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Date: 1988

By: Anti-Bases Campaign (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-PEACE-1988-02

Description: Poster protesting against the Waihopai satellite receiver, shows a ratlike creature wearing a GCSB shirt and headphones linked to satellite dish, passing on a piece of paper to a rat with USA on his shirt. The suggestion is that New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau was supplying secret military information to the United States. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 290 x 415 mm.

Date: 2013

From: [New Zealand ephemera of quarto size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]

By: Anti-Bases Campaign (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-INTERNATIONAL-2013-01

Description: Flyer shows illustrations of an American eagle holding a banner "Victory at all costs!", a kiwi, and giant eyeball eggs hatching. Text asserts that the GCSB and its Waihopai spybase illegally spy on New Zealanders, and that it does not act in the national interests of New Zealand or its neighbours. It forces New Zealand to be involved in American wars and operations to control international politics and trade. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1988 - 1994 - 2000

From: Smith, Ronald Joseph, 1921-1995 : Papers

By: Anti-Bases Campaign (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-SMITH-Waihopai

Description: Includes: Booklet: Intelligence and military support bases in New Zealand; how we are linked to global spying and military operation? Pamphlet: Waihopai; I want you to shut up and pay for the secret satellite spy base at Waihopai Two-sided poster: National protest Feb 20-21 against the proposed satellite spy base in the Waihopai Valley [1988] Poster: Why spy? Waihopai; not for New Zealand (satellite dish containing an eyeball) [1988?] (2 copies) Poster: Aotearoa Anti-Bases Campaign. The base connection - Tangimoana, Blackbirch, Harewood and the Waihopai proposal are bases that make us in New Zealand part of the superpower network [1988?] (2 copies) Poster: No spy Waihopai (GCSB rat handing documents to USA rat). National protest May 12 + 13 [1988?] (2 copies) Flyer: Protest at Waihopai; close down secret spying operations. January 28-30, 1994 (2 copies) Waihopai Women's Campaign. We are going back! for a two week women's camp at Waihopai Valley [28 November - 12 December [1980s?] 2000: Waihopai Spybase protest, January 21-23 2000. Close the Waihopai spybase now! Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screenprints, offset prints and photocopies, sizes varying up to 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated as part of the estate of Ron and Carmen Smith, Wellington, in 2011. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2031, Photographic Archive, Oral History Archive..

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025667

Description: The leader of United Future, Peter Dunne, as a schoolboy, presents his teacher, the Prime Minister, John Key, with an apple labelled 'GCSB Vote'. John Key says that he considers Dunne to be a toady but that he appreciates the offer of his vote for the GCSB bill before Parliament. Peter Dunne could have prevented the GCSB bill from being enacted by voting for the opposition.But, despite his own problems with his communications being intercepted, he decided to support the government and ensure the survival of his parliamentary seat in the 2014 elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025708

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip.The politician's press secretary says she thought the buck was supposed to stop with the ministers and the civil servant says that the buck stops with the ministers, but they like to pass on the responsibility. Refers to no-one taking responsibility for the leaking of records to an enquiry into the report on the Government Communications Security Bureau. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025704

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician has just got off the phone and says he does not think of the media as the enemy. In reply to the civil servant asking who was on the phone he says `the forces of evil'. Probably refers to Andrea Vance, a journalist whose calls were released to an inquiry focused on the leak of the Kitteridge Report on the Government Communications Security Bureau. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0025961

Description: Under the heading 'Not a snapper....', there is a fish bowl labelled GCSB, with a fish labelled NZ. The hand of government is feeding the fish a daily diet of fear. Refers to several recent events including: the third reading of the controversial Government Communications Security Bureau bill; Prime Minister John Key's claim that New Zealanders care more about snapper quotas than they do the GCSB bill; and John Key's suggestion that the GCSB needed to extend their powers to keep New Zealand safe from terrorist cells. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0026023

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key naked with a strategically placed octopus labelled GCSB. He says "My daughter posed nude with only an octopus covering her private parts - what's wrong with that?" Refers to Key's daughter Stephanie Key whose nude self-portraits, produced while she is an art student in Paris, have been chosen to promote Paris Design Week. The cartoonist compares the Government Communications Security Bureau to an octopus, possibly suggesting its far-reaching capacity. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025935

