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Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :Howdy, I'm Bill. This drink is on me. MG business - mercantile...
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).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948-: Vibrant economy - Close the gap with Oz. 3 May 2011
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0017778
Description: Prime Minister John Key relaxes in a deckchair with a cool drink for an interview with the press. Nearby are noticeboards reading 'Promise vibrant economy' and 'Promise close the gap with OZ'. Behind him the new ACT leader Don Brash pushes a smouldering can labelled 'Rev up' beneath the PM's deckchair. Context - Promises made by the National government before being elected (and after) about closing the financial gap with Australia by the year 2025 and about creating a vibrant economy. New Zealand is currently in the doldrums economically and John Key does not seem to have creative ideas for recovery. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :"Shouldn't one of us be Tonto?" 16 May 2011
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0017893
Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister, John Key, and the new leader of ACT, Don Brash, as cowboys sitting astride their mounts and wearing masks. They are both attempting to play the part of the Lone Ranger but John Key suggests that one of them should play the part of Tonto, his sidekick. Context - Don Brash has overthrown Rodney Hide from his leadership of the ACT Party and has taken the role himself. Context - In his letter of resignation from the National Party, Don Brash took the opportunity to let John Key know that he disagrees with interest-free student loans, the Working For Families marginal tax rate, and the "exorbitant cost" of KiwiSaver subsidies. The cartoon suggests that Don Brash intends ACT to have considerable influence over government policy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :Corn. Sherry tax. Health flubs. Auckland traffic tax. Flatulen...
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).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :Och, that's an expensive bottle of wine, sir. MG business - me...
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).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948-:"They both show a heady mix of sang-froid & rigor mortis." 19 Ap...
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0017714
Description: Finance Minister Bill English looks his usual anxious self as he prepares for the May budget after having taken his turn in the 'Passion.Ograph'; and as leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff takes his turn in the passion.ograph he grins broadly despite the awful opinion polls for himself and Labour. Nearby two scientists examine the results of the Passion.Ograph and say 'They both show a heady mix of sang-froid & rigor mortis' - ie they both have permanent fixed expressions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :Boy! When will this guy dip his lights? MG business - mercanti...
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-023-129
Description: Shows a taniwha emerging from water onto a road at night time as a car drives towards it with its lights on full beam. Refers to the cessation of work on the Hamilton to Auckland road because of a Maori belief that a taniwha was living in the swamp at Meremere. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Bob Parker and Jim Anderton]. 20 September 2010
Date: 2013
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0024732
Description: Depicts Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker striking a pose under a spotlight while standing astride broken masonry. He is being interviewed by media. On the right of frame, Progressive Party leader and MP Jim Anderton is under dark clouds and caught under the Beehive. Refers to the 2010 Christchurch mayoral elections in which Parker won over Anderton. Prior to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, Anderton was ahead in the polls. The quake devastation was said to have given Parker a bigger profile than Anderton and been a factor in his win (TV3 9 October 2010). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :"No, I don't think our slack approach to biosecurity is letting...
Date: 2012
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0021957
Description: The Prime Minister speaks into an array of microphones, among which a snake is hidden. He denies that 'our slack approach to biosecurity is letting bad critters in'. On 21 May 2012 a colubrid snake was found in a shipping container in Auckland. This followed the interception of Australian fruit-flies from Queensland. There had been cuts in the biosecurity staff. The Government denied that this had affected security. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :Fragile. 17 January 2012
Date: 2012
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Presto (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0020054
Description: Refers to the redevelopment of the MG Business magazine which will no longer include a weekly cartoon by Ashley Smith. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :'So this spectre that haunts you won't die, is immune to ridicu...
Date: 2012
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0020055
Description: Prime Minister John Key has leapt from the psychiatrist's couch and now hides fearfully behind a curtain as the spectral figure of the leader of New Zealand First, Winston Peters, looms at a window. The psychiatrist busily takes notes. Context: New Zealand First, having won no seats in 2008 due to its failure to either reach the 5% threshold or win an electorate, made a comeback with 6.6% of the vote entitling them to eight seats. Winston Peters is often regarded as a highly entertaining maverick politician - perhaps a loose cannon with an ability to embarrass the government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :'Swallow this.' 19 September 2011
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0018936
Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key with an icecream cart. He holds a huge icecream labelled '$18b debt per annum'. Beside him is Labour leader Phil Goff who holds a large bag printed woth the words 'Capitol gains tax', 'economic growth' and 'opportunities for young'. Together the two say 'Swallow this'. Context: refers to what each leader had to offer the voting public in the run up to the 2011 elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948-: "What do you mean 'It's not an approved sponsors' logo'?!" 9 Au...
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0018598
Description: A police car has been stopped near the Rugby World Cup stadium and reprimanded for not having an approved sponsor's logo. Context: Refers to the Major Events Management Act, introduced in 2007 to protect tournaments and their sponsors from any un-authorised marketing. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).