Reality television programmes

Date: 1970s

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-3095

Description: Transparencies taken by Cyril Beavis in the 1970s showing stills from television series 'Alias Smith and Jones', 'The Bob Newhart Show', and other television shows. Several of the slide frames have been annotated. Also includes transparencies taken circa late 1960s showing images, possibly from Food and Wine magazine, of a woman seated at a dining table, eating and drinking. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides showing woman at dining table delivered in housing with annotations that read "Food & Wine". Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Transfers: Transparencies showing stills from 'Alias Smith and Jones' are also at PA12-3094. - Transparencies showing woman at dining table are also at PA12-3096..

Date: 1970s

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-3094

Description: Transparencies taken by Cyril Beavis in the 1970s showing portraits of diplomat Alister McIntosh. Also includes transparencies taken in the 1970s showing portraits of Naomi Tougg. Also includes stills from 1970s television series 'Thrill Seekers' and 'Alias Smith and Jones'. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Transfers: Transparencies showing stills from 'Alias Smith and Jones' are continued at PA12-3095..

Date: 2007

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009451

Description: Shows three reality architectural programmes - 'Pimp My House', 'Upsize Me', 'The Nanny'. The first is a reality television in which stately old homes are converted in to modern homes. The second is a programme in which a house is upsized. The third is one in which a nanny tells the client what they want for a house. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0012372

Description: The cartoon shows a television screen on which appears a scarecrow-like figure with a deflating balloon for a head. The screen is topped with a garbage can lid leaking an overflow of garbage and from the base of the screen leaks effluent. The balloon-head comments that there will be no Commonwealth Games but they could have a 'cool reality show 'bout people with no heads'. Refers to serious concerns about India's readiness to host the October 3-14 games that have been raised by Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Mike Fennell who wrote to organizers who are believed to be refusing to rope in enough foreign experts. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009575

Description: Shows politicians asleep, hiding and reading in parliament being recorded live for a television programme. While a man is asleep on his sofa chair watching the programme. Refers to the launch of Parliament TV. See DCDL-0009574 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0001677

Description: We are watching a television screen on which we see the latest in reality shows. A celebrity, looking very dependable and knowledgeable, pronounces that a company called 'Provincial Finance' is 'solid as'. At the side of the screen is a picture of the company with a receivership sign draped across it. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

By: Maui Productions and Cardno Television Ltd

Reference: EPHDL-0026

Description: An appeal for contestants to take part in an upcoming television reality show to be filmed in March 2006. Producer Reuben Collier wants "a final list of 13 exponents (taura) of traditional Maori weaponry to be locked away for two weeks with weaponry master Wetini Mitai-Ngatai. The taura will live, eat and train together in a secret location within the Waiariki district, to see who has what it takes to claim the glory of 'TOA, the ultimate warrior of New Zealand'". Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2007

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008420

Description: Shows the Prime Minister Helen Clark in a ticket booth outside Parliament selling tickets to watch the debating chamber. It warns that people should not poke, feed or laugh at the politicians. In the background politicians are hanging from the building like they are monkeys. Refers to the launch of Parliament TV channel and compares Parliament to reality television programmes and the behaviour of politicians to zoo animals. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009340

Description: Shows a map of modern dangers. Playing on the phrase "Here be dragons" used by ancient cartographers it warns of Jonah Lomu (All Black player); Taniwha (in rivers); painted apple moth; Bin Laden; monsters (in the Beehive); leaks (in buildings); race relations conciliator; buckling (in buildings); terrorists (in hijacked planes, buildings etc.); Indian cricket team; Winston Peters; John Banks (Auckland mayor); reality television; George W Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard; traffic jams; and there goeth Dennis Connor. See DCDL-0009339 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009574

Description: Shows politicians asleep, hiding and reading in parliament being recorded live for a television programme. While a man is asleep on his sofa chair watching the programme. Refers to the launch of Parliament TV. See DCDL-0009575 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009339

