Parliamentary practice

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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :MPs call on companions to endorse the good behaviour code ;...

Date: 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- : The Dominion cartoons. 25 June - 26 August 1992

Reference: H-003-014

Description: Shows a brawl among MPs in the debating chamber. The Clerk of the House explains the reason to the Speaker. Refers to the good behaviour code that members are urged to support Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :The chairman of the City Council's Civil Defence commi...

Date: 1966

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-133-511

Description: A comment by a city councillor about Wellington's preparedness is endorsed by illustrations of what the citizens normally put up with. Examples are buildings being knocked down, detours due to the lifting of tram tracks, bewildered people in the streets (pedestrians wait while cars are directed by a traffic officer), and also parliament - 'periodic sharp upheavals centred on a low hill in the city'. Extended Title - This is very true of the capital's citizenry, accustomed as we are to - shattered buildings - rubble-filled roads - streets jammed with bewildered people - and periodic sharp upheavals centred on a low hill in the city Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 286 x 390 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Jack, Roy Emile (Sir), 1914-1977 : Parliamentary papers

Date: 1955-1976

By: Jack, Roy Emile (Sir), 1914-1977

Reference: 78-018

Description: The papers reflect Jack's interests and activities as a Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Representatives. They include subject files, chronological correspondence files containing inward and outward correspondence arranged in alphabetical order, speech notes and newspaper cuttings. Source of title - Supplied title Jack was a Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Representatives (1954-1977). Appointed Speaker in 1966 and Minister of Justice in 1972. Quantity: 10 box(es). 3.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Listing in Back file.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:The M.P.s went native - 16 April 1963.

Date: 1963

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-133-214

Description: Four vignettes reporting how the leader of a New Zealand Parliamentary delegation to North Borneo had slaughtered a pig before an audience of former head hunters and how both sides might learn from this. In the last vignette one M.P. is about to scalp another during a Parliamentary debate. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil 280 x 380 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Fletcher, David, 1952- :"Mark and I told Rossy Armstrong there's to be no more fighting...

Date: 2001

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :[16 cartoons published in New Zealand Truth and TV Extra in 2001.]

Reference: A-316-010

Description: Helen Clark with Steve Maharey, discussing parliamentary behaviour, with reference to Maharey's Opposition sparring partners, Ross Armstrong and Christine Fletcher Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and marker pens (colour), 125 x 394 mm.

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The retrospective exhibition

Date: 20 October 2006

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-198

Description: Shows Helen Clark as an artist at a retrospective exhibition of her artwork. Shows several paintings on the wall behind her which were influenced by Don Brash, the National Party, her being the rule of law, able to change the rules at any time and money going up in smoke. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 186mm x 133 MONDAY CARTOON leader page cartoon 23CARTOON Pls scan correct & send to Pix-on-hand [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

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New Zealand Parliament: How a bill becomes law [2016]

Date: 2016

By: New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives

Reference: Eph-D-LAW-2016-01

Description: Poster flow chart shows the steps a bill takes before passing into law - through the House of Representatives, select committee, back to the House, the Committee of the whole House, and finally to the Governor- General for royal assent. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 595 x 420 mm.

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New Zealand Parliament: Have your say; tell select committees and Parliament what you t...

Date: 2016

By: New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-2016-01

Description: Poster chart shows numbered paragraphs explaining how public submissions are used by Parliament and select committees. The public can have the option of speaking in person before a select committee. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 595 mm.

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New Zealand Parliament: Whakaputaina tō whakaaro; kōrerotia tū e whakaaro rā ki ngā kom...

Date: 2016

By: New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-2016-02

Description: Poster chart in Māori shows numbered paragraphs explaining how public submissions are used by Parliament and select committees. The public can have the option of speaking in person before a select committee. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 595 mm.

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New Zealand Parliament: Te mutunga mai o tētahi pire hei ture [2016]

Date: 2016

By: New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives

Reference: Eph-D-LAW-2016-02

Description: Poster flow chart in Māori shows the steps a bill takes before passing into law - through the Whare Māngai, , Te Komiti Whiriwhiri, Te Whare Māngia, Te Komiti o Te Whare Katoa, and finally to Te Whakaae o Te Ariki Tapairu for royal assent. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 595 x 420 mm.

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Greenall, Frank :Early Xmas for National. Tapsell. [Labour] 12 December 1993

Date: 1993

From: Greenall, Frank, fl 1980-1990s :Cartoons published in The Dominion. Mar 1993/May 1994.

Reference: A-300-101

Description: Peter Tapsell inside a National Party Christmas stocking, while Father Christmas, a Labour symbol on his back, walks away. Refers to the appointment by the ruling National Party of Labour Party member, Peter Tapsell, as Speaker of the House Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 296 x 418 mm

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :New Zealand Members of Parliament should adopt - the p...

Date: 1965

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-133-375

Description: The first scene shows the Australian Minister of External Affairs being dowsed with a glass of water labelled from the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. An occasional dowsing with cold water would help - to keep members cool while the big last-minute bill-passing rush is on. The second shows two men throwing water at each other, while the third has three MPs passing bills, as in a relay race. The sign on the wall behind says House shuts down Oct.15, and another sign says No. of Bills to go. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil, 286 x 393 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"Then the Fraud Squad swooped on the house! At the tri...

