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Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017505

Description: Through a brightly lit window in a government building comes a voice asking 'Do you think the Labour Party is run by self-serving unionists and a gaggle of gays?' and an answering voice replies 'Give us a kiss and I'll tell you!' 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. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017105

Description: Controversial show host and former Hamilton Mayor Michael Laws stands at the start line for a race alongside a man with an artificial leg. An official wonders 'How did Michael Laws qualify for the Paralympics?' and his neighbour says he is a 'decency amputee'. The neighbour is reading a newspaper with a headline that reads 'Disability sports ludicrous - Laws'. Context - The head of the world paralympic organisation has slammed comments made by radio host Michael Laws that disability sports are "ludicrous" saying he had stooped to a "pathetic low" and should be taken off the air. (Stuff 15 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-101-044

Description: Caricature of the Mayor of Wanganui, Michael Laws, as the devil. He emerges from a book labelled "Abusive Terms- You and the Law". Extended Title - Abusive Terms- You and the Law. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-001-996

Description: Caricature of Maori activist Tame Iti holding a gun and a ripped up flag. Refers to a number of controversial actions he made in 2004 and 2005. On 6 May 2004, when the foreshore and seabed hikoi arrived at parliament, Tame Iti spat on the ground infront of Labour's five male MPs and the deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen. On the 18th of January 2005, Iti used a double barrelled shotgun to shoot a New Zealand flag as the Waitangi Tribunal arrived at a marae in Ruatoki in the Bay of Islands. Iti held an art exhibition from 8-14 May in Auckland. He invited National's spokesperson for Maori affairs Gerry Brownlee to open it, entitling the exhibition "Meet the Prick". Extended Title - "Y'don't like me spitting at yer feet... Y'don't like me shootin' yer flag. Y'leave me no choice... I'm gonna 'ave another art exhibition!" Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016273

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is upset because the prime minister forgot his name at the conference. His aide says he is not surprised really because the PM usually uses 'less charitable names'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0013223

Description: Shows four images of events have have occured during the week. The first image is of a man watching a television which is showing a noisy advert for a 50% off sale. He says that it is not O.K. The second is the hand of God ('Creation of Adam' by Michelangelo) reaching out to touch a tentacled alien hand. Refers to the Vatican stating that alien life is possible. The third is of Mayor John Banks on a segway next to the new logo for the Auckland City Council. Banks states that "It's slow, silly, expensive, and pure ecological tokenism - I think I've just found a perfect symbol for the Council". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016401

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The reporter tells his editor that the minister has been voted the most abusive MP of the year but his comments are unprintable. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016385

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Politicians sling only mud because they agree that people who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014872

Description: The cartoon shows Invercargill's Mayor Tim Shadbolt grinning broadly in his usual style. Text reads 'Name calling' and the names 'Southland' with a very tall 'H' (like rugby goal posts) and 'Whanganui' with the 'H' falling out. Shadbolt says 'It's nothing to do with the number of visits to a hairdresser... the stags are a better team 'cos we know where the posts are... and Mr Laws has removed them from his team's name'.Refers to Whanganui Mayor Michael Laws saying that the Whanganui rugby team are how the Southland Stags used to be "before they got all poofy". He says that the Stags are a professional team who go from training to the hairdresser and back to training while "Our guys are real men with real jobs - farmers, meat workers, factory workers." Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt leapt to the defence of the Stags. "I see the psychological warfare has started. He [Laws] doesn't pull any punches, does he." Stags won 62-6. Whoh! Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

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

Reference: DX-014-576

Description: An investigator looks under a mat in a rundown room at the Waiouru Army Cadet School. In October 2004 the New Zealand government launched an investigation into allegations that had surfaced regarding the widespread abuse of cadets at the Waiouru Regular Force Cadet School. Extended Title - Investigator Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020606

Description: Shows Minister of Energy Gerry Brownlee wearing a dunce's cap. Context: Labour leader David Shearer used Finland as an example when outlining his vision for New Zealand. Gerry Brownlee responded by saying that the Finns have worse unemployment than New Zealand, can hardly feed the people who live there, have a terrible homicide rate, hardly educate their people and have no respect for women. (TVNZ March 26 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0020668

Description: Shows MP Gerry Brownlee as a pig being attacked by 'angry birds'. Context: refers to a wildly popular video game called 'Angry birds' created by a Finnish company. A Finnish comedy show said 'We have Angry Birds, New Zealand has sheep'. Gerry Brownlee caused embarrassment when he made derogatory comments during a parliamentary debate to the effect that Finnish people are uneducated and disrespectful to women. This sparked outrage in Finland. (Stuff 26 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020666

Description: A large naked man offers to beat Minister for Transport Gerry Brownlee with a bunch of birch tree twigs. Context: Gerry Brownlee caused embarrassment when he made derogatory comments that suggested during a parliamentary debate that Finnish people are uneducated and disrespectful to women. The comments sparked outrage in Finland (Stuff 26 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020885

Description: Shows a hefty mountain goat that represents MP Gerry Brownlee and which scoffs at Finland for being unable to accept a bit of humour. Gerry Brownlee caused embarrassment when he made derogatory comments that suggested during a parliamentary debate that Finnish people are uneducated and disrespectful to women. The comments sparked outrage in Finland (Stuff 26 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020604

Description: Minister of Energy and Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee is in chains at the bottom of the sea. Context: probably refers to the offense caused by Gerry Brownlee who has said that the Finns have worse unemployment than New Zealand, can hardly feed the people who live there, has a terrible homicide rate, hardly educates their people and has no respect for women. Title created by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020725

Description: Shows Gerry Brownlee, Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and Minister of Transport strapped to a chair as he is forced to attend a 'Finnishing School and learn from a book named 'Finland for Dummies'. Context: Gerry Brownlee caused embarrassment when he made derogatory comments that suggested during a parliamentary debate that Finnish people are uneducated and disrespectful to women. The comments sparked outrage in Finland (Stuff 26 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020596

Description: Shows Minister of Energy Gerry Brownlee. Context: Labour leader David Shearer used Finland as an example when outlining his vision for New Zealand. Gerry Brownlee responded by saying that the Finns have worse unemployment than New Zealand, can hardly feed the people who live there, have a terrible homicide rate, hardly educate their people and have no respect for women. (TVNZ March 26 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022875

Description: Hone Harawira, the Member for the Mana Party in Parliament, is shown as a snarling dog. A voice off-stage asks if Hone has had his distemper vaccination. Refers to Hone Harawira using the term 'House niggers' of members of the Maori Party during a debate in Parliament. Many thought that his language was too abusive. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018856

Description: Text reads 'Cabinet minister calls the Wallabies "f...... cheats" and the Australian PM is chucked off bus.' Below a man whips away a rug which has printed on it 'WELCOME except aussies' and below that is the word 'DiploMATic!'. Context: Sydney Morning Herald rugby columnist Greg Growden dubbed an unnamed Government minister "the New Zealand Minister for Bad Manners" after an alleged scene during the Wallabies' opening Rugby World Cup game. The minister had allegedly "booed and abused the Wallabies ... yelling out f...... cheats and other offensive remarks". Ministers Maurice Williamson, Wayne Mapp and Jonathan Coleman were in the tent, but all three have emphatically denied the allegations. (Dominion Post 14 September 2011) Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0018847

Description: A small man watches a huge television screen while drinking a cup of coffee. The announcer says 'An un-named govt minister is accused of making rude comments to Aussie hosts at RWC game! In other news, the Trans Tasman cost of living gap is reported to be widening! A govt minister had no comment...' The man at this point turns his back in irritation and thinks 'Now THAT'S rude!!' Context: Sydney Morning Herald rugby columnist Greg Growden dubbed an unnamed Government minister "the New Zealand Minister for Bad Manners" after an alleged scene during the Wallabies' opening Rugby World Cup game. The minister had allegedly "booed and abused the Wallabies ... yelling out f...... cheats and other offensive remarks". Ministers Maurice Williamson, Wayne Mapp and Jonathan Coleman were in the tent, but all three have emphatically denied the allegations. (Dominion Post 14 September 2011) The second piece of news related to 'The growing income gap between Australians and New Zealanders has more to do with poorly skilled managers and workers than anything to do with Australia's "lucky country" status and reliance on heavy industry, says a new study from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. (TVNZ 30 September 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).