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Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :News. A 60m mast became the longest item to travel by road whe...
Date: 2002
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-222
Description: Shows the view from behind of a man and a woman in a car. A mast is balanced through the car windows. Extended Title - Give way to your right, dear. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :News. A man has been arrested after Auckland customs detected ...
Date: 2002
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-225
Description: A criminal suspect is being photographed by the police. He is standing in a spotlight holding up the mirror of a powder compact and dusting his face with powder. Extended Title - Hold it, my nose is shining! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :News. The aerial spraying of a pest moth in Auckland has been ...
Date: 2001
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-199
Description: A family are doing Christmas shopping. The mother and two children are engrossed in shouting out what they want for Christmas. The father has turned out his pockets and shaken out his wallet but is looking secretly pleased that the moths have eaten holes in his pockets and all his money has gone. Extended Title - Whoa those darn moths! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :News. Parrot shows & trade have been halted in Auckland until ...
Date: 2002
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-239
Description: A sick-looking parrot is performing on stage. Extended Title - Polly wanna doctor! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :News. One of the world's biggest hole-boring machines is curren...
Date: 2013
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0025674
Description: A container ship plunges under the waves. It carries a container with the label 'Nora Hole-borer' and with a large hole in its side. A crew member comments 'Hmmm...and you're quite sure it was switched off?' In July 2013 it was announced that the the worlds 10th largest tunnelling boring machine (TBM) was being shipped to Auckland to construct the city's Waterview Connection tunnels. A naming competition was run among Auckland schools to provide a female name, in informal compliance with maritime custom. 'Nora' did not win - 'Alice' was the name chosen. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :'Damn those Aussie headhunters!'. 22 March 2012
Date: 2012
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0020686
Description: Shows two men looking aghast and irate. One man is shaking his fist and looking at a headless man holding a walkie talkie and clipboard who is slumped against a wharf bollard in which a boomarang is embedded. The other man looks back at a headless forklift driver who has crashed into a shipping container in which an arrow is embedded. Text reads 'A successful Oz recruitment drive has snared quite a few NZ Rail and martitime workers'. Context: In March 2012 Statistics New Zealand released a report which shows a record number of people left for Australia in 2011 (Stuff website 24 April 2012). On 19 March KiwiRail announced sale of Hillside rail engineering workshops in Dunedin. On 7 March 2012 Ports of Auckland announced plans to make 300 workers redundant and hire other workers to do their jobs. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :News; Drugs have been found in the heels of some imported platf...
Date: 2013
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0026570
Description: Captioned 'News: drugs have been found in the heels of some imported platform shoes', the cartoon shows the pop star Elton John in a shoe shop, wearing very large platform shoes, admiring himself in a mirror and saying 'Wow, these shoes make me high!' A policeman and a police dog are about to spring on him. On 27 September 2013 Customs officers in Auckland discovered methamphetamine or P valued at about 145,000 dollars inside PVC platform shoes. The cartoon's reference to Elton John, a singer who favours such footwear and puns on the meaning of 'high'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :"You've got the world's 15th worst case of congestion...' 12 No...
Date: 2013
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0026853
Description: Cartoon shows a man lying face-down on a examining table while a surgeon looks at an x-ray showing Auckland traffic. He says there is a solution and is holding a drill behind his back. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).