Places

Date: 2010

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017637

Description: A woman, in extreme frustration, hauls her husband away from cricket on TV and tries to shove him out into the garden saying 'I agree - ripping up the land ruins the natural beauty of the countryside - but you're still going to dig the garden!' A newspaper on the floor has a headline reading 'OK given to mine conservation land'. Context - the government's decision to give the go-ahead to exploratory drilling for the mining of various minerals in several national parks. This is an extremely controversial move (led by Energy Minister, Gerry Brownlee), which conservationists and the tourist industry are not happy about. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 6 July 1996

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Burford, Melanie Jayne, 1970-

Reference: EP-Ethnology-Maori Land from 1976-04

Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "Ancestral lands - David Doorbar, Jim and Chris O'Carroll, from Waitara, at a sacred site they say has been desecrated by mining, left, pipelines and river diversion." Photograph taken 6 July 1996 by Evening Post staff photographer Melanie Burford. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler print 12.7 x 17.9 cm

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016859

Description: Two trampers meet Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee in the bush. They are concerned that the Forest and Bird people have said there is a threat that the forests could become totally silent. Gerry Brownlee says 'Not once I'd got started'. Behind him is a huge bulldozer with the words 'Mine the Parks' printed on it. Context - The Government's stocktake of New Zealand's mineral resources which includes investigating reserves in three national parks and a statement that Native forests are falling silent as unprotected native bird populations rapidly decline from predation, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright says. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1928

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-033

Description: Photo of a group of four men having tea beside a fire at the old mine landing, Mokau River. Photographed in 1928 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Old mine landing, Mokau, 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8 x 10.2 cm

Date: 1927

By: Hill, John Cecil, 1889-1974; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: J-044-004

Description: Mr Gordon Coates and Mr Harry Holland are arguing over various peices of sheet music which represent the 'songs' they play to their voters. Exhibited in 'The Line-Up' exhibition of 36 cartoons by 36 cartoonists curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library auditorium foyer from 5 April 2002 to mark the tenth anniversary of establishment of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Extended Title - 'The Red Flag'. 'Don't go down the mine Daddy'. 'The farmer's boy'. Mr Gordon Coates says, "Confound your impudence! Cribbing my popular song. You know I depend on it." Mr Harry Holland replies, "Sorry! But the people are giving my 'Red Flag Act' the 'bird,' and I also have to live, you know." Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies photocopy from a bromide.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from a bromide.

Date: 1955 - 1968

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1960/Acc.31193

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Detailed view of 'C' seam showing barrier supports, Kiwi Creek and large section of the mine. Coloured annotations in red and blue pencil highlighting main return path (red) and main intake path (blue) as well as heating (red). Legend includes board and brattice stopping, fire dams, doors, air crossings, telephones, underground ambulance station, direction air current and airways. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Traced by RS Bennett, 7/7/1960. An article from the Colliery Guardian February 1 1968 and reprinted in the 2 February 1968 issue had been pasted to the bottom of the map. Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, hand coloured, 77 x 119 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014430

Description: The cartoon is entitled 'English Grammar'. In the first of two frames a Tuhoe man points at a 'National Park' and says 'MINE!' which is described as 'the possessive pronoun' and in the second frame Minister for Energy and Resources points at the 'National Park' and says 'MINE!' which is described as 'the transitive verb'. Refers to the Tuhoe expectation that they were to be granted 'ownership' of the Urewera National Park' as part of a settlement; the expectation was dashed by an about-face by PM John Key who denied that the notion had ever been on the table. Gerry Brownlee, however, wants to start exploratory drilling for precious minerals in some national parks, some of the areas of interest being Schedule 4 pristine bush, supposedly absolutely protected from development of any sort. Tuhoe want to 'possess' ('mine' - hence possessive pronoun) and Brownlee wants to mine - hence, 'transitive verb'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

Reference: DCDL-0014508

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee sit on logs in a national park roasting frogs over a fire. The prime minister mumbles through his cigar that he has decided to 'pull the plug on giving Te Urewera National Park back to Tuhoe' and Gerry Brownlee is pleased because otherwise they 'might not be able to mine it'. Refers to the government decision, apparently a u-turn by John Key, that the ownership of the Urewera National Park, which Tuhoe had regarded as a fait accompli, will not be returned to them. The frogs being eaten by John Key and Gerry Brownlee are endangered Archie's frogs that would be threatened by mining. By proposing to mine National parks, this government is undermining their purpose - that they're protected. The cartoon is saying that if the crown no longer own them, they might not be able to exploit them, or a to be more exact, profit from exploiting them. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 18 Jan 2004

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000288

Description: Views of the unveiling of a stone memorial on 18 January 2004 to mark the graves of the 19 men who died in the 1967 Strongman Mine disaster. Shows ceremony at Karoro Cemetery, Greymouth. Source of descriptive information - Event identified by Library client Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Events (brunner memorial)" Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1868

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065407-F

Description: View of Moanataiari Creek, Thames, showing the chimney of the Caledonian Claim up the Valley in the background, and buildings in the settlement along the shore of the Firth of Thames (including the Prince Alfred Hotel, the Melbourne Boarding House, and the butcher W L File). Photograph taken 1868 by Henry Frith. The negatives at ½-065407-F, ½-065408-F, and ½-065409-F fit together to form a panorama. Note on back of file print states `Mudflats in foreground have since been reclaimed'. Location also identified as Beach Rd, Shortland (now Thames). Prince Alfred Hotel on corner Coromandel St. The chimney previously identified as the Moanataiari Battery corrected to Caledonian Claim after contact from a researcher, 6 March 2021. See also 1/2-020789 The mudflats in the foreground have since been reclaimed. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1901

