Ethnic stereotypes

Date: 1918

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1918-2

Description: Includes (numbering continued from Folder 1): 11. Alhambra, Paris. [ca 1918] 12. Application for issue of first class rail tickets at reduced fares for officers in uniform ... Sister McCallum, NZANS Unit. Paddington to Codford. 8 June 1918 13. No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Christmas card 1918 (showing two photographs of the hospital) 14. XV Corps, Xmas 1918. A merry Xmas and a Happy New Year ... from J B McKnight 15. The American peril. [Note on verso: German propaganda from German trenches on the banks of the Canal De Nord, Hindenberg Line, France, 20 Sept 1918] 16. Special Divisional Routine order, by Brigadier-General G N Johnston, CMG, DSO, Commanding New Zealand Division. 9 December 1918. Signed by H E Avery, Lieut-Colonel, Assistant-Adjutant & Quartermaster General 17. Rationing order 1918. Pass containing leave or duty ration book, soldier or sailor. Serial no R1 No. 130453 18. YMCA. If they knocked at YOUR door tonight, would you let them in? Red Triangle publication No. 5. Red Triangle Day, Friday March 15th. 19. 42nd Reinforcements, HMNZT 'Tofua'. W R Taylor, hon sec. Souvenir programme. Concert and presentation of prizes (With C S M Finlayson, P Payne, Rev C H Olds, Mr Warren, Mr Mabee, mr hartman, Lester Cpl Rowe, Sister Affleck, Pvt Reeve, Sergt Goudie, Pvt Mudford, R W Chiswell, Pvt W Anderson, Pvt A Robertson). Accompanied by fragment of address label giving provenance details 20. Mother's Day 1918. American YMCA. Back cover has a portrait sketch of "Fritz; a typical Hun", signed by S.J.K. (likely to be surname Kircher) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources. Donors include Mrs Primrose MacFarlane in 1986, and Mr F T Norton, 1985.

Date: 1974

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; Sports post (Newspaper)

Reference: B-134-521

Description: The top scene of this cartoon features Environment Minister Colin Moyle in Japan in a helicopter watching with interest the harvesting of logs by cable. The bottom scene shows Wellingtonians reaching out to retrieve the Ranfurly Shield which the Wellington rugby team has lost. Published in the Sports Post Extended Title - Right now there is wide interest in log-retrieving systems in Wellington, with one particular log of wood in mind. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 385 x 318 mm

Date: 2001

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

Reference: H-661-001/061

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 61 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 1950 - 1972

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Daily mail (London, England); Evening standard (London, England)

Reference: A-369-188/198

Description: Mainly caricatures and drawings of sporting figures who flourished in the 1940-1950s. Includes cricketers John Goddard, Freddie Brown and "Sonny" Ramadhin, boxer Tommy Farr, runner Roger Bannister, and tennis player Frank Sedgeman. Smaller illustrations are of sporting related events. Quantity: 10 newsclippings.. Physical Description: Newsprint clippings stuck onto black card, sizes vary.

Date: 1950 - 1972

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Daily mail (London, England)

Reference: A-369-199/209

Description: Mainly caricatures and drawings of sporting figures who flourished in the 1940-1950s. Includes soccer players Jack Lee, Neil Franklin and Dennis Compton (also cricket), Welsh rugby player Ken Jones, boxer Don Cockell, jockey Lester Piggott and an unnamed sportsman, Rowe. Smaller illustrations cover material related to rowing and commuting. Quantity: 10 newsclippings.. Physical Description: Newsprint clippings stuck onto black card, sizes vary.

