Rugby football commissioners

Date: 2002

Reference: H-668-001/020

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Whanau benefits in Maori TV funding and jobs, Helen Clark advises Australia to stay out of New Zealand politics, the stranding of the tanker Jody F Millennium off the Coast of Gisborne, air-sprayed 'painted apple moth' toxin seen as a possibility for dealing with Palmerston North gangs, Government spending prioroties questioned, Judges private use of lap-top computers called into question after pornography accessing case, Helen Clark and Peter Davis come to terms with royal protocol, the Queen arrives in NZ and is greeted by the Deputy Prime Minister, comparrisons of Royal and Vice Regal visits including the beleaguered Australian Govenor General, 2002 Rich List and the increasing poverty of the ordinary man, the Government considers new road tax on motorists, ex-MP's and their spouses travel perks, The Queen and Duke meet Australian PM Howard and Govenor General, Governments spending priorities questioned, large amount of new road tax to fund Auckland roading development, Alliance Party in self destruction mode, the unlikely prospect of Bill English becoming Prime Minister, Helen Clark wonders whether the Governments policies have given the unions too much strength, ease of securing money for social activities if you call them a 'hui', NZ Rugby Football Union loses co-host status for World Cup and it's associated revenue. Quantity: 20 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 2001

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

Reference: H-673-068/089

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Comment about a biased referee during the Wellington vs Canterbury Ranfurly Shield match. Jenny Shipley threatens to deal ruthlessly with anyone in her caucus who plots against her. All Black selectors search for new talent in war zones. All Black coach looks to recruit referee Steve Walsh for the next All Black tour as he has shown he can single handedly alter the course of a game. Michael Cullen gifts Helen Clark and Jim Anderton the National Airline, Air New Zealand. Osama bin Laden speaks from the security of the Afghanistan mountain cave. Jenny Shipley steps down from National Party leadership, Bill English is nervous about what this means for him. Helen Clark's big moment - she is about to speak to the President of the United States but she's in bed, and he makes the toll call collect. Gary Toomy is paid out by taxpayer money to leave the Air New Zealand Board. The public try and understand why the Muslim world hasn't retaliated against bin Laden for causing the deaths of over 300 Pakistanis in the twin towers attack. President Bush tries to reassure the American public following the Sept. 11 attacks. Damage is assesses in Kabul following a series of wars, the last attacks being from the United States led forces. Comment on the daily and new dangers facing United States representatives. The Pentagon announces they are now dropping more food into Afghanistan than they are blowing up. Comment on the world wide fear of anthrax. Shows the Lions team, winners of the 2000 rugby tournament are in 2001 the pussycats of the competition. Rod Donald stands up to Jim Anderton on their reasons for choosing GE as their bottom-line issue when considering whether to support the coalition or not. Shows the political double-talk and deals being made over the growing refugee crisis. Shows that military force is no respecter of any religion. Shows Auckland Mayor, John Banks walking on water. Shows the hit and miss nature of American airstrikes in Afghanistan where innocent targets are frequently hit by accident. Wayne Mason's song 'Nature Enter Me' wins best NZ song at the same time NZ is divided over Genetic Engineering. Shows everyday genetic engineering in action when an unattractive but wealthy man asks a young and attractive woman to have children with him. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1977

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

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-288

Description: This cartoon features two scenes of the All Black coaches planning tactics at Carisbrooke. They are in the dark watching a film which shows, firstly, the attacking moves, and secondly, the escape plan in the All Blacks loose Sport Lodge Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 305 x 324 mm

Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-674-088/107

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. John Davy, the man at the centre of the fraudulent CEO appointment to the Maori Television Service explains his bogus qualifications were created by a Canadian witness protection programme. Jim Anderton on the eve of taking an oath of allegiance to his fourth political party, Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition Party. Jim Anderton rides two horses (Alliance and Progressive Coalition Parties) like Ben Hur. He says he doesn't like the view from his position. Helen Clark who is standing underneath him admits she doesn't like the view from where she stands either. Jim Anderton runs across a crumbling bridge (credibility). Hurricanes fans can't bear to talk about their team but can't stop talking about them either. It is revealed to Bill English that his boxing opponent for the youth suicide charity bout is Jenny Shipley. Council rubbish collectors remember that there are always a lot of discarded televisions at this time of year when the Hurricanes are defeated in the Super Twelve competitions. A customs officer interviews a man suspected of carrying ecstasy in his underpants. The public and private thoughts of Jim Anderton and Laila Harre as the rift grows within the Alliance Party. Shows the government as a three-legged table being propped up by a pile of rickety books (Alliance Party). Tribute to All Black Jeff Wilson who has retired from All Blacks rugby. The All Blacks are hit with a hard draw in the rugby world cup. Bill English knocks out members of his staff who deliver any bad news about poll results. Michael Cullen is about to deliver the next budget as some are only just recovering from his 2001 budget. Jeanette Fitsimons puts forward the Green Party's point of view on the release of GE organisms into the environment. Helen Clark says the country already has a point of view and it's hers. The Crusaders rugby team defeat the Brumbies. Comment on the ultimatums being used around the world. Particularly India and Pakistan threatening nuclear war and Helen Clark and Jeanette Fitzsimons debate over the release of GE organisms into the environment. Pakistan and India are convinced of God being on their side as they wheel out their nuclear weapons. Palestinian bombers warn Israel they are now targeting 18-month old babies for their part in the 1967 annexation of Palestinian lands. Russian gets a seat at the NATO Council. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1908

