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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: [Between 1927 and 1965]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-113

Description: Album includes photographs, chiefly taken by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, from black and white photographs taken in the 1920s to coloured snapshots taken in the 1960s. Subjects range from scout camps and tramps in New Zealand, to views of military aircraft and scenic views of India, Egypt and Libya taken circa 1940-1943 while he was serving with R.A.F. squadrons. Later coloured snapshots show holiday scenes. The photographs are interspersed with postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled red and black cover, black corners and spine, 24 x 34 cm

Date: 30 June 1943-31 Dec 1944

By: Hanrahan, Pauline Noele, 1917-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-5545

Description: Hanrahan qualified as a registered nurse in 1940 and joined the New Zealand Army Nursing Service in July 1943. She sailed the same month from Wellington as a nurse aboard the Dutch hospital ship `Oranje'. During 1943 and early 1944 the `Oranje' made several trips between Port Said and South Africa and Australia and New Zealand. In the later part of 1944 the `Oranje' travelled mainly between the United Kingdom and Italy carrying wounded military personnel. Hanrahan left the ship in Cairo in Dec 1944 and served in the Cairo Number One General Hospital for the remainder of her war service. The diaries cover the period 30 June 1943-31 December 1944 and describe her experiences aboard the `Oranje'. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: 1940-1943

From: Elmes, Jack George, fl 1943 :Photographs relating to service in World War II

Reference: PAColl-8342

Description: Photographs relating to Jack Elmes' service in World War II, taken ca 1940-1945 in New Zealand, Australia and Egypt. Includes photographs of Elmes and other soldiers in Egypt; of Perth, Western Australia, purchased on the way to Egypt; of soldiers at the swimming pool at Gezira; the club, commuter train, Maadi suburb and Maadi military Camp; views of Cairo and the pyramids; and of soldiers on a 2nd Junior Officers staff course at Massey College in New Zealand. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints, ephemera

Date: 1915-1917

By: Marwick, James Harold, -1951

Reference: qMS-1345

Description: Marwick describes training at Trentham Camp, his voyage to Egypt and France, his wounding in France and of being sent back to England to recuperate after amputation of arm Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (36 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm, blue buckram)

Date: 1853-1885

By: Richmond, Christopher William (Hon), 1821-1895

Reference: E-284

Description: Include views of Central Otago, West Coast, Marlborough, Wellington, Bream Head, Egypt, England, France, voyage to England, seascapes, yachts and ships. For details see records for individual pages. At head of title: Richmond and Atkinson family papers, vol 45. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) containing. 85 drawing(s) (pencil). 4 drawing(s) pencil and ink. 1 drawing(s) pencil and wash. Physical Description: Art originals, pencil, 170 x 230 mm or smaller, in album, 240 mm, 1/2 blue moroccco, blue buckram Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - acc. 77-253: Richmond and Atkinson papers.

Date: 1940-1941

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1374

Description: Personal record of a soldier in the Maori Battalion of the journey from New Zealand to Egypt, Second World War. Begins with troops lined up on the show grounds at Palmerston North on the 31st of April 1940. Troops embarked on the 1st of May 1940 and sailed for Fremantle, Australia, and were there by the 8th of May. There are photographs of Fremantle Harbour, Perth University, and Maori soldiers with Australian friends. Also photographs of Maori soldiers on deck of ship. The troops sailed from Femantle in a convoy that included the liner transports, Queen Mary, Aquitania, Empress of Japan, Empress of Britain, Mauretania, and Andes. They were in Capetown on the 16 May 1940, and Freetown, Siera Leone on the 23 May. The convoy arrived at Greenock on the Clyde River, Scotland, on the 6th of June 1940. From the 8th of June 1940 to the 2nd of January 1941 the troops were stationed in the south east of England where they did battle training. The places include Bognor, Aldershot, Bostling Green, and Guildford. On the 3rd of January the troops embarked on the Athlone Castle, part of a large convoy of transports and warships bound for Egypt, which they reached on the 1st of March 1941. There are two panoramic views of the convoy, and many photographs of the Maori troops on board the Athlone Castle. In Egypt photographs show the troops landing, the camp at Maadi, gardens at Helwan, training in the desert, views of Cairo, and tours to the pyramids. The last part of the album are photographs of Capetown and its surroundings, other unidentified places, and more snaps taken in Egypt. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1997

