New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Earlier name (to 1969): New Zealand. Department of External Affairs. On Dec 1 1988 the Ministry merged with the International Trade Relations Division of the Department of Industries and Commerce to become the New Zealand. Ministry of External Relations and Trade

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Manuscript

Proposed book on the Security Intelligence Service - Milner and Costello

Date: 1971-2003

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8752-204

Description: Research material and other papers relating mainly to Paddy Costello and Ian Milner. Includes correspondence with SIS, James McNeish and Prime Minister's Department. Also, copies of `Gallery' television transcripts (1971), released reports and newspaper clippings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Papers relating to Privy Council ruling and Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982

Date: July 1982-1983

From: Rosenberg, George, fl 1970-1980s : Papers relating to Falema'i Lesa and New Zealand citizenship

Reference: MS-Papers-11470-08

Description: Comprises papers relating to Privy Council ruling on Lesa v Attorney General legal case and Citzenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982. Includes documents in Samoan language, photocopies and copy of 'Protocol to the Treaty of Friendship between Government of New Zealand and Government of Western Samoa', copy of Citizenship Act, information leaflet on citizenship applications from Western Samoan citizens, letter about protest march, photocopy of report on Privy Council ruling on case. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Papers relating to Lesa case and Special Committee on Overstayers

Date: 1884, 1951-1958, 1982-1985

From: Rosenberg, George, fl 1970-1980s : Papers relating to Falema'i Lesa and New Zealand citizenship

Reference: MS-Papers-11470-13

Description: Comprises papers relating to Lesa v Attorney General appeal case, and distribution of funds raised by the Special Committee on Overstayers, and possible visit to Western Samoa by Committee. Includes "New Zealand Citizenship and Western Samoans" information bulletin, photocopies of 1884 New Zealand law reports, various court documents for the appeal case, letters, press clippings, photocopies of newspaper clipping in Samoan language, photocopies of reports concerning Western Samoa by Trusteeship Council and UNESCO in 1950s, Privy Council reasons report on Lesa case 1982, and transcript of meeting between Committee and lawyers Peter Denee, Rob Buchannan and George Barton. Includes pamphlet on cervical smears. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Personal papers

Date: [1941]-2002

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-128

Description: Comprises McLeod's birth certificate, educational reports and certificates, personal references, correspondence relating to the immigration of David Roupell, greeting card from Dorothy, discharge certificate, letter from Vera, Ohakune, appointment diary with addresses, correspondence and papers relating to change of ownership problems with car, computer malfunction, Radio Wards and US Information Agency certificates and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter (some photocopies)

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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand's rela...

Date: 1970 - 1982

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-144-565/585

Description: Includes cartoons about: Japanese may give New Zealand trade opportunities; "First foxtrot in Frankfurt"; live sheep exported to the Middle East; Mr Tizard (Minister of Finance) pledges support for poorer nations; Arab wants to "buy New Zealand for Christmas"; trade negotiators who resemble spies; farmer dreaming of 50cents per lamb; Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser tries to impress NZ Prime Minister Rob Muldoon; Australia befriends and then swallows New Zealand; slaughtering sheep the Iranian way; live sheep exports side-step the EEC complaint about hygienic wrapping of meat; Russia's retaliation against the expulsion of Soviet diplomat; New Zealand's ability to fulfill its ANZUS commitments to defend the USA; Australian meat scandal - unconventional animal types cooked (eg horse, zebra, mammoth, snake); alligator meat from Australia posing as beef; the Falklands crisis; Britain amazed at New Zealand's enthusiastic support in the Falklands War; politicians to fight in the Falklands (rumour); voluntary euthaniasia versus compulsory euthanasia in the Falklands; re-opening of trade with Chile; where is the Third World? Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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New Zealand Foreign Affairs. Massey Collection :Peace Conference, Paris

Date: 1919

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Reference: PAColl-D-0222-2

Description: Twenty portraits of plenipotentiaries and representatives of allied or associated powers - Antonio Burgos, Panama; M Zolger, Serbia; Nicholas P Pachitch, Serbia; Ante Irumbic, Serbia; Milenko Vesnich, Serbia; Eduard Benes, Czech-Slovak Republic; Francisco Garcia Calderon, Peru; Rafael Martinez, Cuba; Tertullian Guibaud, Haiti; Karel Kramer, Prime Minister, Czech-Slovak Republic; Olyntho de Magalhaes, Brazil; Professor Antonio Sanchez de Busiamenie, Cuba; His Serene Highness Prince Traidos Prabandhu, Siam; His Highness Prince Charoon, Siam; Rustem Haidar, Arabia; Dr Don Epitacio Pessoa, President of Brazil; Ion I C Bratiano, Prime Minister of Roumania; Roman Dmowski, Poland; Juan Antonio Buero, Uruguay; Prince S A L'Emir Feisal, Arabia; Phya Bieadh Kosha, Siam. Other sixteen portraits at PAColl-D-0222-1 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 20 x 140 x 105 mm mounted on card 1018 x 720 mm

