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Date: 2011-2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DC-Group-0050

Description: Cartoons about political and social issues in New Zealand and overseas. Malcolm Walker cartooned for the Dominion Post in 2011 while Tom Scott was on leave.

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017839

Description: The cartoon shows Labour leader Phil Goff in the First World War trenches. He clutches his pistol and crouches against the wall while gunfire explodes all around him. The gunfire represents 'Chch', 'environment', 'elections', 'economy', and 'KiwiSaver'. Phil Goff says 'Ok lads it's hell out there and we're going in; we'll show them what Labour is made of... anyone seen the ladder?' Context - In the run up to the 2011 elections in November the Labour Party which has been polling badly, has to face the music and come up with some viable solutions and good ideas to combat National's consistently high polling. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017825

Description: A man holds a fire blasting hose attached to a container that represents 'BMW party donations'. The man says 'and here's the seat warmer' as he blasts the backsides of a bunch of fleeing Cabinet ministers. Context - Labour was accused of a "baseless smear" today after one of its MPs said the National Party received a $50,000 donation from BMW within weeks of the government agreeing to buy a new fleet of limos. It was revealed in February that the Government was selling its three-year-old fleet of BMWs and replacing them with new ones. It bought them at a discount price and said it had negotiated a good deal. Heated seats were an 'optional extra'. (NZHerald 11 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017900

Description: A Maori Party MP, possibly Co-leader, Pita Sharples, because of the hair style, digs deep into the kete representing 'the budget' and finds that his hand goes into an empty bag and through a hole in the bottom. The Beehive can be seen in the background. Context - The Maori Party, a support partner of the Government, said the Budget secured more than $200 million for Maori initiatives. Co-leader Pita Sharples said the party has managed by sitting at the Government table to secure gains for Maori and avoid some losses. He told Parliament there would be measures in the Budget that would disappoint the party's supporters, but there were also significant gains. The cartoonist explains - 'I felt that being coalition partners, the Maori Party got a pretty thin deal out of the budget, especially in terms of support for the lower socioeconomic sector of society which I feel they have a mandate to act for. (actually I think they have been pretty ineffectual and poorly dealt with as coalition partners overall and at each budget)'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017791

Description: In the first frame PM John Key who sports a tie with royal crowns on it says 'After a hard week visiting old battlefields and royal weddings I can't wait to get home' In the second frame he continues 'and put my feet up'. John Key relaxes in a chair with his feet up on an enormous bag of 'borrowings'. Context - PM John Key attended the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April 2011. He returns home to enormous debt and an imminent belt-tightening budget. Published in the Dominion Post Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017796

Description: In six frames a man sits at the breakfast table in his pyjamas reading the newspaper. As he reads about the 'Chch news'. the 'Hawke's Bay floods', the Auckland tornado', the 'Nelson earthquake' he becomes more and more agitated and in the last frame is seen under the table. Context - The earthquakes and more frequent severe weather events make the man nervous. Severe weather events around the globe are probably largely a result of global warming. Title provided Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017873

Description: The cartoon is in four frames. The master chef is Prime Minister John Key, who together with Finance Minister Bill English 'Dicard[s] nutritional ingredients' by throwing out of the mixing bowl 'Kiwisaver', 'assets', 'skills training', 'working for families', 'student loans' and the 'public sector'. He then makes the mixture 'Dilute' with a jug of liquid labelled 'Chch' (Christchurch) and the Minister with responsibility for Christchurch Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, dips in his finger and licks his lips. John Key then 'add[s] oil' which is labelled 'Keep high end tax cuts' and then with a smile 'Serve[s] with hard cheese'. Context - Master chefs is a very popular television topic at the moment. the 2011 budget which was announced on Thursday 19 May. The New Zealand government ran an operating deficit of $10.16 billion in the nine months ended March 31, almost 15 per cent worse than forecast in December, as earthquake costs and a weaker than expected economic recovery hit the government's books. Also, Treasury said GST receipts were lower than expected and the benefits of income tax cuts were not flowing through as expected. The Budget is expected to include no additional spending from the previous budget. (NZHerald 10 May 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: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017792

Description: In the first frame former National Party leader Don Brash sedately plays an accordian with a bucket beside him for donations and a sign that reads 'Getting my own ACT together; he is thinking 'I really need a monkey...' In the second frame former Maori Party MP Hone Harawira blasts out a song on a ukelele 'I had a band of men..' Beside him is a battered hat for collection and a sign reading 'New party to buy'. 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'. Published in the Dominion Post Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017872

Description: Finance Minister Bill English as a surgeon stands with his trolley of operating tools and a bucket labelled 'promises' and asks his patient if he is ready. The patient replies 'No'. Context - The patient represents the 2011 budget which was announced on Thursday 19 May. The New Zealand government ran an operating deficit of $10.16 billion in the nine months ended March 31, almost 15 per cent worse than forecast in December, as earthquake costs and a weaker than expected economic recovery hit the government's books. Also, Treasury said GST receipts were lower than expected and the benefits of income tax cuts were not flowing through as expected. The operation deficit before gains and losses (OBEGAL) was released today as part of the latest accounts to March - the last to be released before the government's budget on May 19. The Budget is expected to include no additional spending from the previous budget. (NZHerald 10 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017820

Description: In the left-hand frame President Obama uses a very complicated maze as he 'explains the death of Osama' and in the right-hand frame Hotchin uses a similarly complicated maze as he 'explains Hanover Finance'. Context - On 1 May 2011 Osama bin Laden, the man behind the Twin Towers terrorist attack, was shot dead by American forces. Mark Hotchin is being investigated for possible breaches of the Securities Act in his capacity as director of companies with the Hanover Finance group. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017798

Description: The eyes of an enormous dragon representing 'Kiwisaver' gleam through the darkness inside a cave. Outside Prime Minister John Key as a caveman is about to bring a huge spiked club down on the trailing tail of the dragon. Context - The government intends reducing its contributions tho the KiwiSaver scheme - worth up to $20 a week - while retaining the $1000 kick-start. It is not yet known by how much the government tax credit will be reduced - whether it will be slashed, shaved or halved and whether the cuts will be across the board. Mr Key is taking his biggest risk is in turning superannuation into a political football again and tinkering with a love affair that has always been about more than individual nest eggs anyway. The ASB's head of private banking and wealth management Jonathan Beale says 'Fund balances are growing, and the KiwiSaver scheme has proven to be a successful way of turning around the poor savings habits of many New Zealanders'. (Stuff and NZ Herald 16 May 2011) Published in the Dominion Post Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017871

Description: Text reads 'Budget time...' Prime Minister John Key gasps 'Ready Bill?' as he puts his whole weight against the door holding the heap of 'deficit' at bay until Finance Minister Bill English, who holds a very inadequate little dustpan and brush, is ready to deal with it. Context - The 2011 budget was announced on Thursday 19 May. The New Zealand government ran an operating deficit of $10.16 billion in the nine months ended March 31, almost 15 per cent worse than forecast in December, as earthquake costs and a weaker than expected economic recovery hit the government's books. Also, Treasury said GST receipts were lower than expected and the benefits of income tax cuts were not flowing through as expected. The operation deficit before gains and losses (OBEGAL) was released today as part of the latest accounts to March - the last to be released before the government's budget on May 19. The Budget is expected to include no additional spending from the previous budget. (NZHerald 10 May 2011) Quantity: 1 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: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017797

Description: Maori activist Titewhai harawira yells and brandishes he walking stick at the Maori Party as several of its politicians cower behind a post and others run for cover in the Maori Party marae. Context - Titewhai Harawira is the Mother of Hone Harawira, also a Maori activist, who has recently resigned from the Maori party to form his own party (the Mana Party). Titewhai 'Harawira, mother of independent MP Hone Harawira, turned up at a Maori Party hui at Te Tii marae yesterday [8 May] and was reportedly yelling, swearing and singing over top of other speakers'. Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party says her behaviour has 'just grown and grown and so in the end it's sort of like uncontrollable now." Titewhai Harawira called Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia a "bloody liar" and "snake" at the hui. Turia said she had never seen anyone behave as Harawira did. (Stuff 9 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017926

Description: Text across the top reads 'Planker or plonker?' and shows leader of the Labour Party, Phil Goff, lying across a flimsy construction made of books, concrete blocks and planks and labelled 'Budget response'. Context - planking is a new craze with young people in which they lie flat with their arms at their sides on surfaces from which they could potentially fall - the more dangerous the better - and then they post images of themselves onto the Internet. The cartoon suggests that Phil Goff is a 'plonker' meaning 'someone who is a bit hopeless'. Phil Goff says New Zealand needed a bold vision and gutsy Budget and National failed on both counts. He also says the lackluster Budget tinkers and tampers but does no real good for New Zealanders. But if change is to happen Labour has to present an alternative vision that delivers more than a rehash of the old Labour standbys of more money for apprenticeship training, the reinstatement of research and development tax credits and reversing last year's tax cuts for high-income earners. Change will not happen if the perception remains that there is no alternative from Labour for John Key's optimism alone as a means to solve New Zealand's economic problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017927

Description: The words 'Free trade...' appear across the top of the cartoon. Below an American thug with 'U.S.' printed on his coat, levels a pistol at two men representing 'Pharmac' who are contemplating a table full of pharmaceuticals. There are fears the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement the Government is negotiating with the United States and other countries could weaken the drug-buying agency Pharmac. The Government has not ruled out changes to Pharmac if that means getting a free trade deal. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024442

Description: Shows a Rio Tinto executive sitting in a chair, drinking champagne. John Key looks cautiously into the room through a door which has been booby-trapped with a bucket of water labelled, 'Mighty River Power'. The Rio Tinto executive tells him to come in. Refers to negotiations between the government and British/Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, which owns just under 80% of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. The possible closing of Tiwai Point could impact power prices throughout the country, including at Mighty River Power, the first state-owned enterprise to have shares sold in the government's privatisation plan.(New Zealand Herald, 2 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024441

Description: Shows a Department of Conservation worker stuck in a bear claw trap, thanking Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, who walks away from the trap, holding papers labelled, 'RMA review' and 'Mining rights'. Smith tells him, 'Don't mention it'. Refers to the review of the Resource Management Act, which includes a proposed change to allow government ministers to intervene in resource consents and diminish the role of the Environmental Court. (1 March 2013, New Zealand Herald) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024465

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key at the start of a three-legged race. One of his legs is tied to the leg of Ian Fletcher, newly appointed head of the Government Communications Security Bureau. His other leg is tied to the leg of Kim Dotcom. Key wonders to himself, 'How did they get there?' Context: Prime Minister John Key has been in the news for claiming not to remember conversations with Fletcher and about internet mogul and Mega Upload founder, Kim Dotcom. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).