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Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017058

Description: A kiwi stands gloomily at the top of a cliff preparing to fall backwards into the recession below. Text reads 'The New Zealand economy steadies itself... preparing for a backward somersault, twisting two-and-a-half turns, double-dipping tuck in the pike position... or as us common folk call it - a fall'. 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. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016093

Description: Finance Minister Bill English as a surgeon is dripping 'tax cuts' into a mortally ill patient who lies on an operating table and who represents 'the economy'; he is agitated that there are 'still no signs of life'. Underneath the table is a bin filled with the patient's organs. Nearby PM John Key suggests that he 'stop hacking bits off' to see if this would improve the situation. Refers to the economy, stagnating because of the need to save and bring down debt. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0021894

Description: Shows a man representing Prime Minister John Key, dying in a desert, as he reaches desperately towards a mirage that represents a 'surplus'. Context: Refers to John Key's vain attempt to reach his target of achieving a budget surplus in 2014/15. He says the government won't wreck the economy to get there. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0018144

Description: The cartoon shows the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, as a kangaroo, leaping off into the distance. Struggling along behind is NZ PM John Key on a pogo stick thinking that he is 'nearly there'. Text reads 'Keeping up with the neighbours... Context - This probably refers to the National Party's pledge to close the gap between Australian and New Zealand wages by 2025. Finance Minister Bill English was quoted in a newspaper this morning (9 April 2011) as saying New Zealands competitive advantage with Australia included its wage differential, with our 30 per cent cheaper workforce." This amounts to an admission of defeat on the goal of lifting New Zealand's wages against Australia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017970

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister, John Key, offering a wishbone to a member of the public 'anyone'. He says 'Hey! Wanna share our national assets with me?' Context - In January, when PM John Key proposed selling up to 49 per cent of state-owned energy companies Mighty River Power, Meridian, Genesis and Solid Energy and reducing the Government's 75 per cent shareholding in Air New Zealand, he acknowledged that he had work to do to get the country on board. The idea is that New Zealanders will buy shares in these assets. Key says that State owned assets would be a safer investment for many who had been burned by failed finance companies. (NZHerald 27 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0028760

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key in a tiny boat with an old, sputtering stove pipe for an engine - representing the National Party's policies - trying to break through an enormous iceberg. Key looks out towards a distant boat labelled, 'economy' which is trapped in the ice, and calls out to it, "Not long now..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0018046

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English proudly stand on either side of a small fellow engulfed in an enormous jersey that represents the 'deficit' as they prepare to be photographed. John Key tells the fellow in the jersey 'it's the biggest we can borrow' while Bill English says 'Don't worry, you'll grow into it..' Context - Treasury today published the Government's financial statements for the 10 months ended April 30, which showed the debt mountain had grown to $71.6b. The figures were released amid criticism that more debt is being taken on than necessary, and the Council of Trade Unions said the Government was "trying to scare people" by its misleading use of high borrowing figures. The Government is practising "good cash management" by borrowing an extra $5 billion this year to take advantage of low interest rates despite gross debt hitting $71.6b, a senior economist says. (Stuff June 7, 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017541

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A colleague is reading a newspaper and tells the Minister that 'There's been criticism of your decision to have heated rear seats in the new ministerial limos' He jokes 'You're in the hot seats over hot seats'. Context - PM John Key has confirmed that 34 new BMW limousines being bought for Cabinet ministers will come with the optional extra of heated seating. BMW's New Zealand website lists installation of rear heated seating as adding close to $1000 to a vehicle's price (three cars will have the heated seats). Labour MP Chris Hipkins said that if the Government was serious about cutting wasteful spending, it should cancel the purchase of the new BMWs or at least say no thanks to the heated seats and other "nice to have" trimmings. 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-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: 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: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016930

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister asks what future generations have ever done for us when a colleague suggests that selling off the country's assets will leave nothing for future generations. Context - The government's intention to sell off some or parts of some state assets... Prime Minister John Key believes the Government could free up as much as $10 billion from the partial sale of key assets including state owned power companies and a stake in Air New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017034

Description: A grinning PM John Key wearing a flowery shirt and jandals and clutching a barbecued sausage and a can of beer emerges from one door and a miserable Finance Minister Bill English wearing a raincoat and clutching an umbrella and a copy of the 'budget' emerges from the other door of a weather house with 'Forecast' across it. Context - news about the state of the New Zealand economy continues to be a cause for anxiety but the prime minister never appears to suffer from anxiety. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016422

Description: Prime Minister John Key sits on the knee of Santa Claus and complains, saying 'I find exactly the same thing... Those naive enough to still believe in you expect you to deliver the earth'. Refers to John Key's strong lead as preferred PM in opinion polls and the mounting problems with which he has to deal, especially the economy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015573

