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Date: 2014

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0029714

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Another bleak (but long forecast) landmark in the John Key reign. The acceptance as a fact of life that people will now live in cars and caravans not only spells the end of certain people's dreams. It also spells the end of the New Zealand dream. Pity the children.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0029727

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Targeting child poverty is one of John Key's goals for this term. One hopes no one moves the goal posts'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0029635

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Hearing the Great Flag Debate is going to be wheeled out again shortly means only one thing... A major distraction for the groundlings is needed while dastardly changes are made to existing legislation such as the Resource Management Act.' Depicts RMA as a hospital patient who asks "Nurse, is it true they're going to put me under the knife soon?". The nurse replies "All I can say is that Dr Smith is grinning like a monkey and Mr Key is busy hanging flags all along the corridor. Draw you own conclusions". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0030297

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Chris Finlayson and John Key must be relishing the prospect of picking a new Director for the GCSB. It's exhilarating to think of the depth of new talent we're surrounded by. Who will it be... Cartoon depicts GCSB Minister Chris Finlayson interviwing off-screen Cameron Slater'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024146

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key removing a man's legs, saying 'I'm flogging off your legs. If you want them back, be at the front of the queue!'.Wider context is the sale of Mighty River Power and other State-owned assets. The cartoonist comments: 'If the National govt is going to sell state assets, it not only shows an empty bank balance but also a poverty of imagination.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024450

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key saying that he knows just the man to lead the Government Communications Security Bureau. Refers to the appointment of Ian Fletcher, a childhood friend of the Prime Minister. Commentary from the artist: 'In appointing someone to a vital role in New Zealand's security (DG of the GCSB) it is critical to first identify the core skills needed. The skill set, not personal links, eventually identifies the right person'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024625

Description: Shows John Key, seen from behind, in discussion with Ian Fletcher. Key says "As a politician, Ian, I like to find compromises" while Fletcher replies "That's good, John, because as your good buddy at the GCSB, our intelligence service will be compromised to its core." Refers to media debate over the appointment of Ian Fletcher, allegedly a friend of Key's, to the role of head of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB). Accompanying note from cartoonist states: 'The irregular recruiting of Ian Fletcher by John Key for the GCSB job introduces the 'poison' of political capture to a body that needs to be unbiased and clear-headed. My cartoon depicts the nape of John Key and the face of GCSB D/G Ian Fletcher, over breakfast. The title 'Spies on toast' is meant to suggest spies having been totally outwitted, captured, compromised by the National Party's John Key.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024555

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key driving a stolen car, with David Shearer, leader of the Labour party, as a police officer trying to stop him, in reference to the sale of shares in Mighty River Power, a state-owned power company. Commentary from the artist: 'The combination of large numbers of punters feeding their dough into Mighty River shares on one side, and David Shearer saying a Labour government would seek to lower the power price, is a dark, ominous clash of wills.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024740

Description: Shows four figures, including Prime Minister John Key at far right, making negative statements under a heading asking 'How would our leaders react if they were put on a youth wage?'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states: "At a time when million-dollar paypackets for executives are nothing unusual, it seems a tad unfair - ageist? - to screw down the wages of young workers." Refers to a controversial new youth or Starting Out wage, introduced on 1 March, which is intended to lower the country's high youth unemployment rate. The wage will allow people aged 16 to 19 to be paid 80 per cent of the adult minimum wage for the first six months of their employment. It begins on 1 May 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024771

Description: Commentary from the artist: "The events in Cleveland, Ohio are chilling. Could it happen here....? My cartoon is a bit tongue in cheek, but addresses issue of media control in New Zealand. The cartoon depicts John Key, Bill English and Stephen Joyce via the persona of the three brothers currently in the spotlight in Cleveland, Ohio, for imprisoning three young women for ten years in a suburban house." In May 2013, three Puerto Rican brothers in Cleveland Ohio were arrested for imprisoning three women. A parody newspaper story, with 'photographs' showing 'Juan Key, Bill Iglesias and Stefano Joyce'. The accompanying text lists 'intellectual restraints', 'constant spin' and a 'subserviant media roped in' to control any information while the three 'kept a whole country in a vice'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021585

