New Zealand. Treasury

New Zealand. Colonial Treasury, Treasury (N.Z.)
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National Provident Fund Building, Wellington

Date: 23 June 1982

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

Reference: EP/1982/2064-F

Description: The National Provident Fund Building, on the corner of Bowen Street (left) and The Terrace (right), Wellington, photographed 23 June 1982 by an Evening Post staff photographer. This building houses the Treasury. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room, Treasury - Photograph taken ...

Date: 4 July 1990

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

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1990/2249-F

Description: Evening Post journalist Joe Lock in basement records room of Treasury, in The National Provident Fund Building, on the corner of Bowen Street (left) and The Terrace (right), Wellington, photographed 4 July 1990 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Original caption reads "Records in the Treasury basement were open to the public scrutiny for at least three days during the past week. The records are three flights down from a door near the main entrance of the 13-storey National Mutual Building at 1 the Terrace, a caller told the Evening Post. There was no visible security when a Post reporter and photographer entered the building at street level yesterday, and walked down the three flights of stairs. Signs indicating 'Treasury records sub-basement' and 'Treasury main records' were on an unlocked door. Access was available to all files stored on shelves. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Financial records of the government of New Zealand, 1841, 1849-1850

Date: 1841 - 1850

By: New Zealand. Treasury

Reference: f-91-121

Description: Financial records of the government of New Zealand includes A statement...Treasury of New Zealand, 1841 and Estimate of the probable expenditure of the Province of New Ulster...1849-1850 (1849). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty-one cartoons published in the Evening Post between 1 and 30 S...

Date: 1998

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

Reference: H-539-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. Shows Boris Yeltsin drunk at the end of a steel girder threatening to jump and take the global economy with him. A Russian gaurd tries to stop him. Winston Peters is happy with the gloomy forecasts for the economy. Comment on the risk to children of TB due to poverty, poor nutrition and other health related problems. New Minister outside of Cabinet, Marie Hasler wants to change the NZ flag to say something like 'NZ for sale as, where is!' Jenny Shipley says it's not quite what they're looking for. National's Bill Birch reassures the NZ public about the world wide economic crisis. Jenny Shipley calls for a confidence vote for National's 'vague and ill-defined policies.' National Party Finance minister, Bill Birch panics about the world economic situation. Jenny Shipley reassures the public National has a calm and sober hand on the economic tiller. The new Minister of Police, Clem Simich promises to raise police morale. A senior police officer asks Simich if he's resigning already. Comment on America's hypocritical rage over the Clinton-Lewinsky affair as they enjoy the lurid details provided by newspapers and the Starr Report. The All Black 7's win gold at the Kuala Lumpa Games. Media speculation on the state of relations between Bill and Hillary Clinton following the Clinton-Lewinsky affair revelations. Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark can't agree on a coalition between National and Labour but they do agree on a nomination for Mike Moore as Head of the World Trade Organisation as a way of getting him out of New Zealand. The Republicans are willing to plunge the world into the worst depression since the 1930's if it means bringing President Clinton down too. Comment on the American Justice System where a mafia boss can claim the fifth amendment and refuse to answer any questions on the grounds that it might incriminate him. But the President of the United States must answer all questions and the have the cross-examinination broadcast on television. Winston Peters comes a poor fourth in the latest leadership polls. Kenneth Starr, Prosecutor in the Clinton-Lewinsky case joins the Presidential Assassin Hall of Fame, his weapon, the Monica Lewinsky tapes. War crimes go unchecked in Kosovo as the world media focus on Bill Clinton's sex life. The Government reconsiders it's plans to deregulate producer boards following a hostile reaction from fruit growers. Jenny Shipley reassures elderly New Zealanders that national super will not be cut but it will be allowed to fall behind the cost of living. Treasury cuts medical care for children under six. Jenny Shipley rationalises why the elderly are carrying a greater share of the economic sacrifice expected of the country. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Eighteen cartoons published in the Evening Post between 1 and 24 Dec...

