Local transit - New Zealand - Auckland Region

Date: 1989

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[25 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star in September and October, 1989.]

Reference: A-225-258

Description: Cartoon shows a man called Auckland despondently surveying the shattered dream of the Americas Cup on the floor. Behind him, a smiling cherub named "Rapid Transit" taps him on the head and asks if Auckland will now turn its attentions to a solution to its transport problem. Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on card 175 x 260 mm.

Date: 1981

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[17 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star between 1981 and 1982.]

Reference: A-130-088

Description: Cartoon shows Labour Party leader David Lange watering the memorial statue of Auckland's integrated transport system, the notion of which had "died some years ago". His watering can is labelled "Labour's Auckland plan", indicating that Lange and the Labour Party have plans to keep trying to integrate Auckland's public transport system. Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 195 x 278 mm.

Date: 1980

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1980 - 1988].

Reference: A-334-090

Description: A runner with a flag saying Mt Smart Stadium is about to set off. Some derelicts labelled Rapid transit schemes and New town hall, and covered in cobwebs, wish him good luck. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 198 x 277 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1979

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1976 - 1979].

Reference: A-334-075

Description: A chair is knocked over on the floor; a man (Auckland) cries for help, as he grasps the dangling legs of another (suburban rail). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 204 x 272 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1980 - 1988].

Reference: A-334-085

Description: Two men stand drinking in a bar - one holds a newspaper with the headline about slums in Auckland. The other says, 'I wish the news media would give the suburban trains a rest.' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white and pencil on card, 260 x 164 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1983

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1980 - 1988].

Reference: A-334-096

Description: In six frames, a man is shown with piles of reports of plans for the suburban rail system in Auckland. He thinks, 'After years of studying rapid transport systems, I think Auckland's at last found one it can afford.' He takes an axe from a cupboard. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 180 x 227 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1979

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1976 - 1979].

Reference: A-334-077

Description: An Auckland Regional Authority bus driver blows the the end of a smoking rifle, like a gunman in a western. Lying dead is a reindeer harnessed to a sleigh with Father Christmas (retailers) and members of the public looking downcast. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 198 x 277 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1981

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1980 - 1988].

Reference: A-334-083

Description: A man (Auckland) holds his nose as a large amount of exhaust covers him from the exhaust pipe of the Auckland Regional Authority. It refers to the demise of trolley buses in Auckland. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white and pencil on card, 185 x 250 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1981

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Auckland issues. Published in the Auckland star, 1980 - 1988].

Reference: A-334-082

Description: A man reading the newspaper headline about an Auckland City Council competition to rename the Centennial Hall, suggests to his wife, 'How about Rapid Transit System Memorial Hall?' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white and pencil on card, 214 x 280 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 2014

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Metro (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0030283

Description: Shows Len Brown attempting to dig the ground for the proposed rail loop. He says "I'm not sure if it's going to be a Central Rail Loop or a grave...". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0013209

Description: Shows Auckland City Council planners looking over urban transportation plans for a possible second harbour crossing, Mt Albert tunnel and rail. One of them asks if they could only have a expandable transport system that never got congested. In the background through the large paned windows shows the expansive Waitemata Harbour with only one ferry and yacht on it. Refers to the urban transportation problems in Auckland. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024662

Description: 'Lennie the Lame Engine' (Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown) finds that the (Auckland City) rail loop is blocked by 'The Fat Controller' (Minister of Transport, Gerry Brownlee). The efforts of the Auckland City Council to establish a full urban rail transport system, a project especially promoted by the Mayor, was blocked by the reluctance of the Ministry of Transport to commit to it. The cartoon refers to the characters in a popular series of children's books 'Thomas the Tank Engine', which features a 'Fat Controller' resembling the Minister of Transport. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).