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Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024662

Description: 'Lennie the Lame Engine' (Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown) finds that the (Auckland City) rail loop is blocked by 'The Fat Controller' (Minister of Transport, Gerry Brownlee). The efforts of the Auckland City Council to establish a full urban rail transport system, a project especially promoted by the Mayor, was blocked by the reluctance of the Ministry of Transport to commit to it. The cartoon refers to the characters in a popular series of children's books 'Thomas the Tank Engine', which features a 'Fat Controller' resembling the Minister of Transport. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023521

Description: A man wearing a greenstone necklace, presumably David Rankin, stands in the snow alongside a fence, and tells a man standing on the other side of the fence, holding a cell phone to his ear, 'We were just joking about owning the wind so you can scratch that call to your lawyer'. Context: Ngapuhi's David Rankin and two other iwi leaders have lodged a Waitangi Tribunal claim over the commercial use of wind. Maori leaders are claiming rights over wind to halt the partial sale of state-owned assets, but Prime Minister John Key has dismissed their claim. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024666

Description: Three members of the National Health Committee block their ears. Beside them a paper advocating grommet surgery is stuffed into a rubbish bin. Free grommet surgery (the insertion of ventilation tubes into ears for the treatment of glue ear among children) was a target by the National Health Committee in their search for saving money in the health sector. Their obsession over savings had made the Committee deaf to their primary role of caring for public health. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024654

Description: An AIG insurance executive informs the New Zealand Rugby Union that they only sponsor the the All Black rugby team - they do not insure them against being run over by a 'Sweet Chariot'. A computer display gives the result of a game 'Eng 38, NZ 21'. Refers to the international match between England and New Zealand at Twickenham Stadium on 1 Dec 2012, where, contrary to expectations, the All Blacks lost. 'Sweet Chariot' refers to the song, 'Swing low, sweet chariot', commonly sung by supporters of the English rugby team. The sponsorship in October 2012 of the All Black uniform by the insurance group AIG, who insisted on a prominent display of their logo on the jersey, was controversial and antagonised many traditional followers of the All Blacks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024656

Description: A man of deliberately indeterminate occupation - is he a teacher or a clergyman? - quotes 'Suffer little children if they don't come unto us' from a book titled 'Religion in state schools'. Behind him a child with a dunce's cap is writing out the lines 'Thou shall not question'. In 2012 there was continuing debate about the role of religious education in state schools, especially in Auckland where a number of primary schools dropped the voluntary 'Bible in Schools' programme. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024655

Description: The survivalist and television personality, Bear Grylls, and the Prime Minister, John Key, encourage the New Zealand public to eat a giant weta labelled 'TPP deal'. Round 15 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks were concluded in New Zealand on 12 December 2012. Aspects of the proposed partnership had caused apprehension among many New Zealanders, despite official claims to its benefits for the New Zealand economy. Bear Grylls is known on his television shows for his eating of unfamiliar and repulsive food. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024658

Description: A drunken motorist explains to a police officer that 'in mitigation, officer, I just had a bit too much of this well-known fertility drug'. As the title indicates, this cartoon refers to the acquittal in Auckland on 12 December 2012 of a former prosecutor and lawyer, Anita Maria Killeen, of charges of forgery. Part of her defence was that she was suffering from the side-effects of taking the fertility drug clomiphene citrate. In view of the concern over drink driving, could this defence could be used as well? Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024664

Description: On New Year's Eve the Prime Minister, John Key, has a nightmare of Kim Dotcom farewelling him from the door of the old year and simultaneously welcoming him to the New Year. The problem of the Kim Dotcom extradition case with its associated disclosures were still unsolved after nearly a year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024668

Description: Steven Joyce, as a Pet Rescue service, is called in by John Key to rescue Hekia Parata once again from the hole labelled 'Novopay' in which she has found herself. The Ministry of Education's Novopay payment debacle continued into February 2013. Steven Joyce was assigned to provide a task force to find some resolution. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024673

Description: A poverty-stricken family of three learns that the minimum wage will be raised by 25 cents per hour. Saving the extra ten dollars a week will be enough for them to afford a one-way ticket to Australia, where wages are higher. In February 2013 the minimum wage was raised by 25 cents per hour. The raise was not enough to counter the cost of living rises. Increasingly, the temptation to leave for Australia to earn a living wage beckoned. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024684

Description: Shows Rio Tinto Group, a British-Australian mining corporation, portrayed as fictional super-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond film series, who is often seen stroking his white cat. Rio Tinto stands with his foot on a dynamite trigger, which is hooked up to the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. He says "Give us the deal we want or you'll get... er... cheaper electricity. Damn- this super-villain act is harder than I thought!" Refers to negotiations between Rio Tinto and the New Zealand government, which has refused to offer more than a short-term subsidy to the mining giant in order to keep the aluminium smelter open. (New Zealand Herald, 2 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024667

Description: The economist and public commentator Gareth Morgan utters these words as he grasps a cat who ripostes "But enough about economists..." In January 2013 Gareth Morgan controversially advocated the elimination of domestic cats from New Zealand to help preserve native wildlife. Could the same claim apply to economists? Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024675

Description: Shows Minister for Transport, Gerry Brownlee, standing next to a diagram showing road congestion in Auckland which spells out the words, 'More trains'. Brownlee says that he hears Auckland's request load and clear, and that he'll make sure they get more roads. Refers to 'The Auckland Plan,' an urban planning project to help alleviate city congestion and traffic. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024676

Description: Shows a man kneeling on top of a crate labelled, 'Select Committee watchdogs', who calls out, "Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!" He opens the crate and three tiny puppies-a pug, a dachshund, and a pink poodle, come out of the crate, yipping and yapping. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024680

Description: Shows Jeremy Clarkson and James May, hosts of British television show, Top Gear, standing beside the scene of a crash. A racing car labelled, 'Novopay' has gotten stuck in the sand, and five figures dressed in white racing suits with their helmets on, are scattered in and around the vehicle. Clarkson asks, "So who's the stig, May?" and May responds, "That's the problem, Jeremy- there's a bunch of them, and they all deny they were driving". Context: Novopay is an online school payroll system which was rolled out by the Ministry of Education in August 2012, and has suffered from tens of thousands of errors since its implementation, including a recent string of 147 new errors in March 2013. 'The stig' is an unidentified character on Top Gear who sets lap times for cars and trains celebrity guests. Top Gear came to New Zealand to film an episode on 13 March 2013. (3 News, 13 March 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024678

Description: Shows a giant mosquito labelled, 'banks' feasting on a shirtless consumer who lies on the ground. A judge holds up a sign that says, '$1B class suit' and says, "Consider this a sort of literal dishonour fee." Refers to a class-action lawsuit against bank fees, including honour fees, dishonour feeds, and late payment fees on a credit card. Over 10,000 people registered to join the suit in less than 24 hours. (New Zealand Herald, 12 March 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024671

Description: Four cartoons commenting on aspects of the week's news. Includes comments on the financial crises of the Solid Energy State Owned Enterprise; a suggested design for new plain cigarette packaging; the design for high density living in Auckland City; the proposed government deal with SkyCity over increased gambling facilities in exchange for the development of a convention centre. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024672

Description: Inspired by the recent Oscar award ceremony, the cartoonist offers nominations of his own: Hekia Parata, the Minister of Education, as 'La Miserable', cleaning up mess of the Novopay issues, the class size debacle, and the closure of Christchurch schools; the Prime Minister, John Key, in 'Djonki unchained', breaking free from 'moderate' government policies; and 'Life of Pi (in the sky)' with the New Zealand Black Caps cricket team facing England (the Lion) in a lifeboat for their forthcoming test series, with the Black Caps optimistic that at least their opponent is not a tiger (officially representing Bangladesh, who had throughly beaten New Zealand in their last test series). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024677

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key in a meeting with a South American leader, who suggests that the countries should trade stereotypes. Behind them are two posters on the wall, one with a baby sleeping under a sombrero, with the word, 'manana', meaning 'tomorrow', juxtaposed with a poster of a man in shorts, gumboots and a sunhat, who says, "Kiwis can!" Refers to Key's recent visit to South America to discuss trade relations between New Zealand and Latin America. Two colour versions of this cartoon available. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024688

Description: Shows a doctor standing with Leader of the Labour Party, David Shearer, examining an x-ray of Shearer. The x-ray, in the shape of a kiwi bird, shows a large backbone with a question mark near it, and the doctor says, "We noticed this mystery object around the time you promised to regulate power prices." Refers to a new plan by the Labour Party to lower power prices, stimulate the economy, and create at least 5,000 jobs by regulating power prices. The plan is in direct opposition to the Government's strategy of selling shares in state-owned power utilities. (Scoop, 18 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).