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Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0006288

Description: In the first of two frames Christchurch Mayor, Bob Parker, informs people of what will happen to those who criticise the council rent rise. In the second frame he kicks an old man called 'Christchurch vulnerable'. The old man loses his false teeth and drops his walking frame. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0006378

Description: Shows an agressive-looking American eagle reprimanding a dismayed kiwi as they stand on either side of a nest which contains two eggs, one of which has collapsed and the other of which bears the name 'Waihopai'. Refers to the deflating of one of Waihopai spy base's domes with sickles by three peace activists on April 30th, 2008. The men were part of a group called Anzac Ploughshares which aims to spread the message of disarmament by disabling warplanes and military equipment. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0011492

Description: Rodney Hide, Minister of Local Government, stands on a stage dressed in a tiny pair of swimming trunks and shows off his slim waist and huge biceps as he shows to his astonished audience an image of himself before his makeover. 'Today, slimming for councils the Rodney way' and refers to his efforts to make city councils more fiscally accountable.. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010451

Description: A dog wearing a policeman's cap sits in front of a kennel with the words 'Beware of DOC' painted on it. A man from a power company offers the dog some money and comments on its conscientiousness. Refers to a suggestion that Meridian paid the Conservation Department hush money in order to be able to build wind mills in Central In fact the money was intended to minimise envirinmental impact. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0012237

Description: Cartoon shows two frames; the first is a front view of Michael Laws, Mayor of Wanganui as Superman with the words 'Patch ban' across his chest and the second is a view from behind which reveals that he is standing on a pile of boxes to give him the height and reveals also that the Superman image is a larger than life card-board cut-out. Michael Laws says 'Look at me, Michael Laws!! Doing something about gangs! Taking a stand...' Refers to the ban on patches that Michael Laws and his council have made in Wanganui. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0005838

Description: Shows Winnie the Pooh lying on a hospital bed looking very ill. The doctor beside the bed examines a honey jar and tells the nurse that that was when the realised it was maybe some toxic honey. Refers to the poisoning of a number of people in the Coromandel area over the Easter weekend, 2008, after eating toxic honey. Toxic honey is produced as a result of bees feeding on tutu (Coriaria arborea) bushes. Toxic honey is not produced by bees visiting the flowers of tutu to gather nectar or pollen, but rather when bees gather honeydew produced by the sap sucking vine hopper insect (Scolypopa sp) feeding on tutu plants. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0006232

Description: Shows a father hugging his son who is surprised at this sudden unexpected show of affection. On the floor is a newspaper with the headline 'River tragedy claims seven'. Refers to the father's gratitude that his child is safe in the face of the tragedy when seven people, 6 students and a teacher, died 15th April, 2008, after a school group got into difficulty in a flooded stream in the Mangatepopo Gorge in the Tongariro National Park. The Elim Christian College students from Howick in Auckland had been taking part in adventure training at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre in Turangi. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0003916

Description: A man and a woman stand at the door of their house reading a message that says that someone has stolen from them and decided now to return what was stolen by placing it under a rock in the garden. The woman wonders how long the IRD has put its repayments under a rock. Refers to a thief with a conscience who broke into a Queenstown home and who has not only returned the stolen goods, but apologised and promised to pay for any damage. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0005014

Description: Shows a truck with the name 'Mawhera Corporation' dumping four memorial pillars onto the ground. All around lie dead soldiers. The truck driver whistles mindlessly. Refers to the removal by Maika Mason of four war memorial gate pillars from the Grey Main school site where they'd stood for 85 years, thus causing much grief and outrage in the community. The pillars lay in a paddock until Mason was persuaded to return them. However Mason refuses to apologise as the pillars were in the way of a planned shopping development and although there had been talk for a year about moving them, nothing was done. However there is more to this story, see below... Mawhera's land derives from pockets reserved by West Coast Maori in Ngai Tahu's 1860 land sales. It was managed by a public trustee until West Coast Maori wrested back control in the early 70s and established Mawhera Incorporation. By then, it had been reduced from 200ha to 140ha through land sales, and the lost economic opportunities had taken a social and cultural toll. "The deprivation we suffered is the basis of our attitude today," says Mason. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0004145

Description: Shows Prime Minister, Helen Clark and Finance Minister, Michael Cullen sitting at a conference desk. A man has arrived dragging a huge ball and chain that bear the words '$50 million Eden Park upgrade'. He explains that John Banks wants to be Mayor of Auckland but he does not want the chains that go with the office. Refers to the debate over whether Auckland rate-payers or the government should pay for the upgrade that Eden Park needs to prepare it for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the fact that the new mayor, John Banks has overturned the decision made by the old mayor and council that Auckland would foot the bill. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0003376

