Disaster victims
The U.S. plane dropped some food, the Australian plane dropped medicine and the Kiwi pl...
Date: 2 January 2005
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
Reference: A-453-297
Description: Shows two survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami standing on a beach. One comments that all that the New Zealand government has dropped is an engine manifold while the other countries have dropped food and medicine. Refers to the New Zealand Hercules plane breaking down on route to delivering aid. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Leader page cartoon 03/01/05 03CARTOON Pls reuce to 186mm x 133mm and send to Production Pix (Pix on Hand) [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 340 mm
Interview with Margaret Alexander
Date: 10 Apr 1993
From: Wahine Oral History Project
By: Alexander, Margaret, 1936-
Reference: OHInt-0092-04
Description: Margaret Alexander was born in Ashburton on 13 January 1936. Gives details of her family background, employment and marriage. Describes living in Carterton, making a trip south to a family funeral with two children and returning on the `Wahine'. Recalls being very sick overnight on the ferry and deciding to stay in the cabin. Describes a terrible crash when the `Wahine' hit Barrett's Reef. Recalls being bustled out of the cabin, having difficulties handling the children and being put in an upstairs cabin with them. Describes the help of Canterbury law student, Robert Crawford, during the day. Recalls the increasing list of the ship and then the `abandon ship' call. Describes being dropped into a lifeboat with her son and her daughter and Robert Crawford being in the same lifeboat. Describes conditions and their feelings. Recalls arriving at Seatoun, not seeing her daughter once she was ashore, being taken to Wellington Railway Station and Wellington Hospital and finding out they were all safe. Recalls talking again to Robert Crawford on the Holmes show (marking the 25th anniversary of the Wahine's sinking). Comments that she was not really upset by the disaster. Describes feeling lucky and her feelings about the reunion. Venue - Wellington : 1993 Other - Mr Dane Alexander also present at the interview Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - National Library Studio, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004948; OHC-004949 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 950. Search dates: 1936 - 1993
Interview with Shirley Hick
Date: 23 Mar 1993
From: Wahine Oral History Project
By: Hick, Shirley, 1939-; Sullivan, James, 1946-
Reference: OHInt-0092-01
Description: Shirley Hick was born in Napier on 3 August 1939. Gives brief details of her education. Talks about travelling to Christchurch with her three children to visit a fourth child at the Sumner School for the Deaf and returning on the `Wahine'. Recalls the bad weather warning and rough, but not frightening conditions overnight on the ferry. Describes the first indications that the crossing was not normal. Details the activity when the ship hit the rock and initial assurances. Describes how there were no life jackets for the children. Comments on the fellowship amongst the passengers. Recalls being told to abandon ship and having help in holding on to the children. Recalls her terror as a non- swimmer, losing her daughter and no longer hearing the baby screaming. Gives details of being in the sea, being rescued by a lifeboat which then capsized and rescued again by a fishing boat. Notes that she was pregnant. Describes landing at the wharf, being taken to the Railway Station and then the hospital without knowing about her children. Describes accepting that her missing daughter had drowned, one son was rescued and the baby had been revived and was severely disabled. Describes the twenty four years of caring for this son. Comments on her attitude to this and the effect on her life of the `Wahine'. Venue - Shannon : 1993 Interviewer(s) - Jim Sullivan Venue - Shannon Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004952; OHC-004953 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 952. Search dates: 1939 - 1993
Interview with Bill File
Date: 1-4 September 1998 - 01 Sep 1998 - 04 Sep 1998
From: Trade union oral history project
By: File, Ernest W, 1921-
Reference: OHInt-0478/24
Description: Bill File born Gisborne 1921. Recalls origins of parents. Discusses childhood in Gisborne during Depression and love of rugby and injury resulting from the sport. Gives reasons for joining Railways in 1939 as locomotive cleaner and progression to railway fireman. Mentions first memory of union - father involved in the Timber Workers Union. Discusses conditions of work in railways and outlines labour process. Recalls transfer to Auckland and marriage 1942; election to Auckland branch committee of EFCA in 1944; becoming an engine driver; return to Wellington in 1955 and election as Grand Councillor 1958. Describes duties as National Councillor and time spent on advocacy for union members. Backgrounds appointment as General Secretary and terms of appointment. Recalls appointment by Tom Shand to Conscientious Objection and Compulsory Union Membership Board and mentions Bert Bockett who was chair of the Board. Refers to Trust Scheme to maintain wages of sick or injured union members. Discusses need for more stringent medical examination for locomotive men and EFCA response to disasters and accidents with reference to Manawatu Gorge derailment and serious accident outside Auckland which was blamed on poor training. Describes introduction of system for training locomotive trainees developed by the LEA in the 1970s `properly structured system of training'. Mentions Workmen's Compensation Act. Describes working for New Zealand Railway during the war. Recalls formation of Railways Industrial Tribunal. Discusses replacement of steam locomotives with diesel/electric engines. Mentions problems of compulsory unionism; relationship with FOL; Black Budget; Royal Commission to control railways in early 1950s. ECFA response to 1951 Waterfront Lockout / Strike; formation of the Bill File Scholarship; localised disputes; compulsory retirement age and Government Superannuation and own involvement in the Labour Party. Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007524-007528 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4.49 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1901.
