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Date: 24 Sep 1908-24 Oct 1911

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-26

Description: Contains diary entries for the period between 1908 and 1911; the diary entries deal with Keys' family life, including his marriage and the birth and growth of his children, and his professional life, including his work in the Native Land Court and his relationship with Major Mair, James Carroll and other political figures The diary also contains photographs and a postcard from James Carroll, pasted in Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1983 - 1985

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

Reference: A-316-036/054

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. English royals sell off surplus New Zealand gifted wedding presents. New economy-fare airlines hit the skys. People encouraged to talk to their plants. Vehicle license fees up by 93%. Claims that human water-births would contribute to world peace.. Father's Day now celebrated during school holidays. Public response to grocery price-freeze. Maori rugby tours avoid arguements over racially selected teams. Two men muse over the reason for burning Guy Fawkes. Protesting at Waitangi on Wantangi Day. New Zealand fear of nuclear warships accelerates. Airlines begin serving liquor on board flights. Test-tube baby experiments have been approved in Auckland. People consider the 1984 'end of the world' scenario. Marsden Refinery workers return to work after their strike. Marsden Refinery workers strike. The Muldoon National Government calls a snap election amidst the Marsden Refinery strike. New Zealand resistance against the a USA Navy warship. Patients in the hospital outpatients get their respective wounds dealt to following protests for and against rugby tours and gay rights. Quantity: 19 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 18 Aug 1989-25 May 2004

By: Petone Citizens Advice Bureau

Reference: MS-Group-1022

Description: Fourteen log books of the Petone Citizens Advice Bureau recording the various inquiries received from clients; each inquiry or request is categorised and a copy of the category schedule is in the Back file. Clients are anonymous. Source of title - Supplied Other - The previous log books were destroyed Arrangement: All personal names and identification have been deleted Quantity: 21 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Petone CAB, per Ms Colleen Hikuroa, Aug 2001, per Ms Janet Marsland, Sep 2004 and Jun 2007

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949-

Reference: H-707-001/034

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. Sexual harassment in the work place; a time-line across history of the political, religious and sexual treatment of women; man gets blown-up into a balloon; running the home like a business; women are the stronger sex?; woman fights an armoured knight on a horse; Michelangelo sculpts a naked man with an exaggerated penis; Women's Liberation; persecution against homosexuals likened to that perpetrated by the Nazi regime and the medieval church; Lesbian Nation; media interviewer, Brian Edwards leads a TV programme on the Women's Movement; Muldoon drinks a glass of wine bottled to commemorate Women's Suffrage Day, Sept. 19; while the men discuss world revolution, a woman pour them tea; the double violation of rape victims by their attacker and then by the justice system; the female anatomy exposed to a room full of male doctors; church women protest against feminism challenging the family and traditional roles of women; justice for some, but not for women; the feminist backlash; pay equity; perhaps god is a man after all - three wishes; May I have my rights, please? apologetic feminism; justice not weighted equally for all; issues around sexual reproduction and the Royal Commission Report; women unite to resist the intrusion of the SIS (Special Intelligence Service); Muldoon's legacy to New Zealand women; sex roles reversed in the shearing shed; abortions; National Party tramples on New Zealand women; position of women in Iran; genital mutilation; the 1979 budget - what's in it for women; SPUC anti-abortion rally likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally with hoods and burning torches; the marriage trap; psychology and the oppression of women. Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 2002

