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Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-587-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. Shows a redneck's nightmare, ownership of the Whanganui River is given to Maori who loaded it onto the back of a truck and took it away. Comment on executive golden handshakes and reduntant workers having to sign up for the dole. Shows violent offenders at Paremoremo Prison selecting soft movies like 'The Sound of Music'. In the middle of a power blackout the family try and read the latest power bill, it's gone up. The effect on the opposition of Jonah Lomu being left on the reserve bench. Statue of Liberty calls for the poor and huddled masses but says 'no' to New Zealand lamb. Comment on New Zealand's response to America's tariffs on New Zealand lamb. The common man comments on Bill English upstaging Jenny Shipley at the National Party Conference. Maori MP calls for quotas in the public sector that will ensure employment for ethnic minorities. Hospital hygeine is called into doubt. A politician trys to sell the idea of deregulating the Dairy Industry. A woman comments to her husband that it's a good thing young men eventually grow out of wanting more sex. He wistfully agrees. Obituary for JFK Jr. 1960-1999 Comment on youth alcohol consumption. Auckland Hospital try to reassure the public all babies are born equally there but not necessarily treated equally after that. Comment on Christine rankin's over the top refurbishment of the dept of work and income. Celebration of three New Zealand triumphs. Mike Moore gets top job at WTO, the All Blacks beat the Australians and the Black Caps cricket team beat the English at Lords. Paul Holmes promotes his autobiography. F-16 fighter planes are promoted by an Air Force Officer. The lowering of the drinking age is debated in Parliament. Boys try to come to terms with the news that girls are better pupils than boys. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-041/059

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sports related figures who flourished during the 1940s and 1950s. Includes All Blacks Charlie Oliver, L. Savage, "Has" Catly, and goal-kicker Morrie Doyle, and in other sports boxer Cyril Hurne, American wrestler Dick Raines, and an unnamed female tennis player. Other portraits are of Alex Pratt (manager of Hutt Speedways Ltd), George Welch (secretary of the Wellington Indoor Bowling Association), Mic Zamba (president of the Wellington Softball Association) and boxing trainer Archie Lechie. A number of plain diagrams illustrate boxing and wrestling technique. The original collage of caricatures of McNamara's Southern Cross Collegues used in their 1949 Christmas card and another of two men playing rugby are included. Quantity: 16 newsclippings. 2 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper and blue pencil 295mm x 390mm, black ink and white out on paper 240mm x 285mm, and newspaper clippings glued to wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 1950 - 1953

From: [New Zealand cricket programmes and ephemera of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CRICKET-1950/1953

Description: Includes: 1950: Ruatoria Cricket Club. Opening dance. Saturday 2nd December 1950. Mangahanea Hall, with Prince Ferris and his Orchestra. [Ticket]. Australia v Otago at Carisbrook. 10,11 & 13 March 1950. Programme. Australia v Wellington. Basin Reserve. 1, 3 & 4 April 1950. Programme. 1951: M.C.C. v Auckland. Eden Park. 6-8 March 1951. Programme. M.C.C. versus New Zealand (second test). Basin Reserve Wellington. 24, 26-28 March 1951. Programme (2 copies) 1952: West Indies vs Otago. Carisbrook Dunedin, 2-5 February 1952. Programme (hardbound) West Indies v New Zealand. Lancaster Park Christchurch. 8-9, 11-12 February 1952. Programme. West Indies v New Zealand. Second test. Eden Park Auckland. 15-16, 18-19 February 1952. Programme. West Indies v Wellington. Basin Reserve Wellington. 23, 25-26 February 1952. Programme. (2 copies) 1953: South Africa versus New Zealand. Basin Reserve Wellington. 6-7, 9-10 March 1953. Programme. South Africa v New Zealand. Second test. Eden Park, Auckland. 13-14, 16-17 March 1953. Programme. New Zealand tour of South Africa 1953-4. Official souvenir cricket brochure, edited and compiled by G A Chettle. The New Zealand Cricket team in South Africa 1953-54. With the compliments of Beaths, the store for men, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Greymouth, Kaikoura. Tour booklet Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 13 programmes, tickets, and other ephemera (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Booklets and tickets, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 2001

