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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.

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).

Date: 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000525

Description: Photographs of Greytown, Carterton and Clareville buildings taken in 2009 Quantity: 13 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2002

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009284

Description: Shows a nurse pulling a jar containing a heart from a shelf from the 'Heart Library'. She discovers that it is the heart of Auckland City Mayor John Banks and wonders where it went to. Suggests that Banks is heartless in the decision to sell pensioner houses. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024745

Description: Shows a series of four elderly men engaged in a kind of 'Chinese whispers' where the figure on the far left reads a headline that "The Government is promising to spend more on aged care!". The message is mistranslated until the fourth man asks "What do you expect when the government spends so little on aged care?" Refers to recent announcements by the Health Minister Tony Ryall that the government will invest $70 million over four years in aged care and dementia services. May also refer to debates around pay rates for those caring for the elderly and claims that the figure is still not enough to cover rising costs. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029736

Description: Cartoon shows a doctor sitting at his desk, talking to an older woman who has come to his office for a consultation about hip replacement surgery. The doctor tells her to look at it as a patriot, and asks which she'd rather have, "a new hip or a new flag?" At the bottom of the cartoon, a small image of Prime Minister John Key says, "Looking at it politically, if only 10% want a new flag, it's still more than want a new hip". Cartoon references the National Party's allocation of $26 million for referenda on changing the design of the New Zealand flag. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029827

Description: Cartoon shows a man in a suit holding up a newspaper about a recent court ruling that low pay rates for employees in industries dominated by women is a violation of the Equal Pay Act. The man turns to a female caregiver standing beside him with a bucket and mop and says to her, "How could you do this to our industry? Surely lifting old people on and off toilets is its own reward..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0029885

Description: Cartoon shows a woman representing the court system telling a business man sitting on pair of shackles who represents the aged care industry that he needs to pay his employees more. The man replies, "But our obscene profits won't be viable without this business model!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0027935

Description: Shows the MP for Upper Creek telling a journalist that his austerity measures should be endured by the sick, the poor and the elderly. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0028833

Description: Cartoon shows a nurse pushing a wheelchair labelled NZ with Rollings Stones guitarist Keith Richards. Richards has a cigarette in his mouth and drinks from a bottle of alcohol labelled debt. Text at the top of the cartoon reads, 'The rock star economy', and the nurse says to him, "The world won't be quite so impressed when they find out exactly which one you are". Cartoon references an upcoming New Zealand tour by the British band, as well as comments made by Prime Minister John Key about the New Zealand economy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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).