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Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019987

Description: A bird drips oil as it stands on a pedestal. Text reads 'And the GLOB goes to ... Maritime NZ for its role in the Rena's debacle'. Context: Refers to the issue of whether the Rena response was hampered by underfunding. The 'Rena' was a container ship that went aground on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga and leaked oil and spilled dozens of containers. There is a play on 'Golden Globe' awards. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019961

Description: Cartoon shows two sharks discussing their holiday, while another chases swimmers out of the water. The wreck of the ship 'Rena' sits on the horizon. Text reads: 'It's nice they've managed to keep this Rena thing under control could have really ruined our beach holiday plans, there!'. Context: There were a number of shark sightings and encounters in the Mount Maunganui area in December; following the oil spill from the container ship 'Rena' after it ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef on 5 October 2011, there was much concern on how it was going to impact this popular summer vacation spot. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019187

Description: On a polluted beach an oil-drenched penguin tells its similarly afflicted child 'Now the fools are talking undersea drilling, kid, so you'd better just get used to it!!' In the background is the container ship 'Rena' stuck on the Astrolabe Reef. Context: On 5th October 2011 the container ship 'Rena' ran into and became stuck on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga. It is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and killing seabirds. Authorities are racing to get the oil and the containers off the ship before it breaks up but the weather is frustrating efforts. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0019202

Description: On a beach covered in black oil and dying and dead oil-covered fish and birds, an oil-covered penguin sees lying nearby, a newspaper with a headline that reads 'Kiwis wear too much black says columnist.' The penguin says 'You can say that again!' Context: Dominion Post columnist Karl du Fresne laments the absence of colours in New Zealanders' dress sense and this has drawn a big response. The cartoon applies the comment to the environmental disaster that has followed the grounding of the container ship 'Rena' on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga. This happened on the 5th October during the Rugby World Cup. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019210

Description: A man watches the news on television. The news front person reads 'It's just oil oil and more oil!' The man's wife calls from the kitchen 'Good grief! Isn't there something other than cooking shows?' Context: the oil refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and killing seabirds. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0019374

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key walking on a beach and getting his golden rugby boots covered in oil. A penguin nearby says to its companion 'Did you infer, from what he said, that this was more likely to have happened under Labour?' In the background the container ship 'Rena' is aground on a reef. Context: Refers to the container ship 'Rena' which is grounded on the Astrolabe Reef off the Bay of Plenty and threatens to become an environmental disaster of huge proportions as oil spews into the sea. The government received criticism for what seemed to be a slow response. The accident happened in the run up to the November elections and during the Rugby World Cup. The 'golden boots' refer to John Key's political grandstanding. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019222

Description: The cartoon shows the container ship Rena run aground on Astrolabe Reef off the Tauranga coast. The ship is flying a black flag of convenience. Context: Ships owned in one country but registered in another are described as flying flags of convenience. Merchant Service Guild secretary Helen McAra said flag-of-convenience ships, such as the Rena which are registered in countries where there is little enforcement of international labour, safety and environmental regulations now dominated New Zealand's coastal shipping. The officers are not necessarily familiar with the unpredictable sea conditions here, nor are they obliged to comply with New Zealand maritime rules and regulations." (Stuff 12 October 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019247

Description: The oil slick from the stricken container ship 'Rena' bears the words 'Fossil fuels the way of the future - Yeah right!' Context: A comment about the damage that an oil spill creates. The Tui advertisement comment 'Yeah right!' about fossil fuels refers to the strong view held by many that the danger to the environment is too great to contemplate further oil exploration. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019220

Description: In the top frame a group of men panic shouting 'Our international image is in danger!' because 'We should have been prepared' and 'There's been too much delay!' In the lower frame we see that the men are in a pub and are talking about the All Blacks, not the Rena. Context: The All Blacks have been suffering a series of injuries thus jeopardising their Rugby World Cup chances. And the 'Rena' is a foreign owned container ship that has run aground on Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga and is leaking oil. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019150

Description: Two boys come into the house with their boogy boards; they are covered in oil. Their mother who is reading a newspaper that carries the headline 'Ship on rocks' says without looking up 'Any sign of oil on the rocks boys?' Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and killing seabirds. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019223