Manuscript

National Library of New Zealand : Papers relating to Deutsche Staatsbibliothek exhibition

Date: 1981

By: National Library of New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-7529

Description: Comprises letter from P A Small, New Zealand ambassador, Vienna, with set of Deutsche Staatsbibliothek's printed library cards of New Zealand items presented to the library and used in an exhibition in East Berlin in 1981 In 1981 New Zealand presented the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek with New Zealand items for an exhibition Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (two pieces in case folder). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with notes and printed matter

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty-four cartoons published in the Evening Post between 1 Decembe...

Date: 1998 - 1999

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

Reference: H-539-063/086

Description: General Pinochet complains about not being allowed to travel freely. Comment on the Minister of Defence's policy. Opposition Leader, Helen Clark, tells the public about National's intended defence spending. New Zealand's energy resources are put up for sale. Vultures gather around National's leader, Jenny Shipley. Jenny Shipley celebrates her first year as leader of the National Party. Boris Yeltsin reassures Russians he is still alive and running the country even though he is on an intravenous drip of Vodka. Finance Minister, Bill Birch in a pool after his attempt in the NZ Economic Free Fall Competitions. Jenny Shipley passes his togs, which he forgot to put on. Comment on the commercialisation of professional cricket. The House Judiciary Committee sit in judgement over President Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal. New ACC law allows victims the right to sue. Paul East quits politics to take up a cushy post for Foreign Affairs in London. Leaked conversations of Gilbert Myles. US military are relaxed about Iraqi missiles aimed at US Republicans. Jenny Shipley visits Bill Clinton. The world tryys to understand why Serbian security forces commit such terrible atrocitities. The Serbians say 'Because they can' Rachel Hunter and Jerry Hall discuss why they got rid of their rock star husbands. Pam Corkery quits politics. Bill Clinton tells the nation about the state of his relations with his wife Hillary following the Lewinsky allegations. The International Olympic Committee get 1st, 2nd and 3rd for Corruption, Greed and Arrogance. Monica Lewinsky is called to Washington for a high-level debriefing. The Government's response to people's needs following the storms in Northland. Sweetwaters festival leaves a mountain of unpaid debtors. Jenny Shipley advocates her favoured MMP option. Quantity: 24 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

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New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs :Framed panorama of the Southern Alps taken by...

Date: [188-?]

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA9-053

Description: Panoramic photograph of the Southern Alps, taken ca 1880s by Edmund Wheeler and Son. Includes views of Mount Cook, Ball Glacier, Hochstetter Glacier, and De La Beche. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Panorama comprising five photographic prints, 29.3 x 175.5 cm [visible image], in wooden frame 36.6 x 183.3 cm Provenance: Donated by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1982

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New Zealand Foreign Affairs. Massey Collection :Peace Conference, Paris

Date: 1919

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Reference: PAColl-D-0223-2

Description: Sixteen portraits of plenipotentiaries and representatives of allied or associated powers - Paul Hymans, Belgium; Jules van den Heuvel, Belgium; Signor Orlando, Italy; Nicholas Misu Roumania; Rt Hon Wm Ferguson Massey, Prime Minister, New Zealand; Sir William F Lloyd, Prime Minister, Newfoundland; Baron S Sonnino, Italy; Emile Vandervelde, Belgium; Rt Hon Sir Robert L Borden, Prime Minister, Canada; Rt Hon Edwin Samuel Montagu, India; Antonio Salandra, Italy; Marquis S Raggi, Italy; Hon Sir George E Foster, Canada; Eiefiherios Veniselos, Prime Minister, Greece; Nicholas Politis, Greece; Salvador Borzilai, Italy; Rt Hon A J Balfour, Great Britain; Rt Hon Lord Robert Cecil, Great Britain; Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, Great Britain; Rt Hon Andrew Bonar Law, Great Britain; Rt Hon George Nicoll Barnes, Great Britain. Other sixteen portraits at PAColl-D-0222-2 Identical portraits at PAColl-D-0684 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 16 x 140 x 105 mm mounted on card 1018 x 720 mm

Manuscript

Job 2105 - Embassy buildings at Seoul and Riyadh

Date: 1974-1984

From: Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson Ltd : Architectural records of Bill Toomath and Derek Wilson

Reference: 2005-177-04/03

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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[Posters advertising exhibitions, and other events, associated with the Alexander Turnb...

