Rugby League football - New Zealand

Date: 1949

From: [Ephemera, programmes and booklets relating to rugby league football played by New Zealanders or in New Zealand. 1930-1949]

Reference: Eph-B-LEAGUE-1949-01

Description: Programme with photographs of some team members, and biographical notes about all members of each team. West Coast players photographed include: C McBride, J Newton, and R Aynsley. There is a photo of J A Redwood, president of New Zealand Rugby League. There is also a short historical section with a list of some West Coast Kiwis 1919-1949, some of them with photographs. Robert Guilford Houston, a schoolboy who made the national team, is also pictured, as are K Mountford, the late W Kirk, R Nuttall, W A Smith, L Hunter. Some members of the Australian team have autographed their names beside the team list. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, each 277 x 220 mm. Provenance: Purchased from New Zealand Books Online auction, 2006.

Date: [ca. 1950-1965], 1970-1986, [1990s?]

By: English, Kenneth Hamilton, 1927-2016

Reference: ATL-Group-00001

Description: Contains material collected by Ken English during his time as a New Zealand Rugby League representative player and official, and manager of the Wellington Show Association. Material includes event programmes, photographs, and administrative records: inward correspondence, internal memoranda, scrapbooks, financial statements, and original and photocopied newspaper clippings relating to his career. Photographic prints depict people, events from the late 1940s until the 2010s. Photographs are taken by Photo News Ltd, N.Z. Newspapers Ltd, Photography by Woolf, K. E. Niven Ltd, Publi Foto, Ian Wallis Photography, Ronald D. Woolf, and unidentified photographers. Many prints have labels or annotations identifying events, people, and dates. Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Photographs have been arranged chronologically. Manuscript material has been left in folder groupings as delivered. Ken English was a police officer in Wellington. He played rugby league for St. George in Wellington, and in 1947 was selected for the Wellington representative side touring the South Island. He played one international test match (against France) in 1951. He was then a member of the 1951/52 "Kiwi" tour of England and France. Ken English was the Manager of the Wellington Show Association 1967-1980. Quantity: 0.90 Linear Metres Papers. 128 b&w original photographic print(s). 9 folder(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three boxes and five folders of manuscripts, ephemera and photographs (0.9 linear metres total) Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection have been indexed.

Date: 1994

From: [Ephemera, posters and pamphlets of around A2 size relating to rugby league football played by New Zealanders or in New Zealand]

By: New Zealand Rugby League; Wright & Jaques Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-LEAGUE-1994-01

Description: Poster shows an arrangement of text, and logos for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, and the Canberra Raiders. Four copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 600 x 420 mm.

Date: 19/07/2050 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-BADGES-Hill

Description: Includes: Arrow Book Club Basketball is my "thing" [Yellow badge] Carterton Rugby Football Club 1879-1979 Downstage. Will power (with Will Shakespeare portrait) (2 copies) European inspired Ford Falcon; an entirely new class of car! I am water wise (1 copy black; 1 copy yellow) Joy is miniball [Yellow badge] Keep Kirton for Mayor [Yellow badge. 1980-1990s] Kingstonette Marching (2 copies) Lions International. Lower Hutt host New Zealand. Home club of Lloyd Morgan Love Hertz Manawatu Indoor Bowls Centre Massey Drama Society [New Zealand National Party]. I believe in miracles PRS; Middlemope [sic] Plastic Reconstructive Surgery. Enrolled Nurse (2 copies) Richmond Rovers R.L. F.C. The Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd Suburbs 1978 (Metal key tab) Whakatane Family Motor Camp [Yellow badge showing marlin] [Women Against Rugby]. OK it's WAR (shows woman holding rugby ball standing on rugby player) (2 copies) Yellow bus tie-pin Quantity: 21 curio(s) badges. Physical Description: Metal and plastic badges, sizes varying up to 83 mm.

Date: ca 1947-2012

From: English, Kenneth Hamilton, 1927-2016: Collection relating to the Wellington Show Association and Rugby League

Reference: MS-Papers-12240-1

Description: Material relating to English's Rugby League career. Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and business documents. Correspondence includes a photocopy of a personal letter from English to a police colleage ("Ferg") while on tour in England and France in 1951. It includes a personal report on the matches, followed by a lengthy discussion of the Battley fingerprinting filing system as used at Scotland yard, and a newer system used at Glasgow Police Department. Other correspondence includes congratulatory letters from the New Zealand Rugby League regarding his life membership, and an invitation to the Wellington Rugby League' centennial celebrations in 2012. Other documents include Minutes of the 71st (1980) Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Football League, terms of reference for a new executive position within the League, a working sheet for trophy engravings, and a copy of the book "An illustrated history of Wellington Rugby League 1919-2012" autographed by some past players. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and business-related documents Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection are indexed

Date: 1932

From: [Ephemera, programmes and booklets relating to rugby league football played by New Zealanders or in New Zealand. 1930-1949]

By: Wright & Jaques Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-LEAGUE-1932-01

Description: Programme with photographs and biographical notes about members of the English team, and three players of the Auckland team: A Clarke, B Davidson, F Delgrosso. There is a group photograph of the "All Golds", the first New Zealand rugby league team. There are also photographs of Fred Ellis (honorary treasurer of the Auckland Rugby League), George Rhodes (chairman of the Auckland Rugby league) and Ivan Culpan (honorary secretary of the Auckland Rugby league) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 20 pages, each 284 x 220 mm. Provenance: Purchased from New Zealand Books Online auction, 2006.

