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Date: 2011

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0017018

Description: Prime Minister John Key grins cheerfully as he sets fire to a bonfire made of banknotes that represent 'tax-cuts'; he yells 'Fire! Fire!' and in the next breath says 'Sell some assets!' On the other side of the fire is Finance Minister Bill English who is forking more banknotes onto it. Context - The parlous state of the economy; tax cuts were made in the last budget but then cancelled out by raising GST thus creating a general rise in the cost of living. John Key is now considering selling state owned assets - selling off the family silver. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0012381

Description: Finance Minister, Bill English, leans back comfortably cushioned by wads of banknotes, and raises his glass of wine, as he confidently voices confusion about whether he lives in Wellington or Dipton. Refers to the fact that Bill English used nearly $1000 a week of taxpayer money to finance the mortgage on his family home in Karori while insisting that his real family home was in Dipton. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0012393

Description: Cappucino Dreams. In the first of four frames Finance Minister Bill English carrying his briefcase and a load of banknotes labelled 'housing subsidy', explains that he must work here in Wellington even though his home is in Southland. In the second frame his children are shown learning the ways of commerce in the school tuckshop; in the third frame Bill English explains that our experts have been able to postpone climate change until the farmers and carbon burners have made their profits and in the last frame he is shown arriving at his Karori home with the Beehive in the distance and 'Southland' on the gate. Refers to Bill English's embarrassing struggle with his Karori houng subsidy, and to the New Zealand's ETS strategy, a deal that has been stitched up between the National government and the Maori Party without the Labour Party that has resulted in taxpayers subsidizing big business and farmers for the next four years. (until 2013) The deal between the two parties provides that the new emissions trading scheme (ETS) will halve the cost of energy increases to consumers but polluting industries will have an easier ride and longer to adjust through taxpayer subsidies. Published in Presto Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017526

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English stand beside a gigantic tree which bears the words 'Borrow and Spend'. Bill English says 'There's demand we make some effort to cut this down, John!' and John Key replies 'No worries, Bill I've got the rubber scissors here'. Context - criticism of the government's handling of the economy. Suggests that the two ministers don't agree and that the prime minister is less anxious to cut borrowing and spending than the finance minister. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017407

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A reporter asks the minister if he is worried about the amount of money the country owes and the minister confidently reassures him that he is not at all worried but he sweats with relief that he wasn't asked whether he was concerned about being able to pay it back. Context - Could refer to Bill English as Finance Minister and New Zealand's high debt which has been increased by the Christchurch earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0017521

Description: Shows a postman who has just put an 'Earthquake bill' for '$8.5 billion' into the government's letterbox. Context - The New Zealand government will spend about 8.5 billion NZ dollars (6.6 billion U.S. dollars) over the next few years rebuilding Christchurch. New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English said on Tuesday that the Treasury has estimated the direct cost of the two earthquakes is about 5.5 billion NZ dollars), which will be fully provided for in the Budget in May. He said about 3 billion NZ dollars of that relates to thegovernment's share of local government infrastructure, roads, insurance excesses on schools and housing, land remediation from the September quake, demolition, Accidents Compensation Corporation scheme and the business support package. (Xinhuanet 12 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0017239

Description: A policeman stops a queue of politicians at a checkpoint in Christchurch saying 'Sorry, no politics past this point'. In the queue are Prime Minister John Key, Minister of Finance Bill English carrying a ledger, leader of ACT Rodney Hide wearing his yellow jacket and carrying an axe and a saw and lastly leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff. Context - the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 and the danger of political point-scoring rather than serious co-operative work to rebuild Christchurch. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0017519

Description: Text reads 'Finance Minister says low wages in NZ are "a way of competing with Australia"'. Below, a kangaroo in Australia holds a big bag of money and faces off against a kiwi in New Zealand who holds a much smaller bag of money. Further text reads 'DUEL ECONOMY Presenting pay packets at 5,369,137 paces'. Context - Finance Minister Bill English has come under fire for saying low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Labour leader Phil Goff commented "This from a Government which campaigned at the last election on closing the gap with Australia". There is a wordplay on the word 'duel' meaning 'fight' or 'competition' and 'dual meaning 'two'. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0012450

Description: A couple of tourists in a car arrive in Dipton and are held up by a flock of sheep. The farmer tells them that the new popularity of Dipton as a tourist destination is due to 'Good ol' Bill!' who has 'put us on the map even though he doesn't live here!' A roadside sign reads 'Welcome to Double Dipton Home of Bill English'. Refers to news that Bill English was claiming nearly $1000 a week to live in his family house in Wellington in spite of fact that the English's family trust owns the $1.2 million house in Karori; he claims his real home is in Dipton. Wordplay with 'Double Dipton' and 'double dipping'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017053

Description: A woman reads the newspaper and comments to her husband that 'Bill English thinks we have the potential to slip back into recession...' The husband who is half asleep in an armchair sipping on a glass of wine says 'better build some more bike lanes...' Context - Finance Minister Bill English has confirmed the government is concerned about a double dip-recession, echoing Prime Minister John Key's caution in the face of weak employment figures and a fast-slowing Australian economy. A recession is defined as two successive quarters in which the economy shrinks. The 'bike lanes' comment is a perception of how the government might deal with the problem based on performance to date. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017003

