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Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons created by Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]
- Date
- 1967 - 1983
- Reference
- A-454-001/999
- Description
Cartoons showing social and political satire in New Zealand, tackling topics such as Holyoake, Muldoon, Kirk, and Lange as political leaders, the 1981 Springbok Tour, unemployment, sport and education, as well as other social phenomena such as weekend trading, petrol rationing with carless days, and the introduction of random breath testing in 1983
Quantity: 999 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink, marker pen and pencil on card; sizes vary
Provenance: Donation: Mrs Phyllis Kennedy, Hamilton, July 2012
Processing information: Not all cartoons within this item box have been described individually. As of November 2022 approximately 217 cartoons have records, please see attached child records for further information.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- 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]
- Format
- 999 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink, marker pen and pencil on card; sizes vary
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Kirk hints at need for $200m
Date: [1972-1974]
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-454-137
Description: Prime Minister Norman Kirk has left a weight on the floor labelled as "$200 million hint" and a taxpayer has hurt his foot on it. A dog thinks "Wow - some hint". A newspaper clipping is pasted to the cartoon with the headline "Kirk hints at need for $200m". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Mixed media, 212 x 250 mm
Deuce!
Date: [ca 1972-1974]
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-454-135
Description: Prime Minister Norman Kirk is sitting in a tennis referee's chair holding some papers, a man who is wearing a top labelled "NZ Lawn Tennis Assoc" is holding a tennis racket up towards Kirk. The caption reads: "Deuce!". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 212 x 250 mm
No use complaining now - we've signed the contract - it's in black and white
Date: [ca 1972-1974]
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-454-132
Description: Prime Minister Norman Kirk sitting in an armchair with a rental contract for a colour television which reads "Colour TV contract $600 per month to provide consoles for the cabinet". He is sitting in front of a colour television. The caption reads: "No use complaining now - we've signed the contract - it's in black and white". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm
The reel-man?
Date: [ca 1972-1974]
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-454-133
Description: Prime Minister Norman Kirk is at the beach in a swimming costume, next to a hose reel. Another man is walking towards the surf holding a bag labelled "World lifesaving congress - S. Africa". The caption "Reel-man?" is pointed at Kirk. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm
We was robbed
Date: [ca 1975?]
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-454-052
Description: Labour MP Colin Moyle holds an 'Election news' newspaper which has the headline "Muldoon promises nuclear energy commission". Moyle says "We was robbed". A photograph of Robert Muldoon is framed on the wall. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm
Coup!
Date: [ca 1967-1983]
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-454-217
Description: Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos if featured in sandals and tunic holding a chalice, labelled "Greece" which has "fizz" rising up from it. He says: "Coup!". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm
Petrol cuts, they say, may be near
Date: [ca 1967-1983]
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-454-216
Description: A man is filling his car up with beer, and the cartoon includes the rhyme "Petrol cuts, they say, may be near; but we know we have nothing to fear; the New Zealand car can travel quite far on a couple of flagons of beer". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm
CR1 and CR2
Date: [ca 1967-1983]
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-454-215
Description: Politician Norman Kirk has a paint brush in his hand and has painted "CR1" and "CR2" on his shoes. The caption says: "10/10 for good footwork". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm
Putting hill back in Garden Place
Date: [ca 1967-1983]
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-454-214
Description: A newspaper clipping is pasted to the cartoon which has the title of "Putting hill back in Garden Place" which relates to Kelvin Langley, a Hamilton Jaycee member who wishes to put a hill back in Garden Place. The cartoon shows a man dressed in Middle Eastern attire standing at a bus stop. There is also a rhyme which reads: "If the hill won't come to Garden Place please don't make a fuss; Like Mohammed, you can go to the mountain - but, of course, you'll take the bus!". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm
Make that consommé for two
Date: [ca 1967-1983]
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-454-213
Description: An unidentified politician has both hands up in the air making peace signs, and he says: "Make that consommé for two". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm