Golden Kiwi

Golden Kiwi was a New Zealand lottery which began in 1961 and ended in 1989. It was based on earlier philanthropic art union lotteries. It came under the authority of the New Zealand Lotteries Commission when the Commission was established in 1987 to run the new lottery. Golden Kiwi ended in 1989 with the introduction of the Instant Kiwi scratch card lottery.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[17 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in October 1979 and ...

Date: 1979 - 1980

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

Reference: A-359-326/342

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.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[31 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January-March 1987.]

Date: 1987

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

Reference: A-362-160/191

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :Tickets in the double banger lottery sold out rapidly. ...

Date: 1980

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-135-678

Description: The three scenes in this cartoon show different ways of achieving wealth. In the top right scene a reporter is interviewing a couple who have won the lottery. They claim that the win will not make any difference to them - except that they will live in a luxury flat in Surfers' Paradise after going on a world trip. In the lower left scene the family has achieved greater wealth by negotiation i.e. a union has negotiated a pay rise. In the lower right scene greater wealth has been achieved by decree. A man explains to his wife that he will receive $3.50 more as a result of a general wage order pay increase. Extended Title - Nowadays we are all seekers after wealth - Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 456 x 320 mm.

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Waikato Museum of Art and History :The exhibition Kiwiana. Waikato Museum of Art and Hi...

Date: 1993

By: Waikato Museum of Art and History; Eyework Design + Production Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-MUSEUM-1993-01

Description: Shows a montage of images over a paua shell map of New Zealand. Images include: Kiwi Bacon Co Ltd label, Edmonds baking powder tin, Golden Kiwi ticket, Sergeant Dan (Creamoata boy), jandals, fern leaf, Swanndri jacket, Buzzy bee, and a photograph of cabins in a camping ground. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph 595 x 423 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Jo Torr, Wellington, in 2005.

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Wellington City Art Gallery (Wellington, N.Z.) :The exhibition Kiwiana. City Gallery, C...

Date: 1994

By: Eyework Design + Production Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-MUSEUM-1994-01

Description: Shows a montage of images over a paua shell map of New Zealand. Images include: Kiwi Bacon Co Ltd label, Edmonds baking powder tin, Golden Kiwi ticket, Sergeant Dan (Creamoata boy), jandals, fern leaf, Swanndri jacket, Buzzy bee, and a photograph of cabins in a camping ground. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph 595 x 419 mm.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[28 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in November and Dece...

Date: 1982

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

Reference: A-360-114/141

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 28 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :The NZ Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association repor...

Date: 1971 - 1972

From: Various cartoonists :Ten cartoons by Nevile Lodge and one by Eric Heath on the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Reference: A-349-045

Description: Comments on the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association being refused a request for more funding from the Golden Kiwi lottery funds. Illustrates in a humourous way how the athletes are feeling the effects of the economic situation at the time The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association) is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic and the Commonwealth Games. Golden Kiwi was a New Zealand lottery which began in 1961 and ended in 1989. It was based on philanthropic art union lotteries held for many decades prior. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Nevile Lodge 71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and whiteout, 267 x 400 mm, on sheet 315 x 460 mm

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:With industrial disruption facing the country, will all...

Date: 1983

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-136-166

Description: Shows Wanganui rugby team and Lions preparing to play a match in Wanganui. The players are on strike 'until they get $20 a week play increase'. The Lions coach is telling his players that the New Zealand Minister of Sport can't give a play increase because of the wage and price 'freeze' but he will give players a book of Golden Kiwi tickets instead. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and letratone on watercolour paper. 322 x 450 mm.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[22 bromides of cartoons published in the Auckland Star between ...

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.

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Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992: "You have to use a special pull!"

Date: 20 January 1965

From: Various cartoonists: Twenty original cartoons by New Zealand cartoonists

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-204-004

Description: '"In three years New Zealanders have spent £12,375,000 on Golden Kiwi Lotteries. Gov't duty has amounted to £1,237,500" - News'. A crowd of people watch as two politicians pull a handle on an object labelled "Golden Kiwi" to make money pour out of the chute. One of the men is possibly David Seath. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, and colour pencil on paper, 390 x 480 mm.

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Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992: "Well, it's not exactly what we had ...

Date: 12 June 1964

From: Various cartoonists: Twenty original cartoons by New Zealand cartoonists

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-204-003

Description: ""New £60,000 lottery to be called 'The mammoth golden kiwi'" - Mr Seath". A man (Seath?) holds up a giant lottery ticket, featuring an image of an animal that is part kiwi bird and part wooly mammoth, as Keith Holyoake and another politician watch. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, and white corrector on paper, 375 x 512 mm.

