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Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0026175

Description: An excited woman shows 'a key to the door' to her partner who assumes that it is the key to their first home. Unfortunately it is only the key to a literal door. It is all that the couple can afford. During 2013 house prices and costs rose dramatically, especially in Auckland and Christchurch, putting the goal of owning their first home out of reach of many people. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0026509

Description: The mayor of Auckland, Len Brown makes a public statement. Naked and and with articles of women's underwear hanging of him, he announces 'And this affair will in no way affect the seriousness of my intent to carry on as the mayor of Auckland!' Len Brown confirmed on 16 October 2013 that he had conducted an affair with Bevan Chuang who serves on the Auckland City Council's Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel, but said that he was committed to stay as mayor. Many in Auckland, especially his political opponents, felt that he should stand down, partly because he could become an object of ridicule. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024045

Description: First frame of two frames depicts a couple telling someone on a telephone call that they have found a house in Auckland they can afford. The second frame shows the couple standing beside a very small house with a 'Sold' sticker. Refers to Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey which lists Auckland as one of the most unaffordable cities in the world (NZ Herald 22 Jan 2013). Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025230

Description: 'Mum' and 'Dad', holding a newspaper titled 'Real estate prices soar', stare with dismay at their son, his partner, three children, a dog and a large amount of luggage, arriving at the front door. The son announces that he has thought of a way for his parents to 'help us save for a house'. In June 2013 house prices, especially in Auckland and Christchurch, continued to soar. Savings for a deposit, especially with loan restrictions, seemed to be out of the reach of most families. For many families, continuing to live with their parents and other family members, with the concomitant overcrowding and stress, seemed to be the only option. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020989

Description: A conversation between the Sky City Casino tower and the Beehive. The Beehive replies "Oooh yes!" Sky City: "How about for a dollar?" "Absolutely not! What sort of girl do you think I am?" replies the Beehive. "We've established what you are madam... now we're just haggling over the price!" replies Sky City. With thanks to George Bernard Shaw. There is controversy surrounding a proposal for Sky City to build a national convention centre in Auckland in return for being allowed to have more pokie machines, which will require a law change. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022860

Description: Nadzeya Ostapchuk, the woman shotput contestant in the London 2012 Olympic Games, claims that she took illegal supplements unknowingly. John Banks says that it was the same for him. He is holding a newspaper headlined 'Mayoral election account'. The cartoonist, as a bird, comments 'We know what we're being fed!'. Ostapchuk was disqualified from her gold medal for taking performance enhancing drugs. She protested her innocence and lack of knowledge that the drugs were illegal. John Banks likewise protested his lack of knowledge of the large donations from Kit Dotcom used to finance his campaign. The public were mainly of the cartoonist's opinion Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023256

Description: Four-panelled carton in which the Minister of Finance, Bill English, denies that homes costing half a million dollars are unaffordable for many New Zealanders; his reasoning is that with the Spring rains, there must be 'pots of gold sitting at the end of rainbows all over the country!' By October 2012 the crisis in the lack of housing, especially in Auckland and Christchurch, was worsening. The government, however, displayed no sense of urgency, nor any desire to increase expenditure on public housing. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023258

Description: The Prime Minister, John Key announces the government's new housing plan of making home ownership easier for the poor by opening land for development and cutting through red tape. The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, compares it to the intention the SS Titanic to make Trans-Atlantic travel easier. The National Party government, in response to the housing crisis, in October 2012 announced a new housing package of opening up land and easing official restrictions on its development. The Labour opposition was sceptical. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0018025

Description: Text reads 'The taniwha in the way of Auckland rail tunnel'. Below, at his desk, sits Steven Joyce, Minister of Transport as the 'taniwha'. The Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce, said today that the government does not have the money for the Auckland rail tunnel through the Central Business District - the CBD. Mr Joyce does not believe that the tunnel would bring enough benefit to Auckland. The 3.5km tunnel would cost $2.4bn. The Auckland City Council believes that the tunnel would bring $1.3bn in transport benefits and $3.3bn wider benefits to the CBD, like more businesses. The government's figures are $387m in transport benefits and $305m in wider benefits. Transport benefits would come from having fewer buses. The mayor, Len Brown, made the CBD rail tunnel one of his main election promises to Aucklanders. He will not give up his plan to have a rail tunnel. (ESL News - June 2 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0018080

Description: Text reads 'The price of a new Auckland Convention Centre'. The cartoon shows a pair of dice bouncing on a gaming table. Context - Refers to the problem of gambling. Auckland Council is awaiting the results of negotiations between the government and Sky City over the National Convention Centre, despite calls from some councillors to enter into the process now to try to stop the company increasing its number of pokie machines. (http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland, 28 June 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).