New Zealand. Royal Commission to Inquire into the Crash on Mount Erebus, Antarctica, of a DC10 Aircraft operated by Air New Zealand Ltd

Date: 1981 - 1982

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

Reference: A-360-001/020

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 20 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1980 - 1981

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

Reference: A-359-343/359

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 17 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-026

Description: Shows Bob Owens, Chairman of Air New Zealand, rowing a rubber dinghy in a marsh during duck-shooting season. A duck-shooter aims at a duck that represents 'Air New Zealand' regarding it as a 'sitting target' while Owens complains that the duck is a 'protected species'. Context: The Colker Commission was an investigation which produced a damning indictment of Air New Zealand following the Erebus disaster. Bob Owens was the Chairman of Air New Zealand. The shooting season traditionally started on the first Saturday in May. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

Date: 15 Jun 1988

From: Macalister Mazengarb 75th Anniversary Oral History Project.

By: Macalister, Alister Fitzgerald, 1922-2017

Reference: OHInt-0203/01

Description: Alister Macalister was born in Wellington in 1922. Describes how his mother's paternal grandfather, James Edward Fitzgerald, became Superintendent of Canterbury and her maternal grandfather, Isaac Earl Featherston, was Agent-General for New Zealand in London, Superintendent of Wellington and an MP. Talks about the family's Wadestown home. Describes his father Sir Robert Lachlan Macalister, a mayor of Wellington, who went into partnership in Macalister Mazengarb with E.P. (Ernest) Hay after World War I. Gives a brief history of the firm formed in 1912 by J.S. Barton. Discusses his mother, Katherine Macalister (nee Fitzgerald), and his parents enjoyment of travel and reading. Recalls family friend Dr Elizabeth Gunn. Talks about his education at Wellesley College. Comments that his father drifted into politics through the Wellington Beautifying Society. Describes his own interest in the Wellington Harbour Board and Lambton Harbour Redevelopment Project. Talks about becoming a law clerk. Describes attending law lectures before and after work. Lists some of the students and describes aspects of their social life. Comments on the system of studying law while being employed. Recalls the law clerks from Macalister Mazengarb who went to World War II including B.M. (Brian) Madden, D.R. (Ross) Scrymgeour, W.T. (Bill) Fitzgerald, A.J. (Alf) Mazengarb, E.L. (Red) Pocock, F.L. (Frank) Parkin and L.G. (Les) Rose. Notes that several of these men were killed or wounded. Describes his own war-time activity in the Navy, in a submarine in the North Sea. Recalls completing his law degree in 1946 and becoming a junior solicitor. Comments on office etiquette and discipline. Recalls the women on the staff. Describes the different style and skills of O.C. Mazengarb and E.P. Hay. Discusses the firm's specialisation in accident or personal injury compensation and workers compensation. Talks about his involvement in cases associated with accidents on the waterfront and marine inquiries. Contends that he has appeared in most marine inquiries since World War II. Gives his views on the Wahine inquiry in which he acted for Captain Gordon Robertson. Discusses his involvement in the inquiry into the DC3 crash in the Kaimai Range in 1963. Recalls acting for Captain Jim Collins in the Erebus Inquiry in 1979. Discusses the skills of Judge Mahon and comments on his statements about Air New Zealand. Recalls the 1981 inquiry into the grounding of the Pacific Charger off Baring Head. Talks at length about the inquiry into the grounding and sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov in 1986. Mentions some of the people he has appeared against including Sir Thaddeus McCarthy, Sir Denis Blundell and Frank O'Flynn. Venue - Wellington : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Macalister's home in Wadestown Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 619.

Date: 3 March 1993 - 03 Mar 1993

By: Cameron, Laurence Alfred, 1922-2005

Reference: OHColl-0246/1

Description: Laurence Alfred Cameron born Canterbury 1922. Talks about his early years in Christchurch, commencing working life with Sims Cooper, Meat Exporters, and joining Gear Meat Co, Petone, after war service, remaining until retirement in 1978. Recalls many statutory and other appointments held, including the Chairmanship of the National Research Advisory Council. Recalls visit to Antarctica in 1978, and his meeting with senior American personnel. Discusses the Mt Erebus Air New Zealand crash in 1979. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Karori Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005769-005771 ; OHLC-005787-005792 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) (3 copies). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1203.

