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Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0016891

Description: The title reads 'Assisting Kiwis affected by the flooding in Australia'. A kangaroo at the bottom of a flight of steps where it is 'wet & low' says 'be thankful for small mercies, mate' as a kiwi climbs to the top of the steps where it is 'high & dry'. Context - The Queensland floods of January 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0015504

Description: Prince Charles thinks that it would be a good idea if all New Zealanders and Australians were sent to colonise Mars since they are 'talking republic stuff again after Mummy goes'. Text reads 'Buzz Aldrin wants New Zealanders and Australians to colonise Mars'. Buzz Aldrin thinks that NASA astronauts shouldn't go back to the moon but should aim for Mars. Aldrin thinks that a co-operative global effort needs to be established to make Mars an affordable goal for mankind and that countries like Australia and New Zealand should be involved. Both New Zealand and Australia has been talking about cutting ties with Great Britain when the queen dies. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017083

Description: In three frames Prime Minister John Key and Australian PM Julia Gillard call each other 'best mates' and John Key says 'In fact, you're the apple of my eye' Julia Gillard suddenly turns cool and asks 'did somebody mention apples?' Context - the state visit to New Zealand by Julia Gillard in mid February during which time the two PMs emphasised their friendship, including a gracious comment by Julia Gillard about Australia being prepared to abide by the decision of the WTO to allow NZ apples to be exported to Australia. However an Australian state growers association has labelled Prime Minister Julia Gillard's comments about a New Zealand apple truce as 'cheap political kudos', while investigation into NZ apples continues, reported the website Countrynews.com.au. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2001

By: Canberra times (Newspaper); Pryor, Geoffrey, active 1980-2000s

Reference: DX-008-001

Description: Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017065

Description: Prime Minister John Key walks along chatting to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard; he thanks her for coming and says it it 'a great opportunity to consolidate our Trans Tasman bond!' but at the same time he thinks 'Great to have ya here any reminder of women prime ministers oughta have my ratings soaring again!' Context - the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, visited New Zealand for two days in mid February. The reason for her visit was to meet our Prime Minister, John Key, and talk about a closer partnership. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014897

Description: The cartoon shows Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee with his mouth open showing two teeth, one labeled 'credibility' and the other 'gap'. Text above reads 'Tasman wage gap $40 wider despite Brownlee's denials...news'. Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee has claimed the gap in average wages is now less than it was when Labour left office in November 2008. However, a comparison of average weekly earnings in November 2008 and February this year shows New Zealand wages grew by 5.2 per cent over that period while Australia's grew by 6.7 per cent. The wage gap between New Zealand and Australian workers has widened by $40 to $580 a week since National came to power in late 2008 promising to address the income gap. (Stuff) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2001

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0002456

Description: There are two cartoons. In the first cartoon a kangaroo taunts a kiwi for being unable to fly. Refers to competition between New Zealand and Australian airlines. In the second cartoon a man representing Air New Zealand leaps off a cliff with another man representing Ansett clinging cheerfully to his back. The caption puts the question, 'Right brothers?' Reference to New Zealand and Australian competition again and a play on the idea of the Wright brothers, the first to fly. There are two separate cartoons on this digital image, DX-009-003 and DX-009-004 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0013757

Description: The cartoon shows a kiwi joker dropping ash from his cigarette into a barrel of gunpowder and indignantly asking what 'youse blouses are wingeing about' when a safety officer sweating with fear orders him out. A second worker has tripped over spilling his barrel of gunpowder and dropping his cigarette and beercan. Text above reads 'News, After some safety concerns, Ports of Auck. Will no longer store gunpowder supplies for an Oz. company. Risk Management Authority (Erma) has given Australian company Defence Logistics a permit to unload four containers each containing up to 14 tonnes of gunpowder at the port and store them temporarily at a holding area before re-loading them. But the Friends of the Earth environmental group says the gunpowder should be kept well clear of the country's largest city. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2001

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DX-003-042

Description: Shows the legs of the big boys on the international stage, US, Australia, India and China with NZ only reaching their ankles in relative size. NZ is committing suicide on it's sword by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emmisions while the big 4 are holding back. Extended Title - US. AUSTRALIA. INDIA. CHINA. NZ. '...we lead by example' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017665

Description: In five cameos a television reporter closely followed by a cameraman, tells his TV audience in a live recording that he has located a REAL New Zealander, one that symbolises the nation... one that shows ALL the attributes we Kiwis are renowned for... bravery, tenacity, honesty, loyalty, long-suffering...' The reporter arrives unannounced at the front door only to find a notice stuck to it reading 'Gone to Australia'. Context: The economic climate in New Zealand makes Australia, with its higher wages, look like an attractive place to live. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0008616

