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Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017618

Description: A large aeroplane from the 'Big Spender Airlines' fleet stands on the tarmac. At the bottom of the carpeted stairs into the plane is a notice that reads 'Royals, MPs and others on public money perks'. Nearby a man reads a paper with the headline 'PM - MPs in high-stress jobs' and beside him is another paper with a headline that reads 'Need to take wives, girlfriends, partners on holiday with them'. Context - Rodney Hide's attack on the use of expenses and perks by politicians and his own use of taxpayers' money to fund his girlfriend's expenses on a recent international trip. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017620

Description: A man and a woman sit in bed having a furious row about whether the baby should be given a rugby ball or a soccer ball for Christmas. The sensible older sister says she has bought him a teddy bear. On the wall above the bed are posters for the All Blacks and the All Whites. Context - the popularity of both rugby and soccer tends to have ups and downs in New Zealand. It is likely that it will be the man who wants his son to play rugby since rugby is definitely the choice of the good Kiwi bloke. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017745

Description: Two happy duck hunters return home with a successful booty. One of them reckons that 'Mum'll be chuffed!! When she cooks this lot up for a mothers' Day dinner, it'll be the best gift I've ever given her!' The mother can be seen vacuuming through the open doorway. Context - The duckshooting season started on 1st May, the weekend before Mother's Day. Mother will be cooking the ducks for her own celebratory dinner. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017621

Description: A very cheerful man is cooking huge amounts of meat and sausages on a barbecue in his back garden. The neighbour holds up a newspaper with a heading reading 'ETS laws' and 'fires' with a cross and 'trees' with a tick. He says 'I've counteracted the carbon pollution by planting 50 marijuana plants behind the shed. Context - Attempts to counteract the effects of global warming by offsetting carbon emissions with tree planting. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017743

Description: The scene is a very typical house in a suburban street. In the hedge is a newspaper with a headline reading 'Emails, Twitters etc causing demise of Postal Service - Daily mail services may be cut'. A woman can be seen through the window at her computer. A dog sits crossly beside the letter box and thinks 'Rats! What the heck fun can you get chasing an email supplier?!' Context - Up to 20 New Zealand Post shops and Kiwibank outlets are set to close, meaning dozens of staff are going to lose their jobs. NZ Post says it's losing $40 million on its 304 shops, which is a cost CEO Brian Roche says is unsustainable and continuing to rise. The main reason is the use of email and online social networking that mean fewer letters are being written. (TV3 15 April 201 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017765

Description: The scene is a rural community in the eraly morning. A man swears as he walks his bike up a steep hill. His wife and child wave farewell and the child asks 'Why did Daddy say that word that you told me not to say?' Floating at the top of the cartoon are two newspapers reading 'More petrol price increases coming' and 'Save on household costs - Go to work on a bike'. Context - The cost of living and the high prices for petrol and food in the current economic climate. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017619

Description: Two men sit in a pub, each with a newspaper; one reads about 'Mindless vandalism - memorial wrecked after only 6 days' and 'Hone's emails' and the other reads about 'School pupils with Monday morn hangovers' and 'Girl soccer player banned'. The first man says 'I don't understand the young'ns of today... so much agression, flaunting of rules, disregard for morals, overuse of foul language...' and the other says 'they need someone in authority to set an example - be a role model. An MP for instance'. The first man says 'It was an MP that I was thinking of'. Context - the suggestion that MPs are often not very good role models for the young because of their own bad behaviour. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017616

Description: A man slumps in his armchair and reads an article entitled 'All Blacks. Henry to sort out lineout problems'. His wife complains about his untidiness and says 'You're a fine one to criticize the All Blacks lineout skills, when you can't even reach up to hang up your coat!.. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017614

Description: A man who has just done the collection in a church service counts the takings and says 'You can tell the recession's over - Four buttons and two washers more than last week'. Refers to the news that the recession is officially over with latest figures showing the economy expanded 0.1% in the June quarter, ending 15 months of economic decline. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017622

