Lotteries - New Zealand

Date: 1900 - 1950

Reference: Eph-A-LOTTERY-1900/1950

Description: Includes : Undated: New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union (Inc). Tainted money! 'Tain't yours! 'Tain't mine! Prizes gained from art unions or lotteries, no matter what the object, are tainted money. [1910-1940s?] 1939: "The romantic career of George Adams (Tattersall). (Melbourne, 1939. Booklet of 32 pages. 1941: New Zealand Academy of Fine arts. Autumn exhibition 1941. Public art union, to be drawn on Wednesday 4 June 1941. Ticket 1949: "The evils of betting shop queues". [1949] Tickets include: 1914: Eastbourne Bowling Club. Grand Art Union. To be drawn 7th November 1914. 1924: Grand Military Tournament and Citizen-Soldiers' Pageant. Art Union in aid of community club and regimental funds. To be drawn at the Town Hall Wellnigton, 21 June 1924. Ticket 1925: Dominion All Gold art union. To provide playing areas for Rugby Union football and other amateur sports. Drawn not later than 20th October, 1925. W G Compton, secretary-organiser, Dominion All Gold Art Union, Invercargill. 1936: Alluvial Gold art union, Central Military command, in aid of forthcoming searchlight tattoo in aid of regimental funds. Closes 6 June 1936. 1945: "I may be lucky" Art Union. 5000 pounds. Closes 10th November 1945. 1950: Great Easter. 5000 pounds in prizes. Closes 1sy April 1950. Ticket Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on lottery tickets. 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on flyers. 1 booklet. Physical Description: Photolithographs and letterpress, sizes ranging below 200 mm

Date: 1979

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-135-503

Description: Shows a man sitting on his back door step and drinking beer. He is looking very gloomy and watching his wife talk to their next door neighbour over the fence. Refers to the All Blacks Captain, Graham Mourie and the weight-lifter, Precious McKenzie. Label on reverse dated 19/11/79 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 270 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 27 February 1978

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Short, Jack, active 1977

Reference: EP/1978/0778-F

Description: Queue of people purchasing lottery tickets at Priddle Brothers, hairdressers, Mercer Street, Wellington. Photographs taken 27 February 1978 by Evening Post staff photographer Jack Short. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 2002

By: Hubbard, James, 1949-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-662-010/015

Description: 5 cartoons on political and social issues. Shows lax security on an Army base. Shows NZ Cricket rep. picking up the teams uniforms which have large perspiration marks where their hearts were beating hard during recent matches. Shows the disparity between benefits gained between Lotto winners, ACC lump sum payments and victim reparation awarded in criminal cases. Comment on the large amount of money being spent on developing a Maori trademark in relation to how popular branding is amoung Maori youth. Shows Creative New Zealand robbing a bank in broad daylight. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 1980

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-135-678

Description: The three scenes in this cartoon show different ways of achieving wealth. In the top right scene a reporter is interviewing a couple who have won the lottery. They claim that the win will not make any difference to them - except that they will live in a luxury flat in Surfers' Paradise after going on a world trip. In the lower left scene the family has achieved greater wealth by negotiation i.e. a union has negotiated a pay rise. In the lower right scene greater wealth has been achieved by decree. A man explains to his wife that he will receive $3.50 more as a result of a general wage order pay increase. Extended Title - Nowadays we are all seekers after wealth - Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 456 x 320 mm.

Date: 1984

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Closer Economic Relations. Published in the Auckland Star 1981 - 1984].

Reference: A-331-124

Description: The cartoon shows an unusual machine named, the great NZ clobbering machine. It is being driven by a man representing the reserve bank and a man representing NZ customs. The machine is destroying a car that represents the supercar lottery to aid children's peace prize award. Refers to CER and New Zealand trade controls. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 235 x 195mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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.

Date: 1971 - 1972

From: Various cartoonists :Ten cartoons by Nevile Lodge and one by Eric Heath on the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Reference: A-349-045

Description: Comments on the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association being refused a request for more funding from the Golden Kiwi lottery funds. Illustrates in a humourous way how the athletes are feeling the effects of the economic situation at the time The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association) is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic and the Commonwealth Games. Golden Kiwi was a New Zealand lottery which began in 1961 and ended in 1989. It was based on philanthropic art union lotteries held for many decades prior. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Nevile Lodge 71 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and whiteout, 267 x 400 mm, on sheet 315 x 460 mm

Date: 1839-1936

By: Bett, Francis Arnot Blackader, 1873-1957

Reference: Micro-MS-0510

Description: Manuscripts collected by Dr Bett, mainly, but not only relating to the early history of the Nelson settlement. Includes letters, invoices, memorials, reports and a multitude of other material. Includes letters written by Lydia Acland, 1837; Elizabeth Fearon, 1862; and Mary King, 1860. Also entry from a baptism register for Helen Burnett, 1866. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 600 pages). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1978

From: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995 : Negatives, prints, register and minute book from 20th Century Photography studio, Taumarunui