Date: 1997

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

Reference: H-448-065/082

Description: Political cartoons. Jim Anderton, leader of the Alliance Party outlines their strategy to become a coalition partner with Labour in the next Government. Jenny Shipley is wooed by potential deputies. Extreme weather conditions around the world does little to persuade big business there is any link between industrial pollution and global climate change. Farmers win concession in Taranaki land grab. The Maori MP's sing a tribute to the departing Prime Minister, Jim Bolger. Jenny Shpley is invested as New Zealand's first woman Prime Minister. A talk-fest is held on Global warming in kyoto, Japan. Jenny Shipley is loath to share the credit for the first year of coalition government. Recently promoted front benchers Maurice Williamson and John Luxton speak out on the new right politics. Psychiatric patients are not given the care they need.(repeated from 3/11/97) Jenny Shipley outlines the message of her administration. Allan Bollard is primed to take over Treasury. A worker's Christmas wish is that his factory won't shut down. Comment on the paralells between Rogernomics and Jenny Shipley's economic approach. John Luxton outlines the pros and cons of tariff reduction on New Zealand industries. On one hand thousands will be out of work, and on the other the homeless will have a chance of sleeping in new cars. Paul Holmes and his wife separate, she seeks a settlement. The government is unable to come to grips with the dangerous levels of private sector overseas debt. After years of record profits and stupendous capital gain, Bell Ameritech decide to rid themselves of Telecom. Quantity: 18 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

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Scott, Thomas, 1947- :Political cartoons published in the Evening Post from 1 April 199...

Date: 1998

Reference: H-501-001/021

Description: Shows the race for the rural vote with National in the lead, followed by Act and Labour in the rear. Comment on Paul Holmes seeking to be Mayor of Auckland while retaining his nightly TV show. All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick retires from rugby - a tribute. Shows the tension between Winston Peters and Bill Birch. Shows the only ones winning from the Melbourne docks picket are the lawyers. John Luxton explains why New Zealand should phase out tariffs ahead of the rest of the world. A guy at the pub suggests introducing a work for the cabinet salary scheme would have more effect than a work for the dole scheme. Pol Pot is met in Hell by Hitler and Stalin. Politicians lobby to a near empty hall. The public favour paying for their televised sport rather than pay more on their Broadcasting Licence fee to get free to air sports. Paul Holmes agrees with himself that he would make an outstanding Mayor for Auckland. Helen Clark shows a growing obsession with the National leader, Jenny Shipley. Max Bradford sees the benefits of splitting up ECNZ. A toast to the Northern Ireland peace deal. Graham Latimer calls for Maori to get superannuation at age 50. Winston Peters thinks that informed public servants should not have any say in the debate over splitting ECNZ. Winston Peters tries to reassure New Zealanders they have nothing to fear about the Japanese economy committing hara kiri. Outbreak of crytoporidiosis linked to public swimming pools. Jenny Shipley and Winston Peters wear the defeat over the Government's referendum proposal on Auckland's local body assets. Money considerations guide surgical decisions in New Zealand hospitals. The elderly have the national superannuation surcharge removed. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Sizes vary slightly, the average cartoon frame being approximately 14 x 20 cm.

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Dominion :Tuesday May 31 1994. Treasury wants to sell rare collection. [1994].

Date: 1994

From: [Posters advertising exhibitions, and other events, associated with the Alexander Turnbull Library. 1990-1999]

By: Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-D-TURNBULL-1994-01

Description: An arrangement of text. Refers to the supposed threat to the Alexander Turnbull Library's Rare Books Collection, as a response to the National Library's financial difficulties. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, on sheet 575 x 397 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Margaret Hurst in 1999.

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Wairarapa Community Health Committee - Correspondence file

Date: 1901-1998

From: Griffith, Barbara Stewart Josephine, 1917-1999 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7319-1

Description: Correspondence, submissions, clippings and related material particularly about the health reforms of the 1990s but also about earlier concerns about health matters Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty-one cartoons published in the Evening Post between 3 and 31 M...

