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Cartoon with a message

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Cartoon with a message

This cartoon is from a Marlborough Catchment and Regional Water Board pamphlet. It was issued in 1980 to inform land users about their responsibilities towards the region’s natural resources. The cartoon is a reminder that burning in designated parts of the region requires a permit.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-LOCAL-Marlborough-1980-01-1-2

by Chris Brooke-White

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Robert Peden, Fire and agriculture – Burning in modern agriculture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/15222/cartoon-with-a-message (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.