Highet, David Allan, 1913-1992

Date: 1980

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning New Zealand politics. Published in the Auckland Star, September - December 1980.]

Reference: A-330-025

Description: The cartoon shows Robert Muldoon in traditional Chinese garments. He is sitting down to a meal. A Chinese man brings Muldoon a message from a land far far away, regarding New Zealand politics. Refers to New Zealand politics while the Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, was away in China. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 270 x 200mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: [1975-1980]

From: Hill, Irene Faye, 1923-2014: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7872-6

Description: Inward and outward correspondence, clippings and other material relating to Hill's interest in preventing damage to the dendroglyphs on the Chatham Islands Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1959

By: Thomson, Edgar, active 1959; Wellington Savage Club Inc

Reference: B-148-073

Description: Shows portrait of Alan Highet's head, wearing headband, huia feather, and backed by crossed taiaha. Stages of his life are sketched in a horseshoe shape in the lower half. Medallions consisting mainly of New Zealand Breweries and James Buchanan & Co Scotch whisky bottle caps, are placed at each corner. Signatures of many members cover most available space. Quantity: 1 photograph(s) of certificate.. Physical Description: Photograph, 455 x 272 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1976-1977

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: 87-208-113

Description: Mainly inward correspondence reflecting Fleming's increasing involvement in conservation issues. Includes letters to politicians relating to the endangered kokako, birds on Hen Island and damage being done in the Waikanae Estuary area. Some of the letters congratulate him on receiving a knighthood and relate to his retirement from the DSIR. Letters are selectively indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1983

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to notable buildings in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDINGS-Wellington-1983-01

Description: Programme and order of proceedings for the opening ceremony for the building adjacent to the Wellington Town Hall. Speakers and performers included Ngati Poneke welcome party, mayor Sir Michael Fowler, the Minister of Local Governmen the Honourable Allan Highet, pianist Rae de Lisle, His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Governor General Sir David Beattie, presenter Sharon Crosbie, director of ceremonies Phillip O'Shea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, 297 x 210 mm.

Date: 1983

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-136-166

Description: Shows Wanganui rugby team and Lions preparing to play a match in Wanganui. The players are on strike 'until they get $20 a week play increase'. The Lions coach is telling his players that the New Zealand Minister of Sport can't give a play increase because of the wage and price 'freeze' but he will give players a book of Golden Kiwi tickets instead. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and letratone on watercolour paper. 322 x 450 mm.

Date: 1976-1977

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: 87-208-114

Description: Mainly inward correspondence reflecting Fleming's increasing involvement in conservation issues. Includes a letter thanking him for having been on the Board of the National Art Gallery, Museum and War Memorial, a letter about the possible purchase of Maud Island and a report by J A Miller `A summary of takahe research'. Some of the letters congratulate him on receiving a knighthood and relate to his retirement from the DSIR. Letters are selectively indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1977 - 1990

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-364-102/131

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 30 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1981

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

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

Reference: B-135-753

Description: There are two scenes in this cartoon. The upper scene shows three men dashing off to see the top athletes perform. The lower scene shows a big crowd gathered together in one place to watch the athletes i.e. on TV in the pub. Extended Title - Many of "the rest of N.Z." agree and are all most eager to see the stars - as long as they can see them all in one place Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 455 x 320 mm.

Date: ca 1949-1972

From: New Zealand National Party :Photographs of National Party activities and personalities

By: Royle, Greig Gordon, 1913-2005

Reference: PAColl-4532

Description: Portrait of Keith Holyoake by Greig Royle ca 1950s; group portrait of the National Government Cabinet in 1972 (captioned); photograph of the Wellington Combined Ball at the Town Hall on August 5th 1950 taken from the gallery looking down on the party-goers and towards the Billy Kyle band on the stage with a "Freedom" banner behind them; and another ball at the Town Hall taken from the same angle. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1977]

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]

By: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003; Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: A-454-315

Description: A much smaller New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon is having his height marked against the wall by a much taller Minister of Internal Affairs David Allan Highet. Muldoon is asking “What’s my height, Highet?” as Highet places an economics book on his head to make the mark. According to the marks on the wall Muldoon’s height is increasing each year. A dog looks on thinking “It’s puns like this that make life bearable”. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 245 x 210 mm

Date: 1982

From: Music Federation of New Zealand: [Music programmes 1972-1992]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-MFNZ-1982-2

Description: Includes Music Federation of New Zealand. Wales Bank School Music Contest. National final contest. Awards to be presented by the Hon D A Highet. Concert Chamber, 8 August [1982]. Programme, and flyer Includes programmes for concerts by: Medici Quartet. Compositions by Haydn, Tippett, Dvorak (2 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation: Napier, Eastern Southland) Medici Quartet. Compositions by Haydn, Mozart, Maxwell Davies, Beethoven (3 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation: Wanganui, Hawkes Bay, Wellington) Medici Quartet. Compositions by Haydn, Britten, Beethoven (2 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation: Nelson, Manawatu) Stoika Milanova, violin, with Maurice Till, piano. Programme (2 copies) Pleyel Piano Quartet. Compositions by Mozart, Bethoven, Dvorak (7 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation: Hawkes Bay, Wanganui, MFNZ itself, Manawatu, Nelson, 2 for Wellington Chamber Music Society) Music Federation Nelson Inc proudly presents Miha Pogacnik in a solo recital (violin). Nelson School of Music, 1 July 1982. Programme Pro Musica. (2 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation of New Zealand (MFNZ itself and Motueka) Schola Musica of the NZSO, with soloist Sharon Joy Vogan. Compositions by Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Torelli, Anthony Ritchie, Holst (8 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation: Tauranga, Rotorua, Wanganui, Hamilton, Whangarei, Manawatu, Hawkes Bay, and MFNZ itself) Maurice Till. (Compositions by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Chloe Moon, Liszt). (5 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation: Napier, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Whangarei, Nelson) Trio di Milano. Compositions by Haydn, Brahms, Beethoven (2 copies) Trio di Milano. Compositions by Haydn, Ravel, Brahms (2 copies, with inside cover relating to Wellington Chamber Music Society) Trio di Milano. Compositions by Haydn, Dvorak, Brahms (2 copies, each with inside cover relating to different branches of the Music Federation: Auckland, Hawkes Bay) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size Provenance: One item donated by Donald Maurice, Wellington, in 2015.

Date: 1972, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984-1985, 1988

From: O'Dea, Patrick Jerad, 1918-2010: Collection relating to royal visits, public service, and racing

By: P H Jauncey Studios; Spencer Digby Studios; Woolf, Ronald D, 1930-1987

Reference: PAColl-10554-1

Description: Comprises: - four formal photographs of the members of the New Zealand Racing Authority, including Sir Patrick O'Dea, one by Ronald Woolf for Spencer Digby Studios, two by P H Jauncey Studios, and one by an unknown photographer, taken in 1972, 1977, 1979, and 1982. The members' names are printed on the mounts. Includes a photograph of the inaugural meeting of the New Zealand Racing Authority in 1972. - Photographs of Sir Patrick's horse 'Kapelle Lady', some taken by Photo Press Ltd; two are in a presentation folder from the Egmont Racing Club and two are in a folder from the Wanganui Jockey Club. - A photograph of Sir Patrick with four other people and three greyhounds on a podium, captioned "Wellington Greyhound Racing Club (Inc) - Hutt Park Raceway, 2.1.88 Class 2" Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 15 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 16 photographs of various sizes, three mounted on board, and two in board folders. Processing information: The photograph from the Wellington Greyhound Racing Club was originally framed and has been deframed by a conservator to facilitate storage.

Date: 1974-1977

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-093

Description: Correspondence with Alan Highet, the Minister of Internal Affairs on the funding of the documentary. Also correspondence with Calvin Productions, Missouri, United States over distribution; loose notes on the filming process; addresses of contacts in London; and letters to Brew while she was in London. Includes press cuttings on the film. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, manuscripts, printed matter

Date: 1975-1977

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-094

Description: Correspondence with Alan Highet, Rank Xerox Ciorporation, Irving Brooks Harris, Harold and Jan Williamsof the H B Williams Charitable Trust, Sara Salmon and the Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation. The subject matter is mainly on the funding for the filming and distribution of the documentary. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and manuscripts.

Date: 1984-2004

By: Beaumont, Norman Matheson, 1926-

Reference: MS-Papers-12750

Description: Contains records relating to the establishment of the New Zealand Centre for Photography in 1985, collected by Norman Matheson Beaumont. Includes a report on the proposal for the centre from June 1984 and the deed of trust constituting the centre dated 15 April 1985. Also correspondence relating to the center's establishment between Allan Highet, Minister for the Arts, and Brian Enting. Also, a Photoforum/Wellington newsletter from 1984 (No 19) which includes an article 'The NZ Centre for Photography - A Proposal' by Matheson Beaumont, Brian Brake, and Brian Enting. Beaumont has also collected two newsletters from the New Zealand Centre for Photography from 1990 (numbers 4 and 5) and a flier for "Image New Zealand: The First New Zealand Festival of Photography" presented by the New Zealand Centre for Photographer and The University of Canterbury. There is a Manuscripts and Archives backfile for this collection. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, typescript Provenance: Louise Beaumont is Matheson Beaumont's daughter.

Date: 1976

From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11624-018

Description: Comprises inwards correspondence dated 1976. Some letters are undated. Names selectively indexed. Includes letters from Elizabeth S of New Plymouth, Pauline B of Auckland, and Montse [?] of Auckland. Includes signed agreement with University of Auckland for publication of 'Spells For Coming Out', and a Auckland University Press Committee readers report. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-165

Description: Photographs relating to the lives of prominent New Zealanders, arranged alphabetically from GM to I, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1972

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

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

Reference: B-134-330

Description: This cartoon features Prime Minister Marshall, Minister of Foreign Affairs Holyoake and Minister of Internal Affairs Highet. They are walking along a corridor looking very ill. Two officials are watching them and one comments to the other with the words that form the title of this cartoon. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 317 x 396 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1984

From: Ireland, Kevin, 1933- : Papers

Reference: 94-180-3/12

Description: Outward correspondence; most recipients identified and entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).