Karting

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-001/020

Description: Includes a collection of political cartoons from the 1940s as well as charicatures and drawings depicting various sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. The political cartoons refer to an electricity crisis as well as issues concerned with the Wellington City Council. In one of the Wellington cartoons the name MacAlister is mentioned. The sporting portraits feature speedway champion Percy Coleman and boxer Dave Sands, as well as wrestlers Lofty Blomfield, Earl McCready, and Bill Kuusisto. Includes a number of smaller illustrations, most of which feature gardening and its related materials. Quantity: 19 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto paper and wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-120

Description: Photographs related to recreation, arranged alphabetically from FIT to M, 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: 1948

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-154-052

Description: Shows a go-kart race being won by a young boy, who beats several older helmetted drivers. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 489 x 324 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Colvin in 2000.

Date: 11 Dec 1948

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-049628-G

Description: Contestants in New Zealand's first trolley derby crossing the finish line at Karori Park, Wellington, 11 December, 1948. Looks along the track, showing the crowd alongside, and two trolley cars. Photograph taken by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Publication note - Published in the Evening Post, 11 Dec, 1948 Source of descriptive information - Evening Post article, 11 Dec, 1948, page 10 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 1948; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 2459 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 2002-2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000419

Description: Photographs relating to go-kart racing in West Coast Region. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Sport (Automotive (karts))" Quantity: 6 digital photograph(s).

Date: [ca 20 Sep 1993]

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

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1993/3292-F

Description: Craig Bush on a kite buggy designed by Peter Lynn at Kilbirnie Park, Wellington. Photograph taken circa 20 September 1993 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Other - Photograph published in the Evening Post newspaper on 20 September 1993 Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) (Individual image on negative strip). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 11 Dec 1948

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-049751-G

Description: Parade before New Zealand's first trolley derby at Karori Park, Wellington, 11 December 1948. Shows two trolley cars being towed uphill, including one driven by the Mayor of Wellington, Mr Appleton (in front, labelled `Dominion Motors'). The president of the Karori Progressive Association, Mr W Pringle, is in the second car. Photograph taken by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Publication note - Cropped version of this image published in the Evening Post, 11 Dec, 1948 Source of descriptive information - Evening Post article, 11 Dec, 1948, page 10 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 1948; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 2502 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 20 Sep 1993]

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

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1993/3291-F

Description: Craig Bush being pulled by the kite off a kite buggy designed by Peter Lynn at Kilbirnie Park, Wellington. Photograph taken circa 20 September 1993 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Other - Photograph published in the Evening Post newspaper 20 September 1993 Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) (Individual image on negative strip). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 1973

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

Reference: C-132-149

Description: A group of people proceeding along a road using alternatives to cars, probably because of 'carless days'. The alternatives include roller skates, a go-cart, a scooter and a horse. A superior-looking man on a modern bicycle is looking critically at an older man on an old-style cycle. The older man is defending his choice of transport and admitting that he last rode his cycle in 1936 There is also a self-portrait of the cartoonist in the bottom right corner. He is shown about to hit a softball or baseball being bowled to him. The ball is inscribed 'Kenny Rogers vs NZBC 'n' Dom' and Heath is saying 'Gee! is it that time already', a reference to an upcoming broadcast Extended Title - I rode one Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, felt-tip pen, pencil, white-out and crayon, 319 x 435 mm on sheet 507 x 634 mm.

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021062

Description: The cartoons show a racing car named Ludlow. They are headed 'Poll position', with one having 'with the ideal track record' added. Context: Invercargill city councillor and go kart racer Darren Ludlow was a contender for the position of deputy mayor. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).