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Date: 2004

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Bay news (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0008437

Description: Shows a couple sitting at a table drinking coffee. The man reads from a newspaper called 'Council Lottery & Mayoral Serial'. The man says that he wonders how all those people that they have never heard of are getting on. The woman asks which people is he referring to. The man replies that they are the ones that they voted for. Refers to the local council elections in Auckland. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0006288

Description: In the first of two frames Christchurch Mayor, Bob Parker, informs people of what will happen to those who criticise the council rent rise. In the second frame he kicks an old man called 'Christchurch vulnerable'. The old man loses his false teeth and drops his walking frame. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011745

Description: Shows crowds of people walking in the streets of Dunedin. One man comments to his friend that Mayor Peter Chin said that he would have the city back on its feet and thanks to the parking and public transport whizkids they are - literally. Refers to the city council's decision to increase all bus fares, cancel all free short time parking, instal pay and display machines and at the same time increase fees to as much as $4 per hour. For years thrifty Dunedin motorists have enjoyed free parking. But this week the council replaced almost 700 short term parks with new pay and display meters. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0014366

Description: Shows a cargo ship called 'Supercity planning' with a load of containers arriving at a port. The containers are labelled non-smoking yet have smoke pouring from them. The cartoon is entitled 'Gunpowder plot' and an official on the wharf tells a passer-by that the laod is 'For controlled demolition of obsolete structures'. Refers to Auckland Supercity planning. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014455

Description: Shows Minister for Climate Change issues Nick Smith on the phone asking for advice from 'Your Worship' (Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin) and 'Mr Harland' (CEO of the Dunedin City Council) about how to push 'this ETS thing through against the public's wishes and reason'. Nick Smith thinks that the way Peter Chin and the Dunedin City Council got their way in the building of the new Forsyth Barr Stadium against great opposition led by a group calling itself 'Stop the Stadium' means that they should be able to advise him about how to get people to accept the need for increased prices because of the ETS. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0012229

Description: Cartoon shows the name 'Invercargill' festooned with balloons and scarves and a Punch's hat on the final 'e'. Text takes the mickey out of the City Council by accusing 'media vandals' of sneeking into the Times building and hi-jacking the cartoon in an attempt to make it funny. Refers to a middle of the night prank in Invercargill in which a 22-year-old Wellington design student "Lou", went on a decorating spree that she said was simply an attempt to cheer people up. "To be honest everyone is just talking about depression at the moment and the weather down here has been pretty crap, so basically I just wanted to see people smile and happiness is contagious." City Councillors, it seems, were not amused. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0011492

Description: Rodney Hide, Minister of Local Government, stands on a stage dressed in a tiny pair of swimming trunks and shows off his slim waist and huge biceps as he shows to his astonished audience an image of himself before his makeover. 'Today, slimming for councils the Rodney way' and refers to his efforts to make city councils more fiscally accountable.. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0014429

Description: Shows a man who represents the 'Super City Bill Select Committee' who with a large pair of shears is cutting all the feathers off the Minister for Local Government Rodney Hide. Rodney Hide laughs at the headless and plucked chicken beside him who represents the 'Auckland ratepayers' and says that it could be worse, he could have ended up looking like the headless chicken. Refers to the new Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill that has just been tabled in Parliament. Two thirds of Auckland's city services will still be run by unelected Council Controlled Organisations and local boards do not have powers enshrined by law. CCOs must hold their meetings in public and their minutes and decisions will be made public. Local boards will still have control over their patch and the Auckland Council cannot take their powers without an agreement. Mr Hide said the Auckland Council will appoint the chair and deputy chair of the CCOs and will be able to fire the entire board from day one. People are concerned about what seems like an undemocratic solution to the managing of Auckland. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011746

Description: Shows crowds of people walking in the streets of Dunedin. One man comments to his friend that Mayor Peter Chin said that he would have the city back on its feet and thanks to the parking and public transport wizards they are - literally. Refers to the city council's decision to increase all bus fares, cancel all free short time parking, instal pay and display machines and at the same time increase fees to as much as $4 per hour. For years thrifty Dunedin motorists have enjoyed free parking. But this week the council replaced almost 700 short term parks with new pay and display meters. Variation of DCDL-0011745 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0010769

