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Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029921

Description: Cartoon shows newly appointed leader of the Labour Party, Andrew Little, looking at a lineup of shoes of former party leaders. There is an enormous red women's shoe for Helen Clark, a smaller men's shoe for Phil Goff, an even smaller men's shoe for David Shearer, and a tiny shoe for David Cunliffe. Little thinks to himself, "At least SOME aspects of this job are getting easier!" Text reads, 'Labour Leader (shoes to fill...). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017406

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The consensus is that the leader's job is safe provided our minister is second in line for the position. Context - This could be touching on Phil Goff's poor ratings as leader of the Labour Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017410

Description: In four frames a man watches the news on TV. He hears that 'Severe aftershocks continue as the demolition crew move into the red zone.. amidst the badly damaged infrastructure..' His wife offers him a cup of tea and assumes the report is about Christchurch but it is not, it is about 'Phil Goff & Labour' Context - Christchurch continues to have aftershocks following the February 22 earthquake and the Labour Party is suffering one bodyblow after another - the last being the Darren Hughes affair. This is disastrous for Labour because the 2011 election is in November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017548

Description: In the first frame leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff says 'Reports that the Labour Party and I are now dog tucker, is just media speculation!' but in the second frame he says 'and we move on!' as two men who represent 'the polls' stir the contents of a can of dogfood called 'Chump' and prepare to add Phil Goff to the mixture feet-first. Context - Labour leader Phil Goff says he remains hopeful of "confounding expectations" after a poll showed 78 per cent of voters overall and 55 per cent of Labour Party voters did not believe he could win the election. (NZ Herald 19 April 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017392

Description: Chief whip for the Labour Party, Darren Hughes, whips in a frenzy the naked back of Labour Party leader Phil Goff who thinks to himself 'That *!#* whip has to go!.. Context - Darren Hughes has been forced to resign after an 18 year old student laid a sex complaint with police. Police are still investigating. This is yet another blow for the Labour Party as the November election approaches. There is a wordplay on '*!#* whip' and another word often used to describe an excessively stupid individual. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016862

Description: Leader of the Labour Party opposition Phil Goff and senior Labour MPs are dressed as rugby players who regard 2011 as 'The big on!!' that they are going to win. They're 'gonna kick and bite and claw and gouge' their way to the top 'because this isn't a game...it's politics!' Context - Preparation for the 2011 election in November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017473

Description: Text reads 'Judith Tizard still gets a kick out of politics' The cartoon shows MP Judith Tizard being kicked through the air by Phil Goff's big boot. Two people in the corner say 'And what about us? We voted for Judith'. Context - Judith Tizard is next on the party list and is the first cab off the rank to replace Darren Hughes, who handed in his formal resignation from Parliament April 5 after being accused of sexual misconduct. Ms Tizard said Labour leader Phil Goff had not asked her to stand aside but had sounded like he was "chewing dead rats" when he told her she would be welcome if she decided to return. Labour Party president Andrew Little had called for Ms Tizard and four other candidates on Labour's list to stand aside for rising star Louisa Wall. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015688

Description: A monkey representing Labour MP Chris Carter has leapt onto Labour leader Phil Goff's back. He sits there with his head spinning and says that he is no longer ill but Phil Goff says that he is being made to feel sick by Chris Carter. Refers to the return of Chris Carter to Parliament on 22nd September after taking two months' stress leave. Mr Carter seems far from stressed and is even thinking of staying in the race for the Labour nomination for his safe Te Atatu seat. Phil Goff expects Mr Carter to be called before the New Zealand Council at its next meeting and the council is expected to back Mr Goff and expel Chris Carter from the party for his disloyalty to the leader. (NZ Herald - 22 September 2010) 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-0016364

Description: Leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff stands on the castle ramparts and rejoices yelling 'Victory' and playing a tune on a horn. Nearby two of his henchmen peer over the ramparts to find that a substantial part of the castle is blown away. A 'Labour' flag has a huge hole burnt through it. Context; the win with a substantially reduced majority by Labour's Kris Faafoi in the by-election forced by the resignation of Winnie Laban. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017432

Description: Labour MP Louisa Wall looks terrified as she opens a door into a black cave-like room; from the lighted room behind her people shout 'You go ahead', 'We'll stand aside Louisa', 'Good luck!' and 'Give Phil our love!' Context - Louisa Wall has been promoted up the Labour Party list to replace Darren Hughes who has resigned following an accusation of sexual misconduct. There have been complaints about her jumping the list queue, but because of the poor polling of Phil Goff in particular and the Labour Party more generally, the other (unseen) members of the Labour Party seem happy to stay behind. Colour and black and white versions available Title from file name Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016352

