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"I'm here to celebrate your birthday and historic links with the Labour Party..." "And ...
Date: 2008
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0005184
Description: Shows Prime Minister, Helen Clark, approaching with a lighted match, a member of the Ratana Church, who carries a French horn and is shackled by his ankle to a huge bomb. She says that she is here to celebrate his birthday and historic links with the Labour Party. Behind him National leader, John Key approaches with a cake that National has made and in which is embedded a file. Refers to the visit made by both leaders, to the Ratana Pa annual celebrations marking the birth of Ratana's founder, with the intention of wooing the Maori vote in the run up to the 2008 election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Toxic honey....28 March, 2008
Date: 2008
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0005929
Description: Shows Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, and Leader of the National Party, John Key, each standing behind a roadside stall that is laden with jars of honey. The jars are labelled with words such as 'trust me', 'dreams', 'faith', 'blind promises', blind trust', 'big ideas', 'hope' etc. Refers to the promises being made by the two main parties in the run up to the 2008 election. Refers also to the strange cases of people becoming very sick in the Coromandel area after eating honey contaminated as a result of bees feeding on tutu (Coriaria arborea) bushes. Published in the Sunday Times Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).