New Zealand Democratic Party

Democrats for Social Credit (Political party), NZ Democratic Party, New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit, New Zealand Democratic Political Party

Formed in 1953, formerly the Social Credit Political League, and then the Social Credit Party; name change to Democratic Party in 1985.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :"They've cancelled the order mate". Evening Post. 14 Ju...

Date: 1982

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-136-037

Description: Shows a truck loaded with barrels of moth balls driving towards the construction site of the Clyde Dam. Two workers are halting the truck. Refers to Social Credit's decision to support future empowering legislation to complete construction of the dam, after months of on-again off-again decisions by the government. Extended Title - Clyde High Dam Site Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 450 x 320 mm.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[32 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in 1981.]

Date: 1981

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

Reference: A-360-252/284

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 32 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992: The credits / Gordon Minhinnick, N.Z...

Date: 1971

Reference: B-175-013

Description: Shows a row of clapping hands at the bottom of 12 credits which read left to right and top to bottom - 'The crunch', 'Starring Jack Marshall', 'Produced by the N.Z. Cabinet Economic Committee', 'Technical advisers H.C. Lang, G.R. Laking', 'Sound by N.Kirk', 'Boom operator R. Muldoon', Special effects by Socred', 'Costumes by Woolmark', 'Wigs by Whoosit', 'Cows by the Dairy Board', 'Directed by P.M. Holyoake', 'An E.E.C Production'. Refers to New Zealand's economic welfare when Britain joined the EEC. Jack Marshall spent years lobbying for an assurance that special arrangements to maintain free and unrestricted entry for New Zealand products to the British market would be obtained by the British government before it accepted the Treaty of Rome. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card 390 x 470 mm

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[25 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January-July and ...

Date: 1980 - 1981

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

Reference: A-362-001/025

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 25 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- :At Last! The good news from across the mountains and swift flow...

Date: 1980

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning New Zealand politics. Published in the Auckland Star, September - December 1980.]

Reference: A-330-025

Description: The cartoon shows Robert Muldoon in traditional Chinese garments. He is sitting down to a meal. A Chinese man brings Muldoon a message from a land far far away, regarding New Zealand politics. Refers to New Zealand politics while the Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, was away in China. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 270 x 200mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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

Date: 1984

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

Reference: A-361-048/064

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand 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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Group of Political Cartoons by Bill Paynter, published in the Christchurch Press, the N...

Date: 1978 - 1982

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by various cartoonists

Reference: A-312-3-001/018

Description: Cartoons collected for Ian Grant's book "The Unauthorized Version" This box contains one folder of cartoons by W. Blomfield from the "New Zealand Observer" and "Freelance" from 1890 to 1899 (A-312-1), one folder of cartoons by Angus from 1939 (A-312-2), one folder of cartoons by Bill Paynter (A-312-3), one folder of cartoons by Tom Scott (A-312-4), one folder of cartoons by W. A. Bowring (A-312-5), one folder of cartoons by `BLO' (A-312-6), one folder of cartoons by Waite from the "Taranaki Daily Times" (1948 and 1949) and "Otago Daily Times" from 1949 (A-312-7) and one folder of cartoons by Ashley Hunter from the "New Zealand Graphic" and "Ladies Journal" (A-312-8). Physical Description: Sizes vary, 14 newspaper clippings and 4 photocopies.

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Sanders, James E, ca 1911-:6 A4 size photocopies of cartoons published in the New Zeala...

Date: 1970

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-635-001/006

Description: Topics include opposition to the New Zealand All Blacks playing rugby against the Springboks of apartheid South Africa, electoral politics, traffic control in Auckland, mining and potential mineral exports from the West Coast region, pilots and hijacks, a strike by Auckland rubbish collectors. Quantity: 6 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies. Image sizes approximately 132 x 160 mm.

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[New Zealand Social Credit Political League Inc] :Cracknell for sealed roads and progre...

Date: 1954 - 1957

By: Northern news (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-D-NZ-SOCIAL-CREDIT-1950s-01

Description: Text only, in bold capital letters, black on white. Vernon Cracknell's name is underlined. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Relief print on poster, 457 x 578 mm. Provenance: From the papers of Vernon Cracknell, deposited in 1996.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[20 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in August 1981, Dece...

