Explosives

Date: 1997

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

Reference: H-418-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. The Auckland Blues win Super-12 game. As Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark soar in the opinion polls Jim Bolger considers a sex-change. Tim Shadbolt becomes deputy leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Tuku Morgan is accused of seeking a fee for an exclusive interview with the media. Public opinion on Tuku Morgan's behaviour. Maori bashing continues over Tuku Morgan, as Maori hit themselves and ask why he just doesn't resign. Maori occupy land in Waiouru during winter as temperatures hit a low. They are protesting against the wild horse mustering? Winston Peter's accepts Tuku Morgan's apology and assumes the moral high ground. International study shows kiwi kids poor at maths but good at bullying. Bob Jones suggests that the Beehive be dynamited. A look at genetic makeup in terms of race. Comment on teacher inaction over bullying in school play grounds. Jim Bolger comments on a meeting between National Party and New Zealand First MPs held in his home. Buyer beware - used car importers rip people off. Comment on what iwi-based Treaty settlements mean to many Maori. The International Rugby Board (IRB) threatens to clamp down on New Zealand style rugby. The law forbids the rich and the poor from living in shoddy housing that leads to unneccesary fires and death. School leaving age kept at 16. Winston Peters finds himself on a high-wire with pressures all around him like, 'fiscal restraint', 'Maori hopes', 'social spending' and 'NZ First's last chance'. Winston Peters goes off to Hong Kong leaving Jim Bolger and Bill Birch defending the budget. Winston Peters at the handover of Hong Kong to China, continues to warn about the Asian take over. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2002

Reference: H-668-021/037

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Democracy Zimbabwe style, reactions to the news that Tau Henare is returning to politics, WINZ gives new hope to struggling artists, aftermath of the twin towers attack in New York, ACC reinstate lump sum payments for sexual abuse victims, Labour Government buy Maori votes through Moari TV funding, modern day Robin Hood and Little John - robbing the poor to give to the rich, levels of public concern over the leadership battle within the Alliance party, Helen Clark prepares for her meeting with George W Bush, Police ineffective at curbing Gang involvement in drugs, Alliance Party alikened to a Palestinian suicide bomber, the rich meet to discuss the plight of the poor, ex-MP's travel perks, Jim Anderton about to jump out of the Alliance waka, Helen Clark trys to convince Peter, her husband, to learn golf so he can play with George Bush, Marian Hobbs as an avenging angel tells commercial radio what to play, the uneven stand-off between Israel and Palestine. Quantity: 17 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 1960

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-137-163

Description: Shows two fishermen sitting in a dinghy. They have used some gelignite to try and catch fish but instead the water around the boat is full of divers floating on their backs with their goggles, flippers and tummies above the water. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon on card, 560 x 380mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1982

From: [Posters of around A3 size about safety, and prevention of accidents. ca 1980-1999]

By: New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Hasselberg, Peter Douglas, 1925-; New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-1982-01

Description: Shows an illustration of a stick of gelignite and two boxes of detonators. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Acquired in March 1983.

Date: 1980 - 1989

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-1980/1999

Description: Includes: 1980s? Green Cross for Safety. Hands need thumbs [1980s?] Green Cross for Safety. Stop, think, walk. Safety makes sense [1980s?] (2 copies) 1980: New Zealand Department of Labour. Fumes; an invisible killer. Protect and ventilate. [1980?] 1981: Accident Compensation Corporation. You can't hit a man wearing glasses [1981] (2 copies) New Zealand Department of Health. Avoid back injury lifting. Wrong. Right. Avoid twisting back when lifting. Always lift with a straight back. Health 4856. P D Hasselberg, Government Printer Wellington New Zealand, 1981. 1982: Deteriorated explosives can be dangerous. Never leave explosives unsecured. Never keep deteriorated explosives. Never bury explosives. Never leave explosives where children have access to them. ... Department of Labour. P D Hasselberg, Government Printer, Wellington New Zealand, 1982. ED3/P76/5,000/82D. 1983: New Zealand Department of Labour. Chief Inspector of Explosives. Detonators are dangerous ... P D Hasselberg, Government Printer, Wellington New Zealand, 1983. 1984: Accident Compensation Corporation. Ride like the wind, or gently stepping .. proud on your prancing mount. But don't let pride come before a fall. Wear a protective helmet and ride safely [1984] (2 copies) Accident Compensation Corporation. What about the walkers? A little thought can save a hell of a lot of pain [1984] 1986: Airforce Safety Office. Danger; do not carry dangerous goods in your baggage or on your person as examples below ... Consult air movements for further details. V R Ward, Government Printer Wellington New Zealand, 1986. 1989: Department of Health. Electroplating and your health. Protective gear. 1989. Code 4524. 1996: Motor Trade Association. Warning signs - safety yellow; Mandatory signs - safety blue; Prohibition - safety red; Safe condition - safety green; General signs - dark blue; Hazardous chemicls - orange ... [1996] Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to around 500 mm.

