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Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-066/087

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Obituary to the Queen Mother. The two methods of applying pressure in the Middle East crisis, awesome fire power and suicide bombers. Helen Clark welcomes Jim Anderton back into the fold of the Labour party. The New Zealand cricket team manage to pull a rabbit from the hat to draw a test series. Jim Anderton leads his followers to another promised land shown as a high wire that's going nowhere. As President George W Bush calls for Israel to withdraw from Palestine, a dog (Ariel Sharon) urinates on his leg. President Bush tries to mediate peace negotiations betweem Arafat and Sharon. A septic tank is on daily call to clean up the mess in the Alliance Party caucus. Two coffins are carried by pallbearers. The first contains the body of the Queen Mother, the second, the remains of Helen Clark's plans for a Republic. Bill English hears the news that Helen Clark has enough support to rule for life. Comment on Helen Clark's involement in signing art works that she didn't paint. Graham Murries coaching career is resurected following the Hurricanes win over the Brumbies. Lawyers discuss the reasons not to sever links with the Privy Council; many of the reasons are led by self interest. The United States congratulates itself while Israel and Palestine come closer and closer to annihilation. New Zealand's arm is severed by an axe as they reach out to hold the Rugby World Cup host status. The axeman is Australian. Baby Kahu Drurie is returned to her family by a New Zealand police officer following being kidnapped. Winston Peters wonders whats happening to New Zealand when he exposes the Treaty grievance industry and Helen Clark is shown to be a forger, the result is her popularity soars and his doesn't move. Comment on the Catholic church's lax approach to priests having sex with their congregation. Shows the positive effect on the New Zeland Police the progress of two high profile cases have had. The NZRFU offer the two executives who negotiated the World Cup Host contracts a gun and two bullets to end their misery. Israeli tanks crush the Palestinian Refugee Camp in an effort to end the cycle of hate. Derek Fox accuses jounalists of Maori-bashing when they ask for accountability over the appointment of conman John Davy as CEO of the Maori Television Service. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-126/133

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows men in an office asleep over their PC's due to watching the World Cup Soccer games and the election buidup. Graham Mourie has resigned from coaching the Hurricanes, the coaching of the team is seen as Mission Impossible. Comment on the Catholic Churches involvement in child abuse and their dealing with the now adult victims. Shows the Church is still using secrecy to keep the lid on the issue. Helen Clark struggles with not appearing arrogant to the voting public when she is so far ahead in the polls. The Greens hold their flag as they sit on a great white horse (GE ban). The Sustainability Council tries to climb aboard too. The Greens tell them to go and find their own white horse. Shows Bill English looking down a black hole, which is where National support has gone. Party President, Michelle Boag stands behind him threatening to kick him down the hole too. Shows several birds in a nest, (Health, Economy, Law & Order, Education and GE) They're all trying to have their voices heard but the GE (genetic engineering) bird is many times bigger than all the others. A soldier plays the Last Post for the demise of Wellington's evening newspaper, the Evening Post. Quantity: 8 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2001 - 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-001/026

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows a destroyed bus (peace process) destroyed first by the Palestinian suicide bombers and them by Israeli war planes. Health spending priorities promote huge salaries for the CEO and a pittence for everyone else. Cartoon obituary to Sir Peter Blake. A dolphin weeps. Shows a flag at hslf-mast over the sea and a poem for Sir peter Blake. Peter Jackson, Director of Lord of the Rings dresses up for the New Zealand premiere. Debate in the Parliamentary Chamber on proposed changes referred to as the 'wipe the slate clean' Bill. Helen Clark hides from the anger of the grounded NZ Air Force capability. Children's perception of the difference in pay rises between MP's and teachers. Shows a tour guide explaining the virtues and down-side of New Zealand to a group of travel writers. Shows Bin Laden jumping the cue at the plastic surgery clinic. Shows MP's defending themselves at a press conference against charges of triple-dipping from public funds. Shows the men calling the tune on America's anti-terrorism campaign. Shows the leader of the National Party, Bill English asking Santa Claus for a Christmas present. Santa and his reindeer narrowly avoid being hit by airborne missiles. Shows an All Black selector recruiting new talent from a war zone. Shows Helen Clark and Jim Anderton clucking over their new baby (Air New Zealand), while Michael Cullen advises them not to get too attached as it'll be up for adoption as soon as it can stand on it's own feet. Winston Peters climbs up to his attic to dust off his 'super scare monger' suit. Slobadon Milosevich stands in the War Crimes Tribunal dock with his hands dripping in blood, he defys the authority of the court. A tribute to New zealand Criketerl, Chris Cairns as 'King of the Oval.' Shows Tranzrail passengers being shown a pick-axe they are to use in case of a derailment. Shows detainees at Guantanamo Bay being asked by their detainers if they have any complaints. They wear something like a gas mask so their answer is impossible to understand. Refers to anti-terrorism war and those captured by American-led forces. Shows politicicians as children engaged in petty squabbles as the election draws near. Comment on asylum seekers in Australia seeking help from the rest of the world. Shows Israeli troops in a armoured tank trying to force Yasser Arafat to end Palestinian violence. Shows an Australian teacher explaining to his students that only those arriving in Australia between 1840 and 2000 are 'fair dinkum Aussies'. National Party leader, Bill English dons a judges cloak, a hangman's noose and an executioners hood as he campaigns on a law and order platform. ACT leader, Richard Prebble outlines his stand on immigration policy. Quantity: 27 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-362-224/248

