Social advocacy

Date: August 2017 - August 2019

By: Orchard, Samuel, 1984-; We Are Beneficiaries (Collective)

Reference: ATL-Group-00328

Description: Collection of digital art work and supporting documentation for the We Are Beneficiaries project. The works of art were created by both named and unnamed artists involved with the project, and feature images and text to document lived experiences on social welfare in Aotearoa New Zealand. The stories in the artworks are told in beneficiaries' own words, and many of them illustrate struggles of poverty, employment issues, racism, and general bias against beneficiaries. Some stories also discuss disability, and physical and mental health issues. Others offer wishes and suggestions for improvements to the social welfare system. In addition to the digital project archives, the collection includes eight paper-based original drawings by Sam Orchard, four of which are featured in the final report. It also includes downloaded copies of the project's accounts on the social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Arrangement: Collection arrangement reflects the original electronic folder structure from the donor. Organised by illustrator and comic artist, Sam Orchard in August 2017, the We Are Beneficiaries project is a grassroots social media campaign to create art to amplify the voices of current and former beneficiaries in Aotearoa New Zealand. The works of art were originally shared online via the social networking sites Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to raise awareness of issues, and generate dialogue and discussion. Approximately 200 illustrated stories were compiled in the We Are Beneficiaries report, which was presented to Parliament on 21 December 2017. The project continues to publish artwork online as of July 2018. Quantity: 663 digital image(s). 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 digital video recording(s). 8 drawing(s). 33 Electronic document(s) (including three downloaded social media archives). 1 electronic scan(s). 1 folder(s). Transfers: An electronic copy of the 'We Are Beneficiaries' published report has been described separately and is available at https://natlib.govt.nz/records/38931744.

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0003357

Description: A man stops as he walks past the News agents and reads a headline about the David Bain's conviction being overturned and a second headline about the Prime Minister opening a new prison. He comments to the news agent that maybe fewer prisons would be required if there were more Joe Karams. Refers to the Privy Council having stated that the David Bain conviction was a miscarriage of justice. This result was due largely to Joe Karam's fight to prove David Bain innocent. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2018

By: Economic and Social Research Aotearoa

Reference: OHColl-1327

Description: Collection of oral history interviews conducted by interviewer Vanessa Cole which explore the development and history of the unemployed workers movement and associated groups between the 1980s and 2000s. Interviewees are: Ivan Ernest Sowry, Alastair Russell, Paul Blair, Kathleen Paraha, and Ricardo Menéndez March. Project received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2017. Title supplied by Library. See OHColl-0662 Te Roopu Rawakore o Aotearoa oral history project conducted in 1993. Quantity: 5 Interview(s). 10 Electronic document(s) digital abstracts and recording agreements. 7 digital sound recording(s). 5 printed abstract(s) including recording agreements. Search dates: 2018 Processing information: Not all names are indexed.