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Date: 2011

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

By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0017714

Description: Finance Minister Bill English looks his usual anxious self as he prepares for the May budget after having taken his turn in the 'Passion.Ograph'; and as leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff takes his turn in the passion.ograph he grins broadly despite the awful opinion polls for himself and Labour. Nearby two scientists examine the results of the Passion.Ograph and say 'They both show a heady mix of sang-froid & rigor mortis' - ie they both have permanent fixed expressions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024104

Description: The politician asks his assistant 'Have you notice that when people become really, really rich they think they can tell everybody what to do?!!'. The assistant responds wryly, 'Whereas politicians don't wait until they're really, really rich'. Wider context may refer to wealthy New Zealand businessman Gareth Morgan's controversial call for the eradication of cats from New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024774

Description: Aaron Gilmore, the National Party list Member of Parliament, is scribbling attempts at his apology, when an unseen voice asks at his door 'Do you know what I am?'. The cartoonist's comment is 'Ask the PM for a clue'. Aaron Gilmore's attempted apologies and his obfuscation of the details of his behaviour in Hanmer in April 2013, have not helped. His arrogance in his reported statement 'Do you know who I am?' may lead him to be an ex-Member of Parliament. Since the Prime Minister has withdrawn his support, he may have to resign. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024751

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key with a gun while Member of Parliament Aaron Gilmore runs away saying "...but I'm a very important politician!". Refers to the widely covered incident in a Hanmer Springs hotel in which National MP Aaron Gilmore allegedly abused a waiter for refusing to serve him more wine and reportedly called the waiter a 'dickhead', threatened to have John Key have the waiter 'sacked' and allegedly asked 'Do you know who I am?'. Also refers to the recent opening of the duck hunting season. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0024754

Description: Shows a roll of toilet paper labelled List MPs printed with the face of National MP Aaron Gilmore. Wider context refers to the fallout from the much publicised incident at a Hanmer Springs hotel in which National MP Aaron Gilmore allegedly abused a waiter for refusing to serve him more wine and reportedly called the waiter a 'dickhead', threatened to have John Key have the waiter 'sacked' and allegedly asked 'Do you know who I am?'. The scatological context may refer to widespread negative reactions to Gilmore's comments and lack of support from his own party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024804

Description: The misbehaving List Member of Parliament, Aaron Gilmore, is a large fly perched on a jar of National ointment, advertised as 'A Soothing balm for all ailments - apply daily for best results'. John Key approaches with a fly swat, saying that with the good news about employment and the economy, he is 'sick and tired of hearing about Aaron Gilmore!' The drunken escapades of Aaron Gilmore and his subsequent non-aplogies were overshadowing the news about the slight improvement in employment and economic indices that the National government was promoting. By 12 May, the government had decided to no longer defend him and encouraged his resignation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024765

Description: Around a dartboard, titled 'MAYhem face the MUSIC Month', are asset sales, spying, Labour-Greens power proposal, Gilmore, Dotcom, GCSB and Banks. May 2013 had been billed as a month for the promotion of New Zealand music. For the National government that month was notable for the crises, mistakes, embarrassments and bad news which had accumulated over the year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0024807

Description: The List Member of Parliament, Aaron Gilmore, drunk and surrounded by bottles labelled 'Bully beer' and 'Moron Vino', plays the party game of 'Who am I', where the answer is taped to the participant's forehead. He claims that he knows who he is. The answer on his forehead reads 'Dick head'. In April 2013, Aaron Gilmore, while drunk attempted to bully staff at a hotel at Hanmer during the National Party Conference. His lack of self awareness suggested that the label did apply to him. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024767

Description: Aaron Gilmore, the National List Member of Parliament, is depicted as a whole roast pig, with his career in his mouth. The drunken behaviour of Aaron Gilmore in April 2013, together with his subsequent behaviour in Parliament, led to his resignation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024779

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Politician tell his aide that he is attending an overseas meeting 'because it's important for our trade, not because it's being held in the Caribbean'. Yet when questioned, he has 'no idea' of what the meeting is about. Refers to the visits in May 2013 of the Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, to the United States and the Caribbean, as well as to the trips overseas by the Minister of Trade, Tim Groser. The reasons for the meetings, while centred around trade and overseas relationships, seemed nebulous, and the locations for the meetings were not unpleasant. Are they 'junkets'? Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024772