Description: Shows John Key attempting to silence Hekia Parata who is holding papers about class size. Behind Key is John Banks who has been put under a blanket. Banks is accompanied by a headless man with a suitcase of money and his friend Mr Crimp. Context: Parata has been criticised for National government plans to increase class sizes and fire teachers. Key intervened and claimed that no school would lose more than two teachers. (NZ Herald website 30 May 2012). Key has refused to sack ACT MP John Banks despite allegations that Banks knew his anonymous donor Kim Dotcom (NZ Herald website 7 May 2012) and accepted donations from anti Maori Invercargill businessman Louis Crimp (NZ herald website 21 May 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020592

Description: Shows a policeman standing behind Prime Minister John Key who is having a cup of tea with John Banks, then a candidate for the Epsom by-election. Context: refers to the warning given to the reporter who recorded the conversation between John Key and John Banks that the PM then tried to have suppressed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021000

Description: Prime minister John Key is shown with two poodles - representing ACT Party Leader John Banks and United Future leader Peter Dunne. John Key says: "If there were any harm from increased gambling, my little doggies would let me know". One doggie says "Woof, woof. All looks fine to me, Mr. Key!" John Key is holding a plastic bag labelled "doggie do's (and don'ts)". An addict lies on the groung, hands are held out begging, and people crowd around an endless row of pokie machines in the background. Refers to the controversy surrounding a proposal by Sky City Casinos to build a national convention centre in Auckland in return for being allowed to have more pokie machines, which will require a law change. It was anticipated that John Banks and Peter Dunne would support a law change. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0019259

Description: Prime Minister John Key thrusts an apple into the mouth of the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, and says 'Enjoy the apples, loser!' She is thinking '...while CHEWING over whether or not to make welfare payments available to Kiwis living in Australia.' Context: The first sea-freight container of New Zealand apples ever exported to Australia has arrived in time for the Australian Prime Minister to bite into if the All Blacks win Sunday's semi-final clash against the Wallabies. Julia Gillard has a bet with Prime Minister John Key over the RWC semi-final game - with the losing side having to publicly eat an apple from the other country. (TVNZ October 14 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020087

Description: Relates to a visit made by Prime Minister John Key to Australia at the end of January 2012 when he had talks with Australian PM Julia Gillard about improving the Trans-Tasman relationship. Australian authorities want access to Kiwis' criminal records amid fears that people are crossing the Tasman to continue lives of crime after entering Australia without declaring criminal convictions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020086

Description: Relates to the widespread leak of the so-called teapot tapes on internet sites. The tape is a recording of a conversation between Mr Key and ACT's Epsom candidate John Banks in an Auckland cafe before November's general election. Mr Key said yesterday he would have been more respectful in a public conversation. The 'men's final' refers to the Australian Open tennis tournament. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020085

Description: Relates to the widespread leak of the so-called teapot tapes on internet sites. The tape is a recording of a conversation between Mr Key and ACT's Epsom candidate John Banks in an Auckland cafe before November's general election. Mr Key said yesterday he would have been more respectful in a public conversation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0022005

Description: Shows the evacuations and removals of people and state assets overseas. A man asks Prime Minister if he is all right. Context: An unprecedented number of Kiwis have opted to leave New Zealand, most going to Australia. Refers also to the controversial desire by the government to sell state assets. 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-0020515

Description: Prime Minister John Key is tipping from a wheelbarrow a load of unemployed. Refers to the number of unemployed in New Zealand. New Zealand's unemployment rate is well under the OCED average of 8.2%. The latest HLFS (Household Labour Force Survey) results confirmed that the labour market continued its gradual recovery in the December 2011 quarter, with 3,000 (0.1%) more people employed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).