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

Reference: H-673-024/046

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues, includes: Shows scientists' adhock research into the potential uses of genetic modification at the expense of commonsense. Comment on the intimidation tactics of Qantas Airlines toward Air New Zealand. Singapore Airlines are shown as Air New Zealands big sister ally. Christine Rankin considers taking further action following the release of the Employment Courts findings. Shows the Government (surfer) riding the knowledge wave only to be wiped out and lodged head first in the sand. Discussion between an Israeli soldier and Palestinian child. The soldier is trying to explain to the child how violence and retaliation works. The child just wants to play and go to the movies. Shows Helen Clark dealing with Steve Maharey and his use of obscene language. Shows members of the Electoral Reform Committee as angelic, working for the best interests of the country while having vested interests in the Committees outcome. Helen Clark calls on the All Blacks to crush the Australians while they've down. New Zealand reaction to the loss by the All Blacks to the Australians. Shows All Black Anton Oliver taking the blame for the loss against Australia. Comment on the Qantas involvement in running Ansett into the ground and leaving small creditors in ruins. Comment on the lack of constructive action being taken by the Pacific Forum to deal with global warming and the consequent rising of the ocean level. Shows Helen Clark encouraging all her Ministers to keep pets. Jim Anderton is shown wrapped in the arms of his pet octupus (Peoples' Bank). Shows West Coast MP, Damien O'Connor, addressing an audience about local mining and the poor decision made by Alliance MP Sandra Lee. He is reminded by a miner in the wings that his seat is still marginal. Shows Jim Anderton and Sandra Lee observing the Reefton Alliance office being pelted with food in reaction to Sandra Lee saying 'no' to mine expansion in the area. Shows a new army armoured vehicle running over an air force plane. Comment on the current situation where the armies supplies are being boosted while the air force is having its wings clipped. Shows thugs from the power company breaking into a persons house to extract money for the latest exorbitant power bill. Shows an All Black player finishing a Springbok (South African Rugby Team) and still feeling hungry. He thinks he could polish off the entire Australian Rugby Team (Wallabies) as well. Shows the relationship between government controlled power generators, empty lakes and increased revenue for power for the Reserve Bank. Shows a proposed statue for the entrance of the Sydney Harbour. Comment on Australia's policy to exclude refugees. Shows Michelle Boag's National Party purge of Parliamentary faithful. Comment on the level of ignorant public opinion over the boat people refugees trying to gain entry to Australia, by people ringing talkback radio. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: [1950s-1960s]

From: Reed Publishing :Photographs relating to New Zealand mostly 1950s-1970s

Reference: PAColl-4871-44

Description: Photographs of rugby matches between teams from New Zealand and South Africa, taken 1950s-1960s by various photographers. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1973

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-134-394

Description: This cartoon features the collapse of the bridge at Bulls in a flood. Minister of Works and Deputy Prime Minister Hugh Watt, some other men and a police officer are inspecting the wreckage. One of the men suggests that Leader of the Opposition Jack Marshall could give some advice as he's so keen on bridge building (regarding the South African Springbok rugby tour). Extended Title - Bulls Bridge Collapsed. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 310 x 368 mm

Date: 1996

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

Reference: A-317-074

Description: New Zealand Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, is portrayed as an All Black running from flour bombs being dropped from the air onto the rugby field. Protestors had flour-bombed a rugby test match between South Africa and New Zealand. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 227 x 318 mm.

