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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand Maori issues. 1972 - 1990].
- Date
- 1972 - 1990
- By
- Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)
- Reference
- B-145-527/546
- Description
Includes cartoons about: cartoon characters on Maori carvings to attract tourists; Maori Language week; land claims; activists want to go back to old tribal values; Maori's say no to treaty ceremonies; Waitangi comes to Wellington; RNZAF at Waitangi; political correctness; Maori war canoe in Perth; radical theory suggests Maoris arrived much earlier than previously believed; northern fishing rights; hunt for man-apes who came to New Zealand before the Maoris; Maori fishing rights; plans for a huge catamaran war canoe.
Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged according to estimated dates.
Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist.
Quantity: 20 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm.
Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- 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]. / 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].
- Format
- 20 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923-: Land March 4. [1975]
Date: 1975
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-145-528
Description: Shows a group of Maori looking down on the Beehive and Parliament buildings. The Maori in the foreground is dressed traditionally and carries a taiaha; the others in the group are in silhouette. Refers to the hikoi or land march led by Whina Cooper to Parliament, where they arrived on 13 October 1975. The aim of the march was to call for an end to the alienation (sale) of Maori land. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - OPED SAT [opposite editorial Saturday] [in pencil]; Verso - top right - Dominion ca 8 Oct 1975 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 310 x 320 mm (image) on sheet 410 x 510 mm
Fiordland hunt for man-apes who came to NZ long before the Maoris
Date: 11.1.1989
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-145-543
Description: Two Maori men hiding in long grass watch two 'man-apes' walk past, carrying branches of wood on their shoulders. One says to the other: "Not a word to anyone - or bang go our land claims!" Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top right - Dominion / 11.1.1989 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: ink and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
" You can't do that mate!" "Oh, no? Wanna see my card?"
Date: 20 June 1988
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-145-542
Description: A Pakeha man looks horrified as a Maori man picks up the North and South Islands and makes off with them. When the Pakeha challenges the Maori, he takes out his 'Waitangi Treaty' card, to prove he can. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top left - 20 June 1988 [stamped] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, Letratone and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
What about Maori fishing rights?
Date: 20.2.1989
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: B-145-544
Description: A view of New Zealand with the Beehive planted in the middle. Speech bubbles emanate from the building, in the form of an argument about who owns the fish. Meanwhile, Japanese fishing boats head away from New Zealand waters with a huge haul of fish. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top right - Dominion / 20.2.1989 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: ink on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
Plans afoot for huge catamaran war canoe for heavy seas
Date: 9 February 1990
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-145-546
Description: A large, elaborately-carved Maori catamaran is berthed at Picton Ferry Terminal. A Maori man, dressed traditionally and holding a taiaha, is persuading people on the dock to come aboard: "Actually we put on a very nice lunch of blind eels in puha aspic - can take about 40 cars - & if there's any hanky panky from our cooks and stewards they go straight to the sharks." Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top right - 9 Feb 1990 [stamped] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: ink and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
Maori war canoe still under wraps at Perth
Date: 10.11.1986
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: B-145-539
Description: Three scuba divers creep up to a large object covered by a sheet. A caption labels the scene 'One dark night at the docks'. In the second frame, the sheet has been pulled off the object to reveal a waka with a terrifying taniwha at its prow. The divers run in fear. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top right - Dominion / 10.11.1986 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, Letratone and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
"We have reason to believe you are harbouring a rocket launcher!" "NO, mate! Don't even...
Date: 1 February 1990
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-145-545
Description: Shows three policemen loud-hailing across a river to people on a marae. A Maori man holding a bazooka pretends to use it as a loud-hailer, while other Maori stand around him looking amused. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top right - 1 Feb 1990 [stamped] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: ink on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
A radical new theory argues that Maoris arrived in NZ much earlier than believed
Date: 28 April 1988
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-145-540
Description: A group pf Maori stand at the prow of a ship, sighting land, in the style of "The Arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand" by Louis John Steele and Charles F Goldie (itself based on Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa"). The ship turns out to be Noah's Ark, with the bearded old man steering the ark towards shore. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top left - 28 April 1988 [stamped] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
Eganaki
Date: 7.5.1986
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: B-145-538
Description: A sign painter is painting 'Egmont Takeaways' on a shop wall. A group of Maori men arrive and glare menacingly at the painter. Quickly he finishes the sign so it reads 'Eganaki Takeaways', which please the Maori. In 1985 the New Zealand Geographic Board approved the change in name from Mount Egmont to Mount Taranaki, and the following year ruled that Taranaki and Egmont would be the official names for the peak. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top right - Dominion / 7.5.1986 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)
"Me an' my BIG mouth!"
Date: 30. 10. 1972
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].
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-145-527
Description: Shows Irish comedian Spike Milligan as a Gulliver figure, in chains and being pulled by a group of smaller people. The accompanying caption reads '"I'm here to exterminate the rare green Maori", said Spike Milligan in the capital over the weekend'. The group of people is labelled 'Hypersensitive ethnic and ecology groups'. Heath ahs also depicted himself in the bottom left corner, behind bars, with a sign that says 'In for being naughty about bikies in Alexndra'. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Eric Heath [in ink]; Dominion ca 8 Oct 1975 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on textured paper, 360 x 480 mm