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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :'Cheer up, Bill, just keep a big smile on your face... it works ...
Date: 2013
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024082
Description: Finance Minister Bill English stands in a desert and looks distraught by a pool of oil draining from the words, Solid Energy. Prime Minister John Key tells him to cheer up and keep a smile on his face because 'it works for me'. Refers to Solid Energy, New Zealand's largest coal mining company and a state owned enterprise, which revealed that it was in talks with banks and the Government over its future after its debt rose to $389 million and a further 'significant loss' would be in its half-year result. English stated that he would not let the company fall into receivership, but couldn't rule out the possibility of job cuts and mine closures. Key earned the nickname, 'the smiling assassin', for maintaining his usual cheerfulness in the midst of large layoffs in his former workplace, Merrill Lynch. The desert references the drought that much of New Zealand has been suffering. (New Zealand Herald, 22 Feb 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :A spanner in the works... 21 April 2013
Date: 2013
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024603
Description: Shows leader of the Labour Party, David Shearer, and leader of the Green Party, Russel Norman, dressed as superheros, flying through the air holding a wrench labelled, 'NZ Power'. In the background, Prime Minister John Key says, 'Labour and the Greens have come up woth a plan to share the Power and money out fairly and evenly to all New Zealanders!' Deputy Prime Minister Bill English responds, 'What a dirty, rotten, low-down trick! *@%*!' Refers to a joint proposal from the two parties to create a single buyer agency called NZ Power, which will purchase all electricity at a price based on the cost of production. Under the NZ Power setup, Labour estimates that power bills will fall by $230-$330 per annum for the average residential customer. (Scoop, 18 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).