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Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0026439

Description: Shows a seated couple, the man is reading a paper with the headline 'Key happy for Banks to vote on casino' while the woman comments "I've got some sympathy for Mr Banks. Who can remember Mr Dot Com giving them $50,000? I can't!" Refers to Act MP John Banks who claims not to remember receiving a campaign donation from millionaire internet tycoon Kim Dotcom. Banks stepped down as a minister but continued to stand as an MP. Despite calls from the Green party and others that he should not vote on the Skycity deal, Prime Minister John Key indicated he was happy for Banks to vote on the deal - a significant decision given the narrow margin by which the legislation was expected to pass. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0025345

Description: Under the heading 'Two problems that bode ill for NZ' are two scenes: on the left are 'Thousands of school leavers who don't read because they can't' and on the right 'A Prime Minister who doesn't read because he won't'. The picture on the left is accompanied by smoking youths in street clothes , some with skateboards, while the picture on the right includes two documents labelled 'Police reports on John Banks' and 'The Dotcom Story'. A marginal figure at the bottom right comments that "He's referring all questions to his smokesperson". Refers to reports earlier in 2012 that one in five students in New Zealand is leaving school without qualifications, with some unable to fill out the unemployment benefit form (See Stuff, 24.6.12). Also refers to media speculation around Prime Minister John Key's claims that he did not know about the Government spying on Kim Dotcom and donations received from Kim Dotcom by Minister John Banks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021140

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key climbing Mount Popularity but finding it difficult because of the weight of ACT leader John Banks and his 'friend' Kim Dotcom, an Internet millionaire. Context: ACT leader John Banks refused to answer questions about two $25,000 donations to his mayoral campaign from (internet millionaire Kim ) Dotcom which were made the day after the two men met in an April 2010. Mr Banks signed off on campaign finance returns recording the money as coming from anonymous sources. Mr Dotcom is a very large man. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021121

Description: ACT leader John Banks refused to answer questions about two $25,000 donations to his mayoral campaign from (internet millionaire Kim ) Dotcom which were made the day after the two men met in an April 2010. Mr Banks later signed off on campaign finance returns recording the money as coming from anonymous sources. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021128

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key with an apple core inside his head. He pronounces himself interested only in the 'legality of Mr Banks' actions, not the "wide definition of ethics".' Context: ACT leader John Banks refused to answer questions about two $25,000 donations to his mayoral campaign from internet millionaire Kim Dotcom which were made the day after the two men met in an April 2010. Mr Banks later signed off on campaign finance returns recording the money as coming from anonymous sources. Failure to declare donations where a candidate knows the source is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and an NZ$10,000 fine Failure to declare donations where a candidate knows the source is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and an NZ$10,000 fine. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021585

Description: Shows John Key attempting to silence Hekia Parata who is holding papers about class size. Behind Key is John Banks who has been put under a blanket. Banks is accompanied by a headless man with a suitcase of money and his friend Mr Crimp. Context: Parata has been criticised for National government plans to increase class sizes and fire teachers. Key intervened and claimed that no school would lose more than two teachers. (NZ Herald website 30 May 2012). Key has refused to sack ACT MP John Banks despite allegations that Banks knew his anonymous donor Kim Dotcom (NZ Herald website 7 May 2012) and accepted donations from anti Maori Invercargill businessman Louis Crimp (NZ herald website 21 May 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021125

Description: Shows Prime Minister John key as an organ grinder and ACT leader John Banks as his monkey. Refers to the PM's continuing to support ACT Party leader John Banks after he declared as anonymous two cheques amounting to $50,000 that he received from Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom. Failure to declare donations where a candidate knows the source is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and an NZ$10,000 fine. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021197

Description: Prime Minister John Key tells Finance Minister Bill English that he would be happier getting rid of ACT leader John Banks than banking Dotcom's income. Context: John Banks received a donation from Kim Dotcom, an internet millionaire, during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. He has also been caught out on several occasions being less than truthful and has become somewhat of a liability. Kim Dotcom has given many donations to political parties and other groups. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021124

Description: Shows a cup of tea, into which a life belt that has failed to save a drowning man, has been tossed by the National Party. The victim is the ACT Party whose leader John Banks declared two cheques amounting to $50,000 that he received from Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom as anonymous. The tea cup probably refers to the 'Tea party' affair when Prime Minister John Key slipped up badly in a staged event that was intended to show that he was backing ACT leader John Banks' candidacy in the Epson by-election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0027858

Description: Shows John Key with a parrott (representing the Maori Party) on his shoulder. Key is putting money into a piggy bank ('Key fundraising'). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0022898

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A civil servant tells the minister that the Prime Minsiter will stnad by him as he wants to be first to strangle him. Context: Prime Minister John Key has refused to stand down ACT Party MP John Banks despite scandal over donations from Kim Dotcom for his mayoral campaign (TV3 website 12 September2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: National Business Review Ltd

Reference: DCDL-0022904

Description: Depicts Prime Minister John Key as a ventriloquist speaking for his puppet ACT Party Leader John Banks next to a poster for 'Mr Key's Celebrated Puppet Theatre'. Context: Banks denied in Parliament that he lied to Key when he said he didn't know that a $50,000 donation to his 2010 mayoral campaign came from Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom (TV3 website 18 Sept 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0022901

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister scolds a staff member saying he can't act on reports he never sees. The staff member replies that the minister sees every report, to which the minister replies that he doesnt' want to see anymore. Context: Prime Minister John Key refuses to read the police dossier on the investigation into the legality of the Kim Dotcom donations to John Banks mayoral campaign. Thus Key cannot comment on it and will keep Banks on as a minister (National Business Review 18 Sept 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0022900

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A reporter asks the secretary of a minister what media is the source of his news information. She replies that he believes that no news is good news. Context: Prime Minister John Key refuses to read the police dossier on the investigation into the legality of the Kim Dotcom donations to John Banks mayoral campaign. Thus Key cannot comment on it and will keep Banks on as a minister (National Business Review 18 Sept 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).