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Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029808

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key standing at a podium, giving a speech explaining his position on sending New Zealand military personnel to Iraq. Key says, "I think we should step up and help our friends sort out the mess in Iraq, which, thanks to Prime Ministerial wisdom and fortitude, we played no part in creating..." An advisor stands behind him and whispers, "Psst!! That was Prime Minister Clark, sir!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029896

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key about to depart on an international flight. Key says "It's all part of being a New Zealand Prime Minister!" The officer checking his ticket thinks to herself, "Or prisoner", in refernece to Phillip Smith, a convicted murderer who fled to Chile after being released on parole. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029993

Description: Depicts Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater taking Prime Minister John Key as a dog on a lead down the street in Huntly. Refers to Slater being a previous winner and finalist for the 2014 NetGuide best blog award, and to speculation that Key's relationship with Slater is due to his fears about the information Slater has on him. Also refers to the National Party mocking new Labour Party leader Andrew Little as being uninteresting to the people of Huntly. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0030158

Description: Shows a man popping a champagne bottle. Behind him is a table on which is a drawing of the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0030166

Description: Shows the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, with a dog biting her on the leg. Refers to the motorcade incident. 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-0030211

Description: Shows the Prime Minister, John Key, sitting on the lap of Santa Claus. Key asks Santa "The same as last year please... a nation too preoccupied with sport, flags and other trivia to see through me." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0025960

Description: A caricature of a sly-looking John Key in a pinstripe suit. He raises his hands and dances while saying "Hey... trust me! I'm a politician". At the left is a news sign saying 'Key pledges GCSB won't routinely access emails'. Refers to the National Party's push to amend legislation to allow the Government Communication Security Bureau to spy on New Zealand citizens. There is a widespread feeling that the change gives the government too much power. 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: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023599

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key standing at a podium, responding to questions about American intelligence officials in New Zealand. Key responds, 'It's probably on a piece of paper somewhere.' Meanwhile, there is a memo stating, 'spooks coming' stuck to his forehead. Context: After days of curiosity about the American spy jet parked at Wellington Airport, Key has admitted it flew in a senior US spy to meet one of New Zealand's intelligence agencies, but claimed he couldn't remember any further details, stating, "Well I have a broad idea that, why they were here. But I don't know the individual's name, I can't recall it. It may be on a piece of paper somewhere but I can't recall it". (One News, 3 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023879

Description: The Prime Minister is no longer smiling when he hears his nickname. Refers to Prime Minister John Key, who was known as the 'smiling assassin' during his time working in the banking industry. 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: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023837

Description: Shows a group of penguins discussing Prime Minister John Key's visit to Antarctica, stating that it will be 'his best Pole result in ages.' Key visited Scott Base in Antarctica briefly in January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024077

Description: The Politician explains that while the Prime Minister is number one, he's 'public enemy no. 1'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024420

Description: Shows Pope Francis I, kneeling and kissing the foot of an inmate, juxtaposed with Prime Minister John Key kneeling to lick the bottom of a boot labelled, 'Rio Tinto'. Refers to the Pope's visit to a detention facility in Rome, where he washed and kissed the feet of 12 young inmates, and Key's negotiations with Rio Tinto, the owners of the Tiwai Point aluminum smelter. (NPR, 29 March 2013, and Stuff.co.nz, 2 April 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024429

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key standing beside a man who is shredding a document labelled, 'Job creation plans'. Key laments that the media never mentions the jobs that the government creates. Refers to criticism of the government in the midst of high unemployment rates in New Zealand, and job cuts in both the public and private sector. 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-0024386

Description: Shows a Waitangi Day gathering at the Treaty House juxtaposed with a scene of two women pulling at each of Prime Minister John Key's arms. Key says, 'Easy ladies- there's enough of me for everybody'. A voice explains that this year, the Prime Minister was surprisingly eager to attend, since 'the last time he had a couple of females fighting over him was way back in high school!' Refers to arguments over who was going to lead the Prime Minister onto the marae-- Titewhai Harawira or Ani Taurua. Previously, in 2009, Harawira elbowed Nellie Rata out of the way in order to lead the Prime Minister on to the marae herself. (Stuff.co.nz, Feb 3 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024518

Description: Shows a tree with falling leaves and possibly Prime Minister John Key's face in the branches. May refer to difficulties that the Prime Minister has faced in recent weeks, such as so-called 'brain fades' and controversy over the appointment of his childhood friend, Ian Fletcher as head of the Government Communications Security Bureau. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024456

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key taking into a shoe phone labelled, NZ, trying to explain his relationship with newly appointed head of the Government Communications Security Bureau, Ian Fletcher. The shoe phone was a common prop from the 1960s American televison spy satire, Get Smart. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024272

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key standing on the beach looking out over the water. Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, is out in the water, struggling. Key goes out to rescue her, but ends up drowning as well, in a section of water labelled, 'boat people problem'. Refers to a controversial plan for New Zealand to resettle 150 of Australia's refugees and asylum seekers (commonly referred to as 'boat people') each year. (One News, 9 Feb 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).