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Chair of the Otago District Health Board sacked. 31 January 2009.
Date: 2009
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0010226
Description: A dog with the head of Health Minister, Tony Ryall, barks furiously at Richard Thomson, the chair of the Otago District Health Board, who is standing at a hospital window. Prime Minister, John Key, (who broke his arm in an accident) tells Ryall that Thomson is 'not going to budge' and that he should 'try Bainimarama instead'. Refers to the conviction for fraud of two of Richard Thomson's staff; Thomson himself was held accountable and eventually replaced, though not before he had told Tony Ryall that he wasn't going to resign and that Ryall should show the courage of his convictions and sack him, because the fraud had begun before he had even joined the ODHB and he himself had initiated the investigation which brought the matter to a head. A defiant Mr Thomson told NZPA he believed the real motivation to sack him was because he was a Labour Party member. Mr Ryall's decision reeked of political interference, he said.The fraud actually involved the DHB's former chief information officer Michael Swann and his friend and business associate Kerry Harford were found guilty in December last year of defrauding the board $16.9 million. The fraud happened over a period of six years. The reference to Bainimarama relates to his refusing to make a date for democratic elections in Fiji in spite of an ultimatum from the Pacific Forum. (NZ Herald 17 February 2009) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick 1941- :"The toast of Canberra!.. A celeb in Bollywood!.. They seem to ...
Date: 2011
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018221
Description: An elderly couple sit watching the news on television and the woman comments that Prime Minister John Key is 'The toast of Canberra!... A celeb in Bollywood!.. They seem to love him wherever he goes!' The man replies 'He hasn't been to the Hillside Workshops yet!' Context - On the 20th June PM John Key made history when he became the first New Zealand leader to address the Australian Parliament. On 26 June John Key left for an official state visit to India. KiwiRail will go ahead with its decision to cut up to 44 jobs at its Hillside Workshops in South Dunedin and work is being sent offshore to China. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).