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Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Convention centre]. 15 May 2013
Date: 2013
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024833
Description: Shows a stack of poker chips labelled Sky City stacked on a square labelled Convention Centre. Refers to a deal between Sky City and the government to create a new $402 million convention centre in Auckland. (Stuff.co.nz, 13 May 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Pokies. 12 August 2013
Date: 2013
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
By: Metro (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0025891
Description: Under the caption 'Pokies' Skycity pokes a finger in Auckland's eye. The deal whereby Skycity Casinos provided a Convention Centre in exchange for more poker machine outlets, was biassed toward the Casino's interests. The attempts by the Auckland City Council to limit the number of pokie licences was more than offset by Skycity's gains. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Bromhead, Peter, 1933-:"And this is the mayor's special seat when making the hard decis...
Date: 2012
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0021073
Description: Two visitors are shown Auckland Mayor Len Brown's official chair - it is a fence. In the rubbish bin are documents relating to the Ports of Auckland industrial dispute and on the desk is a document about the 'convention centre deal'. The fence is where the mayor sits when making hard decisions. Context: The mayor refused to involve himself in the Ports of Auckland dispute when a large number of Aucklanders were threatened with job loss. In exchange for Skycity's building a new convention centre the Government is expected to change gambling laws to allow the casino to have 500 more poker machines. Len Brown supports the government deal for the new convention centre but has concerns that Sky City is not doing enough to address gambling problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).