Persons who are not citizens of the country in which they reside.
The term 'Illegal immigration' is also applied when this heading is used for works on noncitizens who permanently or temporarily relocate across national borders without complying with the legal requirements of the destination country.
For works about persons who have no citizenship, use 'Refugees'.
Date: 1978
From: [Ephemera of around A3 size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees]
By: Amnesty Aroha (Organization)
Reference: Eph-C-IMMIGRATION-1978-02
Description: Poster shows light brown silhouettes of a row of adults and children, on a darker brown background. Poster relates to mainly Polynesian people categorised as overstayers in New Zealand in 1978. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 413 x 288 mm.
Date: 1982
From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.
By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)
Reference: B-186-077
Description: Shows Aussie Malcolm Minister of Immigration with a very large and hairy man who rolls up his sleeve in a threatening way. Nearby is a man representing Western Samoa who stands with a judge representing the 'Privy Council'. Context: The Government again showed their willingness to go for special legislation to deal with with Samoan overstayers despite a legal ruling in their favour. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm
Date: 1993
From: Greenall, Frank, fl 1980-1990s :Cartoons published in The Dominion. Mar 1993/May 1994.
Reference: A-300-065
Description: Two people in Arab dress attempting to come ashore past a customs desk at Otago Heads. May refer to illegal immigration and 'boat people' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 296 x 418 mm
Date: 1982
From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.
By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-186-032
Description: Shows Aussie Malcolm, Minister for Immigration, asking a gorilla who is in the process of destroying private rights to make way for the Clyde dam, to do a similar job for him as a means of dealing with immigration problems. Cartoonist notes - The special legislation for the Clyde dam had overturned private rights. "Aussie" Malcolm, Minister of Immigration, was considering using similar legislation to deal with increasing Pacific Island immigration and overstayers. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm
Date: 2000
From: Hubbard, Jim 1949-:13 original cartoons published variously in the Dominion, Bay of Plenty Times, Hawke's Bay Today, and the Sunday Star Times between 11 August 2000 and 16 June 2001.
Reference: A-350-098
Description: Shows one of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's staff drawing his attention to a large group of people standing at his office door, all wearing New Zealand Olympic jerseys. Refers to Australia accepting New Zealand reassurances that it would monitor its overstayers, but John Howard nevertheless threatened to review Australia's immigration arrangements Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Jim Hubbard; Verso - top right - Dominion + BOP 30/9/00 [in biro] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and marker pen drawing, 230 x 310 mm on sheet 300 x 420 mm
Date: 1976 - 1990
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: H-745-001/022
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international social and political issues. 004, 018 and 020 also published in 'Alternative Medicine', 1992. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromides in varying sizes, some stuck on paper Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Date: 15 November 1976
From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: C-179-210
Description: Skinner, "Public", and a man in a floral shirt, are depicted as children watching television. Another child "Oil co." is facing away from the television and reading a comic. On the screen three wobbly heads balance on "Govt stand", one head is Frank Gill labelled "Overstayer register", one is Rob Muldoon labelled "Oil levy", the third head is labelled "Union legislation". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 385 x 485 mm.
Date: 1980-1999
By: Rosenberg, George, active 1970-1980s
Reference: MS-Group-2182
Description: Collection comprises papers relating to the Special Committee on Overstayers in 1970s-80s and lawyer George Rosenberg's legal papers regarding the Privy Council case he represented on behalf of Falema'i Lesa. Includes correspondence, legal papers, reports, leaflets, newspaper cuttings, ephemera and address list. Source of title - Supplied by Library Accompanying material - Back file contains notes from Field Librarian and background information used for arrangement and description work. In July 1982, Falema'i Lesa, with her barristers George Rosenberg and George Paterson Barton, successfully appealed her visa overstay conviction to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Special Committee on Overstayers was established to find funding for the legal case. The Privy Council ruling stated that all Western Samoans born between 1924 and 1948 were British subjects, and in 1949 they and their descendants had become New Zealand citizens. Subsequently a Protocol to the Treaty of Friendship between the government of New Zealand and the Government of Western Samoa was signed on 21 August 1982, and the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 was passed on 14 September 1982. The Act overturned the Privy Council ruling and granted New Zealand citizenship to all Western Samoan citizens who were in New Zealand on 14 September 1982 or those who arrived in New Zealand as permanent residents after that date. Quantity: 13 folder(s). 0.13 Linear Metres. Provenance: George Rosenberg handed on his files relating to Privy Council case to Ms Masoe when he was leaving for overseas.
Date: 1976
By: Amnesty Aroha (Organization)
Reference: Eph-B-POLYNESIAN-1976-01
Description: Small poster or flier urges a change in the immigration policy to allow workers from the Pacific Islands to stay in New Zealand to culturally enrich the country. The current laws were said to be racist, and the "crime" of overstaying was said to harm any person, property or public order. The upper half of the sheet shows a Polynesian ethnic design. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 335 x 210 mm.
