Peter Bromhead

Peter Bromhead MNZM (born 31 May 1933) is a New Zealand commercial interior designer, cartoonist[1] and illustrator.

Bromhead was born in Portsmouth, England, on 31 May 1933.[2] He trained as an industrial designer in England and Sweden and migrated to New Zealand in the 1950s,[1] and becoming a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1979.[2] He was the editorial cartoonist for the Auckland Star from 1973 to 1989.[3]

In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bromhead was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a cartoonist.[4] In 2008 he was made a life member as a Fellow of the Designers Institute of New Zealand.[5]

Bromhead was described by Richard Long, former editor of The Dominion Post, as probably the best pocket cartoonist operating in the British Commonwealth.[6] He has received 11 awards for cartooning at the Voyager Media Awards (previously Canon Media Awards and Qantas Media Awards).[7]

  1. ^ a b "The irreverent high-priest of Minimalism". Our Homes Today. Times Newspapers. 16 March 2004. Archived from the original on 4 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Peter Bromhead in New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ "David Lange: Peter Bromhead, Auckland Star, 4 March 1987". New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Alexander Turnbull Library. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1999 (including Niue)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ "History of Life Members LDINZ". Designers Institute of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Art Expo 26 - 28 August 2011 hosted by Auckland Grammar School". artexhibition.ags.school.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Peter Bromhead | New Zealand Cartoon Archive". www.cartoons.org.nz. Retrieved 4 February 2019.