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Auckland super-city could extend from Wellsford to Pukekohe - News. "Not to be outdone ...
Date: 2009
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0010146
Description: A group of Hamilton cilty councillors sit around a table looking perturbed at the size that the Auckland super-city could be. One of them has the bright idea that Hamilton could make a bid for the rest of the North Island. Refers to the super-city that is propsed for Auckland that will be administered by a single mayoralty. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
HCC agrees to buy aluminium goalposts for Waikato so that the posts can be removed by h...
Date: 2006
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0000815
Description: The scene is the Waikato stadium and a rugby match is in progress. A player yells 'missed' as he grabs the whole goal post and shifts it so that the ball falls short. A reference to new light-weight aluminium goalposts. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"We could be going backwards." 26 November 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0012881
Description: The cartoon shows a train running backwards downhill from Auckland to Hamilton. Text reads 'Estimated cost escalation' and words on the train read 'Planned commuter service'. The driver says 'We could be going backwards'. Refers to the derailing of plans to trial a commuter train service between Hamilton and Auckland after the estimated cost escalated to more than $1 million annually for three years. The Hamilton City Council's transport committee yesterday admitted defeat over plans to trial the commuter service after the latest KiwiRail proposal revealed the cost would be more than double the $450,000 figure it earlier indicated. The council was left as the main funder of the service after the NZ Transport Agency and Environment Waikato refused to chip in. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :'You must get frustrated with these City Council meetings...
Date: 2012
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0020490
Description: A man sympathises with a city councillor carrying an enormous rubber stamp. Refers to the cash-strapped Hamilton City council. Major shortcomings were found in Hamilton City Council's financial systems. Former councillor and audit chairman Garry Mallett says "You can't be too hard on the councillors, you can be hard on their judgment, but you can't expect them to understand a complex set of accounts. It takes guts for a councillor to put their hand up and say `I don't understand', it's intimidating." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).