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Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017865

Description: Finance Minister, Bill English, Wearing a vest with the word 'budget' printed on it, runs furiously on a treadmill running machine that represents the 'economic plan'. Context - The cartoon suggests that the 2011 budget provides very little in terms of an economic plan. There is public criticism of the government's attempts to improve the economy by tinkering with the present situation rather than finding innovative ways to create wealth. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017722

Description: Text reads 'Battle for the hardest right..' An enormous tank that represents 'corporate clout' with the face of former National leader Don Brash has just killed former ACT leader Rodney Hide who lies in a small smoking heap in front of the tank. Context - Rodney Hide has been thrown out of his role as leader of the ACT Party in a bloodless coup by former leader of the National Party Don Brash. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017864

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English fly in a helicopter that represents 'MPs Super & perks' over a house that is drowning in a flood created by 'Kiwisaver cuts, insurance hikes, food prices, petrol, and low wages'. A family stand on the roof of the house and call for help but the politicians in the helicopter misinterpret the call as being enthusiastic waving and appreciative of being loved, wave back. Context - The cartoon suggests that the healthy salary enjoyed by politicians (particularly the PM and cabinet members) means they are out of touch with the plight of New Zealanders on low wages or benefits. The May budget has not improved things for people in this wage bracket at all. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017816

Description: A grumpy man representing 'NZ Saving' stands in water up to his ankles as the rain pours down from thunder clouds that represent 'fine promises'. He is reading a newspaper that says 'Kiwisaver "affordable in sunshine"'. Context - The government intends reducing its contributions to the KiwiSaver scheme - worth up to $20 a week - while retaining the $1000 kick-start. It is not yet known by how much the government tax credit will be reduced - whether it will be slashed, shaved or halved and whether the cuts will be across the board. Mr Key is taking his biggest risk is in turning superannuation into a political football again and tinkering with a love affair that has always been about more than individual nest eggs anyway. The ASB's head of private banking and wealth management Jonathan Beale says 'Fund balances are growing, and the KiwiSaver scheme has proven to be a successful way of turning around the poor savings habits of many New Zealanders'. (Stuff and NZ Herald 16 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017724

Description: PM John Key says 'I won't deal with Douglas but I'll talk to this chap' John Key winks as he talks to a glove puppet representing former National Party leader Don Brash; the puppet is on the hand of Roger Douglas ACT Party member famous for the finance reforms of the David Lange government. Context - Roger Douglas and Don Brash will create a far right party by Don Brash's takeover of ACT after the jettisoning of Rodney Hide - John Key is talking with them about the future. Rogernomics was characterised by market-led restructuring and deregulation and the control of inflation through tight monetary policy, accompanied by a floating exchange rate and reductions in the fiscal deficit. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017861

Description: The leader of the new Mana Party Hone Harawira appears as a baby being fed bile by his mother, Titewhai Harawira aho says 'num, num'. Context - Hone Harawira has left the Maori Party because of insurmountable differences and has formed the 'Mana Party' which is further out to the left. His mother Titewhai Harawira has always been a Maori activist but her pronouncements are becoming more extreme. Titewhai 'Harawira, mother of independent MP Hone Harawira, turned up at a Maori Party hui at Te Tii marae yesterday [8 May] and was reportedly yelling, swearing and singing over the top of other speakers'. Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party says her behaviour has 'just grown and grown and so in the end it's sort of like uncontrollable now." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017812

Description: The leader of the new Mana Party, Hone Harawira, wearing a strait jacket has just marched through the middle of a headstone 'in memory of bin Laden victims. He says '"To honour and mourn the deceased", I'd just like to say "Obama bin Laden was a freedom fighter"'! Context - On 1 May 2011 Osama bin Laden, the man behind the Twin Towers terrorist attack, was shot dead by American forces. Hone Harawira, who recently left the Maori Party to set up his own party, offended many by describing bin Laden as a freedom fighter. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017815

Description: In the first version a crowd of huge protection squad goons wearing shades surround a small Prime Minister, John Key, who waves and smiles and shouts 'look at me. Look at me!' Text read 'Egomatic protection squad'. In a second version John Key shouts 'Don't look at me! Don't look at me!' In the third version John Key shouts 'Don't look at me.. Don't look at me! And the text reads 'Diplomatic Protection'. Context - Labour has accused Key of using the Diplomatic Protection Squad as an entourage, after its costs blew out by $800,000 in 2009/10. But Emails from Helen Clark's time as Prime Minister show a personal security detail can be turned down, despite Prime Minister John Key's insistence he has no say in the matter. (Stuff 6 May 2011) Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017860

Description: Text reads 'Bin Laden's death makes the world a safer place - U.S.' A couple walk along a street that is lined with billboards that report 'Elderly man bashed by teens', 'Terrorists threaten revenge', 'Lightning zaps plane', 'Another baby bashed', 'Food poison fears with climate change' and 'flood & quakes hit'. The man asks the woman whether she is 'feeling better'. Context - On 1 May Osama bin Laden was shot and killed by US forces in Pakistan. As a result there was great exhaltation and apparent relief around the world but particularly in Amnerica that the man behind the 2001 World Trade Centre terrorist attack was no more. The cartoon observes that bin Laden's death did not really 'make the world a safer place'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017813

Description: The cartoon shows a weather forecaster half-collapsed in despair in his chair as he tries to forecast the day's weather. He says 'Most areas can expect fine, rain, wind, earthquakes, tornadoes, snow, hail, cool, warm weather. Or not' Context - The very mixed weather conditions in early Autumn as well as more frequent severe weather and of course for Christchurch - earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017594

