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Doyle, Martin, 1956- :Never smelt better. 9 August 2013
Date: 2013
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
By: Facebook (Firm); Scoop (Firm); Twitter Inc (Firm)
Reference: DCDL-0025835
Description: A pot of gold, according to its label, worth $30 million, is poured into the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point. Surrounding onlookers, 'Rio Dorado', 'Tiwai', 'Meridian' and another, make comments. The anonymous person asks 'What the flamin' hell is all that yellow stuff?' 'Tiwai' replies that it is 'liquid gold from the beehive smelter' and 'Meridian' comments 'Never smelt better'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states: '$30 mil is a gilt-edged sticking plaster over a festering smelter. Still, good work if you can get it.' In August 2013, after threats from Rio Tinto ('Rio Dorado' - 'Golden River'), the majority shareholder of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, of closure, the government gave a $30 million subsidy to support the smelter, guard against any unemployment and ensure that the smelter's power supplier, Meridian Energy, would still be able to offer a reasonable share price in the upcoming partial sale of its assets. This was widely regarded as blatant corporate welfare. Published on Martin Doyle's cartoon Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-Doyle/607865899238901?ref=hl) and Twitter (Twitter@Mart_cartoons) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :"I see Rio Tinto staying at Tiwai Point for the long term - that...
Date: 2013
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: Setford News Photo Agency
Reference: DCDL-0025875
Description: The Prime Minister, John Key, dressed as a fortune teller, peers into her crystal ball and tells her customer, the New Zealand tax payer, 'I see Rio Tinto staying at Tiwai Point for the long term - That'll be $30m ta...' In August 2013 the government paid the majority shareholder of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter a subsidy of $30 million in order that the smelter be kept open. Jobs and the share price for Meridian Energy, the Tiwai Point electricity supplier, may have been saved, but at a cost to the taxpayer. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Point made. 9 August 2013
Date: 2013
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0025896
Description: Under the caption 'Point made...' the Minister of Finance, Bill English, waves a bag of money labelled '$30' at the smoke stack of the Tiwai Point smelter and says 'The bucks stop here'. In August 2013 Rio Tinto was granted a $30 million subsidy to keep the smelter open. Bill English's statement is a play on the old phrase 'The buck stops here'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Treasury and Tiwai. 13 September 2013
Date: 2013
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0026164
Description: Captioned 'Treasury's bottom line' is the calculation: '[Drawing of smelter smokestack] + $30 mill = 0 !' Refers to the $30 million subsidy paid out to Rio Tinto to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter operating. The cartoon hints that the Government was anxious to settle with Rio Tinto over the smelter before it sold Meridian Ltd which supplies the smelter's electricity that it ignored Treasury's advice and made the subsidy tax free, thus producing no benefit for New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Webb, Murray, 1947- :[Tim Shadbolt/Tiwai]. 3 April 2013
Date: 2013
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DCDL-0024467
Description: Caricature of Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, grinning and holding bars of aluminium. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Smelt down - Asset sales - Tiwai Point closure. 24 August 2012
Date: 2012
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022707
Description: Shows the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, one of the largest industrial facilities in New Zealand, blowing smoke that says `asset sales'. Context: International mining giant Rio Tinto's implicit threat to close Bluff's Tiwai Point aluminium smelter if it can't negotiate cheaper power from Meridian Energy. (New Zealand Herald, 23 Aug 2012) Alternate version of DCDL-0022706 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Smelt down - Tiwai Point - asset sales. 24 August 2012
Date: 2012
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022706
Description: Shows the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, one of the largest industrial facilities in New Zealand, blowing smoke that says `asset sales'. Context: International mining giant Rio Tinto's implicit threat to close Bluff's Tiwai Point aluminium smelter if it can't negotiate cheaper power from Meridian Energy. (New Zealand Herald, 23 Aug 2012) Two versions of this cartoon are available Alternate version of DCDL-0022707 Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :[Tiwai spending]. 30 October 2012
Date: 2012
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023266
Description: Considers spending at Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter. Context: New Zealand Aluminium Smelters has decided to halt $70 million in planned capital expenditure, including $15 million allocated for the remainder of 2012 and 2013. (New Zealand Herald, 29 Oct 2012) Three versions of this cartoon are available Title from file name Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).
Doyle, Martin, 1956- :100 jobs at aluminium smelter to be canned! 5 December 2012
Date: 2012
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
By: Scoop (Firm)
Reference: DCDL-0023569
Description: An aluminium can is labelled 'Tiwai (low) Point'. The words, '100 jobs at aluminium smelter to be canned' appear at the top of the cartoon. At the bottom it reads, 'But cheer up - all gold-plated jobs in the Beehive are 100% safe!' Refers to extreme cost-cutting measures at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, which cut one hundred jobs in October, but announced in December that further cost-cutting measures and job losses were necessary. Meanwhile, members of parliament have job security. (One news, 4 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Canned? Aluminium prices. Smelter jobs. 11 February 2009.
Date: 2009
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0010338
Description: Shows an aluminium can with the words 'smelter jobs' printed on it. Text says 'Canned?' and 'aluMINIMUM prices'. Refers to the fact that hundreds of workers at Rio Tinto's aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point near Invercargill may lose their jobs as the company aims to cut 14,000 jobs globally. There is a play on the word 'canned' in the sense of cutting jobs and also as a reference to cans made from aluminium. There is also a play on the words 'aluMINIMUM' and 'aluminium'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Canning smelter jobs? 11 February 2009.
Date: 2009
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0010337
Description: Shows an aluminium can with the words 'aluMIMIMUM prices' printed on it. Text says 'Canning smelter jobs?' Refers to the fact that hundreds of workers at Rio Tinto's aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point near Invercargill may lose their jobs as the company aims to cut 14,000 jobs globally. There is a play on the word 'canning' in the sense of cutting jobs and also as a reference to cans made from aluminium. There is also a play on the words 'aluMINIMUM' and 'aluminium'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).