Date: 1969

By: United Action Committee for the Opening Day of Parliament (1969); Mercury Printing Company

Reference: Eph-A-VIETNAM-1969-01

Description: Flier encouraging the public to demonstrate opposition to food price increases, low wages, Harbour Bridge tolls, New Zealand's involvement in Vietnam, membership of SEATO and ANZUS war alliances, OMEGA bases being installed in our country, the proposed All Black tour of New Zealand, the "snooping activities" of the Secret Police, and the government's refusal of a New Zealand-owned shipping line. The United Action Committee comprised members of the Auckland Vietnam Committee, Amalgamated Society of Railway Workers (Otahuhu), Union of New Zealand Women, Auckland Branch of the NZ Peace Council, Otahuhu Railway Tradesmen's Association, New Zealand Irish Connolly Association, Progressive Youth Movement, Auckland University Socialist Society, New Zealand Medical Aid Committee, Takapuna Vietnam Group, Tamaki Vietnam Group, Henderson Vietnam Committee, South Auckland Vietnam Committee. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on flier. Physical Description: Offset print on flier, 228 x 145 mm.

Date: 1986

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-1986

Description: Includes: New Zealand Saracens v New Zealand Barbarians. McLean Park Napier, 16 March 1986. Programme Otago University Rugby Football Club. Centennial programme, 28-31 March 1986. Programme Air NZ Wasps v Auckland. 24th annual Wasps fixture. Rotorua Stadium, 30 March 1986. Programme New Zealand Police v Manawatu. Showgrounds Oval Palmerston North, 9 April 1986. Programme Springboks v All Blacks. Nuweland / Newlands, Western Province, 10 May 1986. Programme Northern Transvall Rugby Union. Springbokke v New Zealand Cavaliers. [Pretoria?], 24 May 1986. Programme Manawatu Rugby Centenary. Manawatu v Centennial XV. Showgrounds oval, 2 June 1986. Programme North Auckland v North Harbour. Okara Park Whangarei, 22 July 1986. Programme Australia v Manawatu. Showgrounds Oval Palmerston North, 26 July 1986. Programme (2 copies) Canterbury v Australia. Lancaster Park Oval, 16 August 1986. Programme New Zealand v Australia. Carisbrook Ground Dunedin, 23 August 1986. Programme (2 copies) Bay of Plenty vs Australia. Rotorua International Stadium, 30 August 1986. Programme New Zealand v Australia. Eden Park, 6 September 1986. Programme Quantity: 13 programmes (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes below 300 mm. Provenance: Some purchased from various sources, 2004-2007, 2013

Date: 1978 - 1982

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by various cartoonists

Reference: A-312-3-001/018

Description: Cartoons collected for Ian Grant's book "The Unauthorized Version" This box contains one folder of cartoons by W. Blomfield from the "New Zealand Observer" and "Freelance" from 1890 to 1899 (A-312-1), one folder of cartoons by Angus from 1939 (A-312-2), one folder of cartoons by Bill Paynter (A-312-3), one folder of cartoons by Tom Scott (A-312-4), one folder of cartoons by W. A. Bowring (A-312-5), one folder of cartoons by `BLO' (A-312-6), one folder of cartoons by Waite from the "Taranaki Daily Times" (1948 and 1949) and "Otago Daily Times" from 1949 (A-312-7) and one folder of cartoons by Ashley Hunter from the "New Zealand Graphic" and "Ladies Journal" (A-312-8). Physical Description: Sizes vary, 14 newspaper clippings and 4 photocopies.