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[Raffle and lottery tickets collected by Johnny Cooper. 1964-1968]

Date: 1964-1968

From: Cooper, Johnny, 1929-2014 : Collection

Reference: Eph-A-LOTTERY-Cooper-2

Description: Includes: 1964-1968: Mammoth Golden Kiwi tickets nos. 1-21 (1964 - ca 1968): 1 (2 copies), 2 (2 copies), 3 (2 copies), 4, 5 (2 copies), 6 (2 copies), 7 (3 copies), 8, 9 (2 copies), 12 (3 copies), 13 (2 copies), 14 (2 copies), 15 (2 copies), 16, 17 (3 copies), 18 (first issue in dollars)(2 copies), 19 (3 copies), 20, 21 (2 copies), 22. 1968: Keen's Tobacconist. Queen Street Masterton. Receipt and Tattersall's ticket 1968 New Zealand Underwater Association Incorporated. 3 Pacific Island holidays. Closes 29 February 1968 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Relief prints on tickets, sizes varying up to 150 x 98 mm.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :A Wellington City Councillor advocates municipal lotte...

Date: 1969

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

Reference: B-133-817

Description: The first scene shows newsagent's store where a man fills in his details for a Golden Kiwi lottery ticket. News headlines state there will be more jackpots at racing and an incentive savings bond scheme is announced - Everyone wants to jump on the gambling bandwagon - so why not go the whole distance? and keep everyone happy. The second scene adds a headline quote from Mr Muldoon - Govt. to permit poker machines enlightened move. The last scene shows a man winning a jackpot at a poker machine and one man scoops the coins into a bag labelled municipal rake-off, and another into a bag marked Govt. rake-off. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone, crayon and pencil, 292 x 352 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Golden Kiwi Jackpot Lottery :[Collection of Golden Kiwi lottery tickets. 1960s-1980s].

Date: 1965 - 1990

By: Carter, Kay, active 1931-2013; Cooper, Johnny, 1929-2014; Rule, Nancy, 1923?-2016; Thornton, Ross, active 1990s

Reference: Eph-A-LOTTERY-GK

Description: Includes separately housed tickets donated by Mrs Carter in 2001. Includes tickets for: 30,000 pounds (1960s)(50 of these from the collection of Johnny Cooper PR-13-0136): Numbers 1-5, 7, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 31, 34, 36-39, 43-45, 47-48, 50-52, 57-58, 60, 63-64, 66, 70-71, 78, 82, 85, 87, 91-93, 95, 97-98, 100-101, 105-107 33,000 pounds (1960s): nos 119, 130, 207, 226 60,000 pounds (1960s): Numbers 1 (1 copy) and 2 (2 copies), 14 Kiwi Jackpot lottery, 1st prize $24,000: No 85, 119, 120, 121 and 130 (50c tickets) (1960s-1970s?) 50 cent Golden Kiwi, first prize $24,000: No. 488, 490, 545, 582 $1 Golden Kiwi jackpot lottery numbers: 1 (housed in 1960s packet), 218, 224, 236, 238, 248, 253, 254, 258, 259, 262, 264, 268-270, 280, 285, 286, 294, 306 (10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 307, 309 (10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 313 (1981? - 10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 317 (May 1981 - 10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 318, 319, 325, 331, 334-336, 340. $2 Golden Kiwi jackpot lottery numbers: 6, 7, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 37, 47, 50, 52, 53, 59, 61, 71, 74, 75, 81, 82, 84, 89, 90, 91, 95, 109, 110, 114, 115, 122-124, 128-132, 134, 140, 157, 165, 172, 173, 220, 228, 230, 234, 240, 249-251, 264, 269-271, 304, 306. The new Golden Kiwi $3: no 1, 10, 11, 12, 16. 1st prize $200,000 The Golden Kiwi $3. 1st prize $200,000. Nos. 11, 17, 21, 28, 30, 31. The Golden Kiwi $200,000. $5 ticket (1984); $5 ticket (1986); 2 x $10 ticket (1984) The Golden Kiwi quarter millionaire. Draw 1-2, 4 - 10 [1988?], 12 - 13. The Golden Kiwi Go Kiwi 3 + 3 lottery. First prize $300,000 [1987?] (2 different) The Golden Kiwi Treasure half million (1988); Easter Kiwi half million; The Golden Kiwi "My Lucky" half million (1988); Golden Kiwi Strike Gold half million $10 ticket The Gold Kiwi half-millionaire: Draw 1 (1988), Draw 2 (1988), Draw 3 (1988), Draw 4 (1988), Draw 5 (1988) and Draw 6 (1988) Golden Kiwi XIVth Commonwealth Games 1990 $600,000. 1 x $10 ticket (1986) Golden Kiwi Millionaire. $10 ticket 1988. Draw 1, 2, 3 and 5 and Christmas Millionnaire Golden Kiwi New Year Millionaire. $15 ticket (1987) 1977: Golden Kiwi $400,000 Xmas Sweep, the 1977 Auckland Cup. Tickets $5 only 1978: Golden Kiwi 5+5 lottery. 4 x $10 tickets 1979: Golden Kiwi Golden Jubilee double banger. 2 x $20 ticket; Golden Kiwi Jubilee Sweepstake double draw $20 ticket 1979?: Golden Kiwi 5+5 Lottery $500,000 first prize. 3 x $10 ticket 1980: 1 x $10 ticket; Golden Kiwi Encore Double Banger $20 ticket 1980: Golden Kiwi (1981) Auckland Cup Day Sweepstake triple draw 1981: 3 x $5 and 3 x $10 tickets (one of the $10 tickets has attached list of Natmus [National Museum] syndicate) 1982: 3 x $5, 4 x $10 and 2 x $20 tickets. 1983: 1 x $5 ticket, 2 x $10 ticket and 1 x $20 ticket 1984: 2 x $5, 10 x $10, 10 x $20 and 1 x $25 tickets. (Includes 2 x 1984 $20 Melbourne Cup sweepstake) 1985: 3 x $5, 1 x $6 Melbourne Cup sweep, 12 x $10 (including Father's Day 5 + 5), 4 x $20, and 8 x $25 tickets. 1986: 1 x $5 ticket; 1 x Melbourne Cup sweep $6 ticket; 19 x $10, 2 x $20 ticket; and 6 x $25 tickets. 1987: Summer Wheels $4 ticket; 14 x $10, 1 x $15, 1 x $15 Melbourne Cup sweep, 1 x $20, and 2 x $25 tickets. 1988: 1 x $3, 2 x $5 and 4 x $10 tickets. Quantity: 300 tickets (approximately). Physical Description: Photolithographs on tickets sizes ranging up to 158 x 112 mm.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"I bet Muldoon's financial genius is behind this! He's...