Date: 1982

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

Reference: B-136-086

Description: Shows a group of prisoners walking around and talking in a prison grounds. They are being supervised by a guard on the ground and there is a second guard in a watch tower over looking the yard. Banks is talking to another prisoner and telling him the story of how he was convicted. Refers to a comment by Banks that "Parliament is an elaborate fraud" Extended Title - Whangarei National MP says that parliament is an elaborate fraud Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 270 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :How about an elastic term? 1967.

Date: 1967

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-133-649

Description: The length of term for a government is discussed in parliament. An elastic termis proposed by the cartoonist. In the first scene, N.Z. electors let a generous government run on to five years; the next shows a stingy government being hauled back - forced to retire - and fired. The elastic is used by the electors as a catapult. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and white ink, crayon, letratone and pencil, 318 x 344 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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

Date: 1990

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-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-145-847/872

Description: Includes cartoons about: Nancy Prebble reluctant to leave Bolton St home; Palmer as leader; Moore wanting to take over from Palmer; Girl Guide biscuit selling day, perhaps the government should sell them; many people undecided about who to vote for; nation in a poor state; Bolger throwing Labour's policies in the rubbish, except the good ones; Winston Peters stepping into trouble; Bob Tizard can't afford a car in Auckland and a home in Wellington; Tizard and Palmer having problems; earthquake shocks; Bolger and Palmer aim for surprise attacks; new members for the Chatham Islands Labour party electorate, all Asian; Bolger joins Palmer on nuke-free issue; many voters still undecided over who to vote for; Ruth Dyson sugesting National should not be put into power; Labour basis its policies on National ideas; Palmer and Prebble save everything for the Government; a reference to `Alice in Wonderland' depicting National and Labour as Tweedledee and Tweedledum; Colin Moyle, Roger Douglas, Bob Tizard and Michael Cullen trampling over the jobless to get themselves further; Palmer facing rocketing unemployment and rapidly decreasing popularity; Muldoon wants a senior cabinet role if National wins the election; Ruth Dyson and Geoffrey Palmer ask fairies to show them the way out of the mess; Bolger ahead of Palmer in the polls; Bolger leading with better policies than Palmer; the countdown to the election, still a lot of uncertain voters. 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 according to estimated dates. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Quantity: 26 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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Hall, Thomas Donald Horn, 1885-1971 : Papers

Date: 1935-1951

By: Hall, Thomas Donald Horn, 1885-1971

Reference: MS-Group-1799

Description: Comprise diaries 1936-1945, 1951; letters, addresses and a typescript, Live thou for England Source of title - Supplied by Library Relationship complexity - Earlier material, donated by T D H Hall, is at MS-Group-0024 Thomas Hall was Clerk of the House of Representatives 1930-1945, President of the NZ Library Association, a writer on various topics and an active layman with the Church of England Quantity: 15 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter Provenance: After his death in 1971, Thomas Hall's papers were handed to Harold Gladstone Miller, the donor's father

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Legislation. Auckland Star, 26 November 1983.

Date: 1983

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :One folder of original cartoons published in the Auckland Star in the 1970s and 1980s.

Reference: A-305-170

Description: The cartoon shows a man wearing pyjamas labelled "Legislation", sleep walking towards the "ayes" door in parliament. A comment on the legislative process. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Ayes. Zzzzzzz. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 190 x 230 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:Mr Nordmeyer wants longer parliamentary sessions. 18 Ju...

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-133-277

Description: Three vignettes of parliamentarians speaking and sleeping in their seats in parliament. Longer hours would mean more working hours for members but also would give them more time to nod off during sessions. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and pencil 255 x 280 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :One candidate for the general elections is a judo expo...

Date: 1966

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-133-435

Description: Two scenes illustrate how useful such a person would be in Parliament to maintain order. The first shows bills and out-of-order MPs being thrown out. The second shows the Speaker of the House being thrown out - If you want to complain to Mr Speaker about the way the debate is being conducted, here he comes now. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 300 x 390 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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

Date: 1989

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-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-145-827/846

Description: Includes cartoons about: Bolger vs. Lange; 30 M.P's volunteer to have blood tests for a `life in N.Z.' survey; Labour's birthday; an idea to have the Beehive moved to Sommes Island; Douglas hiding behind a mask of Caygill; caucus in a shambles; Helen Clark putting the Labour burden onto Palmer's back; Palmer new P.M.; Peters the main man in National; Paul East and Jim Bolger setting the hard line on law and order; Michael Cullen takes his first overseas trip; Palmer hits the tax payers hard; ironic twist on M.P. salaries; the Government being lavish with personal expenditure; 31% of voters disillusioned; DSIR grants; Christmas boost for M.P's pay; the country in a mess; a cartoon derived from Sir John Tenniel's famous cartoon `Dropping the Pilots' shows Palmer as the leader and the pilots as Rodger Douglas, Martin Finlay, Bob Tizard, Stan Rodger and Russell Marshall; Christmas party at the Beehive. 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 according to estimated dates. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Quantity: 20 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.