Cabinet ministers - New Zealand

Date: 1983

From: Shelton, Lindsay, 1938-: Collection

By: Laurenson, Stanley, active 1935

Reference: MS-Papers-12763

Description: Comprises a typewritten eulogy for Norman Leslie Shelton, written by Stanley Laurenson in September 1983. The eulogy, which contains biographical information spanning Shelton's life, focusing in particular on his political career, was written three years after his passing in July 1980. The typescript has been housed in a manila folder labelled "NORMAN" and includes, interleaved within the eulogy, a photocopied image of Shelton taken from a newspaper article about his role as acting Prime Minister. The title page includes a quote from 'The Arrow and the Song' by H W Longfellow. Biography/history note source: MS-Papers-12763. Title trasncribed from item. Collection of material relating to Norman Leslie Shelton can be found at Library reference MS-Group-00261. Norman Shelton CBE (1905-1980) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and served in Norfolk Island, Egypt and Italy between 1943 and 1946 during World War Two. He was elected as National MP for Rangitikei 1954-1972, and held various ministerial portfolios between 1960 and 1972. Stanley G Laurenson met Norman Shelton in 1926 at the Feilding branch of Hodder and Tolley Ltd where both men worked. They remained lifelong friends. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Lindsay Shelton, the donor, is Norman Leslie Shelton's son.

Date: 11 February 1972

From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: C-179-178

Description: The caption reads ""We can only hope that Mr Thomson's adaptability is such that he is able to assimilate his new portfolio and act in a flexible manner" - Mr Skinner". Skinner is seen as a cat labelled "Tomcat". Skinner and John Marshall watch as David Thompson, depicted as a dog and labelled "Thom terrier", sniffs at a skeleton labelled "Bones of industrial harmony". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 380 x 490 mm.

Date: 1 March 2008

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-021

Description: Shows Minister of Health David Cunliffe as a dragon slaying knight. He is on a bended knee in front of his Queen Helen Clark. Clark reads her staff list and realises he is her only dragon slayer while the rest of her MPs are court fools. Refers to the way in which Cunliffe has controlled the Health portfolio. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 01 Mar A26 polcartoon 105mm x 143mm To PageMasters(GNZHARTPIX) [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and felt-tip pen on paper, 285x190 mm

Date: 3 February 1956

From: Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]

Reference: C-171-108

Description: Depicts the National government cabinet as a group of women having tea and cake in a domestic setting. Prime Minister Sid Holland is knitting 'policy' while other Cabinet Ministers (all dressed as women) are sitting in arm chairs, drinking tea, eating cake and knitting. One Minister, probably Minister of Education Ronald Algie, is serving tea. Two babies are crying, one baby is called 'Overseas Surpluses' and the other (who is being held by Minister of Finance Jack Watts) is called 'Local Manufacture'. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - All Girls Together [in pencil]; Recto - bottom right - Minhinnick [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, about 395 x 500 mm

Date: 2008 - 2009

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-163

Description: Shows National Member of Parliament and Minister of Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett trying to call Prime Minister John Key on a tin can telephone. There is no one at the other end of the phone line. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 1506A10CARTOON 157.2 x 129.5 mm Pls correct & send to MediaGrid, GNZHARTPIX [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Date: 1912

Reference: 1/2-029363-F

Description: Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2014

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

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0031594

Description: Shows the new National government Cabinet members, John Key and unidentified others, as cavemen facing a battle with issues, depicted as giant horrible creatures advancing towards them, as they walk down a canyon that leads to 'Prosperity 2015'. The issues are characterised thus: 'Debt' as a bat, the 'Resource Management Act' as an insect, 'Housing' as an octopus, and 'Child poverty' as a giant crying baby. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029539

Description: Shows Judith Collins in a desert. Refers to Collins no longer holding a Cabinet Minister portfolio in the National Government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029534

Description: Shows John Key with David Seymour (ACT Party) and Peter Dunne (United Future) asking them to toss a coin to decide their government support roles. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029530

