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Date: 2012

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022341

Description: Shows an All Black jersey with a question mark on the front and the text 'the final FRONTier'. A second version includes the text 'The Black Market'. Context: refers to suggestions that insurance giant American International Group (AIG) could become a shirt sponsor in time for the inaugural Rugby Championship match between the All Blacks and Australia in Sydney on August 18. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0018619

Description: Two men chat in the pub; One says 'So - Telecom has dropped its "No sex during the World Cup to help us win" campaign!' and the other replies 'Ha! - as far as I'm concerned, if that was ever going to work, we'd have won the last three!' Context: Telecom has ditched a controversial campaign asking All Black supporters to abstain from sex during the Rugby World Cup. Abstainers were to wear a black ring. The campaign was being funded by Telecom's Backing Black website, which is the official New Zealand Rugby Union All Black fans website. (3News - 17 August 2011 and NZ Herald - 18 August 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020211

Description: Refers to the fact that the All Blacks 'AB's (play on the name 'Halberg') dominated the Halberg Awards in Auckland on the 8th February 2012. Understandable after their winning of the Rugby World Cup in November 2011. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0018618

Description: In the smaller frame two men sit on a seat with their backs to the viewer. One says 'We've given up sex for the duration of the World Cup and my wife's given me a black ring to remind me!' In the larger frame the second man, who sports a black eye, says 'Mine too!' Context: Telecom has ditched a controversial campaign asking All Black supporters to abstain from sex during the Rugby World Cup. Abstainers were to wear a black ring. The campaign was being funded by Telecom's Backing Black website, which is the official New Zealand Rugby Union All Black fans website. (3News - 17 August 2011 and NZ Herald - 18 August 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1905

By: Reid, Stuart, active 1905-1930s; Otago Witness (Newspaper)

Reference: PUBL-0231-001

Description: A small rugby player representing the 'Ref Team' stands miserably in front of a woman who represents 'Mother New Zealand'. She says to him 'Now then yer poor, weak, little shaver, play up, and don't get any more doin's like Welly there gave yer!' Standing around him grinning and jeering are four players representing 'Otago', 'Wellington', Canterbury' and 'Auckland'. to be completed... The name 'All Blacks' was first used during the tour. When they began the tour they were usually called the 'New Zealander Football Team' or the 'New Zealanders'. Page 8 of supplement of issue of 9 August 1905 - Otago Witness. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Stuart Reid 05 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1949

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: A-317-063

Description: The cartoon shows a man in his pyjamas, who has got up in the middle of the night to listen to 1st test of the 1949 tour to South Africa. A burglar who has been robbing the man's house has stopped what he's been doing and is secretly listening to the rugby match as well. Refers to the 1st test against the Springboks on the 1949 tour. 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 laser copy. Physical Description: Laser copy, A4 size.

Date: 1949

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-017

Description: The cartoon is a series of cameos featuring politicians and others as All Blacks as the country heads towards the 1949 general election. The first cameo shows a man with a '?' on his jersey who scratches his head; text below reads 'Masterton - wet or dry, a trustworthy player-' The second shows PM Peter Fraser running with a rugby ball that represents 'Raglan' under his arm; text reads 'P. Fraser - his duel with Bretton Woods, (the international) will be watched with great interest-' The third cameo shows leader of the National Party, Sid Holland, whispering in the ear of a much smaller Frederick Widdowson Doidge who holds a rugby ball; text reads 'Private enterprise' - Sid's great discovery, knows all the doidges (wordplay on 'Doidge' and 'dodge') (no relation to Doug. Credit.) (is 'doug' another wordplay?) In the fourth cameo a player with his leg in plaster lies on a bed which floats in the sea; text reads 'M.S. Wanganella - the (dead) lock, may be a dead loss, still in dock with injuries received earlier. Has been to Australia before.' The fifth cameo shows a black rectangle with the words 'Wellington - All Black' below it. The sixth cameo shows two players bending over and presenting their backsides to the viewer; below are the words 'The union secretaries - back row, side row, front row, any old row will suit them - especially if it's about danger money-' (wordplay on 'row' meaning a straight line and the differently pronounced 'row' meaning 'argument') The seventh cameo in the centre is Walter Nash who grabs for a ball that represents the 'budget' (Nash's 'black budget'); text reads 'Touch'yer Nash - the fly-away half contemporary and admirer of Charlie Taxton; playing loan (or) cash (or) share league reputedly for big money-' Below him is 'Angus McLagan - the left winger - a hard man to tackle, possibly the toughest man in the country-'; McLagan runs with the ball looking tough. Eighth is a large player who sits on a rugby ball that represents 'work' looking stubborn above the text 'Willie Watersider - the go-slow (ex-Onslow) forward, generally asking somebody to back up, back out, back down, or back pay -' and in the corner is a player holding a ball that represents Karapiro above the text '-and of course, R. Semple, one of the best feat-bawlers in the country!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 380 x 490 mm

