Places

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0006631

Description: Shows two people taking a stroll in Queenstown. They pass several new building sites all advertising their new luxury resort or 'Squillionaires Retreat'. The man wonders how all these places would be filled if it weren't for government departments holding strategic planning weekends. Refers to criticism of the Housing New Zealand for using a luxury lodge for a conference when many people live in sub-standard housing. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013975

Description: The cartoon shows co-leader of the Maori Party, Pita Sharples, stating that 'Democracy is about equality!.. Not about us having equal voting rights!!. He then walks away muttering that 'if you can't understand that you've probably still got all your marbles!' Refers to objections that the new Auckland supercity is being undemocratic by not having Maori designated seats on the council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017526

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English stand beside a gigantic tree which bears the words 'Borrow and Spend'. Bill English says 'There's demand we make some effort to cut this down, John!' and John Key replies 'No worries, Bill I've got the rubber scissors here'. Context - criticism of the government's handling of the economy. Suggests that the two ministers don't agree and that the prime minister is less anxious to cut borrowing and spending than the finance minister. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

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

Reference: DCDL-0000199

Description: There are two scenes. In the first we see a reporter with a hand-held vieo-recorder interviewing three black people, presumably refugees from New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The father is saying cynically that after ten days the water looked so much like oil that President Bush got interested. This refers to his rather slow response to the disaster. In the second scene we see Winston Peters throwing mud, (presumably at an unseen Bob Clarkson). This refers to his falling behind National candidate, Bob Clarkson, in the polls, and slinging an old sexual harrassment accusation at him. The link between the two cartoons is Other Titles - "After ten days the water looked so much like oil Mr Bush got interested." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017065

Description: Prime Minister John Key walks along chatting to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard; he thanks her for coming and says it it 'a great opportunity to consolidate our Trans Tasman bond!' but at the same time he thinks 'Great to have ya here any reminder of women prime ministers oughta have my ratings soaring again!' Context - the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, visited New Zealand for two days in mid February. The reason for her visit was to meet our Prime Minister, John Key, and talk about a closer partnership. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016497

Description: The title of the cartoon reads 'As the "silly sales" season continues...' Two salesmen stand outside the window of their shop; the window is covered with 'sale' signs and offers in huge print '105% off!' The salesman responsible for the display explains to his colleague 'I think get their attention for a start and worry about turning a profit later'. Refers to post Christmas sales with huge price reductions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017173

Description: Several volunteers work amongst the ruins of a building. A woman nearby weeps and the man comforting her comments 'and to think we believed sports stars were our national heroes'. Context - on 22 February 2011 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Christchurch which has probably killed more than 200 people (at this point the number is still not known) and caused very severe damage. There has been enormous praise for the efforts of many ordinary people who have shown courage in the catastrophe. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0010226

Description: A dog with the head of Health Minister, Tony Ryall, barks furiously at Richard Thomson, the chair of the Otago District Health Board, who is standing at a hospital window. Prime Minister, John Key, (who broke his arm in an accident) tells Ryall that Thomson is 'not going to budge' and that he should 'try Bainimarama instead'. Refers to the conviction for fraud of two of Richard Thomson's staff; Thomson himself was held accountable and eventually replaced, though not before he had told Tony Ryall that he wasn't going to resign and that Ryall should show the courage of his convictions and sack him, because the fraud had begun before he had even joined the ODHB and he himself had initiated the investigation which brought the matter to a head. A defiant Mr Thomson told NZPA he believed the real motivation to sack him was because he was a Labour Party member. Mr Ryall's decision reeked of political interference, he said.The fraud actually involved the DHB's former chief information officer Michael Swann and his friend and business associate Kerry Harford were found guilty in December last year of defrauding the board $16.9 million. The fraud happened over a period of six years. The reference to Bainimarama relates to his refusing to make a date for democratic elections in Fiji in spite of an ultimatum from the Pacific Forum. (NZ Herald 17 February 2009) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016496

Description: The title reads 'News - Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of hospital equipment stolen'. A hospital official visits a recently discharged patient and asks him whether he helped himself to crutches and a wheelchair; the man denies responsibility even though there is an ambulance in his garage. Official figures show most of the 20 district health boards in New Zealand have had items including televisions, wheelchairs and hospital cars taken. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016423