Description: Cartoon shows the list Member of Parliament Aaron Gilmore, as a duck, having his tail feathers shot off. Duck shooting season opened in May 2013. Aaron Gilmore's lies, forced apologies and general behaviour had brought him under fire similarly. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0025345

Description: Under the heading 'Two problems that bode ill for NZ' are two scenes: on the left are 'Thousands of school leavers who don't read because they can't' and on the right 'A Prime Minister who doesn't read because he won't'. The picture on the left is accompanied by smoking youths in street clothes , some with skateboards, while the picture on the right includes two documents labelled 'Police reports on John Banks' and 'The Dotcom Story'. A marginal figure at the bottom right comments that "He's referring all questions to his smokesperson". Refers to reports earlier in 2012 that one in five students in New Zealand is leaving school without qualifications, with some unable to fill out the unemployment benefit form (See Stuff, 24.6.12). Also refers to media speculation around Prime Minister John Key's claims that he did not know about the Government spying on Kim Dotcom and donations received from Kim Dotcom by Minister John Banks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021469

Description: A teacher asks her class which of two topics the government led by John Key is protecting. On the blackboard are the two choices: 'Teacher to pupil ratio in class', or 'Life-long perks for ex-MPs and spouses'. Refers to the controversy over the Treasury suggestion to increase the size of school classes to save money, or whether to safeguard the perks of members of parliament. The government appears to have chosen the second option. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020184

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is developing his reputation for being grumpy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0022806

Description: Shows ACT leader John Banks holding a banana with his ape-like foot. He has his arm round a creature flying a balloon that represents charter schools. Banks has made a statement says he believes the Genesis account of the start of life on Earth. Context: Associate Minister John Banks claim that he does not believe in Evolution. Claim has not been challenged by anyone in Government, or by either of the other two Ministers in the Education portfolio. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022758

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The prime minister has appointed a Mrs Fix-it to follow the minister around. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0019567

Description: Shows Winston Peters, leader of New Zealand First, weilding a huge teaspoon. Context: Winston Peters is generally considered a bit of a stirrer, a maverick politician, likely to surprise and amuse, sometimes an embarrassment. New Zealand First gained eight seats in the 2011 elections in a surprise comeback. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0018167

Description: Two men at an idyllic beach spot watch a huge cloud coming their way that contains the words 'DAMN! #^%#! #^%*! RANT BLAST!' One of them watches through binoculars and says 'It's volcanic ash from Tai Tokorau... Win, lose... Hone's ALWAYS erupting!' Context - Leader of the new Mana Party, Hone Harawira, is a Maori activist who tends towards drama. Hone Harawira resigned from the Maori Party after irreconcilable philosophical differences. He formed the new Mana Party and went on to win the Te Tai Tokorau seat in a by-election, forced by the resignation. His majority was much reduced by the Labour Party candidate and the Maori Party trailed far behind. The reference to the volcanic ash is the eruption Chile's Puyehue volcano from which ash has blown across the Pacific. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018176

Description: Text at the top of the cartoon reads 'Victory speeches we are unlikely to hear..' Below stands the leader of the new Mana Party, Hone Harawira, and beside him is a kennel labelled 'Mum' with instructions that it not be opened until after November 26 (date of 2011 elections). Hone Harawira says 'Thanks to Tai Tokerau for sticking it to Pita Sharples & Co. and thanks to the kiwi tax payer for the half a million bucks that funded it all'. Context - Hone Harawira resigned from the Maori Party because of philosophical differences and he then launched the new Mana Party. He forced a by-election in his electorate, Te Tai Tokerau, in spite of being only four weeks away from the six-month cut-off period in which by-elections could not be held and thereby sparked accusations of hypocrisy for incurring a $500,000 bill for taxpayers (because of his criticism of $36 million being spent on the America's Cup yacht race instead on Christchurch. He won the by-election by a narrow margin from the Labour candidate; the Maori Party ranked a very distant third. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0028809

Description: Shows a plaque 'Korotangi Paki Language Week'. Refers to the son of the Maori King and upcoming Maori Language Week. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).