Date: 1980 - 1984

Reference: Eph-C-TURNBULL-1980/1984

Description: Includes: Books on the move; exhibition from the Federal Republic of Germany 1981. Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 20-30 June. Auckland Museum, 12-22 July. Sponsored in cooperation with - Book Publishers Association of New Zealand, Book Sellers Association of New Zealand, Goethe Institute Wellington, Goethe Society Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand Book Council, and New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. New Zealand under the lens; An exhibition at the Alexander Turnbull Library. December 1983 - February 1984. (2 copies). Pictures to post; the Alexander Turnbull Library prints. [Large envelope with a coloured print by Gary Tricker on its face. This was a container for six prints from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections, published by the Library, and for sale to the public]. Quenching a thirst; an exhibition at the Alexander Turnbull Library, 9 August - 26 September 1982. (3 copies). The surveying & mapping of Wellington Province; exhibition. Alexander Turnbull Library, November 1980 - January 1981. (4 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; New Zealand through the arts: Past and Present. Four lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. Turnbull House, 25 May - 15 June 1981. Lectures by - Sir Toss Woollaston. Jack Body. Allen Curnow. Witi Ihimaera. (3 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; The Photographer and His Art. Four illustrated lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. BP Theatrette, Wellington, 6 June - 4 july, 1984. Lectures by - Brian Brake (Freelance photographer and film-maker). Wilbur E Garrett (Editor of the National Geographic Magazine). (2 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; Towards Maturity. Four lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. St Andrews on The Terrace, 1-22 June 1982. Lectures by - R Q Quentin-Baxter. Herbert Roth. Sidney Mead. James Bertram. (5 copies). Turnbull Winter Lectures; Ways to Change. Four lunchtime lectures for the Friends of the Turnbull Library. St Andrews on The Terrace, 7 June - 28 June 1983. Lectures by - Dennis Rose (independent economist). Hugh Fletcher (Group managing director Fletcher Challenge Limited). Alf Kirk (Research economist, Federation of Labour). Harvey Franklin (Professor of Geography, Victoria University). (5 copies). Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

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New Zealand ephemera, pamphlets, fliers of octavo size, relating to international polit...

Date: 1980-1984

From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]

By: Australia-New Zealand Foundation; New Zealand-China Friendship Society; New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Tearfund New Zealand; World Vision of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-INTERNATIONAL-1980/1984

Description: Includes: Unesco National Commissions of Asia and Oceania. VIIth regional conference. Delegates handbook. Wellington, the New Zealand National Commission for Unesco, 1980. Includes pamphlets and fliers relating to: Afghanistan Africa Australia Chile China El Salvador Indonesia Iran Ireland (including Bobby Sands) Lebanon Nepal Palestine Philippines Poland Refugees Sinai South Africa Sudan Tear Fund U.S.A. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 58 pieces of ephemera. Physical Description: Sizes up to 240 mm.

Manuscript

Templeton, Malcolm James Campbell, 1924-2017 : Papers

Date: 1989-1998

By: Templeton, Malcolm James Campbell, 1924-2017

Reference: MS-Group-1124

Description: Research notes, correspondence, drafts and copies of documents from a wide number of sources relating to Templeton's books on sporting contacts with South Africa (Human rights and sporting contacts, New Zealand attitudes to race relations in South Africa, 1998); on New Zealand and the Suez crisis (Ties of blood and empire, New Zealand's involvement in Middle East defence and the Suez 1945-1957, 1994); and on New Zealand's relations with the Soviet Union (Top hats are not taken, a short history of the New Zealand legation in Moscow 1944-1950, 1989). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 59 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr M Templeton, Wellington, 2002 Transfers: To Oral History Collection - 5 mini-cassettes of interviews..

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New Zealand Foreign Affairs. Massey Collection :Peace Conference, Paris

Date: 1919

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Reference: PAColl-D-0222-1

Description: Sixteen portraits of plenipotentiaries and representatives of allied or associated powers - Chenging Thomas Wang, China; K Matsui, Japan; Ismael Monies, Bolivia; Penha Garcia, Portugal; Sao Ke Alfred, Sze, China; Vikyuin Wellington Koo, China; Viscount Chinda, Japan; Dr Egaz Moniz, Portugal; Lou Tseng Isiang, China; Hon Chas Dunbar Burgess King, Liberia; Baron Makino, Japan; Enrique Dorn y de Alsua, Ecuador; Sunichou Wei, China; M B Dunbar, Liberia; H Ijuin, Japan; General Tasker H Bliss, USA. Other sixteen portraits at PAColl-D-0222-2 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 16 x 140 x 105 mm mounted on card 1018 x 720 mm

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James Beard and Company :Bengkulu Water Supply emergency programme. Ministry of Foreign...