Description: Voices float out of the 'Bethlehem Hilton' office; one says that it sounds as though the couple who took the stable smuggled a kid in, another hopes not and in answer to his question about who is arriving today, a third voice says 'messrs Holyfield, Tua, Mundane and Sonny Bill Williams'. Text above reads 'Boxing Day in Bethlehem'. Refers to the heavyweight boxing champions Evander Holyfield and David Tua and to Anthony Mundine who is Sonny Bill Williams's boxing trainer. (Wordplay on Boxing Day and boxing) Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016884

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has been chained inside a dog kennel. Outside Co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia wonder what to do about him; Pita Sharples says 'But what if we let him go and he goes for us?' Context - The problem of criticism of his own party by maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira. Harawira says that many Maori believe the party has not been able to be an independent voice because of its government partnership and so Mr Harawira is calling for his party to consider its options at the next election. Mr Harawira said that the problem was exacerbated because when the Maori Party was going into coalition with National, the whole world was going into recession and when this happens their (National) choice is to help the rich guy, help the big business, on the basis that they will stay here and keep their business here and everybody will get a job He said the Maori Party needed to get back to supporting basic social policies to help the poor. (Stuff 18 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0001530

Description: Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, sits in an armchair beside a huge sack labelled 'Tax surplus'. He counters criticisms that New Zealand can better afford tax cuts than Australia by saying that New Zealand isn't Australia. A small image of a family at the airport shows a man saying 'We've noticed'. The 2006 budget is due in a few days. Many people are strongly in favour of tax cuts. It has already been announced that there will not be tax cuts. 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-0017600

Description: Two people look at wreaths laid on a war monument that has the words 'Lest we forget' engraved on it. The man says to the woman 'We must've forgotten or we wouldn't be bungling 'round in the futility of Afghanistan'. Context - ANZAC Day was commemorated on the 25 April 2011 and the Provincial Reconstruction team in Bamyan will stay on till at least 2015. That means our Kiwi troops in the Bamyan Province would have been at war for 12 years. John Key had said he would pull them out by March 2011. (3News Duncan Garner 5 May 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014594

Description: A huge crowd of people flock towards the Carisbrook Stadium. A man in the crowd comments to his friend that 'It'll be great to have a new stadium pulling in decent crowds'. Refers to the last test to be played at Carisbrook when the All Blacks played Wales on June 19, the All Blacks winning 42-9. Refers also to the new Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza, planned for opening in August 2011 in time to host Dunedin's 2011 Rugby World Cup games. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015942

Description: A Warner Brothers' executive sits at a huge desk and crows triumphantly into the phone: "Yeah, super deal!! We get $34 million and the law changed!.. All for shooting where we wanted to anyway and casting someone called Helen Kelly as a witch!" Refers to the New Zealand government having agreed to amend the country's labour laws and 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. There had been 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). Processing information: Record updated 17 October 2016

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0010888

Description: Two passersby are interested in the huge construction that is underway which seems very secret. The foreman lets the cat out of the bag by saying that it is a throne for Lord Mayor Banks. Refers to Auckland's 'supercity' future and the sense that Mayor John Banks is positioning himself for a major role in it. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016094

Description: Three men in a boat hold deck chairs, each of which has one of the words 'liquor', 'reform', and 'bill' printed on it. Not far away is a large iceberg that represents 'Binge drinking culture'. One of the men suggests that shuffling the chairs around should make the iceberg disappear. Refers to the Liquor Reform Bill which was introduced 8th November and has passed its first reading. It plans to split the alcohol purchasing age to 18 for bars and clubs and 20 for off-licence purchases, limiting the alcohol content of RTDs, banning particularly harmful products and reducing opening hours. Critics from the Green say it does not go far enough and Labour says it ignores the wishes of the public. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

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

Reference: DX-022-064

Description: Shows three men all reading a newspaper with the headline 'Jobless Survey'. The third man is holding his newspaper upside down. Extended Title - Jobless survey. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013610

Description: Two golfers chat as they walk across the exclusive 'Hills Golf Club' in Queenstown. One of them has the feeling that 'he doesn't trust us'. Other people relax in the sun and a buggy chugs across the grass. All around the edges are huge advertisements reading 'Michael Hill watches'. Refers to New Zealand's most exclusive golf club owned by millionaire jeweller Michael Hill. There is a play on two senses of the word 'watch' . Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

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

Reference: DX-022-061

Description: Shows a school of fish hurriedly swimming by a group of sharks too busy fighting each other to go after them. Relates to the quota management system used to regulate the fishing industry. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..