Date: n d [ca 1936]

From: McLean, Terence Power (Sir), 1913-2004 : Papers

Reference: 2007-282-6/02

Description: Undated galley proof of reminiscences of the rugby league player, Bert Cooke. Internal evidence suggests that the reminiscences were written in 1936 when he was coaching Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1955

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-034

Description: Shows a nurse delivering medicine to an injured kiwi in a hospital bed. Above the kiwi is the sign 'Mr Kiwi, seriously bashed in third cricket test'. The medicine bottles read 'Fine soccer scores' and 'Rugby league win 24-13'. Possibly refers to the cricket match between New Zealand and England on 28 March 1955, when New Zealand scored just 26 runs The words '"Kiwi" cartoon, No. 113' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 85 x 100 mm, on card 280 x 180 mm

Date: 2008

From: [Ephemera, posters and pamphlets of around A2 size relating to rugby league football played by New Zealanders or in New Zealand]

By: New Zealand Rugby League; Wright & Jaques Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-LEAGUE-2008-01

Description: Poster shows on one side a gallery of head and shoulders portrait photographs of the Vodafone Warriors team players in 2008. The other side has the timetable of the ARL Community Carnival Week 4-10 February and the Auckland Rugby League Clubs for 2008. Player photographed are: Ivan Cleary, Steve Price, Ruben Wiki, Patrick Ah Van, Michael Crockett, Sonny Fai, Nathan Fien, Lance Hohaia, Ian Henderson, Scott Jones, Aidan Kirk, Wairangi Koopu, Epalahame Lauaki, Tolefoa Leaupepe, Micheal Luck, Simon Mannering, Wade McKinnon, Constantine Mika, Russell Packer, Sam Rapira, Jerome Ropati, Grant Rovelli, Ryan Shortland, Malo Solomona, Logan Swann, Brent Tate, Evarn Tuimavave, Manu Vatuvei, Michael Witt. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 545 x 765 mm.

Date: 2014-2015

By: Bodman, Ryan, active 2014-2015

Reference: OHColl-1458

Description: Seven interviews by Ryan Bodman on the history of rugby league and working class culture in New Zealand. The interviewees were: Cathy Friend, Terry Ryan, Rex Hohaia, Jan Haggie, Howie and Teri Tamati, Peter Kerridge, and Les Neilson. Includes discussion of: the relationship between rugby league and rugby union; the connections between rugby league and working class communities; the labour movement; and the role of rugby league clubs in local communities. Project received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2014. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 7 Interview(s). 17 Electronic document(s) digital transcripts and project blurb.. 15 digital sound recording(s). 7 transcript(s) including agreement forms.. Search dates: 2014 - 2015

Date: 2004

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009497

Description: Shows a New Zealand rugby league match. A player drops two heads - Ali Lauitiiti and Daniel Anderson. See DCDL-0009498 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [2 Aug 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/332/01-F

Description: A crowd at the Basin Reserve watching the France versus New Zealand rugby league game. Photograph taken circa 2 Aug 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative

Date: [17 Aug 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/337/11-G

Description: Mr J Dodd, a member of the New Zealand rugby football league team touring England and France, photographed circa 17 Aug 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 2004

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009498

Description: Shows a New Zealand rugby league match. A player drops two heads - Ali Lauitiiti and Daniel Anderson. See DCDL-0009497 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [17 Aug 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/337/12-G

Description: Mr J Dodd, a member of the New Zealand rugby football league team touring England and France, photographed circa 17 Aug 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: [2 Aug 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/332/02-F

Description: A crowd at the Basin Reserve watching the France versus New Zealand rugby league game. Photograph taken circa 2 Aug 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0030442

Description: Shows a sports podium, with the 'All Blacks' in third place, 'Kiwis' in second place, and 'Auckland City' in first place. On the winning step we can see five pairs of skinny legs with untidy socks, and a soccer ball. The other two steps show very muscular legs, in shorts bearing the logos of sponsors Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 3 May 2016

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

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

Reference: DCDL-0033493

Description: Digital cartoons by Chicane on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [ca 1905-1926]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-026387-G

Description: Photograph taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/1 plate

Date: 23 August 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022702

Description: Shows Brian McClennan, walking a way with a suitcase. Underneath, John Key says, `Want to fail but enjoy job security for another couple of years? Go into politics.' Refers to the firing of Brian McClennan, coach of the Warriors, after his first season where the Warriors only won eight out of 22 matches. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).