Date: 1955

By: Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; Wellington Savage Club Inc

Reference: B-148-074

Description: Shows a map of Australia and New Zealand, Australia being covered with rabbits, kangaroos, snakes, explorers, dancers and bathing beauties. New Zealand is inhabited by a beer-drinking Maori. Down the left side is an alphabet rhyme with a verse for each letter of the word "AUSTRALIA". The original work was signed by members: Ray Kemp, Bill Sunley, W Pilliet Pringle, G T Mackay, J L Rogers, I A Nicol, {>?} Mclennan?, Robert Carruthers, {>?} Denis, S London, D S Campbell, A A Cooper?, Les Tyler, R R Hayman, Procter, J Stacey, S C Bender? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - L. C. Mitchell Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of ink and pencil drawing, 280 x 374 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1905 - 1915

From: Low, David 1891-1963 :Caricatures and cartoons [ca 1905-1916]

Reference: B-025-001

Description: A poor man glumly watching a second-hand dealer who is saying 'I gif you two bob' and holding up a pair of the man's trousers. The dealer's doorway is visible and bears the sign 'I. Solomon Dealer. Old Clothes Bought.' The cartoon suggests that the dealer is Jewish and not English-born as well as being parsimonious The dealer's name may be imaginary Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 202 x 131 mm

Date: 1961

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

Reference: B-137-404

Description: Cartoon shows a man dozing in an armchair after reading news headlines talkingh about the serious situation in Laos, produce dumping on the United Kingdom market, and New Zealand's actions noted abroad. The lower line of vignettes shows the passion that another man puts into cheering on his racehorse, insisting upon a full glass of beer with no "collar" (froth), and urging his son to a better performance with a football so that he can be an All Black one day. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 203 x 345 mm, on sheet 255 x 380 mm.

Date: 1975

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-134-793

Description: This cartoon is set in the Middle East and there are several oil rigs in the distance. Minister of Agriculture, Colin Moyle, is introducing himself to a sheik who is sitting on a mat outside a tent, beside which a large car is parked. The Arab man misinterprets Mr Moyle's greeting. A few goats are watching. Extended Title - 'Hullo, there! I'm Moyle' 'No,I'M oil - you borrower'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 280 x 406 mm

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951); Listener (Periodical)

Reference: A-369-021/040

Description: A collection of caricatures and drawings, mostly depicting New Zealand sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes rugby All Blacks Billy Wallace and Stan Dean, a player whose surname is Drake and another unnamed. The speedway champions depicted are Harold Fairhurst, Percy Coleman and Rich Tunbridge. Cyclist and speedway manager Gerry Mathieson is also included. An elaborate illustration 'A Night at the Opera' depicts a Wellington performance of Puccini's Madame Butterfly and features singers Leo Piccioli, Aldo, Ferracuti, Mercedes Fortunati and Maria Huder, as well as the stage manager Bruno Nofri. A number of smaller cartoons illustrate various happenings in the sporting arena and daily life. Quantity: 19 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto wallpaper, sizes vary.

Date: 26 Aug 1993

From: Women in science oral history project

By: Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0624/6

Description: Mira Szaszy was born in Waihopo, near Kaitaia, to a Yugoslav father and a Maori mother. Recalls growing up in Te Hapua, moving to Auckland as a teenager and attending Queen Victoria College and Auckland Girls' Grammar. Describes training as a teacher, doing her BA and possibly being the first Maori woman graduate. Describes teaching at Kaikohe High School before getting in to welfare work in the Department of Maori Affairs. Recalls the support of Prime Minister Peter Fraser in getting into a post graduate course in social sciences at the University of Hawaii. Describes returning to New Zealand to work and confronting prejudice as she did not fit the stereotype of a Maori woman. Comments on suspicion of her academic background. Describes difficulties in being appointed to the position of Secretary of the Maori Womens' Welfare League. Recalls becoming a Dame of the British Empire (DBE) in 1990 and becoming a Commissioner of the Waitangi Tribunal Fisheries Commission in 1993. Discusses problems of identity for young Maori. Interviewer(s) - Paula Martin Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s). 1 interview(s). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-3557 forms only.