Reference: H-668-021/037

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Democracy Zimbabwe style, reactions to the news that Tau Henare is returning to politics, WINZ gives new hope to struggling artists, aftermath of the twin towers attack in New York, ACC reinstate lump sum payments for sexual abuse victims, Labour Government buy Maori votes through Moari TV funding, modern day Robin Hood and Little John - robbing the poor to give to the rich, levels of public concern over the leadership battle within the Alliance party, Helen Clark prepares for her meeting with George W Bush, Police ineffective at curbing Gang involvement in drugs, Alliance Party alikened to a Palestinian suicide bomber, the rich meet to discuss the plight of the poor, ex-MP's travel perks, Jim Anderton about to jump out of the Alliance waka, Helen Clark trys to convince Peter, her husband, to learn golf so he can play with George Bush, Marian Hobbs as an avenging angel tells commercial radio what to play, the uneven stand-off between Israel and Palestine. Quantity: 17 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Walker, Susan, active 1990s; Fowlie, Karen, 1990s; Quillin, Viv, active 1980s-1990s; Chanwai-Earle, Lynda, 1965-; Seule, Juliet, active 1990s; Sorzano, Rigel, active 1990s; Rhonda, active 1990s; Chadwick, Rona, active 1990s; Hollander, Nicole, active 1990s; Fleming, Jacky, active 1990s; Horacek, active 1990s; Jackson, Cath, active 1990s; Vania, Rustam, active 1990s; Peterson, Nancy, active 1980-1990s; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-

Reference: H-709-001/033

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. National Women's Cervical Cancer inquiry, the value of women's experience in the work field when dealing with employers who are predominantly worried about a woman's period being heavy; questioning the relevance of Aids education information for lesbians; family discussion about orgasms; sexual harassment in the work place and the Employment Contracts Act; what are the options for a home-maker if her husband leaves her for another woman; ACC claims; men, women and housework; the stress of being too busy with activities and commitments; verbal abuse; siblings argue about being lesbian; 1993 - what women have to celebrate in Suffrage Year with Jenny Shipley and Ruth Richardson at the political helm; women can vote but thewy still remain disadvantaged in many areas; growing older; women respond to the Bobbitt Case (where a women cut off her partners penis); how lesbians can often feel inadequate when reading lesbian erotica books; being an independent, aggressive, adventurous girl doesn't win you many friends; men express themselves as women did in the 70's, but they're still slow to share their goodies with women; feminist collectives; never give up; 12 week campaign for maternity leave; seeking to silence her biological clock; pay equity; women and girls' self defence; beauty contests; the tree of life is a woman; wife slavery; a spell of warts for rich people; Women's Liberation targets your mother, sister and girl friend; Maori Women's Welfare League Conference poster, 1982; women lifting wieghts; dealing to a wolf whistler. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: [ca 1974]

By: de Bres, Pieter Hendrik, 1915-1994

Reference: MS-Papers-2077

Description: An analysis of fifty cases of marital breakdown referred to the Hastings Community Counselling Service by the Magistrates Court. Some comments on prevention are added reflecting the Counselling Service's emphasis on a preventive approach to social work A Presbyterian minister, de Bres has lectured in anthropology. In 1973 he was Director of the Hastings Community Counselling Service Quantity: 1 folder(s) (32 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1996 - 1998

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

Reference: A-316-124/141

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. No mad cow disease in New Zealand, hospital waiting lists, do-it-yourself operations, selling body parts, coalition negotiations, skills required to be a politician, police officers leave the force in record numbers, proposals to raise the school leaving age and lower the drinking age, decision making on the home front, government asset sales, Black Caps perform poorly, sea pollution, anti-baldness pills may decrease men's libido, barflys discuss the government's poor performance, cost of living and restructuring. Quantity: 14 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 10 Mar 1987-23 Jan 1992

By: Porirua Citizens' Advice Bureau

Reference: 94-113

Description: Telephone logs of calls received, detailing the enquiry and action taken by the bureau (if any); the logs are divided into "front logs" and "back logs"; callers are not identified Source of title - Supplied Other - 2 logbooks are held with the Porirua Museum Quantity: 3 box(es) (59 vols). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1980

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning New Zealand politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January - August 1980.]