Date: 1907

By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937; Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: C-109-026

Description: The defeated All Blacks are depicted as a wounded and weeping kiwi. In the background is a crowd of kangaroos in striped pants, who leap and wave their hats with joy. On the goal crossbar sit two laughing kookaburras. Context: The All Blacks rugby tour of Australia in July 1907. This cartoon shows the New South Wales rugby union side defeating the All Blacks 14-0 in their second of two matches in 1907. The cartoon refers to a game on 18 July 1907 Published in the Auckland Weekly news in July 1907. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Note that the score handwritten on the verso of the original cartoon is incorrect. The words 'Nil (desperandum) can be seen in faint pencil beneath the cartoon. Inscriptions: Verso - NZ-O, NSW-17, 1921 at Christchurch Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 310 x 420 mm

Date: 1950

By: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968; Dominion (Newspaper); Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-154-026

Description: The cartoon reviews the second test, All Blacks against the British Lions, from the 1950 Lions tour. 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. Exhibited in 'The Line-Up' exhibition of 36 cartoons by 36 cartoonists curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library auditorium foyer from 5 April 2002 to mark the tenth anniversary of establishment of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Extended Title - Quite like old times, ain't it, comin' orf winners in a test match. Mind you it wasn't much of a win - I dunno wot 'appened to the British team. Try as they would they couldn't keep the All Blacks from sneakin' in a couple of times. An' try as they would they couldn't get acrost the All Black's line. I s'pose our chaps 'ave got quite a kick out of it. Pity about the Welsh three-quarter line - It couldn't seem to git goin'. In consequence of which I'll bet the leeks 'ave wilted in Aberystwith, Llandudno an' other places too dificult to mention. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, 390 x 290mm.

Date: 1972

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

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Sports post (Newspaper)

Reference: B-134-273

Description: The cartoon shows a kiwi, representing the All Blacks, dressed in All Black rugby gear parading around with a rugby ball in its beak reading, first test. In the background a wallaby, representing the Australian rugby team, is leaning against a post looking well tired out. Refers to the first test between the All Blacks and the Wallabies during the 1972 series. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 220 x 260 mm.

Date: 1972

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

Reference: B-134-229

Description: The cartoon is in four parts. The first part shows the All Blacks winning 14 - 9 against the Scottish rugby team. The second part shows a husband saying to his wife, having just watched the game, I knew we'd do them! His wife replies, that's not what you were saying an hour and a half ago. The third part shows two men in a pub. One of them says, whatever the English sports writers say, I reckon the All Blacks are a good team! The other replies, Indeed, indeed! And we are still a great rugby nation. The final part shows a man who had a bet with a Scottish man, the New Zealander is saying, Let's see, I had a dollar's worth at five to one on the All Blacks, didn't I? Refers to the All Blacks defeating Scotland during the 1972 tour of the British Isles. It was also the first time New Zealanders were able to see live coverage of a rugby match on tv. 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: Pen and ink, brush and ink, letrafilm, 395 x 315mm.