Date: 1981 - 1982

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

Reference: A-360-001/020

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 20 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- :[29 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in November and Dece...

Date: 1988

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

Reference: A-363-128/156

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 29 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 :Social Credit has called on the National Party to dump...

Date: 1982

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-136-124

Description: Shows three scenes. In the upper scene Muldoon is seen in Antartica where he was attending the 25th anniversary of Scott Base. He is being 'cold-shouldered' by other guests at the celebration. In the lower left scene a speaker at a National Party meeting is demanding that they 'seize the treasury bench' while Muldoon is away in Antartica. In the lower right scene Muldoon, still in Antartica, is being presented with a parachute before boarding a plane. He is told the parachute comes 'with the compliments of the new prime minister' and that 'Mr Beetham will tell you when to jump'. Extended Title - The P.M. is well situated to be cold-shouldered - his absence could polarise party opinion - and, in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty - dumping could be a joint operation Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[27 cartoons published in the Sunday Star in February-August 1987.]

Date: 1987

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

Reference: A-364-030/057

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 27 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Social credit [hitchhiking to] Wellington. 10 March 1977.

Date: 1977

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning New Zealand politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January - February 1977].

Reference: A-328-041

Description: The cartoon shows Bruce Beetham of the Social Credit party trying to hitch a ride to Wellington. The only car that can be seen is one that has broken down and is being pushed by a man representing the Labour party. Refers to politics. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 250 x 190 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Gifford-Bickerton papers

Date: 1877-1946

By: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948

Reference: MS-Group-1566

Description: Papers of A C Gifford and A W Bickerton whose common interest was astronomy. Gifford's other interests included Shakespeare authorship, social credit, tramping in the Te Anau-Milford area. He taught at Christ's College and Wellington College, 1895-1927. Bickerton's papers, which were sent to Gifford after Bickerton's death include 29 volumes of journals, 1911-1928, and are concerned largely with astronomy, his advancing old age and daily activities. A large mass of articles and notes refer mainly to astronomy but also to his dismissal from the academic staff of Canterbury University College by the College board of governors in 1895. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 144 folder(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfer made from here. - To Photographic Archive - Two photographs.

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Hodgson, Trace :Forty-three political cartoons published in the New Zealand listener in...

Date: 1987

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Listener (Periodical)

Reference: H-509

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues in New Zealand and overseas. Quantity: 43 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size

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Scales, Sid, 1916-2003 :Little laughs from last week. Nov 3, 1975

Date: 1975

From: Scales, Sid, 1916-2003 :[One folder of political cartoons featuring Robert Muldoon and the Muldoon era. Published in the Otago Daily Times. 1972 - 1975]

Reference: A-319-024

Description: Comments on the run-up to the 1975 election. Highlights Dunedin Central MP Brian MacDonnell, the Auckland Regional Authority's decion that Auckland had 'grown too big', and Social Credit's policy entitled 'The new dimension' Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Sid Scales Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 280 x 380 mm Provenance: Donated by Sid Scales in 1998

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Scales, Sid, 1916-2003 :Little laughs from last week. Mar 7, 1977

From: Scales, Sid, 1916-2003 :[Political cartoons featuring Robert Muldoon and the Muldoon era. Published in the Otago Daily Times, 1977]

Reference: A-319-049

Description: Comments on recent news items, including a liaison between Labour and Social Credit; and as part of the Queen's visit, the opening of the Beehive Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Sid Scales Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 280 x 380 mm Provenance: Donated by Sid Scales in 1998

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Lynch, James, 1947-:'All together now... Bend those rules... Make those laws... Go to i...

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-035

Description: Shows a rowing eight with Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham as the front oarsman. Prime Minister Muldoon is the cox and urges them on to 'bend the rules, Make those laws, Go to it, Dam it!' Cartoonist notes - Social Credit were taking some heat because of their decision to support the Government's Clyde Dam special legislation. The Social Credit was officially a "league" not a party. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

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Lynch, James, 1947-:'Now I would like to propose a change of name to the "National Soci...

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-082

Description: Shows Bruce Beetham leader of the Social Credit Party as a string puppet. Context: Social Credit had in many eyes become compromised by their support for the National Government. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 420 x 300 mm