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Date: 2011

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016794

Description: The cartoon shows MPs at the beach during the Christmas holiday break. PM John Key, Minister of Finance Bill English and Minister of Energy and Conservation Jerry Brownlee build the 'Beehive' out of sand; Co-leaders of the Maori Party Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia fish from a waka; and Deputy leader of the Labour Party Annette King drives a speedboat that pulls Labour leader Phil Goff along on water skis. 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-0023890

Description: Cartoon showing presumably Prime Minister John Key holding up signs reading In and Out, with the names of Nick Smith and Nikki Kaye on the 'in' sign, and Kate Wilkinson and Phil Heatley are on the 'out' sign. Heatley was removed from his position as Minister of Housing, and was replaced by Nick Smith. Wilkinson had resigned from her position as Minister of Labour following the Pike River mining disaster, but still held positions of Minister for Food Safety, and Minister of Conservation until January 2013, when Key gave those portfolios to Kaye and Smith, respectively. 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-0023887

Description: Shows Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, portrayed as a duck, with the words, 'John Key is not passing the duck, although he is passing out'. Refers to Prime Minister John Key, who decided to keep Parata as a member of his cabinet during a cabinet reshuffle in January 2013. Key fainted at the Italian restaurant, Tutto Bene, in Christchurch ahead of his scheduled trip to Antarctica. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023805

Description: Shows John Key and Bill English lying on a beach, drinking bubbly, at a luxury resort. Key comments that it is hard work making tough decisions regardin unemployment, poverty and benefit cuts. English replies 'Yeah, I reckon we deserve a PAY RISE... pass the champagne old chap.' In the background a dog is defecating on the beach and SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star look on and call Key and English nerds. Refers to the pay rise given to Ministers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0023899

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key leaving Parliament with a briefcase in one hand, and an axe in another. Refers to the removal of Kate Wilkinson and Phil Heatley from cabinet in January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023925

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key sitting beside a large lever. He tells the politician sitting beside him that it is an idea that he got from Graham Norton. Refers to the 'Red Chair' in the Graham Norton Show in which audience members tell a humourous story, if Norton get bored he pulls the lever and the chair falls backwards, dumping the speaker from it. This cartoon assumes that Key is employing a similar method with politicians in his cabinet. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023859

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key wearing a smiley face with fangs as he announces changes to his cabinet line-up. Refers to Key's nickname as, 'the smiling assassin,' from his time in the banking industry, where he was said to have maintained his usual cheerfulness while firing staff at Merrill Lynch. (See Metro issue 286, April 2005) In January 2013, Key announced changes to his cabinet, where he removed Kate Wilkinson and Phil Heatley from their ministerial roles. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023761

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key and other white, male members of his cabinet, Bill English, Gerry Brownlee, and Steven Joyce, discussing the threat posed by a female rising star in the party. When asked what are we going to do about it, Key proposes that they make her Minister of Education. Refers to Hekia Parata, who was appointed Minister of Education in December 2011, and immediately sparked controversy with her planned policies to increase class sizes, merge Canterbury schools, and most notably, the introduction of the doomed Novopay automated school payroll system, which has resulted in thousands of teachers receiving either too much, too little or not being paid at all. There have been calls for Parata to resign from her post as Minister over the debacle. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024381

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key in a suit shop, where Minister for Education, Hekia Parata is trying on a suit of armour. Key tells her, 'Looking good- you should wear it next time you're in Christchurch!' Refers to Parata's unpopular plans to merge and close schools in Christchurch. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024990

Description: Shows Finance Minister Bill English, dressed in a chef's uniform holding a platter labelled 'Budget '13'. Members of the National Party leadership, including Hekia Parata, Gerry Brownlee, Judith Collins, Tony Ryall, Steven Joyce, and Prime Minister John Key stand behind him. Key says to English, "Remember chef... Keep pretending it's haute cuisine!" Refers to the release of the 2013 budget for New Zealand, as well as the popular reality cooking show, Masterchef New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025387

Description: Shows a builder looking inside a skip outside a workshop labelled John Key cabinet maker. The man says "Why, if it isn't Mr Heatley... and you too Ms Wilkinson..." Refers to the Prime Minister's reshuffle of cabinet, in late January 2013, in which John Key announced that Phil Heatley and Kate Wilkinson were to leave cabinet on 29 January, with only hours' notice. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029534

Description: Shows John Key with David Seymour (ACT Party) and Peter Dunne (United Future) asking them to toss a coin to decide their government support roles. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029702

Description: Shows Chris Finlayson at at a press conference - "Govt has appointed me, the Attorney General to improve communication & accountability... instead of Mr Key divulging nothing to you... I will divulge nothing in his place!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0028024

Description: Cartoon shows National Party MP, Maurice Williamson, reading a statement of resignation from his cabinet portfolios. Williamson says, "I accept the PM's concerns that my phone call to police breached the Parliament's rules! Clearly he would prefer me to have had a private Chinese meal with them instead!" in reference to the 'Collins Oravida affair'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0027984

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key sitting in his office, looking at a yellow and blue dunce cap on his desk by an empty chair. Key thinks to himself that the dunce hat must belong to Minister of Justice Judith Collins, since cabinet minister Maurice Williamson's hat is pink. Cartoon references recent scandals involving Collins and Williamson respectively, as well as Williamson's support of gay rights during the 2013 Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill's third reading in Parliament. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0027996

Description: Cartoon shows former cabinet minister Maurice Williamson depicted as a cannon, that has tred over a paper labelled, 'police independence'. Prime Minister John Key is depicted as a pop gun, and says, "Um, I've accepted Maurice's resignation as a minister, but whether he resigns from Parliament is up to him..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028003

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key speaking with Minister of Finance Bill English. Key says, "David Parker's economic package suggests a bleak future, Bill". English replies, "Indeed, John! Next thing we'll have the punters expecting bold, innovative ideas as of right!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019781

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key as a Chef. He has baked a large cake which represents his first attempt to create a cabinet and he says 'The perfect blend of sugar, spice, nuts, glazed cherries, and a hint of Tangata Whenua!'. Off screen someone says 'More like half-baked mud-cake on another flamin' cooking show!'. Context: After the 2011 election John Key puts together a new cabinet. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).