War correspondents

Date: 1933-1998

By: Proudfoot, John William, 1914-1998

Reference: MS-Group-0769

Description: Proudfoot's letters to his family contain a daily account of his activities, including recording messages of New Zealand troops and his experiences recording General Freyberg's 1944 Christmas message. He gives accounts of his various expeditions around Italy with descriptions of the scenery, urban landscape, theatres visited, art viewed etc. The activities of some of the members of the Public Relations Service, `a quarrelsome and unruly crowd' are also described. Also included in the collection are further letters from Proudfoot to his family in New Zealand from Italy, and from Maadi (2 Feb-12 Mar 1945); radio broadcast despatches from Italy for New Zealand and the BBC; and papers relating to interviewing by Noel Palmer Also wartime memories of Venice and the New Zealand Forces Club, and his obituary Title supplied by Library. Proudfoot served as a war correspondent with the Broadcasting Unit, Public Relations Service 2NZEF. In December 1943 he landed in Italy from Egypt and spent 1944 with the advancing Allied forces. He was based for much of this time in Naples and Rome and made side trips to Bari as well as going north of Rome with the New Zealand forces. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter (photocopies) Processing information: Collection description was updated on 29 March 2023 when the access only with permission requirement was removed.

Date: 15 Feb 1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-05255-F

Description: Portrait of Mr Cedric Raymond Mentiplay, correspondent with the NZ PRS in Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 15 February 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 31 Jul 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06467-F

Description: War correspondents being brought up to date with the latest developments on the front as the 2 New Zealand Division moves closer to Florence, Italy, by Captain Geoffrey Sandford Cox, Chief NZ Division Intelligence Officer. Photograph taken circa 31 July 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 31 Jul 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06466-F

Description: As the New Zealand Division moves closer to Florence, Italy, war correspondents are being brought up to date with the latest developments on this World War II front by Captain Geoffrey Sandford Cox, Chief NZ Division Intelligence Officer. Photograph taken circa 31 July 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 23 May 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996

Reference: DA-05947-F

Description: Captain Edmund Webber New Zealand Public Relations Service, G Archer and S Greenwood alonside a demolished building near Foggia in Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 23 May 1944 by George Robert Bull. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 26 Jul 1942

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-02585-F

Description: R Landry (left), official photographer for Life with P Duffield, war correspondent for the London Evening Standard. Landy, a Hollywood photographer, filmed at the Wake-Gilbert Island battles soon after the US entered the war. Both men are with the NZ Division at their special request. Photograph taken near the El Alamein front, Egypt, on 26 July 1942 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 5 Dec 1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996

Reference: DA-04739-F

Description: The editor of the NZEF Times, Mr H L Heatley (Auckland), who as an official war correspondent also has the responsibility of news coverage in the Middle East since the 2 NZEF transferred to Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken in Cairo, Egypt, circa 5 December 1943 by George Robert Bull. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 4 Jun 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06199-F

Description: Members of the New Zealand Public Relations Service Field Section stopped on a road near the Italian town of Sora during World War II. Photograph taken circa 4 June 1944 by George Kaye. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file prints. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 15 Feb 1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-05256-F

Description: Portrait of photographer M D Elias, New Zealand Film Unit, in Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 15 February 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 22 Dec 1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04889-F

Description: NZ war correspondents and drivers halt on the side of the road for a meal around the Sangro River area in Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 22 December 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 31 Dec 1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04975-F

Description: Captain Edmund Godfrey Webber, PRO 2 NZEF, in charge of NZ PRS in World War II. Photograph taken on the Italian Front on 31 December 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 5 Dec 1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04897-F

Description: Group portrait of New Zealand war correspondents with the New Zealand Division on the Italian Front, during World War II. Left to right Bill Brody, Archibald (Arch) Curry, Bruce Hewitt, George Kaye, Cedric Mentiplay, Mervyn Elias. Photograph taken circa 5 December 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Names on file copy Men identified by a researcher. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 16 Aug 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996

Reference: DA-06548-F

Description: Staff of the World War II New Zealand Public Relations Service and of the NZEF Times on the roof of their billets at Bari in Italy. Photograph taken circa 16 August 1944 by George Robert Bull. Other - Names on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 3 Jun 1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-06130-F

Description: Group of war correspondents and officers photographed together prior to the departure for New Zealand of Bruce Hewitt. Back row standing second from left is Bill Brody, kneeling on the ground in front is Archibald(Arch) Curry and Bruce Hewitt. Taken in the Sora area, Italy, on 3 June 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Names supplied by a researcher. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 3 Dec 1941]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-02203-F

Description: New Zealand war correspondent G E Beamish preparing a despatch in the Libyan desert during World War 2. Shows a man working on a typewriter. Photograph taken circa 3 December 1941. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 3 May 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996

Reference: DA-05653-F

Description: Cedric Mentiplay (Wellington), W Robins (Dunedin) and D S Saunders (Wellington) climb the cobbled streets of old Campobasso, Italy, during World War II, the scene of a rest camp in which NZ troops are given four days leave from front line service. Photograph taken circa 3 May 1944 by George Robert Bull. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Jul 1942

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02586-F

Description: R Landry (right), official photographer for Life and Harry Zinder, US war correspondent for Time and Life, talking to a Maori soldier near the El Alamein front, Egypt, during World War II. Photograph taken in July 1942 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 22 Mar 1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-05354-F

Description: War correspondent Cedric Raymond Mentiplay observes the unusual spectacle of Mt Vesuvius in eruption, said to be the most violent outburst for over two hundred years. Photograph taken in the Naples area circa 22 March 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 2013

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

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

Reference: DCDL-0025695

Description: Three men, labelled 'NZDF', 'Media Monopopolies' and 'Govt Spin' have chained a journalist. 'NZDF' says that NZ Journalism is in good hands while 'Media Monopolies' comments 'Fun, eh?' and 'Govt Spin' drinks a glass of wine. Accompanying note from cartoonist states: 'Has the New Zealand Defence Force has forgotten the values they should be protecting?' In July 2013 Jon Stephenson, an investigative journalist in Afghanistan, claimed that he was put under surveillance by the New Zealand Defence Forces, who classified him as a 'subversion ' threat after he reported unfavourably on the treament of prisoners by the Force. Neither the government nor much of the news media took his side in his subsequent defamation case. Published on Martin Doyle's cartoon Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-Doyle/607865899238901?ref=hl) and Twitter (Twitter@Mart_cartoons) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0025773

Description: Depicts a New Zealand Army tank firing wildly as it rolls through a desert landscape. Refers to evidence which has emerged in the defamation case bought by freelance Journalist Jon Stephenson against the Chief of the Defence Force General Rhys Jones. Stephenson has had his movements and telephone calls monitored by the New Zealand Army. Former SAS Head Colonel Chris Parsons admitted that he had ordered his men to be on the lookout for Stephenson in Afghanistan in 2010. It was also revealed that a security manual used by the Defence Force for 10 years gave instructions that some investigative journalists should be seen as threats to national security (see TV3 News 30 July 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).