Date: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning air travel. Published in the Auckland Star, 1978 - 1988].

Reference: A-333-055

Description: The cartoon is in four parts and shows a man, on board an aeroplane, sinking lower and lower into his seat as the captain makes an announcement. Refers to the Mahon report on the Air New Zealand plane crash at Mount Erebus and to the Colker report on Air New Zealand's financial crisis. Report 'Analysis of factors underlying Air New Zealand's financial crisis and suggested course of action' was published by S.S. Colker and Associates. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 265 x 185mm.

Date: 1982

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: B-128-045

Description: Shows Justice Peter Mahon parachuting from a small plane piloted by the Prime Minister Rob Muldoon, who has a smoking machine gun mounted in the cockpit. Refers to Muldoon's criticism of the Mahon report on the Erebus disaster. Published in the New Zealand listener, 20 February 1982, page 13. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and ballpoint drawing, on sheet 417 x 356 mm. Provenance: Deposited by the cartoonist in 1992.

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-135-734

Description: Shows Morrie Davis grasping his chair in an aeroplane. The cabin is rocking vigorously with turbulence and a voice over the intercom is cautioning the passengers to stay seated and fasten their seat belts. There is an Air New Zealand logo on the headrest and also on his tie. Refers to Muldoon's support of the decision by the board of Air New Zealand to test the findings of the Royal Commission into the Erebus disaster in the High Court. Morrie Davis was the chief executive of Air New Zealand at the time. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone, crayon and white gouache, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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-135-736

Description: Shows an Air New Zealand plane flying with it's cabin door open. Air New Zealand executives, including Morrie Davis, have jumped from the plane and are parachuting down to the ground. Firing at the plane is a rolled up copy of the Mahon Report which looks like a cannon. Extended Title - Air New Zealand Executive Jet Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 455 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1978 - 1981

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: C-132-692/710

Description: Includes cartoons about Labour campaigners' difficulty in finding class image, Talboys' return from ineffective overseas trip, National to spend $1 million on advertising, very large bed for all MPs at night sittings, which leader should Martians be taken to?, the 1978 election race, National mechanics tinkering with the economy, David Lange and Jonathan Hunt trying to share a seat, a flood sweeps away parliament buildings, WCC Parks and Reserves personnel picks up litter from "Workers Unite" rally, Duncan McIntyre and opponent juggle hot potato while election train hurtles along tracks towards them, boring endless TV political broadcasts, Air New Zealand and the report on the Antarctic Mt Erebus crash. Includes image at location C-132-709.5 Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Quantity: 20 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1981

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022076

Description: Shows a duck with the head of Air New Zealand boss Morrie Davis being shot at by several different duckshooters - the shooters represent 'financial problems', 'Commission of Inquiry' and 'overseas competition'. Context: Air New Zealand was under a lot of fire from all sources after the Erebus disaster. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2018-2019

By: New Zealand Antarctic Society

Reference: OHColl-1616

Description: 14 interviews commissioned by the New Zealand Antarctic Society about the Mount Erebus disaster. Interviews conducted by Jacqui Foley and Pip Oldham between 2018 and 2019. The interviewees were Keith Woodford, Roy Arbon, Edward Robinson, Daryll Thomson, Hugh Logan, Leo Slattery, Ray Goldring, Eric Saggers, Colin Monteath, Tony Taylor, Harry Keys, Colin Fink, Rex Hendry, and Nigel Roberts. The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November 1979 when Air New Zealand flight TE 901 crashed into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. All 237 passengers and 20 crew on board were killed (Source of information: "Mount Erebus disaster". 'Wikipedia', 28 January 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster accessed 8 February 2024). Project received funding from the NZ Lotteries Board Grant. Warning: Some people may find the content in this collection disturbing. Ask staff for details. Hei whakatūpato: Ki ētahi pea, he mōrikarika ngā kōrero i roto i tēnei kohikohinga. Pātai atu ki ngā kaimahi mō ngā mōhiohio anō. Title supplied by Library. Records relating to the Mount Erebus disaster are held at Archives New Zealand. Quantity: 14 Interview(s). 82 Electronic document(s). 56 digital sound recording(s). 38 digital photograph(s). 28 electronic scan(s). 14 printed abstract(s). 1 compact disc(s). 1 digital video disc(s). 1 folder(s). Search dates: 2018 - 2019