Driving gloves
Object detail
Accession number
2006.329.3
Description
Owned and worn by Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand for riding her Honda scooter.
Driving gloves: Size large. Black synthetic outer, padded inner, quilted effect due to padding. Strap across wrist only reaching half circumference of top half. Yellow synthetic inserts on front facing side of both gloves in pointed arrow design and vertical strips up wrist part of gloves. Clip above wrist level on left hand glove which attaches to metal ring on right hand glove in same position. Synthetic lining - replica sheep skin.
Driving gloves: Size large. Black synthetic outer, padded inner, quilted effect due to padding. Strap across wrist only reaching half circumference of top half. Yellow synthetic inserts on front facing side of both gloves in pointed arrow design and vertical strips up wrist part of gloves. Clip above wrist level on left hand glove which attaches to metal ring on right hand glove in same position. Synthetic lining - replica sheep skin.
Brief History
Scooter driving gloves used by Helen Clark.
Description of use of scooter provided by Helen Clark:
'... this motorcycle was brought new by me in early 1971 for around $349 as I recall. It was purchased from my savings and with the aid of $100 from my parents for my 21st birthday. It was my first vehicle, and was used to ride from my Grey Lynn flat into the university every day. I was knocked off it twice by cars - once in Dominion Rd., and another time in Williamson Avenue.
I had stopped using it by the time I went into Parliament in 1981, but Peter continued to use it right up until the late 1990s to ride to the university.'
Description of use of scooter provided by Helen Clark:
'... this motorcycle was brought new by me in early 1971 for around $349 as I recall. It was purchased from my savings and with the aid of $100 from my parents for my 21st birthday. It was my first vehicle, and was used to ride from my Grey Lynn flat into the university every day. I was knocked off it twice by cars - once in Dominion Rd., and another time in Williamson Avenue.
I had stopped using it by the time I went into Parliament in 1981, but Peter continued to use it right up until the late 1990s to ride to the university.'
Marks
SIZE: L / MADE IN TAIWAN / R.O.C. Label
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Driving gloves, 2006.329.3. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
![Motorcycle [Honda 50 Scooter]; Honda Motor Company Ltd; 1971](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/19816/c60b0bc58171da4bb82a29b47d9de06ca2c61621.jpg)
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