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Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019317

Description: The new ACT leader Don Brash and the deposed leader Rodney Hide are both chained up in a padded cell. Both appear to have lost touch with reality. Don Brash assumed the leadership on 28th April 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019177

Description: Shows a funeral cortege with a carriage, labeled 'ACT Party', horses and mourners. The carriage and horses are driven by ACT leader, Don Brash, and the procession heads towards the 'elections.' The mourners are listed as 'Messrs Douglas, Prebble, Hide, Banks.' Context: Support for ACT seems to be in freefall according to 'iPredict stocks.' ACT has been polling badly in the lead-up to the elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018954

Description: The cartoon shows ACT MP Hilary Calvert and ACT leader Rodney Hide sitting side by side in the house. Hilary Calvert smiles brightly and says 'As it happens I do have an interest in a brothel' and her boss Rodney Hide quickly tries to change the subject by saying 'But enough about coaltion politics.' Context: New Act MP Hilary Calvert says she has no criminal skeletons in her closet, but she has admitted that a brothel is run from one of her investment properties. The issue of hidden embarrassments came up after her predecessor David Garrett quit Parliament after it was discovered he had created a fake passport using the identity of a dead child. (NZ Herald September 24 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018310

Description: The cartoon shows a horrible dog with the features of Don Brash, leader of the ACT Party; the dog stands over the scattered remains of a small creature with the features of Rodney Hide, former overthrown leader of ACT. Text reads 'Pet of the day... Meet Don, a mongrel with an annoying repetitive bark and an eye for the cat's food... Don was recently rescued from wandering the streets and is now looking for a stable, caring home to chew to bits...' Context - ACT has come under fire for a weekend newspaper ad asking if people were "Fed up with pandering to Maori Radicals?" Don Brash overthrew Rodney Hide as leader of ACT in April; the cartoon suggests that he is now damaging the ACT Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016913

Description: Leader of the ACT Party Rodney Hide relaxes on the psychiatrist's couch and tells the psychiatrist that 'ACT belives that widespread catastrophic changes in climate is not proof of climate change...' A newspaper lying on the floor has a headline reading 'Record floods, record snow, record drought'. The psychiatrist wonders whether Mr Hide is familiar with the term 'in denial'. ACT leader Rodney Hide has said climate change and global warming was a hoax. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017689

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A colleague tells the minister that the new leader thinks he should leave the party sooner rather than later and adds that 'the taxi's waiting'. Context - the ACT Party coup when Don Brash replaced Rodney Hide as leader in a bloodless coup. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017707

Description: At top left is the text 'Final ACT' and centre is the word HIDEaway'. A man carrying a brief case walks out of the frame to the right. Context - The oustinof Rodney Hide from the leadership of the ACT Party by Don Brash who is the new leader. There was obviously considerable political manoeuvring behind the scenes before the announcement was made - ACT now has both Roger Douglas and Don Brash as lead members - both far right. This move will have been of great interest to the National Party also. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017730

Description: In three panels there is a 'knock knock' joke. In the first panel someone goes 'Knock knock! And Rodney Hide says 'Who's there?' 'DON!' is the answer; 'Don who?' asks Rodney Hide. 'DON't make any long-term plans!' is the answer. Context - Rodney Hide has been thrown out of his role as leader of the ACT Party in a bloodless coup by former leader of the National Party Don Brash. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017345

Description: In the first of four frames ACT Party leader Rodney Hide, up to his waist in a hole he has dug, holds a newspaper with a headline that reads 'Mine the conservation land - Hide' and says 'This country is in a hole, and ACT says dig..! In the second frame he is up to his neck in the hole and he repeats 'When you're in a hole you should.' In the third frame the top of his head shows and in the fourth he has disappeared altogether but an anxious '..UM' rises from the hole. Context - Act leader Rodney Hide says mining conservation land is "vital to New Zealand's future success". Hide reopened the debate about mining at his party's annual conference on Sunday when he said Act would allow mining in conservation land. He told TV ONE's Breakfast today that "if we shut mining down, we shut New Zealand down". (TVNZ 16 March 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017795

Description: Former leader of the National Party Don Brash and PM John Key stand back to back holding pop guns that have just been fired. Former ACT leader Rodney Hide clushes his wounded backside and rushes away. Context - Don Brash has ousted Rodney Hide and taken over his role as leader of the the ACT Party in a bloodless coup (hence the pop-guns). The cartoon suggests collusion with John Key. The ACT Party now has both Roger Douglas, the creator of 'Rogernomics' the financial reforms in 1984 that introduced deregulation and a reliance on the markets for economic growth, and Don Brash who is a follower of that line of thinking. Their influence on the National Party in probable coalition arrangements will pull New Zealand further to the political right. Title provided Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017710

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key dancing with former leader of the National Party Don Brash who has just staged a coup and taken over the leadership of the ACT Party; Rodney Hide, the ousted former leader of ACT falls to the ground, tripped up perhaps. Context - Rodney Hide on Thursday 28 April 2011, relinquished the leadership of the ACT party saying Don Brash would do a better job in the run-up to the election. Prime Minister John Key is not ruling out the possibility of incoming ACT leader Don Brash becoming a minister in a National-led government after the November election. (Radio NZ 29 April 2011) Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017782

Description: The cartoon is entitled 'The fast and the furious - How to get new wheels'. In three cameos on the left side former leader of the National Party Don Brash hijacks ACT leader Rodney Hide's car by threatening Hide with a gun and then tossing him out and taking over the steering wheel himself. I the three cameos on the right side former Maori Party MP Hone Harawira leaps out of the Maori Party car that has plummeted off the road and crawls to safety; next we hear banging and sawing noises coming from a garage and lastly we see Hone on his new hand-made motor scooter named 'Mana'. Don Brash sneers 'Nice ride Hone!' and Hone replies 'Least I made my own'. Context - Don Brash has replaced Rodney Hide as ACT leader after a bloodless coup and Hone Harawira has resigned from the Maori Party and started his own party which is to be called 'Mana'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017688

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A colleague is outraged that the minister did not support his leader in the leadership coup after he had said that he would. The minister's reply is 'Ten minutes is a long time in politics'. Context - the ACT party is in disaray after former leader of the National Party overturned ACT leader Rodney Hide and took over as ACT leader in a fairly bloodless coup. Some ACT colleagues did not support Rodney Hide as might have been expected. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017844

Description: Rodney Hide, who has been overturned as ACT leader by Don Brash, appears as Superman, but, against a background of skyscrapers, is falling from a very high building. Context - Don Brash took control of the ACT Party after a bloodless coup. Title supplied by librarian The cartoon was drawn to accompany an article called 'When there's no success like failure' in the 'Nick Smith on business' column in the NZ Herald 6 May 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017609

Description: The cartoon shows a definition of the word 'brash'. It reads 'brash, aggressive noun, rash, pushy, tactless or in this case, ACTless, the antithesis of Hide, party animal any party - lacking discernment, having leadership aspirations for the Don of a new error'. Context - former National Party leader Don Brash has taken over the leadership of the ACT Party in a coup, throwing ACT leader Rodney Hide out. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017698

Description: The cartoon shows former leader of the National Party, Don Brash, dressed as a groom with an 'ACT' badge on his lapel. He holds the hand of his diminutive bride, former ACT leader Rodney Hide, who stands in a pool of blood with a dagger stuck into his back and who holds a bouquet of lilies. Both grin broadly. Context - The ousting of Rodney Hide from the leadership of the ACT Party by Don Brash who is the new leader. There was obviously considerable political manoeuvring behind the scenes before the announcement was made - ACT now has both Roger Douglas and Don Brash as lead members - both far right. This move will have been of great interest to the National Party also. Title provided Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0017775

Description: Former National Party leader Don Brash rises as a vampire from his tomb and grabs ACT leader Rodney Hide by the throat. The headstone for the tomb features a statue of Roger Douglas and bears the words 'Lest we forget - Rogernomics'. Don Brash says 'ACT needs fresh blood and I need fresh brains...' Context - Don Brash has ousted Rodney Hide from the leadership of the ACT Party and taken over the role himself. Roger Douglas is now an ACT MP but is famous (or infamous, depending on you point of view) for his monetarist market forces economic reforms, dubbed Rogernomics, when he was Minister of Finance in David Lange's Labour government in 1984. Don Brash is very committed to similar thinking on economics policies.. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017771

Description: A play on rhyming words 'whacked' for terrorist Osama bin Laden who has been killed in a Pakistan village, 'hacked' for 'Sony' after massive hack attacks on three separate gaming systems it runs, 's'ACT' with Rodney Hide who has been ousted as ACT leader by former National leader Don Brash, 'wracked' for Christchurch because of the earthquakes, 'blacked' to describe a $5 bottle of milk, 'smacked' for Glenfield, hit by a tornado, 'jacked' for petrol prices and 'quacked' for a duck in the duck-shooting season. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017793

Description: Former leader of the National Party Don Brash flicks a Humpty Dumpty off the wall; it smashes into an eggy mess and Brash invites 'omlette anyone?' (sp. 'omelette') Context - the Humpty Dumpty figure represents former ACT leader Rodney Hide who has just been ousted from the role by Don Brash who has taken over the leadership of the party. Published in the Dominion Post Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017753

Description: Former ACT leader Rodney Hide fronts up at the enrolment desk for a seminar called 'Plan for life after parliament'. The man at the desk tells Hide that 'Don has already put your name down'. Context - Don Brash has ousted Rodney Hide from the leadership of the ACT Party and taken over the role himself. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).