By: Esquilant, William Charles, 1866-1952

Reference: PA7-58-04

Description: Group portrait of the delegates taken in the Dunedin studio of William Esquilant in 1908. Back row - R Takle (Dunedin), P A Cornish (Hawkes Bay), R H McLeod (Southland), A H Crawley (Otago), H G Mayer (Wellington). Middle row - D M Adams (Southland), D G Anderson (Secretary), J J Roberts (Chairman NZFA), H J Duncan (Otago), H McKeowen (Wellington), P L Davies (Canterbury). Front row - C W Carncross (Taranaki), W D Ramsay (Canterbury). Inscriptions: Mount verso - above image - Title; Mount verso - beneath image - Names of those in photograph Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.2 x 28.5 cm on mount 40 x 45.5 cm

Date: 23, 24 May 1983 - 23 May 1983

From: NZOHA Customs Department Oral History Project Part I

By: Findlay, Cecil Stanley, 1891-1989

Reference: OHInt-0096/03

Description: Cecil Stanley Findlay born Dunedin 1891, 4th child of William Findlay. Outlines family background and describes childhood in Otago. Describes swaggers, remittance men and some of the Chinese men who frequented parent's hotel. Recalls his arrival in Napier where he worked for Henry Williams and Son Ltd, the biggest hardware and building materials firm on the East Coast - they also owned the Bolton Foundry engineering shop and a plumbing business. Talks about Napier. Describes the old route of the Tuteakuri River which was reclaimed. Mentions World War I (1914-1918) and explains how he was one of the first to volunteer with friend Charlie Collins when the notice of declaration of war was declared but was turned down as medically unfit. Discusses his career as a customs agent which continued until retirement in 1978. Describes requirements for the job concerning tariffs and regulations and gives details of a typical day's work. Explains New Zealand Customs Agent's Licence. Collectors of customs mentioned include: William Rose (1915); Willy Ruffle (1928); Jim Nichol (1935); W Thomas (1935); Henry Foster (1946?); Jim Letcher (1951); Arthur Richards (1955); Frank `Bob' Howell (1960); Claude Collar (1964); Jim Rout (1968); Dennis Flower (1983); George Lindsay; Johnny Johnsten; Pat Gunson; Bill Johnson; Doug Neilson; John Hardy; Ross Russell; Bunny Unsworth; Jean Urqhart; Gwen Cullen; Pam ?Brasley; W Bowen and P Fitzgerald. Also mentions Brooke-Taylor. Talks about changes in customs and recalls the large amount of work after the Depression. Other agents mentioned include: Williams & Gray, F G Smith & Co. and Barry Brothers. Also describes the perks, bribes, inspections and disputes. Recalls his interest in football, playing for the Union football club, Dunedin and the 1905 All Black tour to Britain - played until 1914 and has been in administration since. Describes the disputed try against Wales which is still being disputed. Recalls being treasurer during the financial crisis in 1920's. Mentions Rugby Union Creditors: Daily Telegraph; Hawkes Bay Herald; and Jimmy Ross, tobacconist. Refers to Springbok tour. Recalls the great jubilation when New Zealand was proclaimed a Dominion (1907) and seeing Duke of York during his visit to Dunedin. Recalls first flight in aeroplane. Describes Napier earthquake and how it affected him. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000582-000584, OHC-000586-000588 Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1511.

Date: 1970 - 1981

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-086/110

Description: Includes: Three images of a British Lion (as an animal) in rugby gear, showing him winning, losing, and drawing [his match against New Zealand]; a long-haired protester with board declaring "No Black Watch No Tour!" (1973); Footballers with wings and football jerseys in Heaven (1973); Footballers having nightmares about onfield violence; the power of the All Blacks against the Lions (1977); the violence of Fijian footballers; family members playing football together (1978); Rugby officials raising money for the Heart Foundation (1978); double booking of events in Athletic Park (1979); the Sin Bin and rugby violence (1979); Visiting French rubgy team abandon wine for beer (1979); the violence of sports crowds fighting for tickets; the Rugby Union gives the churches, the government and the people the fingers about the proposed tour (1980); the Tour at any cost; rugby players raise the flag on the hill of the taxpayers (1980); armed forces will keep order at the tour using $2 million - will it come from gate takings? (1981?); the tour as a rugby ball-cum-bomb being lit with a match (1981); the government as a toothless dog confronting the toothed Rugby Union (1981); biting on the field (1981); announcement of the "teams" for and against the tour - the Antis are led by Trevor Richards (1981); hotel linen blackened by dirty South African rugby players (1981); barbed wire to keep the Springboks off the field (1981); the devastatingly divisive social effect of mentioning the tour at parties (1981); New Zealand as a hospital patient overexcited by the visit of Danie Craven (1981). 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). Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 530 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1986 - 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-135/161

