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Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021291

Description: Context: Leader of the ACT Party, John Banks, lied about so-called anonymous donations made to his Auckland mayoralty campaign. In fact they had come from Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023096

Description: In six frames a woman talks to her husband about the Kim Dotcom spying saga and discovers that he has never heard of Kim Dotcom. She realises that it is contagious. Context: Relates to the Kim Dotcom spying scandal when it transpired that the GCSB was spying on Dotcom who has New Zealand residency. The United States wants to extradite him on copyright infringement charges. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0026439

Description: Shows a seated couple, the man is reading a paper with the headline 'Key happy for Banks to vote on casino' while the woman comments "I've got some sympathy for Mr Banks. Who can remember Mr Dot Com giving them $50,000? I can't!" Refers to Act MP John Banks who claims not to remember receiving a campaign donation from millionaire internet tycoon Kim Dotcom. Banks stepped down as a minister but continued to stand as an MP. Despite calls from the Green party and others that he should not vote on the Skycity deal, Prime Minister John Key indicated he was happy for Banks to vote on the deal - a significant decision given the narrow margin by which the legislation was expected to pass. 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-0023888

Description: Three cartoons commenting on Kim Dotcom, the internet mogul who created the site Megaupload, which was shut down following an FBI-led raid of his mansion in New Zealand. Dotcom has since created a new file hosting website, Mega, which had over one million registrations in its first day, 19 January 2013. Dotcom hosted a press conference where he sat behind a desk, clasping his hands together, at the launch, which the first cartoon references. The second and third cartoons portray Dotcom as a phoenix rising from the ashes of Megaupload. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023884

Description: Shows internet mogul and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom soaring about New Zealand, with money all around him. Underneath, a crowd stands on the map of New Zealand, and people shout insults at him. A label at the top reads, 'The Tall Poppy Syndrome'. Refers to the cultural phenomenon in New Zealand where those who strive to be better than the crowd through their achievements are attacked or criticised by their peers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023904

Description: Shows internet mogul Kim Dotcom playing with a marionette of a kiwi representing New Zealand. Dotcom faces extradition to the United States to face charges regarding his now defunct internet file sharing site, Megaupload. He recently launched a new site, known as Mega, following a large press conference. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023763

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key laying in bed with a teddy bear, having a nightmare that internet mogul Kim DotCom will be honoured as Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2012. Context: Key has repeatedly denied knowing of Dotcom's existence until the day before an illegal police raid of the internet entrepreneur's home on January 20 2012. Dotcom has accused the Prime Minister of lying and says he can prove it in court. Time Magazine in fact named recently re-elected United States President Barack Obama 2012 person of the year. (One News, 18 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024346

Description: A young bloke sits on the couch, listening to music through his computer. He explains to a woman that he's concerned Huawei might use the internet in New Zealand to snoop for the Chinese government. The woman looks out the window, where the FBI is arresting internet mogul Kim Dotcom, and a Google car is also transmitting signals through their internet service. She says, 'Wouldn't want anything like that going on around here.' Refers to security concerns regarding Chinese telecom company, Huawei. The United States and the Australian government have refused to do business with the company over fears of spying, corruption and links to China's military and government. Huawei does have contracts in New Zealand, including supplying equipment for the government's rural broadband initiative, and the rollout of New Zealand's ultra-fast broadband network. (New Zealand Herald, 10 Oct 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024333

Description: Shows Kim Dotcom as a robot shattering a wooden box labelled, 'The Dotcom case' where he was kept. Broken pieces of wood read, 'invalid search warrants' and 'illegal bugging'. Refers to the release of the Neazor report confirming that the Government Communications Security Bureau had illegally conducted surveillance on German-born Dotcom and his colleague Bram Van Der Kolk, both New Zealand residents. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024336

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key with construction workers who are blasting away rocks that have fallen blocking the road to Milford Sound. A large rock in the shape of Kim Dotcom's head blocks the road labelled, 'Onward & Upward.' Key asks the workers if they can blast away that rock after they finish clearing the road to Milford Sound. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024302

Description: Commentary from the cartoonist 'There's a strange irony in the way our secret agents and spies have themselves attracted a lot of probing and sniffing by parliament and public. In particular, the current examination of their activities in regards Kim Dotcom'. Following the debacle over the Government Communications Security Bureau's actions in the Kit Dotcom affair, the Bureau came under much unwelcome scrutiny from the media and public. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024377

Description: Shows five panels where a hand tries to get ride of a bubble by whacking it, ironing it flat, and hitting it with a mallet, but the bubble, in the shape of Kim Dotcom's head, keeps coming back through a paper labelled, 'recording & distribution industry'. Refers to the defunct file sharing system, Mega Upload, founded by Dotcom, which was shut down for copyright infringement. Dotcom has since launched a new service, Mega, on 19 January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024465

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key at the start of a three-legged race. One of his legs is tied to the leg of Ian Fletcher, newly appointed head of the Government Communications Security Bureau. His other leg is tied to the leg of Kim Dotcom. Key wonders to himself, 'How did they get there?' Context: Prime Minister John Key has been in the news for claiming not to remember conversations with Fletcher and about internet mogul and Mega Upload founder, Kim Dotcom. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024404

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key reacting to the realisation that he is the one responsible for the oversight of New Zealand's spy agency. Refers to the Government Communications Security Bureau's illegal surveillance on internet mogul, Kim Dotcom. 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: 2012

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024664

Description: On New Year's Eve the Prime Minister, John Key, has a nightmare of Kim Dotcom farewelling him from the door of the old year and simultaneously welcoming him to the New Year. The problem of the Kim Dotcom extradition case with its associated disclosures were still unsolved after nearly a year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0025347

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key riding a 'magic carpet of popularity' labelled '100% old flannel', while on the ground, Kim Dotcom and Minister John Banks stand on the unravelling threads. Refers to public perception of the Prime Minister's involvement in the Kim Dotcom spy scandal, and the revelations that John Banks received campaign funds from Kim Dotcom. Quantity: 1 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: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025507

Description: Shows Kim Dotcom playing Pacman video game in which features John Key as a character. Refers to the Dotcom facing Key at the New Zealand Parliament Intelligence and Security Committee, in which he read his submission on the GCSB amendment bill. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025560

Description: Two cartoons commenting on the PRISM surveillance programme operated by the United States's National Security Agency (NSA) since 2007, and its connections to other governments. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).