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Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0019376

Description: The cartoon shows Labour leader Phil Goff and Prime Minister John Key facing off in the leaders' debate. Each of them stands behind a lectern, labelled respectively 'Goff's crackers' and 'Key's crackers'. Behind each leader is a gallery of fire crackers and rockets. Context: The first leaders' debate in the lead-up to the 2011 elections. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021994

Description: The Prime Minister, John Key, and the Minister of Finance, Bill English, are discussing how to 'get the message out to the people' about privatisation of government assets. Bill English suggests that they mark the message 'confidential' and send it to the ACC. The cartoonist comments that they could also 'shove it in your pocket and get a job at SkyCity!' Comments on the difficulty of publicising the Government's case for asset sales. Sending it to the ACC refers to the recent well known case of the Accident Compensation Corporation leaking large numbers of confidential documents. Also refers to a recent incident at the SkyCity Casino, where a worker was discovered to be carrying a pocket bible. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020601

Description: Cartoon shows three recording devices that have been used to record private conversations; two of the conversations have been made public and one has been banned. Context: in a private conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists at the G20 summit in Cannes, French President Sarkozy called President Netanyahu a 'liar' and Obama was equally uncomplimentary. In a second conversation President Barack Obama was caught on camera assuring outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he will have "more flexibility" to deal with contentious issues like missile defense after the U.S. presidential election. Both of these recordings were made public. (Reuters) The third conversation between Prime Minister John Key and John Banks, ACT candidate in the Epsom by-election, was recorded at the so-called and highly publicised 'tea-party'. John Key went to great lengths to try to suppress the recording. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020233

Description: Two men peer out of the window in a pub at the Beehive across the way and chat about whether new Green MP Mojo Mathers should get special funding to enable her to hear and understand what is being said in the house. Relates also to the tea-party incident when a conversation between Prime Minister John Key and Epsom candidate for the 2011 election, John Banks, was inadvertently recorded by a journalist. Although the tea party was a publicity stunt, John Key tried to get the recording banned. B&W and colour versions of this cartoon available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020627

Description: Shows Minister of ACC Judith Collins as a furious dog charging along with Prime Minister John Key hanging onto the leash. Context: ACC Minister Judith Collins has promised to quit if she or her office is found to have leaked an email at the centre of a spat over an ACC claimant as the auditor-general launches an investigation into governance at the state insurer. She has been accused of the leak by Labour MPs Andrew Little and Trevor Mallard and has threatened them with defamation action. Black and white versions of this cartoon available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021993

Description: The Prime Minister, John Key, as the captain of a small steamboat and about to throw a life buoy overboard, tells a nervous kiwi at the tiller 'relax! When you see the benefits , you'll love it!'. The title of the cartoon is 'Asset sales'. The cartoonist's comment is 'Right!' Refers to the anxiety expressed by many members of the public about the proposed partial asset sales, despite John Key's reassurances. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020599

Description: Cartoon depicts a barrage of security cameras. Context: journalist, Bradley Ambrose, who recorded a conversation between Prime minister John Key and John Banks, National's favoured candidate in the Epsom by-election, and who then gave the recording of the politicians' conversation to the Herald on Sunday newspaper, which declined to publish it, wrote a letter in March 2012 to John Key and John Banks expressing regret that he had released the recording to the newspaper, and the police decided to issue a warning rather than prosecute. The tape was leaked on 26 January 2012. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020972

Description: Shows Minister for Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee delighted with his plan to rebuild Christchurch and to have it paid for buy the PM's casino. Context: Refers to the Christchurch Central Development Unit that Minister for Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee has put in place. Refers also to the very controversial deal that Prime Minister John Key has made with Auckland's SkyCity to the effect that SkyCity will pay the full construction cost of a new convention centre - estimated at $350 million, in return for being allowed to add more gaming tables and machines, and extending its licence beyond 2021. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021195

