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Fletcher, David, 1952- :'Here's the list of reshuffled portfolios. It looks like you've...

Date: 2004

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-977

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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"Looks like we have all the KEY ingredients." "It was only a joke." 14 May 2010

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014343

Description: The cartoon shows PM John Key lying in bed sweating from a nightmare In which chefs in a 'Tuhoe Kitchen' are preparing to cook a meal with 'Key' ingredients. John Key mutters in his dream that 'it was only a joke'. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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"Well, I've learnt my lesson about telling racially insensitive jokes after that one wa...

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014339

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Fletcher, David, 1952- :'What colour suit do you think I should wear to Waitangi?... Li...

Date: 2004

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-817

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Refers to an incident that took place on the 5th of February at Waitangi's Te Tii Marae; leader of the National Party Don Brash was pelted with mud as he came onto the marae. On the 27th of January 2004, leader of the National Party, Don Brash gave a speech to the Orewa Rotary Club which created much division on issues of race in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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Winter, Mark 1958- :'Hold it... John Key's fainted' 19 January 2013

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023886

Description: Shows a group of penguins discussing Prime Minister John Key. One of the penguins holds a newspaper and tells the other penguins, 'Hold it John Key's fainted.' Another penguin asks, 'What, he can't take a joke?' The statement is in reference to the cartoon, Key on Ice, from 18 January 2013, reference number DCDL-0023837. Key fainted at the Italian restaurant, Tutto Bene, in Christchurch ahead of his scheduled trip to Antarctica. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Don't tell me...your hardrive's crashed again?'. 8 September ...

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022877

Description: Robot and discontented woman in bed. The woman asks if the robot's hard drive has crashed again. A sexual pun. No apparent political or social meaning. The spelling 'hardrive' is taken from the original cartoon. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :'I can be serious when I need to be..' 7 November 2012

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023325

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key speaking on the radio, explaining that he can be serious and being asked by the host if that's a joke. Context: John Key recently stated that joking and kidding around is part of the job of being prime minister, in addition to being serious, after he received widespread criticism for making fun of a radio host's clothing, calling it a "gay red top". (Stuff.co.nz, 6 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :News; Commander Sandra Walker used an earthy quip when taking o...

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0023630

Description: Shows an audience of military personnel all laughing, except for one who is thinking about peeling wallpaper. A voice says, 'As any girl knows, size really does matter.' Refers to Sandra Walker, who took over as commander of the tanker HMNZS Endeavour at a ceremony on 16 November 2012. In her speech, she said she was delighted at having control of a large ship 'as any girl knows size really does matter'. (Stuff.co.nz ,16 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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