Description: Shows a map of modern dangers. Playing on the phrase "Here be dragons" used by ancient cartographers it warns of Jonah Lomu (All Black player); Taniwha (in rivers); painted apple moth; Bin Laden; monsters (in the Beehive); leaks (in buildings); race relations conciliator; buckling (in buildings); terrorists (in hijacked planes, buildings etc.); Indian cricket team; Winston Peters; John Banks (Auckland mayor); reality television; George W Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard; traffic jams; and there goeth Dennis Connor. See DCDL-0009340 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0002931

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. When the politician complains to his wife that he is sick of watching reality TV programmes, she suggests that he should watch some politics as there is no reality in that. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0026068

Description: Shows David Cunliffe on the stage of 'Labour Idol' while a panel of judges say "Big nose" "Goofy expression" "Error prone" and then the final judge gives the thumbs up and says "You're definitely through to the next round". Refers to the contested leadership of the Labour Party and to reality television talent shows where performers compete in front of a judging panel, such as New Zealand Idol. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024086

Description: Shows Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, wearing a chef's hat and apron, with a tag labelled, Disasterchef. She holds an enormous knife and is putting school students into a blender. Context: Hekia Parata revealed new plans for schools in Christchurch, stating that schools would close, 12 would merge and another 12 would be given a reprieve. Popular reality cooking competition, MasterChef New Zealand, began its fourth season on TV One. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0024627

Description: A visual pun linking graveyard crosses with the letter in 'The X Factor'. May refer to Anzac day commemorations on 25 April, but may also represent wider social comment upon societal differences between the young soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and today's fame and television focused youth. The X Factor is an internationally syndicated television series based around a talent search format. It had its first New Zealand season in 2013. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DX-025-164

Description: The scene shows a tropical island with active volcanoes, palm trees, bush and a wild sea on which sails a flimsy-looking craft with a sail. At the top of the scene is a large title 'Celebrity Prison Island' and at the bottom is 'TV2'. Refers to a new reality TV show being made in New Zealand in which celebrities will pit themselves against fierce odds. The advertisement for the show, seen above, starting..."Follow the fun and antics..." sounds like a spoof of the real advertisement. Other Titles - Follow the fun and antics as wacky former sports and TV stars battle it out to be the first to escape rat-infested cells on a maleria-ridden tropical island hell-hole teeming with crocs! Quantity: 2 megabyte(s) 1 digital cartoon.

Date: 2015

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

Reference: DCDL-0030837

Description: Commentary from the cartoonist reads "Controversial judges axed from X factor show due to bullying". Three versions of cartoons on the X-factor and the announcement that two judges would be cut from the programme following on-air comments that caused a negative public response. The first is a text-only cartoon with a list reading 'xtreme xcruciating xpelled x it'. The second asks 'Have you got the x Factor? Are you A) an ex-MP? or B) an ex-X-Factor Bully?' Says if you answer A then your travel perks are about to be doubled, but if you answer B then you should keep low and disappear. In the third version the word Kills and Moon are written in large type, along with the words 'The ex-factor' and 'the latest low-brow f(r)iction' in red. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0030899

Description: Shows singer Willy Moon at his front door as two mummified hands reach in. He says "Natalia darling there's some chick called Cleo at the door... says you stole her look". Comments on Moon and his wife Natalia Kills who were fired as judges on the 'X Factor' television show and were accused of bullying after Kills abused a contestant for copying her husband's style. Also refers to Kills' own look being derivative of Cleopatra. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

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

Reference: DCDL-0030836

Description: Shows a bag labelled 'public funds' crossed out with a large red x, and the words 'the axe factor'. Commentary from the cartoonist reads "X Factor loses public funding and ex MPs get double tax allowances". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0030905

Description: Shows a man auditioning to be a judge on The X Factor television programme. The first judge on the panel says "You're articulate! You make sense, and there could be someone who's heard of you" but the other two judges say "Sorry!" and "Next!" Comments on the performance of Natalia Kills and Willy Moon who were sacked as X Factor judges after they were accused of bullying a contestant on the show. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).