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Date: 1982

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

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-046

Description: Shows four scenes. In the first a man and a woman are working out how much money they would save on petrol by not going on holiday. In the second scene the man is listing other beneficial side effects of not going on holiday such as "no broken windscreen". In the third scene a traffic officer has no drunk drivers to breath test. In the final scene a man is lazing in the garden saying there is no petrol for the lawn mower when his wife asks him to cut the lawn. Extended Title - Let's look on the bright side - saving on running costs - beneficial side effects - and no worries about other more serious driving hazards - just a nice relaxing stay at home Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- : The Dominion cartoons. 25 June - 26 August 1992

Reference: H-003-015

Description: Shows Jim Bolger in a vintage car being given a traffic ticket for doing a U-turn in spite of the road sign forbidding it. The roadside is littered with signs proclaiming the promises that the government has broken on employment, taxation, health, education and nuclear ships. Refers to the government's policy u-turns and to the news that Bolger is opening the West Coast heritage highway Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-674-108/125

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the Police trying to deal with huge traffic queues from Wellington to Levin by setting up speed cameras after Levin to catch the people speeding who are trying to make up the time. Labour feign being blackmailed by the Greens so they appear to have a reason to call an early election. The Queen of England is surrounded by the mess following her Jubilee party, but remains amused. Comment on the New Zealand couple who denied their baby medical care with the result the baby died. The couple are drawn in the style of NZ Gothic. Bill English hears that 1 in 4 National Party supporters are considering voting for Labour to keep the Greens out of the next Government. Shows Helen Clark undermining Trevor Mallard to the press over his handling of the Teachers pay negotiations. Helen Clark is advised that calling an early election without good reason will do her no harm. The leaders of National, ACT, Greens and NZ First whine about Helen Clark calling an early election when her popularity is high. Bill English takes heart in the news that the favourite teams for the Soccer World Cup have been eliminated from the competitions. He sees this as a sign for his hopes in the 2002 elections. Jim Anderton launches his new Political party the 'Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition Party'. A teacher schools his class on how they can help escalate pressure on the government over teacher salaries and conditions. Winston Peters stirs from the political wilderness to address an audience of 500 trapped elderly people. Jim Anderton wears a jester's hat (pretend Alliance member) and regrets having to take it off. Around him are other hats of political parties he has belonged to or is about to belong to. The Greens outline their policy on GE organisms and cannabis. There is an obvious disparity in their requirement for safety between the two substances. Comment on the lack of support for signing the Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming. Helen Clark seeks to rule as a majority government. The minor parties all agree that she can't. Shows public being notified of the closing of the Wellington Evening Post and the merger of the Evening Post with the Dominion. President Bush outlines his plans for a Middle East peace. It includes the Palestinian leader, Arafat, being relegated to an outhouse. Quantity: 18 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1954

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

Reference: H-633-034/048

Description: New Zealand topics include Auckland Festival of the Arts, undercover traffic officers, the perceived threat of Japanese imports to local manfacturing, dental costs, Auckland's drainage scheme, national economic performance, youth behaviour, the construction of Auckland International Airport, the 1954 Budget, P.A.Y.E., Social credit and the appeal of quackery, the effect of British dockers strikes on goods imported for the Christmas market. International topics include Japanese exports to New Zealand, British influence in Gibraltar, Malta and Suez, Communist China and striking dockers in the United Kingdom. Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies. Image sizes approximately 110 x 172 mm.

Date: 1962

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

Reference: B-137-497/519

Description: Cartoons commenting on social and political life in 1962 including the economy, sport and recreation. Quantity: 22 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, sizes vary

Date: 1958

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-071

Description: A long queue of people holding tickets at the Auckland City Council traffic office. They are waiting to pay their fines, watched by a policeman. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1959 - 1963

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-132

Description: Several traffic officers grooming themselves. One man sits in a barber's chair, his hair and clothes in a mess. The barber expresses doubt that he can effect improvements on the man's appearance Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1981

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-336-058

Description: Shows the head and shoulders of a traffic officer in uniform. There are dollar signs ($) on his sunglasses. Accompanied a letter to the editor objecting to the revenue gathering tactics of Auckland City Council's traffic department. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 200 x 160 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1955

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1955/0783-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-36

Description: Unidentified traffic officer and policeman, and a visibilty belt, Wanganui Police Station, 1955. Free Lance (magazine) photograph. Photographer unidentified. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 24 August, 1955, page 20 Inscriptions: Verso - An officer of the Wellington patrol calls on the Wanganui Police Station. The link has many good points such as a missing car may be quickly found through this contact. The Sgt who has just arrived back from the scene of an accident said he could do with this special belt as he was nearly knocked over taking road measurements. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.7 x 21.5 cm

Date: 2007

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

Reference: DCDL-0002893

Description: A woman pokes a policeman in the stomach with her umbrella to see whether he is real or a cardboard cutout. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DX-025-023

Description: Traffic officer selling a discount card for speeding to a startled looking motorist. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: January 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177057-F

Description: Traffic officer William Francis Alexander leaning on the bonnet of a Ford Zephyr motor car monitoring the traffic surveillance equipment, photographed by Morrie Hill. Source of descriptive information - Traffic officer identified by family member. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm

Date: January 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177056-F

Description: Group of men on a roadside looking in the direction of the on-comming traffic. A traffic officer has stepped out onto the road and is flagging down a car. Photograph taken in January 1956 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm

Date: 2012

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023510

Description: A police officer questions drivers at a crash scene, as onlookers watch. A person in a badly damaged car which has hit the back of another car states, 'I was only using the cell phone to tell him to get out of the way'. Refers to a recent police crackdown on cell phone use while driving. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023514

Description: Shows a traffic police officer stopping a man driving a car who is holding a cell phone. The driver says that he thought the phone was smart, until now. Refers to a recent police crackdown on cell phone use while driving. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

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

By: Facebook (Firm); Twitter Inc (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0030360

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Since a number of babies are now being born in cars, does it not come under the jurisdiction of highway Police?'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023283

Description: The Politician is told that to test drunk drivers, they are asking them if they would relect him back to Parliament. 'And if they say yes, they're drunk' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023509

Description: Shows two police officers in a police car on a motorway. One turns to the other and says that the other's wife just drove past talking on a cell phone, and the officer responds that he's texting her a warning. Context: New Zealand police are clamping down on drivers using cell phones behind the wheel. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0030325

Description: Shows a burglar walking past a group of police officer who are surrounding a man in his car. The burglar asks an officer what the man has done. The officer replies "51 k's in a 50 kph area, now move along sir...". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).