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-558-021/041

Description: Political cartoons. Treasury advocates currency union with USA. Lockwoock Smith is put in charge of the Tourism portfolio and left to clean up following the Tourism Board fallout. The battle for the head of the World Trade Organisation continues, New Zealander Mike Moore, is one of the 2 contenders. Drivers face problems and delays as new re-licensing system comes into force. Fire Services boss Roger Estall is advied to quit. Helen Clark launches her election pledge card. Fire Services boss, Roger Estell plunders again in the public relations field. Bill English explains the reason behind selling Contact Energy to overseas investors was to retire overseas debt. Comment on who should pay for using the roads. A Nato representative explains the accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. The National Party cabinet discuss what to do with the budget surpluses. Max Bradford suggests buying back the dams and lowering the price of power. After several coup in Fiji, democracy is starting to grow again. Roger Estall, Fire Service boss, is urged to quit and take a Government pay-out. Bill Birch presents his last budget as National Party finance minister. New Zealand celebrates beating the Australians in cricket. Comment on the closing of mental health institutions and patients being thrown to under resourced commuity health services. New Zealand is like a lamb to the slaughter after opening trade to the world by removing trade barriers, however the rest of the world, particularly the United States is not following our lead. Comment on the All Black coach, John Hart dropping Isitolo Maka from the All Black squad. Max Bradford attempts to justify increased power prices due to electricity reform. Paralells are drawn between the sheep subsidy of the 1980's and the effect of MMP in subsidising new politicians. The Crusaders win the Super 12 tournament. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

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Tremain, Garrick :37 Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times from 16 July to 25 Aug...

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-655-001/037

Description: 37 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. A panda bear sits and swings the five Olympic rings in its paws with Olympic officials commenting on China's successful bid for the Olympic games. Comment on ASH's view of underage smoking - two children walk past a cinema and a man in an alleyway furtively offers to show them pictures of people smoking. Comment on Jim Anderton's aim for a 'Peoples Bank' - Jenny Shipley is portrayed as a bank teller sitting under a signd your breath'. Public cynicism of Michael Cullen's proposed Superannuation scheme. Farmers discussing their lack of confidence in ENZA. Cartoonist's reaction to the disparity between the financial levels of sports peoples and other people when being assessed to be published on the 'rich list'. Comment on the publication that 'kiwi kids' are overweight. A male ironing clothing offers comment on Helen Clark Jenny Shipley Silvia Cartwright Sian Elias and Michelle Boag being in positions of power. Comment by a male sitting down to breakfast that deer velvet being a sex aid is 'bunkum'. Michael Cullen is shown standing next to a poker machine called 'Future Super' indication it is the helath and education monines that the poker machine needs to work on. Comment on the outcome of Max Bradford's electricity reforms. Max Bradford is in an electricial repair shop being told that if the article he brought for repair was not broken before Bradford tried to fix it it is broken now. Helen Clark Parekura Horomia and Michael Cullen presenting their individual position on the issue of Maori TV A schoolteacher chastises Max Bradford for blaming others. Michael Cullen and Helen Clark watch two overweight dogs named Super and Maori TV eating while two thin dogs named Education and Health are straining at their leads for food. A nurse opens the expectant fathers waiting room door to tell Mr Anderton to go home and he will be notified if there is any sign of labour getting serious. Early visitors arrive on the shores of New Zealand with the comment that the natives may regret not having an immigration policy. Christine Rankin wears two very large earings one labled 'winzum' the other 'lose some'. Comment on the news that the right-of-way road rule is to be revised. Jim Anderton Helen Clark and Michael Cullen cling to a life raft identified as Beneficiary Voting Block with two boaties in the background commenting that even the knowledge wave did not loosen their grip. Comment on Helen Clark's support for funding going to the arts. Comment on Laila Harre and holiday shopping Finger pointing from Pete Hodgson and Max Bradford as to who is to blame for the electricity reforms not working/ Rugby fans pay their first visit to Dunedin and pass comment on the wearing of tartan trousers. Shows a bloody battle of Gengis Khan's army. Word is being passed around to forget about the plundering and go for the 'bonus point'. Refers to the NZ cricket teams decision to stop their point scoring run glut against Australia and take the bonus point offered by a technicality. Shows two young school boys discussing public educations failure to teach reading, writing and numeracy. Shows Jim Anderton on the steps of Treasury with water flooding under the front doors and down the steps. Comment on Anderton's attempts to stop the 'leaks' coming from Treasury. Comment on the public boredom over multi-millionaire Steve Fossett's attempts to fly around the world non-stop in a hot-air balloon. Shows Marian Hobbs with a large wind instrument wrapped around her playing 'NZ Music' to a man who represents the NZ public. He has a large flat neck collar on representing the new NZ music quota. The collar prevents him from putting his fingers in his ears should not wish to listen to the music. Shows mother explaining to her crying children that their father is now going to play golf rather than take them sailing. The change is due to their father being agitated by NZ Professional Golfer Grant Waite's performance. Comment on prison staff's industrial 'go-slow' and the opportunities it creates for prisoners to escape. Shows a large area of forestry being felled for the sake of sending 'positive signals' to overseas companies. Shows an elderly couple, justifying to a squad of police officers at their front door, that they are doing all they can in the nationwide drive to save electricity. Shows Marian Hobbs introducing a rock band called 'Marian and the quotas'. Shows Sam Neill at the Jurassic Park 3 movie premiere with an old pre-historic friend. Shows a woman in an art gallery asking if a framed display is a piece of art. The gallery worker assures her it is and explains that it is Creative New Zealand's justification for their travel expenditure. Quantity: 37 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies on sheets 297 x 210 mm.

