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"Our local election candidates are going to be interviewed on CHANNEL NORTH" "I'll vote...
Date: 2010
From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0015520
Description: An elderly man and woman sit in front of a fire wishing they could manage their television more effectively. The woman says that their local candidates are going to be interviewed on Channel North and the man says that he will vote for anyone of them who wants to come and show them how to tune their TV so that they can see it. Refers to the instructions to enable Northland viewers to tune into Channel North. May refer also to the decision by the government to promote by way of the a shared digital platform to bring digital free-to-air television to New Zealand and to promote the benefits to viewers of making the change to receiving free-to-air broadcasts by digital rather than the existing ageing analogue system. Sometime between 2012 and 2015 the government will switch-off analogue transmissions and henceforth all TV reception will be from digital transmissions only. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :America's Cup 8 - 5. 23 September 2013
Date: 2013
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0026203
Description: Shows a family watching the America's Cup in their lounge at home. Everything is leaning on an angle. Colour and black and white version available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Bromhead, Peter, 1933-:"I need to grow some more nails.". 20 September 2013
Date: 2013
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons
By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0026210
Description: Shows a couple watching the America's Cup on their television. The man comments that he needs to grow some more nails, suggesting that he has bitten them all off in his nervousness. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :'These reality TV shows are a cheap swindle that simply con...
Date: 2012
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)
Reference: DCDL-0021761
Description: Two frames showing a couple watching television, woman eating at same time. First frame man comments that reality series are a trick to get viewers to entertain themselves. In second frame shows the couple surpised as the television set displays the woman agreeing with him. Context: New Zealand On Air came under attack for funding reality television series The G.C. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :Remote. 9 April 2014
Date: 2014
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0027818
Description: Shows a woman sitting in lounge chair sitting close to the television watching Prince George. An annoyed looking man stands behind her. She tells him "You can have the remote back at the end of the royal tour". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- : The 7.30pm hotslot... 28 October 2011
Date: 2011
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019346
Description: Three cartoons. All show a person in chef's outfit, with corks dangling from the chef's cap. He is blackened from something which has blown up in his face. He is labelled 'Masterchef Australia Ratings'. On each side of him the wording reads 'The 7.30 PM hotslot...Something's burning!...or is it the aftertaste from a Corrie St curry?' In one of the cartoons the final part of the wording reads `...or is it a Corrie St curry?'. The cartoons refer to the attempt by Television New Zealand to move the serial `Coronation Street' from the popular 'hot' 7.30 PM slot on Monday evenings to 5.30 PM, and to replace it with the cooking programme `Masterchef Australia'. Owing to widespread protest and a fall in ratings of `Masterchef Australia', the move was reversed. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- Fan. 18 July 2014
Date: 2014
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0028812
Description: Shows a man on a ladder replacing his 'Football World Cup' sign with 'XX Commonwealth Games' sign above his television set. He tells his wife "It's not easy being a sports fan...". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Ekers, Paul, 1961-:Sky viewers lose signal. 10 May 2011
Date: 2011
From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]
Reference: DCDL-0028379
Description: Black and white cartoon shows a man sitting on an arm chair in his lounge, holding a remote control for a television that is not working properly. The man says, "Bloody typical, why can't it happen when the Blues are playing?" The Sky Tower in Auckland can be seen outside the window. Text at the top of the cartoon reads, 'Sky viewers lose signal'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).