Strategic Defence Initiative

SDI (Ballistic missile defence system), Star Wars (Ballistic missile defence system)
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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Thank you for letting me play president for another term... Now...

Date: 1985

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One Folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, 1981 - 1989].

Reference: A-331-115

Description: The cartoon shows Ronald Reagan down on his knees praying. On the ground beside him is a piece of paper reading, star wars $26 billion. Refers to Ronald Reagan being re-elected as United States president. Also refers to the star wars program and to Ronald Reagan's past career as an actor. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 225 x 175mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Nuclear weaponry as affecting New Zealand [Box 38]

Date: 1975-1987

From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12055-41

Description: Correspondence, publications, articles and other papers, originating in New Zealand and elsewhere, concerning nuclear accidents and incidents, with an emphasis on the question of nuclear weaponry on visiting ships. Quantity: 1 box(es).

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Missiles and missile testing - Papers [Box 40]

Date: 1981?-1985?

From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12055-43

Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to the testing of ballistic missiles, especially in the Pacific region. Quantity: 1 box(es).

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Series 2 Letters to editors and other papers

Date: 1981-2008

From: Wilson, Derek, 1922- : Further papers

Reference: Series-5627

Description: Contains copies of Derek Wilson's letters to the editors of newspapers, magazines and other media. Original order has been retained. Some folders contain chronological sets of letters to the Dominion and Evening Post. One folder concerns apartheid and the 1981 Springbok rugby tour, another the Wellington Civic Trust. Many letters are accompanied by research notes and newspaper clippings. Other correspondence and related material is also included. Quantity: 40 folder(s).

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :85 cartoon bromides published in the Evening Post between 2 February...

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-648-001/085

Description: 85 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include cricketers, PM's avoidance of Waitangi Day protests, Treaty of Waitangi signing 1840, Maori sovereignty, Israel's hard line on Palestine, perils of being a child in NZ, Rugby sevens, Fiji's lack of moral fibre, genetic relationship between humans and slugs, corporate savaging of small shareholders, dairy farmers play down record returns, farmer reaction to vet strike, People's Bank documents leaked, Anderton looks for way to get rid of Phillida Bunkle, cricket rules questioned, possible beaurocracy of Kiwi Bank, NZ Post attempts to gag Richard Prebble, Bunkle and Hobbs on political scrap-heap, NZ rich list, possum damage Australian tax payer responsibility, cricket match-fixing, Bunkle unlikely to get back into Cabinet, extended rugby season not cricket, Kiwi Bank customers may bring their debt with them, Super-12 referees, census forms, British border control officials under fire, NZ scenery blocked by pine trees, ACT conservation policy - eat Kiwis, Germans announce NZ sheep have scrapies, Winstone Peters argues against opinion polls, RCD farmers support border control of foot-and-mouth, TVNZ presenters fight amongst themselves, Helen Clark and her husband communicate via e-mail, Clark defends and attacks her husband, CNN broadcasts incorrect information about NZ cases of foot-and-mouth disease, skyhawks put out to pasture, Clark and Shipley fight it out, MIR space station breaks up, Hobbs on the rack, Air Force apologise to Clark, Clark wins 'scariest skirt' award, George W Bush's stance on carbon dioxide emissions, Jonathon Hunt fails to name drunken MP's, Milosovich faces punishment, Clark and Anderton negotiate deal to get rid of Bunkle, Bush's foreign policy stance escalates world tensions, women in leadership roles - men ponder their choices, Bush questions the colour of 'red China', Tiger Woods - king of the golf world, Clark hot and cold on America, Shipley faces political crisis, schizophrenic flatmates, Ansett NZ maintenance, Anderton farmers' favourite, schizophrenic flatmates, cervical screening and justice, Rankin missed by bomb on WINZ building, message from Qantas NZ, airline collapses while owner plays golf, dawn parade 2030, Saturn TV, Bush armwrestles Chinese dragon, King and budget decisions, air ticket competition, US impose tariffs on NZ farmers, white house and star wars, Hurricanes fans pray for victory, Clark axes skyhawks, Hitler and Hirohito and Clark, female, sex and animals, arms race history, TVNZ internal affairs, Clark and Blair campaigns, McVeigh dies in Oklahoma, Clark out of touch, Peters makes a come-back, burning effigies, global warming, Dairy Board merger, Maori Party, taxing home ownership, soya sauce scare, Bob Dylan on Radio NZ, importance of appearance in the public service. 85 H-648-033 misrecorded as a Tom Scott cartoon when it is in fact a Garrick Tremain. Refiled H-645 series. Quantity: 85 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 bromides

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NZ Council for World Peace :United Nations International Year of Peace. Give peace a ch...

Date: 1986

From: Smith, Ronald Joseph, 1921-1995 : Papers

By: NZ Council for World Peace

Reference: Eph-D-SMITH-Nuclear-1986-01

Description: Poster marking the United Nations International Year of Peace shows a circular illustration of a dove holding an olive branch in its mouth, with a map of the world superimposed on its white body. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 430 x 430 mm.

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"HOW did that happen?" Star Wars. Bush. Sunday News, 16 September 2001

Date: 2001

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009259

Description: Shows the United States president George W Bush looking over his should at the World Trade Organisation twin towers burning on the New York skyline. Another hijacked plane approaches the towers. Bush is hording missiles and rockets and confused about how the terrorist attack could happen. Refers to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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