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Date: 1995

From: Various Artists :Four laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive auction, 6 November 1997.

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; Winter, Mark, 1958-; Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992

Reference: H-475-002

Description: Four cartoons all featuring David Lange. The first, by Trace Hodgson shows Lange talking to Ronald Reagan and Bob Hawke, Reagan and Hawke are dressed as gangsters and Reagan says, `We want to be your friends, David, we want to look after you. So play the game or we'll smash your kneecaps in! Right, Bob?' Hawke replies `Right boss'; Bob Brockie, shows Bob Hawke being sprayed in the face with a cannister with a peace sign on it as he passes through New Zealand customs. Hawke says, `Starve the lizards Lange, this stuff gets up my nose!', to which Lange replies, `Helps clear the mind'; Chicane, shows Lange in a pair of swimming togs riding a surfboard in a nuclear free Pacific. Lange says, `If you want to rule the waves... you have to be prepared to waive the rules'. Gordon Minhinnick, shows Lange in the Pacific, looking like the famous statue by Michaelangelo, with America and France coming to get him. The caption reads, "`David,' by Michael Langelo". All cartoons refer to the Nuclear issue. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed by David Lange in 1995. Quantity: 1 laser copy. Physical Description: Laser copy, A4 size

Date: 1999

Reference: C-133-076

Description: Caricature of Colin Meads. Shows Colin Meads lying naked on a rugby field. Two rugby balls are covering his private parts, he has a studded wristband on protecting his injured wrist, is drinking champagne from a glass representing South African Airways, and has a tatoo reading, bruderband on his right shoulder. In the foreground is a voodoo doll of David Lange with pins all through it. A note on the side, refering to the doll, reads, a small gift from Transvaal. Refers to Colin Meads as co-manager of the Cavaliers tour of South Africa in 1985. It was a secretly organised rebel tour of the All Blacks calling themselves the Cavaliers. A court injunctin had effectively blocked an official All Black tour. The Lange government was also against sporting relations with South Africa. Redrawn original held at B-154-035. Copy of a cartoon published in the National Business Review, 13 June 1996. Redrawn for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Guts and Glory exhibition 1 January 1999. Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster. Extended Title - The loveable Colin Meads recuperating after a severe wrist-slapping from the ferocious Rugby Union. Colin's star sign is Capricorn the Springbok. Favorite TV character: The Incredible Hulk. Turn-ons: Fence posts, goal posts, Oil of Wintergreen, pissing in Pretoria's pocket. Turn-offs: Those smart-arsed lawyers who sold us down the river & Welsh referees. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink on paper, 295 x 420 mm.

Date: 1994

By: Clark, Laurence, 1949-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-317-064

Description: The cartoon shows Bob Hawke and David Lange as rugby players of their home nations engaged in a fight. Refers to the release of a book written by Bob Hawke that criticised David Lange. Also refers to the Bledisloe cup rugby test between New Zealand and Australia played the same day. Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 227 x 318 mm.