Interview with Warwick Hansen
Date: 19 May 2011
From: Reflections from funeral directors who have worked in New Zealand and Australia
By: Hansen, Warwick William, 1948-
Reference: OHInt-1015-10
Description: Interview with Warwick Hansen. Born in 1948 in Australia. Recalls first job in funeral industry in 1967 for family business at Dapto, South of Sydney. Outlines buying funeral business in Wollongong in 1973 which became Hansen and Cole Funeral Directors, building crematorim in 1980 and selling business to Service Corporation International Australia (SCIA) in July 1992. Backgrounds entry of American companies to Australian funeral industry and development of corporate funeral companies. Details SCI purchase of Pine Grove Group, Stewart Enterprises (now Bledisloes) buying New Zealand companies and InvoCare attempt to buy Bledisloes. Talks about impact of corporate ownership on role of funeral director and staff specialisation. Details own job with InvoCare. Describes multi cultural aspect to working in Wollongong. Details changes to funeral industry, introduction of computerised records and mobile phones, occupational health and safety and 'orphanage' mortuary businesses. Discusses differences between Australia and New Zealand in arterial embalming rates, cremation and use of refrigeration. Talks about limited burial space in Sydney and Crown Lands Department committee looking at development of crown land cemeteries. Mentions Society for Vertical Burial in Victoria. Refers to issues with green burials. Describes changes due to consumer demand, use of DVD presentations, music, website memorialisation and basic 'Aussie' style funerals. Mentions innovative work of funeral director Keith Russell. Says he learns from attending Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand conferences and New Zealanders learn from Australian conferences. Describes role of a funeral director and function of a funeral. Mentions celebrants and clergy. Talks about disaster recovery work in Australia and companies Kenyon International and Blake Emergency Services. Refers to his wife Jan, a Blake Operations Manager. Describes working on body identification in Bali after the bombing, in Thailand after Boxing Day 2004 tsunami, and in Nigeria and Cameroon. Recalls difficult funerals of close friends, children, accident and murder victims. Comments on rewards of funeral work, use of humour, staying calm and in control. Refers to being Catholic. Observes future challenges are changing technology, environmental issues, funeral insurance, decline of small funeral businesses. Mentions modifications to professional code of conduct. Abstracted by - Penny Brander Interviewer(s) - Penny Brander Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Electronic document(s). 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 interview(s). 1.51 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft Word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7637, OHDL-001881. Search dates: 1948 - 2011
Togetherasone.co.nz: Kotahitanga. We are one. Wear your support [Heart-shaped pin. 2019]
Date: 2019
By: Togetherasone (Firm)
Reference: Eph-029
Description: Pin issued following the mosque shootings in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 is in the shape of a heart, the left side gold and the right side black, in an abstract representation of a pair of figures hugging. The pin is attached to a card headed "Kotahitanga; we are one", encouraging unity, togetherness and solidarity. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Brass and black enamel pin, 20 x 22 mm, pinned to backing card, 81 x 55 mm.
"Did you just feel a tiny tremor?" "Yes - That'll have been the world's attention span"
Date: 11 October 2005
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011
Reference: A-453-265
Description: Shows a Muslim couple standing amongst the damage of a large earthquake. The man asks his wife if she just felt a tremor. She replies that she did and that it was the world's attention span. Refers to the major earthquake centred in Azad Kashmir and in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) near the city of Muzaffarad, Pakistan. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 186mm x 133 Leader page cartoon11 CARTOON Pls scan and send to Pix-on-Hand [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 320 mm
Winter, Mark, 1958-: Cordon Blur. 22 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0017371
Description: Text above reads 'Central Christchurch business owners protest' and the words 'Cordon Blur' (wordplay on famous cookery schools 'Cordon Bleu' and 'blur' as in 'unclear'). The cartoon shows a striped barrier bearing the words 'KEEP OUT' that is being torn to pieces. A second version continues the text to read 'Central Christchurch business owners protest as future directions unclear'. Context - Protests from angry Christchurch business owners locked out of the damaged CBD have intensified today, with police physically intervening when several protesters went inside the cordon. They are worried about the state of their businesses inside the red zone, and say they have not been allowed in to collect critical records and basic tools so they can carry on working outside the cordon. (NZ Herald 21 March 2011) Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Pitched tents at a relief camp in Palmerston North for victims of the 1931 Hawke's Bay ...
Date: 1931
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-048194-G
Description: Rows of pitched tents in a field at a relief camp in Palmerston North for victims of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-:[Earthquake and Tsunami] 14 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017288
Description: The cartoon shows the joined hands of two people. Context - Those who have suffered from the earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 in Christchurch and those who have suffered from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe in Japan that struck on 11 March 2011. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
The U.S. plane dropped some food, the Australian plane dropped medicine and the Kiwi pl...
Date: 2005
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
Reference: DCDL-0013020
Description: Shows two survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami standing on a beach. One comments that all that the New Zealand government has dropped is an engine manifold while the other countries have dropped food and medicine. Refers to the New Zealand Hercules plane breaking down on route to delivering aid. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Quick hide! Christmas is getting closer!!" 9 December 2010
Date: 2010
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016310
Description: Several 'quake victims' dive into a fissure and zip it up as Santa Claus in the form of a malignant '$' symbol leaps towards them yelling 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' One of the quake victims shouts 'Quick Hide! Christmas is getting closer!!' Context; the Christchurch earthquake on 4th September and all the subsequent aftershocks have cost many people a great deal of money. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
If BP got involved to rescue the Chilean miners... 4 September 2010
Date: 2010
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0015614
Description: Refers to BP's efforts to tamp the oilflow in the Gulf of Mexico oilwell disaster and the disaster in Chile in which 33 miners are trapped underground while 3 narrow escape chutes are being drilled to rescue them. President Sebastian Pinera has staked his presidency on being able to show the world that his government has safely rescued the miners ahead of schedule. Five months have gone by since an oil well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and sending oil gushing. On Sunday (19 September), a cement plug sealed the BP well 2.5 miles under the sea floor, and retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad W. Allen, the government's person in charge of the disaster, declared BP's well "effectively dead." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958-:Red & black - Kia kaha Christchurch. 5 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0017247
Description: The cartoon has stripes above the words 'RED & BLACK kia kaha Christchurch'. Context - red and black are the Canterbury colours - the cartoon is a tribute to the people of Christchurch after the disastrous earthquake of 22 February 2011. 'Kia kaha' means 'forever strong'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Did you just feel a tiny tremor?" "Yes - That'll have been the world's attention span"...
Date: 2005
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
Reference: DCDL-0013070
Description: Shows a Muslim couple standing amongst the damage of a large earthquake. The man asks his wife if she just felt a tremor. She replies that she did and that it was the world's attention span. Refers to the major earthquake centred in Azad Kashmir and in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) near the city of Muzaffarad, Pakistan. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958-:[Search for survivors of Christchurch earthquake called off] 4 March...
Date: 2011
Reference: DCDL-0017246
Description: The cartoon shows the word 'survivors' in very large print which fades out towards the end of the word. A second version is the same as the first but has the text 'Search called off' in the top left corner. A third version shows the word 'survivors' against a background of the ruined Christchurch Cathedral. Context - The moment when it was realized that no more people could have survived the Christchurch of 22 February 2011. To date there have been about 165 confirmed dead but there are more bodies still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).
Photographs of people observing two minutes silence for Christchurch Earthquake at Parl...
Date: 1 March 2011
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-000625
Description: Photographs of people gathered in the grounds of Parliament on 1 March 2011 to observe two minutes silence to remember the people killed in the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011. Arrangement: Images were originally in a folder labelled '2 Minutes Silence for Christchurch Earthquake Mar 1 2011' within the folder '300111 Fairs, Festivals & Protests Jan to July 2011' Quantity: 15 digital photograph(s).
Group by a shelter in Hastings, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
Date: 1931
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-047882-G
Description: Group by a shelter in Hastings, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Shows a woman and children in the foreground, standing by a fence. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941-:New Year's resolution. Survive. Waikato Times, 3 January 2...
Date: 2005
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DX-014-632
Description: A bedraggled survivor in a landscape devestated by the tsunami that swept through Indian Ocean coastlines of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Burma, etc, has one thought only in his mind. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Brainz. 14 September 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0026178
Description: Three years after the Canterbury earthquake of 2010, a psychiatrist analyses a stressed brain, covered with stressors such 'EQC', 'Rebuilt', 'Red Zone', 'Case managers', 'insurance', 'TC3', 'land claims', 'forms' and other results of the Canterbury earthquakes. For citizens of Christchurch and Canterbury as a whole, the stresses from the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 were long lasting and severe, 'TC3' refers to land where danger of liquefaction was present, but not in the degree to which land in the 'Red Zone' was. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).