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Date: 1948 - 1949

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-311-6-001/057

Description: New Zealand topics include school holidays, overloaded trams, parking offenders, shop assistants' spelling shortcomings, hot weather, the performance of jockeys, building material shortages, a fun map of Auckland, raising money for rugby, long turn-arounds on the wharves, mortgage rates and housing rentals, womens' rights and strikes, unionism, road rules, food parcels for Britain, womens' role in parenting and education, schoolgirls wearing makeup, aeronautical research, Walter Nash's travels, New Zealand lifestyles, national defence policies, delays in constructing the Mangakino power scheme, school homework, power and fuel cuts, aluminium industry prospects, bids by Auckland and Christchurch for the 1950 Empire Games, communism and duck shooting, national economic performance, introduction of radar at Auckland airport, passenger transport, strikes, house building, defence of the British Empire, shortage of taxis in Auckland, traffic problems in Auckland, Aucklanders' lack of a sense of humour, car conversion, deteriorating cars, the siting of Auckland International Airport at Mangere, conscription, weekend family life and the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge. International topics include the Cold War, food parcels for Britain, the Five Nation Alliance against Soviet Russia, Commonwealth research into rocketry and aeronautics, British Empire defence zones, the Atlantic Pact, the reluctance of the USA to share defence secrets, New Zealand's place in international affairs, and Finance Minister Walter Nash's travels. Quantity: 57 Newspaper clippings. 57 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Newspaper clippings glued to card approx 245 x 165, plus A4 photocopies. Image sizes approximately 132 x 163 mm. Transfers: Newspaper clippings are at A-311-6 and photocopies of these at H-634-001/057.

Date: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :One folder of original cartoons on New Zealand, Europe, trade and the E.E.C. published in the Auckland Star between 1979 and 1986.

Reference: A-322-096

Description: The cartoon shows a man, representing New Zealand, with a block of butter in front of him as if it were a soccer ball. He is saying to himself, `... and to think I now have to score against a team which includes Germany, Italy and France...'. Refers to the E.E.C. in Europe making it harder for New Zealand to export dairy products to Great Britain. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card. 230 x 160 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 2009

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0011619

Description: Shows a poster asking the viewer to 'Spot the spectator'. It asks the viewer to mark with an 'x' where in a large empty stadium being pelted with rain the 'die-hard...Canty rugby fan may be seated during the test against Italy. Refers to the difficulty of attracting large crowds to the game. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0024692

Description: Cartoon showing past and present battlegrounds for New Zealand. Then the battlegrounds were Greece, Crete, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Italy. Now the battlegrounds are nicotine, alcohol, obesity, sugar, diabetes, fast foods, and poverty. Refers to ANZAC Day commemorations, and current health issues in New Zealand. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020110

Description: Comparison between the treatment of the captains of the Italian cruiseship 'Costa Concordia' and the container ship 'Rena'. Both ships have run aground recently, the 'Rena' on the Astrolabe Reef off the Tauranga coast and the 'Costa Concordia' on rocks off the Tuscan coast. The Concordia's captain, Francesco Schettino, is under house arrest suspected of causing the accident by steering too close to shore, and faces charges of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship before the evacuation was complete. In New Zealand the captain and second officer of the 'Rena' face charges - under Section 65 of the Maritime Act, covering dangerous activity involving ships or maritime products - that carry a penalty of up to a year imprisonment or a fine up to $10,000. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).