Description: Two men stare at a polluted stretch of sea and are disgusted at the 'fouling of our clean green image.' The lower part of the cartoon shows that they are standing on top of an enormous barrel bearing a skull and crossbones and the words 'Farm leachate' which is leaking into the water. One of them says 'I hope they throw the book at the @*!!*!' Context: This appeared to be about the oil spillage from the grounded container ship Rena but is in fact about the fouling of waterways by farming runoff. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019154

Description: In four frames a group of godwits chat as they fly. One of them says that the difference between godwits and humans is that godwits navigate the globe without GPS and flock together to avoid problems before it's too late. This last is said as they fly over the oil slick leaking from a ship. Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and birds. The 'godwit' reference is about the return of godwits to Christchurch each year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018975

Description: The context is the Maui pipeline leak, the grounding of the container ship 'Rena' with a resultant oil spill and Stephen Donald , who was described as an 'unlikely hero' after his 45th minute penalty which ultimately won the All Blacks the Rugby World Cup final, 8-7 over France. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0019468

Description: In the background the container ship 'Rena' has run aground on a reef and in the foreground, floating on a liferaft representing 'Welfare to work', which is full of holes, sits Minister for Social Development, Paula Bennett, who says 'The Rena could have been floated if they'd only pumped it full of hot air..' Context: On the 5th October the container ship 'Rena' broke up on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga. Paula Bennett's ambition to get people off welfare and into work seems like 'hot air' as in these times of economic downturn there are not enough jobs. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019249

Description: An oil-covered seal talks to an oil-covered bird, both swimming in a sea of oil. The seal says 'Great news eh? Another week of wall-to-wall, All-Black coverage. Context: Refers to the container ship 'Rena' which is grounded on the Astrolabe Reef off the Bay of Plenty and threatens to become a disaster of huge proportions as oil spews into the sea. Refers also to the Rugby World Cup being held in New Zealand at the same time. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019271

Description: The title reads 'Estuary like a sewer...' A godwit reads a pamphlet entitled 'Clean Green NZ' and says 'Well dear... At least turd tacos are better than toxic takeaways in Tauranga!' His wife stands glumly with a toilet roll on her beak and several more godwits arrive at the estuary with their bags. Context: Refers to the arrival of the godwits at Christchurch's Avon-Heathcote estuaries in September each year. The estuary has been plagued with pollution problems. Refers also to the grounding of the container ship 'Rena' on the Astrolabe Reef off the Bay of Plenty which threatens to become a disaster of huge proportions as oil spews into the sea. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019155

Description: Someone in a helicopter flying over the stricken container ship 'Rena' says 'At least it gives us heaps of clean-up practice if they start oil-drilling off the East Cape!' Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and birds. Critics of oil drilling see the effects of the Rena disaster as what might be expected from an oil drilling disaster. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019851

Description: A baby seal sits comfortably in an armchair watching a news item about the wrecking of the container ship 'Rena'. A man who works for 'Bay of Plenty Tourism' is leaving the house and says to his wife who is ministering to the seal, 'So we're clear then? Keep the little blighter comfortable'. Context: Possibly relates to the oil damage to wildlife and the effect this might have on the tourist industry. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019209

Description: The title of the top frame is 'All Black mania' and the cartoon shows an exhausted and wounded Wallaby with exultant kiwis wearing All Black strips dancing all over him; text reads 'All Black victors.' The title of the lower frame is 'All Black news' and the cartoon shows oil-covered seabirds and a crab on an oil-covered beach; text reads 'All Black victims.' Context: The term 'all black' describes both the 'All Blacks' and the oily slick from the doomed ship 'Rena.' The cartoon refers to the juxtaposition of the Rugby World Cup which fully engages attention and the wreck of the 'Rena' on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga. On 5th October 2011 the container ship 'Rena' became stuck on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga. It is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and killing seabirds. Authorities are racing to get the oil and the containers off the ship before it breaks up but the weather is frustrating efforts. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019151

Description: A container ship named 'World Finance Crisis' looms in the distance; the sea is black and an oil-covered boy with a surf board clambers out of the sea onto the beach. Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and killing seabirds. The cartoon suggests metaphorically that the world finance crisis is reaching as far as New Zealand. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).