By: Peacock, Morice Gladstone, 1916-1995; Houpapa, Vonda Elsa Maureen, 1941-

Reference: PA12-0270

Description: Timber conference, tree planting ceremony, Grey Warbler nesting, nest of unidentified young birds, Volcanic Plateau including Mount Ngauruhoe from the air, and a 60,000 dollar Tats Eldorado Sweep lottery ticket Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1953 - 1954

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

Reference: H-633-001/033

Description: New Zealand topics include advocation of a state lottery, the rising cost of living, increased car licence fees, sales tax, mortgage rates, petrol prices, the 1953 visit by Queen Elizabeth 11 and Prince Philip, electioneering for the 1954 election, home brew in prisons, inflation, water supply disputes and shortages in Auckland, the future of the wine industry, geothermal power, traffic transgressions, advertising on parking meters, the Russian space programme and an observatory in Auckland and attitudes to public works in Auckland such as the harbour bridge and drainage. International topics include Australian lotteries, Winston Churchill keeping 'communist hands off' British Guiana, political troubles in Trieste and East Germany, relations between the Untied States and the USSR, radioactive pollution around Bikini Atoll, the TATTS talks and atomic bomb threats, the arrival of the yacht 'Hemskerk' in Sydney, the sale of Russian Embassy cars in Canberra and Soviet Russia's space programme. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies. Image sizes 178 x 228 mm approx.

Date: 1981

From: [Posters and ephemera relating to mainly public and commercial buildings in Wellington. 1970-1999]

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: Eph-C-BUILDINGS-Wellington-1981-01

Description: Red and black lettering and illustration on a silver backgroun, with a perspective drawing of the new Michael Fowler Centre. Prizes in the lottery were: 1st, Rover 2.6 automatic; 2nd and 3rd, Honda Prelude; 4th, Honda Accord 4 door; 5th and 6th, Honda Civic 5 door. There were 94 additional prizes. The tickets were $10.00 each. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Screenprint on poster 505 x 343 mm.

Date: ca 1986

By: New Zealand Lotteries Grants Board

Reference: MSY-2384

Description: Includes departmental papers, correspondence, newsclippings Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Dept of Internal Affairs, Wellington, Oct 1986 Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1964-1968

From: Cooper, Johnny, 1929-2014 : Collection

Reference: Eph-A-LOTTERY-Cooper-2

Description: Includes: 1964-1968: Mammoth Golden Kiwi tickets nos. 1-21 (1964 - ca 1968): 1 (2 copies), 2 (2 copies), 3 (2 copies), 4, 5 (2 copies), 6 (2 copies), 7 (3 copies), 8, 9 (2 copies), 12 (3 copies), 13 (2 copies), 14 (2 copies), 15 (2 copies), 16, 17 (3 copies), 18 (first issue in dollars)(2 copies), 19 (3 copies), 20, 21 (2 copies), 22. 1968: Keen's Tobacconist. Queen Street Masterton. Receipt and Tattersall's ticket 1968 New Zealand Underwater Association Incorporated. 3 Pacific Island holidays. Closes 29 February 1968 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Relief prints on tickets, sizes varying up to 150 x 98 mm.

Date: 8 January 1965

From: Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]

Reference: C-171-032

Description: Depicts a sleeping kiwi at a zoo. On hearing that there will be extra lottery draws, the kiwi wakes up and races to buy a ticket. Two men look on with surprised expressions. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Then he work up [in pencil]; Recto - bottom right - Minhinnick. [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen and pencil on paper, 395 x 500 mm

Date: 1890

Reference: Eph-C-LOTTERY-1890-01

Description: Photocopy of a broadsheet listing all 200 prizes to be won. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1987

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-136-696

Description: There are two frames. The first frame in 1981 shows a man sitting in an armchair with the newspaper which states that the Golden Kiwi first prize will be $100,000. He dreams smilingly of a large house, car and boat. In the second frame the same man in 1987 sees that the Golden Kiwi first prize has doubled but he dreams less cheerfully of a much smaller house, car and boat. Refers to the rise in the cost of living between 1981 and 1987. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone on thin card, 320 x 480 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1969

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-133-817

Description: The first scene shows newsagent's store where a man fills in his details for a Golden Kiwi lottery ticket. News headlines state there will be more jackpots at racing and an incentive savings bond scheme is announced - Everyone wants to jump on the gambling bandwagon - so why not go the whole distance? and keep everyone happy. The second scene adds a headline quote from Mr Muldoon - Govt. to permit poker machines enlightened move. The last scene shows a man winning a jackpot at a poker machine and one man scoops the coins into a bag labelled municipal rake-off, and another into a bag marked Govt. rake-off. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone, crayon and pencil, 292 x 352 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1965 - 1990

By: Carter, Kay, active 1931-2013; Cooper, Johnny, 1929-2014; Rule, Nancy, 1923?-2016; Thornton, Ross, active 1990s

