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Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016117

Description: A police van drives along a road away from Taipa - a voice from a prisoner in the back says 'If we keep on protesting, we could end up as members of parliament, just like Uncle Hone'. Refers to the news that Maori land protesters have been removed from a Far North sailing club on a District Council reserve, with 10 arrested and departing in a police van. The police arrived at the Taipa Sailing Club, 30km northeast of Kaitaia, soon after first light today and told a Ngati Kahu protest group occupying the land they have to move off. Hone Harawira's nephews are among the protesters - Hone Harawira is an MP in the Maori Party - he is somewhat of a maverick and is protesting against the government's changes (somewhat cosmetic) to the Foreshore and Seabed Act which ahs been repealed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0022460

Description: In front of the 'Skycity Casino' stands a line of policemen; an old woman asks if they are the queue for the National Paty Conference. Behind the police the National Party conference attendees skuttle into the conference. Context: refers to the National Party Conference that had a strong police presence to guard against protesters. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017161

Description: Text below the cartoon reads 'Titewhai Harawira RWC a chance to protest the treatment of Maori'. Maori activist Titewhai Harawira sits determinedly in the 'kicking tee' in the middle of a rugby field. Behind her are the enormous boots of a rugby player about to kick her. The kicking tee says 'The only spot suitable for her to stage a sit-down protest'. Context - Maori Council executive member Titewhai Harawira said she was determined to expose the treatment of Maori to foreign media during the Rugby World Cup which starts 9 September 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0014994

Description: Shows Green Co-leader Russel Norman standing on the steps of parliament blowing on a South African vuvuzela from which dangles a banner reading 'Free speech'. A Chinese diplomat at the bottom of his steps comments to a colleague that it seems 'that irritating noise is everywhere lately.' The vuvuzela was very evident during the Fifa World Cup in South Africa - it's a strident horn that everyone blew all the time. The Chinese and Russel Norman refer to an incident during a visit to New Zealand by a Chinese delegation when Russel Norman protested about China's treatment of Tibet and as a result was roughed up by Chinese security guards. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017073

Description: An elderly priest says to a small boy who sits on a pew holding a rugby ball that 'God is very busy, my child. Getting him to prove he exists with a Hurricanes clean sweep in the Super is a big ask. Would you settle for peace in the Middle East?' Context - the Hurricanes lost 14-9 to the Highlanders in their 2011 Investec Super Rugby season opener at Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Friday night (18 February). And the explosion of the Middle East with anti-government uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt that have spread to Libya, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman and Algeria. Plus of course a theological discussion which I shall not attempt to get involved in. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017628

Description: Two whales swim beneath a 'Save the whales' protest ship and chat about how they would miss the protesters if they all went home. Context - The activists were protesting at the continuing whaling activities of Japan in spite of international condemnation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025857

Description: Three frames depicts the Politican discussing the reaction of recreational fishers to the cuts in the fishing quota, they will make a stink. Refers to picket by fishermen at a meeting held by The Ministry for Primary Industries in Auckland 30 July 2013 over proposals to reduce the daily snapper limit from nine to three per person (TVNZ News 1 August 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026377

Description: Cartoon depicts the remains of the Copthorne Hotel in Christchurch, and people protesting to save it. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0026752

Description: Cartoon shows a Greenpeace ship approaching an oil rig which is held up by a giant John Key, who is underwater. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0026747

Description: Cartoon shows a ship named 'Oil free seas' sailing on choppy waters. Voices from the ship call 'We may have to cut our protest short! We're running low on fuel!'. An oil rig is shown on the ship in the background. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023504

Description: Cartoon commenting on controversies surrounding 'The Hobbit', including protests by animal rights organisation, PETA, actor Ian McKellan's anger over Prime Minister John Key's 'gay remarks' and McKellan's decision to not attend the premiere, the Tolkien family's lawsuit, and the initial banning of a Radio NZ reporter from attending the premiere. The cartoon's design emulates the posters for the movie. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023850

Description: Shows Gareth Morgan holding a sign saying, 'Cats kill our native birds' and Garth McVicar holding a sign saying, 'And it will get worse if we allow gay cats to marry.' Refers to Gareth Morgan, a New Zealand businessman and economist, launched a controversial campaign in early 2013 to eradicate domestic cats from New Zealand due to their capacity to kill native birds and other wildlife, which many view as overly extreme. Sensible Sentencing Trust leader Garth McVicar has submitted to Parliament that allowing same-sex marriage in New Zealand will lead will lead to an increase in crime. McVicar's comments have been dismissed as 'rubbish'. (Stuff.co.nz, 20 January 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024424

Description: Shows a smiling Simon Bridges, Minister of Energy and Resources, juxtaposed with an angry Bridges, who stands on a podium labelled 'Big Oil' and holds a newspaper with the headline, 'New laws'. Refers to a bill to create harsher penalties for protestors who interfere with offshore petroleum and minerals exploration. (New Zealand Herald, 1 Apr 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0025516

Description: Shows a group of elderly people trying to prevent a large bulldozer-like machine labelled Kapiti Expressway from mowing them down. Refers to protests by people from Raumati South, who are opposed to a new motorway that veers off State Highway 1 at Raumati, calling it expensive, destructive and unnecessary. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029610

Description: Shows two frames. First depicts democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Second depicts a young New Zealand voter who is picking his nose and asks "What election? Vote? Why?". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029897

Description: Cartoon shows Education Minister Hekia Parata looking out the window. Parata asks about the noise coming in from outside, and members of her staff explain that it is "a protest over new funding classifcations", likley by "decible 10 schools", a pun on the decile system. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020064

Description: Shows Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard falling over. The second cartoon has a reference to the 'tea party' incident when a conversation between Prime Minister John Key and ACT candidate for the Epsom seat, John Banks, in a highly publicized meeting over a cup of tea, was recorded. Context: Comments by federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott that perhaps it was time for the Aboriginal tent embassy to move on triggered a protest that trapped him and Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a Canberra restaurant. About 200 protesters ran from the tent embassy, where 40th anniversary celebrations were under way, to the nearby Lobby restaurant in Canberra after learning Abbott was giving a speech there. Gillard, surrounded by security officers in the midst of the throng, stumbled and lost a shoe. [TVNZ Jan 26 2012] Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019595

Description: In the top frame a man protests with a banner reading 'No asset sales' in front of an enormous tank. In the lower frame the driver, Prime Minister John Key, asks Finance Minister Bill English if he felt a bump. Bill English tells him to drive on as he felt nothing. Context: A huge majority of New Zealanders, including National Party supporters, oppose asset sales which the government, having just won the 2011 election, seem determined to proceed with. A single protester facing up to a huge tank is an allusion to the Tiananmen Square massacre in China in 1989. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019578

Description: Relates to the protest movement dubbed 'Occupy' after 'Occupy Wall Street' that began in New York and spread across the western world. The protests were against capitalism and corporate greed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020130

Description: A monstrous machine driven by an equally monstrous man holding a flag that reads 'Capitalist juggernaut' chases down a crowd of people protesting against capitalism. Context: The 'Occupy' protests that originated in New York and spread across the world. Local governments in New Zealand had difficulty moving on protesters who set up camps in public places. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).