New Zealand branch of the Sydney-based soap manufacturer Unilever, formerly called Lever Brothers Sunlight Soap.
Sunlight began in Sydney in 1885 and then commenced production in New Zealand in 1919, with a head office at Jackson Street, Petone. The business merged with Margerine Unie in 1929 and became known as Unilever.
Also manufactured a line of dehydrated peas called 'Surprise Peas' in the 1960s and 1970s in New Zealand.
Date: ca 1973-1975
From: Reed Publishing :Photographs relating to New Zealand mostly 1950s-1970s
By: Johnstone, John, active 1970s; Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd
Reference: PAColl-4871-01
Description: Photographs of a craft potter at work published in "Hardy Browning Potter" by Reed Publishing, the Unilever "Surprise Peas" factory at Motueka in 1975, several shots relating to the Collingwood Cooperative Dairy Company Ltd in 1975, and a variety of other topics listed in the subject field. Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date: 1995
By: Unilever New Zealand Ltd
Reference: Eph-D-BOOK-AWARDS-1995-01
Description: Poster showing head and shoulder portrait photographs of authors and illustrators in the finals of the Children's Book Awards competition for 1995, including the name of the book for which they were nominated: Junior fiction: Jack Lasenby, Joy Cowley, Maurice Gee, Pauline Cartwright, Fleur Beale Senior fiction: William Taylor, Sherryl Jordan, Christine Johnston, James Norcliffe, Norman Bilbrough Non-fiction: Pat Quinn, Sandra Morris, Andrew Crowe, Betty brownlie Picture books: Lynley Dodd, Diana Noonan, Elizabeth Fuller, Chris Gaskin, Philip Temple, Alspeth Alix Batt, Lino Nelisi Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the New Zealand Book Council in 2011.
Date: [ca 2021]
From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020
Reference: Eph-B-MARCH-APRIL-2021/12
Description: Box for Sunlight brand soap from circa 2021. The front of the box - coloured yellow, navy blue, and red - reads "Since 1884 | Sunlight Pure Soap | Gentle on hands and everything they wash". The box also includes information about the product and manufacturer. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing one piece of ephemera.
Date: 1967
From: Campaign Against Rising Prices : Records
Reference: 79-076-5/14
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date: 1984-1994
From: Women Against Pornography : Records
Reference: 2004-249-062
Description: Correspondence, press statements, notes, background material etc relating to WAP campaigns Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date: 1984
By: Gunson, Brian Ernest, 1942-2019
Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1984-02
Description: Poster shows a photograph of a detail of a Maori feathered cloak. Sponsors listed along the lower edge include: Caltex Oil (N.Z.) Ltd; QEII Arts Council; Unilever (N.Z.) Ltd Designer has been identified as Brian Gunson, by Steele Robert Ltd who wished to reproduce it on a Witi Ihimaera poster in 2005. Another copy at Eph-D-OPERA-1984. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 605 x 430 mm.
Date: 1985
By: Albrecht, Gretchen, 1943-
Reference: Eph-E-WOMEN-1985-01
Description: Shows a rainbow-shaped design by Gretchen Albrecht, entitled "For Helen 1887-1985". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 840 x 595 mm.