Working class

Commons (Social order), Labor and laboring classes, Laboring class, Labour and labouring classes, Labouring class, Working class - Employment, Working classes
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Manuscript

Index cards for research into working-class emigrants

Date: [1980-1984]

From: Dakin, James Campbell, 1908-2005 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8222

Description: Index cards compiled by Dakin during his research into his unpublished article, `The working-class pioneers' (also titled as `The background of the working-class pioneers'; the cards have notes of his records of emigrants from Britain entering Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson from 1840-1844, from Somerset, Kent, Cornwall, Sussex (Brede), Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire (mainly from Alton), Bath and environs, Birmingham, Glasgow and environs, Paisley, Dundee and hinterland including Perth, and miscellaneous places Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - See unpublished articles by Dakin at MS-Papers-2294 and references to their donation in `Turnbull Library record' (1983, p 129, 1984, p110) Quantity: 1 box(es) (A4 box). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J C Dakin, Thorndon, Wellington, Mar 2005

Audio

UnionAID: Peter Conway Memorial Lecture recordings

Date: 22 June 2016 - 19 June 2018

By: Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust; Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: OHColl-1591

Description: Collection comprising live sound recordings and related content which document the Peter Conway Memorial Lectures delivered by Helen Kelly on 22 June 2016 and by Peter Harris on 19 June 2018. Title supplied by Library. The Peter Conway Memorial Lecture series was established by Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust (UnionAID) to honour the memory of Peter Conway, a New Zealand union leader and trustee of UnionAID. Sound recordings were commissioned by the Alexander Turnbull Library, and recorded by Library staff. Quantity: 2 event(s). 2 digital sound recording(s). 19 digital photograph(s). 3 folder(s) agreement forms, print-outs of photographs, and lecture series ephemera. Search dates: 2016 - 2018

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'National's tax cuts hit high earners' "Turn it off driver I've heard enough..." 9 Octo...

Date: 2008

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0007789

Description: In the first of two frames a large car is seen from which comes a news broadcast about the fact that National's tax cuts will hit high earners. The person being driven tells the driver to turn it off. In the second frame the interior of the car is seen with a woman lounging in the back drinking champagne. She thinks to herself that she has heard enough to convince her to vote Labour while the driver who might be a Labour voter is thinking very positively about John Key's tax cuts policy. Refers to the race between the two main parties in the lead-up to the November election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Cartoonist unknown :The Undesirable Immigrants Bill. New Zealand Graphic, 13 October 18...

Date: 1894

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Hiscocks (A-315-1), T. Lloyd (A-315-2), various artists from the "Ladies' Journal", "The Freelance", "New Zealand Graphic" and "Melbourne Punch" (A-315-3), Nisbet (A-315-4-001/012) and Malcolm Evans (A-315-5).

By: New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: A-315-3-012

Description: Six vignettes about arriving immigrants. Extended Title - Some probable results. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A5 size bromide.

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Working men! Who calls you yokels? Ask Mr Fitzherbert [ca 1853]

Date: 1853 - 1859

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1850s-04

Description: An arrangement of text. William Fitzherbert was involved in Wellington politics from the early 1850s to the late 1860s, and later represented the Hutt. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress print, 562 x 810 mm.

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Scott, Thomas, 1947- :"I don't know a lot about tea breaks". 1 November 2014

Date: 2014

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0029829

Description: Cartoon shows media personality Mike Hoskings holding a glass of rose, discussing tea breaks, and an ammendment to the Employment Relations Act. The cartoon directly quotes an opinion piece by Hosking in the New Zealand Herald on 30 October 2014, while pointing out Hoskings' privileged position with his more expensive food and beverage preferences over traditional morning tea. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Andrew Little]. 8 December 2014

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0030062

Description: Depicts Labour List MP Andrew Little making his first major speech as Labour Party leader in which he called for a redefinition of "working people" as including small business owners, self-employed and contractors. Black and white and colour versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

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Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :'Dah...Wunda if it has any intelligent life?' 8 December 2011

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0019748

Description: Split frame cartoon depicts two families reading a newspaper about the discovery of a planet similar to their own. One family is human,, the other family is a green tentacled alien family. However their pastimes are the same; smoking and drinking alcohol. Refers to the discovery by NASA of the first Earth-size planet orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).