MP (Labour) for Sydenham 1975-1984. Son of Ruth and Norman Eric Kirk. See New Zealand Biographies
Kirk, Norman John, 1947-
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[21 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in November and Dece...
Date: 1983
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-360-231/251
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :"Hi, I'm Little Johnny's personal manager and I'd just like to t...
Date: 1985
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn in 1985, mainly for the New Zealand Listener].
Reference: C-133-113
Description: Shows the character "J.R." from the television series "Dallas", introducing John Kirk who is holding a guitar. "J.R." goes on to say that John Kirk's face shows he is a "little removed from reality maybe, but hell, that's what America's all about!". This cartoon was published in the New Zealand Listener on 26 October 1985, page 13. Politician John Kirk had left New Zealand and gone to the United States. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 320 x 490 mm, on sheet 440 x 640 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :Instructions. Press button A. NZ Her...
Date: 1983
From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]
By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992
Reference: B-197-037
Description: Shows Jim Anderton knocking John Kirk backwards out of his seat (labelled 'Sydenham') by pressing a button on the side of the chair. David Lange looks on in bewilderment. Refers to July 1983, when John Kirk announced that he would not seek the Labour Party's nomination for Sydenham in the 1984 election. In his place Labour selected Jim Anderton, the party president, whereupon Kirk (a strong David Lange supporter) declared that he would stand against the official Labour candidate as an independent. His continuing opposition to Anderton's selection resulted in the Labour Party's New Zealand Council suspending him from membership of the Labour Party Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Minhinnick [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - NZ Herald, 9.8.83 [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, marker pen and letratone on card, 280 x 440 mm (image)
Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :Anderton pledges to throw weight behind Lange. 8 August 1983
Date: 1983
From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]
Reference: B-197-046
Description: Shows David Lange and Jim Anderton dressed as rugby players. A grinning Anderton flies past Lange, kicking him in the behind as he does so, on his way to scoring a try with a ball labelled 'Future leadership', over a goal line labelled 'Sydenham'. Refers to Labour's selection of Anderton to replace John Kirk (a strong Lange supporter) as MP for Sydenham Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - Best wishes, Eric Heath '83 [in biro]; Backing board verso - top centre - 8.8.83 Dom Anderton [in pencil] Quantity: 1 photographic print of original cartoon. Physical Description: Black and white print on photographic paper adhered to card, 90 x 130 mm (image)
Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and persona...
Date: 1955-1971
By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002
Reference: PA-Group-00375
Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.
Dulux New Zealand Ltd :Cartons of large photographs from the 'Press Photographer of the...
Date: 1978-1983
By: Dulux (N.Z.); Milne, John, active 1970s-1980s; Charteris, David, active 1970s-1980s; Scott, Don, active 1970s-1980s; Cole, Douglas Lowell, 1930-; Mitchell, Mark, active 1983; Short, J J, active 1983; Estcourt, Paul, active. 1983; Lennon, Annie, active 1970s-1980s; McNicholas, Michael, active 1983; Dainow, Bert, active 1983; Selkirk, John, active 1968-2005; Freeman, Fred, active 1978; White, Ross, active 1978; Mitchell-Anyon, Graeme, active 1979; Griffiths, Mervyn, active 1978; Andrews, Tony, active 1970s-1980s; Simcox, Craig, active 1983; Coppock, Trevor, active 1983; Dale, G, active 1982; Connew, Bruce, active 1970-2007; McNicoll, Bill, active 1983; Shacklock, Gerald, active 1970s-1980s; Costell, Maurice, active 1982; Anderson, Allan, active 1983; Drury, Peter, active 1978; Partridge, Richard, active 1978; Job, Murray, active 1979; Nook, Lynne, active 1970s-1980s; Richardson, Brett, active 1978; Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016; Stone, John, active 1983
Reference: PAColl-0194
