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Date: 2014

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-2014-01

Description: Programme shows an illustration of the new electric train on the front cover. Opening speeches were given by MC David Warburton, Dr Lester Levy, Hon Gerry Brownlee and Mayor Len Brown. After the speeches, the train was to leave for Newmarket at 10 am and return to Britomart at approximately 10.15 am. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet folded to 210 x 150 mm. Provenance: Donated by Margaret Hurst, Wellington, in 2014.

Date: [8 March 2011]

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: [Original cartoons by Chris Slane featured in a retrospective exhibition at Alta Gallery, Wellington, 8-22 October 2016.]

Reference: A-474-048

Description: Prime Minister John Key drives a crane labelled with the National Party's logo, to which is attached a crane and a huge demolition ball in the shape of MP Gerry Brownlee's head; the ball smashes against a historic building bringing stone pediments down. Gerry Brownlee, the Earthquake Recovery Minister, caused a stir by suggesting that if he had his way some of Christchurch's older buildings would be "down tomorrow". He also said the price of saving some historic buildings badly damaged in the February 22 earthquake was too high. People had died in the quake because of attempts to save historic buildings badly damaged in the September 4 quake. Brownlee said he had no regrets despite the stir his comments caused - but he was annoyed by suggestions the Cathedral and Riccarton House were among buildings he thought should be bowled. He believed those buildings should be saved, and they would be. "I'm not a philistine; I was chairman of the trust that actually saved Riccarton House from the bulldozers in 1990. "I understand conservation architecture very well and I do have an appreciation of heritage buildings." Digital version held at DCDL-0017307. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - SLANE.co.nz [in graphite] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and graphite on card, 227 x 300 mm

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014897

Description: The cartoon shows Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee with his mouth open showing two teeth, one labeled 'credibility' and the other 'gap'. Text above reads 'Tasman wage gap $40 wider despite Brownlee's denials...news'. Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee has claimed the gap in average wages is now less than it was when Labour left office in November 2008. However, a comparison of average weekly earnings in November 2008 and February this year shows New Zealand wages grew by 5.2 per cent over that period while Australia's grew by 6.7 per cent. The wage gap between New Zealand and Australian workers has widened by $40 to $580 a week since National came to power in late 2008 promising to address the income gap. (Stuff) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017003

Description: Around a table sit Minister for Energy and Economic Development Gerry Brownlee, Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully, PM John Key and Finance Minister Bill English; Gerry Brownlee says that tourism now earns more than farming, Murray McCully argues that 'we are still dependent on wool' and John Key laughs and says that 'we can't pull tourism over peoples' eyes'. Context - Tourism outstrips farming as top export earner. Figures released by Statistics NZ show international tourists spent $9.5 billion while visiting New Zealand for the year ending March 2010. Tourism exports contribute more than $560 million more than dairy exports - worth $8.9 billion over the same period, down from $9.9 billion the previous year. (ODT Hamish McNeilly 18 November 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017466

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Gerry Brownlee Minister of Energy and Resources drive a National train with the words 'Fossil Fuels Exploitation' painted on the engine, which hauls a truck labeled 'Submissions of concern'. Gerry Brownlee is busy shoveling piles of submissions into the firebox while John Key says 'It's not as though it'll be us burning the stuff - as you see we're finding alternative renewable fuels'. Context - Tapping oil, gas and coal reserves has been made the top priority in the government's plans to develop energy supplies, sparking a furious response from environmentalists. The strategy, Developing Our Energy Potential, puts exploring ''petroleum and mineral fuel'' reserves - essentially oil, gas and coal - ahead of investing in renewable power sources and new technologies. The Green Party said the energy strategy "demonstrates how backwards-looking this government is on energy". (TVNZ 4 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016859

Description: Two trampers meet Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee in the bush. They are concerned that the Forest and Bird people have said there is a threat that the forests could become totally silent. Gerry Brownlee says 'Not once I'd got started'. Behind him is a huge bulldozer with the words 'Mine the Parks' printed on it. Context - The Government's stocktake of New Zealand's mineral resources which includes investigating reserves in three national parks and a statement that Native forests are falling silent as unprotected native bird populations rapidly decline from predation, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright says. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014347

Description: Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee sits at a table having a glass of wine with PM John Key. Gerry Brownlee reads a newspaper with the headline 'Cannibal quip "in poor taste"' and comments that a Tuhoe kaumatua says John Key has really put his foot in his mouth. John Key replies that it is possibly safer that putting his foot in the kaumatua's mouth. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016794

Description: The cartoon shows MPs at the beach during the Christmas holiday break. PM John Key, Minister of Finance Bill English and Minister of Energy and Conservation Jerry Brownlee build the 'Beehive' out of sand; Co-leaders of the Maori Party Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia fish from a waka; and Deputy leader of the Labour Party Annette King drives a speedboat that pulls Labour leader Phil Goff along on water skis. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017873

Description: The cartoon is in four frames. The master chef is Prime Minister John Key, who together with Finance Minister Bill English 'Dicard[s] nutritional ingredients' by throwing out of the mixing bowl 'Kiwisaver', 'assets', 'skills training', 'working for families', 'student loans' and the 'public sector'. He then makes the mixture 'Dilute' with a jug of liquid labelled 'Chch' (Christchurch) and the Minister with responsibility for Christchurch Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, dips in his finger and licks his lips. John Key then 'add[s] oil' which is labelled 'Keep high end tax cuts' and then with a smile 'Serve[s] with hard cheese'. Context - Master chefs is a very popular television topic at the moment. the 2011 budget which was announced on Thursday 19 May. The New Zealand government ran an operating deficit of $10.16 billion in the nine months ended March 31, almost 15 per cent worse than forecast in December, as earthquake costs and a weaker than expected economic recovery hit the government's books. Also, Treasury said GST receipts were lower than expected and the benefits of income tax cuts were not flowing through as expected. The Budget is expected to include no additional spending from the previous budget. (NZHerald 10 May 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014430

