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Date: 2011

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017898

Description: Prime Minister, John Key, yells 'What's happening? What was that loud explosion?' as he rushes towards the door of a huge vault beside which there is a sign that reads 'John Key Good Will Vault - Keep out!' In the second frame Finance Minister, Bill English, mutters 'Oops...' as he pushes down the plunger on an explosive device and blows a hole in the wall. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017584

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The media have nicknamed the minister 'Chopper' not because he took one ride in a helicopter at the taxpayer's expense but because he has axed so much funding. Context - "the Budget this year will reduce new operating spending to around $800 million to $900 million a year, from the current allowance of $1.1 billion. We will prioritise new spending on health and education and set a path to meaningful surplus in 2014/15 - a year earlier than forecast. (Business Scoop 9 February 2011) The 'chopper' reference relates to the news that Prime Minister John Key's office is blaming heavy traffic for booking an air force helicopter to ferry him to and from the V8 races so he could make it home in time to change for a black tie dinner. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017710

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key dancing with former leader of the National Party Don Brash who has just staged a coup and taken over the leadership of the ACT Party; Rodney Hide, the ousted former leader of ACT falls to the ground, tripped up perhaps. Context - Rodney Hide on Thursday 28 April 2011, relinquished the leadership of the ACT party saying Don Brash would do a better job in the run-up to the election. Prime Minister John Key is not ruling out the possibility of incoming ACT leader Don Brash becoming a minister in a National-led government after the November election. (Radio NZ 29 April 2011) Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017586

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister thinks that 'this fuss about ministerial cars and helicopters is ridiculous and he hopes the PM doesn't give in to public pressure and make cuts. He discovers that his car is not waiting for him and he has to take a bus. Context - Prime Minister John Key's office is blaming heavy traffic for booking an air force helicopter to ferry him to and from the V8 races so he could make it home in time to change for a black tie dinner. Also the fleet of expensive new BMWs that the government has bought recently. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017891

Description: Finance Minister, Bill English, stands on the back of a chair and pushes a box labelled 'KiwiSaver' onto the top shelf of a refrigerator. On a lower shelf is a box labelled 'Working for families' and Prime Minister John Key, prepares to hand several other boxes that are labelled 'New spending', 'student loans', and 'public sector' up to Bill English to stow in the fridge. Context - The 2011 May budget in which there are cuts in KiwiSaver, Working for Families, student loans and the public sector and a statement about 'no new spending' in order to try to get the deficit down. Title provided by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025667

Description: The leader of United Future, Peter Dunne, as a schoolboy, presents his teacher, the Prime Minister, John Key, with an apple labelled 'GCSB Vote'. John Key says that he considers Dunne to be a toady but that he appreciates the offer of his vote for the GCSB bill before Parliament. Peter Dunne could have prevented the GCSB bill from being enacted by voting for the opposition.But, despite his own problems with his communications being intercepted, he decided to support the government and ensure the survival of his parliamentary seat in the 2014 elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025861

Description: Depicts the Politican being asked by a reporter if the message on housing is mixed. Max replies for him "yes and no". Refers to announcement by Prime Minister John Key at the 2013 National Party conference of plans to increase assistance to first home buyers by putting an extra $64 million into the KiwiSaver and Welcome Home loan first home buyer schemes. However buyers will have to save a bigger deposit before they qualify, and it will be harder for single people or groups to qualify under new income thresholds (see Stuff 11 August 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023981

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Politician remarks that he has made a speech attacking headline seekers, inconsistently hoping that it will be front page news in the newspapers. Both John Key and David Shearer attacked 'headline seekers' at the Waitangi Day ceremony. Both made front page news. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023879

Description: The Prime Minister is no longer smiling when he hears his nickname. Refers to Prime Minister John Key, who was known as the 'smiling assassin' during his time working in the banking industry. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024106

Description: The prime minister, John Key, as a policeman attending a road accident, tells the public that there is 'nothing to see' and to move on. The scale of the disaster to the economy, with widespread 'receiverships', 'layoffs', 'redundancies', 'closures' and 'bankruptcies' belies his words. In late 2012 and early 2013 the cumulative effect of the economic downturn was serious, despite the reassuring words of the government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024121

Description: Below caricatures of leading politicians complaining about their pay is the punchline 'It would be increased tenfold tomorrow!' Refers to the contrast between the minimal increase in the minimum wage granted by the Minimum Wage Order of 2013 under the Act and the large increase granted to politicans by the Higher Salaries Commission. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023958

Description: Shows Maori Activist Titewhai Harawira on criutches knocking down all opposition and rivals to her self appointed duty of escorting the current Prime Minister on to the lower marae for Waitangi Day commemoration ceremonies. Prime Minister John Key looks on at the scattered people and comments that this scene is progress compared to throwing off politicans. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023914

Description: Shows David Shearer and John Key waiting on seats at the Ratana Pa during the Ratana Church anniversary celebrations. Key has brought a present of imported chocolates and asks Shearer what he has brought as a gift. Refers to Shearer breaking with tradition and staying on at the Ratana Church an extra day - a day usually zealously reserved for worship rather than faith. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023975

Description: The 'Politician' cartoon strip. Depicts the minister and his aide talking about the government's agenda for the coming year. The minister looks at a list and says 'Is this all?, we're not planning on doing much!'. The aide replies 'Most of its on the secret agenda'. On 28 Jan 2013 Prime Minister John Key outlined the government's policy agenda and legislative programme for the next 12 months. At the same time Key is negotiating in secret over the terms of the TPPA (Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement) which will remain secret for four years after the signing of the agreement. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023925

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key sitting beside a large lever. He tells the politician sitting beside him that it is an idea that he got from Graham Norton. Refers to the 'Red Chair' in the Graham Norton Show in which audience members tell a humourous story, if Norton get bored he pulls the lever and the chair falls backwards, dumping the speaker from it. This cartoon assumes that Key is employing a similar method with politicians in his cabinet. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0024190

Description: Depicts Prime Minister John Key fishing while naval ships sink. Ne reaches for a worm in his bait can and doesn't see the Maori taniwha which are ready to bite his hand. Refers to the Supreme Court decision which dismisses the appeal by the New Zealand Maori Council to block partial privitisation of Mighty River Power. Key is preparing to sell the SOE after getting the Supreme Court's go-ahead, but there is still the issue of Maori rights and interests over water. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0024193

Description: Depicts Prime Minister John Key as Icarus flying above New Zealand as MP Peter Dunne as Daedalus looks on concerned. Key is flying with the aid of wings which he doesn't notice are falling apart as he flies over New Zealand. Below him are the SkyCity Casino tower, Solid Energy CEO Don Elder falling to the earth (marked as "the golden handshake"), and above him is an angry sun with a Maori moko (tattoo). Icarus was the son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax which then melted. Refers to John Key soars high but heading for a fall due to the controversies over the sale of Mighty River Power (Maori water rights), the collapse of Solid Energy and the convention centre secret deal with Sky City. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023760

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key dressed as Santa Claus, holding a puppet version of himself, and telling it that he has the perfect Christmas present - a pay rise for members of Parliament. Context: Prime Minister John Key has been delivered a pay rise of nearly $8000 and backbench MPs will get an extra $2800 after being awarded a 1.9 per cent pay rise just in time for Christmas. (Stuff.co.nz, 20 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023763

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key laying in bed with a teddy bear, having a nightmare that internet mogul Kim DotCom will be honoured as Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2012. Context: Key has repeatedly denied knowing of Dotcom's existence until the day before an illegal police raid of the internet entrepreneur's home on January 20 2012. Dotcom has accused the Prime Minister of lying and says he can prove it in court. Time Magazine in fact named recently re-elected United States President Barack Obama 2012 person of the year. (One News, 18 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023761

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key and other white, male members of his cabinet, Bill English, Gerry Brownlee, and Steven Joyce, discussing the threat posed by a female rising star in the party. When asked what are we going to do about it, Key proposes that they make her Minister of Education. Refers to Hekia Parata, who was appointed Minister of Education in December 2011, and immediately sparked controversy with her planned policies to increase class sizes, merge Canterbury schools, and most notably, the introduction of the doomed Novopay automated school payroll system, which has resulted in thousands of teachers receiving either too much, too little or not being paid at all. There have been calls for Parata to resign from her post as Minister over the debacle. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).