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COLOSSUS OF SCIENCE DY L A N OW E N DESCRIPTION

MAKER / ARTIST

REFERENCE

Sir Paul Callaghan, 2012

Murray Webb (b. 1947)

New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive (DC-Group-0003: DCDL-0020679)

This caricature of the eminent physicist Sir Paul Callaghan (1947–2012) by cartoonist Murray Webb portrays him as a polymath astride Aotearoa, juggling his extraordinary range of scientific interests and experiences. It is a fitting tribute to one of New Zealand’s most recognisable and prominent scientists. Well known for his work ethic, boundless enthusiasm and curiosity, Callaghan focused his scientific research on the fields of magnetic resonance and nanotechnology. Among his string of awards and achievements were 2011 New Zealander of the Year and the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Rutherford Medal in 2005, given for ‘preeminent research, scholarship or innovation by a person, or team’. Callaghan’s legacy included helping establish the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, of which he was director from 2002 to 2008. Today, this centre for scientific research excellence is focused on a sustainable future through the development and adoption of new and innovative technologies and materials. As an energetic and articulate public science communicator, Callaghan both celebrated and demystified science with an enthusiasm equal to his vision for a prosperous future New Zealand, one he detailed in his

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2009 book Wool to Weta: ‘If we are sufficiently bold and determined we can make New Zealand a place where our young people see their best future.’ Callaghan was also an environmentalist and an ardent supporter of both Wellington’s Zealandia (the world’s first fully fenced urban ecosanctuary) and a pest-free New Zealand. He outlined both of these initiatives in his last public speech, delivered a month before he died. Born in the same year as Callaghan, caricaturist Murray Webb has been described not only as New Zealand’s most underrated caricaturist, but also as one of the ‘three best caricaturists in the world’. For more than three decades his caricature portraits have captured famous (and some infamous) New Zealanders and international personalities. Webb’s skill lies in his ability not only to capture someone’s likeness, but also to seamlessly encapsulate their persona. Here, his caricature of Callaghan cleverly identifies his subject’s huge range of scientific interests despite their complexity, along with his congenial nature, giant stature, and passion for Aotearoa New Zealand and physics. Webb’s own observations about drawing (and drawing out character) has scientific parallels with his subject here. ‘It is pure physics,’ he once wrote. ‘While being artists, we are scientists specialising in the nature of light and substance.’

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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page 267

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

8min
pages 263-266

INDEX

14min
pages 268-272

DIGITAL DIARIES

2min
pages 248-249

ABOUT THE EDITORS

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page 262

‘TAKE SAGE OF VIRTUE’

2min
pages 246-247

CLOSING THE GENDER PAY GAP

2min
pages 244-245

‘I SEE YOU’

2min
pages 242-243

WE ARE BENEFICIARIES

2min
pages 240-241

FOR GENERATIONS TO COME

2min
pages 238-239

UNITED IN GRIEF

2min
pages 236-237

FROM LILBURN TO VAPORWAVE

2min
pages 232-235

JAMMERS AND BLOCKERS

2min
pages 228-229

DISASTER AND CARTOONS

1min
pages 226-227

A CHANCE TO DREAM

2min
pages 222-223

COLOSSUS OF SCIENCE

2min
pages 218-219

GAME OF THE PEOPLE

2min
pages 224-225

WRITERS ON RECORD

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pages 220-221

COLOUR, MOVEMENT AND MUSIC

2min
pages 216-217

WRITING THE MOVES

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pages 212-213

SOMALI PACIFIC STAR

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pages 214-215

HE KIRIATA NUI: MĀORI ON SCREEN

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pages 210-211

DIVINE ILLUMINATION

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pages 204-207

BREAK OUT THE TABS

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pages 202-203

NGĀ TAONGA REO MĀORI

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pages 198-201

NEW BREATH FOR ANCIENT VOICES

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pages 208-209

GOING ANTI-NUCLEAR

2min
pages 196-197

THE LIFE SHE WAS BORN TO LEAD

2min
pages 186-187

VISITING FOOTROT FLATS

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pages 188-189

PEOPLE’S POET

3min
pages 184-185

TOITŪ TE WHENUA

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pages 180-181

CAMBODIAN JOURNEYS

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pages 182-183

‘NOT ONE MORE ACRE’