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

Reference: H-448-045/064

Description: Political cartoons. Psychiatric care denied to those in need. Jim Bolger teeters on the edge of losing his position as Prime Minister. Jim Bolger offers his head on a plate to the new National Party leader, Jenny Shipley. Helen Clark congratulates Jenny Shipley for being NZ's first woman Prime Minister. Jenny Shipley lays down how she wishes to conduct business within her caucus. Winston Peters prostrates himself before the new Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley. NZ public dispair over the Black Caps' performance. Jenny Shipley is set to devour coalition partner, Winston Peters during their coalition talks. Max Bradford calls for submissions on the government's proposals allowing people to work Christmas Day for cash. Winston Peters is pressured by his party, NZ First, to continue in coalition with National under the new leadership of Jenny Shipley. NZ First / National Party coalition government is recemented but there's trouble ahead. Obituary to the tourists murdered by Islamic extremists in Egypt. Jim Bolger is overwhelmed by complimentary cards following his fall from the National Party leadership. Workers comment on the compulsory pay rise MPs get. Labour Party Conference participants behave as if they have become the government when they are still in opposition. White power advocates call for one law for all with some exceptions for themselves. Jim Bolger advises foreign leaders of the first signs of a coup, unsolicited phone calls pledging loyalty. The tell-tale signs of smoking in women. The pros and cons of the Hamilton East Telecom Mobile Phone Tower. Jenny Shipley is seen to have a level demeanour. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: [1927-1965]

By: Gilberd, Edward Browse, 1904-1991

Reference: MS-Papers-6020

Description: Comprises Q-A-M-R admission ticket to afternoon tea in the officer's mess; menus for 1st Battalion of the Wellington West Coast Regiment (autographed on verso); letters from Colonial Mutual Life Assurance to Gilberd re his achievements in contests within the company (1927-1929); letter from friend with the St John Ambulance, Yorkshire, re operation and family news (1957); letter from Edmund Lodge, St John Ambulance, Yorkshire, re visiting that division (1946) and from St John Ambulance Overseas re trophy given by Gilberd (1946); two letters to Zea Lough written from Verdun and Egypt (nd); St John clippings and menu (1946, nd); testimonial from H Harle, Steward of Wanganui Collegiate for Gilberd (1927); letter, Royal Life-Saving Society re Wanganui City Council by-laws (1931); letters from Gustav Robus, Brotteorde, Germany and photograph of family (1944, 1965); Dewsbury and district short Thanksgiving Service (1946); letter, Jack Hutchison, thanking Gilberd for helping his daughter (1927); receipt for silver cup (1946) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts and printed matter

Date: ca 1913-1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to New Zealand's involvement in World War I

Reference: PA1-q-908

Description: Photographs of soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, taken ca 1913-1919, consisting mainly of studio portraits taken in New Zealand and Britain, and images of military training camps. Also includes photographs of unidentified Maori soliders, scenes on board troop ships, weddings, bands and training marches. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 2001

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to confectionery, chocolate, sweets, ice-cream and other sweet foods]

By: Turnbull Systems Project. Evaluation Team

Reference: Eph-A-CONFECTIONERY-2001-01

Description: Front of bag shows a scene of a camel train approaching the Pyramids by moonlight. The back lists the ingredients of the licorice, a fictional excerpt entitled "The Secret of the Black Pharaoh", and a table of nutritional information. Quantity: 1 bag. Physical Description: Photolithograph on foil-lined brown paper bag, 237 x 182 mm. Provenance: Donated by members of the Turnbull Systems Project Evaluation team on 10 May 2001.

Date: [1913-1945]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MSO-Papers-5714-4

Description: Comprises reconveyance deed between Daniel Riddiford and William Hort Levin for land in the Hutt (1870); roading and drainage plans, Waipawa (1913); AA London route map; maps, Saint Jean and St Julien (France) and El Daba (Egypt) (1940s); page from the `Times' with military honours including Daniel Riddiford for the Military Cross (29 Apr 1918); and plan relating to ownership of Awaroa Station and flooding, on Ruamahanga River Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939-1942

