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Date: 13 Nov 1998

From: Tongariro Forest oral history project

By: Glennie, Ian Cedric William, 1937-2002

Reference: OHInt-0425/4

Description: Ian Glennie was born in Gisborne in 1937. Mentions his parents Archibald and Mabel Glennie. Recalls moving to Kakahi and then Taumaranui, where he was educated. Describes being an apprentice electrician before becoming interested in native forests and becoming a Junior Forest Labourer. Recalls working with Austin Kirk who had been in the 28 (Maori) Battalion. Describes the process of appraising trees so that every merchantable tree was measured. Mentions the Dominion Timber Company, Taurewa Sawmill, Kopu's Mill and the Tongariro Timber Company. Discusses bush sense and bush skills including food preparation and hunting. Discusses working with assisted immigrants, including `ten pound Poms' and Dutchmen, and their learning of local rules. Describes becoming a forest foreman for the Forest Service. Lists merchantable tree species. Describes his working tools. Comments on the logging of pristine matai on the eastern shore of Lake Taupo. Recalls his job as Appraisal Officer, shifting to Wellington to become Forest Ranger, moving to Reefton and teaching at the training school, the closure of the training school and becoming Officer in Charge at Whareama Tinui, Karioi and Waimahea (Kaingaroa). Comments on urban life and life in Reefton. Mentions his wife Elsie May and their two sons. Comments on the difference between logging native and exotic forest. Describes becoming District Ranger at Turangi, the discussion about Tongariro as a state forest park and the involvement of the Outdoor Pursuits Centre. Discusses forest fires, hunters clearing land for deer and fire fighting techniques. Recalls becoming Principal Forest Ranger at Head Office and then District Ranger at Gisborne. Describes the East Coast Forestry Project to stop erosion, increase diversity and provide employment. Discusses becoming Assistant conservator of operations at Palmerston North and his reaction to the stopping of logging in the Tongariro Forest. Discusses land use arguments, the Forest Service and Lands and Survey. Discusses the privatisation of the New Zealand Forest Service and its effects. Talks about becoming manager of the Hawkes Bay area until its sale to Carter Holt Harvey. Describes working for Landcorp in Rotorua and becoming a lifestyle farmer in Taumaranui. Comments on visiting indigenous forest at Pureora Forest Park. Interviewer(s) - Jonathan Kennett Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2958. Colour photo of Ian Glennie

Date: 2014

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029540

Description: Shows Bill English talking about state housing. His brain forms the words 'Private sector'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029606

Description: Shows a large truck being driven by Bill English with the licence plate 'Private Sector'. It is carrying a house representing 'State housing'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0029872

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key setting off fireworks for Guy Fawkes Day. The fireworks represent various privatisation initiatives, including charter schools and the sale of state-owned assets such as state houses, power companies, and shares in Air New Zealand. Meanwhile, a dog representing New Zealand sleeps comfortably, oblivious to all the noise. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026164

Description: Captioned 'Treasury's bottom line' is the calculation: '[Drawing of smelter smokestack] + $30 mill = 0 !' Refers to the $30 million subsidy paid out to Rio Tinto to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter operating. The cartoon hints that the Government was anxious to settle with Rio Tinto over the smelter before it sold Meridian Ltd which supplies the smelter's electricity that it ignored Treasury's advice and made the subsidy tax free, thus producing no benefit for New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0026224

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key as the rancher of 'Kiwi Asset Ranch' in which he has let loose two horses representing Meridan and MRP (Mighty River Power) and told them to find their own investors. In the background are other cowboys who are shooting guns and yelling "Bolt the gate - we have a referendum!". Refers to the Asset sales referendum. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023672

Description: Shows a boat labelled, 'Maori Council', sinking into the water, with a flag labelled 'No Sale'. Context: A high court ruled against the Maori Council and the Waikato River iwi in their bid to block state asset sales until water rights were resolved. Mighty River Power is among the proposed asset sales. (New Zealand Herald, 12 Dec 2012) Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023521

Description: A man wearing a greenstone necklace, presumably David Rankin, stands in the snow alongside a fence, and tells a man standing on the other side of the fence, holding a cell phone to his ear, 'We were just joking about owning the wind so you can scratch that call to your lawyer'. Context: Ngapuhi's David Rankin and two other iwi leaders have lodged a Waitangi Tribunal claim over the commercial use of wind. Maori leaders are claiming rights over wind to halt the partial sale of state-owned assets, but Prime Minister John Key has dismissed their claim. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023774