Description: Santa and Mrs Claus are splashing through their flooded garden, loading presents into the sleigh. Santa Claus says crossly 'They'll sure start believing in global warming when they strat opening this years lot of soggy presents'. Context - The problem of global warming. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017886

Description: A New Zealand Post employee smiles as he weighs a parcel and says to the old woman at the counter 'Don't worry. None of our Whangarei branches will be closing. But soon you'll be weighing, putting the stamps on and posting your mail all by yourself'. The old lady says 'Oh dear! Will you be providing a bicycle?' Context - Up to 20 New Zealand Post shops and Kiwibank outlets are set to close, meaning dozens of staff are going to lose their jobs. NZ Post says it's losing $40 million on its 304 shops, which is a cost CEO Brian Roche says is unsustainable and continuing to rise. (TV3 15 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023096

Description: In six frames a woman talks to her husband about the Kim Dotcom spying saga and discovers that he has never heard of Kim Dotcom. She realises that it is contagious. Context: Relates to the Kim Dotcom spying scandal when it transpired that the GCSB was spying on Dotcom who has New Zealand residency. The United States wants to extradite him on copyright infringement charges. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017615

Description: The scene is the A & P Society's cookery competitions. A woman reads a newspaper with a heading that reads 'Crack-down on food not made in licensed kitchens'. A health inspector has condemned as unsafe the jam and pickles of all the contestants and one of the has jammed a bucket over his head. Another contestant tells her neighbour that 'the danger-to-your-health in Aunt Mildred's jam, isn't in the eating of it - but the telling her'. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017764

Description: A fortune teller tells PM John Key that she can 'see the end of a GREAT honeymoon... and the beginning of a difficult marriage'. Context - The budget looms at the end of this week and the New Zealand economy is struggling. Prime Minister John Key's assurances that he is confident about the path his government is taking, begin to sound hollow. The honeymoon may be ending as New Zealand heads towards the November elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017574

Description: A sad-looking man holds a notice that reads 'Will make ANZAC Day poppies for food'; beside him is a collecting bowl. Context - the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association said yesterday that Australian company Cash's had won the tender to make the poppies from 2012. The parts for 1.2 million poppies a year will be made in China and then assembled by workers across the ditch. The move has outraged Christchurch RSA, which has held the contract since 1931, first employing war veterans and later people with disabilities. (Stuff 10 December 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017826

Description: A young man drives too fast down the street in his noisy car. A man watching from the window of a house says 'DAMN! The price of petrol must have gone down' and his wife says 'Never mind, dear, there'll be more peaceful weekends when it goes up again. Context - After being at an all time, petrol prices have dropped recently. Petrol companies are dropping the price of fuel by 3 cents a litre this morning, citing cheaper refined oil, the second cut in a week. (Stuff 16 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017617

Description: A woman sits outside reading the newspaper; one article is about 'Motor cycle ACC levies may increase' and another says 'Get pets that you can eat'. Her husband rides up on his motorbike and she yells at him 'Think again Buster!! If you're planning on economising on the grocery bill to pay for the new ACC fees, you can forget about linking Atilla with Sunday roasts'. 'Atilla' is a small dog. Context - extra ACC levies that have been applied to various kinds of vehicles (motorbikes in particular) in an attempt to make ACC profitable. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017744

Description: Two small boys are puzzled by a book that has been given to one of them by his mother - they can't work it because the mother 'forgot to include the remote'. Context - the demise of the book? Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017613

Description: A man lies in a hammock reading the newspaper surrounded by a very unkempt lawn; his wife comments to a neighbour 'He says he'd feel guilty if he cut the lawn when the world needs more vegetation to combat global warming'. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023508

Description: Shows a sad-looking Santa Claus standing holding out his empty pickets on a Christmas tree. Refers to news reports that an image of the virgin Mary and baby Jesus can be seen in the Christmas tree lights on a community Christmas tree in Kaikohe, Northland. (Scoop, 19 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).