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary.

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-554-021/042

Description: Political cartoons. Jenny Shipley waits for the corner to be turned in the tourism row. Fringe political games. 1. Murray McCully passes the buck on the tourism row. 2. Helen Clark spread the rumour. Comment on the barbarism of human behaviour as news tells us that Hutu rebels hack tourists to death in Uganda. Comment on Air New Zealand's growing service and safety problems. More Fringe political games... Dodging the issue - Jenny Shipley. Losing the plot: - Clem Simich. A TVNZ executive is put in the firing line over the John Hawkesby payout. Farmers celebrate the end of the draught. Monica Lewinsky's side of the Bill Clinton sex scandal. Saatch boss, Kevin Roberts is made to walk the plank by the Tourism Board. New developments in genetic modification. Comment on the resilience of Tourism Minister Murray McCully to withstand the tourism row. Jenny Shipley explains she won't support the Alliance's Bill calling for labelling of all genetically modified food until the Bill has been redrafted with the National Party logo on the front instead of the Alliance one. A look into the Serbian Police Handbook which identifies threats and instructs Serbian Police to destroy them. The British establishment congratulate themselves on rooting out greed and corruption from the IOC (International Olympic Committee?) and go back to their indulgent ways. Comment on the contradiction between Paul Holmes pitching his show to the ordinary kiwi while receiving a $770,000 salary. Helen Clark trails in the polls as Labour heads toward the next election. Jenny Shipley leads the charge of the firemen against unpopular reformer Roger Estall. Allied planes swoop low over a Serbian soldier about to execute a woman and her baby. Allied war planes are dispatched with personal messages, except the spelling isn't that flash. Comment on the publics feeling of helplessness in the face of mass killings in Kosovo and the Nato response to the violence. Comment on the thought that the APEC summit in Auckland would bring American tourists. Comment on voyeuristic television shows. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-027/046