By: Crump, Spencely Noel Stanley, 1916-1995; Crump, Douglas, active 2000

Reference: PA1-q-750

Description: This album was compiled by Second Lieutenant Spencely Noel Stanley Crump. It is a record of his time as a soldier in the New Zealand army during the Second World War. The record begins with photographs taken while training at Ngaruawahia Camp in September 1939. He and his company were transported to Egypt on the "Orion" where they underwent training at Maadi Camp. Also recorded are the rest and recreational facilities at the camp, as well as those at Helwan Camp, and trips to the pyramids. In 1940 he was with the army campaigning and preparing defences in the Western Desert. He was also sent to the Middle East Weapon Training School in Sarafand near Tel Aviv of which there are photographs as well as others of Palestine and Jerusalem. In 1941 he was sent to Greece and Crete. This part of the album also contains a page of photographs taken from a captured German paratrooper's camera. Following the campaigns in Greece and Crete, Crump returned to Egypt and took part in the war in Libya. There are several pages of photographs of Cairo and its citizens. Others are of nurses and patients at the British General Hospital at Geneifa, and the New Zealand General Hospital at Helwan where Crump went as a result of contracting pneumonia and developing infections in his wounds. In 1942 he returned to New Zealand on the hospital ship "Oranji". There are five pages of photographs taken on this trip. In New Zealand he was sent to the Soldiers Hospital in Rotorua for treatment. In 1943 he married. The album is well documented throughout, and most of Crump's many military associates are identified. A container of letters written by Crump while he was overseas was also donated with the album. The letters have been transferred to Manuscripts and Archives. In 1934 Spencely Noel Stanley Crump was a member of the New Zealand team to the Empire Games in London where he won a bronze medal in swimming. He also represented New Zealand in swimming at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - One container of letters.

Date: 1915-1918

By: Curtis family

Reference: MS-Papers-9234

Description: Collection comprises World War One letters from Michael Curtis in Egypt back to his family in Dannevirke. These letters describe his time in Egypt, visiting the pyramids and Cairo. Comments on fellow soldiers from Dannervirke that he has met including sons from the Allardice family. Describes living conditions at camp, and comments on periods when he has been recovering from battle wounds. Also includes further letters from or to other Curtis family members and ephemera concerning Michael Curtis' death. Source of title - Supplied by Library Papers concern Sergeant Michael Curtis who served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in World War One, dying from wounds in 1917. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & printed matter

Date: 1938-2008

By: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940-

Reference: MS-Papers-9485

Description: Letters and papers relating to Sergeant Gordon Christie Dunn (1912-1942), together with a copy of his daughter Vivienne Hayward's memoir `Finding Gordon - A love story' (published by the author in 2008). It is based on the edited correspondence between her mother and father during the early years of World War II. These private letters provide an insight into her mother Joan's life at home in Invercargill and her father's war experience in Egypt and as a prisoner-of-war in Crete and Germany up until his accidental death in Stalag VIII-B in Feb 1942. The correspondence provides details of Burnham Camp; voyage to Egypt with 2NZEF; Maadi Camp and leave in Alexandria; letters from captivity in Crete. Also official correspondence re his accidental death after transfer to Stalag VIII-B, Germany in Feb 1942. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 3 Electronic document(s). 0.18 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Transfers: To Book Collections - Copy of `Finding Gordon - A love story' / Vivienne Hayward (2008).

Date: ca 1900 - 1920

From: Commons, Jeremy Paul Axford, 1933- :Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I ; photographs of New Zealand, and of the Suez Canal

Reference: PAColl-2297-1

Description: Set of eight postcards from the Daily Mail series on the ANZACS in France, including ones of troops cheering the king, the arrival of the New Zealand Prime Minister by air, and a Maori butcher chopping up meat; other postcards of the Tauranga area particularly of houses damaged on the beach; and three prints of shipping on the Suez Canal including one of a dredge (photographer possibly named Langahi). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-075321, 075324 to 075333 and 075335 to 075343 Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1914-1918

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9548-23

Description: Postcards of the First World War and New Zealand. One group are of the Gallipoli campaign dated 1915. Views of New Zealand include Napier, Woodford House School, and Manawatu Gorge. Foreign postcards, mostly of Egypt, are included for the messages from New Zealand soldiers. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1999

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-557

Description: Political cartoons and caricatures. Quantity: 48 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size

Date: 1863, 1873, 1901, 1904

From: Williams family : Further papers

Reference: 75-001-2/14

Description: Papers relative to Waitara (Despatch from Sir George Grey to Duke of Newcastle), 11 Aug 1863; Papers relating to the Vienna Exhibition (1873); Results of a census of the Colony of NZ taken 31 Mar 1901 (Population and houses), 1902; Reports on NZ water-powers, etc (1904); Reports on finances, administration and condition of the Egypt and the Soudan in 1904 (1905) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [ca 1939-1944]

From: Pearson, William Harrison, 1922-2002 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4343-129

Description: Postcards containing photographs of Dunedin and University of Otago at the time Pearson was a student there and scenes of Egypt and Rome collected while serving there in World War Two Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter and photographs