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News. Auckland residents should report aggressive, day-biting mosquitos, as part of biosecurity hunt. "Whoa! 0800 MOZZIE!.." 21 March, 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Reference
- DCDL-0004678
- Description
Shows an Auckland businessman whose arm has been bitten off by a large mosquito. Holding a pen between his teeth, he is frantically trying to ring the 0800 MOZZIE hotline on his cellphone to report the incident. Onlookers watch on in horror. The background shows the skyline of central Auckland and the Skytower. Refers to Asian Tiger Mosquito found at the Ports of Auckland. Auckland residents were asked if they experience any mosquito bite in the downtown Auckland area to call 0800 MOZZIE (0800 669943). The Asian Tiger Mosquito is known as an aggressive daytime biter and being capable of carrying several serious human illnesses, including Dengue fever, Yellow fever and several types of encephalitis.
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).
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- Part of
- Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
- Format
- 1 digital cartoon(s), Works of art, Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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News. Auckland residents should report aggressive, day-biting mosquitos, as part of biosecurity hunt. "Whoa! 0800 MOZZIE!.." 21 March, 2007. Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]. Ref: DCDL-0004678. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22684758More information can be found in our terms of use.