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. National Party leader, Jenny Shipley expresses hurt over the medias reporting of her retirement announcement. Comment on the New Zealand Cricket team getting into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) through the backdoor. Shows a tertiary student weighed down by a huge student debt. Helen Clark walks with Titewhai Harawira on Waitangi Marae unrecognised by local Maori. Shows Finance Minister, Michael Cullen at the controls of Air New Zealand trying to reassure the flying public. Shows big banks slashing interest rates as a response to the fledgling Kiwi Bank. Comment on the Greens response to environmental disasters as long as there is a media presence. Helen Clark and Bill English outline their versions of closing-the-gaps strategies. Shows film director, Peter Jackson as Lord of the Oscars for Lord of the Ring's 13 nominations Australian Prime Minister, John Howard receives a box of bleeding heart chocolates from Helen Clark. Shows Ian Fraser about to assume his new position as head of TVNZ. Obituary to actor Kevin Smith with a Shakespearean quote. Comment on the Privacy Law that exposes a Judge for viewing pornography yet won't reveal if your flatmate is a homicidal maniac with a history of mental illness. Comment on the Alliance Party dealing with dissension in its ranks. A soldier is about to shoot his own foot. Two young men wonder where it all went wrong when women can talk openly about their vaginas yet a male judge can't look at vagina's in private. Shows Nandor Tanczos with his new Maori Sovereignty flay, a cross between a dope plant and unfurling koru. Comment on the poor season the Wellington Super 12 team, the Hurricanes have had. Michael Cullen and the Listeners, Gordon Campbell receive the award for getting something so wrong. They predicted that Lord of the Rings would be a huge drain on the NZ taxpayer. Bill English brings Helen Clark his own head on a plate as Labour surges in the polls. Obituary to Goon and poet, Spike Milligan along with a piece of poetry. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-587-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. Jack Elder tries to explain his innocence in awarding a travel grant to a school cultural group containing colleagues' daughters. NZ First waken from political death in time to campaign for the 1999 General election. A green lipped muscle reads scary stories from the book 'Tales from the Lab' to his children. Refers to research into cancer cures. Infant looks suspiciously at mother's nipple and opts for the scrambled egg if there's any chance of the milk having been genetically modified or irradiated. NZ and Australian Ministers of Health have declared war on depression. A drepressed man says over the breakfast table, when politicians start slashing their wrist in large numbers, then he'll cheer up. Over a beer two men discuss All Black coach, John Hart's performance. Police warn the public of an IBM fugitive. Refers to the IBM scoop of public money for a Police computer main-frame that never eventuated. Politicians avoid the responsibility of the INCIS Police computer fiasco. Media woman interviews state minister on the tit for tat shooting down of Indian and Pakistan military planes. She suggests there may be a risk of it leading to nuclear war. The minister says they'll cross that bridge when they come to it. Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley battle it out in the preferred Prime Minister Polls. Shows the Statue of Liberty with a gun to her head. The caption says, 'tighten up the gun laws America, or the lady gets it...' Boris Yeltsin appoints his 5th Prime Minister in 17 months. The new Prime Minister looks distincly uneasy as his chair sits on a trap-door. Shows and elephant (IBM) being sting by a bee (Bill Birch). Refers to the Police INCIS computer fiasco. Earthquake rocks Turkey, they call for help. Academics discuss the government's five-step knowledge-based economy plan to restore NZ's stand of living. One says, 'Sounds fabulous, except that you can't take two steps across an abyss...' New Zealand Black Caps beat the English cricket team. World athletics is shackled by the weight of the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs. Mike Moore leaves government politics with a sense of freedom at last. Possible outcome of mixing human genes into cows. Petrol Companies hold motorists to ransom with higher petrol prices. The shadow of violence hangs over voting in East Timor. Derek Quigley steers the select committee looking into decommissioning NZ's air-strike capability. National are alarmed as they thought Quigley was on their side. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1999 - 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-606

Description: 88 cartoons on social and political issues. The topics include student loans and voting, East Timor violence, Jonah Lomu, NZ elections, politics and rugby, Doug Graham, national pride and rugby, children and television, Pakistan politics, the All Blacks, the Alliance at the elections, compulsory military service advocated by Winston Peters, National/Labour health policies, Max Bradford on university campus and peacekeeping, removal of tariffs, television and the world cup, Helen Clark apparently supporting a Green candidate, Winston Peters and coalition partners, election poll results, meat industry, rugby (France vs NZ), rugby world cup, Winston Peters as political dinosaur, list MPs, Winston Peters's supporters, gay issues in politics, NZ First and election policies, electoral advertising, Labour-Alliance coalition, NZ First sinking, excuses for poor performance in rugby and surgery, the Green party, economic growth and political performance, National's poll results, Russia and Chechen terrorism, similarity between party policies, women in politics, political corruption and immigration, Helen Clark's pre-election confidence, Winston Peters comeback, David Lange's alcoholism, drinking age lowered, Helen Clark and Jim Anderton, slow vote counting, the Mars lander, gender difference in education, Greens in parliament, Winston Peters small majority, minority government, beech logging, opposition media training, Labour defence review, Richard Prebble's loss in Wellington Central electorate, Helen Clark's political style, Titewhai Harawira and marae speaking rights, new cabinet ministers, Jim Anderton and TV sports, the Reserve Bank and the NZ economy, Helen Clark to avoid Waitangi, name suppression in American millionaire cannabis charges, Police Commissioner Doone out, Doone in PM's dept, Shipley on Doone, pension goes up, news readers' salaries, builings on Lambton Harbour, Marion Hobbs and TVNZ, destruction of Grozny, national socialism in Austria, Waitangi Marae in 2000, low wages for medical staff, treaty settlement payouts, Jim Anderton as political dinosaur, TV stars' salaries, the F16 aircraft deal, attacks on TVNZ/Paul Holmes, WINZ, Nandor Tanczos and alcohol in parliament, the Americas Cup, NZ cricket, smoking in Australian cricket team, new broadcasting boss, Helen Clark's popularity. Quantity: 88 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromides, various sizes.

