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Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023842

Description: Cartoon commenting on Minister of Education, Hekia Parata's qualifications for the position. Parata has been mired in controversy since taking on the role. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023841

Description: Cartoon on charter schools in New Zealand. Commentary from the artist: 'More worrying than John Banks shoe-horning Charter Schools into the NZ system is the fact no one knows what they are and why we're even getting them.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024263

Description: Cartoon depicting various politicians working on education issues in New Zealand. A wolf labelled, 'Novopay' threatens to bite Steven Joyce, Minister of Novopay, a reference to a new problem with the online school payroll system, where a computer glitch has listed a termination date of 21 April 2013 for over 100 permanent staff. Commentary from the cartoonist -'Depicts ministers Steven Joyce, Hekia Parata and John Banks.. Has New Zealand ever had so many Ministers (and Associate Ministers) of Education, so many major problems, so little communication about what's going on in the sector? Education is a cot case.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024176

Description: Shows Lesley Longstone on the phone with Novopay customer service, regarding an error with her severance pay. Context: Longstone, the former head of the Ministry of Education who was recruited specifically for the position from England, resigned from her post after only 13 months on the job, amid the Novopay debacle and disagreements with Minister of Education, Hekia Parata. Longstone received a before-tax payout of over $425,000-- the equivalent of six months remuneration and $157,523 in outstanding holiday pay and a payment in lieu of notice. The Novopay online payroll system has resulted in tens of thousands of errors since it was implemented in August 2012, with some teachers getting paid too much, others too little, and some not at all. (Stuff.co.nz, 5 Mar 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Salient (Newspaper); Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0025103

Description: Featured in this cartoon is the Minister responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce, and Minister of Education, Hekia Parata. In the cartoon there is a promise that they are both making an admission to do with the Novopay issue, but the 'admission' consists of blaming others. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'At what stage does Hekia Parata actually take responsibility for her portfolio? What happened responsibility by her colleagues who signed off Novopay?' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0025206

Description: Refers to the release of National Standards data which showed a decline in the rate of achievement as the year level increases, particularly in mathematics. Commentary from the artist reads: 'Hekia Parata is the Minister of Education. Why is her understanding of education (and its surrounding statistics) so at odds with that of teachers themselves? The cartoon comments on the National Standards report and Hekia Parata's response to it. The cartoon depicts Hekia and a non-specific expert in New Zealand education (reflecting the reported response of academics and teacher representatives to the Report and Parata's comments)'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021975

Description: A school teacher, looking at the words `'League tables' scrawled in graffiti fashion on the school walls, says 'Sorry kids - those ignorant mongels have struck again...' Running away are two children whose jackets read 'JK' and 'HP'. The name of the school is given as 'Seigeville'. The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata ('HK') and the Prime Minister, John Key ('JK') proposed to measure national standards in education by introducing 'league tables' of individual schools. This was opposed by many in the education profession, especially teachers, who felt themselves 'under seige' by the Ministry of Education. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021587

Description: Shows Hekia Parata and John Key facing placard waving students protesting against education cuts. Context: Intermediate teachers and some pupils heckled Hekia Parata and demonstrated against cuts to teacher pupil ratios at a breakfast function (NZ Herald website 31 May 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023251

Description: Mock entrance test for 'New Entrants' to Ministry of Education, set by NCEA ('Not Even Close to Educational Acumen'). The 'Starter Question' asks about how to decribe the proposal to increase class sizes to 'better assist poor achievers': is it 'inane', 'something out of a donkey's nightmare', 'Dickensian' or 'not world-class'. All four answers are correct. Lesley Longstone, an English career bureaucrat, was appointed to the position of Chief Executive of Education. Despite her comments about asisting poorly achieving pupils, her past career in the English Department of Education and her acquiescence in proposals to increase class sizes did not promise well. 'Donkey's nightmare' refers to a recent nickname for the Prime Minister, John Key. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).