Thailand - Politics and government

Date: 1962

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-137-536

Description: The cartoon shows three New Zealand soldiers reading the news that New Zealand is to send a force to Thailand. One of them comments that because New Zealand is considered almost a nuisance (because so insignificant) only the most experienced nuiscances are likely to be sent. A sergeant standing nearby looks extremely annoyed. Refers to desire by Thailand of a military guarantee of security from Washington that would hopefully induce the United States to use its power to preserve Laos and Cambodia as non-Communist buffer states on Thailand's borders. In 1962, three RNZAF Bristol freighters with support personnel and 30 Special Air Service personnel were deployed to northeastern Thailand. They joined forces from the United States, Thailand, Australia and the United Kingdom to prepare against a feared invasion of Thailand from across the Laos border. The crisis was resolved before any invasion was launched. At the time, there was an ongoing Southeast Asia Treaty Organization exercise known as Pony Express, which was practicing an insertion of military forces in a notional country to meet an external assault. The combination of the announced possibility of U.S.inter-vention and the existence of SEATO forces prac-tising such a contingency may have impressed the Laotian factions to bring about a coalition. Regional defense organization (1955-77) comprising Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Britain, and the U.S. SEATO was founded as part of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty in order to protect the region from communism. It had no standing forces, but its members engaged in combined military exercises. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon on card, 280 x 310 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1971-1981

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: Eph-B-ROTH-International-Asia

Description: Includes: 1971: Bangladesh Committee. 'Hear the Facts about East Pakistan'. Flier (2 copies) Bangladesh Committee. 'Help Bangla Desh now'. Poster. Bangladesh Committee. 'Why Are There Over 9 Million Refugees In India?' Leaflet (2 copies). Hamilton Bangla Desh Committee. Circular letter asking for signatures for an appeal to NZ Government to assist Bangladesh. 15 October 1971. 'Bangla Desh. An urgent appeal to all concerned about what is happening in East Bengal' leaflet. Wellington Bangladesh Committee. 'India-Pakistan War - Why?' Leaflet (2 copies). 1972: Campaign Against Repression in Indonesia. 'Suharto...Indonesia's blood boss!'. Leaflet (2 copies). CORSO Youth International Committee. 'Youth East Pakistan Appeal'. Leaflet. 1974: University of Singapore Students' Union. Press release, 2 November 1974. 1976: Friends of Thailand and National Overseas Action Committee. Form letter postcard to Prime Minister of Thailand. 1977: Friends of Thailand. Newsletters and leaflets about the vist to New Zealand of Thai civil rights lawyer Thongbai Thongpao. (2 copies of some leaflets). 1979: 'N.Z. Media Ignores Plight of Filipino Detainees'. Leaflet. World Vision. 'Cry Kampuchea'. Leaflet. 1981: Third World Solidarity Committee. 'Patriots Under Sentence Of Death'. Leaflet about political conditions in the Philippines. Undated: 'How Lee Kwan Yew Rules Singapore'. Poster for speaker meeting. 'Lee Kwan Yew's Singapore' Leaflet (2 copies). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript cyclostyled and offset print material, sizes varying up to 330 x 220 mm.

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0008762

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key with egg on his face after having promised to send an Air Force Boeing to Thailand to evacuate New Zealanders caught up in the current unrest. John Key holds up a nespaper that says that he discovered too late that both Boeings were in the United States for maintenance. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0008756

Description: Shows a New Zealand tourist being offered a lift out of Bangkok in an RNZAF Hercules that means he will have a stop-over in Darwin. The man is not happy about this. Refers to the evacuations of visitors to Bangkok because of the unrest there that closed the airports December 2008. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008717

Description: Prime Minister John Key is attached to a parachute and floats from a British Airways plane to the ground in Bangkok for a stopover. John Key is the Minister of Tourism and is irritated that he has to pay a 'bloody flight tax'. Refers to the flight tax that Britain has just added to travel costs and which John Key fears will effect tourism. Also refers to the rioting in Thailand that has caused airports to close. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0014271

Description: Caricature of Vejjajiva Abhisit, Thailand's prime minister, who has at last said that the lower house of parliament would be dissolved in September, paving the way for November polls in a plan to end weeks of protests in which hundreds have been injured and over 20 killed. In a second version he is shown as a garuda with blood dripping from its claws. The garuda is the National Emblem of Thailand, a figure from both Buddhist and Hindu mythology. In Thailand, this figure is used as a symbol of the royal family and authority and is also the emblem of the King of Thailand. Two versions of this caricature are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0011029

Description: Caricature of Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand from 2006 when he replaced Thaksin Shinawatra. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010989

Description: Two couples are visiting together. One of the men tells his friend that he and his wife won't be going to Thailand or Fiji on holiday this year because they are taking a principled stand against corruption. His wife tells her friend that she is thankful for the coups because they allow her husband to save face after having lost his job and thus having become financially stretched. Refers to coups and recessions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0008734

Description: Shows the office of an RNZAF official. He is speaking on the phone and telling his caller that Boeing emergency airlifts need to be booked well in advance. A notice on the wall indicates that both Boeings are in the USA, one for overhaul and the other for deep maintenance. Refers to an incident when PM John Key tried to have a Boeing sent to Bangkok to rescue New Zealanders unable to fly out because of the unrest in Thailand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0008750

Description: A large woman in curlers and nightdress who represents New Zealand sits on a bed and threatens Prime Minister, John Key, who sits on the floor, with a rolling pin for dithering over the Bangkok debacle. Refers to the fact that tourists were stranded in Bangkok when airports closed because of internal fighting. John Key promised assistance that could not be delivered as the planses in question were in the United States being overhauled. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0013908

Description: Caricature of ousted ex-premier Shinawatra Thaksin of Thailand in front of a crowd of tens of thousands of protesters who are pressing ahead with a mass rally in Bangkok, expressing frustration that four days of peaceful protests failed to force Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to call elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0008707

Description: Shows a group of frustrated tourists sitting around at the Bangkok airport waiting to be airlifted out of Thailand as fighting between different political groups trying to control the government takes hold of the country and forces airports to close. One of the tourists thinks there should be one airport that will get them out and another suggests Phuket. A third says that is what he thinks too. Simply a play on the place name Phuket and a common swear word in English, not to be repeated here. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018278

Description: Caricature of Yingluck Shinawatra, the new (and first female) prime minister designate of Thailand. The final result will be known 19 July 2011. Title provided by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).