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Foreigners' maternity care debt in millions... "We're not even left holding the baby... just the umBILLical cord." 1 September, 2009
- Date
- 2009
- Reference
- DCDL-0012177
- Description
Shows a surgeon in operating clothes holding an umbilical cord. Text reads that 'Foreigners' maternity care debt in millions...' The surgeon says 'We're not even left holding the baby... just the umBILLical cord'. Refers to the fact that foreigners giving birth in New Zealand have racked up millions of dollars in unpaid bills, despite rules around their maternity care being tightened in 2003.There is a wordplay on the words 'umbilical' and 'bill'.
Alternate version of DCDL-0012175, DCDL-0012176
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- Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
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- 1 digital cartoon(s), Works of art, Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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Foreigners' maternity care debt in millions... "We're not even left holding the baby... just the umBILLical cord." 1 September, 2009. Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers. Ref: DCDL-0012177. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22882187More information can be found in our terms of use.