Date: 6 June 1991
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Pigney, Ray, active 1988
Reference: EP/1991/1614
Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "Anna Likio at the family's Waitangirua home surrounded by the luggage they had to leave behind. A family of Tongan overstayers deported from Porirua were forced to leave most of their belongings behind in the rush." Photographed 6 June 1991 by Evening Post staff photographer Ray Pigney. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Date: 1990 - 2002
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)
Reference: A-366-221/269
Description: Cartoons on health, immigration, emigration, industrial relations, employment, crime and Lotto. 242-246 a series on immigration. Quantity: 49 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.
Date: 1998-2011
From: Locke, Keith, 1944- :Collection
Reference: Series-5140
Description: Keith Locke was a Green Party list member of parliament. He was its spokesman on Immigration. The papers relate to his involvement in immigration issues including overstayers and refugees. Also includes papers relating to immigration legislation and papers relating to the assistance given by Locke to individuals seeking help in obtaining entry into New Zealand. Quantity: 29 folder(s). 6 Electronic document(s).
Date: 2008
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007098
Description: A 'GOOD EVANS' cartoon. Shows a darkened room in the depths of the Auckland Museum which is full of archival boxes. A boy walking through comes upon a group of Indian pilgrims hiding in a cavity between boxes. Refers to a group of Indians who came to New Zealand with a large contingent of Catholic pilgrims who were on their way to Sydney to see the Pope in July 2008 but who had got caught up in an immigration scam deriving from India that caused them to believe thay could stay in New Zealand. There was mystery for a few days before the story came to light because the group of thirty had disappeared. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Date: 2009
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0011552
Description: In the first of two frames Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples reprimands Gerard Otimi for selling fake passports to Pacific Islanders for $500. Gerard Otimi responds by charging Pita Sharples with promoting the idea of fake university degress for young Maori with no qualifications. In the second frame Pita Sharples is suddenly struck with the delicious idea of selling fake degrees for $500. He asks Gerard Otimi to nod but not say anything if he thinks this is a good idea. Refers to the selling of fake passports for $500 to Pacific Islanders for which he has been charged with three counts of deception. Pita Sharples recently advocated open entry to university for Maori as a means of improving educational standards for Maori. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Date: 1976
From: Posters and other ephemera relating to Maori issues
By: New Zealand Public Service Association
Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1970s-1-04
Description: Shows a small Māori boy grinning cheerily, superimposed over a background crowded beach scene of pākehā sunbathing. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of periodical. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 380 x 270 mm. Processing information: Description updated 7 December 2023. Previous reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1976-01.
Date: 2008
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007099
Description: A 'GOOD EVANS' cartoon. Shows a woman kneeling before a confessional box in a Catholic church. Nearby is a notice saying 'Catholic Indina pilgrims hiding in NZ'. The voice that comes from the priest's side of the confessional tells the startled woman that to atone for her sins she must bring him a vindaloo with extra rice and naan bread. The voice belongs to one of the missing Indian pilgrims who had got involved in an immigration scam and paid a lot of money on the understanding that they would be able to remain in New Zealand. The would-be immigrants had entered New Zealand with a large group of Indian pilgrims en route to Sydney to see the pope in July 2008. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Date: 2005
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DX-022-266
Description: Shows New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, beating out the words,'Beware of the infidel' on a huge drum. Prime Minister, Helen Clark looks dour as Michael Cullen, Minister of Finance whispers to her that the sooner the election is held the sooner the drumming will stop. Refers to a still not publicised election date and also Winston Peters' making a big issue of immigration and overstayers. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..
Date: 2004
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-005-931
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. On 15th June 2004, questions were raised about the way illegal immigrants were delt with in New Zealand. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, used the case of Iranian man, Saied Ghanbari, who had committed a number of offences and who, although having had a deportation order placed on him in June 2003, was still in the country. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Date: 3 November 1976
From: Various artists :Collection of photocopies, newspaper clippings and bromides of cartoons by Bromhead (A-314-1), Brockie (A-314-2) and J. C. Hill (A-314-3).
By: National Business Review Ltd
Reference: A-314-2-067
Description: The New Zealand Minister of Immigration Frank Gill reprimands a policeman for misunderstanding his advice on who to detain. The policeman is standing beside his police van full of dogs and holding a butterfly net. In April 1976 Frank Gill issued an immigration notice which was displayed in Post Offices and called for visitors who had overstayed their immigration permits to register between 10 April and 30 June 1976, without facing prosecution under the Immigration Amendment Act (1974). Between 1973 and 1979 police raids on overstayers, mostly targeted at Pacific Island peoples, were known as "dawn raids". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 cartoon(s) newspaper clipping.. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping, 165mm x 290 mm. Processing information: Description updated 29 February 2024 following information provided by a staff member/researcher, as part of reparative description work.
Date: 2009
From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]
Reference: DCDL-0011564
Description: John Banks Mayor of Auckland City sits at a desk offering for 'only $500' Auckland supercity passports and residence and membership of John Banks' hapu. When an official from the immigration Service arrives to investigate John Banks tells him that he will stop this activity if the officer comes up with $85 million to upgrade Queen's Wharf before 2011. Refers to a whole muddle of issues; the Auckland Suprcity issue with John Banks styling himself as mayor, the offering for $500 New Zealand passports to Samoan overstayers and the problem of upgrading Queen's Wharf in time for the Rugby World Cup. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).