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Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0013500

Description: The cartoon shows a typical scene in the 'Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust' park. A pair of Takahe are taking their chick for a walk in its buggy and a curious kiwi asks them whether the chick is a boy or a girl. One of the takahes says they don't know until they organise a DNA check on a feather sample and the other wonders how they managed in the good old days. The Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust was established to lead a community project to restore the ecology of Maungatautari, a forested volcanic cone rising above the Waikato basin near Cambridge. Their vision is to remove, forever, introduced mammalian pests and predators from Maungatautari, and restore to the forest a healthy diversity of indigenous plants and animals not seen in our lifetime. This has involved the construction of 47 km of totally mammal proof fence and the eradication of 15 species of introduced mammals. At 3400 ha, it is the largest project of this type on mainland New Zealand and possibly in the world. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021613

Description: Shows two birds in a tree observing people outside the sanctuary fence and commenting that they need protection. Context: There has been much controversy over the development and funding of the Maungatautari Ecological Island, the latest problem being dispute between landowners and councils over access. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020908

Description: Shows a couple walking in the bush and wondering why they haven't yet seen any giant wetas. Context: Up to 100 Mahoenui giant wetas, one of the world's largest insects, have been introduced to Maungatautari. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018255

Description: The cartoon shows a rat pushing a supermarket trolley on the inside of the fence surrounding the 'Maungatautari Ecological Island'. Context: A central Waikato wildlife reserve billed as an ecological island is at the point of failure, with fences falling into disrepair and vermin getting into the 3400 hectare enclosure. Up to five landowners are refusing to allow MEIT staff access to the pest-proof fence to carry out repairs and maintenance, in the latest escalation of a scrap that began after the trust adopted a governance structure giving local iwi half of the trust board seats. (Waikato Times 7 July 2011) Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).