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Date: 2000

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

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-144

Description: The scene shows large rolls of paper floating in the sea. In amongst them is a small boat sending out a mayday distress call. Extended Title - Mayday mayday! White-out conditions. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2003

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

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-274

Description: Shows spiders working on the wharves, tying up the wharf workers, pushing over a container and swotting workers with a fly swot. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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-0022365

Description: Two Fisheries officers investigate the finding of a fruitfly in Auckland. Context: A scare when a Queensland fruitfly was found in Auckland led to criticism of the reduction in biosecurity staff. The fruitfly was alone - perhaps blown over from Australia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2001

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

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-177

Description: Shows two crayfish. One is lying prostrated looking ill while the other is eating a meat pie and declaring that it's not bad compared with the rat poison they ate the previous week. Extended Title - No really...compared with last week's freebies these things aren't bad! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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-0017892

Description: Text reads 'NEWS - An Interislander spokeswoman said, after a ship hit an object in Tory Channel, "It was NOT the kind of thing to make people fall over"'. An official sits at his desk beneath a sign that reads 'Transport Accident Investigation Commission' and reads a report headed 'Interislander vs. Tory Channel'. On the wall is an 'Instructional panel' that shows 'The kind of thing to make people fall over' - there is a banana skin, a piece of rope stretched between two pegs, a '6.3' earthquake, a boxing glove, an ice-berg and an ancient lady using a walking stick and wearing a polka-dot bikini. Since the Interislander incident was not caused by any of the items on the panel, it is obvious that it was 'not the kind of thing to make people fall over'. 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-0025676

Description: The on-site manager of the Chistchurch container village uses a crane to hoist a container containing an undesirable occupant onto a container truck for export. In July 2013 it was announced that the first shipping container village for workers involved in the Christchurch Rebuild would open in Addington later in the year. An on-site manager would 'keep an eye on things'. 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).

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-0026297

Description: Cartoon shows a man with a pen and paper, suspended by a hook over water. Hanging from another hook is a large net full of sacks labelled 'PKE'. Text reads 'News; Fed. Farmers will inspect the unloading of PKE at the Port of Tauranga - if they've finished calving'. Palm kernel expeller (PKE) is a waste by-product of palm oil production imported into New Zealand as supplementary feed for cattle. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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-0023669

Description: Shows a train passing through the mountains, with the conductor crying and waving a handkerchief with wailing sounds coming from the engine car. A bird flying overhead says, 'That's not a new whistle - that's the crew' Refers to the closing of the Napier-Gisborne train line due to rising maintenance costs. 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-0024035

Description: A diver labelled 'Rena salvor' sits warming himself noting that he has been surprised by the unpredictable weather while a battered weathervane says 'Tell me about it!'. Refers to the ongoing challenges, including wild weather, facing those trying to salvage and stabilise the cargo ship Rena, which was grounded on Tauranga's Astrolabe reef in 2011. 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-0024033

Description: Shows a Greenpeace boat unable to gain entrance to the Port of Lyttelton dry dock because of their previous role as a 'fly in the ointment' in the '2008 Greenpeace Lyttelton Blockade'. Refers to Greenpeace's difficulties negotiating access to the Lyttelton dry docks for maintenance before the ship's visit to the sub-Antarctic Islands. See Stuff 21 January 2013. 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-0024230

Description: Shows an overcrowded intersection with a large sign advising that 'this road will be unbearable for ages while we build a flyover that some computer thought was a good idea without understanding that the clogging is really due to those interlopers on the left.' 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-0024231

Description: Shows a New Zealand Customs officer advising a new colleague to be alert regarding smugglers. Meanwhile, in a queue of people coming through the arrivals gate, a man rides a bicycle and holds a large teddy bear, both of which have recently been used to smuggle ingredients for methamphetamine. 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-0024734

Description: Depicts a long haul truck driver in his cab driving with his eyes out on stalks. A pile of empty drink cans is on the dashboard. Refers to Australian research company George Institute for Global Health which found drivers who consumed caffeine were 63 percent less likely to be involved in a road crash (National Business Review 2 April 2013). 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-0024576

Description: Shows Finance Minister, Bill English, riding the ferry from Wellington to the South Island, vomiting over the left side of the boat. A crew member says to another, 'It's the only time he's left leaning'. Refers to a proposal to shift the South Island ferry arrival terminal from Picton to Clifford Bay. English is from the Southland electorate. (Stuff.co.nz, 15 April 2013) 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-0025155

Description: Depicts a truck driver undergoing a "warrant of fitness" inspection in the same way as a vehicle. Refers to new health checks for truck drivers being trialled in Rodney as part of Ministry of Transport's Safer Journeys package (see Stuff 21 May 2013). 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-0025154

Description: Depicts Sir Henry van der Heyden leaving the Fonterra building with his foot in his mouth to go to Auckland Airport. Refers to Former Fonterra Chairman van der Heyden apologising for his comments about doing business in China during his address to a Tauranga business womens' conference. His next job is Chair of Auckland International Airport Board when China is New Zealand's fastest growing tourism market (see NZ Herald 28 May 2013). 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-0025153

Description: Depicts a female Biosecurity officer being attacked by a giant crab emerging from the luggage of an Asian traveller. Refers to Auckland Airport biosecurity staff seizing five live giant Chinese mitten crabs which were declared by a Vietnamese traveller arriving from Sydney (see TVNZ 17 May 2013). 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-0025516

Description: Shows a group of elderly people trying to prevent a large bulldozer-like machine labelled Kapiti Expressway from mowing them down. Refers to protests by people from Raumati South, who are opposed to a new motorway that veers off State Highway 1 at Raumati, calling it expensive, destructive and unnecessary. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).