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Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019311

Description: The title is 'The human balloon'. The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key blown up like a balloon by a gas bottle labeled 'Polls'. Context: John Key is way ahead in the polls, the cartoon suggests that he is full of hot air. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018959

Description: The cartoon shows a hideous scene of men in business suits grovelling in ecstacy as their bare backsides are whipped. Context: The cartoon illustrates Debra Hill Cone's article in the NZ Herald (28 October 2011) about politicians and the desire for power, being seen as a personality disorder. Inspired by the shenanigans in the run up to the elections on 26 November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019338

Description: Two Japanese fire-fighters try to bring under control a potentially catastrophic nuclear reactor meltdown after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011. One of them wishes Labour leader Phil Goff was not busy because they need 'men with fatalistic courage who will knowingly tackle a doomed mission'. The Labour Party is trailing badly in the poll results leading up to the 2011 November election. Probably refers to the Labour Party's promise to introduce a capital gains tax if it wins the 2011 elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019330

Description: Labour leader Phil Goff holds a huge pair of shears that represent 'capital gains tax'. He is about to cut down a tall poppy that represents 'speculators'. Nearby is a bunch of small poppies which represent 'the productive'. Context: A capital gains tax is a controversial piece of legislation that Labour promises if it wins the 2011 election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018670

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister, John Key, tossing lollies into the air. Context: Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019425

Description: The cartoon shows two rough boys fighting in front of an elaborate picture frame while through the frame is an image of the globe. Context: relates to the run-up to the 2011 elections on 28th November. The two boys are the leaders of the two main parties, John Key (National) and Phil Goff (Labour). The cartoon illustrates an article by Deborah Hill Cone. Among other things the article suggests that 'there is a real existential crisis going on somewhere in the world but on our stage we still have politicians throwing custard pies and doing silly walks'. (Deborah Hill Cone on business in the NZ Herald: November 11 2011) Title created by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019491

Description: Two men, Prime Minister John Key and the ACT candidate for Epsom John Banks, sit at a cafe table having afternoon tea. John Key turns to the waiter and says 'I'm very pleased with the fruitcake - surprisingly agreeable. The food's not bad either.' Context: On the eve of the November elections, as a publicity stunt, Prime Minister John Key had a cup of tea in a cafe with John Banks, the ACT candidate for Epsom; John Key wants to Banks to win the seat because he will bring more ACT MPs into the government on his coat-tails. The media were invited for filming but someone recorded the conversation which the PM refuses to allow to be made public, thus fuelling speculation about what they discussed. Film showed a small black bag lying on the table; it contained a microphone but apparently neither politician noticed it. The plot thickens... Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Crichton, Anna, 1957- :Digital cartoons

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019563

Description: The cartoon shows a headless chicken which is losing a great many feathers as it stands on a ballot box. Context: 'We are all living a financial lie, but as long as we are all doing it then it makes it easy to justify.' This a quote from Debra Hill-Cone's business column in the NZ Herald on 25th November 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018985

Description: The scene is the 2010 Labour Party Conference. Leader of the Labour opposition Phil Goff sits at a grand piano representing 'opportunism' and plays music. Someone in the audience comments 'And to think a few months ago he couldn't even play "Chopsticks."' Context: Refers to the economic framework document that was released at the October 2010 Labour Party conference that is to be the blueprint to guide Labour over the next decade and beyond, that is considered to have real substance. 'There is an element of veering to the left. Labour is no longer hung up about policy consistency, however. Its new pragmatism has, in one leap, freed Goff from having to try to look different within the shadow cast by National'. (NZ Herald - 23 October 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).