Date: 1980 - 1982

Reference: Eph-B-RUGBY-1980/1982

Description: Includes: 1980: Auckland v Otago. Eden Park, 30 August 1980. Programme. Fiji v NZ Maoris. Rotorua Stadium, 30 August 1980. Programme. NZ XV v Fiji. Eden Park, 13 September 1980. Programme. Auckland v Canterbury. Lion Rugby Championship. Eden Park, 27 September 1980. Programme Japan Rugby Football Union. Japan Under 23 tour of New Zealand. April/May 1980. Booklet The All Blacks in Wales 1980. Centennial souvenir. Published by New Zealand News UK. 1981: Pack down with Onslow '81. All players welcome; Onslow Rugby Football Club Inc Wellington. Flier. S.A. Rugbytoerspan; S.A. Rugby Touring Team 1981 [Page of reproduced signatures]. The Pledge [a pledge not to participate in or attend rugby games to boycott goods and services offered by rugby sponsors or endorsed by rugby personalities; to boycott businesses which endorse rugby union or the tour by the Springboks; to continue this action until the Rugby Union commits itself to ceasing sporting contact with South Africa]. Scotland v New Zealand. Eden Park, 20 June 1981. Programme. Bay of Plenty v Poverty Bay. Jamieson Oval Te Puke, 4 July 1981. Programme South Africa versus Waikato. Rugby Park Hamilton, 25 July 1981. Souvenir programme Bay of Plenty v Otago. Lion Rugby Championship. Whakatane Domain, 29 July 1981. Programme South Africa v New Zealand. 2nd test. Athletic Park, 29 August 1981. Programme (2 copies) South Africa v Bay of Plenty. Rotorua Stadium, 2 September 1981. Programme (2 copies) Auckland v South Africa. Eden Park, 5 September 1981. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand v South Africa. Third test. Eden Park, 12 September 1981. Programme (2 copies) 1982: Bay of Plenty v Counties. Rotorua Stadium, 7 August 1982. Programme Australia v New Zealand. 2nd test. Athletic Park, 28 August 1982. Programme Waikato v Auckland. Rugby Park Hamilton, 4 September 1982. Programme New Zealand v Australia. Eden Park, 11 September 1982. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 22 programmes (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Letterpress, photolithographs, sizes below 300 mm. Provenance: Some programmes purchased from various sources, 2004-2007, 2011-2012.

Date: 1970

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-635-001/006

Description: Topics include opposition to the New Zealand All Blacks playing rugby against the Springboks of apartheid South Africa, electoral politics, traffic control in Auckland, mining and potential mineral exports from the West Coast region, pilots and hijacks, a strike by Auckland rubbish collectors. Quantity: 6 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies. Image sizes approximately 132 x 160 mm.

Date: 1970

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1970

Description: Includes: Pirates Rugby Football Club (Invercargill, N.Z.). member's ticket 1970 Brian Lochore's XV versus The Sassenachs. Lansdowne Park Blenheim, 14 March 1970. Programme Final New Zealand trials. Athletic Park, 23 May 1970. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Canterbury Rugby Football Union. South Island All Black trial. Lancaster Park, 19 May 1970. Programme. Wellington v Queensland. Athletic Park, 27 June 1970. Programme (2 copies). S.A. Rugby year book - jaarboek. All Blacks tour - toer 1970. National souvenir programme. England (under 25) v Fiji. Twickenham, 14 November 1970. Programme. Quantity: 7 publications. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm. Provenance: Two programmes purchased from Plumbly's 2004; one from Plumbly's in 2005; one from Sporting memorys sale 2005, and one from Anthemion sale 2006.

Date: 1960

By: Bathgate, Murray Alexander, 1943-2019

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1960

Description: Includes: 1960s?: Manawatu Rugby Football Union. Gate pass (Blue ticket. 2 copies) 1960: "All Blacks" 1960 tour of South Africa. [itinerary card]. New Zealand Rugby Football Union. Farewell dinner to New Zealand Rugby team. Midland Hotel Wellinghton. 7 May 1960. [Menu]. (Donated by Mr Jack Goodwin in 1983) New South Wales v All Blacks. Sydney, 14 May 1960. Programme. Manawatu Rugby Union. North Island All Black trials. Palmerston North. 10 June 1960. New Zealand v South Africa. Ellis Park, 25 June 1960. Programme. Taranaki v Wellington. Rugby Park New Plymouth, 29 June 1960. Programme New Zealand v Western Province. Newlands, 16 July 1960. Programme. All Blacks v Western Transvaal. Olen Park, Potchefstroom, 9 August 1960. Programme. North Island v South Island. Lancaster Park Oval. 3 September 1960. New Zealand XV versus West Coast. West Coast Rugby Football Union. Rugby Park, Greymouth. 6 September 1960. New Zealand v The Rest. Athletic Park. 1 October 1960. Programme. (2 copies) Quantity: 12 publications, plus some duplicates.. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm.

