Pickering, Neville George, 1923-1988

Date: 1971 - 1973

Reference: Eph-D-LOCAL-Christchurch-1971/1973

Description: Includes: Christchurch Press: 14 September 1971: Mr Pickering puts Labour Party policy. Police may attack prison rioters 11 October 1971: Labour sweeps to victory for first time in 15 years Christchurch star (Newspaper. 1958- ): 10 November 1971: Force poll, lose Games says Mayor. Seamen going back to work 17 November 1971: Mayor's plea to drop Games petition 26 April 1972: Mayor seeks ANZAC Day changes. Rugby nominees 29 May 1973: City seeks Govt help on Games complex 11 June 1973: Mayor attacked for move on QEII workers 26 November 1973: Praise for Games park facilities Quantity: 8 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief prints, red ink, on newsprint, 585 x 403 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Alexia Pickering, Wellington, in 2012. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at PAColl-10033, and in Manuscripts, Serials, Drawings Paintings & Prints (B-187-001/002 and ArtEph-1975-S-01)..

Date: 1971 - 1974

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992

Reference: B-187-001

Description: Shows Neville Pickering(?) relaxing in a garden on a deck chair. Over the fence, two men (possibly Sir Dove-Myer Robinson and Frank Kitts) are shaking a plum tree, and Robinson raises a spade in anger. The tree has a single fruit ('the Games') which looks set to fall into Pickering's garden Christchurch hosted the 10th Commonwealth Games in 1974, with Pickering in place as Mayor at the time Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Minhinnick / NZ Herald, 16.11.71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, 277 by 413 mm on sheet 390 x 495 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Ephemera (Eph-D-LOCAL-Christchurch-1971/1973); other items transferred to Manuscripts, Photographic Archive and published collections.

Date: 11 Sep 1928?

By: Pickering, Neville George, 1923-1988

Reference: PAColl-10033

Description: Photographic print showing Charles Kingsford Smith (left) and Charles Thomas Phillippe Ulm after their trans-Tasman flight of 1928. Shows them seated in a vehicle which is moving past a crowd. The flight landed in Wigram, so this photograph is likely to have been taken in Christchurch. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Kingsford Smith and Ulm identified by the Alexander Turnbull Library's Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.5 x 11.2 cm Provenance: Donor is the widow of the former mayor of Christchurch, Neville Pickering. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Neville Pickering: Ephemera. Items also passed on appraisal to published, manuscripts, and drawings, paintings and prints..

Date: 1971 - 1974

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989:Five cartoons by Lodge on the 1974 Commonwealth Games.

Reference: A-349-050

Description: Shows a New Zealand athlete being pulled by both arms by two teams, one being led by Christchurch mayor Neville Pickering, and the other representing a poll petition. A man with 'Time Limit' is digging a hole in front of the athlete, while behind him is a sign reading 'Commonwealth Games Contest - Event 1 Tug o' War, Event 2 Poll Vault' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Nevile Lodge 71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, whiteout and letratone with some colour background; 265 x 335 mm on sheet 315 x 380 mm

Date: 1978

By: New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: Eph-B-NZ-LABOUR-1978

Description: Includes pamphlets, brochures and ephemera about the policies and strategies of the New Zealand Labour Party, newsletters of branches at Birkenhead, Eden, Miramar, Rimutaka and Wellington Central, and pamphlets and fliers for the following candidates: Michael Bassett (Te Atatu) Malcolm Douglas (Hunua) Warren Freer (Mt Albert) Ann Hercus (Lyttelton) W P (Bill) Jeffries (Miramar) Gerald O'Brien (Island Bay) Frank O'Flynn (Kapiti) Maurice Penney (Bay of Islands) Neville Pickering (Wellington Central) Richard Prebble (Auckland Central) David Rankin (Albany) Helene Ritchie (Ohariu) Stan Rodger (Dunedin North) Margaret Shields (Kapiti) Rex Stanton (Birkenhead) John Terris (Western Hutt) Quantity: 3 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on fliers and pamphlets, sizes varying below 330 mm.

Date: 1971 - 1974

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989:Five cartoons by Lodge on the 1974 Commonwealth Games.

Reference: A-349-049

Description: Shows Neville Pickering with a starter gun, with the Games Organising Committee lined up to start a race, looking very worried. In front of them lie a number of obstacles, named '$1,000,000 increased cost', 'Approval of new plans' and 'Reduced preparation time' Context: Possibly alludes to logistical hold-ups with the building of the Games village and stadium, which the Games Organising Committee were responsible for dealing with Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Nevile Lodge 71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, whiteout and letratone with some colour background; 265 x 335 mm on sheet 315 x 387 mm

Date: 1971 - 1974

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989:Five cartoons by Lodge on the 1974 Commonwealth Games.