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key, Finance Minister Bill English are concerned that a boatload of families fleeing poverty and hopelessness have been spotted in the Tasman ocean in a small boat. Minister for Economic Development Steven Joyce tells them that they are not refugees from Asia (reference to Falun Gong refugees) but Kiwis fleeing to Australia. Context: A record 52,000 New Zealanders left for Australia in the year to January, while 14,000 moved to New Zealand from Australia. The difference of 38,000 is New Zealand's highest-ever recorded net loss to Australia, according to Statistics New Zealand. (Press 6 March 2012) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021966

Description: Two men, one of whom is summarising John Key's arguments for the (parliamentary) bill on the partial sale of assets. He concludes by saying that 'he had a mandate'. The other replies that Bill must be his partner. The cartoonist comments 'At last! - Informed debate!' A pun, playing on the words 'Bill' and 'mandate', with the second man illustrating the lack of understanding of the issue of asset sales by many of the population in New Zealand. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020144

Description: Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, tells Prime Minister John Key to hold on 'Taihoa Hone!'. John Key is about to sign a document being handed to him by a nineteenth century gentleman who leans down from a galleon of that period. Context: Refers to the selling of state assets by the government, perhaps particularly the controversial sale of the Crafar farms to a Chinese group. The sale is considered by many to be a violation of the Treaty of Waitangi. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020978

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key as the captain of a ship named 'Natanic'. Refers to the sinking of the 'Titanic' and the problems besetting the National Party - Skycity convention centre and pokie machines, Mr Dotcom etc. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020973

Description: Two men passing by the Beehive consider the government is becoming redundant because of the law changes being made by John Key in response to particular financial issues - like securing the Hobbit movie and getting an expensive new conference centre built by Skycity without a requirement for government funding in return for being allowed to add more gaming tables and machines, and extending its licence beyond 2021. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020145

Description: A member of the media wears a hard hat and hides behind a marae building at the Treaty of Waitangi celebrations as he attempts to report on proceedings. Context: There were the usual protests that have come to be expected on Waitangi Day (6th February). This time Prime Minister John Key left before he had a chance to 'explain' government plans to sell state owned assets. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020234

Description: Shows a huge bull wearing a judge's wig. Prime Minister John Key, holding a bucket, stares at it in a somewhat flummoxed way. Context: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009. The cartoon refers to the controversy over the offer to purchase that was made by Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office. The High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. B&W and colour versions of this cartoon available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0022770

Description: Shows in six cameos various political statements announced by one person while a second person translates them into what they really mean. Context: First cameo is PM John Key and American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the second refers to the Maori Council's claim on water rights in an attempt to derail asset sales, third refers to the battle over 'GMOs' (genetically modified organisms), the fourth is about the uproar over where sexual offender Stewart Murray Wilson will live as compared with nowhere to live for many Christchurch people, and the sixth is about the politicisation of child poverty in NZ. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0022769

Description: A truck labelled 'Asset Sales' has run over a member of the 'Maori Court' who threatens to take the truck driver to court. In the cab of the truck is Prime Minister John Key; his driver shouts that with luck Judge Neave will hear the case. Context: In fact the Maori Council has taken the government to court to try to establish Maori water rights and thus delay or prevent asset sales. Judge Neave is known for passing light sentences for serious driving offences. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0019449

Description: Shows a teacup with the words 'jack up' written in tealeaves at the bottom of the cup. Other tea items are also on the table. The little Evans man says 'Epsom salts'. Context: With the 2011 elections looming on the 26th November, strange things are happening in the Epsom electorate. National want ACT in the government and are doing their best to ensure that John Banks wins the Epsom seat, by requiring that their own candidate Paul Goldsmith not try hard to win it. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0018962

Description: Prime Minister John Key asks his large audience to raise their hands if they believe that policies introducing a capital gains tax and raising the age of eligibility for National Super will win National the election. A forest of hands goes up. Context: these two contentious policies were offered by the Labour Party in their campaign for the 2011 election. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0019008

Description: In the smaller top frame Finance Minister Bill English tells Prime Minister John Key that 'Research shows Kiwis are finding jobs due to our economic policies Prime Minister!' John Key says that's 'Great news' and asks where exactly. In the lower frame Bill English is seen pointing to various places on a map of Australia. Context: Comment on the number of people going to Australia to find jobs. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).