Dictatorship

Date: 1938

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1938-01-07/08

Description: Pages 7-8 of booklet put out before 1938 election. Shows an arrangement of text with portraits of Ramsay McDonald (at left), Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler and a war scene at right. Tells that periods of socialism in Russia, Italy and Germany then led to the excesses of those countries' leaders. Extended Title - From "Your future in your hand" election booklet for 1938, centre spread pages 7 and 8. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on pages of booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 240 x 360 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Editorial cartoons. [1970-1978].

Reference: B-124-028

Description: Shows a group of five Central or South American soldiers with bayonets, guarding their (presumable dictatorial) leader who is giving a speech. Reportedly published in the New Zealand herald ca 1970-1978. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, letraset, white paint, 240 x 365 mm.

Date: 1942 - 1947

By: Gem Press; Hogan, John Herbert Matthias, 1916-2013

Reference: Eph-D-SERIAL-1940s-01

Description: An arrangement of text. Each issue cost 6d. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relif print on paper, 570 x 430 mm. Provenance: Collected by Rex Read Mason, and passed to the Library with his papers, through the Megget family in 2005.

Date: 1980 - 1986

From: Clark, Laurence (Klarc) :[Drawings from "The Mawpawk" by Clark and Kevin Jenkinson published in 'Strips' magazine in the early 1980s]

Reference: A-301-029

Description: A strip cartoon about a dictatorial government Quantity: 1 drawing(s) cartoons. Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 375 x 275 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr Laurence Clark, Auckland 1995

Date: 2008

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0005033

Description: Shows an adviser reporting to Prime Minister, Helen Clark, who sits at her desk, that the word 'Helengrad' has appeared in the Macquarie dictionary. Helen Clark's response is a demand that those responsible be rounded up - tonight. The word has indeed appeared in the Macquarie Dictionary, Australia's largest online dictionary. It is listed as a colloquial humorous word in the politics' section and is used to describe the iron grip of New Zealand's Prime Minister over the New Zealand political scene. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0004067

Description: Shows a Buddhist monk in Myanmar being tortured on a stretching machine by two soldiers. A member of the Chinese military tells them that it wasn't intended that they use that kind of restraint and one of the soldiers replies that they are only following China's example. Refers to attempts by the military in Myanmar to suppress the large protests led by pro-democracy Buddhist monks against the ruling military regime and to Myanmar's dependency on China who was the only country to stand by China after the military takeover in 1988. Burma gets cheap military requirements from China while China depends economically and strategically on Burma. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0004061

Description: Fiji coup leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama sits looking very pleased at his desk listening to a radio broadcast about the 45 year rule of the military in Myanmar. Refers to the uprising led by Buddist monks in Burma (Myanmar) against the military regime. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010912

Description: Fijian interim PM Commodore Bainimarama stands head and shoulders above a crowd of imploring Fijians carrying on his shoulders a replica of himself. He holds a padlocked box labelled 'democracy' and declares that they are ignoring their critics and continuing to uphold the basic human rights of all Fijians. Refers to Bainimarama's hold over Fiji and his failing to hold democratic elections in the time requested by the United Nations. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017412

Description: The cartoon shows Colonel Gaddafi of Libya with an oil tank on his head and derricks sticking out of his hair; he is thinking 'Of all the dictatorships in all the world, why did they have to walk into mine?' Context - Libya's oil reserves are the largest in Africa and the 9th largest in the world but attacks by Colonel Gaddafi's forces on oil producing fields and infrastructure in the rebel-held eastern region in early April has raised the spectre that the country's oil production will be offline indefinitely while the civil war rages on. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0004076

Description: A huge tank labelled 'Junta of Myanmar' drives along leaving dead Buddhist monks in its wake. The driver, probably military dictator, Than Shwe, shouts that if the economy doesn't improve it should be shot as well. Refers to the military crackdown against protesters who were demonstrating against the Myanmar junta regime by holding peaceful street marches. The protest was led by Buddhist monks. Refers also to the failing economy in Burma. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0006424

Description: Shows a huge military guard with 'Myanmar' on his pocket and a skull on the front of his cap. He indicates the vultures circling above him and says that as we can see they are now permitting flights into the country. Refers to the devastating cyclone that hit Burma early May which caused possibly a hundred thousand deaths, many of which might have been prevented if the military government had accepted offers of foreign help sooner. The vultures are present because of the number of dead bodies. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).