Political Design

A DigitalNZ Story by Daniel Shaskey

Politics, design, protest, posters, graphic design

Image: Nuclear-free stamp

Nuclear-free stamp

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: poster, protest

poster, protest

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Anti-Vietnam war poster, 1970

Anti-Vietnam war poster, 1970

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Protest poster, South African rugby tour, 1960

Protest poster, South African rugby tour, 1960

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Protest badges - 1981 Springbok tour

Protest badges - 1981 Springbok tour

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Banned watersiders' pamphlet, 1951

Banned watersiders' pamphlet, 1951

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Communist Party poster, 1940s

Communist Party poster, 1940s

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Support homosexual law reform poster

Support homosexual law reform poster

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: You Can't Sink A Rainbow badge

You Can't Sink A Rainbow badge

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Labour Party poster, 1938

Labour Party poster, 1938

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Nuclear-free badge

Nuclear-free badge

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Vote Labour 1987 [poster]

Vote Labour 1987 [poster]

Puke Ariki

Image: Nuclear warship protests: poster

Nuclear warship protests: poster

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Launching Green Party [poster]

Launching Green Party [poster]

Puke Ariki

Image: Treaty protest posters: ‘The treaty is a fraud’

Treaty protest posters: ‘The treaty is a fraud’

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Labour Party election material

Labour Party election material

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Stop French Testing badge

Stop French Testing badge

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Nuclear-free badges

Nuclear-free badges

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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Gay Task Force (N.Z.) :March in support of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. Support lesbian & gay rights. Date Friday 24th May 1985; time Assemble 6...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Monster mass meeting poster

Monster mass meeting poster

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Women against the 1981 tour

Women against the 1981 tour

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: New Zealand Labour Party :Our future depends on action now!!! Let's get cracking with Labour!!!!!!!!!! For greater productivity, greater exports, greater prosperity. Issued by the N.Z. Labour Party. Offset by C M Banks Ltd. [1966]

New Zealand Labour Party :Our future depends on action now!!! Let's get cracking with Labour!!!!!!!!!! For greater productivity, greater exports, g...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: badge, protest

badge, protest

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Labour Weekend Festival, 1990

Labour Weekend Festival, 1990

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Save New Zealand For Your Children

Save New Zealand For Your Children

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Coromandel Peninsula Watchdog :Save the Coromandel - Stop the mining. Nikaus. Oil on canvas by Dean Buchanan for Peninsula Watchdog, Summer 1986.

Coromandel Peninsula Watchdog :Save the Coromandel - Stop the mining. Nikaus. Oil on canvas by Dean Buchanan for Peninsula Watchdog, Summer 1986.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Hall, Ken, fl 1980s :Conservation Week; Nature's place in town, 1-9 August 1981 / Produced by Conservation New Zealand, co-ordinators of Conservation Week, with assistance from the Commission for the Environment.

Hall, Ken, fl 1980s :Conservation Week; Nature's place in town, 1-9 August 1981 / Produced by Conservation New Zealand, co-ordinators of Conservati...

Alexander Turnbull Library