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Crompton-Smith, Annie Marian, 1877-1965

Reference: D-007-002

Description: Testimonial presented to Stephenson Percy Smith, founder of the Polynesian Society, on his retirement from the position of Surveyor-General and Secretary for Crown Lands, in 1901. The painted testimonial features a list of the names of the officers of the District Lands and Survey branches, and vignettes showing a Māori chief, the landing place of Tainui at Kawhia, Mount Tarawera after the eruption of 1886, and a surveyor's camp and settlement 'at the Kermadecs'. In addition there is a view of the Southern Alps, a Taranaki scene, a surveyors' camp, road-making through dense bush, a pastoral scene with a farmhouse in the distance, a section of kauri forest, and a mining scene at Thames (Grahamstown Goldfield) with working mines, mine machinery and houses. The whole is surrounded and divided into sections by painted Maori carvings, with kowhai, a theodolite, a tree-fern, native clematis, a nikau palm and flax. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G. N. Sturtevant fecit MCMI Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 604 x 905 mm.

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014057

Description: The cartoon shows the entrance to the 'Sharples Gold Mine' which is in a hillside with the features of Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Green Party. Text above reads 'Speaking of mining...' A man muttering 'Fools Gold' pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with a great nugget that bears the words 'Democracy is an artificial political concoction'. According to Dr Sharples, the essence of democracy is not one person one vote, which he describes as an "artificial political concoction" but "goals towards equity ... and inclusiveness". Dr Sharples' ideas about the nature of democracy are being vented because he is frustrated by the Government's refusal to set aside two seats on the Auckland super-city council for Maori - because of this he believes that democracy is failing Maori, that the principal of one person one vote will not give Maori representation. The reference to mining is because the government intends to test drill for minerals in several national parks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025019

Description: Portrays Nick Smith with hard hat, spade and bag of dollars, with digger in the background creating a large hole in the earth. There are dead trees, a kiwi, snails and a bird fleeing the area, while Nick Smith says, "The good news is we get 22 million dollars to help protect and conserve the environment - What's left of it!". The Kiwi is saying "Thanks a lot!!" while running away. Refers to Conservation Minister, Nick Smith approving a deal for opencast mining by an Australian company on Department of Conservation land at Denniston Plateau, West Coast. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025130

Description: Shows a pole-vaulter labelled West Coast preparing to jump over a gnarled old tree labelled 'Forest and Bird' complete with an angry face, menacing roots and vultures, so that he can reach the 'mine approval' finish line. Refers to the appeal to the Environment Court by Forest and Bird and the West Coast Environment network against the granting of resource consents issued to Bathurst Resources, for an open-cast mine on the Denniston plateau, known as the escarpment mine proposal. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025129

Description: Shows a group of protestors at right holding signs including 'Say no to mining', 'Leave Denniston alone' and 'Save the snails' why a group of people in bush shirts who are labelled W.Coast economy cling to the edge of a hole and say 'What's one more hole? We've been stuck in one for years!'. Refers to the appeal to the Environment Court by Forest and Bird and the West Coast Environment network against the granting of resource consents issued to Bathurst Resources, for an open-cast mine on the Denniston plateau, known as the escarpment mine proposal. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025105

Description: The cartoon is split in two parts. The top half shows the Beehive, and quotes relating to a foreign company mining on conservation estate. The bottom half shows MP Nick Smith sitting at his desk, holding a report titled "The Denniston plan," and Nick Smith says "Yes Prime Minister! - I think we've managed to offend most people with this one!". Refers to Conservation Minister, Nick Smith approving a deal for opencast mining by an Australian company on Department of Conservation land at Denniston Plateau, West Coast. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025423

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key smiling and mining a 'vein of electoral self-interest'. At the same time his actions undermine democracy, while the slag bucket is labelled 'dross' and includes the 'MMP report'. Refers to the Electoral Commission Report into MMP, which recommended changes. The majority of people had voted to keep MMP, but Prime Minister John Key says changes to MMP can't go ahead because political parties don't agree. However, the Opposition says the Government made no effort to get a consensus. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025426

Description: A large portrait of Prime Minister John Key. On his right shoulder he hears the words of 4 suit-wearing moguls, representing film, casino, oil and mining. On his left are four people labelled parent, teacher, conservationist and democrat, however he does not hear them because he has a large cork stuck in that ear. Refers to suggestions from some quarters that the Prime Minister has a bias towards certain industries and similarly displays a disinclination to engage in debate with other interest groups. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020411

Description: A man from far in the future tells his children that they should be grateful for the historic sites left them by the government of the day. They are looking at a huge crater caused by mining. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022186

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Mining, Phil Heatley, preparing to do 'keyhole' surgery on a woman who represents 'NZ Heritage areas'. Context: Mineral surveying in world heritage sites on the West Coast will go ahead but Prime Minister John Key has ruled out mining there. Mr Heatley says modern mining involves only a small incision in the earth's skin - keyhole mining, as it were. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).