Date: 1979

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

Reference: Plans-2009-082-4101-001/014

Description: Includes site layout, building layout, elevations of the stores and administration block. Quantity: 14 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on draughting paper, sizes varying up to 595 x 840 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

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New Zealand Foreign Affairs. Massey Collection :Peace Conference, Paris

Date: 1919

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Reference: PAColl-D-0223-1

Description: Sixteen portraits of plenipotentiaries and representatives of allied or associated powers - Hon Henry White, USA; Jules Cambon, France; Stephen Pichou, France; Lieut-Gen Rt Hon Jan Christian Smuts, KC, Union of South Africa; Hon Woodrow Wilson, President USA; Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister, France; Lord Sinha, India; Gen Rt Hon Louis Botha, Prime Minister, Union of South Africa; Hon Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, USA; Marshal Foch, France; Major General His Highness Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh Bahadur Maharaja of Bikaner, C.G.S.I, C.G.I.E, etc, India; Rt Hon William Morris Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia; Hon Edward M House, USA; Andre Tardieu, France; M Louis Lucien Kioiz, France; Rt Hon Joseph Coor, G.C.M.G, Australia. Other sixteen portraits at PAColl-D-0223-2 Identical portraits at PAColl-D-0683 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 16 x 140 x 105 mm mounted on card 1018 x 720 mm

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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand's rela...

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-144-604/635

Description: Includes cartoons about: David Lange proposes better relations with Australia; the French torture the New Zealand kiwi; concorde pilot asked to ship live sheep; wealthy American businessmen try a deal with desperate Hawkes Bay farmers; the French ask David Lange to release the Rainbow Warrior saboteurs; Australians upset by New Zealand's winning a carpetting contract in Canberra; Lange savaged during attempts to trade butter with the EEC "club"; USA President Ronald Reagan takes Australian PM Bob Hawke away from "this nasty area" of New Zealand; USA gets tough with New Zealand; New Zealand's trade threatened by split with ANZUS; troubled trade relations with Libya,Iran, EEC, USA; Fijian Indians want to migrate to New Zealand; Australia threatens trade cuts for non-participation in ANZUS; Kiwifruit for the Ayatollah (Khomeini of Iran); Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen loses popularity; Kiwi expatriates laze in the Queensland sun drinking beer; the snake of CER (Australian Closer Economic Relations); David Lange asks Bob Hawke for the boat "Akarana" back; new "Asian" city for Helensville; MP Marshall to consider tougher measures with China if necessary; no political asylum in New Zealand for Fiji Indian; huge power plant for North Island planned using Australian coal; French MP Michel Rocard promises to try and help New Zealand trade in the EEC; Chinese immigrants arrive; 100,000 live sheep leave for the Persian Gulf countries; Jim Bolger goes to Baghdad with a feather in his cap; Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon is keen on new links with the USA; US President George Bush allocates Jim Bolger two minutes' conversation in the men's toilets; Jim Bolger visites British PM John Major; Bill Birch announces that migrants are essential; Jim Bolger and Don McKinnon are successful in getting New Zealand a place on the UN Security Council; US President Bill Clinton likes New Zealand green-lipped mussels. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 32 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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Wellington Committee on Vietnam :Recognise the P.R.G., the Provisional Revolutionary Go...

Date: 1972 - 1975

By: Committee on Vietnam (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-D-VIETNAM-COV-1974-01

Description: Shows a map of South Vietnam with the regions controlled by the P.R.G. and the regions controlled by Thieu. Points out the initiatives the P.R.G. have carried out for the people. The poster is headed with a statement from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs :"We do not intend to recognise the P.R.G. as it has a shadowy structure only, no capital and no realistic claim to speak for more than a very small proportion of the people of South Vietnam". The facts listed on the poster are intended to refute this statement. Two copies held. The Committee on Vietnam issued a pamphlet advocating recognition of the P.R.G. in 1974; see book catalogue. Roth poster list dates this poster as 197_. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, on poster 590 x 420 mm.

Manuscript

Visit to Samoa 1972

Date: 1972

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-025

Description: Includes correspondence, programme itinerary, demographic and political profiles for the trip to Samoa for the opening of the New Samoan Legislative Assembly (1972) and in celebration of Samoa's 10th Anniversary of Independence Pei and his wife travelled with the Prime Minister to Apia, Western Samoa as members of the official party to represent New Zealand at the opening of the new Samoan Legislative Assembly, also known as the Maoto Fono Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript