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"Not again! Flamin' baggage carrying bludgers!" Election '05. Past. Failed. Promises. 1...
Date: 2005
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0005233
Description: Shows National Party leader, Dr Don Brash, Labour Party leader, Helen Clark, and New Zealand First party leader, Winston Peters standing on the side of a road with their thumbs out (pointing downwards). Brash is holding a yellow sign 'Election '05' and is carrying a backpack labelled 'Past'. Clark is carrying a backpack labelled 'Failed' and Peters is carrying a backpack labelled 'Promises'. An old man in a red car is approaching the hitch hikers and says "Not again! Flamin' baggage carrying bludgers!". Refers to the Grey Power annual conference in Rotorua and the need for the leaders of Labour, National and New Zealand First to make their sales pitch to gain the old age vote. Published in The Press, 16 April 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.
Fletcher, David 1952- :[The grey vote in the 2011 election] 2 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017212
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is going after the 'grey vote in the next election' (November 2011) because 'their numbers have increased since this government has been in power'. His companion wonders whether he means those who are grey through natural aging or those with complexions made grey by the actions of the government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Commonwealth Games. NZ Games - Waihopai, Henry, Grey Power. 7 October 2010
Date: 2010
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0015745
Description: A woman reads a newspaper that features the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and a man reads a paper that features 'NZ Games - Waihopai, Henry, Grey Power'. The Waihopai situation is about 'Teacher Adrian Leason, Dominican friar Peter Murnane and farmer Sam Land [who] were found not guilty in April on charges of burglary and wilful damage of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) base. Green MP Keith Locke is warning the Government the lawsuit, estimated to be $1.1 million, it is bringing against the Waihopai spy base saboteurs may backfire and says that "Rather than continue to harass the three peace activists, the GCSB should explain to New Zealanders what is really going on at Waihopai." The second reference is about TVNZ Breakfast show host Paul Henry has been suspended for two weeks after having made what are considered to be racist remarks about Indian Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and earlier about Governor General Anand Satyanand. The third reference is about the political upheavals in the Marlborough Grey Power Lobby Organization. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).