Weather

Date: 1950 - 1960

By: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988

Reference: A-386/388

Description: The majority of Tom Mayne's cartoons are concerned with the day-to-day events for ordinary Christchurch people in the 1950s and 1960s. Many are about the vagaries of the seasons, the hot weather, summer holidays, grumpy farmers, the cost of living, the relief of sending the kids back to school, wives being annoyed with lazy husbands, the excitement of the Springbok Tour of 1956, duckshooting, the miseries and delights of men avoiding gardening chores, men in sheds. Many deal with local body politics, road rules and traffic problems. A smaller number of the cartoons deal with larger New Zealand political issues like the 1957 Labour 'black budget' of Nash and Nordmeyer and the effect the taxes had on working people. There are a few cartoons dealing with wider world issues like the Cold War and the desire for peace. Tom Mayne puts himself into several cartoons. He is seen in A-387-108; A-387-126; and A-387-134, as examples There is also a small collection of ephemeral material, incomplete cartoons, a little watercolour of Momorangi Bay etc. Arrangement: Those cartoons which are dated, are arranged by date; this group is numbered A-386-001/208. They start at -001 with a few second World War cartoons and then continue, grouped by year, from 1953 to 1960. Approximately half of the cartoons are not dated and so are arranged in groups. The first group consists of 78 sports cartoons; these are numbered A-387-001/078. The next group is 'Mayne Topics' which are a single cartoon with three or four small vignettes of topical interest; these are numbered A-387-079/123. The remainder of the cartoons are arranged by topic more or less alphabetically; ie. advertising, agriculture etc. In 1954 Tom Mayne was invited by what was then called the Christchurch Star Sun to submit four cartoons a week with the proviso that only one or two might be used. He found his forte drawing sports cartoons, especially rugby, and began doing a full front page cartoon in the Saturday Sports edition of the newspaper. Quantity: 490 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon, pencil and letratone on paper, sizes approximately 200 x 250 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Mayne, his widow.

Date: 1966-1968, 1970

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12580-01

Description: Outward correspondence from Lorna B McLeod [nee Perrin], Mount Albert, Auckland to her mother Mrs E H Perrin, Palmerston North, spanning period from 1 December 1966 to 14 January 1970. Also included is outward correspondence from Lorna B McLeod to Mr Don V Perrin and Mrs Mate Perrin, Palmerston North, spanning period from 19 December 1966 to 11 January 1967. Matters covered include: holidays, Annual Meeting of the Pig Marketing Association in Auckland, sewing, selling car, attending social events and seeing friends and family, Easter trips, jobs, weather and telegrams. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Donated in an envelope (not retained) with cassette tape (MSC-025966) and photographs (PAColl-10768, photographs 01-02). Transcription on front of envelope reads: “Cassette tape THE SILENT ONE film score” and “Some of my mother’s letters (to her mother too) & some old photos of us kids”. Lorna B McLeod [nee Perrin] i the mother of Jennifer McLeod and Mrs E H Perrin is her grandmother. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 9 letters. Physical Description: 16 pages on plain (without envelopes) and par avion paper. Mix of single and single sheets. Transfers: Donated in an envelope (not retained) with photographs and a cassette tape. Transcription on front of envelope reads: “Cassette tape THE SILENT ONE film score” and “Some of my mother’s letters (to her mother too) & some old photos of us kids”..

Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-362-249/268

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 20 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-558-042/063

