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Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017063

Description: An elderly man struggles along with huge lead balls shackled to his ankles; the smaller one is labeled 'Chinese garden' and the larger 'stadium'. He says 'Nearly all my life folk have said "I can pick you're a southerner from the way that you speak". These days they say "I can see you're a Dunedinite from the way that you walk".' Context - Older southerners often roll their 'r's. In Dunedin the running of the Chinese Garden is estimated at over $500,000 a year and along with the new Forsyth Barr Stadium is a burden on Dunedin rate payers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008415

Description: Shows cars driving on the motorway leading to Auckland City. They are being crushed by a large old fashioned washing machine wringer labelled 'Local Taxes'. Refers to the rising taxes for Aucklanders. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0013457

Description: The cartoon shows Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin sitting in a Dunedin City Council (DCC) car laden with a $360m debt and being pushed up a hill by a sweating '(I)rate payer'. Refers to the cost being born by Dunedin ratepayers of the new stadium. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0003356

Description: The cartoon shows a concept drawing of the new Dunedin stadium which has a roof in the shape of the cloth cap that the Chair, Dunedin Ratepayers and Householder's Association, Syd Adie, usually wears. Refers to Syd Adie's strong opposition to Dunedin rate payers having to foot such a large proportion of the cost for the new stadium. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017070

Description: A man sits at a table reading a C.C.C. (Christchurch City Council) report with the title 'Where your rates go!' He says 'Rubbish collection sewer roads squanderings bail outs' Context - After the Christchurch earthquake of 4 September 2010 rates have been of particular concern to residents which means people are sensitive to any possibility of squandering. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0013772

Description: The cartoon shows a skier heading up a mountain track that has the word 'spending' printed on it. Text reads 'NZ's uphill representative'. The skier is Mayor Peter Chin of Dunedin who is being criticised because of the huge expense to ratepayers of the new stadium. There is also a reference to the Winter Olympics that are in progress in Vancouver. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014008

Description: The cartoon shows an Easter bunny carrying a basket labelled 'Debts' that is full of Easter eggs. Children nearby gather eggs in delight. The bunny has the face and mayoral chain of Mayor Peter Chin. Refers to the large debt that Dunedin rate-payers have been landed with because of the building of the new stadium. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0010232

Description: A waiter offers a huge bottle of 'Super Stadium Delux champagne' to Peter Chin, Mayor of Dunedin. Peter Chin flashes his credit card 'Rates ad infinitum' as he pays for the champagne. Refers to the contoversy over the building of a new stadium in Dunedin at a time when ratepayers will be finding it harder than usual to cope financially because of the recession. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017113

Description: A crowd of people watch a Chinese dragon parading through the new Chinese Garden in Dunedin to mark the 'Year of the Rabbit'. Someone says 'This'll be good for the gardens - they just need to hold some more regularly-occurring celebrations' and someone else suggests 'Council employee of the month'. Context - the running of the Chinese Garden is estimated at over $500,000 a year and along with the new Forsyth Barr Stadium is a burden on Dunedin rate payers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0013616

Description: Two mechanics stare at a car that represents 'DCC Stadium Spending' that is raised in the garage for servicing and one comments that there will have to be another recall as the accelerator is permanently stuck. Refers to the blow-out in Dunedin of spending on the new stadium, controversial because of the load put on ratepayers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0011038

Description: In the first of two frames Dunedin woman, Bev Butler, wonders where the funding will come from to support the 'Stop the Stadium' protests. In the second frame a man come to the rescue by adding the word 'Gib' to the sign that requests contributions so that it looks like an advertisement for 'gib-stopping'. Refers to the controversy over the determination to build a stadium that will require local rates for funding in the face of economic hardship. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014821

Description: A man is filling up his car at a BP petrol station. The BP employee serving him comments that BP did a fine job capping the oil spill but they didn't manage to cap council spending. Refers to the increased rates bills for Dunedin residents because of the new stadium. Refers also to attempts, as yet not wholly successful, by BP, to cap the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0010225

Description: Text reads 'Know your hikers'. In the first half of the frame a hitch-hiker thumbs a ride and in the second half Dunedin Mayor, Peter Chin the 'rates hiker', holds the 'Stadium blueprint' but is surrounded by people giving him the 'thumbs down'. Refers to the controversy over the building of a new very costly sports stadium in Dunedin which is likely to increase rates for Dunedin people.

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017389

Description: A group of clowns sit around a table playing cards near the circus tents. One of them says that they could bomb in Dunedin because 'with their Council and Stadium Trust they've had their fill of clowns and circuses'. (By 'bomb' he means fail financially). Context - Problems over the costs to ratepayers of the new stadium and other council initiatives like the Japanese Garden. There is a second version of this cartoon at DCDL-0017388. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0013458

Description: The cartoon shows a sweating ratepayer shovelling up dung being dropped by an elephant representing the 'DCC' (Dunedin City Council). He dumps it into a pram on top of a screaming baby who represents 'ratepayers to be'. Refers to the cost being born by Dunedin ratepayers of the new stadium. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0013156

Description: Shows Bono from U2 on stage while Auckland City Mayor Dick Hubbard is in the front row of the concert holding his hat out for a hand out. Other concert revellers look at Hubbard in disgust. Bono tells Hubbard that he knows what his ratepayers mean when they say that they want a stadium built 'pro bono'. Refers to the development of a stadium in Auckland. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0013180

Description: Shows Finance Minister Michael Cullen as a highway robber holding up a couple in their motor vehicle and demanding they hand over money for the proposed Regional Petrol Tax in Auckland City. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0011048

Description: Shows Dunedin Mayor, Peter Chin, standing in front of a 'Revised Stadium Design' and explaining that they have added a post box for rates to the front of the building as there seems little point in bothering the Post Office. Refers to the controversial building of an expensive new stadium in Dunedin and the suggestion that all rates will go towards paying for it. Many people object to having to pay higher rates during a recession. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014711

Description: A couple of tourists have arrived at what they thought was a B & B but discover that it is a 'C & C' called 'Sleepy Hollow'. The proprietor tells them that the rates hike killed their 'B & B' business so now they just do 'C & C' - a chair and a cuppa. Refers to the rates hike in Dunedin required to pay for the new Forsyth Barr Stadium. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017388

Description: A group of clowns sit around a table playing cards near the circus tents. One of them says that they have cancelled their Dunedin itinerary because 'with their Council and Stadium Trust they've had their fill of clowns and circuses'. Context - Problems over the costs to ratepayers of the new stadium and other council initiatives like the Japanese Garden. There is a second version of this cartoon at DCDL-0017389. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).