Description: Around a table sit Minister for Energy and Economic Development Gerry Brownlee, Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully, PM John Key and Finance Minister Bill English; Gerry Brownlee says that tourism now earns more than farming, Murray McCully argues that 'we are still dependent on wool' and John Key laughs and says that 'we can't pull tourism over peoples' eyes'. Context - Tourism outstrips farming as top export earner. Figures released by Statistics NZ show international tourists spent $9.5 billion while visiting New Zealand for the year ending March 2010. Tourism exports contribute more than $560 million more than dairy exports - worth $8.9 billion over the same period, down from $9.9 billion the previous year. (ODT Hamish McNeilly 18 November 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017480

Description: Finance Minister Bill English looks proudly at the 'Front Line Service' of the 'NZ Public Service'. Behind the door two fat men representing 'consultants' and 'private contractors' raise their champagne glasses. Context - The government intends reducing the size of the public service with mergers and redundancies. One argument that is made is that front line services are being improved. However consultants and provate contractors are the people who seem to make a good living off the restructurings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016388

Description: Prime Minister John Key and his deputy Bill English sympathise with people because of the tough economic times but John Key smiles as he leaves for his luxury pad in Hawaii and Bill English warns people to tighten their belts. Context; The [December] half-year update on the government's books will show a cash deficit well in excess of the already massive $13.3 billion deficit forecast in the Budget in May. "We have taken our fiscal position to the outer limit of what we regard as acceptable," Key said in his weekly post-Cabinet press conference. He would not answer questions speculating at a cash deficit over $15 billion, but said the Half Year Fiscal and Economic Update from the Treasury would show "a significant number, not a number we would want to see repeated."(Scoop Business 13 December 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017076

Description: Three men sit round a table in a pub; one of them reads from a newspaper that 'Key's going ahead and buying the new BMZs' and a second man says 'I hear Bill English prefers Dodges'. A third man jokes that 'We're talkin' cars here not accommodation allowances'. Context - The Department of Internal Affairs' Ministerial Services division decided late last year to replace its three-year-old fleet of BMW 730Ld limousines with the latest model. But with the Government's focus on cost-cutting in the public sector and ordinary New Zealanders facing hard times, the deal has been widely criticised. (NZ Herald 18 February 2011) The comment about 'accommodation allowances' refers to the 2009 scandal over Bill English's Karori house when the minister claimed nearly $1000 a week to live in his family house in Wellington in spite of fact that the English's family trust owns the $1.2 million house in Karori; he claims his real home is in Dipton. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0017416

Description: Prime Minister John Key clutches desperately a huge bag of money with a '$' symbol on it while Finance Minister Bill English stands nearby holding a large axe and looking very grim. John Key says 'Hack off what you want from the others - just don't take back my precious tax cuts'. Context - Refers to the May budget, and John Key's announcement that it is now likely the Government will not spend any new money in this year's budget. Published in the Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016103

Description: Deputy PM Bill English is on the phone to the PM reporting that he has 'sorted out the Pansy Wong problem'. There is a plank leading from Bill English's desk to the window-sill - clearly Pansy Wong has had to walk it. Refers to news that Pansy Wong, resigned her portfolios as Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister because she broke the rules when she and her husband went to China and he conducted business while he was there. Pansy Wong is being further investigated. There are two private companies registered at Ms Wong's Botany electorate office in which Mr Wong has interests. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DX-003-069

Description: Shows the key political leaders of the 2002 general election competing in an Extreme Sports final. There are many injuries. Other Titles - Green. N. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016114

Description: A crowd of people who include 'farmers', 'manufacturers', and 'exporters' shout and yell and blast away with their guns at a 'hi-flying kiwi' with '$' symbols on its wings. Text reads 'Kiwi-hunting season opens'. Refers to the high 'kiwi' dollar - 'Normally when New Zealand started coming out of a recession, the currency dropped against the US dollar, export prices picked up pretty sharply, and banks started lending money again but following the last recession the banks were being careful after having a "near death experience"', Finance Minister Bill English said. Also the New Zealand dollar had not dropped, and signs were that the policies of the US, China and Britain meant this country was going to have to deal with a high New Zealand dollar for another 12 to 18 months. (NBR 18 November 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017260

Description: Two businessmen emerge from a building wondering whether 'Bill English' has ''Made any uplifting pronouncements on the economy or budget lately?..' On the footpath outside is Finance Minister Bill English wearing a sandwich board that reads 'the end is nigh' and carrying a banner that reads 'We're doomed'. Context - the impact of an already struggling economy of the Christchurch earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017530

Description: An elderly gentleman stands on a dockside near a huge ship named 'Titanic Insurance' and reassures the onlooker that the ship is 'Too big to fail!' Context - The bailout of AMI Insurance by the government which means that again taxpayers, many of whom are struggling financially, are footing the bill of up to $1 billion. Finance Minister Bill English announced a "back-up" support package of up to $500 million for AMI to give certainty to its 485,000 policy holders that their claims would be covered. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).