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Poster advertising New Zealand rock band Peking Man's "Chow for Now" New Zealand tour. "Peking Man" written in large graphic red lettering, with "Chow for now!" written over the top. Features a blank space at bottom of the poster for tour dates.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock band Peking Man. Includes a stylised painting of two people. Also includes the words 'Appearing at'.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock band Peking Man. Includes a stylised drawing of a person dancing. Also includes the texts: 'New EP and single available now. Printed by Ocean in Motion, P.O. Box 876, Auckland.' Also includes a logo for Hit Singles.

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Poster depicting album art of New Zealand rock band Peking Man's self-titled studio album. Features graphic cubist-style illustration of a woman's head and neck with a blue and yellow headdress.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock band Peking Man. Includes a stylised drawing of a man dancing in a spotlight. Also includes the texts: 'New EP and single available now'. Also includes a logo for Hit Singles.

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Poster advertising an album by New Zealand band The Pelicans. Includes a stylised drawing of a snake and two fish. Also includes the text: 'Eelman Records'.

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Poster advertising a tour by New Zealand rock band The Pelicans. Includes a drawing of a line of pelicans carrying instruments and flying down a road in the New Zealand countryside. A moa with a rugby ball is watching the pelicans. Also includes the text: '8 duck treasure LP. In association with the N.Z. Student Arts Council'.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock groups Porkchops, Mammal, Tamburlaine and the Windy City Strugglers, and poet Sam Hunt. Includes a drawing of a naked woman. Also includes the signature C. Grosz[?]'.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock band Pretty Wicked Head and the Desperate Men. Includes a hand-coloured drawing of comic book style superhero. Includes the text: 'Portrait of the artist before he disovered beer'. Also includes a paragraph of text quoting Aldous Huxley.

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Poster advertising Purple Siren and Thin Red Line. Poster is red, with a purple square in the centre intersected by two red lines. Also includes the text (in purple): 'Thanks to NZ Students Arts Council + NZR'.

Scope and Contents note Poster advertising a tour by pop group Putty In Her Hands. Includes a drawing, in the style of a 1960s comic book panel, of two girls holding guitars. The speech bubble from the first girl contains the text: "I'll need a separate notebook just for notes". The speech bubble from the second girl contains the text: "Charlotte, when we finish our tour, the boys won't stand a chance! They'll be putty in our hands!" Also includes the text: 'With the assistance of the NZ Students Arts Council and...

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Poster advertising a tour by Australian soul musicians the Renee Geyer Band. Includes a photograph of Renee Geyer, and a drawing of a tube of lipstick. Also includes the text: 'A Co-promotion by Television One Grunt Machine and the New Zealand Students Arts Council.' Also includes the logos of Mushrooms Productions and RCA Records and Tapes.

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Poster advertising the album 'Ready to Deal' by Australian rock musicians the Renee Geyer Band. Includes the album cover, which is a photograph of the band surrounded by playing cards and alcohol. Also includes the text: 'Renee Geyer. A new band, a new bag, a new album. Out Now. Records and Tapes.' Also includes the logos of RCA and Mushroom Productions.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rhythm & blues band Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers. Also includes the texts: The big sound of the soul symphony! Jive Bombers: P.O. Box 68-594, Auckland. Publicity: Brian Sweeney, P.O. Box 19016, Wellington. Poster design: Jane Marie Hodgson. Logo by Sam Ford. Smirnoff. Just Juice'.

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Poster adverting New Zealand musical group Six Volts. Includes a photograph of the musicians, and a photograph of a harbour with a drawing of a galleon and a skeleton in a wig transposed onto the photograph. Also includes the texts: 'Thanks to QEII and Regional Arts Council T.D.U. "Original and hugely entertaining Musical Group" - Dominion.' Also includes the logo of Braille Records and the drawing of an anchor.

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Poster advertising a tour by New Zealand rock bands Skank Attack and Murder Inc. Includes an image of fireworks behind a castle. Also includes the text: 'Clyde Quay Tavern Wgtn 17th Sept., Windsor Castle Auck. 19, 20th Sept.' Orange copy.

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Poster advertising a tour by New Zealand rock bands Skank Attack and Murder Inc. Includes an image of fireworks behind a castle. Also includes the text: 'Clyde Quay Tavern Wgtn 17th Sept., Windsor Castle Auck. 19, 20th Sept.' Yellow copy.

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Poster advertising a tour and album by New Zealand rock band Skank Attack. Also includes the texts: 'Live cassette out now $8 from Cascade Records, PO Box 40620, Upper Hutt, Wgtn. Dunedin: Chippendale House Thurs 20th Nov., Christchurch: The Gladstone Fri 21st, sat 22nd Nov., Wellington: Wakefield Market Sat 29th Nov., Auckland Windsor Castle Fri 5th, Sat 6th Dec., Performance Café Sun 7th Dec.'

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock band Skeptics. Includes a pop-art style design of black lines.

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Poster advertising a 12" single and concerts by New Zealand rock band Sneaky Feelings. Includes a drawing of man dancing, with a 45rpm record above his head. Also includes the texts: 'A Flying Nun Record. c/w "Wouldn't cry" + "Here's to the other six". New! Next appearing at - Oriental June 13/14.'

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Poster advertising the 1986 Orientation tour by Dunedin bands Sneaky Feelings and Look Blue Go Purple. Also includes the texts: 'Sponsered by Strawberry Sound recording studio, ph. 777742, 21A Bath St. Dunedin. Assistance from Sounds Musical, NZR + NZ Students Arts Council.'

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Poster advertising the EP Slurp Track by New Zealand rock group Soggy Porridge. Includes a photograph of the band. Also includes the name: 'Skull Printworks'.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock band The Front Lawn. Includes a drawing of two men's heads and an electric guitar on grass. Also includes the text: 'With the assistance of the QEII Arts Council. Poster by Derek Ward'.

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Double-sided poster advertising a 1985 tour by New Zealand rock band The Front Lawn. The front side includes a drawing of two men's heads and an electric guitar on grass. Also includes the text: 'With the assistance of the QEII Arts Council'. The reverse side includes a description of the band, the performers and the show, along with a list of dates, times and venues of performances (including: Fortune Theatre Studio, State Trinity Theatre, Café Pacific, Fez, at the Southern Cross)

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Poster advertising New Zealand reggae band Space Monkees. Includes a purple & white comic-book style drawing of a man in sunglasses saying "We're on the road".

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Poster advertising the album Space Waltz by New Zealand rock musician Alistair Riddell. Includes a black & white photograph of Riddell, and tiled images of a goat. Also includes the texts: 'Presented by the New Zealand Students Arts Council. 'Space Waltz' by Alistair Riddell released by EMI (NZ) Ltd HSD1038'. Also includes the name Rod MacDiarmid and the logo of EMI.

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Poster advertising the New Zealand rock band 'Spines'. Includes a wood-cut style drawing of two people. Also includes the text: 'With the assistance of the NZ Students Arts Council'.

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Poster advertising New Zealand rock group The Spines. Also includes an abstract style painting of two figures.

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Poster advertising Sterotypes. Includes green & white images of a man & a woman, a record player, two moa, two tuatara, four skyscrapers. Also has a sticker placed on with the words: 'In association with NZ Students Arts Council'.

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Poster advertising Dunedin rock band Straitjacket Fits. Includes an abstract painting of two red figures and a white chair.