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Date: 2010

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

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017663

Description: It is the middle of the night and a man wearing his dressing-gown runs out of his house towards a portaloo clutching a toilet roll and saying 'Try me'. The neighbourhood is wrecked by earthquakes. On the ground is a newspaper with a headline that reads 'New Delhi athletes substandard accomodation facilities'. A second newspaper reads 'Given the choice many prefer to stay home'. Context: The first Christchurch earthquake shook the city on early morning of the 4th September 2010. The destruction of sewage infrastructure has meant portaloos and long-drops have become de rigeur as a consequence. There was a desperate rush to get the village ready for the influx of athletes before the opening of the Commonwealth Games on 3rd October 2010 and there was a fear that unsatisfactory sanitation systems might cause health and safety problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015790

Description: The scene is a pub; a man tells a woman as they have a drink that 'The Commonwealth Games are a symbol of pride and unity for many nations' which 'have to go ahead, even if the venue isn't up to scratch'. The woman replies that 'WE had to build a brand new stadium just for rugby event'. He is referring to the desperate scramble undertaken by New Delhi to have the venue ready in time for the start of the 2010 Commonwealth Games while she refers to the building of the new stadium in Dunedin to be ready for the 2011 Rugby World Cup'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0015740

Description: Three labourers have taken their places on the winners' dais for the 'speed building awards'. First place has been won by an 'Israeli settler', second by a 'Delhi Games labourer' and third by a 'DN Stadium chippie'. There are three separate references; the Israeli settler refers to the start of building by Israelis on the Left Bank as the moratorium on building ends, the Delhi Games labourer is one of those thousands who made superhuman efforts to have the village ready in time for the opening of the 2010 Commonwealth Games' opening on 3rd October and the Dunedin Stadium chippie worked on the stadium to be ready for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, controversial because of the extra costs to Dunedin ratepayers in tough economic times. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015799

Description: The cartoon shows an athletics dais on which stand the first, second and third winners at 'The Foot-in-mouth Games'. A man stands partially offscreen holding a medal that he is about to present. The winner is Paul Henry for making two racist comments in two weeks in the TV1 Breakfast programme, the first about the Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand and the second about Indian Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit; second is Chris Carter who has been dumped from the Labour party after a botched attempt to overthrow leader Phil Goff; and third is Michael Laws former mayor of Whanganui who also made offensive comments about the governor general. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015745

Description: A woman reads a newspaper that features the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and a man reads a paper that features 'NZ Games - Waihopai, Henry, Grey Power'. The Waihopai situation is about 'Teacher Adrian Leason, Dominican friar Peter Murnane and farmer Sam Land [who] were found not guilty in April on charges of burglary and wilful damage of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) base. Green MP Keith Locke is warning the Government the lawsuit, estimated to be $1.1 million, it is bringing against the Waihopai spy base saboteurs may backfire and says that "Rather than continue to harass the three peace activists, the GCSB should explain to New Zealanders what is really going on at Waihopai." The second reference is about TVNZ Breakfast show host Paul Henry has been suspended for two weeks after having made what are considered to be racist remarks about Indian Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and earlier about Governor General Anand Satyanand. The third reference is about the political upheavals in the Marlborough Grey Power Lobby Organization. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).