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Interview with George Hopkinson

Date: 21 Jul 1988

From: Housing Corporation of New Zealand oral history project

By: Hopkinson, George William, 1908-1990

Reference: OHInt-0185/03

Description: George Hopkinson was born in Temuka in 1908. Gives details of his family background. Describes the threshing mill and sawmill business owned and operated by his father. Notes that his family were the local scholars and members of the Presbyterian Church and comments on the Catholic/Protestant division in Temuka. Describes contact with local Maori. Talks about his childhood interests including reading and sport, his milk round and sitting next to Jack Lovelock at school. Describes passing the Public Service Examination and being offered a job in the Land Transfer Office. Discusses transferring to State Advances Corporation in 1937. Describes achieving his LLB and his professional accountants exam. Discusses the Mortgage Corporation name change to State Advances Corporation in 1935 when the Labour Government paid out private shareholders and notes that the Corporation took over the mortgage work of Lands and Survey. Mentions T.N. Smallwood and others. Refers to the first state house in Miramar in 1937. Discusses the relationship between State Advances Corporation and Treasury. Comments on the Royal Commission on State Services. Discusses the impact of World War II on the Corporation and the increase of rural work when the rehabilitation scheme for soldiers began. Describes overseeing a lot of the Porirua state housing. Talks about the grading of applicants by the Housing Allocation Committee. Comments on Ministers of Housing including Bill Fox, Bill Sullivan and John Rae and Prime Ministers Norman Kirk, Sir Keith Holyoake and Sir Walter Nash. Describes time in Invercargill and Nelson as Branch Mananger before returning to Wellington in a variety of jobs culminating in Deputy Managing Director. Venue - Lower Hutt : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Venue - Mr Hopkinson's home in Lower Hutt Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002221; OHC-002222; OHC-002223 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 406.

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Interview with John Martin

Date: 15 Apr, 18, 19 May, 13, 16 Jun 2011 - 15 Apr 2011 - 16 Jun 2011

By: Martin, John Robert, 1936-; Stewart, Jiff, active 1967-2016

Reference: OHColl-0992-01

Description: Interview with John Martin, born 1936 in Wellington. The interview was conducted over five days between 15 April and 16 June 2011. The interview discusses Martin's early childhood and education, time spent abroad in Samoa and London, and his career in Wellington working at the Treasury, the Department of Health, and Victoria University. Abstracted by - Jiff Stewart Interviewer(s) - Jiff Stewart Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 6 Electronic document(s) (Microsoft Word files). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7664. 1 interview(s) over 5 days. 14.54 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Jiff Stewart, Wellington, August 2011 Search dates: 1940 - 2011

