Gifts

Date: 1933 - 1935

From: [Ephemera, sales catalogues, and advertising for retail firms, traders, shops and stores. 1930-1939]

By: Simpson and Williams Ltd; Southwell, Cynthia, active 1997

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-1934-01

Description: Booklet advertising goods for sale from various Christchurch retail outlets: Provincial Hotel (for liquor supplies), H C Urlwin Ltd (electrical appliances), Ashby Bergh & Co Ltd (household, sporting and camping goods), Butlers (N.Z.) Ltd (Ekco radios), Penrose's Shoe Store, Minson's (tableware and household goods), Knowles (poultry and fish), Blackwell Motors (Chevrolet), Watkinson's Ltd (automobile electrical supplies) , Simpson & Williams Ltd (books and gifts), Alston's (bags and luggage), Stacey & Hawker ("S.X." bread), Smart & Son's Ltd (pavers, concrete and asphalt work), Meltzer Bros (tents), Waddell's (grocers), Canterbury Frozen Meat Co (butchers), Herb Laban Ltd (menswear). Other Titles - Christmas Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 20 pages, each 240 x 180 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs C Southwell, in 1997.

Date: 2003

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-738-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-661-001/061

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 61 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-363-001/031

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1983 - 1985

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-036/054

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. English royals sell off surplus New Zealand gifted wedding presents. New economy-fare airlines hit the skys. People encouraged to talk to their plants. Vehicle license fees up by 93%. Claims that human water-births would contribute to world peace.. Father's Day now celebrated during school holidays. Public response to grocery price-freeze. Maori rugby tours avoid arguements over racially selected teams. Two men muse over the reason for burning Guy Fawkes. Protesting at Waitangi on Wantangi Day. New Zealand fear of nuclear warships accelerates. Airlines begin serving liquor on board flights. Test-tube baby experiments have been approved in Auckland. People consider the 1984 'end of the world' scenario. Marsden Refinery workers return to work after their strike. Marsden Refinery workers strike. The Muldoon National Government calls a snap election amidst the Marsden Refinery strike. New Zealand resistance against the a USA Navy warship. Patients in the hospital outpatients get their respective wounds dealt to following protests for and against rugby tours and gay rights. Quantity: 19 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-811

Description: Shows a man fishing in a Christmas stocking while his wife sits up in bed asking if 'he', i.e. Muldoon, has given them something good for Christmas. Refers to deteriorating economic conditions and rises in postal and rail charges and cost of Marsden Point refinery extension. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2000 - 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-632-001/019

Description: Topics include US President George W. Bush's verbal ineptitude and his attitude to 'commies', former Minister of Maori Affairs Dover Samuel's relationship with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Member of Parliament Tau Henare's changing political allegiances, delays on the Cook Strait ferries, controversy over Minister of Consumer Affairs Phillida Bunkle's official residence in Wellington, Christmas presents, Santa Claus's allegedly 'illegal' behaviour, government expenditure on eradication of the varroa bee mite and on the arts, controversy over an advertisement using a haka, Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton's attempts to establish a 'Peoples' Bank', buying babies by internet, bonuses given to S.O.E. employees, legalisation of marijuana, kaumatua and Maori greviances, Helen Clark's policy towards Waitangi Day, the formation of a new Maori political party by Derek Fox, Helen Clark's contrasting speeches supporting entrepreneurs and against exploitive businessmen, and promotion of sport in schools. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1994

From: Bromhead, Peter (1933- ) :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 19 May 1994 to 11 October 1994.

Reference: H-234-006

Description: The first scene shows a head on a plate which is being held out by a hand (Govt.) as a `gift to the nation'. The next scene shows another head, with a hole in it, on a plate (By-election) held out by an arm (Ruth) and represents a `gift to the Govt'. Refers to Ruth Richardson's resignation which resulted in the Selwyn by-election. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: [ca 10 Feb 1988]

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

By: Griffiths, Mervyn, active 1978

Reference: EP/1988/0709-F

Description: Wife of the Governor General, Lady Reeves (left), with Jann Hook, the wife of the manager of Mana Island reserve, holding her five-month-old son Jarrod. Mrs Hook has just presented a bottle of Mana Vinegar and a bunch of dried flowers to Lady Reeves. Photographs taken by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths on Mana Island, Porirua, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1986

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-538

Description: A rebel rugby player has arrived home from South Africa and is being greeted at the door by his wife and child. He is carrying various South African souvenirs: a mounted gazelle, an elephant's foot, two spears and a shield. He is also wearing a head dress. Extended Title - "Well, no, they didn't actually tell us before we went what sort of gifts we were going to get" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone on paper, 341 x 388 mm

Date: 1988 - 1990

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-336-144/167

Description: Cartoons on national and international political and social issues. Quantity: 24 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 10 May 1995

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

By: Simcox, Craig, active 1983

Reference: EP/1995/1355-F

Description: Kiripuai Te Aomarere and Margaret Long with photographs of Otaki women from the Maori, Pakeha, and Chinese communities, copied from original prints belonging to families and descendants of the women depicted. They are being presented to the Alexander Turnbull Library by the Otaki Women's Suffrage Coalition. Photographs taken 10 May 1995 in the Alexander Turnbull Library by Evening Post staff photographer Craig Simcox. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 1976

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :60 cartoon photocopies published 1975 - 1976 in Sunday News.

