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Rodney Hide would not take offence after Tau Henare called him a 'buffoon' and a 'jerk-...
Date: 2009
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0012124
Description: Shows a 'buffoon' wearing a jester' cap. Text reads 'Rodney Hide would not take offence after Tau Henare called him a "buffoon" and a "jerk-off"...' The 'buffoon' says 'But us buffoons and jerk-offs do'. Refers to Tau Henare's expressing of his disapproval of Rodney Hide's threat to resign as Local Government Minister if the Government approved separate Maori seats on a new Auckland super city council. There is a word play on 'pays' and 'days'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Democracy-Auckland Style. 4 September 2009
Date: 2009
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0012191
Description: Cartoon shows a huge street demonstration at the front of which is Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party, carrying a banner reading 'Maori demand dedicated council seats. Many other people also carry banners which demand seats for Asians, Pasifika, one-legged lesbians etc. Refers to the controversy over whether the new Auckland 'super-city' should have dedicated Maori seats. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Be nice to Rodney kids, he's never had any friends and has never learnt how to share.....
Date: 2009
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0012172
Description: Shows Prime Minister, John Key, ushering Rodney Hide, Minister for Local Government, into a summer camp for 'kids from struggling families'. He tells the other kids that they should be nice to Rodney as 'he's never had any friends and has never learnt how to share...' Refers to a government initiative that will see thirty thousand children from struggling families get free access to holiday programmes under plans to help them stay out of trouble when school is out. A further 500 children looked after by foster parents or extended family will also get the chance to go to summer camp. The initiatives are cornerstones of a sweeping $84.55 million youth package unveiled by Prime Minister John Key and Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. Refers also to Rodney Hide's controversial refusal to permit dedicated Maori seats on the Auckland 'supercity' council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Remember how we had to make sure that old people always had seats on buses?" "Thin end...
Date: 2009
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0012137
Description: Two old 'codgers' chat in the street as they stand at a busstop. One of them comments about how they used to have to make sure old people had seats on busses when they were young and the other thinks that was the thin edge of the wedge because now Maori want seats on councils. Refers to the controversy about whether there should be dedicated Maori seats on the Auckland 'supercity' council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"No way am I going to let a mere minority wield so much power." 29 August 2009
Date: 2009
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
Reference: DCDL-0012144
Description: Rodney Hide, Minister of Local Government, clutches a model of Auckland city under his arm and tells Co-leader of the Maori party, Pita Sharples, that there is no way he is going to let a 'mere minority wield so much power'. Refers to the controversy over whether there should be dedicated Maori seats on the new Auckland 'supercity' council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :"This week, your worship, you've got a meeting in Wellington.....
Date: 2013
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0025427
Description: An assistant reads from documents at a desk, saying to an out-of-frame figure, "This week, your worship, you've got a meeting in Wellington..." the other person replies "News to me!" The assistant then continues "...And the Dalai Lama is visiting Dunedin" to which the voice replies "So I have!" Refers to a visit to Dunedin by the Dalai Lama in June. In May, Dunedin Mayor, Dave Cull, turned down introducing the Dalai Lama at a public talk, reportedly calling him "the representative of a minority religious faith" and "the leader of a minority sect". Cull subsequently claimed to have an unavoidable commitment in Wellington that day and described his comments as regrettable. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).