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pages 178-179

THE DAWN RAIDS

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pages 176-177

‘EDUCATE TO LIBERATE’

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pages 174-175

FROM TOKELAU TO WELLINGTON

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pages 170-171

THE GOLDEN AGE OF WOOLCRAFT

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pages 166-167

KOROUA, MOKOPUNA

2min
pages 162-163

HUTU AND KAWA

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pages 160-161

MEAN MONEY

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pages 164-165

WHETU — STYLE ICON

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pages 172-173

ANCIENT DOCUMENTS

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pages 156-159

GIFT OF FIRE

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pages 154-155

HEALTH IN BODY AND MIND

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pages 152-153

CUSTOM MEETS COLONISATION

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pages 150-151

AOTEAROA FROM THE AIR

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pages 136-137

WAR, REFUGE AND LEARNING

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pages 148-149

SIGNING THE TREATY

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pages 138-139

THE DRAW OF HAINING STREET

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pages 132-133

A JAPANESE SONGBOOK

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pages 144-147

CURIOS

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pages 130-131

COLLECTIVE MIGHT

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pages 108-109

SĀMOA MŌ SĀMOA

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pages 124-125

SAFE SEX PIONEER

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pages 112-113

MANSFIELD’S TYPEWRITER

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pages 118-121

CAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE

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pages 128-129

‘IT’S JUST HELL HERE’

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pages 110-111

CHATHAM ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB

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pages 114-117

CHAMPION OF WOMEN IN MEDICINE

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pages 104-107

PEACE ON THE WATERS

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pages 98-99

TAKING MĀORI TO THE WORLD

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pages 100-101

DIGGING FOR LIVELIHOODS

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pages 102-103

KIRIKI HORI

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pages 96-97

A TAXING IMPOSITION

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pages 92-95

LAGMHOR SONG BOOK

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pages 86-89

LAST OF THE LAUGHING OWLS

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pages 90-91

ADVENTURE, LOVE AND KEEPSAKES

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pages 82-85

A MORIORI GROUP

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pages 80-81

HE WHAKAAHUA RANGATIRA

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pages 78-79

FLOWERING ART OF SCIENCE

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pages 76-77

ACTIONS AT PARIHAKA

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pages 72-73

FARM OF THE SOUTH

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pages 74-75

TELEGRAPHIC TWEETS

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pages 70-71

WĀHINE MĀORI, WHENUA MĀORI

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pages 68-69

KEREOPA TE RAU

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pages 66-67

SELLING A FARMING DREAM

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pages 60-61

‘I SHALL NOT DIE’

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pages 62-65

HE HONONGA TĀNGAENGAE

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pages 58-59

SHIPBOARD DIARY

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pages 54-55

HE WAHINE TOA

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pages 56-57

TWO MĀORI IN VIENNA

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pages 50-53

FIRST NEW ZEALAND ATLAS

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pages 46-49

EIGHT-HOUR-DAY CHAMPION

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pages 44-45

HĀKARI

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pages 40-41

TRANSITION IN TAHITI

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pages 42-43

BIRD TRADE

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pages 36-37

MEETING HONGI HIKA

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pages 30-31

ANOTHER VIEW OF WAITANGI

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pages 32-33

WHALING IN THE BAY

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pages 34-35

LETTER FROM ERUERA

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pages 26-29

YOUNG EMISSARIES

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pages 24-25

MINIATURE WORLD

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pages 20-21

HE MIHI

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page 6

INTRODUCTION

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pages 8-13

PORTRAIT OF AN ALLIANCE

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pages 18-19

FOREWORD

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WAKA SAIL

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pages 16-17

DRAWN TO TE AO MĀORI

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