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Interview with Michael Reddell

Date: 20 December 2002 - 20 Dec 2002

From: Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project

By: Reddell, Michael, active 1983-1995

Reference: OHInt-0809-05

Description: Discusses joining the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 1983 - mentions completing his honours degree in economics at Victoria University of Wellington, which was sponsored by the Bank. Talks about his entry into the Banking Section of the Economics Department - elaborates on the Department's duties. Discusses the culture of the Bank in 1983 - mentions some of the Bank's leading personalities, Roderick Deane, Peter Nicholl, David Archer, and Dick Wilks. Also mentions Bruce White, Andrew Tweedie, and Robert Muldoon. Describes his main duties during his early years with the Bank - mentions setting the Reserve Asset Ratio (RAR) once a month. Talks about being involved in the Bank's thinking on various topics, including the optimal monetary policy, the fully funding approach, the size of government security tenders, and liquidity management arrangements. Discusses the background to full funding - discusses the relationship between primary liquidity, the monetary aggregates and inflation. Details the currency crisis of mid-1984. Explains the move to a focus on settlement cash balances in 1985. Discusses the dispute with Treasury over the government accounts - mentions John Zoharb, Pat Duignan, Paul Atkinson, and Ian Harrison. Discusses the short run and long run consequences that would have followed the withdrawl of the government accounts from the Bank. Discusses his secondment as Economic Advisor to the Bank of Papua New Guinea from 1985 to 1987 - talks about his interest in Papua New Guinea and the work he did during his time there. Discusses his return to New Zealand and becoming Manager of Monetary Policy. Talks about his involvement in inflation targeting - details a briefing meeting between Roger Douglas and officials from Treasury and the Reserve Bank on the 31st of March, 1988 - mentions Lindsay Knight, Arthur Grimes, Howard Fancy, and Grant Spencer. Talks about the development of economic models and forecasting performace - mentions the first monetary policy statement for which he was the author. Talks about being appointed Manager of Forecasting in late 1991 - discusses his role. Details how the Bank was able to make forecasts after the econometric model proved to be unreliable. Describes the introduction of the Forecasting and Policy System (FPS) and the effect it had on forecasting. Talks about the retirement of Spencer Russell and the appointment of Donald Brash as Governor - discusses some of the initial changes within the Bank. Describes the review and restructuring of the Bank in the early 1990s. Discusses his feelings about the reforms of this time. Mentions his involvement in the staff union. Comments on the resignation of Lindsay Knight and the influence he had on the Bank. Discusses his own work in Zambia as part of an IMF-sponsored position between 1993 and 1995 - details his work as Chief Economic Advisor to the central bank Governor. Talks about his return to New Zealand - comments on the changing mindset of the Reserve Bank at the time. Discusses his appointment as the Manager of Financial Markets Operations and details what this role entailed. Describes his position on the Monetary Policy Committee - discusses how the Committee was run. Details the sequence of events which brought about the Monetary Conditions Index (MCI) - mentions Scott Roger, Donald Brash, David Archer, Arthur Grimes, Grant Spencer, Adrian Orr, David Plank, and Michael Cullen. Discusses the market opposition to the Official Cash Rate (OCR). Discusses the changes which have taken place in the area of the payments system - mentions Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and Continuous Linked Settlement. Discusses how the Bank's culture has changed since the mid-1990s - mentions how the induction of new recruits has changed since he joined the Bank in 1983. Details the main challenges facing the Financial Markets Department in upcoming years - discusses his main achievements in the Bank to date. Interviewer(s) - John Singleton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014820, OHC-014821, OHC-014822 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.54 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5365 - edited transcript. Search dates: 1983 - 2002

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Interview with R. Lindsay Knight

