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Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
- Date
- 2004-2013
- By
- Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical); MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical); Presto (Periodical)
- Reference
- DC-Group-0032
- Description
Cartoons by Ashley Smith about New Zealand and international political and social issues.
Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive
Ashley Smith is a New Zealand cartoonist whose first published cartoons appeared in the Christchurch Press & Junior Digest around 1960. During an overseas experience in the 1970s, he published cartoons in Sydney's Daily Mirror, the Brisbane Sun, Northern Territory News, London's Football News. Upon returning to New Zealand he began publishing in the Christchurch Star. Based in Manuka Bay, Smith mainly publishes in M.G Business Magazine, The NZ Shipping Gazette, and Presto magazine.
Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Smithletoe 2012 Christmas message (EPHDL-0243).
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- Format
- Cartoons (Commentary), Digital images
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UnknownNews - A ferry which had been servicing Loch Ness has been sold & flown to Kazakhstan f...
Date: 2007
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0003765
Description: A Scot wearing a tam-o-shanter sits in the Loch Ness sales office talking to the President of Kazakhstan about the ferry he has just bought. The Scot tells him to enjoy the ferry and adds that the locals are making do. The locals can be seen being ferried across Loch Ness by the monster. Refers to the ferry 'The Spirit of Skye' being shipped by air to Kazarkhstan so that President Nursultan Nazarbayev can tour a copper mine in style. Published in Shipping Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
News. Two overseas entries in the 'World of Wearable Art' were biosecurity risks and ha...
Date: 2007
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0004389
Description: Shows a model trotting along the catwalk at the World of Wearable Art followed by a MAF officer in a decontamination suit who is spraying the model. The commentator mistakes the MAF officer for an unexpected entry in the competition. Refers to the fact that two overseas entries in the World of Wearable Art competition were considered a biosecurity risk by MAF. Published in Shipping Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
'Mr. Reasonable'. 'The man who would be king'. 22 March, 2004
Date: 2004
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0004607
Description: Shows United Future leader Peter Dunne trying to portray himself as being 'Mr. Reasonable' - the voice of reason, and NZ First leader Winston Peters 'The man who would be king' taking the stance of a king. The two politicians stand on plinths surrounded by murky water. Meanwhile, the public is throwing things at the Labour and National parties, represented here by two flags labelling "L" and "N". Portrays the view that while the leaders of the Labour and National Parties are busy competing against each other, the leaders of NZ First and United Future seem to be in better positions by comparison. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :This is a variation on his 'cautious fiscal stance'. MG busine...
Date: 2004
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-132
Description: Shows Michael Cullen balancing piles of coins on his upturned hands and nose. He is being watched through a window by worried looking people. Refers to the budget, the 2005 general elections and the Labour government's economic and fiscal policies. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :News. 'Rov' - a submersible remotely operated vehicle failed t...
Date: 2001
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-192
Description: The scene is underwater with the sunken trawler in the background. Rov, the submersible remotely operated vehicle, is chasing a female vehicle across the ocean floor beeping and with his tongue hanging out. Extended Title - Better cover your lens big boy. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
News. Prehistoric crustaceans which double in size daily have been seized by Biosecurit...
Date: 2005
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0004667
Description: Shows a large 'crustacean' on the Nature Table at the front of a classroom being seized by biosecurity officers using a net. The teacher is at the front of the room trying to explain to her upset children why the officers are taking it away - "They may be cute today children - but tomorrow they'd by twice as big!!". In the foreground the children are crying - "Sob! Wah! Boo Hoo!". In the background and through the classroom window, another 'crustacean' is being loaded on the back of a truck. Published in New Zealand Shipping Gazette Arrangement: This cartoon file was orginally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'NZ Shipping Gaz' which was inside a folder called 'AWS Cartoon Highlights, Nov'04-May'07' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :News. Tests should show if a dog is the mascot of a Taiwanese ...
Date: 2000
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-148
Description: Shows a man sitting at a table eating a dinner. He is declaring that he is eating 'a ship's mascot'. Beside him is a woman holding a picture of a dog and dabbing her nose with a handkerchief, and a man writing on a clipboard. Two Taiwanese men are watching in the background. Extended Title - Mmm, this is definitely a ship's mascot... Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :The air hostess will now demonstrate the use of the compliment...
Date: 2001
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-030
Description: The scene is inside an aircraft. An air hostess is standing in front of the passengers wearing a life jacket and holding an airline sick bag. Her cheeks are distended as if she is going to be sick and she is pointing into the bag. Refers to competition amongst airlines. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
News; A website is being developed for those interested in containers. "COR! That one w...
Date: 2009
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0010591
Description: A ship's captain sits in a cabin admiring on the Internet an image of a container that is being used as a bathing shed. Published in Shipping Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :The hustings. MG business - mercantile gazette, 16 February 2004.
Date: 2004
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-135
Description: Shows Don Brash as a fish washed up on the beach. The sun, 'the hustings', is beating down fiercely on him. Refers to his speech to the Orewa Rotary Club in January 2004 in which he identified racial separatism, the Treaty of Waitangi and race relations as nationhood issues which urgently needed to be addressed. Extended Title - Economics race relations Quantity: 1 digital image(s).