Description: The cartoon is entitled 'seismic upheaval'. Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English stand near great seismic cracks in the ground and stare sadly at a huge wallet, 'Bill's boodle', belonging to Bill English. Vast quantities of banknotes spill out of the cash pocket in the wallet which also contains a 'travel card', a 'house card' and an 'expenses card'. The various cards in the wallet refer to expense account embarrassments relating to Bill English. Etched in the ground are the words 'Christchurch quake' and 'South Canterbury Finance'. The cartoon refers to two major events in the Canterbury area in recent times that have incurred huge government costs; these are the collapse of the South Canterbury Finance Company and the earthquake that struck early Saturday morning 4th September. The South Canterbury Finance Company has been taken into receivership by the government which has guaranteed that all 30,000 fortunate high-risk investors will be paid out $1.6b thanks to the taxpayer. Treasury is assuming that the cost of the earthquake will reach $4 billion, including $2 billion worth of estimated damage to private dwellings and their contents, $1 billion of damage to commercial property, and $1 billion worth of damage to public infrastructure. 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-0016951

Description: Prime Minister John Key sits on top of a bag of money labelled 'tax cuts for the rich' which rests in the battlements of a tall tower. He yells through a loud hailer at Leader of the Labour opposition Phil Goff saying 'You're living in a fantasy land!' On the ground below is Phil Goff holding a placard that reads 'Cut taxes to the workers!' In the background is a rainbow. Context - In his 'state of the nation' speech to kick off Labour's 2011 election campaign Goff said Labour would rebalance the tax system so that everyone pays their fair share. Under Labour New Zealanders will not pay tax on their first $5000 of income and the party will introduce a new top rate of tax for six-figure earners. John Key said "It's fiscally irresponsible, we live in New Zealand not fantasyland". (TVNZ 25 January 2011) Published in the Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017069

Description: Text across the top of the cartoon reads 'MPs get $200,000 BMW limos' Prime Minister John Key leans out of one car and says 'We're tightening our belts too our SEAT belts!' In a second car Deputy PM leans from a window and says 'Ha! Ha!' In the background is the Beehive. 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. Prime Minister John Key should have been aware of officials' plans for the multimillion dollar purchase of 34 German limousines in time for the Rugby World Cup, months before the deal was inked, documents show. (NZ Herald 18 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016361

Description: Prime Minister John Key dressed in a space suit floats into outer space along with a document headed 'Deficit'. He says 'Don't panic it's only at "the outer limit of what we would regard as acceptable"'... 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: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016939

Description: Two men in a pub chat at cross purposes over a beer. One of them reads an article in a newspaper entitled 'Goff and Key Speech' that says 'Tax exemptions, selling off the family silver, schemes, bribes, sweeteners?... Who pays for all this in a bid to prop NZ up!?' The second man reads a paper with a title 'Hayman return rumour' and says 'Frankly, if that's what it takes to get Carl Hayman back into the AB's front row, I'd give it to him'. Context - They are talking about PM John Key's considering the sale of state assets to help the economy and about the All Blacks. Prime Minister John Key believes the Government could free up as much as $10 billion from the partial sale of key assets including state owned power companies and a stake in Air New Zealand. The second man is talking about a report claiming the NZRU had been in secret discussions with Hayman's French club, Toulon, over the possibility of a short-term return to New Zealand to allow the 46-test prop to resurrect his All Black career at the Rugby World Cup. There is nothing to the report says boss Steve Tew. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017791

Description: In the first frame PM John Key who sports a tie with royal crowns on it says 'After a hard week visiting old battlefields and royal weddings I can't wait to get home' In the second frame he continues 'and put my feet up'. John Key relaxes in a chair with his feet up on an enormous bag of 'borrowings'. Context - PM John Key attended the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April 2011. He returns home to enormous debt and an imminent belt-tightening budget. Published in the Dominion Post Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0017158

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key in three panels suffering a moment of insight when he realizes that what is happening in Libya and the Middle East has echoes in New Zealand and that mobs might overthrow him too. In the top panel he gives a statesmanlike speech about 'our Foreign Affairs people, keeping a close watch on Libya where the situation has deteriorated dramatically... It's a popular reaction to high youth unemployment, high food prices, widening disparities and ahem...ah...ulp...golly...look been thinking about this whole flash new BMW ministerial car thing... it could have been better handled by everyone including me'. Context - Many New Zealanders are finding the cost of living very hard to manage and Colonel Gaddafi of Libya is refusing to stand down in the face of popular uprisings across Libya. The uprisings against the repressive dictatorship in Libya follow those in first Tunisia and then Egypt and Bahrain. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).