Description: Shows a boy at one end of a table reading a paper with headlines including: Jobs, Quakes, Poverty, GCSB, Asset sales and Dairy! The boy comments: "Crumbs! - was there ever a time when our way of life was more threatened?!" The men say: "Yeah it is serious - but I don't think they'll drop the fish quota!" "And really - we have plenty of cover for Cruden and Barrett!" The little man also adds "Leaky homes, crop disease, nitrate poison" Refers to John Key's statement on Campbell Live that New Zealanders care more about snapper quotas than they do about asset sales. There was a widespread assumption that Key would back down after strong protests from fishermen after proposals to cut the snapper daily-take limit for recreational fishermen. Also refers to the announcement that Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett had been ruled out of the 24 August Bledisloe Cup match in Wellington because of injuries. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024520

Description: The Politician explains that the Government Communications Security Bureau reports are in invisible ink. 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: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024542

Description: Shows Deputy Prime Minister Bill English dressed as a gangster. He explains why he can't comment on the Government Communications Security Bureau, stating, 'When it comes to espionage matters, this govt makes sure the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing... The PM is even stricter with himself. The right hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing...' Refers to the Kitterdige Report which was released to the media in April 2013, while Prime Minister John Key was visiting China. The report stated that despite the GCSB stating that it had not illegally spied on anyone other than German internet mogul, Kim Dotcom (a permanent resident of New Zealand), the agency may have illegally spied on up to 85 people between April 2003 and September 2012. By law, the agency is not allowed to spy on New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. (New Zealand Herald, 9 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024450

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key saying that he knows just the man to lead the Government Communications Security Bureau. Refers to the appointment of Ian Fletcher, a childhood friend of the Prime Minister. Commentary from the artist: 'In appointing someone to a vital role in New Zealand's security (DG of the GCSB) it is critical to first identify the core skills needed. The skill set, not personal links, eventually identifies the right person'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024529

Description: Shows a martini glass with a toothpick labelled, GCSB, through a green kiwi bird instead of the usual green olive. A newspaper reads, '80 Kiwis illegally watched by NZ spy bureau.' Text above the glass reads, 'Shaken AND stirred.' Refers to the Kitterdige Report, leaked to the media in April 2013, which stated that despite the Government Communications Security Bureau stating that it had not illegally spied on anyone other than German internet mogul, Kim Dotcom (a permanent resident of New Zealand), the agency may have illegally spied on up to 85 people between April 2003 and September 2012. By law, the agency is not allowed to spy on New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. A dry martini, shaken not stirred, is the signature drink of the famed Brisith movie character and spy, James Bond. (New Zealand Herald, 9 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024527

Description: Shows a sick and injured dog beside a bowl labelled, 'GCSB', with the words, 'The Nation's Watchdog'. Refers to the Government Communications Security Bureau, and the appointment of Ian Fletcher, a childhood friend of Prime Minister John Key, to head the agency. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024540

Description: Shows a cardboard box covered with plants serving as camouflage for staff from the Government Communications Security Bureau. A voice says, 'The PM wants us to blend in more... I thought we did!' 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-0024547

Description: Shows a spider labelled, GCSB, tangled in a web. Text reads, 'The SPYder'. Refers to the Government Communications Security Bureau, which has been under fire following the release of the Kitterdige Report in April 2013, which stated that the GCSB may have illegally spied on up to 85 people between April 2003 and September 2012. By law, the agency is not allowed to spy on New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. (New Zealand Herald, 9 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0024493

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key, sitting at his desk, scratching his head, with a paper that reads, 'GCSB jobs for the boys'. Refers to the hiring of Ian Fletcher, a childhood friend of Key's to head the Government Communications Security Bureau. Key has stated that he doesn't remember calling him and telling him to apply for the job. (New Zealand Herald, 5 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024775

Description: Under the title 'Parliament debates authorised domestic spying' numerous smaller 'domes' expand from the 'Domes' at Waihopai. While the Court of Appeal was hearing an appeal by the Waihopai Ploughshare group against their conviction for sabotage of the Government Communications Security Bureau satellite communications interception domes at Waihopai in 2008, Parliament was passing a motion to legalise the Bureau to expand their powers and spy on New Zealand citizens. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).