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Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-681-001/016

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows the Beehive spinning, refers to the political spin that happens leading up to an election. It seems that everyone is polled leading up to the election, including the hereford cow population. National Party President Michelle Boag spends the weekend putting Bill English's cabinet together, not his political cabinet but rather his coffin. Maurice Williamson, National Party MP makes Michelle Boag walk the plank of the National Party Pirate ship. Labour Party leader and Prime Minister, Helen Clark, gets ready to hang Winston Peters. As the country seeks improved work conditions, leave provisions and longer holidays, the Sri Lankan boat people show a keeness to come to New Zealand to work. Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, seeks to differentiate between asylum seekers and people and abos (aborigines) and people. Australian rugby players beat up the referee thinking someone called him a refugee. Helen Clarke (Eve) trys to tempt Peter Dunne (Adam) into eating an apple. Jim Andrton looks on from a tree as a serpent. Helen Clark paces the floor wondering which of the Parties, the Greens or United Future, are most infuriating. An Israeli soldier suggests a reporter could say that in the latest Israeli attack on Palestine that "Palestinian arms were uncovered", he holds a persons left arm in his hand. Helen Clark invites Peter Dunne into her office. He enters with a trojan horse with the sign 'moral right' around its neck. A photo of the main coalition family and includes Helen Clark, Michael Cullen, Jim Anderton and Peter Dunne. In drought and famine stricken Zimbabwe a man digs for oil seeing this as a way to get American President George W. Bush to have an interest in getting rid of the current leader, Robert Mugabe. A rugby union umpire takes the field wearing an American football padded and helmeted uniform. Refers to the assault on a rugby referee by a spectator in South Africa. Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017819

Description: Two men stand in front of the Beehive which is covered in what looks like blood. One of the men says 'I hear it's a bit rough in there - zat blood?' And the other replies 'Ink'. Context - Politics heating up and many words spilt as the budget approaches and as we move closer to the November election. 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: 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).