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"Oh no what have we created?" "Wrong head, you fool!" 14 October 2010
Date: 2010
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
Reference: DCDL-0015843
Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key and Minister for Local Government Rodney Hide, who are horrified at the Frankenstein monster they have created that represents the Auckland 'Super City'. The monster has snapped the leather straps that held it down in the science laboratory and is now rising up repeating the mantra 'Consultation... inclusive... public transport...' Refers to the official launch of the supercity with the 9th of October local body elections in which Len Brown was elected mayor. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"These are taken but would sir care to look at something else?" 26 August 2009
Date: 2009
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012135
Description: Prime Minister John Key welcomes Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party, to a seat in the sun but points him towards a seat that represents 'Foreshore seabed concession' because all the 'Auckland supercity seats' are taken. Refers to the argument about Maori seats on the supercity council which Pita Sharples advocates. The suggestion in the cartoon is that because the Maori Party has already won what can be seen as a concession in the Foreshore and Seabed debate, (a review) they should not expect to get the seats that they want on the supercity council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"What's wrong darling? You're very pale?" "Nothing, you just look different from the ma...
Date: 2010
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0015779
Description: Prime Minister John Key is dressed as a groom; his bride (new Mayor of Auckland Len Brown) is anxious because he looks so pale but he reassures her it is nothing, that she just looks different from the bride he ordered from the mail-order catalogue; in his hand he holds the catalogue which has an image of John Banks who has been defeated by Len Brown in the mayoral race for Auckland supercity. The suggestion is that John Banks as a right wing candidate was very much John Key's preferred choice for mayor; but Auckland now has a left wing mayor, backed by a majority left wing council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"The way will soon be clear Bwana!" 16 June 2009
Date: 2009
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0011514
Description: Shows Rodney Hide Minister for Local Government swinging an axe as though he is fighting in one of the African wars and cutting the red tape of local bodies to shreds. He tells 'bwana', Prime Minister John Key, who stands in the background that the way will soon be clear. Refers to Rodney Hide's enthusiastic attack on what he regards as over-resourced local bodies, particularly his reducing the seven Auckland local bodies to one that will result in a 'supercity'. Published in MG Business Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"We're not going to slice up Rodney after all." "That's a pity." 19 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012867
Description: Prime Minister John Key holds a paper called 'Auckland Super City Boundaries' and announces that they are not going to slice up Rodney after all. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples who stands beside him thinks this is a pity while leader of the ACT Party Rodney Hide looks impervious. Refers to debate about which parts of wider Auckland will be included in the Auckland supercity restructuring. Refers also to the incident when Rodney Hide was recorded at a fund-raising breakfast for his party saying that Prime Minister John Key had done nothing and to Rodney Hide's attack on the use of expenses and perks by politicians and his own use of taxpayers' money to fund his girlfriend's expenses on a recent international trip, for these reasons Rodney Hide may not be so popular with the PM. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Making a super city... 11 April 2009
Date: 2009
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0010984
Description: Minister for Local Government, Rodney Hide, and Prime Minister, John Key, both of whom wear babies' nappies, play in a playpen. They pull dolls that represent Aucklanders to pieces and throw them out of the playpen. They also have blocks that spell out 'Auckland' that they are making a mess of stacking neatly. A large block bearing the words 'Royal Commission' is tossed out too. Refers to the determination of the government to make a 'supercity' of Auckland which currently has seven separate councils. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Another benefit of less restricted trans Tasman travel is that it will make it much ea...
