Between the Lines
A cartoon century of New Zealand political and social history, 1906-2005

Ian F Grant presents a fresh, illuminating political and social history of a century that has revolutionised life in New Zealand. The cartoons, drawn from the New Zealand Cartoon Archive collection, are a clear, sometimes savage, sometimes downright funny, reflection of popular opinion at the time. The decade-by-decade commentary and cartoon captions provide an incisive and penetrating pen portrait of the trends, events and personalities that have shaped New Zealand from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, from the death of New Zealand’s first great prime minister Richard John Seddon, through the trauma of two world wars and the upheavals of two very different economic and social revolutions led by two very different Labour governments and ending with Helen Clark’s historic third election win.

ISBN: 0-9582320-4-0

288 pages, 228 x 210 mm, soft cover, over 500 cartoons.

Price: $39.95 (including GST, packaging and postage*)
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Public Lives – New Zealand Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003

This book is the first about all of New Zealand’s 37 premiers and prime ministers, each with his or her lively and informative chapter, lavishly illustrated with cartoons and caricatures. All were extraordinary people who deserve to be remembered. The introductory chapter assesses the successes and failures in a job that has changed hugely in scope and complexity over the last 150 years. Written by Ian F. Grant, founder and Executive Chairman of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and author of The Unauthorized Version: A Cartoon History of New Zealand.

ISBN: 0-9582320-2-4

208 pages, 167 cartoons and caricatures, 300 x 210 mm, soft cover.

Price: $34.95 (including GST, packaging and postage*)
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Harpies & Heroines – a cartoon history of women’s changing roles in New Zealand

Tells the story, in cartoons and text, of the revolution in the lives of New Zealand women in the 110 years since they gained the vote – as they have travelled the often bumpy road from economic dependence to emancipation and from traditional domestic confines to the most public of roles. Compiled and annotated by Rachel Macfarlane and Cerridwyn Young of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, it includes a timeline of key events and a lively introduction written by Dale Williams.

ISBN: 0-9582320-1-6

96 pages, 76 cartoons, 160 x 230 mm, soft cover.

Price: $19.95 (including GST, packaging and postage*)
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Lodge Laughs at Wellington – celebrating the life and cartoons of Nevile Lodge

Four decades of cartoons of life in Wellington by a master of the craft. Nevile Lodge’s Evening Post cartoons and Sports Post covers show Wellington as it used to be. Compiled and annotated by the staff of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, it includes biographical notes on Lodge and a witty introduction about Lodge’s Wellington by Dale Williams.

ISBN: 0-9582320-3-2

84 pages, 61 cartoons, 160 x 230 mm, soft cover.

Price: $19.95 (including GST, packaging and postage*)
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The Other Side Of The Ditch
A cartoon century in the New Zealand- Australia relationship

In this 96 page book of text and cartoons, Ian F Grant explores the strange, complex relationship between Australia and New Zealand during the last 100 years. Chapters deal incisively with the historical, political, economic, sporting and cultural relationship between the two near neighbours. Includes 50 cartoons from the New Zealand Cartoon Archive collection. Second printing now available.

ISBN: 0-9582320-0-8

96 pages, 160 x 230 mm, soft cover.

Price: $19.95 (including GST, packaging and postage*)
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Guts & Glory - An Exhibition of Rugby Cartoons

Souvenir catalogue of the successful exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive that toured New Zealand from 2000 to 2002.

It includes:
• 26 of the 62 cartoons that were in the exhibition
• "The Nation's Game" by historian Jock Phillips
• "From the Eye of the Storm: Rugby's Power to Divide and Embattle" by anti-apartheid campaigner Trevor Richards
• "From the Eye of the Storm: Kiwi Rugby's Rise and Fall" by rugby writer Sir Terry McLean
• 'Rugby: The Black and White View" by Susan Foster, Curator/Manager of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive
• Biographical notes on 26 cartoonists.

ISBN: 0-473-05952-5

28 pages, 210 x 295 mm, soft cover.

Price: $7.50 (including GST, packaging and postage*)
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David Low – Kiwi Cartoonist on Hitler’s Blacklist

Souvenir catalogue of the successful exhibition curated by the
New Zealand Cartoon Archive that toured New Zealand
from 1995 to 1998.

It includes:
• "David Low, The Roots of Reputation" by historian Colin Seymore-Ure
• "David Low, The Influence of the New Zealand Years" by historian John Roberts
• "David Low, Kiwi Cartoonist on Hitler’s Blacklist" by Susan Foster, Curator/Manager of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive
• Biographical summary
• 16 of the 45 cartoons that were in the exhibition.

ISBN: 0-473-03403-4

20 pages, 298 x 210 mm, soft cover.

Price: $5.00 (including GST, packaging and postage*)
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