Description: Photographs of various New Zealanders submitted for the News Photographer of the Year Award, sponsored by Dulux. Consists of: no. 1. Portrait of intellectually handicapped women / John Milne. 2. Portraits of Prof. D C Stevenson, R Wright, G Garde, G Belhouse and A. Whitteker / David Charteris. 3. Portrait of Captain James Richards Middleton / Don Scott. 4. Photograph of Sir Thomas Skinner / Douglas Cole. 5. Portrait of Tahuaaitai Te Urupu / Mark Mitchell. 6. Portrait of Angus McLeod / Douglas Cole. 7. Photograph of Japanese fishermen / J J Short. 8. Mrs Kae Miller / J J Short. 9. Tony Ryan as Jesus Christ / Mark Mitchell. 10. Tom McIntyre and sprinter, Kim Robertson / Paul Estcourt. 11. Toko oil well near Stratford / John Selkirk. 12. Annie Lennon / Michael McNicholas. 13. Ivy Thomas, Paul Tyrrell and Lynette Hooten at protest against conviction of Arthur Allen Thomas / Bert Dainow. 14. Sideshow man, Trades Fair, Wellington, 1978 / John Selkirk. 15. George Gair, 1978 / Fred Freeman. 16. Southland floods 1978 / Ross White. 17. Jack Higgins / Graeme Mitchell-Anyon, 1979. 18. Black Power member, William Ryland, 1978 / Ron Fox. 19. Couple kissing, 1978 / Mervyn Griffiths. 20. Roger Gibson on flute / Tony Andrews. 21. Malcolm Dronsfield, swimmer / Craig Simcox, 1983. 22. First aid nurse and victim / Trevor Coppock, 1983. 23. Eruera and Amiria Stirling, 1982 / Vicky Wardell. 24. Ingrid MacIntyre, diver, 1983 / G Dale. 25. Maori waka paddlers at Waitangi during the visit of Prince & Princess of Wales, 1983 / Bruce Connew. 26. Bert Hughes, 1983 / Bill McNicol. 27. Doug Te Paa and others carrying Elaine Herematu, 1983 / Anthony Phelps. 28. Precious McKenzie and Shane Wilson / Gerald Shacklock. 29. Ken Douglas, 1982 / Maurice Costello. 30. Richard Bell with antique camera, 1983 / Richard Simpson. 31. Stephanie Hooper & Steve Rush 1983 / Allan Anderson. 32. Lyndsay Fairburn, 1978 / Fred Freeman. 33. Mr Downie and newsmen / Ian Mackley. 1978. 34. Warren Weir and Bella Lafatanoa, 1978 / Fred Freeman. 35. Samoan woman and child, 1978 / Peter Drury. 36. Rosemary McLeod, 1978 / Liz Brook. 37. Train accident, 1978 / Richard Partridge. 38. Bruce Forsyth / Ross Wiggins. 39. Arnold Wilson, 1978 / Philip Doyle. 40. Couple farewelling US Icebreaker, Polar Star, 1978 / Merv Griffiths. 41. Mrs Tumanako Reweti (Auntie Hope) and Tania Kir Kau. 1979 / Graeme Mitchelle-Anyon. 42. Three portraits of Waric Slyfield / Paul Estcourt. 43. Peter Colwill, 1979 / Murray Job. 44. Taranaki Men's hockey champs, J Louvendie & T. Munro / Lynne Nook. 45. Mary Lochore, 1978 / Ron Fox. 46. Picture of children listening to bearded man, 1978 / Brett Richardson. 47. Janine Gadsby, Melinda & Ivan Gadsby, Garth Gadsby and Ron Gadsby / Ian Mackley. 48. British Riggers, 1983 / Bruce Connew. 49. Barry Crump and Robyn, 1983 / Bruce Connew. 50. Wreckage from the yacht Lion Heart II, 1983 / John Stone. 51. Crippled Children Society's camp, Riversdale, 1979 / Ross Giblin. 52. Barry and David Pay, 1979 / Murray Job. 53. Picture of child drinking from a tap, 1979 / Liz Brock. 54. Keith Levy displaying his chest, 1978 / Ross Giblin. 55. Sir Edmund Hillary, 1979 / Maurice Costello. 56. Sister Mary Peter Doyle, 1978 / John Selkirk. 57. John Barker, 1978 / J J Short. 58. Oriental Bay, Wellington; four men watching `run for fun' joggers , 1979 / John O'Brien. 59. Man having hair permed, 1978 / John O'Brien. 60. Commonwealth Games, 1978. Womens 800 metres / Paul Estcourt. 61. West Coast rugby supporters, Palmerston North, 1979 / Maurice Costello. 62. Sir Basil Arthur, John Kirk, David Lange, Joe Walding and Richard Prebble, 1978 / Ron Fox. 63. Maori protestors, Ponsonby, 1979 / Ross White. 64. Father Xmas [Christmas], 1979 / R. Pilcher. 65. Three school children, 1979 / R. Pilcher. 66. Mrs E Evans playing cards / R. Pilcher. Quantity: 66 b&w original photographic print(s) in two containers.
Album; Guy Powles, New Zealand High Commissioner to India, part one.
Date: 1960-1962
From: Powles family :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-606
Description: Record of Sir Guy Powles term of office as New Zealand's first High Commissioner to India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and Ambassador to Nepal. Photos mainly of diplomatic and social events. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :Judder bars. NZ Herald, 27 September...
Date: 1983
From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]
By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992
Reference: B-197-043
Description: Shows Jim Anderton driving a car at high speed around a racing track labelled 'Bob Hawke raceway (Australian rules)'. On its way to 'Beehive Corner' it drives over the prone figures of Brian MacDonell and John Kirk, breaking into bits to go faster. Anderton's passenger, David Lange, is thrown from the car as it hits the 'judder bars' of MacDonell and Kirk. Refers to Labour's determination to win the next election. Bob Hawke's Labor Party had won the 1983 Australian election. Kirk and MacDonell had resigned from the Labour Party when they were replaced as their Party's candidates for the 1984 General Election. Both men completed their term in Parliament as Independents Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Minhinnick [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - NZ Herald, 27.9.83 [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, marker pen and letratone on card, 280 x 440 mm (image)
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992: Further outlook: occasional showers
Date: 14 April 1969
From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: C-179-056
Description: Skinner and Norman Kirk are holding onions and crying. Kirk holds a bag labelled "Calamity howlers". A dog is barking behind them. The caption reads ""Onions are cheap just now" - News". Keith Holyoake watches holding a briefcase which is labelled "N.Z. economy". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 385 x 475 mm.
