Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand

Date: 1969-1978

By: Coney, Sandra, 1944-

Reference: 98-162

Description: Papers cover mainly the early 1970s and the various women's organisations during this period who campaigned for women's rights and women's issues such as health, abortion rights and legislation, self awareness, sexuality, equal pay issues, sex-roles and stereotyping. The papers include correspondence, various newspaper, magazine and journal articles, information sheets, financial material, newsletters, minutes, cuttings, submissions to government, working papers, reports, flyers and promotional material. Quantity: 13 folder(s). 0.35 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms Coney, May 1998

Date: 1966-1979

By: Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand

Reference: MS-Group-0222

Description: Contains ALRANZ correspondence, minute books, newsletters and submissions. Also contains records of the Remuera Medical Aid Centre and the Auckland Medical Aid Centre, pamphlets produced by pro-choice groups and extensive newspaper clippings files. Source of title - supplied title Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) was formed in 1971. Its aim is the liberalisation of the abortion laws, using official channels. Quantity: 5 box(es). 1 volume(s). 1.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2574

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1970-1990

By: Armstrong, Elizabeth April, active 1970-1990

Reference: MS-Group-0221

Description: These scrapbooks contain papers relating to the abortion issue in Hawke's Bay including correspondence, newspaper clippings, Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand newsletters, press releases, leaflets and petitions and annotated copies of various Parliamentary bills relevant to the abortion debate. Source of title - Supplied April Armstrong has been a long time campaigner for free, legal abortion to be made available to all women. She is active in the Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand in the Hawke's Bay. Quantity: 5 volume(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 08 Oct 1999

From: Women's Studies Association feminist oral history project

By: Abigail, Jill, 1939?-; Hughes, Beryl, 1920-2015; Women's Studies Association (N.Z.)

Reference: OHInt-0556-04

Description: Beryl Hughes was born in Cowbridge, South Wales in 1920. Describes parents, childhood in Scotland, and winning a secondary school scholarship. Describes studying at Glasgow University during World War II's blackouts and bombings. Talks about husband George Hughes, a professor. Describes experiences as a mother, moving to New Zealand, and involvement with Playcentre. Describes becoming a tutor at Victoria University, Wellington when she had four children, juggling paid work and family work, and working as a senior lecturer in the Victoria's History Department for 25 years. Comments on discrimination against women in New Zealand compared with in the United Kingdom. Discusses growth of awareness of feminist issues. Mentions the impact of Phillida Bunkle's arrival at Victoria University. Comments on male and class bias in history. Discusses development of the history of women, children and the working class. Describes the effect of feminism on her professional relationships in the History Department. Discusses involvement with Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) and comments on her mother's views on women's rights. Discusses ALRANZ relationship with the more feminist Women's National Abortion Action Campaign (WONAAC). Explains involvement in the establishment of Victoria Univerity's Women's Studies Department under guidance of Phillida Bunkle. Mentions being the first chair of Board of Women Studies, and presenting guest lectures on medieval women and women in the church. Talks about the first Women's Studies Association Conference in Hamilton. Describes Women's Studies' Beryl Hughes Prize for best essay awarded annually. Reflects on the women's movement currently. Discusses books she has co-authored: "Red brick and blue stockings" on women at Victoria University with Sheila Ahern, and "Women in New Zealand Society" with Phillida Bunkle. Mentions current involvement with Karori Historical Society Journal, retirement, and her concern about employment opportunities for youth. Publication - Twelve years of AWA: the Association of Women Academics of the Victoria University of Wellington, 1987 / Beryl Hughes Interviewer(s) - Jill Abigail Accompanying material - Biographical information form Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 1.35 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2652, OHDL-001001.

Date: 1976-[1990s]

From: Women's National Abortion Action Campaign : Records

Reference: MSI-Papers-12787-2

Description: Folder contains posters promoting Women's National Abortion Action Campaign protests and events. Also includes posters that relate to other organisations. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived at Library in a plastic folder labelled "WONAAC Posters", within a file box labelled "WONAAC". Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 22 pieces. Physical Description: Posters of A4, A3 and A2 size Processing information: Plastic folder not retained.

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-ABORTION-ALRANZ

Description: Contains pro-abortion material. Other related material may be found at subject location BIRTH CONTROL Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-B-ABORTION-ALRANZ

Description: Contains pro-abortion material, circulars and newsletters. Also includes material about: Remuera Abortion Clinic The Repeal petition - which politicians were FOR and which AGAINST Report on national ALRANZ Conference, 4-6 March 1977 Includes typescript extracts regarding the situation in Canada and Britain Other related material may be found at subject location BIRTH CONTROL Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990-1997

From: Women's National Abortion Action Campaign : Records

By: Rotary Club of Wellington (N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Papers-12787-06

Description: Folder contains correspondence received by Women's National Abortion Action Campaign between 1990 and 1997. Includes material relating to abortion services in New Zealand in places such as Invercargill, Gisborne, Palmerston North and Dunedin, and general correspondence. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Arrived at Library in a file box labelled "WONAAC correspondence sorted by decade 1970s-2009". Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[Miscellaneous original cartoons. Published in the Auckland star, 1976 - 1979].