Date: 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-108/125

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the Police trying to deal with huge traffic queues from Wellington to Levin by setting up speed cameras after Levin to catch the people speeding who are trying to make up the time. Labour feign being blackmailed by the Greens so they appear to have a reason to call an early election. The Queen of England is surrounded by the mess following her Jubilee party, but remains amused. Comment on the New Zealand couple who denied their baby medical care with the result the baby died. The couple are drawn in the style of NZ Gothic. Bill English hears that 1 in 4 National Party supporters are considering voting for Labour to keep the Greens out of the next Government. Shows Helen Clark undermining Trevor Mallard to the press over his handling of the Teachers pay negotiations. Helen Clark is advised that calling an early election without good reason will do her no harm. The leaders of National, ACT, Greens and NZ First whine about Helen Clark calling an early election when her popularity is high. Bill English takes heart in the news that the favourite teams for the Soccer World Cup have been eliminated from the competitions. He sees this as a sign for his hopes in the 2002 elections. Jim Anderton launches his new Political party the 'Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition Party'. A teacher schools his class on how they can help escalate pressure on the government over teacher salaries and conditions. Winston Peters stirs from the political wilderness to address an audience of 500 trapped elderly people. Jim Anderton wears a jester's hat (pretend Alliance member) and regrets having to take it off. Around him are other hats of political parties he has belonged to or is about to belong to. The Greens outline their policy on GE organisms and cannabis. There is an obvious disparity in their requirement for safety between the two substances. Comment on the lack of support for signing the Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming. Helen Clark seeks to rule as a majority government. The minor parties all agree that she can't. Shows public being notified of the closing of the Wellington Evening Post and the merger of the Evening Post with the Dominion. President Bush outlines his plans for a Middle East peace. It includes the Palestinian leader, Arafat, being relegated to an outhouse. Quantity: 18 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); Goff, Philip Bruce (Hon), 1953-; New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: DCDL-0018733

Description: Two men stand on top of an enormous heap of tailings in the midst of thick bush. The heap has three shafts that appear as the Labour Party logo, the letter 'L'. One of the men says 'This mine's out of riches Phil... In three months ya won't see it for bush!' The name 'Green Party' is printed across the trees in the distance. Context: The mine represents the Labour Party being devoid of riches, ie. ideas that are impressing voters. The Greens are gaining a lot of support at Labour's expense. The bush is likely to encroach on and maybe overtake Labour. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Goff, Philip Bruce (Hon), 1953-; Key, John Phillip (Rt Hon), 1961-

Reference: DCDL-0018243

Description: Labour leader Phil Goff is depicted as a tailor. He sits on a chair sewing a patch entitled 'Capital Gains Tax' onto an old deflated hot-air balloon that represents 'Old left principle' and which is attached by ropes to a basket representing 'New right baggage'. Floating in the air in a second hot-air balloon is PM John Key who waves cheerfully. Context: In the run up to the 2011 elections in November the Labour Party is trailing far behind the National Party. The cartoon suggests that Labour is being held back by old Labour principles and new right baggage from the 4th Labour government in the 1980s (Rogernomics) and is trying to attract interest and votes with the Capital Gains Tax idea. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0028862

Description: Shows David Cunliffe in front of a chart showing poll results 'Them' and 'Us'. Cunliffe states "I'm carrying too much of the workload! Who'll volunteer to share the burden?... Firstly - who can cope with being a man?... No, not you Annette..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029041

Description: Shows a Sikh taxi driver talking to David Cunliffe, leader of the Labour Party, about the upcoming general election. Cunliffe tells the taxi driver "Look, Labour are running a positive campaign so I can't engage you on that..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029030

Description: Shows Labour politicians discussing their options for voter apathy. An unknown Labour politician asks David Cunliffe "David, you are a vital part of that apathy. You must remain Labour leader!". Cunliffe replies "Gee, shucks guys..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).