Date: 1981

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-135-868

Description: Shows a man buying a lottery ticket in the Golden Kiwi lottery. A sign says tickets are $1 and the first prize is $60,000. Another sign says that in the next lottery tickets will cost $2 and the first prize will be $100,000. The customer blames Muldoon for doubling the ticket price but not doubling the prize money. Refers to the unpopularity of rising prices which were a result of Muldoon's economic decisions. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 455 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :A number of sports bodies met in Wellington this week ...

Date: 1966

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

Reference: B-137-307

Description: Shows sportsmen playing in three pools which are configured in the shapes of pounds and shillings and pence). The Prime Minister Keith Holyoake gives the thumbs down to a sportsman holding a sign reading "Pools?", while a gambler exits from the T.A.B. and sees advertisements for Golden Kiwi tickets. Finally a crowd of sportsmen chases desperately after a kiwi labelled "Golden Kiwi grant", indicating that sporting bodies will need to apply to the Lottery Grants Commission for funding. Other Titles - Prime Minister Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 429 x 293 mm, on sheet 495 x 360 mm.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Wellington cartoonist guest drawer for Golden Kiwi car...

Date: 1984

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-136-361

Description: Shows Lodge disappointed that he hasn't drawn the prize in the Golden Kiwi car lottery. Other Titles - "Never mind, Mr. Lodge, for years I haven't understood anything you have drawn" Extended Title - "All those cars and I couldn't draw one for myself! I just can't understand it!" Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 298 x 420 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:We feel that the P.M.'s confidence in the people is mis...

Date: 1964

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

Reference: B-133-275

Description: Three vignettes. In the first two Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister, says to a voter "I'm sure you'll undertand if we have to increase taxes because of defence expenditure" and the voter replies angrily "No I don't! You never mentioned it before the elections!". In the third the voter happily views a billboard announcing a gargantuan Golden Kiwi lottery, the proceeds of which are to go into defence funding. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and pencil 255 x 280 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"I felt so upset at their hurt looks when they couldn'...

Date: 1965

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-137-555

Description: The woman behind the counter in a shop thinks she has made a clever decision by selling customers in the shop five ordinary Golden Kiwis for a pound because they were disappointed not to have been able to get a Mammoth Golden Kiwi ticket. Her boss looks less than impressed because of the price difference. Refers to popularity of the Mammoth Golden Kiwi lottery that was launched in 1964. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon on paper, 270 x 305 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:Lottery tickets may have to be increased in price to co...

Date: 1974

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-134-541

Description: This cartoon features a lottery winner shouting his mates at the pub and complaining that it used to cost $8 of his $10 prize to shout and now it costs $12. The next scene features lottery investors demanding an increase from the Minister of Internal Affairs and the final scene shows the first lottery winner with a 9% prize increase but the beer has gone up in price to $13.08. Pencil dated lrh corner 20/6 Extended Title - But what us being done to help the poort lucky lottery prize winner - in these days of escalating costs? Lottery investors should march and demand fair treatment. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon, newspaper cutting and letratone, 280 x 408 mm