Description: 'The politician' cartoon strip. One of John Key's election promises was to 'close the gap' between New Zealand and Australia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016451

Description: The cartoon shows a huge floodwater pipe spewing water. Text reads 'New Year's resolution'. Context - The January Queensland floods that followed an exceptionally wet December but there has also been flooding in many parts of New Zealand over January. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0001530

Description: Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, sits in an armchair beside a huge sack labelled 'Tax surplus'. He counters criticisms that New Zealand can better afford tax cuts than Australia by saying that New Zealand isn't Australia. A small image of a family at the airport shows a man saying 'We've noticed'. The 2006 budget is due in a few days. Many people are strongly in favour of tax cuts. It has already been announced that there will not be tax cuts. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DX-003-051

Description: Shows the land mass of both Australia and New Zealand. Australia is taken up entirely by a clear rugby field. New Zealand has a goal post at either end of the country with corporate bill-boards cluttering all the free space in between. Extended Title - Intn'l Rugby Union. Australian Rules Rugby... Telstra. Vodaphone. Canon. NMI. NZI. Tower. Shell. BNZ. Telecom. BP. Subaru. Toyota. ANZ. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0017187

Description: Text reads 'Ricky Ponting said his team would show respect for those affected by the Christchurch earthquake and treat the Black Caps like brothers'. A kiwi Black Cap is startled as a cricket ball bounces off his head. Context - Captain Ricky Ponting said he and his team were saddened by the news of the devastation that hit New Zealand on Tuesday (Christchurch earthquake 22 February 2011) He said the Australian cricket team will show respect for those affected by the Christchurch earthquake when they take the field against New Zealand in Nagpur today. In fact the Black Caps got a hammering from Australia and were 206 ALL OUT. Australia 207/3 - AUSTRALIA WIN. Captain Vettori however denied that the earthquake may have been responsible for the loss and said the Black Caps were professionals. (26 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015344

Description: A New Zealander standing glumly on a New Zealand coast holds a ripe apple while an Australian standing on Australian coast holds a model of a '$' symbol. The Australian comments equally glumly that 'comparing apples with apples, you can see why we feel vulnerable to your product...' Refers to New Zealand's apple export victory over Australia who has been blocking Kiwi apples for a long time; a WTO panel, which adjudicated the long-running dispute, comprehensively rejected the Australian defence that New Zealand apples carry fire blight. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0017519

Description: Text reads 'Finance Minister says low wages in NZ are "a way of competing with Australia"'. Below, a kangaroo in Australia holds a big bag of money and faces off against a kiwi in New Zealand who holds a much smaller bag of money. Further text reads 'DUEL ECONOMY Presenting pay packets at 5,369,137 paces'. Context - Finance Minister Bill English has come under fire for saying low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Labour leader Phil Goff commented "This from a Government which campaigned at the last election on closing the gap with Australia". There is a wordplay on the word 'duel' meaning 'fight' or 'competition' and 'dual meaning 'two'. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0017071

Description: Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard reassures PM John Key by saying 'Honestly John, if some MPs are getting antsy I don't mind addressing parliament earlier...' John Key replies that the real problem is that 'given the current rate of emigration to OZ, three hours later and the chamber could be half empty...' Context - the state visit to New Zealand by the Australian MP Julia Gillard in mid-February. Green Party co-leader Russel Norman said no international head of state had ever addressed Parliament and allowing Ms Gillard to speak would set a precedent. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

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

Reference: DX-014-573

Description: In the first of these two scenes the leader of the National Party, Don Brash, is shown in a meeting discussing strategy for the 2005 national elections. His advisor suggests he should follow a similar strategy to the recently re-elected Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard. In the Australian federal election the Labour Party lost at least 3 seats because of their anti-logging stance. In the second scene, Brash is delivering a speech in which he gives National Party support to logging in Tasmania. Extended Title - 'Rather than talk about the Rotorua lakes- perhaps we should focus of the lessons learned from John Howard's successful campaign' 'The National Party is very much in favour of logging in Tasmania...' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2002

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-002-163

Description: Shows a turkey (probaby Air New Zealand) being taken away by an executuiner dressed like Ned Kelly carrying an axe with the Qantas logo on it. The New Zealand Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, reassures the turkey that he has negotiated an escape clause. Extended Title - 'The old Santa Clause.' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).