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]
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