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Post #375824 by tikigik on Wed, Apr 23, 2008 11:05 PM

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On 2008-01-05 11:56, bigbrotiki wrote:

Interesting. Maybe a political cartoon? That guy has a kiss on his nose, and is dancing a Maori dance....maybe he is a white politician that got the approval of the Maori community?

On 2008-01-05 23:30, Paipo wrote:

Pretty good guesses bigbro - I did a little more hunting and checked out the NZ political leaders for the years mentioned (45-47) and came up with this:

So now we have an identity for our dancing man, and a good reason for the use of the Maori proverb. Now if I could just work out who the cartoonist is....!

I'm NOT positive, but it looks to me like there MAY be a
signature below the clump of grass/woman's toe. Can the owner
verify whether there is a signature there or not and perhaps
provide a higher-def scan of just that area, unless it IS a
signature and they can figure the name out on their own?