Reference: A-335-019

Description: A witch-looking woman stands on a chair to retrieve an old doctor's bag, from which she blows the dust, while reaching for the 'Back street abortions while-U-wait' sign. This is the period of debate of abortion law reform. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 201 x 256 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1987-1992

From: Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday, 1923-2005 : Papers

Reference: 93-208-01/7

Description: Contains general material relating to the abortion issue. Also contains papers, notes and clippings relating to the 1992 CS&A Act Amendment and WONAAC and ALRANZ handouts. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: n d

From: New Zealand Family Planning Association : Records

Reference: 97-035-15/2

Description: Also includes Report on Commission Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1971-1975

From: Coney, Sandra, 1944-: Papers

Reference: 98-162-1/10

Description: Includes a submission to the South Australian Parliamentary Select Committee, newspaper clippings, correspondence, newsletters, promotional pamphlets, a submission to the Australian National Advisory Committee for International Women's Year (1975) from the Sydney Rape Crisis Centre. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1972

From: Batchelor, Mary Dorothy, 1927-2009 : Papers

Reference: 77-132-01/04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971-1973

From: Coney, Sandra, 1944-: Papers

Reference: 98-162-1/02

Description: Includes various miscellaneous interview and speech notes, `Divore Law Reform Association' newsletters, newsletters and journals for the `Society for Research on Women in New Zealand Inc' (1972), a copy of `Blueprint for New Zealand - an alternative future' by the New Zealand Values Party, Wellington (1972), agendas for the United Women's Convention (1973), information sheets for the `Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Inc', newsletters for `Woman', `National Organisation for Women (Auckland)' and `Speak now or..', various submissions, notes relating to `Discrimination in the N.Z.B.C. - A case against' and various newspaper clippings. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1984-1987

From: Women Against Pornography : Records

Reference: 2004-249-009

Description: Inward and outward correspondence generally relating to women's groups; includes background information about various groups. Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Other Titles - Summit news, from the Wellington Women's Summitby the Running Ragged Collective (Nov 1984) Other Titles - Porirua Community Health Project, newsletter (1 Mar 1985) Other Titles - Women's Studies Assn (NZ) newsletter (v7, n2 Feb 1986) Other Titles - Coalition for Equal Value Pay newsletter (n1 Aug 1986) Other Titles - Womanzone newsletter (Oct 1987) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1969-1974

From: Coney, Sandra, 1944-: Papers

Reference: 98-162-1/07

Description: Includes newspaper clippings, various articles and journals, pamphlets, newsletters, programmes, agendas, reports, financial statements, `Choice' the New Zealand Family Planning Association magazine and correspondence. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1969-1972

From: Coney, Sandra, 1944-: Papers

Reference: 98-162-1/06

Description: Includes various magazine and journal articles, drafts, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, an article by Anne de Lacey Davidson titled a `Perspective on abortion', a report to the Executive Committee AlRANZ from the Political Action Committee, literature lists and correspondence. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 10 May 2019

From: SOS: Stories from the Sisters Overseas Service oral history project

By: Shannon, Diane Elizabeth, 1947-

Reference: OHInt-1581-08

Description: Interview with Diane Shannon by Georgie Craw recorded on 10 May 2019. Topics covered in the interview include: becoming involved in women’s health issues; time as secretary of local branch of Abortion Law Reform Society; speaking about abortion issues at women’s groups; Sydney abortion clinics; living in Chippenham Community; treatment and role of women in society; consciousness raising; starting Women’s Refuge; power of doctors; start of Auckland Medical Abortion Clinic (AMAC); helping women go to Australia for abortions; beginning of Sisters Overseas Service (SOS); travelling to the United States; feminist ideals; becoming a radical lesbian separatist; health promotion and sex education work; working at Polytech and tutoring courses for women; HIV/AIDS; congenital syphilis project; abortion law in New Zealand now; and Women’s Conventions in the 1970s. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 3 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) digital abstract and recording agreement form. 1 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement form. Search dates: 10/05/2019

Date: 1977

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1593

Description: Frames 1 to 3 show a two storeyed wooden building with verandahs all around, on a corner site, street frontage, Inglewood, "Linda Millinery" premises advertised on the corner. In frame 4 there is a direction sign reading: Stratford to Hawera (pointing right) and Waitara to Te Kuiti (pointing left). A man and woman are seated at a table wanting signatures on a petition to repeal the abortion law Their signs read "Sign here to repeal Abortion Law", and "Abortion a democratic right. Petition to repeal abortion law". They are seated in a development site with a large sign "... [Development Ltd. ph 80869. ... Bruce Henderson Keith Scott & Partners". Frames 9 to 12 show a man in overalls standing at a bench with various items of equipment, measuring with a long syringe (?) in a test tube. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film