Description: Political cartoons. Nato forces are briefed on their bombing target which is surrounded by civilian services like hospitals and schools. The Police encourage IBM to take their INCIS computer and jump off a bridge. IBM spent millions of taxpayer dollars on creating a new Police computer system that never worked. Mt Eden prison guards try to work out how prisoners are getting out and drugs getting in. Admidst the ruins of Belgrade Milosevic stands victorious. The Police consider getting rid of the INCIS computer to a crime consortium believing it will stop them dead in their tracks like it has done to the Police. Milosevic uses peace talks to buy time to destroy war crimes evidence. Police operations are stoped in their tracks by the weight of the INCIS computer disaster. Comment on retailers selling liquor to underagedrinkers The Serbs pull out of Kosovo as Nato forces enter the area. Comment on the New Zealand cricket team making hard work out of limited over cricket. The Soviets welcome the Nato forces to Yugoslavia. Shows a ship load of Chinese boat people on a collision course with New Zealand as the National coalition Government passes emergency legislation allowing mass, indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Inland Revenue Department assures the public that all small and powerless taxpayers are bullied equally. Serbia puts the blame for large scale death and destruction in Kosovo on the Nato bombing campaign. Shows newspaper ad for a crown entity boss, all perks and no responsibility. Minister of Immigration, Tuariki Delamere sets one standard for migrants and another for himself and his family. Jenny Shipley shoots TV news presenter, John Hawkesby in the head with a rubber arrow. He received a substantial pay-out when his contract was terminated. The Mongrel Mob supports Tony Ryall's plans to introduce tougher penalties for home invasion, if it relates to their homes being invaded but not their neighbours. Comment on breach of privilege by the Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and TVNZ over the John Hawkesby pay-out. Rugby supporters froze to their seats during a recent rugby match. Poor school results restrict career options for students. Jenny Shipley has put both her feet in her mouth over the John Hawkesby TVNZ pay-out affair. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2002

By: Winter, Mark, 1958-; Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-703-001/019

Description: Topics include teacher shortages, Prince Harry smoking pot, Tuku Morgan and the Oscars, the internet, the exclusion of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the death of Middle East peace plans, film star Russell Crowe in New Zealand, Helen Clark as the Mona Lisa, the proposed establishment of a new supreme court to take over Privy Council functions, firearm laws, winter gear for Southland police, knighthood for rock star Mick Jagger, a crate as 'art', the new Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard and inflation, Winston Peters and immigration, Saddam Hussein's response to United Nations arms inspectors, United Future and its closet skeletons, United States President Bush and his policy on Iraq, and genetic engineering in animals. Quantity: 19 print-outs on white card. Physical Description: Black ink on A4 size card

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-107

Description: Storm clouds over Preservation Inlet Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 350 mm

Date: 1916-1918

By: Preston, Thomas Reginald, 1896-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-5629

Description: Comprises diary kept by Preston in an Agent Bijou diary from Oct 1917 (brief notes until the end of 1917) and from 1 January to 22 August 1918. Preston recorded daily, noting the weather, mail received or sent, army duties such as digging trenches, aerial operations and other military engagements. He describes a visit to the United Kingdom, for 14 days in May, which included London and Edinburgh. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Documentation relating to Preston's time in the army including his active service casualty form, attestation form, history sheets, will, photocopy of his medals, copy of photograph transferred to Photographic Archive, field service report of his death and list of commonly used abbreviations in WWI personal files Preston served in the 2nd Battalion of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment (1916-1918); he died 24 Aug 1918 (the last entry being 22 Aug 1918) Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts (some photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Preston in military uniform.

Date: 1841-1854, 1935-1936 - [1Ca 1950s]

By: Webb, George Hannam, 1929-2007

Reference: MS-Group-1490

Description: Papers relating to Samuel Stephens, a surveyor for the New Zealand Company in Nelson. Includes journals and diaries kept by him, letters to his family back in England which describe his life in New Zealand, research material collected about Stephens' life including copies of his death notice, survey maps and pages from the `Nelson Examiner', transcripts of diaries and journals, and photographs of his grave. The journals have details of his voyage to New Zealand from England on the `Whitby' in 1841, of his daily life as a settler in Nelson, on the weather, agriculture and horticulture. He includes sketches of plants and listings of the plants and weather conditions. Quantity: 9 volume(s). 8 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives March 2006; material transferred to the Published Collection, Ephemera Collection and the Cartographic Collection..

Date: 1964

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-133-253

Description: Nevile Lodge cartoons himself on his extended holiday. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil 250 x 280 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1950 - 1970

Reference: Eph-C-AVIATION-Tonga-1950s-01/02

Description: Charts in which weather conditions can be marked. Assumed to have been used in the Tonga area because of a pencil diagram on one chart, mentioning Kao and Ha'apai. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheets sizes varying Provenance: From the papers of Mr A D Mead, donated by Mrs Iris Coulter in 2002.