Date: [ca 1967-1968]

From: Harvey, Michael Alexander, 1940- :Transparencies relating to Harvey's service during the Vietnam War of 1961-1975

Reference: PA12-11095

Description: Transparencies (slides) relating to Michael Alexander Harvey's service during the Vietnam War of 1961-1975 taken between 1967-1968 by unidentified photographers. Slides include images of soldiers, explosions, helicopters, landscapes, rocks, fields and Vietnamese children. The images include crouching soldiers firing guns, and soldiers setting explosives and lighting fuses. Some slides have captions which include: 'WP smoke'; 'pit on Pinnaroo'; 'Chinook dropping in exsplosives' [SIC]; 'dust off after mine' and 'Westmoreland' (which perhaps includes the American General William Westmoreland). Arrangement: Slides have been kept in the same order as supplied by Harvey. Dates on the slides appear to be when they were developed. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 13 Dec 1997

From: Welsh Society of Wellington Oral History Project

By: Hughes, David, 1926-2006

Reference: OHInt-0728/09

Description: David Hughes born Bath, Somerset, 1926- . Describes parents' Welsh background, various family moves, education in England, commencing first job as a toolmaker in 1942 and joining the Army in 1944. Recalls making turrets for bombers until he entered the Army. Recalls first Regiment being the 5th Regiment based at Tenby, later changing name to 6th Field Regiment. Discusses Regiment's move from Germany to Italy in 1946 and going to Egypt en route to Palestine by troop ship 1946/1947. Mentions the Balfour Declaration. Recalls joining New Zealand Army and arriving in late 1956 on a paid passage on immigrant ship `Captain Cook'. Outlines Army postings, being commissioned and posted to the Wellington area in charge of Trentham-Belmont as Ammunition technical officer. Recalls posting in 1967-1968 to Vietnam for one year. Refers to his medals and retiring at rank of Major. Explains how the war influenced the course of his life. After retirement continued to work as office manager and credit controller with AWA, a wireless firm in Wellington and recalls a call from New Zealand Police with offer of a job with explosives. Backgrounds involvement with the Welsh Society, joining in 1979. Refers to Gwyn Owen, president and meetings at Wakefield House on the Terrace. Discusses Welsh Society Competitions. Describes learning the Welsh language. Refers to John Wilkins. Talks of his wife, Irene Hughes' country of Estonia. Mentions the Gymanfa Ganu and his role in the 1994 Gymanfa Ganu held in Wellington. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Linda Bevan Smith Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011907-011908 ; OHLC-005967-005968 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.08 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4097.

Date: 1996 - 2010 - 2000

By: Pringle, Michael James, 1962-; New Zealand. Environmental Risk Management Authority; New Zealand. Ministry for the Environment

Reference: Eph-D-ENVIRONMENT-2000s-02

Description: Poster issued by ERMA and the Ministry for the Environment shows an image of an orange tin drum with small images of flammable substances, chemicals, petrol, etc. The HSNO Act was passed in 1996, and amended in 2010. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2016.

