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Date: 14 September 1998

From: Dallas, David Bruce, 1908-2006: Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-7241-2

Description: Paper by Dallas, `The Centennial highway; anecdotes from coast road construction days' iin which he describes incidents during the construction of the road from Plimmerton to Paekakariki in 1939. Dallas was engineer in charge of the project in 1939 and he describes some of the people involved with it and incidents that occurred. Includes a photocopy of a published cartoon depicting Robert Semple who was the Minister of Public Works. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript and photocopy

Date: 1863

From: Speer, William Henry d 1867 :[Speer album] 1860-1867

Reference: E-395-032

Description: The words of a song with 10 verses, purporting to be a letter from an Irish settler in Invercargill, recounting his voyage to Bluff, his meeting with a Maori woman (including an exchange in Maori and Gaelic), his refusal to take a Cobb & Co coach because of the expensive fare, his walking towards Invercargill, with a stop at a pub called 'Mokomoke', the muddy state of the roads in Invercargill, the deterioration of the roads at the hand of the Invercargill Town Board, and what he would do to the said Board to punish them for their useless behaviour Quantity: 1 letterpress. Physical Description: Engraved text on sheet glued to album page

Date: 1886 - 1925

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Shanks

Description: Includes scenic and portrait cards, floral and humorous cards, both photographic and non-photographic. Includes some cards from the Christchurch Exhibition 1906-07, and the Dunedin Exhibition 1925, as well as Christmas cards and greetings cards. Contains three moulded plastic floral cards. Quantity: 45 cards and postcards.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, approximately 90 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr or Ms R Grant in 1998.

Date: 1931

From: Jones, D H :Photographs of Napier and Hastings after the 1931 earthquake ; and the Taramakau River

Reference: 1/2-135772-F

Description: Men in a packing case shelter, errected after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. The sign above the men reads: "Batchelors rest. Housemaid wanted. Urgent". Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 2004

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-977

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014343

Description: The cartoon shows PM John Key lying in bed sweating from a nightmare In which chefs in a 'Tuhoe Kitchen' are preparing to cook a meal with 'Key' ingredients. John Key mutters in his dream that 'it was only a joke'. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014339

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1863 - 1865

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-024

Description: Three shocked men standing near a park railing, watching three women being blown into the sky by high winds. The women's legs are on display and two parasols have been blown inside-out. The men's hats have blown off their heads On the following page (E-248-q-026) is a note explaining: Wonders of the day!!! Ladies beware of 'Crinolines rising' versus 'Fenians rising'. Elopement in high life. Strange ascent in the Park ... as witnessed by the horror-stricken Brown, Jones and Robinson when their beloved Maria, Sophia and Jemima were suddenly taken away from their loving arms in the late gale. P. S. I need not observe that the fair Aeronauts have not since been heard of'. The idea of this cartoon was suggested to me by a legitimate scene that took place one day in Queenstown during a gale of wind. The ladies fair were descending a very steep hill when the gale came on but the only loss sustained by the party were a hat or two, some ribbons probably and a chinon [chignon] probably or so. [initials] A.T.D.C. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 208 x 283 mm

Date: 2004

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-817

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Refers to an incident that took place on the 5th of February at Waitangi's Te Tii Marae; leader of the National Party Don Brash was pelted with mud as he came onto the marae. On the 27th of January 2004, leader of the National Party, Don Brash gave a speech to the Orewa Rotary Club which created much division on issues of race in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).