Description: A policeman in Tauranga has stopped a boyracer in his car and issued him with a $500 fine. The boyracer is outraged so the policeman advises him to consider the fine a 'regional fool tax'. Refers to Tauranga City Council's decision to crack down on boy racers by fast-tracking a new bylaw that will effectively ban cars from industrial areas at night. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010913

Description: A group of men paddle a waka named 'Auckland supercity' pulling behind them a rubber raft flying a flag bearing the words 'Iwi Advisory Committee' in which sits a Maori who is shouting but who is not heard by the men in the waka who decide that since they cannot hear them complaining Maori must not mind the way things are. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0006233

Description: Shows a teacher and three children looking at a museum display of extinct megafauna in New Zealand. One of the exhibits is a moa, the second a Haast Eagle and the third a 'Manufacturing worker (Fisherus Paykelus)'. The teacher tells the children that no one thought to protect them until it was too late. Refers to the closure of the Dunedin Fisher and Paykel factory with the loss of 430 jobs. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0011173

Description: In four frames people talk about how Jan Molinaar, the gunman who shot and killed police officer, Len Snee, and wounded two others as well as a civilian, talk about how people knew about Molinaar's arsenal but nothing was said; in the last frame Len Snee's grave is shown with the comment that he would be able to answer had someone spoken up sooner. Refers to the armed seige in Napier in early May. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0011564

Description: John Banks Mayor of Auckland City sits at a desk offering for 'only $500' Auckland supercity passports and residence and membership of John Banks' hapu. When an official from the immigration Service arrives to investigate John Banks tells him that he will stop this activity if the officer comes up with $85 million to upgrade Queen's Wharf before 2011. Refers to a whole muddle of issues; the Auckland Suprcity issue with John Banks styling himself as mayor, the offering for $500 New Zealand passports to Samoan overstayers and the problem of upgrading Queen's Wharf in time for the Rugby World Cup. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010248

Description: Shows Greg O'Connor, President of the Police Association, shoots a large hole in his foot. A bystander wonders whether shooting so fast is not the best way to convince people that the police are not trigger happy. Thought clouds in the cartoon suggest that the police had no choice and were forced to act. Refers to the accidental shooting of 17-year-old courier driver Halatau Naitoko, who was killed in crossfire on the Auckland motorway during a chase after an armed offender. Mr O'Connor said 'The Police Association is unequivocally supporting the police officers involved, who were forced to act and do the best job they could when faced with a very difficult situation'. B&W version of DCDL-0010249 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010249

Description: Shows Greg O'Connor, President of the Police Association, shoots a large hole in his foot. A bystander wonders whether shooting so fast is not the best way to convince people that the police are not trigger happy. Thought clouds in the cartoon suggest that the police had no choice and were forced to act. Refers to the accidental shooting of 17-year-old courier driver Halatau Naitoko, who was killed in crossfire on the Auckland motorway during a chase after an armed offender. Mr O'Connor said 'The Police Association is unequivocally supporting the police officers involved, who were forced to act and do the best job they could when faced with a very difficult situation'. Colour version of DCDL-0010248 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0007698

Description: Shows a happy groom sitting on a couch making overtures to a reluctant bride. The groom represents Nelson Bays rugby and the bride Marlborough. Both bride and groom imagine a vicar who represents the NZRFU pronouncing them married 'Till death do you part'. The groom holds a notice saying 'Tasman Makos spared the axe'. The groom says 'hooray' and the bride says 'damn'. Refers to the decision to allow the Makos to remain in first division rugby. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0007882

Description: A school principal wearing a tall 'D' for dunce hat tells a small boy who is wearing a striped bandana that he has to be careful about the kind of message his headgear sends. Refers to the fact that Palmerston North's Awatapu College is refusing to sell bandanas to raise money for teen cancer because it might encourage pupils who are gang prospects to don their colours. Black & white version of DCDL-0007883 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010755

Description: Prime Minister, John Key, sits on a throne on a litter and is carried by slaves who represent the population of New Zealand. The litter represents 'Auckland transport costs'. Refers to the news that Transport Minister Stephen Joyce has scrapped the regional tax that would have paid for $710 million of rail, bus and ferry improvements, then announced that instead $500m for electric trains would come from smaller increases in national fuel taxes (more correctly funding will come from the government via Kiwirail).. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).