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Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :News - Commercialisation of Queenstown gardens propose...
Date: 1994
From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Editorial cartoons. 23 March - 14 June 1994
Reference: H-106-007
Description: Shows a woman smelling a rose in a garden. She is accosted by a man in uniform who will charge her according to the number of sniffs she takes. He will take Visa or American Express. Refers to the suggestion that gardens in Queenstown be commercialised Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'The nauseating effects of the Parnell poison fumes are...
Date: 1973
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-134-439
Description: This cartoon features two men talking over their suburban garden fence. One is watering his wilting tomato plants and complaining to the other that his mother-in-law has come to stay with them as a result of the Parnell toxic chemical spill. In the window of the house behind the mother-in-law is talking to the wife. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 284 x 400 mm
The Chinese Garden. 3 February 2011
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).
Christchurch The Garden City. 22 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012366
Description: A skeletal 'Death' (or Grim reaper) with his sickle leans against a sign welcoming people to Christchurch, the Garden City'. 'Death' says 'Welcome to the murder capital!' The sky is full of vultures and the flowers have angry faces. Refers to a spate of killings and violent attacks in Christchurch lately. Christchurch has a reputation for being the 'garden city' and the Ellerslie Flower Show now takes place in Christchurch. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Garden city. 24 August 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0025970
Description: Shows a man pointing out a number of flashy new buildings and pointing out to his elderly mother: "It's still the garden city ma... Look! These things are blooming!" His mother replies "Yeah... blooming ugly!" Refers to Christchurch city's marketing slogan of the garden city, but also refers to the number of new-builds following the Christchurch and Canterbury earthquakes. Not all residents believe that there is architectural merit in the replacement buildings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Bromhead, Peter, 1933-:"Well now the garden show's over, I suppose we can relax and sto...
Date: 2013
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons
By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0026624
Description: One garden gnome says to another 'Well now the garden show's over, I suppose we can relax and stop pretending we enjoy fishing and sitting on toadstools'. Refers to a number of garden shows held around the country in early November, but specifically to the Sculpture in Gardens in the Auckland Botanic Gardens and to the annual Garden Marlborough Festival. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).