Date: 6 September 2001 - 06 Sep 2001

From: Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project

By: Knight, Reo Lindsay, 1931-2002

Reference: OHInt-0809-03

Description: Assistant Governor and Deputy Governor between 1977 and 1990. Talks about joining the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as an office boy in 1948 before working in the Chief Accountants Department for 4 years. Mentions leaving briefly to become a saleman before returning to work in the Chief Cashier's Department, followed by the Economic Department. Talks about studying accounting, banking, and economics at Victoria University of Wellington. Discusses his appointment as Assistant Chief Economist, then Assistant Chief Cashier. Discusses the then Deputy Governor's establishment of the Economic Department - details the work done by the Department. Discusses the economic policy which dominated Treasury until 1989 - mentions successive Treasury Secretaries' reluctance to give the Bank more power. Explains the role of commercial banks in New Zealand's financial system. Talks about successive Governors Edward Fussell, Gilbert Wilson, and Alan Low. Mentions the contribution made by economists Roderick Deane, Len Bayliss and Bob Familton. Mentions Secretary of Treasury, Henry Lang. Describes his involvement in BOP forecasting, the preparation of OET statistics, and a report on finance companies. Mentions capital issue regulations - recalls own frustration at financial sector controls. Talks about his appointment as Registrar of Overseas Takeovers - talks about Prime Minister Robert Muldoon's approach to this area. Mentions becoming chairman of the Overseas Investment Committee - discusses how he set up the Foreign Investment Committee. Comments on his role in promoting the liberalisation of inward foreign investment policy. Talks about the part he played in organising loans to Peru in 1969. Discusses being seconded to the Board of the World Bank in Washington under Robert Macnamara - details his time there. Discusses his return to New Zealand and appointment as Chief Cashier at the Reserve Bank - talks about becoming a member of the Policy Committee. Discusses the Kirk Government coming into power - talks about the Bank's attempts to free up interest rates - mentions Henry Lang and Alan Low. Discusses the Kirk Government's reation to the oil shock - realls John Cook's involvement in loan negotiations with Saudi Arabia. Discusses own role in the review of exchange rate agreeements. Talks about his three-year secondment in 1979 to Papua New Guinea as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Paua New Guinea. Mentions formation of the Knight-Scott Committee - describes the activities of the Committee - mentions Graham Scott and Spencer Russell. Discusses his impressions of Robert Muldoon - talks about the pre-election crisis, the overvalued exchange rate, and the Bank's involvement in the forward exchange market. Describes Roger Douglas's agenda and the reaction of officials. Discusses his part in implementing policies on new banks. Discusses the problems the DFC and BNZ found themselves in during the 1980s. Refers to the changing balance of power between Treasury and the Bank in the 1980s. Talks about the Reserve Bank of New Zealand 1989 - details the role of the Governor under the Act. Comments on the setbacks experienced by New Zealand in recent years. Interviewer(s) - John Singleton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014816, OHC-014817 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5363. Search dates: 1948 - 2001

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Interview with Graham Scott

Date: 25 May 2004

From: Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project

By: Scott, Graham Cecil, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0809-06

Description: Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury from 1986 to 1993. Talks about his education in Christchurch - mentions Lincoln University. Mentions studying towards his PhD at Duke University. Talks about moving to Washington D.C. for five years to work for the National Planning Association. Talks about joining Treasury in 1980. Refers to his promotion to Assistant Secretary, and then Secretary in 1986. Details his involvement in the Knight-Scott Committee. Talks about the development of the reserves policy after the currency crisis of mid 1984 - mentions the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. Talks about the Governors and Deputy Governors of the Bank during the 1970s and 1980s - mentions Dick Wilks, Lindsay Knight, Roderick Deane, and Spencer Russell. Describes his time on the Board of Directors for the Bank. Discusses how Treasury and the Bank tackled the fiscal policy problem of the early 1990s. Discusses the effects of financial deregulation - details the success of prudential supervision in New Zealand. Talks about Treasury's involvement in the clean up after the DFC and BNZ crises. Describes the role of the Bank in the crises. Discusses the success of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. Interviewer(s) - John Singleton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014823, OHC-014824 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1.50 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5366 - edited transcript. Search dates: 1942 - 2004

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Interview with Winifred Campbell

