Blue whale

Date: 1981

From: Greenpeace New Zealand :[Ephemera of octavo size, fliers, cards and pamphlets]

Reference: Eph-A-GREENPEACE-1981-01

Description: Shows a blue whale, and the logo of Radio Hauraki. The bands performing were Hammond Gamble, The Furys, Clive Wilson Band, Pink Flamingoes, The Instigators. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on flyer 210 x 145 mm.

Date: 1979 - 1980

From: [Posters concerning the environment and environmental protection. 1970s].

By: Cooke, Howie, active 1970-1990s; Project Jonah N.Z.

Reference: Eph-D-ENVIRONMENT-1979-02

Description: Poster chart shows profile illustrations of the following whales: Left column: Blue whale, fin whale, right whale, humpback whale, Sei whale, Bryde's whale, minke whale Centre column: Sperm whale, orca (killer) whale, pilot whale, pygmy sperm whale Right column: Beaked whale, bottlenose dolphin, common dolphin Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 420 x 590 mm.

Date: [ca 1992-1995], 2001

From: Stone family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11199-112

Description: Folder comprises photocopies of several papers: Parliamentary papers relating to the British Act for regulating Schools of Anatomy, 1832, and the New Zealand Anatomy Act, 1875; two scientific papers by F J Knox published in Edinburgh - Account of the rorqual, the skeleton of which is now exhibiting in the Great Rooms of the Royal Institution, Princes Street; Catalogue [of] anatomical preparations illustrative of the whale, particularly the great northern rorqual (Balaena maximus borealis) now exhibiting in The Pavilion, North College Street; `Brother Fred' and the two cultures: New Zealand's first Librarian, an article by Joan Stevens from New Zealand Libraries October 1963. Accompanying the article by Joan Stevens is a letter from Maurice Gee to Dr Stone who possibly suggested F J Knox's life as a subject for a work of fiction. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1959 - 1960

From: Frieboe, Conrad, d 1989 :[Original drawings for "Whaling in early New Zealand", by A W Reed, 1960. ca 1959-1960]

Reference: A-407-004

Description: Illustration shows scale drawings of five different whale species: blue whale, fin whale, right whale, sperm whale and humpback whale. At the right are a lance and a blubber spade. The illustration was made in preparation for "Whaling in early New Zealand", Reed Publishing Ltd, 1960. Supplied title is taken from that of the corresponding image in the book "Whaling in early New Zealand". Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 378 x 270 mm.

Date: 1930s

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0063-1/4-F

Description: The lower jawbone of a blue whale hanging from a pully on the deck of a ship. Photographed for the Marine Department by an unknown photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: film negative

Date: 2014

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0027748

Description: Shows two blue whales discussing the International Court of Justice decision to order Japan to stop their 'scientific' whaling programme. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0028303

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states, "Much has been made of the discovery of bones belonging to the largest dinosaur ever found. What is not noticed is that the largest creature to have ever lived, and twice the size of the largest dinosaur, is in fact still alive. It's the Blue Whale. The cartoon depicts the largest dinosaur, Titanosaur, making such an observation." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).