Description: An unidentified secretary tells The Politician that the "Prime Minister has decided some ministers and their portfolios are in need of a makeover". The Politician is not one of them - The Prime minister has decided "You're in need of a complete body replacement." Refers to the reshuffle of ministers and portfolios by the Prime Minister, John Key, after the September 2014 General Election - a notable 'body replacement' being that of the former Minister of Justice, Judith Collins. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029649

Description: Shows Judith Collins as a crushed car. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0030655

Description: Depicts a man advising Prime Minister Helen Clark that the can of spray she holds might "make Cabinet bloom", but he's not sure "it's designed for dried arrangements". Refers to AgResearch scientists working on a spray to control when a plant flowers, and to the Labour government Cabinet. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1975

By: New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: Eph-C-NZ-LABOUR-1975-04

Description: Election tabloid paper, issued prior to the 1975 general election, shows a head and shoulders portrait of Labour leader Bill Rowling at the top of the front page in a red banner. The text discusses all the issues of interest to voters. The back page shows a head and shoulders portrait of Labour leader Bill Rowling at the top of the page, and smaller photographs of him interacting with colleagues and the public. Along the lower edge are head and shoulders portraits of Labour Cabinet ministers. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on newsprint tabloid, folded to 435 x 290 mm.

Date: 2 November 2007

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

By: Ekers, Paul, 1961-

Reference: DCDL-0036635

Description: Digital cartoons by Paul Ekers on political and social issues in New Zealand. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 5 May 2015

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

Reference: DCDL-0031350

Description: Cartoon is in two frames. The top frame shows MP Judith Collins standing beside the Cabinet table demanding her "seat back". In the bottom frame, Prime Minister John Key is shown wearing a fool's cap and clothing in a seat reserved for the fool; a camera lens is pointing at him. Key tells Collins that she is welcome back in Cabinet because he is "tired of keeping [her seat] warm". Refers to Collins' resignation from Cabinet in 2014. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [between 1920-1966]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05483-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 2016

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-; Unity Books Ltd

Reference: EPHDL-0354

Description: Digital invitation to a book launch is illustrated with a cartoon by Sharon Murdoch. John Key addresses five of his Cabinet (Paula Bennett, Bill English, Steven Joyce, Gerry Brownlee, Judith Collins), all eager to go to the book launch. He says: "Oh, whatever - go if you must". Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2014

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029454

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister tells Max that he's worried he may be lost status in the government reshuffle after the election; or he could be "given a position of real power". Max says the latter option is "a worrying time for all of us!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029483

Description: Shows Max and Ms Direct discussing the minister's new portfolio as an opportunity for him to "broaden his experience" in "mucking up". Refers to the National government Cabinet reshuffle post the 2014 General Election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 30 Sep 1992

By: Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; Richardson, Kenneth Lionel, 1932-

Reference: OHColl-1167-01

Description: Interview with Kenneth Lionel Richardson who was born in Liverpool, England on 18 June 1932. Discusses family background and childhood, including evacuation to Wales during World War II. Mentions initial employment in the hospitality industry followed by a period in the British Army and the Royal Auxilliary Airforce before emigration to New Zealand in 1958. Talks about extensive career as a public servant in the New Zealand Parliamentary system, serving five prime ministers as a private secretary or as principal private secretary before leaving in 1990 to become official secretary to Governor General Dame Catherine Tizard. He retired in 1993. Recalls initial employment with Treasury before his move to the Immigration Division of the Department of Labour and his secondment to the Hague, Holland until 1973. Mentions the 1973 Immigration Policy Review. Talks about working as private secretary for Ministers of: Labour, Immigration, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Overseas Trade in both Labour and National administrations. Discusses positions from 1984 to 1990 as Private Secretary, eventually Principal Private Secretary, in the Prime Ministers Department. Provides insight into the working lives of politicians, prime ministers, parliamentary processes, changes in communications media, and into significant changes in government administration. Sponsored by - Project commmissioned by Oral History Centre, Alexander Turnbull Library Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Accompanying material - Copies of newspaper articles accompany interview Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-10357 - OHC-10363 Abstract: OHA-3513 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.