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Brockie, Robert Ellison 1932-:Helen Clark to meet President Bush... National Business R...
Date: 2002
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DX-003-044
Description: Shows an unusual looking New Zealand delegation meeting the American President, George W Bush. The President has difficulty identifying which one is the New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark. Extended Title - Helen Clark to meet President Bush... 'It's the New Zealand Delegation... Sir...' 'Which one's the Prime Minister? ... 'The go-go girl?' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :What do they mean - my chain is under threat! National ...
Date: 2002
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DX-003-098
Description: Queen Elizabeth reads an article in The Times while on the toilet, and wonders how her chain is being threatened. Refers to the debate over the foreshore and seabed which involved issues relating to the public's access to the Queen's chain. Extended Title - Times- Kiwis query Queen's chain. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Democracy-Auckland Style. 4 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012191
Description: Cartoon shows a huge street demonstration at the front of which is Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party, carrying a banner reading 'Maori demand dedicated council seats. Many other people also carry banners which demand seats for Asians, Pasifika, one-legged lesbians etc. Refers to the controversy over whether the new Auckland 'super-city' should have dedicated Maori seats. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"My relationship with my brown brothers has never been warmer ... oops!" 14 May 2010
Date: 2010
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0014337
Description: The cartoon shows PM John Key declaiming 'My relationship with my brown brothers has never been warmer'; he finishes with an 'Oops!' as he drops a 'Urewera bombshell'. In the background stands a group of angry Maori with a raincloud above them' they are from left; Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples, co-leaders of the Maori Party, then Hone Harawira?, Maori Party MP and Tuhoe Maori activist Tame Iti. Refers to the apparent about turn made by John Key after Tuhoe believed they were going to be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park. Chief Tuhoe negotiator Tamati Kruger said information gleaned from the corridors of Parliament before Mr Key's announcement indicated a majority of Cabinet supported returning the 212,000-hectare national park to Tuhoe. He said it appeared Mr Key had "intervened" at the end of an 18-month negotiation process based on worries expressed at last weekend's National Party regional meeting in Masterton, where concerns were raised that the Government was making too many concessions to Maori. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :White Flight. 22 June 2012
Date: 2012
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: National Business Review (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0021973
Description: Titled `'White Flight', the cartoon shows white herons soaring gracefully to 'Decile Ten Land'. Below, black pukekos trudge to 'Decile One Land'. One holds a placard: 'Hav pity on the Meori kids/ hoo wend there way to skul/ and lern their English spelling/ with its total lack of rool'. 'White flight', i.e. richer, mainly white, classes of society, arranging to send their children to better schools is common. The children of the mainly Maori lower classes were concentrated in the lower decile schools, where their education suffered. The cartoonist also comments on the complexity of English with its supposed lack of rules. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :"How come the poor are still with us?" 26 July 2013
Date: 2013
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: National Business Review (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0027926
Description: Show two fat cats. One holds a copy of the NBR Rich List as they both look at a begger on the street. One of them says "I blame it on the Maoris". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :'Oops! there goes a billion kilowatt dam!'. 14 Septembe...
Date: 2012
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: National Business Review Ltd
Reference: DCDL-0022903
Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key dressed as a pierrot looking up past a 'High Hopes' bubble as an 'Asset Sales' bubble bursts over his head. Context: a national Maori hui called on government to stop sale of power company shares until it had recognised Maori water rights (Stuff 14 Sept 2012). Cartoon is based on painting 'A Child's World' or 'Bubbles" by Sir John Everest Millais which became famous when it was used an advertisement for Pears Soap. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).