Description: The cartoon is entitled 'English Grammar'. In the first of two frames a Tuhoe man points at a 'National Park' and says 'MINE!' which is described as 'the possessive pronoun' and in the second frame Minister for Energy and Resources points at the 'National Park' and says 'MINE!' which is described as 'the transitive verb'. Refers to the Tuhoe expectation that they were to be granted 'ownership' of the Urewera National Park' as part of a settlement; the expectation was dashed by an about-face by PM John Key who denied that the notion had ever been on the table. Gerry Brownlee, however, wants to start exploratory drilling for precious minerals in some national parks, some of the areas of interest being Schedule 4 pristine bush, supposedly absolutely protected from development of any sort. Tuhoe want to 'possess' ('mine' - hence possessive pronoun) and Brownlee wants to mine - hence, 'transitive verb'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-001-857

Description: Caricature of Gerry Brownlee, deputy leader of the National Party, MP for Ilam, Shadow leader of the House and Spokesperson on Maori Affairs. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2004

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004608

Description: Shows Gerry Brownlee, the deputy leader of the National Party running and pulling the head of the party's leader, Don Brash, along with him. Cartoon portrays the perceived weakness of the leader of the National Party, Don Brash. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017437

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key as a surgeon in a blood-spattered white coat; he has just created a Frankenstein monster which has resulted in the Minister for Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee and Mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker joined together in a single body named 'CERA". Gerry Brownlee clutches a huge spiked mallet and Bob Parker a paintbrush. Context - a new bill is being rushed through parliament to establish the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera); it empowers it to lead reconstruction efforts in Christchurch. It gives Cera specific powers to get information from any source, to requisition and build on land and to carry out demolitions. It can also take over local authorities if they are not working effectively on recovery work. The monster suggests distinctly differing philosophies on how the work of rebuilding Christchurch should proceed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

Reference: DCDL-0014508

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee sit on logs in a national park roasting frogs over a fire. The prime minister mumbles through his cigar that he has decided to 'pull the plug on giving Te Urewera National Park back to Tuhoe' and Gerry Brownlee is pleased because otherwise they 'might not be able to mine it'. Refers to the government decision, apparently a u-turn by John Key, that the ownership of the Urewera National Park, which Tuhoe had regarded as a fait accompli, will not be returned to them. The frogs being eaten by John Key and Gerry Brownlee are endangered Archie's frogs that would be threatened by mining. By proposing to mine National parks, this government is undermining their purpose - that they're protected. The cartoon is saying that if the crown no longer own them, they might not be able to exploit them, or a to be more exact, profit from exploiting them. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0017529

Description: Text reads 'What??... Is it another quake?.. No, it's just Gerry Brownlee rushing the CERA bill through'. The cartoon shows the huge back of Minister for Christchurch Recovery Gerry Brownlee moving energetically and forcefully to get the CERA bill past its third reading. Context - The bill establishes the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) and empowers it to lead reconstruction efforts in Christchurch. It gives Cera specific powers to get information from any source, to requisition and build on land and to carry out demolitions. It can also take over local authorities if they are not working effectively on recovery work. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0017557

Description: Acting Minister of Energy and Resources, Hekia Parata drives a wondrously rickety drilling machine on which are painted the words 'Fossil Fuel "Shitty - Shitty Bang! Bang!"' Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee puts his considerable weight behind the machine and Hekia Parata shouts 'Gerry I love our magic car that turns carbon into dolphins'. Context - The government is determined to continue exploring the environment for fossil fuels. Hekia Parata has expressed her disappointment at the action of Greenpeace protestors who disrupted the research programme being undertaken by Petrobras off the East Cape today (10 April). "Petrobras has been awarded a five year permit to explore what, if any, oil or gas prospects exist off the coast,'' Ms Parata says. (Beehive 10 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016319

Description: Prime Minister John Key sits on the knee of Santa Claus telling him what he would like for Christmas; Santa offers him a sweet. Next in the queue is Minister for Energy and the Environment Gerry Brownlie who wants chocolate, Phil Goff leader of the Labour Party who wants 'a personality', chair of Task Force 2025 Don Brash who wants 'a pink shirt with a purple polks dots and a matching tie', Trevor Mallard Labour spokesman on education and labour who wants 'Tau Henare's head on a stake and Captain if the Black Caps Daniel Vettori who wants 'a bloody miracle'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025605

Description: Shows Gerry Brownlee as a petrol pump with his hands in his ears, ignoring an angry motorist. Refers to the increases to petrol excise duty and road user charges that took effect on 1 July. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0023731

Description: Shows Minister of Transport, Gerry Brownlee, dressed as Santa with a kiwi bird sitting on his lap holding a small toy car. The kiwi says that the petrol tax increase is not what he'd asked for. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0025336

Description: Shows Gerry Brownlee, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, next to a stack of paperwork labelled, 'building consents' where the C has been crossed out and replaced with an N to spell 'nonsents'. Text above reads, 'The Christchurch Silly Council,' a pun on Christchurch City Council. Brownlee says, "Time for a bit of constructive advice." Refers to International Accreditation New Zealand revoking the council's building consent accreditation citing an inability to bring its processes up to the required standard. Brownlee says the Government will seek to audit recent building consents to ensure they were up to the required standards. (Stuff.co.nz) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).