Reference: Eph-A-LOTTERY-GK

Description: Includes separately housed tickets donated by Mrs Carter in 2001. Includes tickets for: 30,000 pounds (1960s)(50 of these from the collection of Johnny Cooper PR-13-0136): Numbers 1-5, 7, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 31, 34, 36-39, 43-45, 47-48, 50-52, 57-58, 60, 63-64, 66, 70-71, 78, 82, 85, 87, 91-93, 95, 97-98, 100-101, 105-107 33,000 pounds (1960s): nos 119, 130, 207, 226 60,000 pounds (1960s): Numbers 1 (1 copy) and 2 (2 copies), 14 Kiwi Jackpot lottery, 1st prize $24,000: No 85, 119, 120, 121 and 130 (50c tickets) (1960s-1970s?) 50 cent Golden Kiwi, first prize $24,000: No. 488, 490, 545, 582 $1 Golden Kiwi jackpot lottery numbers: 1 (housed in 1960s packet), 218, 224, 236, 238, 248, 253, 254, 258, 259, 262, 264, 268-270, 280, 285, 286, 294, 306 (10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 307, 309 (10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 313 (1981? - 10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 317 (May 1981 - 10 tickets for Natmus [National Museum] syndicate), 318, 319, 325, 331, 334-336, 340. $2 Golden Kiwi jackpot lottery numbers: 6, 7, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 37, 47, 50, 52, 53, 59, 61, 71, 74, 75, 81, 82, 84, 89, 90, 91, 95, 109, 110, 114, 115, 122-124, 128-132, 134, 140, 157, 165, 172, 173, 220, 228, 230, 234, 240, 249-251, 264, 269-271, 304, 306. The new Golden Kiwi $3: no 1, 10, 11, 12, 16. 1st prize $200,000 The Golden Kiwi $3. 1st prize $200,000. Nos. 11, 17, 21, 28, 30, 31. The Golden Kiwi $200,000. $5 ticket (1984); $5 ticket (1986); 2 x $10 ticket (1984) The Golden Kiwi quarter millionaire. Draw 1-2, 4 - 10 [1988?], 12 - 13. The Golden Kiwi Go Kiwi 3 + 3 lottery. First prize $300,000 [1987?] (2 different) The Golden Kiwi Treasure half million (1988); Easter Kiwi half million; The Golden Kiwi "My Lucky" half million (1988); Golden Kiwi Strike Gold half million $10 ticket The Gold Kiwi half-millionaire: Draw 1 (1988), Draw 2 (1988), Draw 3 (1988), Draw 4 (1988), Draw 5 (1988) and Draw 6 (1988) Golden Kiwi XIVth Commonwealth Games 1990 $600,000. 1 x $10 ticket (1986) Golden Kiwi Millionaire. $10 ticket 1988. Draw 1, 2, 3 and 5 and Christmas Millionnaire Golden Kiwi New Year Millionaire. $15 ticket (1987) 1977: Golden Kiwi $400,000 Xmas Sweep, the 1977 Auckland Cup. Tickets $5 only 1978: Golden Kiwi 5+5 lottery. 4 x $10 tickets 1979: Golden Kiwi Golden Jubilee double banger. 2 x $20 ticket; Golden Kiwi Jubilee Sweepstake double draw $20 ticket 1979?: Golden Kiwi 5+5 Lottery $500,000 first prize. 3 x $10 ticket 1980: 1 x $10 ticket; Golden Kiwi Encore Double Banger $20 ticket 1980: Golden Kiwi (1981) Auckland Cup Day Sweepstake triple draw 1981: 3 x $5 and 3 x $10 tickets (one of the $10 tickets has attached list of Natmus [National Museum] syndicate) 1982: 3 x $5, 4 x $10 and 2 x $20 tickets. 1983: 1 x $5 ticket, 2 x $10 ticket and 1 x $20 ticket 1984: 2 x $5, 10 x $10, 10 x $20 and 1 x $25 tickets. (Includes 2 x 1984 $20 Melbourne Cup sweepstake) 1985: 3 x $5, 1 x $6 Melbourne Cup sweep, 12 x $10 (including Father's Day 5 + 5), 4 x $20, and 8 x $25 tickets. 1986: 1 x $5 ticket; 1 x Melbourne Cup sweep $6 ticket; 19 x $10, 2 x $20 ticket; and 6 x $25 tickets. 1987: Summer Wheels $4 ticket; 14 x $10, 1 x $15, 1 x $15 Melbourne Cup sweep, 1 x $20, and 2 x $25 tickets. 1988: 1 x $3, 2 x $5 and 4 x $10 tickets. Quantity: 300 tickets (approximately). Physical Description: Photolithographs on tickets sizes ranging up to 158 x 112 mm.

Date: 1940

Reference: Eph-C-LOTTERY-1940-01

Description: A brochure arguing against the sending of New Zealand funds overseas in the form of lottery investments, and asking the public to participate in a referendum, by sending a small sum of money (2/6d) to the group. The personnel of Now Then Limited include Sydney Ernest Brown, Charles Henry Parsonage, George Henry Watson, and trustees are George Leigh Judd, Thomas Teward, and C S Hogg. The National Bank of New Zealand was associated with the group. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on both sides of pamphlet. Physical Description: Letterpress on folded sheet, 510 x 330 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2000.