Description: Labour Party leader Phil Goff is a cook stirring a huge bowl of custard. Text reads 'Labour Christmas cake - Add a dash of disloyalty, a flip-flop of foreshore, a sprinkle of silly gaffes and a hint of junket... Combine and half bake for three long years... then watch it all turn to custard!' Context; a cartoonist's view of the Labour opposition's performance during the Key government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017421

Description: Text reads 'Rebuilding projects'. The first of the two frames shows collapsed buildings in Christchurch after the earthquake and the second frame shows leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff sorely in need of 'credibility' as he makes the 'V' for victory sign with both hands. Context - the rebuilding of Christchurch after the earthquake of 22 March 2011 and Phil Goff's disastrous personal polling as 'preferred PM' and the concomitant problems for the Labour Party with elections in November of this year. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017523

Description: In the top frame Labour Party leader Phil Goff says 'Damien O'Connor's tirade against gays and Trade Unionists in the Labour Party must be condemned strongly, so I say, Tisk! Tisk!' A supporter says 'That's the best you can do? Comeon Phil, harden up' and so Phil Goff says 'Okay, okay, okay, Gimme a break, geez 'Tisk! Tisk! And Tisk!' Context - Labour MP Damien O'Connor has said sorry after lashing out about a "gaggle of gays" and "self-serving unionists" having too much control over the party. The cartoon suggests that Phil Goff didn't wholly disapprove of the sentiments expressed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017413

Description: Leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff slips on a banana skin; in the background is the Beehive, and Labour's Chief Whip Darren Hughes walks away looking somewhat dejected. Context - Chief Labour Party whip Darren Hughes has been forced to resign after an 18 year old student laid a sex complaint with police. Police are still investigating. The mishandling of the affair by Phil Goff is yet another blow for the Labour Party as the November election approaches. The cartoon accompanies an article by Tracy Watkins in 'Political Week' - it is entitled 'Hughes' problem, Goff's nightmare'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0016935

Description: Leader of the Labour opposition Phil Goff prepares to make his 'state of the nation' speech. A man in the audience asks two questions, the first asking whether we can afford the tax cuts and the second asking if the leader has really dyed his hair. Context - Leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff has dyed his hair which seems to have cause much interest. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016268

Description: Leader of the Labour opposition Phil Goff smiles cheerfully as he paints the outline of a man on the footpath. Text reads 'Goff outlines Labour's election strategy'; the word 'Labour's' is in red and seems to be dripping blood onto the outlined figure. There is probably a suggestion that Phil Goff should be replaced as leader. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017438

Description: Three Civil Defence workers survey damaged buildings in Christchurch. They are discussing a series of damaged and toppling blocks that represent 'Labour' and one of them says 'Apart from internal cracking, general instability and a weakness at the top it's STILL standing!' Context - Leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff has been suffering seriously poor polling results recently caused by a series of incidents like the Chris Carter affair and now the Darren Hughes affair; these have resulted in slippage for the Labour Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015374

Description: The cartoon shows three frames, in each of which, Labour leader Phil Goff stumbles through a speech made when Labour MPs visited Northland. Labour Party MPs have been in Whangarei getting their heads around issues important to Northland while on their annual caucus retreat. Phil Goff was reported to have said `Wellington has no concept of problems faced in the North.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017552

Description: A man representing the Labour Party aims an arrow at a target labeled 'Nats' but he has the head of the arrow pointing at himself. In the background is another Labour Party man shot with two arrows and covering his face in despair. Context - Labour has been suffering a series of disasters like the mishandling of the Darren Hughes affair but Labour leader Phil Goff says he remains hopeful of "confounding expectations" after a poll showed 78 per cent of voters overall and 55 per cent of Labour Party voters did not believe he could win the election. (NZ Herald 19 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017425

Description: The cartoon shows the four letters that spell the surname of the leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff. They are pinned side by side on a wall but the 'G' has slipped. A second version has text reading 'The leaderboard' above the four letters. Context - Phil Goff is scoring woefully in a poll that has showed 78 per cent of voters overall and 55 per cent of Labour Party voters did not believe he could win the election which will be held in November of this year. (NZ Herald 19 April 2011) Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).