Brain

Date: 1969 - 1972

By: New Zealand. Department of Health

Reference: Eph-E-HEALTH-NZDH-1972-01/05

Description: Includes: 01. From pages 111, 112: Growth and development: The skeleton; [Details of joints and bone marrow] 02. From pages 118, 120: Growth and development: Circulation of the blood, showing arteries and veins; Respiratory system 03. From pages 116, 131: Growth and development: Heart and main vessels and circulation of the blood; Digestive system - the contents of the abdominal cavity 04. From pages 123, 124, 126: Growth and development: Brain and spinal chord with peripheral nerves; autonomic nervous system 05. From pages 219, 222, 224: Prevention of ill-health: Structure of the eye; Structure of the ear; Structure of the nose and throat Quantity: 5 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen prints, on both sides of sheets, 1020 x 760 mm.

Date: 2005

By: New Zealand University Students' Association; Barton, Phillip Lionel, 1925-2010

Reference: Eph-A-ELECTIONS-2005-01

Description: An outline of the salient issues facing students, and the policies of the contending political parties on those issues. Prepared as a guide to voting in the 2005 general elections. The front cover shows a diagram of a brain. Issues include: Fees, living allowance, student debt and the loan scheme, student loan interest, staffing & salaries, research & teaching, tertiary sector / trade, governance. Two copies held. Other Titles - Association of University Staff Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of pamphlet, 297 x 420 mm, folded to 149 x 106 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Mr Phil Barton, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1988

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn in 1988, mainly for the New Zealand Listener].

Reference: C-133-184

Description: Shows cavers making their way along a tunnel through the head of Labour politician Koro Wetere. The leader announces that he can see a light ahead, as they make their way from one ear hole to the other. This image was published in the Listener, 14 May 1988, page 15. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 350 x 535 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 1989

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[18 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star in July and August, 1989.]

Reference: A-225-233

Description: Cartoon shows a delighted man looking at a lighted sign for the stockmarket. Meanwhile his memory has sprouted wings, bursting out of his skull and flying up to the right. Other Titles - August Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on card 180 x 265 mm.

Date: 1979

By: New Zealand. Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council

Reference: Eph-C-ALCOHOL-ALAC-1979-01

Description: Shows a glass of red wine at top left, being poured into a hole in a skull-like face. One part of the skull has been eaten away revealing a green brain, serpents and butterflies. One of a series of posters designed for ALAC's use by young people in 1979 (See ALAC newsletter, May/June 1979) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 415 x 296 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Jenny Graham in 2003.

Date: 2006

From: Darroch, Bob, 1940- :[Cartoons published in the Whangarei Report April to July 2006]

Reference: H-751-062

Description: A singularly unattractive man lies snoring in front of the television. Both he and his wife have been reading articles about the work that the brain does during sleep. His wife cynically wonders what profound statement her husband will produce when he wakes up. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: [1990-2004]

From: Collins, Graeme, 1949-2004 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8244-03

Description: Articles on the paranormal, parapsychology, horoscopes etc; horoscope for Collins and part of that of Judy Collins; annual reports of the Unexplained Phenomena Research Society by Dr J (Bob) Valkenburg; `The Time Capsule' outlining the state of the world when Collins was born in Oct 1949 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1986

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn in 1986, mainly for the New Zealand Listener].

Reference: C-133-119

Description: Shows politician Koro Wetere wearing a "Wizzer Brain Bypass" device on his head, with his hands resting on the machinery. He adds that "Apparently it's the same model that Ronald Reagan uses!". Wetere attended an Intelligence/Parapolitics conference in Paris in 1986. This cartoon was published in the New Zealand Listener on 14 February 1986, page 9. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 390 x 605 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 1999

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[31 original political and social cartoons published in Metro magazine from February to December 1999]

Reference: A-129-073/074

Description: Two cartoon sketches. In the first, a green-skinned monster with an operation scar on his head happily carries his removed brain away from hospital in a jar, farewelled by a smiling doctor and nurse. The second cartoon shows a radio announcer or sound engineer wearing headphones and cords, standing on a plank from the high window of a radio station. His colleague tells him he can step down. This may result to the firing of an Auckland radio announcer. The verso shows a rough pencil sketch of Bill Birch as a moustached magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 38 Quantity: 2 original cartoon(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil, on sheet 420 x 290 mm.

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0029735

Description: Cartoon shows a man walking hunched over like a Neanderthal and saying, "Good idea". Two men in suits comment that he's missing his brain, which is why holding the Winter Olympics in Queenstown seems like a good idea to him. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029943

Description: Cartoon shows former Transport Minister, Gerry Brownlee. A doctor shines a light into his ear, which shines out the other side. Cartoon references a security breach by Brownlee and two staff at Christchurch Airport on 24 July 2014. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026070

Description: Under the news headline 'Scientists grow "mini human brains"' an MP resents the implication and tells a man with a stand outside the Beehive with 'mini brains for sale' to "Move on - it's not a good look." Refers to newspaper reports in late August 2013 that scientists have grown the first mini human brains in a laboratory using stem cell technology. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024497

Description: Shows the differences between the political brain on the attack, and the political brain under attack. Refers to recent claims of memory lapses by New Zealand politicians. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024468

Description: Two cartoons showing a silhouette of Prime Minister John Key, with a hold in his brain where his memory should be. Refers to the prime minister's difficulty remembering conversations he's had, which has been referred to in the media as 'brain fades'. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Parker, Richard, 1976- :Digital cartoons

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0031282

Description: The image originally accompanied a column by Mark Sainbury in the Sunday Star Times, 2 November 2014, entitled, 'A mother's brainwave', with the standfirst, "Maybe we could all learn from seeing what goes on in an extraordinary mind." Depicts three people with various images emerging from inside their heads. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024554

Description: Shows a skull with 'malignorant brain clots'. Commentary from the artist: 'While poor Jesse Ryder was lying in intensive care, some stupid clots in the medical world (with no business in his care) felt free to sneak into his medical files. Talk about aggravating an assault...' Refers to the bashing of cricketer Jesse Ryder at a bar in Christchurch on 28 March 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0028415

Description: Cartoon depicts a doctor holding a list of 'critical care' recommendations for the Kiwi brain over the next two months prior to 'elective surgery on 20 September'. Beside him is a typical New Zealand man with figures of soccer, cricket and rugby players spilling out of it. Accompanying note from the cartoonist reads "The Kiwi milieu is not ideal for political discourse at the best of times. But with the England rugby team touring, and the World Cup kicking off in Brazil shortly, sports-mad Kiwis will have a lot of other things on our little minds apart from the coming election." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013444

Description: A man stands beside a great pile of alcohol of various sorts thinking that he has got his luggage ready to hit the holiday hotspots and wondering whether he has forgotten anything. His car pumps out loud music and his brain can be seen on a shelf inside the door of the house. Refers to stupid alcohol consumption and drink driving. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008988

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister believes he should have the biggest brain in the world because people keep giving him a piece of their mind. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0013762

Description: Text reads 'Afternoon nap boosts brain power - Spanish study'. A man sleeps soundly in his armchair. His wife tells her friend that Gerald wasn't part of the study'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).