Speed

Date: 2001 - 2002

From: Crimp, Daryl 1958-: 5 cartoons published in Otago Daily Times, between late December 2001 and 16 January 2002.

Reference: H-663-004

Description: Shows a car leaping over other cars in a rush to over-take. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopy

Date: 2001

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

Reference: H-673-068/089

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Comment about a biased referee during the Wellington vs Canterbury Ranfurly Shield match. Jenny Shipley threatens to deal ruthlessly with anyone in her caucus who plots against her. All Black selectors search for new talent in war zones. All Black coach looks to recruit referee Steve Walsh for the next All Black tour as he has shown he can single handedly alter the course of a game. Michael Cullen gifts Helen Clark and Jim Anderton the National Airline, Air New Zealand. Osama bin Laden speaks from the security of the Afghanistan mountain cave. Jenny Shipley steps down from National Party leadership, Bill English is nervous about what this means for him. Helen Clark's big moment - she is about to speak to the President of the United States but she's in bed, and he makes the toll call collect. Gary Toomy is paid out by taxpayer money to leave the Air New Zealand Board. The public try and understand why the Muslim world hasn't retaliated against bin Laden for causing the deaths of over 300 Pakistanis in the twin towers attack. President Bush tries to reassure the American public following the Sept. 11 attacks. Damage is assesses in Kabul following a series of wars, the last attacks being from the United States led forces. Comment on the daily and new dangers facing United States representatives. The Pentagon announces they are now dropping more food into Afghanistan than they are blowing up. Comment on the world wide fear of anthrax. Shows the Lions team, winners of the 2000 rugby tournament are in 2001 the pussycats of the competition. Rod Donald stands up to Jim Anderton on their reasons for choosing GE as their bottom-line issue when considering whether to support the coalition or not. Shows the political double-talk and deals being made over the growing refugee crisis. Shows that military force is no respecter of any religion. Shows Auckland Mayor, John Banks walking on water. Shows the hit and miss nature of American airstrikes in Afghanistan where innocent targets are frequently hit by accident. Wayne Mason's song 'Nature Enter Me' wins best NZ song at the same time NZ is divided over Genetic Engineering. Shows everyday genetic engineering in action when an unattractive but wealthy man asks a young and attractive woman to have children with him. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2001 - 2002

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper); Crimp, Daryl, 1958-

Reference: H-663-001/005

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Contents cover making New Year resolutions, the morning after New Year celebrations, the day when 'no' murders in NZ makes the headlines, dangerous driving and Helen Clark's return to Waitangi. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 5 horozontal cartoon photocopies by Crimp, ink on paper.

Date: 1977

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-285

Description: Two policmen speeding round a corner, spraying mud around with their car wheels Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper

Date: 1960

By: New Zealand. Transport Department; R E Owen (Firm)

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Road-1960-10

Description: Poster advising safe driving in wet and wintry conditions shows a car sliding over the centre line of a road. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 505 x 378 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, February 2014

Date: 1975

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-234

Description: A motorcyclist taking a corner at very high speed Includes a note from the cartoonist 'Reverse so cyclist is turning left please' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper

Date: 1985

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-136-472

Description: Shows three scenes. In the first a logging truck is overtaking a small car. The truck driver is travelling at his usual 100 kph which he does regardless of the legal speed limit. In the second scene a wife is telling her husband that he doesn't need to worry about the select committee's decision because he is still travelling at his usual 55 kph. In the third scene a boy in the back seat of a broken-down looking car is telling his father he can drive at a 100 kph. His father replies by telling him to "get out and push". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 345 x 380 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1955

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-031

Description: Shows two men in a car travelling on a motorway. Painted on the road ahead of them is the speed limit `30mph'. The speedometer in the car shows 30mph. All the cars around them are blurred, indicating that they are travelling well over the speed limit. Refers to the majority of drivers who ignore the speed limit. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 2006

From: Darroch, Bob, 1940- :[Cartoons published in the Whangarei Report April to July 2006]

Reference: H-751-093

Description: As Santa Claus prepares to leave on his rounds with his reindeer and sleigh full of presents he kisses Mrs Santa Claus goodbye and tells her to remember to keep quiet about the fact that he travelled the length of New Zealand in only one night. A newspaper lying on the ground discusses someone being ticketed for travelling at excessive speed. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 2005

Reference: H-751-102

Description: A woman nags at her husband about his driving as they drive past a dairy which displays the news that the Prime Minister has been charged with speeding. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 1974

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[27 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star between 1971 and 1978.]

Reference: A-130-021

Description: Cartoon shows a biplane called Wages flying past a rocket-launching pad. On the launching pad sits a rocket labelled Prices, and a man is counting down "Ten ... nine ... eight ... seven ... six ... five ... four ..." prior to its take-off. It will far outstrip the Wages plane. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 230 x 320 mm.

Date: 1969

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

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-133-896

Description: Two motorists in a car follow Minister of Transport, John Gordon, as he walks along the road with a flag and instructions about where the 60 m.p.h. limit can apply. The driver says, 'At every 60 mile-an-hour stretch he goes ahead to make sure it's safe for us to do an extra five miles an hour!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white, letratone, crayon and pencil, 295 x 388 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2005

Reference: H-751-099

Description: The scene is the local rugby club grounds as the crowd disperses leaving it in a very untidy condition. On the ground is a newspaper with a headline about the Prime Minister's motorcade case. The coach yells crossly at his unsuccessful team that they won't ever have to fear being responsible for creating danger on the roads because of keen punters speeding to catch their game. Refers to the Prime Minister having been charged with speeding as her driver raced to get her from Christchurch to Dunedin to see an All Black game. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 1956

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-056

Description: Shows an egg-shaped sign on a post by the side of the road. It has a large ribbon tied around it and ressembles a caution sign. There is smoke in the distance indicating a car has sped past. Refers to people watching the speed limit over the Easter break. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1958 - 1964

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-145

Description: Three men in booths completing forms for drivers licences. One comments on a newspaper headline about speeding drivers Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 2005

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0000081

Description: The image is of a policeman sitting in a police-car talking into an intercom. He has seen a car travelling at high speed and is wondering if he should give chase; he surmises that is must be either Prime Minister, Helen Clark, the Governor General, Dame Silvia Cartwright or the ace driver, Michael Schumacher. Reference is to the recent scandal of Helen Clark's speeding motorcade for which several drivers were prosecuted. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-101-074

Description: Caricatures of the heads of Prime Minister, Helen Clark, clutching her handbag, and speeding in a ministerial car and of ex Commissioner of Police, Peter Doone, clutching a rolled up legal document, following her in a police car. Refers to two different incidents: the first when the Prime Minister was caught being driven at speed and the second, Peter Doone's threat to sue Helen Clark. Other Titles - Faster! Faster! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0015351

Description: The cartoon shows a traffic policeman, who has been pursuing a speeding car, asking the driver why he did not stop sooner. The driver explains that he thought the patrol car was stolen and so sped up. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0006593

Description: A man and his wife drive along in their car withe their small son in the back seat. The man is enraged at the way his wife keeps criticising his driving and yells that he bets 'that young Mrs Dixon doesn't go on at Scott like that'. Refers to the recent win by Scott Dixon of the Indy500 car race in Indianapolis. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

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

Reference: DCDL-0000047

Description: Two businessmen are sitting side by side in a train, their briefcases on the floor beside them, on their way to work. They are both reading newspapers; the first has headlines from a NASA report saying that astronauts are oblivious to speed in prone positions and the second has headlines saying that Clark and Sutton were unaware of the speed of the motorcade. Refers to the fact that astronauts in a prone position don't feel speed, made in the context of the space shuttle 'Discovery's' successful launch and return to Earth, and also to the speeding charge brought against members of a motorcade trying to get Prime minister, Helen Clark, to a rugby match on time. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).