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992: Feeding time at Marineland
Date: 20 September 1972
From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner
Reference: C-179-154
Description: Skinner holds buckets of fish labelled "Sprat unions" as if to feed the dolphins who swim in a pool. One of the dolphins is labelled "Big unions". Norman Kirk, John Marshall, Robert Muldoon, and another man watch from the bleachers. The caption reads ""F.O.L. to urge amalgamation of unions. It is proposed that unions retain their autonomy but 'with time they may grow accustomed to one another and merge'" - Mr Skinner." Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 385 x 485 mm.
Sons & Daughters - Brian Edwards interviews John Kirk
From: New Zealand National Party: Sound and video recording collection
By: Edwards, Brian Finbar Myram, 1937-
Reference: OHInt-0226/183
Description: Quantity: 1 videocassette(s). 1 event(s).
Ele, fl 1980s :John Kirk [drawn circa 1980s].
Date: 1980 - 1990
From: Ele, fl 1980s:66 caricatures of New Zealand and foreign politicians and newsmakers, drawn circa 1980s, possibly 1984.
By: Ele (Artist), active 1980s; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-056-053
Description: Caricature, head only, of New Zealand politician John Kirk, son of New Zealand prime minister Norman Kirk. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black felt pen on cartridge paper. 420 x 295 mm.
Brockie, Bob, 1932- :Boy! It's great to be back at work! Labour hopes. John Kirk. U.S.A...
Date: 1984
From: Various artists :Collection of photocopies, newspaper clippings and bromides of cartoons by Bromhead (A-314-1), Brockie (A-314-2) and J. C. Hill (A-314-3).
Reference: A-314-2-031
Description: Shows John Kirk standing in front of a candle (Labour hopes). He has a briefcase next to him with his name on it and a tag which reads "U.S.A." He is holding a hose with which he is extinguishing the candle flame. Refers to John Kirk returning from America. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand politic...
Date: 1992 - 1993
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-145-935/950
Description: Includes cartoons about: corporal punishment, Bolger, Richardson, Shipley, Birch, Smith, Prebble and Peters; Jim Bolger at Tamaki; crime on the increase, Bolger, Lange, Muldoon, Rowling and Kirk; worship the rich as heroes, Bolger; M.P's good behaviour code; P.M. opens new highway; Dyson makes unlikely promises; 1993 election; fire at parliament library; Bolger facing many problems; the National party election campaign; T.V. coverage of parliament sessions; leaders of National and Labour, Moore and Bolger, better the Devils we know; by-election, Peters. 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: 16 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.
Papers relating to John Kirk
Date: 1979
From: Symmans, Gerald William : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7939-076
Description: Papers relating to John Kirk's comments about R D Muldoon in `Sons and daughters' broadcast on TV One, 27 May 1979. Includes correspondence between Symmans and Muldoon and with Television One. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989: "I just stood outside the tennis club" 5 November, 1973.
Date: 1975
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-134-844
Description: It is Guy Fawkes and two children are comparing the amount of money they have collected for their Guy Fawkes effigies which are both in wheelbarrows beside them. Propped against a shop wall behind them are two posters reading 'Cup upset! Lottery upset!' and Govt. veto causes N.Z.L.T.A. to cancel tourney.' One of the children gloats over his collection tin which is overflowing with money and says that he just stood outside the tennis club. The reason for his success is that his Guy Fawkes bears a strong likeness to Prime Minister, Norman Kirk whose government veto has just caused the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association to cancel its tournament. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 305 x 394 mm
Miscellaneous correspondence
Date: 1973-1987
From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5640-007
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter
Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :"... And here we are folks broadcasting live from Parliament for...
Date: 1985
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn in 1985, mainly for the New Zealand Listener].
Reference: C-133-110
Description: A cartoon strip of four panels, showing an announcer with a microphone commentating a confrontation between politicians John Banks and Michael Cullen and previewing a later song from former politician John Kirk in America, "I'll spill my guts for money". This cartoon was published in the New Zealand Listener on 7 September 1985, page 13. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 515 x 245 mm, on sheet 640 x 410 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"We want to see the Governor about some changes" 31 Se...
Date: 1973
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
Reference: B-134-417
Description: Shows four men standing outside the Paymoreanmore Maximum Security Prison! One of them is holding a brief case (FOL. and another (Prices) is skipping away with his parole in his hand. Kirk and another man (Wages) are looking down at the scene from over the wall. They are being carefully watched by a guard. Refers to jail reformers calling on Skinner. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper, 365 x 190 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
Correspondence - John Kirk
Date: 1987-1990
From: New Zealand Labour Party: Head Office records
Reference: 97-114-32/33
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.