Date: 1977 - 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-954/963

Description: Includes cartoons about: Camping equipment salesman closing his blinds so that customers think the weather is sunny; Jupiter reads that MPs want churches to pray for rain in Wairarapa; rain means Santa Claus travels by raft; Meteorological Office having trouble with predicted southerly storms; little weather house has lost its woman figure; Santa Claus dresses in accordance with the weather forecast - heavy clothing even for Southern Hemisphere; New Zealanders may call on an Australian rainmaker to end the drought; praying for rain; tourist asks for a one-way ticket to anywhere away from rainy New Zealand; only those who got books for Christmas can make use of their gifts - sailboats, fishing rods, sun umbrellas are useless. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Quantity: 10 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 390 x 510 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1964

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-133-269

Description: Four vignettes of the effects of bad weather and a Christmas party on the staff of the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil 255 x 280 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2004

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-

Reference: H-739-039/049

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Quantity: 11 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1973

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; Sports post (Newspaper)

Reference: B-134-450

Description: This cartoon of five scenes expresses concern about the current drought. It features weather forecasters looking anxiously at satellite information and a Swiss weather box which has the woman permanently out. However, the cartoonist predicts that the drought will end on March 16 the day 'Festival Wellington '73' is due to start. Extended Title - The weather office, with all its information from those in high places - and sophisticated equipment - isn't doing much to ease our sufferings - but WE predict - that the drought will end on March 16th. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 380 x 316 mm

Date: 1861-1891

By: Muller, Stephen Lunn, 1814-1891

Reference: MS-1685-1692

Description: Entries skimpy for 1861 but thereafter fully recorded observations Source of title - Transcribed Muller was the first Resident Magistrate for the Wairau District 1857-1879 Quantity: 8 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (23 cm, various bindings , blue buckram slip-case)

Date: 1983

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-360-142/175

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 33 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1966

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-133-543

Description: The scene is a house interior, where a wife is on the phone saying "It's not the tiles off the roof and the leaks that worry me, it's the suffering for me and the children in the wake of the storm - Fred couldn't make his trip to Christchurch for the third rugby test!" Drips fall into bowls and pots on the floor; the children look apprehensive; the father glowers, the newspaper with the headlines about the storm damage on the floor beside him. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 285 x 397 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1978

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-135-433

Description: This cartoon features two scenes of anxious people in a boat labelled Enzed. The navigator is Muldoon who predicts extreme turbulence and rocks ahead Label on reverse dated 4/1/78 Extended Title - It is certain that those just launched into 1978 - want to know just how rough it's going to be - possibly the forecast will be in terms we do not want to understand Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 320 x 455 mm

Date: 1978

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-135-390

Description: The cartoon is in six parts each showing how hard it is for a full-back in rugby to play during strong winds at Athletic Park. Refers to the amount of wind at Athletic park and the difficulty in judging it. Label on reverse dated Sport 12/5/78 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 440 x 320 mm.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-618-001/074

Description: 74 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include National Party style ('radical conservatism'), political aspects of the ban on native forest logging on the West Coast, bribery and corruption in international cricket, softening of the macho image of Super 12 Players, the fatal shooting Steven Wallace by police in Waitara, email viruses, underage drinking, tax on cigarettes, greenhouse gas emission control, the entrenched position of Christine Rankin, Head of WINZ, television presenter Paul Holmes, the sale of the cell phone spectrum to Maori, Americas' Cup yachtsmen, the rebel coup in Fiji, prisoners' rights, All Black rugby, Maori activisim and cultural sensitivites, the falling New Zealand dollar, falling business confidence, the Employments Contracts Act, the legal staus of cannabis, the Coalition between the Labour Party and Alliance, the flight of underpaid and overworked young doctors from New Zealand, unseasonable weather, the meeting between the Presidents of North and South Korea, the Budget, the Government's 'Closing the Gaps' policy, underfunding of the army, muck-raking by ACT politician Richard Prebble, drugs in sport, the takeover by Qantas of Ansett New Zealand, political scandal and the sacking of Dover Samuels as Minister of Maori Affairs, child abuse, dangerous driving by truck drivers, the conflict over Israel, the dangers of excusing away mental illness, Helen Clark's leadership style, alcohol and sportsmen, railway accidents, republicism and Tandor Nancos of the Green Party, the Bledisloe Cup, cannabis use, forest fires in the United States, extended sittings in Parliament, the Employment Relations Bill, speed limits, the loss of Kursk, the Russian submarine, defence expenditure, controversy over Maori domestic violence, rising petrol prices. Quantity: 74 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides