Vultures

Date: 1998 - 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-539-063/086

Description: General Pinochet complains about not being allowed to travel freely. Comment on the Minister of Defence's policy. Opposition Leader, Helen Clark, tells the public about National's intended defence spending. New Zealand's energy resources are put up for sale. Vultures gather around National's leader, Jenny Shipley. Jenny Shipley celebrates her first year as leader of the National Party. Boris Yeltsin reassures Russians he is still alive and running the country even though he is on an intravenous drip of Vodka. Finance Minister, Bill Birch in a pool after his attempt in the NZ Economic Free Fall Competitions. Jenny Shipley passes his togs, which he forgot to put on. Comment on the commercialisation of professional cricket. The House Judiciary Committee sit in judgement over President Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal. New ACC law allows victims the right to sue. Paul East quits politics to take up a cushy post for Foreign Affairs in London. Leaked conversations of Gilbert Myles. US military are relaxed about Iraqi missiles aimed at US Republicans. Jenny Shipley visits Bill Clinton. The world tryys to understand why Serbian security forces commit such terrible atrocitities. The Serbians say 'Because they can' Rachel Hunter and Jerry Hall discuss why they got rid of their rock star husbands. Pam Corkery quits politics. Bill Clinton tells the nation about the state of his relations with his wife Hillary following the Lewinsky allegations. The International Olympic Committee get 1st, 2nd and 3rd for Corruption, Greed and Arrogance. Monica Lewinsky is called to Washington for a high-level debriefing. The Government's response to people's needs following the storms in Northland. Sweetwaters festival leaves a mountain of unpaid debtors. Jenny Shipley advocates her favoured MMP option. Quantity: 24 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-296

Description: Cattle on broad plain, two men on horseback on path. A dead bullock has vultures attacking it in the foreground and there are further vultures in the sky Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white 180 x 260 mm

Date: 1970 - 1968 - 1980

By: Binney, Donald Hall, 1940-2012; Taylor, Rupert Alister Halls, 1943-2019

Reference: C-117-082

Description: Vulture or condor flying over a seascape with a window and a door, in Oaxaca State, Mexico. Reproduction of an oil painting. Location of original painting unknown, but possibly in the collection of the publisher. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 456 x 343 mm on sheet 495 x 440 mm.

Date: 1981

From: Wrathall, Bill, 1931-1995 :[Editorial cartoons 1973-1991]

Reference: A-289-057

Description: Shows four vultures examining the dowves of peace which they have picked to the boen, leaving only the head and an olive branch. The vultures have the faces of the Ayatollah Khomeini, Colonel Ghadaffi, Yasser Arafat and [possibly] Hosni Mubarek. Extended Title - New Zealand truth Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 235 x 370 mm.

Date: 1979

By: Paynter, William, 1949-

Reference: B-147-083

Description: Shows a nest holding a monstrous baby bird (a vulture named Superannuation), being fed by a very small bird ("Tax payer") sitting on the vulture's beak. Refers to the fact that the tax payer and wage-earner will need to support an ever-growing number of superannuitants. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 492 x 348 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-061-1

Description: A study of a vulture-like bird Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 115 x 90 mm

Date: 1986 - 1987

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923-:Eight cartoons mostly published by the Dominion [late 1980s?].

Reference: A-290-066

Description: Cartoon shows two vultures perched hungrily on a sign in the water marking the place where the ship 'Mikhael Lermontov" has sunk. In pencil at lower right: "Rejected". This cartoon was not used by the Dominion. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 250 x 330 mm, on sheet 330 x 420 mm.

Date: 1993

From: Hubbard, James, 1949- :Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards

Reference: J-026-025

Description: Shows kiwi lying under an umbrella (Home interest rates) which is shading it from the sun. Perched on a branch is a vulture (Banks) which is eyeing up the kiwi. Refers to an increase in home lending. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1990

From: Garland, Nicholas, 1935- :Illustrations and cartoons by Nicholas Garland, from the Daily Telegraph, London

Reference: A-294-016

Description: Shows the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher crawling through the desert. The shadow of a vulture falls on her feet and the is shaking her fist at the vulture which made it. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Garland Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, image 158 x 280 mm on paper 250 x 360 mm.

Date: 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :The Dominion cartoons 18 November - 14 December 1992

Reference: H-060-009

Description: Shows the ship Akatsuki Maru being descended upon by vultures. Refers to the deadly cargo of plutonium on board the ship Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1977

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning New Zealand politics, published in the Auckland Star, September - December 1977].

Reference: A-328-059

Description: The cartoon shows two vultures on a lamp post talking to eachother. In the background a building can be seen with a sign saying the caucus meeting had been cancelled. Refers to the National party caucus. The vultures may be waiting for Muldoon to throw someone out. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Don't they know it's cruel to tease dumb animals about feeding. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 250 x 180 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1820 - 1830

From: Werner, Jacques Christophe 1798-1856 :Rapaces [birds of prey] Werner del. Lith. de Langlume. [2nd quarter of 19th century]

By: Werner, Jacques Christophe, 1798-1856; Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Langlume, active 1820s-1830s

Reference: E-222-q-001

Description: A vulture seen in profile Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (hand-coloured), 215 x 137 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1823-1837

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-483

Description: Letters collected by Gideon Mantell. Includes a number of letters to Davies Gilbert MP, on minor political and social subjects; also some letters to William Swainson, and other letters on matters ornithological. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1979

From: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :Christmas cartoons, 23 Dec 1971 and 21 Dec 1979

Reference: A-298-079

Description: Shows two men dressed as Santa Claus (N.Z.) looking at a vulture (Strike) in a pear tree. The letters on the pears say; "Seasonal goodwill". Refers to unions threatening industrial action at Christmas. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0005781

Description: Shows Prime Minister, Helen Clark, pushing a supermarket trolley which is laden with shopping and which sports a little flag that says 'Trusty Party'. A swanky car with the 'N' for 'National' emblem on its door drives past and the occupants, one of whom is probably John Key, grin at her. She looks sour and thinks that the trouble is that in New Zealand anyone can be Prime Minister. In the corner of the image sits a vulture on a signpost labelled 'Election'. Refers to the 2008 election race between Labour and National. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0002704

Description: Leader of the National Party, Don Brash, leans in a state of collapse against a copy of Nicky Hager's book, 'The hollow men', which is about National Party politics during Don Brash's leadership and includes material from Don Brash's emails. Don Brash hopes that the book (or maybe the whole affair) has a happy ending. Perched on top of the book are three vultures. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0007482

Description: Prime Minister, Helen Clark, is a vulture who stands with a bone in her mouth on the carcase of an animal that represents 'state funded political parties'. Other vultures circle above. Two hunters watch from a distance and comment that she is like a dog with an old bone and is persistent. Refers to Helen Clark's championing of the Election Finance Act which prevents parties from receiving donations above $10,000 without declaring them. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016219

Description: A pair of vulture parents sit on a branch admiring their unattractive offspring that sits featherless in a nest. One of them says 'When he grows up he wants to be a news reporter like his father!' Context; a sense that reporting of tragic events sometimes crosses the boundaries between good taste and respect for the victims and a prurient curiosity. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011895

Description: A man from the public service watches in fear and amazement as a great grey shadow of a vulture that represents 'pry-vate contractors' swoops around him. Text above reads '250,000 jobs in danger'. Refers to the government's intention to make widespread cuts in the public service in order to save money in the recession. Refers also to the notion that contractors 'prey' on regular workers and workplaces. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005086

Description: The Underzone strip. Shows the grave of Princess Diana on which three vultures stand digging up the dirt. The vultures represent conspiracy theorists, the media and women's magazines. Refers to the prurient curiosity and interest in Princess Diana's death in a car accident. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).