Date: 2009
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0012080
Description: Prime Minister, John Key, smiles brightly as he stands at a podium and delivers a speech in which he comments that another benefit of less restricted trans-Tasman travel is that it will make it much easier for Rodney Hide to emigrate to Australia. Rodney Hide sits nearby with his arms stubbornly folded; beside him is a poster reading 'I shall resign over Maori seats'. Refers to the The Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement that is an informal agreement between Australia and New Zealand to allow for the free movement of citizens of one nation to the other. Refers also to the tensions that are simmering over whether there should be Maori seats in the Auckland 'super-city' council. The Royal Commission which reported on Auckland's local government structure recommended reserved Maori seats but the Government scrapped that when it set out its plans for the city. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Key favours Banksie for super mayor... 9 June 2009
Date: 2009
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0011436
Description: Prime Minister John Key tells the Mayor of Central Auckland John Banks to back off, as John Banks, dressed as a Roman emperor and riding on a litter is carried through the streets. Refers to John Key's reference to John Banks as 'super mayor' of Auckland which suggests that the PM has stated an untimely preference for supermayor if or when the seven Auckland councils combine into a single council for a 'supercity'. Published in Scoop.co.nz Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"We don't believe in smacking babies... ...And we certainly don't throw them out with t...
Date: 2009
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0012094
Description: Shows Prime Minister, John Key, carrying a bowl labelled 'Maori Party lobbying' in which sits a baby wearing a bib on which are the words 'Equal human rights'. John Key says that he doesn't believe in smacking babies and he certainly doesn't throw them out with the bath water. Refers to the lobbying by the Maori Party for Maori seats in the Auckland 'supercity' council while Rodney Hide of ACT has threatened to resign if Maori seats are created. John Key is seeking a compromise position. The 'smacking babies' comment refers to the referendum on the 'anti-smacking bill' that 'Family First' is paying $9 million for. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"...And then the humans took away my voice because I was loud, disruptive, and upsettin...
Date: 2009
From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]
Reference: DCDL-0012163
Description: Shows two dogs chatting as one of them reads a newspaper which has a headline that reads 'Iwi denied super city seats'. The other dog has a large bandage around its neck which the dog says was put there by humans because his voice was loud, disruptive and upset the neighbours. The first dog comments that he thought they only did that to Maori. Refers to the argument about whether there should be Maori seats on the new Auckland supercity council. The Maori Party (Pita Sharples) wants them, Rodney Hide, leader of ACT has threatened to resign if they get them and the government has to take a compromise position between its two coalition partners. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"If we have a Super City referendum you'll be able to mulch the other bed!" 3 June 2009
Date: 2009
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
Reference: DCDL-0011681
Description: Prime Minister John Key stands in his garden wearing gumboots and a t-shirt. A gardener is putting mulch around plants that is made of unused 'anti-smacking' referendum papers. John Key observes that the gardener will be able to mulch the other bed too if they have the Super City referendum. Refers to the confusion, expense and pointlessness of the smacking referendum that the lobby group 'Family First' seems intent on holding and also the expense and pointlessness of holding a referendum over whether Auckland should become a 'supercity' when it seems clear that the decision has made.North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says that the $9 million citizens' initiated referendum offers the government a golden opportunity to put the 'super city' back into the hands of residents and ratepayers and to give the reforms the public legitimacy they lack. The Minister for Local government Rodney Hide does not want a referendum. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Why must I give way to the far right?" 12 March 2010
Date: 2010
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
Reference: DCDL-0013934
Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key approaching an interserction only to find himself facing Local Government Minister Rodney Hide in a car with a sign reading 'Super city takover'. John Key wonders why he should give way to the far right. Refers to a pending road rule change which will scrap the right-hand rule and also refers to Rodney Hide's plans for the Auckland supercity being dictated by his far-right 'ACT' principles. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Be nice to Rodney kids, he's never had any friends and has never learnt how to share.....
Date: 2009
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0012172
Description: Shows Prime Minister, John Key, ushering Rodney Hide, Minister for Local Government, into a summer camp for 'kids from struggling families'. He tells the other kids that they should be nice to Rodney as 'he's never had any friends and has never learnt how to share...' Refers to a government initiative that will see thirty thousand children from struggling families get free access to holiday programmes under plans to help them stay out of trouble when school is out. A further 500 children looked after by foster parents or extended family will also get the chance to go to summer camp. The initiatives are cornerstones of a sweeping $84.55 million youth package unveiled by Prime Minister John Key and Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. Refers also to Rodney Hide's controversial refusal to permit dedicated Maori seats on the Auckland 'supercity' council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).