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Date: 2010

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0014392

Description: ACT leader and Minister for Local Government, Rodney Hide, is dressed as a Roman soldier and carries a huge axe on his back. A man who represents 'Local Government' leaps through three hoops that represent 'Fiscal envelope', 'Core activities' and 'Decision-making' into a small bucket of water labelled 'Re-election'. Rodney Hide laughs like maniac and from a flame-thrower that represents 'changes to Local Government Act' he fires a blast after the man whose pants catch fire. Refers to the 'supercity' and the debate over the formation of the council and the election of mayor. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0013893

Description: The cartoon shows Rodney Hide, leader of ACT, and Minister for Local Government, 'shearing' peacocks that represent 'councils'. The first peacock staggers off head reeling and its gorgeous feathers all over the floor. 'Next!' cries the shearer, grinning like a maniac, at the two petrified peacocks standing in line. Rodney Hide's golden jacket hangs from a tree nearby. Refers to the decimation of the current local councils as Rodney Hide proceeds in his determination to make Auckland into a single 'supercity'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004684

Description: Shows at man smuggling a bird's egg in his underwear being discovered by a sniffer dog at the Auckland Airport. The smuggler's hands are up in the air and shows the egg that he was carrying in his underwear has hatched. The smuggler exclaims "Yikes! My plan hatched at each end!" while the sniffer dog is pointing and sniffing at the hatched bird's egg. Refers to a New Zealand man who tried to smuggle a bird's egg from Australia by hiding it in his underwear. He was caught by a sniffer dog when he arrived at the Auckland Airport on 11 January 2005. Published in New Zealand Shipping Gazette Arrangement: This cartoon file was orginally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'NZ Shipping Gaz' which was inside a folder called 'AWS Cartoon Highlights, Nov'04-May'07' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004661

Description: Shows police have cordoned off an area of the Auckland Airport while a chef pushes a trolley with an oven and cooking utensils towards a unclaimed package of white powder at the 'Left luggage' counter. One of the police officers is telling a bystander "We think we know what it is but our expert will confirm it." Refers to an incident at the Auckland Airport where a bag of suspicious white powder thought to be anthrax was indeed white flour. Published in New Zealand Shipping Gazette Arrangement: This cartoon file was orginally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'NZ Shipping Gaz' which was inside a folder called 'AWS Cartoon Highlights, Nov'04-May'07' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0011681

Description: Prime Minister John Key stands in his garden wearing gumboots and a t-shirt. A gardener is putting mulch around plants that is made of unused 'anti-smacking' referendum papers. John Key observes that the gardener will be able to mulch the other bed too if they have the Super City referendum. Refers to the confusion, expense and pointlessness of the smacking referendum that the lobby group 'Family First' seems intent on holding and also the expense and pointlessness of holding a referendum over whether Auckland should become a 'supercity' when it seems clear that the decision has made.North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says that the $9 million citizens' initiated referendum offers the government a golden opportunity to put the 'super city' back into the hands of residents and ratepayers and to give the reforms the public legitimacy they lack. The Minister for Local government Rodney Hide does not want a referendum. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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).

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-0026299

Description: Cartoon shows the Auckland Harbour Bridge covered in heavy traffic and clutching at itself saying 'I'm freaking out man! - Need me a Waitemata Tunnel bypass real soon!'. The text at top of frame reads 'News: The strain of increased freight weight is really getting to the Auckland Harbour Bridge'. The Sky Tower is visible in the background. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).