Marriage - Statistics

Date: 1993

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Otago Daily Times; Editorial cartoons. 8 May - 3 June 1993

Reference: H-115-015

Description: Shows two small boys, one on skates, the other carrying a skateboard. They pass by a park bench where a newspaper is lying and comment on the headline that fewer people are marrying. Refers to the fact that the number of marriages is declining Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12-14, 16, 183-21, 23-25, 27-28, and 30 August 2021

From: Yeo, Shaun, 1974-: Digital cartoons

By: Yeo, Shaun, 1974-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0042169

Description: Digital cartoons by Shaun Yeo on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Published in the Otago Daily Times in May 2021. Cartoons depict: - one figure entering a store pushing a trolley with a large money bag and a second figure exiting the store with a trolley of groceries; - a doctor and nurse next to a figure in a hospital bed discussing "worryingly low" vital signs of the nursing roster; - New Zealand Olympic canoeist Lisa Carrington paddling above the water; - portrait of Lisa Carrington 'NZ's Greatest Olympian' alongside a quote from Carrington; - All Black Aaron Smith diving through the middle zero of a large '100'; - two figures on park benches discussing changing the name of New Zealand to 'Unaffordable'; - two figures riding a tandem bike with their shorts slipping down while two other figures comment "Ha! Reminds me of the National Party." "Really, how so?" "Promises unity but cracks are showing."; - a man on bended knee proposing to a figure who is running away, captioned 'New Zealand marriage rates lowest on record'; - two wrecking balls labelled 'Accusations' and "Recriminations' hitting a statue of Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt labelled 'Sir Tim's legacy'; - National Party leader Judith Collins as Winston Churchill captioned 'Collins lashes out at Greens for ditching Churchill portrait'; - an hourglass with sand in the top half labelled 'Delta Variant' beginning to fall into the lower half labelled 'New Zealand'; - a teddy bear climbing onto a windowsill and thinking "Sigh, once more unto the breach New Zealand"; - two teddy bears, one holding a 'Mask up N.Z.' sign and wearing a domino mask around it's eyes, the second wearing a face mask and saying "Um... wrong mask Trev."; - two figures on a couch, one petting a dog, the other a cat, while the dog thinks "Sigh, I know it's wrong but I do love lockdowns."; - a wall partially wallpapered and a woman asking a man "Perhaps now that it's been extended you can finish the project you began during last year's lockdown."; - a COVID barcode saying "About bloody time!", captioned 'Covid scanning, record keeping to become mandatory'; - a kiwi playing a 'Delta Kong' video game and exclaiming "Stuck on level 4!"; - two figures at a table, one reading a newspaper asks "It says here that lockdown actually strengthens marriages. What do you think Debra?", the second responds "My name's Helen."; - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern walking towards two doors 'Damned if you do' and 'Damned if you don't', captioned 'Decision on alert levels expected today'; - kiwis swimming away from a sinking ship and coming ashore on 'Vaccination Island'; - and a poker machine (pokie) with three aligned images of a Bull, captioned 'Spinning bull----' 'Gaming Machine Association warns that community projects will suffer because no money is going into pokies during lockdown'. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in a digital folder titled ‘YEO CARTOONS JULY 2021’. Quantity: 21 digital cartoon(s).