Reference: H-358-040

Description: Uncle Sam as America stands on the left, expressing gratitude for a present that Robert Muldoon is about to give him. The subtext refers to the possibility that retiring politician Hugh Watt might go to America as the next Ambassador. Extended Title - Oh Gee, a present - you shouldn't have... Happy birthday Buddy. Think nothing of it. We could have given him Watt. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, A4 size Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: A-366-316/379

Description: Cartoons on the weather, women, Christmas, forestry and the Forest Amendment Bill. Quantity: 64 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.

Date: 1987-2021

From: Women's National Abortion Action Campaign : Records

By: Cleary, Helen Diana, 1940-; McAuliffe, Jackie, active 1973-2014; Wilson, Helen, 1947-; Women's Action Group (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Papers-12787-11

Description: Folder contains Women's National Abortion Action Campaign and Women's Action Group materials. Made up of: - One Air New Zealand 'Gold Elite' plastic luggage tag belonging to Ross Wilson. - Two photographic prints showing a protest at parliament, no date. - Women's National Abortion Action Campaign telephone list, titled "WONAAC July '87". Includes headings; Activist List, Trial Meeting List, Picketing List, Official Agencies & Groups. - Bottom half of a draft poster with text reading: "but Kidd soldiers on". - Donation receipt from Shine, Auckland, dated 16 August 2021. - Donation acknowledgement email printout from Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, Suva, dated 10 August 2021. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived at Library enclosed in a manila folder labelled "Sundry Original WAG / WONAAC items", within a file box labelled "WONAAC correspondence sorted by decade 1970s-2009". Quantity: 1 folder(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Manilla folder retained.

Date: 2013

By: Visa International (Tokyo, Japan)

Reference: Eph-E-RETAIL-2013-01

Description: Poster advertising a gift card that can be loaded with an amount of money to be spent by the receiver, shows a photograph of red paper of fabric shaped an an origami fashion into a pair of red sungalsses. At lower right is a pictire of the Visa Prezzy card itself. Text along the lower edge announces a promotional period 20 September to 30 November 2013, with a prize draw to be held on 2 December 2013. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on poster 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Phantom Billstickers Ltd in March 2014

Date: 1978

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-686

Description: There are 5 vignettes in this cartoon, which refers to New Zealand's worsening economy. Five people are choosing Christmas presents. In the upper left scene a woman is choosing a belt 'for tightening'. In the upper right a man is looking at a selection of garden tools 'for cutting back'. In the lower left a woman is looking at grindstones 'for putting noses to'. In the lower centre a man is looking at exercise equipment 'for producing greater effort'. In the lower right a woman is looking at 'rose coloured' glasses which are 'for those who intend to have a Merry Christmas anyway'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 443 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1958

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-168

Description: Shows six frames on the topic of gifts to national heroes. In the first frame, text reads 'Eric thinks that, here, we could very well present gifts to our national heroes, but suggests they be appropriate. For example...' The next frame shows athlete Valerie Sloper receiving steel reinforced records from a man who says 'There, Miss Sloper. We believe we've found at last some records you can't break.' Rugby player Maurrie Dixon is given ballet shoes in the next frame, from a man saying 'Shoes, Sir, to keep your feet a-dancing.' The fourth frame shows cricketer John Reid surrounded by ducks, 'Just so they won't go getting any in England.' The fifth frame shows Sir Edmund Hillary receiving gardening tools, and the final frame shows two juicy raspberries, 'for certain politicians' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 318 x 255 mm

Date: 1958

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-180

Description: Shows a small child who is having trouble sleeping on Christmas Eve. Both of the child's parents have fallen asleep while wrapping presents. The cartoonist has written 'And may Xmas Eve usher in a time of happiness for each and every one of you. Tom Mayne' in the bottom right corner of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and blue coloured pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1960

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-047

Description: Shows a woman showing her friend two dead ducks which are labelled 'To Mum, Love xx'. The woman has calculated the cost of shooting the ducks, adding up the cost of the gun, ammunition, licence, decoys, clothing, boat, petrol and other miscellaneous items. A calendar reads 'Sun 8 May 1960' - Mother's Day Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and blue coloured pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm