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Panel Posted Friday 30th July 2010

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AUTUMNAL SALUTATIONS!!!

The final chapter of "Kiwiman: Crisis on Finite Islands" is now available in NewGround #12!!! On sale now from Gotham Comics and DMC.

NZ GOVERNMENT HID HECTORS DOLPHIN DEATHS.

Well this popped up a little while ago, and it doesn't offer much chance for confidence in the right wing government leading New Zealand at the moment: Forest & Bird is shocked to discover that the Government kept under wraps for six months the deaths of two Hector’s dolphins in commercial set nets. Read more at the Forest & Bird web page.

Don't forget that you can tell the New Zealand government how you feel about their treatment of endangered native species!

If you have something to say about the Hector's and Maui's Dolphins situtation and the way the government of New Zealand is handling it write to the Minister for Conservation, Kate Wilkinson!

Email: kate.wilkinson@national.org.nz
Website: www.katewilkinson.co.nz
Phone: (04)817 6819 (Parliament)
Phone: (03)3107468 (Electorate)

 

BONUS MATERIAL!


This sketch was produced at the 2010 Armageddon Convention held in Wellington! Click the image to see the larger version over in the special features area!

KIWIMAN AVAILABLE IN WEBCOMICS AND PRINTED BOOKS!!

Welcome Wingless Wonder Watchers! It may interest you to know that Kiwiman Is available in both printed and web-published form! Kiwiman has appeared in 3 copies of the Auckland NZ produced comic book anthology, 'NewGround' and can be obtained via the publisher's webpage, DMC. So take a look at their site and track down your very own copies of the serialised KIWIMAN story : "Crossover on Finite Islands".
The site also offers info on submitting your own comic book material. So if you have a hankering to get published in print-form yourself check it out!
Jeremy the publisher doesn't charge anyone for publishing costs, but there is no payment for material.

We here at KIWIMANCOMICS would love to hear what you think about the site and Kiwiman in general so please drop us a line to tell us what you think:
adminATkiwimancomicsDOTcom
(You'll have to replace the capitalized 'AT' with the @ symbol and the "DOT" with a . there, sorry for the inconvenience but it keeps us from being Spam-Bombed by the ubertech underworld)

Mike Allred (creator of MADMAN) was one of the comic book guests at the recent Armageddon Convention held over the first weekend of April, along with his charming wife Laura. They are two of the nicest people I have ever met. They hung out with the New Zealand comic makers and even came along to the NZ COMICS WEEKEND and the NZ 'industry' awards night! Mike was such a swell guy that he even drew a picture of KIWIMAN gratis, just because we gave him a copy of NewGround Featuring KIWIMAN Crisis on Finite Islands part 2.
They are a lovely, lovely couple who made the Convention the absolute hands down best we have ever attended!
All the best from Kiwiman's newly relocated creative team!

~BONUS MATERIAL~

Bonus convention sketches from the Armageddon Expo 2010 !

Mike Allred does Kiwiman!

 

 

 

 

 

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Armageddon 2009!

This is the reverse side of a flyer I made up to advertise Kiwiman, and (as you will see) to spread the word about the plight of the Maui's Dolphin!

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE LARGER VERSION.

This is the "B" side of the flyer I gave away at the Armageddon 2009 convention. I am planning to make a small comic about the Maui's Dolphins to giveaway in future. So stay tuned and I'll let you know when they're ready. I'll post it as a PDF so you can print it off and give it out to people, that way you too can help to save the Maui's Dolphin! Don't forget to write to your MP and the ministers of Fisheries and Conservation, to get them to act now and toughen up the fishing regulations where Maui's and Hector's Dolphins live!




This is the front page of a Kiwiman Flyer.
I was giving this away as a freebee at Armageddon October 2009. Click on it to see the larger version.






Here is a convention sketch of Kiwiman I made while I was at the show, sitting at the NewGround stand and at the New Zealand Comic Collective stand. I'm not sure what's going on there, but it looks like Kiwiman is in some hot space water! Click it to see a larger version!

 




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The Dire Situation Confronting Maui's Dolphin:

 


 

 






The image above from a Kiwiman story called 'Crisis on Finite Islands' depicts the dire situation confronting Maui's Dolphin, New Zealand's (and the World's) most rare and endangered species. The story is being published in the comic book, Newground.

Click on the image to see a page from the comic book story!

Maui’s dolphins are the rarest marine dolphin in the world, an estimated 111 still survive today.

Maui's can live up to 20 years but take 7 years to mature and only produce 1 calf every 3 years. Most females only have 4 or 5 calves in their lifetime.

Unfortunately, Maui’s dolphins are susceptible to entanglement in set nets used by recreational and commercial fishers.

Protecting the dolphin
Fisheries regulations now ban set netting within four nautical miles of the coast from Maunganui Bluff (north of Dargaville) to Pariokariwa Point (north of New Plymouth).
Set nets are also prohibited in the Manukau Harbour entrance west of Puponga Point at Cornwallis, to a point 0.5 nautical miles north of Kauri Point (eastern end of Big Bay), and back to Kauri Point.
Amateur fishers found fishing with set nets in the closed area are liable for a fine of up to $20,000, plus seizure of their fishing equipment. Fines for commercial fishers are up to $100,000.

In May 2008, then Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton announced regional bans on set netting, drift netting and inshore trawling to safeguard the dolphins in their dwindling range, but the law suit, led by the Federation of Commercial Fishermen, has led to more needless deaths; in May this year, another Hector’s dolphin was found drowned in a deep water set net off the Kaikoura coast.

If you see set nets within the closed areas please contact the Ministry of Fisheries on 0800 4 POACHER (0800 4 76224).


The Facts in the Case of the Maui's Dolphins:

The NZHerald have an article by Liz Slooten and Steve Dawson called "The facts on Hector's and Maui's dolphins" depicting the science behind monitoring the effects of fishing practices on the Maui's and Hector's Dolphins.

You can find out about the Maui's dolphin and efforts to save this critically endangered marine mammal on this DoC NZ site.

Want to get hold of Kiwiman in print ?

 

"Crossover on Finite Islands" parts one and two are available now in the anthology comic book "New Ground" ISSUES 9 and 10a

Click here to order # 9 and here to order # 10A online!

NEW GROUND # 12 also on sale now from all good NZ comic shops (and especially from Gotham Comics in Onehunga Auckland New Zealand).

 

Have a fantastic week and don’t forget to write your MP about extending the sanctuary for the Maui’s Dolphins and Hector’s Dolphins!

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