Date: 14 Jun 1975

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

Reference: 1/4-022740-F

Description: Rugby test between the New Zealand All Blacks (in white shirts) and Scotland (blue shirts), Eden Park, Auckland, 14 June 1975. Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. The final score was All Blacks 24, Scotland 0. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

Date: 1973

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

Reference: B-134-370

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister Norman Kirk as the referee in a rugby match. He has just ordered a Springbok player off the field. An All Black player is arguing the case. Two people, representing anti-tour disruption, are looking very menacing and look prepared for violence had the game continued. In the background a man representing the Commonwealth games is jumping for joy. In the foreground a man representing the N.Z.R.F.U. and a man representing New Zealand look unhappy. Refers to the Prime Minister Norman Kirk's decision to cancel the 1973 Springbok tour. 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: Pen and ink, brush and ink, letrafilm, 310 x 360mm.

Date: 6 Mar 1906

From: Basham, Barbara :Photographs of New Zealand

By: William Beattie & Company

Reference: PAColl-4083-03

Description: Crowd gathered in Auckland on the 6th of March 1906 for the reception of the All Blacks rugby team upon their return from Great Britain. Shows Judge Edwards, G W Tyler, D Gallaher (captain) , G H Dixon (manager), Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes, Mr A Myers (Mayor) and Richard John Seddon (Prime Minister) on a podium with others. Seddon is addressing the crowd. Photograph taken by William Beattie and Company. Inscriptions: Verso - centre left - [Text of postcard]With my compliments. Can you pick me out? I have my hand to my cheek. [CPM?] [Addressed to] Miss M I Taylor, c/o The School, Rowan, [No?] Stratford, Taranaki Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Halftone photomechanical print 8.9 x 14 cm

Date: 1968

From: Scales, Sid :Two laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive auction, 6 November 1997.

Reference: H-467-001

Description: The cartoon shows a giant All Black rugby player, representing the "All Black mountain", being scaled by a group of miniature Japanese rugby players as if they were climbing a mountain. Refers to the defeat of the Junior All Blacks by the All Japan team. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Signed by the cartoonist. Quantity: 1 laser copy. Physical Description: Laser copy, A4 size

Date: 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

Reference: B-144-160

Description: The cartoon shows a giant South African rugby player towering above the All Blacks team and the goalposts on the field. Refers to steroid use in rugby. 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: Pen and ink and latratone, 425 x 265mm.

Date: 1970

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

Reference: B-137-130

Description: The cartoon is in four parts. The first part shows the All Blacks trials, possibles vs. probables. Both teams are competing for a ball that reads, trip to S.A. The second part shows three rugby players: two are jumping for joy for being included in the team and the other is walking off in tears for not making it. The third part shows two men in a pub agreeing it's the best side that could be sent. The final part shows a policeman tackling a person protesting against the tour. 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: Pen and ink, black crayon, 395 x 320mm.

Date: 1980

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

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

Reference: B-136-128

Description: The cartoon shows the All Blacks running out onto the field to play Australia. All of them are covered in bandages from various injuries. Refers to the final test against Australia in 1980. A large number, 12 or more, injuries delayed the naming of the players for the test. In addition the team suffered from a bout of food poisoning on the eve of the match. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. 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 - Yes, but they're a great excuse if we lose. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, brush and ink, white paint and letrafilm, 450 mm x 320 mm

Date: 1989

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

Reference: B-144-151

Description: The cartoon shows four members of the All Blacks standing outside a house in Wales just across the road from the Stradey Park Hotel. An elderly Welsh lady has answered the door and is calling out to her husband. Refers to the 1989 All Black tour of Great Britain. 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: Pen and ink, brush and ink, white paint, 400 x 315mm.

Date: 1908

By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937

Reference: C-109-020

Description: Shows a kiwi dressed as an All Black with a defeated British lion. They are on a rugby field, with ecstatic crowds behind them. A photographer (might this be Trevor Lloyd?) crouches on the left taking pictures. Context: The cartoon shows a 1908 test game during the tour of New Zealand of a British team (comprising English and Welsh players). There were three tests: the All Blacks won 2 and one was drawn. Overall points were 64 for the All Blacks and 8 against. This cartoon celebrates the New Zealand victory in the third test at Auckland. New Zealand won 29-0. Dating: the cartoon was originally dated by the Library as 1905 when it was described in 1979, on the assumption it showed the All Blacks playing in Britain. The scene is in New Zealand and the cartoon was published in the Auckland Weekly News 30 July 1908. 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. Supplied title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, sepia ink and wash, Chinese white and some watercolour, 380 x 537 mm