Date: 28 February 1995 - 28 Feb 1995

From: British assisted immigrants oral history project

By: Campbell, Winifred Mary, 1929-

Reference: OHInt-0817-02

Description: Oral history interview with Winifred Campbell (nee Newman), born 16th June 1929, in Coalville, Leicestershire. Talks about family background. Details schooling. Mentions joining Army in 1947 - details her work at the War Office. Details how she heard about the New Zealand immigration scheme - gives reasons for choosing to emigrate to New Zealand. Mentions emigration process. Describes journey - recalls boat, her cabin, onboard entertainment and the route taken. Describes arrival in Wellington - mentions staying at Trentham Hostel. Talks about accepting a job at Treausury - describes the work she did there. Discusses social life in Wellington. Details her work at the Air Department. Talks about returning to England on a visit - mentions homesickness. Discusses feelings about New Zealand over the years. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Project questionnaire; Interview questions and topics Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014976, OHC-014977 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.19 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5431. Search dates: 1929 - 1995

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[Posters advertising exhibitions, and other events, associated with the Alexander Turnb...

Date: 1990 - 1999

Reference: Eph-D-TURNBULL-1990/1999

Description: Includes: 1990: Histories: Seams of a culture. Objects and images from national and private collections drawn principally from the Alexander Turnbull Library. National Library Gallery, 1 February-14 April 1990. (3 copies). Empire and Desire: Gallipoli 1915. National Library Gallery, 24 April-30 June 1990. Nga Kupu Korero: The people of the treaty speak. National Library Gallery [and on tour] 1990.[Photography Julia Brooke-White] 1992: I'm the Shaddow in the Foreground: An exhibition about the snapshot from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. National Library Gallery, 15 May-11 July 1992. 1994: Dominion, Tuesday May 31 1994: Treasury Wants to sell Rare Collection. 1999: [Advertisement for] The Katherine Mansfield Notebooks: Edited by Margaret Scott, and published by Lincoln University Press and Daphne Brasell Associates Ltd. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 760 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

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Treasury Department rugby football team

Date: 1905

From: Stacey, Mary Sabrina, active 2016 : Stuart, Morgan and Lavin families

By: New Zealand. Treasury

Reference: PAColl-10549-2-08

Description: Group photograph of the Treasury Department rugby football team, probably taken at Athletic Park, Wellington. Note in pencil on ack of mount reads "Treasury vs Lands and Survey played at Athletic Park on 23rd August 1905.[won by 1 point?]". Title supplied byu Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white original photographic print. Mounted with some lettering in pencil on reverse.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Treasury wants university graduates to pay back the cost o...

Date: 1986

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Cartoon bromides for the "Dominion" concerning children, education, broadcasting and health. 1983 - 1991].

Reference: H-306-005

Description: Shows a cheerful but unwashed group of eight scruffily-dressed university graduates, probably unemployed, presenting the Treasury manager with a tin cup containing a banknote or two. Published in the Dominion on 30 July 1986. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide

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Potts, William 1859-1947 :City of Wellington, N.Z. 1885. W. Potts, del. Wanganui; A.D. ...

Date: 1885

By: Potts, William, 1859-1947; Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: C-060-005-b

Description: View of Wellington from Tinakori Hill, with Thorndon in the foreground and Te Aro in the middle distance to the right, Mount Victoria, the harbour and Miramar Peninsula beyond. Frant Road is at the immediate foot of the hill in the foreground, Tinakori Road runs parallel to Grant Road, Hill Street runs off at an angle. Two other copies held at C-060-005 and C-060-005-a. This copy has fold-marks, repairs to tears lower right and lower left, and has been glued to a linen back. It includes MS notes in ink, lower left: 'Specimen to be submitted to the Hon.l Col. Treasurer so that he may say if he considers it of sufficient merit to come up to the expectations made by Mr Willis in his letter Jan 17 1885, as this is the arrangement on which payment was to be made - Mr Willis accepting the ? of ?ing of the cut manner. J. Hunter 5 8 85' Signed: W.P. 1885. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 450 x 594 mm