Guide dogs

Date: 1998

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-448-103/124

Description: Political cartoons. Comment on the lack of consultion with the Ministry of Women's Affairs regarding National's Code of Social responsibility. East Coast Maori use dubious methods to stamp out intimidation during a land protest. The Broadcasting Minister defends his proposal to introduce ads onto National Radio. The Minister of Energy, Max Bradford defends privatisation of the electricity supply in the face of power blackouts throughout Auckland. Jenny Shipley takes a hard-line against assisting Auckland in the midst of their 7 week power crisis. National Party Ministers run for cover as Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley calls for heads to roll over the Auckland power crisis. Jenny Shipley's image as 'ordinary' housewife and mother is questioned on her trip to Japan. Curator Ian Wedde, defends the 'Virgin in a Condom' exhibit at Te Papa. National's Health Minister, Bill English reassures the public that local surgery is at crisis point. NZ Post end free delivery of Talking Books to the blind. Ruth Richardson announces her intention to stand for ACT in the Taranaki by-election. Comment on the last remaining stands of West Coast Rimu forest. More cracks appear in the Health system. New Zealand's economic position is blamed on the Asian crisis with lower paid workers bearing the brunt of restraints on wage increases. Comment on emergency services failing to get to call-outs within a reasonable time. Comment on another Hurricanes rugby team loss. Jenny Shipley regrets she's unable to make grand gestures like Russian leader, Boris Yeltsin, who recently sacked his entire government. Winston Peters is awarded an Oscar for his best supporting role in a comedy or farce in the coalition government. Comment on the Americans insistance on carrying arms even when it's a child carrying an assault rifle. Paralells drawn between rioting at Paremoremo Prision and Winston Peters rioting within the coalition government. Discussion which shows how the National Party cabinet works. Winston Peters trys to knock the New Zealand economy into shape by the use of threats and violence. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 19 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Wheeler, Grace, 1932-

Reference: OHInt-0330-31

Description: Grace Wheeler was born in Auckland, in 1932. Recounts loss of sight in one eye and disrupted schooling, work career at Auckland Hospital and New Zealand Braille in Wellington before eventual blindness. Discusses registration with the Foundation for the Blind, Braille lessons from Nell Trembath and her introduction to the Dominion Association of the Blind by Rita Wharton in 1964. Backgrounds the history and attitudes of the Association and the Wellington social club. Talks about receiving and training first guide dog in Australia at the Jack Davies Memorial guide dog school in 1967. Details fundraising venture for the Foundation in Picton during Braille week. Recalls meeting Wally Christiansen as a member of the Wellington advisory committee and his retirement from Foundation director in 1977. Mentions boss Eddie Napier who was involved in the 1952 wharf strike. Talks about Geoff Gibbs and national conferences. Recounts the opening of the Tawa hostel in 1972. Discusses position as chairperson of the Wellington branch of the Dominion Association of the Blind. Remembers name change to the New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind. Talks in detail about the problems and eventual closure of the Tawa hostel. Outlines changes in Foundation ideology towards a rehabilitative focus. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009816, OHLC-004970 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3288.

Date: 12 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Samways, Phil, 1925-2001

Reference: OHInt-0330-24

Description: Phil Samways was born in Auckland, in 1926. Recounts loss of sight and registration with the Foundation for the Blind in 1945. Tells of lack of rehabilitative training, part time work in the Foundation workshops and adult education classes with Ray Brown learning Braille and touch typing. Details workshop conditions and products manufactured including cane and willow furniture, rugs and nets for the navy during World War II. Talks about first outside job in 1960 working for Bell Radio on Dominion Road. Outlines work career and redundancies until retirement in 1978. Mentions the Blind Invalid's Benefit, 1958. Discusses the formation of the workshop committee, his position as a committee member and the establishment of the Dominion Association of the Blind in 1945. Talks about Joe Broadfoot and Wally Christiansen, Foundation directors; Mr Packman the workshop foreman; the attitude of the Board of Trustees. Details the living conditions and lack of stimulus at Pearson House for residents, institutionalisation and restriction of movement outside the Foundation grounds. Mentions lack of socialisation between residents and staff. Talks about segregation of male and female residents and his marriage to a sighted girl in 1948. Depicts the activities and members of the Foundation's Blind Band. Discusses the first meeting of the Dominion Association of the Blind, chaired by Lionel Voice. Recalls Association activities and conferences. Talks in detail about Cyril White and his wife Ethel Gibson, petitions to abolish means testing, the Board of Trustee elections, Bruce Kibblewhite and the Foundation placement services and outside employment. Discusses his first guide dog in 1961, training in Australia and early problems with acceptance of guide dogs in public places around New Zealand. States his position as one of the first guide dog owners in New Zealand. Mentions formation of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association formed in 1962, the Lady Nell School and the National Guide Dog Centre in Australia. Recalls the opening of the Guide Dog Centre in New Zealand in 1972. Remembers the book 'Lady of the Seeing Eye' about the first guide dog in America. Outlines activites after retirement, including further schooling to gain School Certificate, and attempts to learn Braille. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009806 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3281.