Reference: A-330-005

Description: The cartoon is in four parts and involves a woman talking to a psychiatrist about her domestic troubles. We find out that she represents the South Island when Robert Muldoon comes to console her in the last part of the cartoon. He claims her worries are complete nonsense. The psychiatrist believes there could be a problem. Refers to the South Island not having the same opportunities as the North Island. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - It's no good...sob!... I can't stand living under the same roof... He's taken away my transport, my children prefer to live with him... I'm cut off from any work... isolated and forgotten! - There...there.. Has Mrs South Island been giving you all that nonsense about leaving me? - Just a mild case of suburban neurosis. Thinks! Zis could really be a cry for help! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 280 x 200mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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: 2004

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DX-014-593

Description: A man and his wife sit in their living room, which has the leg of a huge power pylon embedded in its middle. Residents of South Waikato formed an action group in early November to fight power company Trans Power's plans to build a 200 kilometre row of huge power pylons between Whakamaru and Auckland. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1980 - 1989

By: Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Awatere-Huata, Donna Lynn, 1949-; New Zealand mail (Newspaper); Crimp, Daryl, 1958-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: H-708-001/063

Description: Contains photocopies of pages from 'Broadsheet' magazine with cartoons and comic strips. Drawn by various cartoonists and dated circa 1980 to 1989. Topics range across women’s rights and feminist issues. Quantity: 63 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies of various sizes Processing information: Record updated in May 2024 following information from a staff member.

Date: 1993

By: Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Community Centre; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHColl-0403

Description: Life history interviews with long-term residents of Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay commissioned by the Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay Community Centre. Participants discuss the houses they live in, often family homes; the shops and services available when they were children; changes in the two Wellington suburbs; family life, routines and relationships; their activities as children; and major events such as the Centennial Exhibition and the building of Wellington Airport at Rongotai. Abstracted by - Hugo Manson Sponsored by - Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay Community Centre Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Accompanying material - Project report and short video of some of the interviewees Quantity: 19 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s) Videocassette compact. 2 videocassette(s) VHS. 6 printed abstract(s). 8 interview(s) 7 audio and 1 joint video interview. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete six abstracts complete, one to come. A colour photograph was taken of seven of the eight interviewees. Some abstracts also include photocopied photographs. Search dates: 1915 - 1993

Date: Dec 1906-May 1907

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-23

Description: Letters from Keys to family and friends providing detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on Maori Land Court business; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori practices and customs that he experiences and his impressions of them; there is also information about Keys' work in the Maori Land Court Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1939-1998

By: Campion, Edith, 1923-2007

Reference: ATL-Group-00854

Description: Comprises literary drafts, correspondence, notes, newspaper cuttings and other papers relating to Edith Campion, and to her activities as a writer, actor and director of R Hannah Ltd, and to her domestic life. Includes many letters, scripts and film treatments from her daughters Jane and Anna Campion, who are both involved in the film industry. The papers reflect in detail the life and problems of a talented upper middle-class family in the dying years of the twentieth century. The New Zealand Players scrapbooks cover the years of the company's greatest activity (1952-1957) and provide insight into the development of drama in New Zealand. Include programmes, itineraries, reviews and newspaper cuttings. Relationship complexity - The Library already has a collection of NZ Players Theatre Trust Board papers, 80-321, of 37 boxes Edith Campion, a descendant of the shoe manufacturer, Robert Hannah, studied acting at the Old Vic in England. A co-founder, with her former husband Richard Meckiff Campion, of the New Zealand Players Theatrical Company, she lived at Te Kowhai Farm at Te Horo, and in the 1970s became an author. Mother of Jane, Anna and Michael Robert Campion. Quantity: 48 volume(s). 155 folder(s). 4.50 Linear Metres. 1 C120 cassette(s). 1 5" reel(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, audiocassettes, open reel audiotapes Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms E Campion, Kelburn, Wellington, 1995 and 1998 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - One photograph by John Ashton of Puck and Oberon from `A Midsummer night's dream' (1995), and further photographs found among the 1998 accession. - To Ephemera Collection - Various programmes and other material from the 1998 accession.