Description: Includes: Andy Haden (All Black captain) invited on "Lion NZ" voyages, brings the whole team (1986); All Blacks reluctant to learn First Aid (1986); Wellington team depleted by members going off on South African tour (1986); Maori All-Blacks hear, see and speak no evil about violent enforcement of apartheid in South Africa (1986); The Laughing Cavaliers (1986); Farmers going as spectators to South Africa (1986); All Black's furtive use of an manhole to go to South Africa (1986); Dominique Prieur (French saboteur) smuggled out under an All Black jersey (1986); another laughing cavalier - he who laughs last (1986); incredulity that the Rebel tourists accepted cash (1986); Welsh rugby hooligans upset air flight (1987); South African horse kicked out of New Zealand - used as wooden horse to smuggle rugby players to South Africa (1987); rugby players make Basin Reserve into a rugby field (1988); eating fruit gives players the runs, to Port-a-loos (1989); French ready to be "eaten raw" by All Blacks (1989); Alex Wyllie departs for Wales with a book on how to speak Welsh (1989); violence and injuries against Welsh players (1989); All Blacks arrive to beat up Welsh pub-goer (1989); All Blacks won't be relaxing in Ireland (1989); UK scouts try to tempt rugby players to join rugby league, with promises of money (1990); All Blacks were made an offer they couldn't refuse (1990); South African integration (1991); Apartheid is dead! (1991); Maori language Board oversees a haka on the field (1991); New Zealand referee bashed by French players (1991); African warriors chase All Blacks from South Africa (1992); towering Springbok on steroids (1992); All Blacks "break in" the Springboks for the Australian rugby team (Wallabies) (1992). Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 27 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 530 mm.

Date: 1982 - 1985

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-111/134

Description: Includes: Charles Dempsey to negotiate product endorsement for the NZ Soccer team (1982); rugby club to train to music (1982); Maori dig up football pitch to make a hangi, and tie up Clive Norling (1982); high-spiritedness turns to violence against the Lions on the field (1983); a rugby player knocks out other players using boxing gloves (1983); a rugby player wears blinkers on his way to South Africa (1983); drunken louts at Athletic Park worry Rugby Union (1983); outrage that a rugby player turns to soccer (1984); sponsors' logo (Adidas, Laser) on rugby boots (1984); David Lange sweats as he uses a spanner on the unexploded bomb of The Tour (1984); blinkered Rugby Union official Ces Blazey on the flight to South Africa (1985); member of the public agrees with HART's John Minto that the Rugby Union is gutless (1985); player denies all knowledge of the tour even as he packs to go on it ((1985); girls want to play rugby too (1985); policemen squashed between a rugby torer and a protester (1985); The Tour - to be or not to be? (1985); the tour causes an explosion which makes A--US warship to think it should stick around (1985); a Wooden Horse left by John Minto, waits outside Athletic Park (1985); the Wooden Horse was a secret printing press making bogus rugby programmes (1985); a rumour that John Minto is the Rugby Union patron (1985); rugby players leave New Zealand disguised as Golden Oldie supporters (1985); malfunction in the rocket blasting off to take the rugby team to South Africa (1985); rugby players are smuggled out in the National Band's grand piano (1985); rugby player prays his relief that he was not on the tour because of a state of emergency in South Africa. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 24 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 530 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 2002

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DX-003-051

Description: Shows the land mass of both Australia and New Zealand. Australia is taken up entirely by a clear rugby field. New Zealand has a goal post at either end of the country with corporate bill-boards cluttering all the free space in between. Extended Title - Intn'l Rugby Union. Australian Rules Rugby... Telstra. Vodaphone. Canon. NMI. NZI. Tower. Shell. BNZ. Telecom. BP. Subaru. Toyota. ANZ. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: DX-011-005

Description: Shows NZ and Australian ANZAC's walking arm in arm from a war memorial. In a nearby rubbish bin are two newspaper headlines of recent developments in the souring of cross-Tasman relationships. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

From: Crimp, Daryl, 1958-:[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post and other newspapers]

Reference: DX-012-003

Description: Shows a newspaper headline of the IRB (International Rugby Board) slamming New Zealand's behaviour in negotiations to co-host the World Rugby Cup with Australia. The World Cup stands on a pedestal with an Australian hat resting on top of it. The NZRFU (NZ Rugby Football Union) represented by a kiwi stands with its beak in the corner wearing a dunce hat. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: 2002

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DX-017-022

Description: Shows the NZRFU as an asteroid heading for a collision with the provincial unions. The NZRFU thought they had got off fairly lightly after their first meeting with the provincial unions. Other Titles - The Provincial Unions. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: April 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177090-F

Description: Group photograph of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union Council, taken by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 3.1 x 5 inches (cut down from 4 x 5 inch negative)