Peter Bromhead

• Name — Peter Bromhead • Honorific Suffix — MNZM • Born — 31 May 1933 • Birthplace — Portsmouth, England • Died — 25 August 2026 • Place of death — Rotorua, New Zealand • Citizenship — New Zealand • Occupation — * Designer • editorial cartoonist • Employer — Auckland Star (1973–1989)

Bromhead was born in Portsmouth, England, on 31 May 1933. His mother remarried after his father died and his stepfather's name was Bob Bromhead. His first job was as a window dresser in London and he trained as an industrial designer in England and Sweden. He migrated to New Zealand in the 1950s with his first wife, mother and step-father. He became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1979. He always harboured a desire to be a cartoonist but worked as a designer of commercial interiors and furniture importer directing his company Bromhead Design. He was the editorial cartoonist for the Auckland Star from 1973 to 1989. He also drew cartoons for other publications including New Zealand Truth, The Dominion, The New Zealand Herald and the New Zealand Listener. He cartooned under his own name and the pseudonym Deighton. In 2016 he published his memoir Bromhead: Scratching a Living. Bromhead died in Rotorua on 25 August 2026, at the age of 93.