Atlas (Greek deity)

Date: 2009

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0010237

Description: Shows ACT leader Rodney Hide as Atlas carrying the world on his back. He says people should forget global warming as they will be safe in his hands. Refers to Rodney Hide's denial that global warming is a significant threat. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1920

From: [Theatre programmes of quarto size for shows and performances toured throughout New Zealand by J C Williamson]

By: Levy, Mark, active 1920-1930s

Reference: Eph-B-WILLIAMSON-1920-01-front

Description: Programme cover shows happy and sad masks in the top corners, and a figure of Atlas holding up a circular panel. Below is an advertisement for Butterfly Tea. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Print on programme cover, 250 x 95 mm.

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0010172

Description: Shows American President, Barack Obama, as Atlas holding up a globe that represents 'expectations'. Refers to the enormous interest and hope that his inauguration as president of the United States has engendered. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0030561

Description: Depicts Atlas wearing a suit of armour to hold the globe of the world which is in flames. Text in the picture refers to 2014 being declared the hottest year on record by international experts. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021997

Description: Two cartoons. The first is untitled; the second bears the legend 'The greecey god of slippery slopes'. In both Atlas upholds the Global Economy on a slippery slope. His feet are beginning to slide... Atlas is the giant of Greek legend who supports the world. Likewise, the pun 'Greecey slopes' implies that the collapse of the Greek economy could bring down the world financial system. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021898

Description: Shows Greece as Atlas straining to hold up a huge burden of debt while a woman representing the European Union encourages him. Context: Refers to the critical weeks in which Greece must avoid defaulting from its mountain of debt and being ejected from the eurozone. Visiting EU-IMF officials took the rare step of concluding an inspection tour of the country with words of praise. (Guardian 5 August 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018041

Description: Prime Minister John Key is shown as Atlas bearing the weight of the world only the globe represents a burden of debt worth $71.6 billion. Context - Treasury today published the Government's financial statements for the 10 months ended April 30, which showed the debt mountain had grown to $71.6b. The figures were released amid criticism that more debt is being taken on than necessary, and the Council of Trade Unions said the Government was "trying to scare people" by its misleading use of high borrowing figures. The Government is practising "good cash management" by borrowing an extra $5 billion this year to take advantage of low interest rates despite gross debt hitting $71.6b, a senior economist says. (Stuff June 7, 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).