Reference: A-349-048

Description: Shows Neville Pickering, who was Mayor of Christchurch from 1971-1974, standing outside an office door which reads 'Christchurch Commonwealth Games Organisation'. He has crossed out the word 'Common' and painted 'Ratepayers'' above it. He shakes his fist in earnest. A number of reporters stand in front of him, and two Christchurch ratepayers stand to the left, looking alarmed Context: Possibly alludes to the amount of extra money Christchurch ratespayers were pressured to produce in order to host the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Nevile Lodge 71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, whiteout and letratone with some colour background; 225 x 320 mm on sheet 305 x 390 mm

Date: [1973?]

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]

Reference: A-456-209

Description: Cartoon by Ronald Edwin Kennedy depicts Mayor of Christchurch Neville Pickering wearing tattered clothes and a sign hung from his mayoral chain that reads "Games to support" as he holds out one hand and says "Spare another million from the common wealth". The dog character bottom left says "Why not - we're Rowling in it". Refers to the cost of Christchurch hosting the Commonwealth Games from 24 January - 2 February 1974. Bill Rowling was Minister of Finance in the Labour Government in 1973. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink drawing, felt pen, within printed Ronken frame, 178 x 289mm.

Date: 1951-1972

By: Pickering, Neville George, 1923-1988

Reference: MS-Group-2174

Description: Collection comprises research files, correspondence, reports and newspaper cuttings relating to Neville Pickering's career as a Labour MP and as mayor of Christchurch in 1960s-70s. Also includes material relating to agricultural scientist Dr Campbell Percy McMeekan. Source of title - Transcribed by Library Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms A Pickering, Wellington, Oct 2012

Date: 8 November 1977

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1977/4542-F

Description: Members of the Local Government Commission with their maps for re-organising local government. They are from left, Neville George Pickering, M F Blackmore, Clifton MacDonald Turner, and David John Boswell. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 8th of November 1977. Photograph taken after the commission was sworn in at a ceremony at the Supreme Court, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1950 - 1954

By: New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-LABOUR-1950/1954

Description: Includes cards and fliers about the policies of the Labour Party, housing and family welfare, criticism of Sidney Holland, the People versus the Wreckers, an open letter the the Social Credit Political League, and pamphlet titled "The cost of living is a "National" disaster [1953/54]. Includes pamphlets for the following electoral candidates: Jim Barclay (Selwyn, 1951) James A Bateman (Karori, 1954) Charles Henry Chapman (Wellington Central, 1951) H E Combs (Onslow, 1951) Dr A M Finlay (Remuera, 1954) Phil Holloway (Otaki, 1951; Heretaunga, 1954) Frank Kitts (Mt Victoria, 1951; Wellington Central, 1954) A McLagan (1951) Mrs E E McMillan (North Dunedin) Rex Mason (Waitakere, 1954) Henry May (Onslow, 1954) Michael Moohan (Petone) Rt Hon W Nash (Party leader) Arnold Nordmeyer (Brooklyn, 1951) Neville Pickering (Waimate) Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on fliers and cards, sizes varying below 200 mm. Provenance: Three items donated by Mrs Alexia Pickering, Wellington, in 2012. One item donated by Ri Weal from the papers of her father Tom Weal, in 2017. Transfers: Newspapers, magazines and newspaper cuttings on same topics to be transferred to Published and to Manuscripts on appraisal. One photograph of Kingsford Smith and Ulm housed at PAColl-10033. An art exhibition catalogue, an original cartoon by Minhinnick and photocopy of a cartoon, to be offered to DPP..

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: MS-Papers-6164-077

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1978

By: New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-LABOUR-1978

Description: Includes cards and fliers about the policies of the Labour Party, and some newsletters from the Lyttelton electorate. Includes pamphlets for the following electoral candidates: Jim Anderton (candidate for party president) Michael Bassett (Te Atatu) Aubrey Begg (Invercargill) David Butcher (Hastings) Fraser Colman (Pencarrow) M A Connelly (Yaldhurst) Michael Cullen (Hawkes Bay) Bill Devine (Awarua) Malcolm Douglas (Hunua) Jack A Elder (Helensville) June Gordon (Waitotara) Ann Hercus (Lyttelton) John Hinchcliff (Eden) Jonathan Hunt (New Lynn) Eddie Isbey (Grey Lynn) Bill Jeffries (Miramar) John Kirk (Sydenham) Allan Levett (Wairarapa) Gerald O'Brien (Independent Labour, Island Bay) Frank O'Flynn (Island Bay) Neville Pickering (Wellington Central) Richard Prebble (Auckland Central) David Rankin (Albany) Helene Ritchie (Ohariu) Stan Rodger (Dunedin) David Shand (Wellington) Margaret Shields (Kapiti) Rex Stanton (Birkenhead) John Terris (Western Hutt) Jim Thomson (Wallace) Joe Walding (Palmerston North) Lois Welch (Hamilton East) Trevor Young (Eastern Hutt) Quantity: 3 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on fliers and cards, sizes varying below 200 mm.