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Date: 2001 - 2002

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

Reference: H-674-001/026

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows a destroyed bus (peace process) destroyed first by the Palestinian suicide bombers and them by Israeli war planes. Health spending priorities promote huge salaries for the CEO and a pittence for everyone else. Cartoon obituary to Sir Peter Blake. A dolphin weeps. Shows a flag at hslf-mast over the sea and a poem for Sir peter Blake. Peter Jackson, Director of Lord of the Rings dresses up for the New Zealand premiere. Debate in the Parliamentary Chamber on proposed changes referred to as the 'wipe the slate clean' Bill. Helen Clark hides from the anger of the grounded NZ Air Force capability. Children's perception of the difference in pay rises between MP's and teachers. Shows a tour guide explaining the virtues and down-side of New Zealand to a group of travel writers. Shows Bin Laden jumping the cue at the plastic surgery clinic. Shows MP's defending themselves at a press conference against charges of triple-dipping from public funds. Shows the men calling the tune on America's anti-terrorism campaign. Shows the leader of the National Party, Bill English asking Santa Claus for a Christmas present. Santa and his reindeer narrowly avoid being hit by airborne missiles. Shows an All Black selector recruiting new talent from a war zone. Shows Helen Clark and Jim Anderton clucking over their new baby (Air New Zealand), while Michael Cullen advises them not to get too attached as it'll be up for adoption as soon as it can stand on it's own feet. Winston Peters climbs up to his attic to dust off his 'super scare monger' suit. Slobadon Milosevich stands in the War Crimes Tribunal dock with his hands dripping in blood, he defys the authority of the court. A tribute to New zealand Criketerl, Chris Cairns as 'King of the Oval.' Shows Tranzrail passengers being shown a pick-axe they are to use in case of a derailment. Shows detainees at Guantanamo Bay being asked by their detainers if they have any complaints. They wear something like a gas mask so their answer is impossible to understand. Refers to anti-terrorism war and those captured by American-led forces. Shows politicicians as children engaged in petty squabbles as the election draws near. Comment on asylum seekers in Australia seeking help from the rest of the world. Shows Israeli troops in a armoured tank trying to force Yasser Arafat to end Palestinian violence. Shows an Australian teacher explaining to his students that only those arriving in Australia between 1840 and 2000 are 'fair dinkum Aussies'. National Party leader, Bill English dons a judges cloak, a hangman's noose and an executioners hood as he campaigns on a law and order platform. ACT leader, Richard Prebble outlines his stand on immigration policy. Quantity: 27 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1870-1890

By: Dadley, Sarah, active 1992-2002; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-2739

Description: Albumen prints by James Bragge, Wrigglesworth & Binns and others, showing scenes in Wellington, the Rimutaka Railway and Australia. Includes good views of the General Post Office, Wellington, Aro Street, meeting house at Te Ore Ore Pa, the Rimutaka railway, and scenes coastal scenes in Australia, featuring a British warship. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints

Date: 1926

From: New Zealand Railways :[Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1920-1929]

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1926-01

Description: Arrangement of text on a ticket. The name of the person permitted to travel on the ticket is handwritten in the space provided, but is illegible on this ticket. Anyone using the ticket if not the designated passenger "shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two months, or to a fine not exceeding ten pounds". The ticket has been clipped once, at top right. It is also stamped in two places: the number 466 at top right; and date stamp 1926 at top left. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on light card backed with red buckram, 71 x 96 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Keith Hales, Wellington, in 2012.

Date: 1970 - 1974

From: Robinson, Peter Franklin, active 1970-2017: Colour slides of Wellington City and suburbs, and railways images

Reference: PAColl-1616-1

Description: Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s) in three envelopes.

Date: 1967

From: Robinson, Peter Franklin, active 1970-2017: Colour slides of Wellington City and suburbs, and railways images

Reference: PA12-0071

Description: Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1908-1912]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-q-103

Description: Photographs, chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, including family portraits, areas where he lived, Petone and the Petone Fire Brigade, railways, the Hutt Valley, Wellington, and areas in the upper North Island. The family photographs show his immediate family (his wife Laura (nee Zinckgraf), and children William Albert and Phyllis Mary); groups including his father and mother Charles and Mary Ann Godber, his brother Harry Leonard and wife Annie and their daughter Constance Alice, and Laura's brother Charles Albert Zinckgraf. Godber was a fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade, and there are photographs of groups of firemen and fire fighting equipment, and displays of methods of fire fighting. Associated with Godber's work with New Zealand Railways, and particularly at the Petone Railway Workshops, there are views of various workshop buildings, groups of railway workers; one of M J Mack (General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand); images of damage to rolling stock after railway accidents; trains; the Raurimu Spiral; railway viaducts; logging railways; and railway stations. Photographs taken in the northern part of the North Island include coal mines, rock formations, hot springs at Te Aroha and Kamo; Whangarei and the Wairua Falls; suburbs of Auckland including Newmarket, Remuera, Parnell, Onehunga, and Ellerslie Race Course. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 110 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram covers; 30.0 x 23.5 cm

Date: 1949

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: A-135-011

Description: Cubist compostition, but with recognisable railway lines and city buildings and the houses on Mount Victoria in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - D. K. MacDiarmid.'49.; Verso - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Gouache, 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-032/033

Description: Double-page spread looking south from Featherston Hill past the Thorndon railyards, towards the city. A panoramic view that includes Oriental Bay, Miramar Peninsula and Somes Island Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil. Also top left 'upstairs window' in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 178 x 508 mm (page size).