; Homestead Birdman Competition, Caltex Bus Rodeo; NZ Army SAS beach assault [1983] 1984: Summer City Asia Pacific Festival. Kite Day, Macalister Park Newtown, Sunday 1-5 pm December 2nd [1984] (2 copies) Summer City. "A touch of the sun". Parks & Recreation Department, Wellington City Council [1984] '84 Recreation Expo; see the greatest variety of recreation and hobby displays & demonstrations ever held in N.Z. NZ Kennel Club's Exhibition Centre, Prosser St, Porirua, 4-10 March [1984] Quantity: 18 publications. Physical Description: Screenprints and offset prints, sizes varying around 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1974 - 1975

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-132-388/409

Description: Includes cartoons about a flea problem, Tony Brunt the newcomer to the city, women bus drivers, Wellington Harbour, rowing in Oriental Bay, the runway at Wellington airport, the Wellington motorway and disputes thereabouts, buses for adults only, winds of change in the mayoralty Oct 1974, "Fowler's folly" building, the motorway again, increases in parking fees, Wellington festival 1975, sculpture on the waterfront, school passes on buses, raw sewage in Titahi Bay, busdrivers hanged from a Christmas tree 1975. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 22 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1976 - 1977

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-132-410/434

Description: Includes cartoons about the expensive mayoral car, proposed plans for stadium at Basin Reserve, sewage dumping on Kapiti Coast, Michael Fowler tries for Arab money for the town hall, speeding truck-drivers in Ngauranga Gorge, tunnelling in Ngauranga Gorge for a sewer, money sought from the Education Dept for development of the zoo, the BNZ construction site, building of the Wellington Town Hall, invasion of porina moths, opinions of the architecture of the Beehive, the shabby state of the airport buildings, the liability of busdrivers to strike, street artists invited to paint murals, the high cost the the new town hall, hoteliers to be sponsored to skydive for charity. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1977

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-028048-F

Description: The Mayor of Wellington Michael Fowler (front, left), and other men, walking on the tarmac at Wellington airport. Occasion, and other members of the group, unidentified. Photograph taken in 1977 for the Evening Post. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative