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Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029570

Description: Shows Bill English holding a newspaper with the headline 'English blames councils for inequality'. English comments "Amazing!! Pass the buck on poverty and we're villains with the homeless! Pass a coupla million bucks to pro-golf and we're heroes at the Hills!!". A golfer in the foreground adds "It's a 'foursomes' economy... the govt drives everything and the taxpayer chips in all the time". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025419

Description: Shows a blindfolded finance minister, Bill English, who has taken the donkey's tail from a suitcase labelled budget, and stuck it in the neck of a donkey labelled 'tackling child poverty'. Refers to measures included in the 2013 budget, announced 16 May, that would fight child poverty, although the cartoon follows the allegations by some that the changes are not big enough. Pin the tail on the donkey is a popular children's game. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0025355

Description: Shows a discussion on a park bench between three homeless people. One reads from the paper, then it continues: "Well, we can say goodbye to the parks and reserves!" with the third replying "Ridiculous! Where are people going to sleep then?" Refers to the possibility of the Government forcing councils to re-zone land and open it up for redevelopment to ease housing pressure. Bill English made the comments in response to a Productivity Commission housing affordability enquiry. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025397

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key playing in the New Zealand PGA Golf championship, lining up a putt, and saying to his caddy, "Call English - just his sort of putt... more borrow than one of his budgets." Refers to John Key playing at The Hills course in the 2013 NZ PGA Championship in February 2013. The cartoonist puns on the term 'borrow', used to describe the slope of the green, and to comment on Finance Minister Bill English's budgets. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025424

Description: Shows Minister of Finance, Bill English, and Prime Minister John Key in a small boat labelled 'asset sales programme', heading towards a waterfall, with a warning sign labelled 'Caution! Mighty River Falls'. Refers to the government's asset sales programme, which includes Mighty River Power, whose share price had been falling since it was floated in May. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021472

Description: An adviser at a Citizens' Advice Bureau apologises to the Finance minister Bill English for his inability to get through to them by phone. The reason is that people are desperate for budget advice after the announcement of the May 2012 Budget. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020841

Description: Shows a group of 'scatter-brained socialists' holding a meeting to discuss an extension to paid parental leave. Context: The issue of paid parental leave was thrown up again this week when Labour MP Sue Moroney's private members bill, extending paid parental leave to six months, was pulled out of the parliamentary ballot. Acting Prime Minister Bill English told a media briefing this afternoon the government would use its veto to stop the bill becoming law, even if the bulk of Parliament voted for it, as the current numbers indicate. (NBR April 11 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021197

Description: Prime Minister John Key tells Finance Minister Bill English that he would be happier getting rid of ACT leader John Banks than banking Dotcom's income. Context: John Banks received a donation from Kim Dotcom, an internet millionaire, during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. He has also been caught out on several occasions being less than truthful and has become somewhat of a liability. Kim Dotcom has given many donations to political parties and other groups. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0026609

Description: Cartoon shows New Zealand Prime Minister, John Banks, and Deputy Prime Minister, Bill English, walking past a graffiti covered wall referring to John Banks acceptance of Kim Dotcom's donation to the Labour party. Caption reads 'News: Street graffiti costly for communities...' John Key comments 'Bloody Banksy' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028003

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key speaking with Minister of Finance Bill English. Key says, "David Parker's economic package suggests a bleak future, Bill". English replies, "Indeed, John! Next thing we'll have the punters expecting bold, innovative ideas as of right!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028086

Description: Shows Finance Minister Bill English holding a briefcase labelled, budget. English is being followed by a group of reporters, and thinks to himself, "Gratifying to see so much media interest in my budget!" The reporters, however, think to themselves, "Can't find Collins anywhere!! Just maybe she's in that bag." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017562

Description: Finance Minister Bill English struggles to work out a solution to New Zealand's economic problems; his desk and the surrounding floor are covered with abandoned scraps of paper. He asks PM John Key who sits smiling with his feet up on his desk 'John! How many times does four million go into zero?' John Key replies 'Work it out yourself, Bill It's your budget!' Context - Four million is the size of the population of New Zealand and the zero refers to the amount of money available for offering something in the budget which is due in May. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017836

Description: Finance Minister Bill English sits at his desk surrounded by papers and files, some of which are labelled 'Budget', 'wastage' and 'borrowing' and tells Prime Minister, John Key, who stands behind that 'There are going to be some changes, John - Don't think you can go flitting off to the UK every time Prince William gets married. Context - John Key has recently attended Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton. The cartoon suggests that the marriage will not last. It also makes a point about current economic difficulties. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016955

Description: Deputy PM Bill English returns to his office after the Christmas break to find a huge pig that represents the 'Deficit' sitting on his desk. Bill English says 'I had hope to return from holiday and find you NOT still on my desk!!' Context - December 2010's deficit is largely explained by one item, however, the import of an aircraft worth $230 million. For 2010 as a whole there was a trade surplus of $1.1 billion, equivalent to 2.6 per cent of exports. It was driven by increases of 29 per cent in dairy product exports and 27 per cent in logs and wood, and a rise of 37 per cent in aluminium. (NZH 1 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015943

Description: On the left are Finance Minister Bill English and Prime Minister John Key; both are dressed as hobbits, have hairy feet, and carry banners reading respectively 'Cash on demand!' and 'Law change while u wait!' Nearby is CEO President Helen Kelly with a banner reading 'Stir! Agitate! Menace! and an oldstyle unionist whose banner reads 'Demand! Intimidate! Strike!' The first two are labeled 'Old Hobbits' and the second two 'Old habits'. Refers to the fact that the government has agreed to amend the country's labour laws and has offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Brothers in order to get agreement to allow Peter Jackson to make the two 'Hobbit' films in New Zealand. Disagreement between Warner Brothers and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film. Helen Kelly is the President of the Council of Trade Unions (CTU). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017075

Description: A car salesman is selling a BMW to Prime Minister John Key and deputy PM Bill English. He says 'Gentlemen, don't worry about belt-tightening! Belts that tighten automatically are one of the safety features on our super-luxury models!' Context - The Department of Internal Affairs' Ministerial Services division decided late last year to replace its three-year-old fleet of BMW 730Ld limousines with the latest model. But with the Government's focus on cost-cutting in the public sector and ordinary New Zealanders facing hard times, the deal has been widely criticised. Prime Minister John Key should have been aware of officials' plans for the multimillion dollar purchase of 34 German limousines in time for the Rugby World Cup, months before the deal was inked, documents show. (NZ Herald 18 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017252

Description: Text reads 'Collateral damage'. A couple stand looking at a broken column surrounded by fallen masonry; text on the column reads 'Curbs on govt spending'. The man says 'It's a shame. It was due to be unveiled in a few weeks'. Context - the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011; curbs on government spending can be seen as 'collateral damage'. In December 2010 Finance Minister Bill English pledged to keep a cap on spending to rein in a widening deficit as slower consumer demand hinders the economic recovery and hurts tax receipts. The earthquake will make economic recovery even more difficult. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016954

Description: The title is 'The best laid plans of mice.' Two mice with the heads of PM John Key and deputy PM Bill English peer gloomily at the contents of the 'too hard basket' which are - 'Tackle the deficit', 'Control inflation', 'Cut state spending', 'Reduce govt bureaucracy', 'Return books to surplus'. Context - the state of the economy at the start of the run up to the 2011 election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0012452

Description: The cartoon shows Labour MP Pete Hodgson in a hospital bed with a thermometer in his mouth while a group of doctors and nurses try to determine why he is so hot and bothered. One of them realises that it is 'English housing'. Refers to Pete Hodgson's determination to keep the Bill English housing embarrassment on the agenda. Bill English was claiming nearly $1000 a week to live in his family house in Wellington in spite of fact that the English's family trust owns the $1.2 million house in Karori; he claims his real home is in Dipton. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017870

Description: Finance Minister Bill English offers a chocolate from his box of 'Bill's budget chocs' to a constituent. She observes that 'Some of these seem a tiny bit smaller than they used to be' and Bill English replies 'Not the RWC fudge or the 'America's Cup cream... They're still as generous as they were'. Context - The 2011 budget was announced on Thursday 19 May with little sweetening and many cuts and alterations. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).