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"We don't believe in smacking babies... ...And we certainly don't throw them out with t...
Date: 2009
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0012094
Description: Shows Prime Minister, John Key, carrying a bowl labelled 'Maori Party lobbying' in which sits a baby wearing a bib on which are the words 'Equal human rights'. John Key says that he doesn't believe in smacking babies and he certainly doesn't throw them out with the bath water. Refers to the lobbying by the Maori Party for Maori seats in the Auckland 'supercity' council while Rodney Hide of ACT has threatened to resign if Maori seats are created. John Key is seeking a compromise position. The 'smacking babies' comment refers to the referendum on the 'anti-smacking bill' that 'Family First' is paying $9 million for. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"If we have a Super City referendum you'll be able to mulch the other bed!" 3 June 2009
Date: 2009
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0011681
Description: Prime Minister John Key stands in his garden wearing gumboots and a t-shirt. A gardener is putting mulch around plants that is made of unused 'anti-smacking' referendum papers. John Key observes that the gardener will be able to mulch the other bed too if they have the Super City referendum. Refers to the confusion, expense and pointlessness of the smacking referendum that the lobby group 'Family First' seems intent on holding and also the expense and pointlessness of holding a referendum over whether Auckland should become a 'supercity' when it seems clear that the decision has made.North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says that the $9 million citizens' initiated referendum offers the government a golden opportunity to put the 'super city' back into the hands of residents and ratepayers and to give the reforms the public legitimacy they lack. The Minister for Local government Rodney Hide does not want a referendum. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).