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News; A suspicious, bomb-like package, accidentally left at Auck Airport, was actually ...
Date: 2010
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0014747
Description: A bomb disposal expert wearing bomb protection gear carries a ticking box which explodes 'Kaboom!' and turns out to be a harmless spring-loaded device that was to be used for training those who deal with suspicious packages. Published in Shipping Gazette. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Old bomb dredged up off the coast. 25 January 2011
Date: 2011
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016957
Description: An old bomb labelled 'Labour', encrusted in shells and rust, is raised from the sea in a net. Text reads 'Old bomb dredged up off the coast'. The little Evans man says 'It's not even ticking'. Context - The cartoonist's opinion of the Labour Party at the beginning of the run up to the 2011 election. A corroded bomb has been hauled out of the ocean by fishermen in a trawl net about 3km north-east of Taiaroa Head on the tip of the Otago Peninsula. It has been identified as a harmless practice round. (Radio NZ News 25 January 2011) Colour and black and white versions available. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
News - Two Dunedin fishermen brought up a historic bomb in their net. "Give the big, ug...
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0017035
Description: Text across the top of the cartoon reads 'News - two Dunedin fishermen brought up a historic bomb in their net'. The two fishermen try to drag a net weighed down with fish and something that looks like a bomb; one of the men tells the other to 'Give the big, ugly one a whack before he causes us any trouble!' Context - A corroded bomb has been hauled out of the ocean by fishermen in a trawl net about 3km north-east of Taiaroa Head on the tip of the Otago Peninsula. It has been identified as a harmless practice round. (Radio NZ News 25 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :'Sorry 'bout the Islam rant Win, promise I won't go off again......
Date: 2013
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: Setford News Photo Agency
Reference: DCDL-0024029
Description: Shows New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, holding a bomb with a lit fuse representing Richard Prosser at arm's length. The bomb says to Peters that he's sorry, and that he won't go off again Refers to New Zealand First Member of Parliament, Richard Prosser, who wrote a column for Investigate Magazine, stating that young Muslims shouldn't be allowed to travel on Western airlines because 'most terrorists are Muslims'. His comments were widely condemned. (12 February 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Slane, Christopher, 1957- :[Bomb]. 5 April 2013
Date: 2013
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
By: Listener (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0024499
Description: Shows two workers at the Earthquake Commission. A man sits at his computer, which has a bomb beneath it labelled, 'EQC accidental data release.' He tells a woman standing beside him, 'Don't worry, that's been ticking away happily for ages'. Refers to an information leak at the EQC, where a contractor mistakenly received an email with confidential details of 98,000 claims following the Canterbury Earthquakes. (Stuff.co.nz, 26 Mar 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Bomb off. 18 September 2014
Date: 2014
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0029543
Description: Shows John Key leaning back against a big red bomb and whistling. In the background is Kim Dotcom and Glenn Greenwald. Dotcom asks Greenwald "Er... Glenn... has it gone off yet?". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :[Labour grenade]. 3 March 2012
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0020374
Description: Shows a hand grenade with a lit fuse and bearing the letter 'L' (for Labour) being blown across from Australia to New Zealand. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :"He says it's a souvenir kiwi but I've got grave doubts..." 22 ...
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-0020477
Description: Cartoon shows a man carrying a bomb that looks like a souvenir kiwi. Context: An explosives handler frustrated with the bureaucracy for moving dangerous goods tried to sneak a potentially catastrophic amount of explosives on to an inter-island ferry. The man was taking the explosive- a mix of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil - to help control avalanches at Mt Hutt ski-field. He worked part time for a business specialising in avalanche control. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :News; The RNZAF trucked large bombs on State HW1 to Ohakea for ...
Date: 2014
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0029212
Description: Cartoon shows a bomb being transported on the back of a truck through farmland past grazing cattle and sheep. A farmer on a tractor comments, "I guess the 1080 drop didn't do it..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).