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Smith, Ashley W, 1948-:News, MAF mounted a major fumigation operation against a Waikana...
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0019087
Description: Text reads 'MAF mounted a major fumigation operation against a Waikanae house infested with 1000s of South American termites.' The cartoon shows a crowd of termites at their last gasp in clouds of fumigation smoke. One or two of them carry 'Los Pumas' flags and one says 'At least Los Pumas haven't been eliminated yet!' Context: Los Pumas is the Argentinian rugby team which beat Scotland 13-12 in the quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup. Thousands of termites from South America, never seen before in New Zealand, have been discovered in a Waikanae home. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry plan to fumigate the house against the colonies of West Indian drywood termite, which is considered one of the most damaging drywood termites internationally because it tunnels into and destroys dry timber. (Stuff September 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).