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Chair of the Otago District Health Board sacked. 31 January 2009.
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).
"Hey, NZ & Aus! You interfering, busybody democratic knowalls! You who think you know w...
Date: 2010
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0013965
Description: In four frames Colonel Bainimarama of Fiji abuses New Zealand and Australia for being interfering busybody democratic knowalls who think they know what's best for Fiji. As he speaks he starts to disappear below his desk (wind and floods from Cyclone Tomas) and in the end in desperation calls them for aid. Refers to the pressure being put on Bainimarama to hold democratic elections and the devastation caused by Cyclone Tomas when it hit Fiji on 15th March. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).