Date: 20 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Crothall, Pam, 1958?-

Reference: OHInt-0330-03

Description: Pam Crothall was born in Christchurch, in 1958. Backgrounds early childhood and registration with the Foundation for the Blind in 1967. Discusses problems with schooling and mentions Geoff Gibbs. Recounts restrictions on partially sighted people learning Braille and using talking book machines. Details using Official Information Act to access her file held by the Foundation to apply for a guide dog. Mentions Homai College. Discusses New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind meetings, existing members, AGMs, conferences and increasing memberships. Mentions 1983 conference during Mary Schnackenberg's presidency and political activism there. Also mentions Linda Beck, Peter Debinchy, Frank Wright and Don McKenzie. Talks in detail about the Christchurch Association branch and Braille week. Mentions Project 4000. Details hostel closures including McCoy, Tawa, Hutchinson and Fernwood. Recounts varied employment history and Foundation placement officers Ozzie Fallington and Colin Hansen. Tells of problems with the Under 8 Worker's Permit. Discusses further education, completing a certificate and diploma of social work at University of Canterbury. Talks about new technology available for blind people including speech synthesiser computers, scanners and Braille composers. Outlines career path to current position as Manager of the Mainstream Supported Employment Programme at the State Services Commission. Discusses involvement in New Zealand View since 1989 and position as secretary of the Wellington branch of the Association. Don MacNeill discusses his ongoing involvement in this organisation. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3260. Search dates: 1994

Date: 18 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Leslie, Sue, 1931-

Reference: OHInt-0330-14

Description: Sue Leslie was born in Wellington, in 1931. Discusses vision problems, coping with normal schooling and home science college courses. Mentions job with Hutchinson and Wilsons making life jackets, where she met her future husband. Recalls registration with the New Zealand Institute for the Blind in 1948 and night classes with her sister to learn Braille. Names Terry Small as the Braille instructor. Recalls first contact and membership with the Dominion Association of the Blind. Mentions marriage in 1951. Discusses Wellington social club, Doug Riley and Wally Christiansen. Talks about issues of concern to the Association. Recalls opening of Homai College, Geoff Gibbs becoming Foundation director and Don McKenzie. States position as association representative on the Kapiti advisory committee and mentions closure of Tawa hostel. Discusses elderly blind people in the region. Provides impression of Cyril White. Compares normal schooling and schools for the blind. Touches upon the Deaf Blind Association, formed 1987. Talks in detail about guide dog training and owning a guide dog. Mentions public acceptance of guide dogs. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009794, OHLC-004961 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3271.

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-035

Description: Photographs relating to clubs and associations, arranged alphabetically from AR to DE, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 14 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Gibbs, Geoff, 1941-

Reference: OHInt-0330-06

Description: Geoff Gibbs was born in Nelson, 1941. Backgrounds early education and start of teaching career 1960. Mentions closure of sight saving classes and new visual resource centres. Recalls first job for the Foundation for the Blind as deputy principal at Homai College 1973. Discusses Lady Neel School for guide dogs in Australia and guide dogs in New Zealand. Mentions the Australia and New Zealand Association of Teachers of the Visually Handicapped. Talks about Wally Christiansen and Jim May. Outlines attitudes of the Foundation towards the visually impaired and issues of fraternisation with sighted people. Talks about the Dominion Association of the Blind, Cyril White and Terry Small. Details appointment as director of the Foundation 1977. Discusses advisory committees, the Board of Trustees, the Dominion Association of the Blind, Cyril White, the Queen Street march 1978 and Don McKenzie. Outlines his objectives as director. Talks about Ngati Kapo and muticulturalism in New Zealand. Recounts inflation issues faced by the Foundation, the decision to close hostels and workshops, registration demographics and Human Rights anti-discrimination legislation. Mentions Association funding. Talks about group Parents of Visually Handicapped or Visually Impaired, the advocacy role of the Foundation, funding and budget issues. Details his position as the Regional President for East Asia Pacific of the World Blind Union. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009793, OHLC-4957 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3270.

Date: 30 Sep 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Christiansen, Edward Walton, 1912-2008

Reference: OHInt-0330-01

Description: Wally Christiansen was born in Te Kopuru in 1912. Backgrounds father's employment as millhand and policeman. Talks in detail about music career naming the Ponsonby Boys Brass Band, the Auckland Brass Bands Association, the Auckland Waterside Worker's Band, the Garrison Artillery Band and the Blind Band. Mentins musicians Julian Lee and Allan Morton. Discusses involvement in boxing, the Auckland Boxing Association and the National Boxing Association. Outlines leaving school during the Depression and various jobs around Auckland. Recalls initial job at the Jubilee Institute 1931. Discusses directors Clutha Mackenzie and Joe Broadfoot. Mentions further education at Brains Commercial College and Hemingways Correspondence School. Outlines career path within Jubilee Institue becoming director in 1947. Details attitudes towards the blind. Talks about Morton Aldis article 'Betrayal of the Blind', 1932. Discusses Foundation for the Blind workshops, basket manufacturing, staff training and social divisions between staff and residents. Mentions blind basket workers' strike 1931. Outlines diversification of productivity during World War II making overside nets for the American Navy and cargo nets for the Union Steam Ship Co. Mentions Wellingon Blind Club 1935. Talks in detail about the Dominion Association of the Blind, formed 1945 and prsident Cyril White. Discusses World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, renamed World Blind Union formed 1954. Recounts formation of the International Organisation for the Education of Blind Youth. Recounts 1958 Social Security Amendment Act and the Blind Invalid Benefit. Discusses Foundation Board of Trustees and Sir Keith Park. Details cost of guide dogs, their introduction and training at Homai College. Discusses Dominion Association of the Blind funding and mentions Jim May. Talks about changes to workshop conditions, technology and product manufacture during the 1960's. Recalls first Braille week in New Zealand 1963, publicity including Jim Shortt and fundraising. Talks about the Foundation library and names librarians David Sherry, Julian Lee and Mary Schnackenberg. Discusses life after retirement in Australia producing Braille books. Touches on divorce and later remarriage. Talks about his children. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009780, OHC-009781 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3258.