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-165/180

Description: Drawings and caricatures of sporting personalities who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes boxers Cyril Hurne, Tim Tracy (also cycling),and another unnamed, as well as golfer Zoe Hudson, rugby players Morrie Doyle, Billy Wallace and Stan Dean, and the manager of the 1948 Olympic team. Two collations of portraits of rugby players appear which are related to New Zealand's 1949 tour of South Africa. Some boxing and wrestling diagrams are also included. Quantity: 14 newsclippings. 1 photolithograph. Physical Description: One photolithograph, and newspaper clippings glued to paper, sizes vary

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: [New Zealand cricket programmes and ephemera of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CRICKET-1960s

Description: Includes: 1960: Australia v New Zealand. First test. Basin Reserve, 19-23 February 1960. Programme (2 copies) Australia v New Zealand. 2nd test. Lancaster Park, 27 February - 2 March 1960. Programme. M.C.C. v Wellington. Basin Reserve, 31 December 1960 - 3 January 1961. Programme (2 copies). 1961: M.C.C. versus Canterbury. Lancaster Park Christchurch, 7-10 January 1961. Programme M.C.C. v New Zealand. Second unofficial test. Basin Reserve, 3-7 February 1961. Programme. M.C.C. v New Zealand. 3rd unofficial test. Lancaster Park, 10-14 March 1961. Programme. Fiji v Waikato. Waikato Cricket Association. Seddon Park, Hamilton. 25-26 December 1961. Programme. 1962: Fiji v Southland. Queen's Park Invercargill, 15-16 January 1962. Programme New Zealand v R A Roberts XI. Lancaster Park Christchurch. 16-19 March 1962. Programme. Ron Roberts' Commonwealth XI v NZCC President's XI. Eden Park 22 March 1962. Grandstand ticket UE52. 1963: Wellington Cricket Association. Objects, constitution and general rules. 1963. M.C.C. v an Otago XI; a souvenir of cricket. Carisbrook, 8-11 March 1963. Programme. 1964: Parnell Cricket Club. Annual report, accounts and balance sheet, 1963-64. South Africa v New Zealand. Basin Reserve 21-25 February 1964. Programme. South Africa v Canterbury. Lancaster Park Christchurch, 6-9 March 1964. Programme 1965: Plunket Shield cricket. Northern Districts v Central Districts. Tauranga Domain. 25-28 December 1965. Programme. England v New Zealand. Lord's Ground (England), 17-22 June 1965. Scorecard (2 different versions) England v New Zealand. Lord's Ground, 15-18 May 1965. Scorecard. 1966: President's XI v M.C.C. Basin Reserve, 19-22 February 1966. Programme. England v New Zealand. 1st test. Lancaster Park Christchurch, 25 February - 1 March 1966. Programme. New Zealand Women's Cricket tour 1966 [Tour of England]. Souvenir programme 1967: Australia v New Zealand. First test. Pukekura Park New Plymouth, 3-7 March 1967. Programme Australia v New Zealand. 3rd test. Lancaster Park, 16-20 March 1967. Programme (2 copies) 1968: India v New Zealand. Basin Reserve, 29 Febraury - 5 March 1968. Programme. Plunket Shield cricket. Northern Districts v Auckland. Seddon Park Hamilton. 30 December 1968-1 January 1969. Programme. New Zealand cricket team. Tour of England 1969. Itinerary card, published by Wellington District Savings Bank. Television All Stars v Murray Chapples "XI". Anderson Park, 9 March 1969. Scorecard. Lord's Ground. England v New Zealand. 24-29 July 1969. Scorecard. 1969: West Indies v New Zealand. Basin Reserve, 7-11 March 1969. Programme. West Indies v New Zealand. Lancaster Park, 13-17 March 1969. Programme. New Zealand v India at Hyderabad, 15 October 1969. Programme (with photos of both teams and biographical notes on the New Zealand team) Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 32 programmes, tickets, and other ephemera (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Booklets and tickets, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1975

Reference: Eph-D-RACIAL-1970/1974

Description: Includes: ca 1970: P D Barb (Periodical). The silent majority. P D Barb 10c [ca 1970] 1970: Dennis Brutus speaks for South Africans and for all people opposed to racism in sport. The All Black tour, what it really means. Western Springs Stadium, Thursday March 26th at 8 pm. Supporting variety programme compered by "personality Square" Syd Jackson to include University of Auckland Maori Club, Paul Marks, The Original Sun, Donna Awatere and the High-Revving Tongues [1980] (2 copies) If you could see their national sport, you might be less keen to play their rugby [1970] (2 copies) 1971: The Sun-Herald. Sunday March 28 1971. Surf drama police act; Apartheid clash HART Aotearoa. HART cares about all hockey players, not just white ones. Who does the IFWHA care about? Expel the South African Women's Hockey Assn from the IFWHA [1971] (2 copies) 1972: Don't join the apartheid club! Apartheid. A non-white child dies of malnutrition every 12 minutes ... Demonstrate for South African Freedom Day. Assemble Friday June 23rd [1972] (2 copies) ca 1972: Grosz, Christopher, 1947-. Jack Marshall & Co; bridge builders / HART [1972?]. (2 copies) ca 1973: HART Aotearoa. "I'd be the last to drag politics into sport, Frik ... but it's worth 3 points if you treat that ball like a kaffir's arse". [1972 or 1973] (3 copies) Soledad Brothers demo. 3rd March, cnr Ponsonby-K Rd's, 6.30 pm. A.U.S.A. [Stamp top right] House Committee approved 1973?: Don't join the apartheid club! 67 unarmed Africans massacred 21st March 1960, Sharpeville is another good reason for us to Stop The Tour! And stop trading with South Africa! [ca 1973] 1973: [HART Aotearoa]. Caltex 1973 Springbok Rugby Tour, brought to you by Caltex Oil, the action gas HART Aotearoa. South Africa Freedom Day June 26. Stop the tour; don't play with apartheid [1973] "We stand for Christian Nationalism which is an ally of Nazism". Quote 1942 Mr B J Vorster, now Prime Minister, Republic of South Africa. Auckland star, 31 March 1973, page 21 "The wound of the daughter of my people wounds me too". Apartheid divides the family of man. Produced by Shalom Posters, PO Box 818, Wellington NZ for NZ Defence and Aid Find [1973] (2 copies) 1974: National Anti-Apartheid Committee. A South African policeman, judge, and executioner [1974] (2 copies) Quantity: 15 b&w and colour prints. Physical Description: Relief prints and offset prints, coloured or b&w, on sheets up to about 750 mm.

Date: 1987-1991-1992-1994-1995 - 21 Sep 1987 - 09 Nov 1991

By: Templeton, Malcolm James Campbell, 1924-2017; Palmer, Geoffrey Winston Russell (Rt Hon Sir), 1942-; Marshall, Cedric Russell (Hon), 1936-; Marshall, John Ross (Rt Hon Sir), 1912-1988; Laidlaw, Christopher Robert, 1943-