Description: In a series of four frames Jaimee tells Debbie about her ideas for making Wellington a super city as well. This in light of debate over making Auckland a super city with a single mayor and council. She suggests that there could be a military operation and Petone, the Hutt, Porirua, Paraparaumu, Levin, and Palmerston North would all fall like dominoes. When Debbie in her pragmatic way wonders what will happen after that, Jaimee sighs and goes home to watch the 'Where the wild things are' trailer again. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0012326

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister, Phil Goff in a can of worms labelled 'John's electoral system turmoil' and Minister for Local Government, Rodney Hide, in a second can of worms labelled 'Rodney's Chunky Auckland Super City Chaos'. In the background is a third can labelled 'Ministerial Housing Rort'. John Key says that if you hold your nose and shut your eyes they are yum. Refers to the decision that the Government will spend millions of dollars holding a referendum on whether MMP should be dumped - a system Prime Minister John Key thinks New Zealanders are increasingly comfortable with. Mr Key said National would hold the referendum to honour its election pledge and let people "kick the tyres" of the electoral system. Refers also to the rows over the supercity which are about Maori representation on the council and how much of Auckland is included among other things. Published in the Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013893

Description: The cartoon shows Rodney Hide, leader of ACT, and Minister for Local Government, 'shearing' peacocks that represent 'councils'. The first peacock staggers off head reeling and its gorgeous feathers all over the floor. 'Next!' cries the shearer, grinning like a maniac, at the two petrified peacocks standing in line. Rodney Hide's golden jacket hangs from a tree nearby. Refers to the decimation of the current local councils as Rodney Hide proceeds in his determination to make Auckland into a single 'supercity'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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).

Date: 2010

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0014371

Description: Shows Minister for Local Government, Rodney Hide, being accused by a blithely whistling Prime Minister John Key, of vandalising Auckland Mayor John Banks', car by writing on it 'Far Right Agenda woz ere'. The number plate of the car reads 'Super City'. The suggestion is that the PM himself did it. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015478

Description: Two wheelie bins, one named 'B1' and the other 'B2' spark great controversy as someone asks '2 bins or not 2 bins? ... that is the question!' and someone else wonders about the expense and the legality. Refers to the controversy over the collection of rubbish in Invercargill. The Invercargill City council voted in a split decision to proceed with a two-bin option without knowing the costs. The decision was then revoked by the council following legal advice. It is considered important that the council make a definitive rubbish collection service decision at its September 14 meeting - its last meeting before the October 9 local body electionsl. Two versions of this cartoon are available Alternate version of DCDL-0015479 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0007274

Description: Shows Dave Henderson, a Christchurch property developer, as an egg covered in cracks and plasters. Two arms representing the Christchurch City Council are lifting him up to sit him on the top of 'Henderson's wall'. The CCC says 'get back up there Dave!'. Refers to the Christchurch City Council having spent $17 million buying up five properties from bankrupt property developer Dave Henderson to protect development in the city. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015980

Description: The cartoon shows Tim Shadbolt Mayor of Invercargill whose head is a grinning hollowed-out Halloween pumpkin; he holds a bag of candy and says 'kick or treat'. Text above reads 'Hollow weaning' and he is pointing to his right. A second version has him saying Flick or treat'. A third version has him saying 'Flick or treat' and there is no additional text and the fourth version has him saying 'kick or treat' and there is no additional text. Refers to chairs being offered to 2 newcomers in return for them supporting his nomination of his preferred choice Jackie Kruger for Deputy mayor over the highest polling councillor. Quantity: 4 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0012396

Description: Three skeletons, the staff of Port Greymouth, sit around gloomily trying to think of ways to reduce the port's debt. One of them hits on a Halloween party fundraiser. The Grey District Council intends selling harbour board land to cover the $2 million debt that is strangling the Port of Greymouth. Port Westland Ltd, the company created in happier times when Pike River Coal was intending to export coal via the Grey River, will be wound up in June, dumping a host of upgrade and maintenance problems back in the lap of the council, as owner. Published in Shipping Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015424

Description: Four people in the new Dunedin stadium chat as they wait for the game to start. One of them comments that the election billboards will be going up soon and another wonders what the current council has done apart from build this stadium; someone else has a vague notion that they have made lots of interesting plans but then the game starts and no-one cares anymore as they yell for their side - the Taniwhas. The reference is to the controversial building of the new Dunedin Stadium and the sense that many of the public are somewhat disengaged anyway. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).