Date: 1995 - 2009

From: [Ephemera relating to telephones, telephone exchanges and subscribers. 1900- ]

By: Telecom Corporation of New Zealand; Robertson, Brett, active 1990-2000s; Squares, Tony, active 2000s

Reference: Eph-A-TELEPHONE-Cards-2000/2009

Description: Includes: $5 cards: Lake Pukaki South Canterbury New Zealand. Expiry date September 2008; National Bank Talk Away Tertiary Plus $10 cards: World Wide Fund for Nature New Zealand - Tuatara, New Zealand's living fossil going back 225 million years. Photo Brett Robertson; New Zealand holiday - Strawberry sunscreem choc dipped ice-cream, home-made mayonnaise, lunchtime, lazy days; Future champions [child cyclist] $20 cards: Sports series - swimming in New Zealand, photography by Tony Squares; Star Trek, the cold enemy - expiry date 13/06/2007; World Wildlife Fund for Nature New Zealand - Hooker's sea lion; Games for your mobile - "Italian Job" 2006 Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on plastic cards. Physical Description: Photolithographs on plastic cards, 55 x 85 mm.

Date: June-September 2020

By: Kahn, Pia Maria, active 2000-2023

Reference: OHColl-1371

Description: Four oral history interviews with Filipino migrants to Aotearoa New Zealand conducted by interviewer Pia Kahn. The project examines their motivations for emigration, their experiences as new and settled migrants, their happiness, and Filipino cultural identity and community in New Zealand. Interviewees are: Anita Mansell, Anya Del Rosario, Geo Robrigado, and Jesil Cajes. Project received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2019. Title supplied by Library. Market research company Cultural Connections conducted a survey in 2017 with over 600 migrants asking about their levels of happiness. Ratings given by migrants from the Philippines were the highest. This oral history examines the stories of four Filipino migrants in light of the survey findings that Filipino people are the happiest migrants to New Zealand. Quantity: 4 Interview(s). 13 Electronic document(s) digital abstracts, agreement forms, and supporting documents. 12 digital photograph(s). 4 digital sound recording(s). 4 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement forms. 2 folder(s) interviewee biographical information forms, and supporting documents. Search dates: 2020 Processing information: Not all names are indexed.

Date: 2001

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

Reference: H-659-001/030

Description: Suggested increases in Health Taxes Modern Oxymorons (dry wine, rap music, coalition partner, criminal justice, working party, military intelligence) National Party seeks to purge weak and non-performing caucus members An Australian Aborigine points out the irony of Mr Howard's reasons for keeping asylum seekers out of Australia. Helen Clark's hesitation in launching the Kiwi Bank A barfly draws a parallel to his fear of going home with the boat-people seeking refugee status Comment on the new Australian anthem - being surrounded not by sea but by army inflatables...to keep out asylum seekers Jim Anderton supported by Jim Bolger walks the tightrope of getting the Kiwi Bank off the ground, flanked by scepticism and credibility Comment on unnecessary military hardware Jim Bolger's political swerving toward the left over his involvement in the Kiwi Bank noted. An Afghanistan refugee wearing a plane costume seeks asylum, citing the support Australia gave to the Air NZ/Ansett rescue package. Comment on the Australian public's lack of compassion toward the plight of the asylum seekers An Air NZ hostess points out to two pilots that Air NZ Board members are on board, identified with Mickey Mouse hats on. The Statue of Liberty holds her head in pain as smoke from the World Trade Centre twin towers drifts by. Air NZ Hostess points out to public that their life jackets, "muggins the tax payer" is under their seats. Air NZ Pilots note that extra seats have been strapped to the plans wing for Air NZ Board members to keep them away from taxpayers. President George W Bush appoints himself as sheriff to hunt down an indescript wanted person. Aussie barflys brag about selling the airline Ansett to NZ when it was already in a bad way. NZ Defence Force complain that they don't have any spare military equipment to lend to America. Helen Clark offers President Bush a 13-strong anti-aircraft squad in the form of the Air NZ Board. President Bush unconvincingly tries to reassure the American people they have identified Bin Laden as the target and they know where to find him. Air NZ quality control has fallen short. American navy invades the Middle East creating a new type of boat-people in the world Comment on the media packaging and Americanisation of the war against terrorism targeted at Osama Bin Laden The decline in public confidence of Air NZ shares. Comment that Helen Clark may seem more attractive if she was prevented from speaking. George W Bush seeks advice from his daddy, former President Bush. Air NZ flight operations are paralysed by goverment imposed "due diligence" during the public bail-out of the company. Enthusiasm expressed by those running for local body council positions and the public reaction to the them. Quantity: 30 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 1973

