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Date: 2004-2013

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

Reference: DC-Group-0032

Description: Cartoons by Ashley Smith about New Zealand and international political and social issues. Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive Ashley Smith is a New Zealand cartoonist whose first published cartoons appeared in the Christchurch Press & Junior Digest around 1960. During an overseas experience in the 1970s, he published cartoons in Sydney's Daily Mirror, the Brisbane Sun, Northern Territory News, London's Football News. Upon returning to New Zealand he began publishing in the Christchurch Star. Based in Manuka Bay, Smith mainly publishes in M.G Business Magazine, The NZ Shipping Gazette, and Presto magazine. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Smithletoe 2012 Christmas message (EPHDL-0243).

Date: 2000

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

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-017

Description: Shows Bill English pouring out beer rather too enthusiastically from a jug of beer flooding the cocktail glasses of two astonished partygoers. The scene is Auckland with the skytower in the background. The two guests are trendy Aucklanders, one talking on his cellphone. Bill English by contrast is the Southland farmer dressed in overalls, a chicken poking from his pocket and with bits of heads of wheat stuck in his hair. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

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-023-222

Description: Shows the view from behind of a man and a woman in a car. A mast is balanced through the car windows. Extended Title - Give way to your right, dear. 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-023-280

Description: Shows two officials from ESR watching three waterside workers performing impressive feats of strength as they move a shipping container. One of the officials is carrying a drug testing kit. Extended Title - Impressive, but I think I'll have a word with them... Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

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-023-225

Description: A criminal suspect is being photographed by the police. He is standing in a spotlight holding up the mirror of a powder compact and dusting his face with powder. Extended Title - Hold it, my nose is shining! Quantity: 1 digital image(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-023-199

Description: A family are doing Christmas shopping. The mother and two children are engrossed in shouting out what they want for Christmas. The father has turned out his pockets and shaken out his wallet but is looking secretly pleased that the moths have eaten holes in his pockets and all his money has gone. Extended Title - Whoa those darn moths! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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: 2002

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-023-242

Description: Winston Peters is parachuting over the Chatham Islands looking for Asian wasps. He is holding a fly swat and singing 'Secret Asian man...'. Refers to MP Winston Peters campaigns about Asian immigrants to New Zealand. Extended Title - Secret Asian man... 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: 2002

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-023-220

Description: The scene is a cemetery where a few mourners, a minister and a penguin are standing beside an empty grave. Five men are struggling to drag the coffin with the elephant seal in it to the grave. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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-023-160

Description: A Nelson City Council officer wearing a snorkel is standing partly submerged under a wharf. He is holding up a laboratory flask of sea water labelled 'green pees', a play on the name Greenpeace. Refers to the Greenpeace boat the Rainbow Warrior. Other Titles - Sewage Extended Title - Green pees. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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-023-142

Description: The scene is Wellington harbour where a builder's truck is falling into the water upside down. Tools are falling out of the back of the truck and landing on a fisherman in a dinghy. The dinghy is called 'Misshap'. Extended Title - My world for a spanner! 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-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-112

Description: Shows the sun as the smiling face of Helen Clark. She is looking down on a rural scene with three people, a sheep and a cow in it. In the distance is an Auckland motorway full of traffic and buildings including the Skytower. Surrounding the sun are clouds with the names of all the issues which are annoying the electorate. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

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

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-068

Description: The scene is outside a pub where a parking warden dressed in a kilt is writing out a parking ticket for a car which already has 4 parking fine notices on its windscreen. The owner of the car is coming out of the pub carrying a large bottle of wine and is looking horrified as he sees the parking notices. The parking meter says 'only just expired'. Refers to Dunedin City Council and parking fines. Extended Title - Ye thrifty Caledonian plonkerette Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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-023-163

Description: The scene is at Port Nelson with a policeman looking over his shoulder at two men who are striding along triumphantly. One is holding a steering wheel and the other a gear stick from used cars imported from Japan. Quantity: 1 digital image(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: 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-023-191

Description: The scene is the bridge of a ship. The captain's chair in front of the wheel is called 'Port Nelson chair'. The captain has hung his hat on the wheel and is waving goodbye as he leaves the bridge wearing a sunhat, short and sandals with his captain's jacket. A crew member is waving back. Outside a cloud with a '$' sign can be seen in the distance. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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-023-155

Description: The scene is a train station called 'Hauraki'. Tube worms are getting out of a train. In the distance more worms can be seen digging a tunnel with pick axes. Refers to the London underground train system which is commonly known as the tube. Extended Title - New branch line opening soon! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

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-023-239

Description: A sick-looking parrot is performing on stage. Extended Title - Polly wanna doctor! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

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-023-205

Description: Shows a policeman walking into a pub where rough-looking patrons are seated at the bar. A railway locomotive is outside in the carpark. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).