Description: Two cartoons showing Deputy Prime Minister Bill English offering an 'English Lesson' on rhyme and reason regarding the sale of state owned enterprises (SOEs). Refers to the government's controversial decision to sell off various government assets. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023885

Description: Shows the remnants of a 'sand bank party', where the tide has come back in and flooded the beach where a party had been. Balloons and bottles of wine float in the water, labelled, jobs, economic growth, novapay [sic] housing, and state asset sales. A chilly bin floating in the water is labelled, National. Commentary on the many ongoing issues facing the National Party government in New Zealand. McLeod Bay hosted their annual January Sand Bank Party on 15 January, which could only be accessed by boat, and lasted until the tide came in. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024131

Description: A magician (or possibly a politician), standing on a platform, takes advantage of a man, under the label, 'Asset sales'. The magician covers the man's eyes and removes the singlet that the man was wearing under his shirt. The man applauds and buys the singlet back from the magician. Refers to sale of shares in Mighty River Power company, a state-owned asset. (Stuff.co.nz, 5 March 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024127

Description: Shows Mighty River with a shark swimming and smiling just below the surface. Refers to the dismissal of the Maori Council's appeal against the partial privatisation of Mighty River Power, and the government's plan to sell up to 49% of the state-owned company. On the same day as the Supreme Court ruling, television and short film director, Adam Strange, was killed in a shark attack while swimming at Muriwai. (New Zealand Herald, 27 Feb 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024136

Description: Two cartoons commenting on the sale of shares in the state-owned asset, Mighty River Power. One cartoon juxtaposes the sale of shares with divisions of power in the Labour Party. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024122

Description: Shows a raft labelled, 'Maori Council' which has hit the wall of a dam labelled, 'Supreme Court'. The raft is overturned, and there are hands and feet waving from the water. Refers to the unanimous Supreme Court decision to dismiss an appeal by the New Zealand Maori Council to block the Mighty River Power partial privatisation. The decision lets the government proceed with the sale of up to 49 per cent of Mighty River Power. (New Zealand Herald, 27 Feb 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0024190

Description: Depicts Prime Minister John Key fishing while naval ships sink. Ne reaches for a worm in his bait can and doesn't see the Maori taniwha which are ready to bite his hand. Refers to the Supreme Court decision which dismisses the appeal by the New Zealand Maori Council to block partial privitisation of Mighty River Power. Key is preparing to sell the SOE after getting the Supreme Court's go-ahead, but there is still the issue of Maori rights and interests over water. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024243

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key leaning out the window of an office building holding a measuring glass outwards. A man inside the office asks if he's checking for falling rain, and another responds, 'No- credibility'. Refers to ongoing drought in the North Island of New Zealand, as well as the sale of state owned assets. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024146

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key removing a man's legs, saying 'I'm flogging off your legs. If you want them back, be at the front of the queue!'.Wider context is the sale of Mighty River Power and other State-owned assets. The cartoonist comments: 'If the National govt is going to sell state assets, it not only shows an empty bank balance but also a poverty of imagination.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024162

Description: Shows two figures, probably John Key and Bill English, watching while ordinary New Zealanders are swept away by a gush of power prices. They say 'I love this bit... float the shares and drown the consumers'. Wider context refers to the Government's planned sale of Mighty River Coal (a state-owned asset) by offerring shares for sale, and comments on the effect this will have on domestic power prices. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024281

Description: Shows a chimney with black smoke spelling the words, 'NZ assets'. A small kiwi bird holds an enormous petition, which has been ignored. At the top are the words, 'No new hope...' Refers to the sale of state owned assets, despite vehement opposition from the New Zealand public. Also references black smoke coming from the Vatican, signalling that a new pope has not yet been elected. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024227

Description: Depicts animals dying from drought, explaining that it is God's punishment for the rulers of the land 'selling their mighty river'. Commentary from the cartoonist 'The Prime Minister (and his Deputy) are dismissive of the massive petition re: Asset Sales (including the sale of Mighty River). Boy, do we need a river now'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).