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; Sports post (Newspaper)

Reference: B-134-480

Description: This cartoon relates to the oil crisis and features two stereotypical Arab men sitting in a tent. Outside can be seen an oil refinery labelled Mecca (Most Essential Commondity Controlled by Arab states). A stereotypical Japanese man dressed in Arab clothes is bowing to the two Arabs, and one of them is commenting to the other with the words that form the title of this cartoon. Published in the Sports Post. Other Titles - Most Essential Commodity Controlled by Arab States (MECCA) Extended Title - Japanese bow to Arab oil threats. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 400 x 356 mm

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Southern Cross (Newspaper : 1946-1951)

Reference: A-369-072/088

Description: Collection of political cartoons published in The Southern Cross that mainly relating to Sidney Holland and his conservative policies. Some cartoons are specific to the Wellington region; there is reference to a cannon test and the Wellington Baker's Association (president H.E. Fariey). International issues are adressed. This includes an Indonesian police coup and the continuing problems that Britain faced in the aftermath of World War II. There is also an advertisement for the National Savings Bank. Quantity: 13.

Date: 1916

From: Lynch, Frank Guy Ennis, 1895-1967 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the European War. 1916]

Reference: A-224-008

Description: Shows two allied (Anzac) soldiers inside the hut of a sleeping enemy (German ?), while a third allied soldier lights the scene with a torch from outside. One of the two soldiers inside is dangling a sausage over the face of the sleeping enemy, whilst his friend prepares to plunge a bayonet into the German's large stomach. The man outside calls in, advising them to put on a gas-bag before puncturing the stomach. Extended Title - Published in: Shell Shocks... London: Jarrold [1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink sketch, 235 x 315 mm

Date: 2020-2021

By: Chinniah, Abhi, 1992-

Reference: ATL-Group-00785

Description: Material related to two exhibitions by Abhi Chinniah: 'Light Skin Dark Skin' and 'A Migrant's Path'. Includes digital photographs, prints, essays, interviews, emails, and promotional material. 'Light Skin Dark Skin' was shown at Upstairs Gallery and Garnet Station Cafe in Auckland between May and July 2020. 'A Migrant's Path' was shown at The Tuesday Cub and Depot Artspace in Auckland, and ArtsPost Hamilton between June 2021 and January 2022. 'Light Skin Dark Skin' was shown as a separate exhibition at The Tuesday Club at the same time as 'A Migrant's Path' and after this showing Abhi Chinniah decided to combine the exhibitions into one. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 2 digital image(s). 42 digital photograph(s). 3 digital print(s). 7 digital sound recording(s). 39 Electronic document(s) emails, essays, poster, and release forms.. 1 folder(s) printouts. 1 volume(s).

Date: 1914 - 1916

From: [Ephemera relating to patriotism, fundraising for the war effort, during World War I. 1914-1918. Folder 1]

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer (Newspaper); Laidlaw Leeds (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Patriotic-1914-01

Description: A graphic postcard showing a cartoon (possibly by William Blomfield) of a British bulldog in a Navy hat with a Union Jack tied to his tail. He is holding in his jaws a large German sausage. Dated from another "New Zealand observer" postcard, at Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-01 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on postcard 91 x 140 mm.

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to dance parties, social dances, discoes]

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-Social-1950-01

Description: Flier announcing a staff party, reminiscing about the tom toms, evening frocks, pom poms, etc of the previous staff party, shows an illustration of three women Islanders dancing under a palm tree while two men play drums. Dated by perpetual calendar, and known years in which Bill Norris and his Band were performing. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on flier, 225 x 143 mm.