Reference: OHColl-0629

Description: Interviews by Malcolm Templeton for his book on human rights and sporting contacts with South Africa. Interviews with Geoffrey Palmer, Russell Marshall, Phipps (Royalist), talks with the FFA, Sir John Marshall, Chris Laidlaw and McLean. Publication - Human rights and sporting contacts New Zealand attitudes to race relations in South Africa, 1921-94 / Malcolm Templeton. Auckland [N.Z.] : Auckland University Press, 1998 Interviewer(s) - Malcolm Templeton Quantity: 5 tape(s) microcassettes. 5 interview(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 4, 5, August 1998 - 04 Aug 1998 - 05 Aug 1998

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Grant, Steve, 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0478/37

Description: Steve Grant born Scotland, arrived in New Zealand 1947. Recalls apprenticeship as an electrician with Union Steam Ship Company. Describes working life on ships before joining the Otahuhu workshops. Talks about union activities at the workshops and how he became General Secretary of the Railway Tradesmen's Association. Recalls introduction of Amenity Blocks. Discusses progression through the union ranks and the role of the RTA; compulsory unionism; branch relationship with union executive; Catholic Action Group at Otahuhu workshops to counter communist influence; Muldoon electioneering in Otahuhu workshops; strength of apprentices during World War II; 1952 Railway strike; working conditions in the Railways during the late 1950s and 1960s and reaction of RTA to new technology. Mentions the introduction of female apprentices into Railway workshops and some of the resulting problems. Mentions Doug Crosado, Ray Gough, Bill Higgins, Harry Taylor, Allan Goldsmith, Richard Prebble and [Brian] Talboys. Discusses the Combined State Services Organisation and the Ruling Rate Survey in relation to Railway Officers Institute. Explains the relationship with Locomotive Engineers' Association, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants / National Union of Railwaymen (employees), New Zealand Engineers' Union and Federation of Labour. Talks about formation of joint union-management scheme - Employees Assistance Programme and its introduction within the Railways. Other topics recalled include: health and safety issues; concerns over asbestos; wage freeze by Kirk Goverment; Compulsory Medical Retirement in 1972; relationship between RTA and Accident Compensation Corporation; education programmes; RTA Journal; Federation of Labour Transport Union Committee; RTA protest over Vietnam War; opposition of Otahuhu branch to Springbok rugby tours; support for international strikes; strike in Twizel; campaign for allowances for apprentices; 1966 strike; Save the Rail Campaign; Employment Contracts Act (1991): sale of New Zealand Rail, with reference to Wisconsin Rail and Ruth Richardson. Mentions Jack Marshall, Tom Skinner, Norris Collins, Trevor Gebbie, Ken Douglas, F P Walsh, Norman Kirk, Koro Wetere. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007578-007582 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.11 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1914.

Date: 1980

Reference: Eph-C-RACIAL-1980

Description: Includes: 1980: Gilles Kati the Southern African scholar. Speaks Thursday 1pm B10 HART. Sam Ramsamy, leader of South African non-racial sporting bodies. New Zealand tour Oct 22 - Nov 12 1980. Find out the facts about non-racial sport in South Africa. Public meeting Thurs 23 Oct, Ewen Hall (YWCA Willis St). 1980s undated: Apartheid kills; fight resettlement. Medu Art Ensemble [1980s] HART Wellington. Diplomatic relations South-African style. Expel the S.A. Consulate. [Heydrich?] Harvey HART Auckland. Ban Bok boats; fight racism [1980s] Krossa apartheid! Isolera Sydafrika! Stod ANC (SA) Pg 350002-2. Afrikagrupperna [1980s?] National Anti-Apartheid Committee. March 21, Bullet in the Back Day for sixty nine black South Africans. Remember Sharpeville; think about apartheid [1980?] (2 copies) Reject apartheid sport. South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee [1980s] Saturday May 25 is Bastion Point Day, African Liberation Day. March: Noon; assemble corner of Hansen St and Stoke st, Newtown (entrance to Rugby League park). Fight apartheid in South africa; fight racism in Aotearoa [1980s] Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, coloured or b&w, on sheets up to about 500 mm.