Description: Leaves fall from a tree onto crosses marking the graves of soldiers killed in various wars. Included in the cartoon is a poppy and the words 'Lest we forget'. Context - ANZAC Day was marked on 25 April 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017814

Description: The leader of the new Mana Party, Hone Harawira, wearing a tshirt bearing the text 'Hone Harawira Freedumb Fighter' apologises, saying 'I'm sorry for my bin Laden comments, things get lost in the translation' Context - On 1 May 2011 Osama bin Laden, the man behind the Twin Towers terrorist attack, was shot dead by American forces. Hone Harawira, who recently left the Maori Party to set up his own party, offended many by describing bin Laden as a freedom fighter. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017591

Description: An enormous hot-air balloon that represents the 'Cost of living' floats off into the clouds when its anchor representing 'tax cut' is yanked out of the ground. A very anxious kiwi peers out of the basket of the balloon which represents 'NZ'. Context - As the day for the announcement of the May 26 2011 budget draws closer, the cost of living becomes greater and the possibility of a tax cut becomes an impossible dream. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017726

Description: Two men chat in the pub. One of them says 'Well he's gone! And the other replies 'Yep, shot to bits!' They agree that there could be 'widespread and potentially hideous' repercussions. In the last of the four frames they realize that they have been talking at cross-purposes; one of them was talking about Rodney Hide and the other about Osama bin Laden. Context - Rodney Hide has been thrown aside as leader of the ACT Party and replaced by former leader of the National Party Don Brash. Also the killing on 1 May of Osama bin Laden who was the criminal mastermind behind al-Qaida and the world's most sought-after terrorist since the attacks of 11 September 2001. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017862

Description: The new ACT leader, Don Brash, with a huge Donald Trump-style wig, stands in front of a group of people in silhouette who represent 'Assets', 'welfare' and 'health' and says 'I'm the Donald, and yer all fired!!!' An ACT Party politician in the background tells an astonished man 'We've trumped the other parties with our makeover!' Context - Former ACT leader Rodney Hide has just been ousted in a bloodless coup from the role by Don Brash who has taken over the leadership of the party. Roger Douglas and Don Brash will create a far right party which is likely to be characterised by a 'Rogernomics' style of sale of state assets, market-led restructuring and deregulation and the control of inflation through tight monetary policy, accompanied by a floating exchange rate and reductions in the fiscal deficit. Also talk-show host and real estate magnate, Donald Trump, has been in the news because he was threatening to stand as a presidential candidate for the Republicans. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017595

Description: An RNZAF helicopter named 'Spin Doctor' awaits the arrival of Prime Minister John Key who says 'Quick! It's an emergency' Context - Prime Minister John Key's office is blaming heavy traffic for booking an air force helicopter to ferry him to and from the V8 races so he could make it home in time to change for a black tie dinner. (Scoop 20 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0015534

Description: A hideous monster representing 'Mother Earth' demonstrates the 'reality' of the forces of nature as she squeezes the South Island, thus causing the Canterbury earthquake of 4th September 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017593

Description: A man takes a chocolate Easter egg out of its box and thinks that it seems hollow. The Easter egg represents the 'Parole Board' and it says 'Freed dangerous crims? No worries we'll keep an eye on them' Context - The main function of the 42-strong New Zealand Parole Board is to make decisions about the release (or otherwise) of offenders eligible for parole. By law, the paramount consideration for the board in every case is the ``safety of the community'', but they are also bound to ensure offenders aren't detained any longer than is consistent with the safety of the community. Most prisoners serving a sentence over two years are entitled to a hearing each year after serving a third of their sentence, or their minimum non-parole period. (Sunday Star Times 27 March 2011) Probably refers specifically to the case John Gillies, 36, who was jailed for seven years in 2005 for assaulting two policemen and possessing cocaine and methamphetamine. He has 106 convictions, 34 of them for violence, including the 1993 screwdriver stabbing of Gisborne policeman Nigel Hendrikse. Gillies is to be released from prison, despite concerns about his propensity for violence. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017811

Description: A man representing 'terrorism' says he is 'only wounded' as he gets a transfusion of blood labelled 'revenge'. Context - Although Osama bin Laden was killed on 1 May 2011, Al Qaida lives on and may be all the more dangerous because of vengeful motives. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017817

Description: A man representing the 'Govt' and carrying a large pair of clippers, has just cut off the long bill of a kiwi which represents 'KiwiSaver'. Text reads 'Kiwi seen in Russia found to be a common bittern - news'. 'Just "bittern"' is the title of the cartoon. Context - The government intends reducing its contributions to the KiwiSaver scheme - worth up to $20 a week - while retaining the $1000 kick-start. It is not yet known by how much the government tax credit will be reduced - whether it will be slashed, shaved or halved and whether the cuts will be across the board. Mr Key is taking his biggest risk is in turning superannuation into a political football again and tinkering with a love affair that has always been about more than individual nest eggs anyway. The ASB's head of private banking and wealth management Jonathan Beale says 'Fund balances are growing, and the KiwiSaver scheme has proven to be a successful way of turning around the poor savings habits of many New Zealanders'. (Stuff and NZ Herald 16 May 2011) Also Russian reports of a kiwi found in southwest Russia have turned out to be false. Russian newspaper Pravda reported today that zoologists have identified the bird as a bittern, a member of the heron family. (NZ News 11 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).