Access is provided in the Katherine Mansfield Reading Room

Date

1975

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

Access restrictions

Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original

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 for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand Maori issues. 1972 - 1990].

Format

1 original cartoon(s), Cartoons (Commentary), Ink drawings, Ink on paper 310 x 320 mm (image) on sheet 410 x 510 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image