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-044

Description: Photographs relating to crime, arranged alphabetically from BO to DR, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Includes photographs related to the 'Mr Asia' drug syndicate Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1993

From: Ellison, Anthony 1966- :Sunday Star cartoons. 21 February - 21 March 1993

Reference: H-120-003

Description: Shows Winston Peters setting the time on an alarm clock, which is wired to 2 bundles of explosives. Peters is demanding that Bolger tell him the exact date and time. Refers to the view of Peters as a timebomb for the National Party and to his own refusal to commit himself to a date for announcing his political future Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Paynter, Bill 1949- :The Independent cartoons. 14 May - 9 July 1993

Reference: H-077-002

Description: Shows 2 men watching Winston Peters coming through a door marked "Alliance", carrying a mallet and a box of TNT. Refers to speculation that Peters may join the Alliance following his resignation from National Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Otago Daily Times; Editorial cartoons. 8 May - 3 June 1993

Reference: H-115-017

Description: Shows Winston Peters with a detonator attached by a long wire to the BNZ building. The detonator explodes, hurling Peters into the air, while the BNZ building remains untouched. Refers to the results of the inquiry into the BNZ, instigated at Peters' insistence Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1992

From: Walker, Malcolm 1950- :Cartoons entered in the 1992 Qantas Media Awards

Reference: A-296-156

Description: Shows two people, identified as small investors, their heads burnt by a stick of dynamite, labelled BNZ, that one of them is holding. Refers to allegations of shady dealing by the Bank of New Zealand. Another copy at H-024-003 Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1914 - 1916

From: Rule, A, fl 1914-1916 :[Cartoons relating to the European War, 1914-16]

Reference: A-224-013

Description: Ink sketch shows three soldiers talking in a trench. Two wear helmets. The centre one is without a helmet. Two gesticulate as they talk animatedly about their subject. A blimp is flying in the sky in the distance. Extended Title - Published in: Shell Shocks... London: Jarrold [1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 250 x 248 mm.

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0025356

Description: Shows two men in discussion in a bar, continues: "Bloody place is full of people who went in with good ideas that came to nothing!", then they comment that is why they celebrate "the only guy to go into parliament with a great idea and not chicken out", "Guy Fawkes". Cartoon appeared on Guy Fawkes day and refers to the plot against the British parliament. More specific context refers to Prime Minister John Key's change of tack around the so-called 'brain drain' to Australia, with Key seemingly changing his mind and now labelling it a 'brain exchange'. See Stuff, 7 October 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0020477

Description: Cartoon shows a man carrying a bomb that looks like a souvenir kiwi. Context: An explosives handler frustrated with the bureaucracy for moving dangerous goods tried to sneak a potentially catastrophic amount of explosives on to an inter-island ferry. The man was taking the explosive- a mix of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil - to help control avalanches at Mt Hutt ski-field. He worked part time for a business specialising in avalanche control. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0002025

Description: The image shows what looks like a great gun barrel reaching down from the sky. It shoots out a large white cannon ball that falls on top of a pile of similar balls. Each ball bears the name of a place which has suffered a terrorist attack. Refers to places which have been targeted by terrorists. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-221

Description: Shows a farmer taking dynamite out of a box and throwing it at a monster emerging from a UFO. A police man looking at his notes is confirming that there are hazardous substances and new organisms. Extended Title - Right, these are hazardous substances & that's a new organism. Have a nice day. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1906

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 9

Reference: PAColl-6181-55

Description: Men unloading powderkegs and crates of explosives from a boat onto the wharf at Kaiwharahwara in 1906. Taken by unidentified photographer. Note on bottom of original print reads: Unloading powder. Old Kaiwharawhara wharf. Note on back of original print reads: Unloading explosives. Kaiwarra Wharf. 1906 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 230x141mm

Date: 1985

From: Various artists :Collection of photocopies, newspaper clippings and bromides of cartoons by Bromhead (A-314-1), Brockie (A-314-2) and J. C. Hill (A-314-3).

Reference: A-314-2-002

Description: Shows David Lange and Ronald Reagan arm wrestling. Lange is looking very concerned as Reagan has his other hand on an explosive detonator (Trade sanctions). Refers to relations between New Zealand and the United States. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.