Gas well drilling

Date: 1976-1993

From: Dane, Klaus Peter, 1921-2016: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11365-08

Description: Correspondence, newspaper clippings and reports on the Maui Gas Agreement, compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion, energy policy, and petrol rationing in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1961-1965

From: Gandar, Leslie Walter, 1919-1994 : Papers

Reference: 95-159-036/1

Description: Comprises Cabinet minutes and memorandum received by Leslie Walter Gandar in his roles as Minister of Mines, Minister of Marine and as Chairman of Cabinet Committees on; prospecting in the Hens and Chicken Islands, Fuel and Power, Petroleum prospecting on the continental shelf. Includes copy of 1963 Mines Department report on opencast mining and hydraulic techniques in Buller and Reefton coalfields. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 2003

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

Reference: DCDL-0002371

Description: The cartoon shows the door of the ACT party caucus room. An engineer in a hard hat stands beside a large gas pipe whose valve has been attached to a e in the door. He explains to a man beside him that he has opened the valve and expects Maui to be replenished with gas by Tuesday. Refers to Maui gas reserves and to Donna Awatere Huata who is fighting for her job as ACT MP after being accused of mishandling finances in the Pipi Foundation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0031546

Description: Depicts a man wearing a crown and red robe trimmed in ermine lifting the lid on a drum full of fracking fluid. Refers to news that Royal Dutch Shell and its partners are going to spend up to $NZ200 million drilling for natural gas in the Great South Basin off the Taranaki coast. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1981

From: New Zealand National Party: [Political pamphlets, fliers and election propaganda. 1980-1981]

Reference: Eph-B-NZ-NATIONAL-1981-03-front

Description: Front cover of a political pamphlet issued prior to the 1981 general election, shows a photograph of workers in hard hats operating drilling machinery on a land-based oil field. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 295 x 212 mm.

Date: 2012

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022344

Description: The first version shows Stewart Island with text reading 'WRECKIURA ... it's a gas, gas, gas...', 'licensed to drill' over it. The second version shows New Zealand sniffing a bad smell coming from 'down below' on Stewart Island and includes text 'GAStro-enteritissssssss'. The third version is like the second but has text 'GAStric problems'. Context: 'Wreckiura' is a play on 'Rakiura', a place name on Stewart Island. Refers to lack of formal public consultation before permission was given to begin drilling in search of oil on Stewart Island. The cartoonist wrires 'Exploration consent is for oil and gas,but they are drilling for gas this time!' Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023123

Description: Shows Stewart Island with oil spewing out of Rakiura. The text reads 'Wreckiura spOIL exploration. The second version lacks the word 'exploration'. Context: 'Wreckiura' is a play on 'Rakiura', a place name on Stewart Island. Refers to lack of formal public consultation before permission was given to begin drilling in search of oil on Stewart Island. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).