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-075

Description: Photographs relating to diseases, arranged alphabetically from B to H, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Includes images related to the 1987 Cervical Cancer Inquiry, and the 2000 Gisborne Cervical Screening Inquiry. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1900 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-BLIND-1900/1999

Description: Includes some pamphlets by the New Zealand Department of Health, a guide dog badge, a pamphlet of the Christian Blind Mission International, Braille Week collection envelopes, and a sales catalogue of items made at the Jubilee Institute for the Blind (1929) See OPTOMETRY location for related material Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Folder, containing pamphlets, fliers and booklets up to octavo size

Date: 1995-2005

From: Gee, Maurice Gough, 1931- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8732-415

Description: Mainly papers relating to Margareta Gee's guide dog sponsorship Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1993

From: Crimp, Daryl 1958- :Sunday News cartoons. 20 June - 15 August 1993

Reference: H-116-001

Description: Shows Roger Douglas with a white walking-stick and wearing dark glasses. He is being led up a steep hill (path to the future) by a guide dog (big biz) and shouts "Follow me" over his shoulder to a man standing doubtfully at the edge of a ravine separating him from Douglas. Refers to Douglas's vision of big business leading society Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2000 - 2009

Reference: Eph-A-BLIND-2000/2009

Description: Includes some pamphlets by the New Zealand Department of Health, a guide dog badge, pamphlets from the Fred Hollows Foundation, pamphlets about Vision 2020 from the Christian Blind Mission International, and Braille Week collection envelopes. Also includes a pamphet by OPSM concerning the "One sight" campaign to send unused spectacles to overseas countries. See OPTOMETRY location for related material Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Folder, containing pamphlets, fliers and booklets up to octavo size

Date: 1900 - 1999

Reference: Eph-B-BLIND-1900s

Description: Includes fliers relating to Braille Week, barrier-free environments for blind skateboarders, some leaflets issued by the Royal Foundation for the Blind New Zealand Foundation for the Blind brochure about a tape talking book, 1962. A 1977 flier about guide dogs Material about guide dogs is also held in the subject location DOGS Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on fliers, booklets, pamphlets, sizes varying below 330 mm.

Date: 1994

From: Scott, Tom (1947- ) :Cartoon entries for Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 17 February 1994 to 7 December 1994.

Reference: H-236-021

Description: Shows three cricket players, all wearing dark glasses. Two of them have walking sticks and there is a guide dog with a harness on nearby. They are all tumbling around trying to catch a ball. Refers to the New Zealand Cricket team's poor fielding. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2001

From: [Calendars for the year 2001, of approximately A3 size. 2000-2001].

By: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind; Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2001-03

Description: Each page shows a picture of a named guide dog or guide dog puppy. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Photolithographs on 12 page calendar, 300 x 330 mm (closed) Provenance: Douglas Lilburn estate, 2001.

Date: 2000 - 2009

Reference: Eph-B-BLIND-2000/2009

Description: Includes fliers relating to Blind Week, the Fred Hollows Foundation, the Association of Blind Citizens NZ Inc (International White Cane Day), Ulverscroft Large print Books, and the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind Material about guide dogs is also held in the subject location DOGS Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on fliers, booklets, pamphlets, sizes varying below 330 mm.

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005365

Description: Shows a United States fighter plane loaded with antiaircraft missiles, being led by a guide dog. The pilot is standing in the cockpit and is wearing dark glasses and holding a cane. The target they are aiming for is 5 kilometres away. Refers to the weapons guidance system of the United States and the accuracy of hitting targets in the Iraq War. Published in The Press, 24 May 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "QANTAS2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2004

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DX-022-004

Description: Outside the door of the power planners meeting are dunces' hats, walking sticks and blind guide dogs. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005366

Description: Shows a United States fighter plane loaded with antiaircraft missiles, being led by a guide dog. The pilot is standing in the cockpit and is wearing dark glasses and holding a cane. The target they are aiming for is 5 kilometres away. Refers to the weapons guidance system of the United States and the accuracy of hitting targets in the Iraq War. Published in The Press, 24 May 2004 Copy availability: Colour version of cartoon is available at DCDL-0005365 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "QANTAS2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.