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Toxic honey....28 March, 2008
Date: 2008
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0005929
Description: Shows Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, and Leader of the National Party, John Key, each standing behind a roadside stall that is laden with jars of honey. The jars are labelled with words such as 'trust me', 'dreams', 'faith', 'blind promises', blind trust', 'big ideas', 'hope' etc. Refers to the promises being made by the two main parties in the run up to the 2008 election. Refers also to the strange cases of people becoming very sick in the Coromandel area after eating honey contaminated as a result of bees feeding on tutu (Coriaria arborea) bushes. Published in the Sunday Times Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fletcher, David 1952- :"What election promises should I make this time?" ... 18 May 2011
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0017853
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is trying to work out what election promises he should make because even though he knows the people no longer believe election promises, it is fun making them. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Your election promise was not to cut, but to cap!" 11 February 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017102
Description: A public service CEO sits at a table with PM John Key and says 'You're election promise was not to cut, but to cap!' John Key who clutches a large axe smiles as he asks 'Kneecap?' Context - the Minister of State Services Tony Ryall today (26 March 2009) announced a cap on the number of core government administration staff in the Public Service and selected Crown entities - effective immediately. The cap to be applied globally - to the total full time equivalent (FTE) staff in core government administration - not to individual organizations. National campaigned on "capping" the public service during the 2008 election campaign but this afternoon (8 Feb 2011), Mr Key said his Government had reduced the number of state sector jobs by five per cent. Labour and state sector unions say those job cuts are now affecting the quality of services. Mr Key said there was more to be done to make "government bureaucracy smaller and better" and he had asked for advice on "further reforms to streamline and improve" its performance. (NZ Herald 8 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Happy New Year, 2011 elections. 31 December 2010
Date: 2010
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016464
Description: The title reads 'Happy New Year'. The old year, carrying Father Time's scythe, stares glumly at a cheerful little '2011' who wears a banner bearing the words 'election year' and who is making 'new year resolutions'; the old year comments 'Don't bet on him keeping many of them..' Context - the 2011 general election will be held 26 November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"You tried to sabotage my rebuttal of the claims my promises were empty!!!" "I did not!...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016872
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister accuses a critic of trying to sabotage his rebuttal of claims that his promises were empty; the critic arranged for the rebuttal to be made in an echo chamber. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Why did you promise to resign if you broke your election promise?" "If I can break one...
Date: 2010
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0014509
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Probably a reference to the u-turn made by PM John Key over the Tuhoe ownership understanding of the Urewera National Park. 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).
Fletcher, David 1952- :'Can the country afford all these election promises you're makin...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019264
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister's aide asks if the country can afford all these promises the minister is making and the minister replies that if they were affordable they wouldn't be election promises they would be real ones. Context: The 2011 elections take place on 26th November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fletcher, David 1952- :'The Opposition are making a lot of election promises!' 24 Octob...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019265
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister says that it is not the number of election promises that matter, what matters is the 'one big lolly scramble' he is announcing. Context: The 2011 elections take place on 26th November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Hayden James, 1976- : The Great Candidate Spectacular. 08 November 2011
Date: 2011
From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019503
Description: The scene shows 'The Great Candidate Spectacular' as four people perform tricks onstage to an audience below. A magician causes doves representing 'prosperity' to fly from his top hat, a second magician pulls strings of coloured handkerchiefs representing 'jobs' from his sleeve, a pretty girl sets a sign reading 'debt' on fire and a moustachioed gentleman saws in half a man inside a box labelled 'crime'. Context: The acts are all concerned with various promises about increasing prosperity and jobs and decreasing debt and crime made by politicians during the political campaign leading to the 2011 election on 26th November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Nats New Roads. 2 July 2014
Date: 2014
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0028619
Description: Shows a New Zealand family on their verandah reading a newspaper about the 2014 Election. The father says "If we vote for the Nats they promise to build lots of new roads!". The mother says "Great! - We'll use them to drive past the state assets they sold to pay for them!". Their son adds "When we get a car!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :Build. 9 July 2014
Date: 2014
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0028713
Description: Shows two builders having a break on a site somewhere in Christchurch. One asks the other "What'll we do when this rebuild's finished, boy?". The other replies as he reads a newspaper "We'll build the extra schoolrooms needed when Cunliffe's reduced class sizes." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark, 1958- :Porkies. 8 July 2014
Date: 2014
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0028772
Description: Shows two versions of a cartoon depicting pigs. The first version shows one large pig 'The pigs are fed and watered and ready to fly... as David Cunliffe instructs his MPs not to sledge'. The second version shows five pigs flying 'A political party pledges not to sledge'. Multiple versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :Promises. 15 July 2014
Date: 2014
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0028764
Description: Shows two men discussing the Labour Party promises. One says as he reads the newspaper "Where's Cunliffe going to ge the money for all these promises?". The other replies "Search me!" while David Cunliffe with a fishing rod is stealing money from his back pocket. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :The coming. 12 August 2014
Date: 2014
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0029050
Description: Shows David Cunliffe, Labour Party leader, as Santa Claus, riding a sleigh 'Bribes' which is carrying a large bag '$16b new spending'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :Trickle. 11 August 2014
Date: 2014
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0029010
Description: Shows a man reading a newspaper with the headline 'Election hopefuls promise more tax' on a park bench. A couple walking past comment "Now we know prosperity doesn't trickle down, they're going to see if poverty will trickle up!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :"Bring out your babies! Roll out the tax breaks!" 26 January 2014
Date: 2014
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0027283
Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key holding a baby in one arm, and a large bag of money representing tax breaks in the other. Key promises to "make all your dreams come true!" Meanwhile, in the background, a tiny version of Labour Leader David Cunliffe is shown also holding a large bag of money. Cunliffe says, "I can make outlandish promises too..." An onlooker states, "Here we go again... it must be election year!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"You've got to stop making promises you can't possibly keep!!!" "Right. I'll never utte...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016900
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister's adviser tells him that he has to stop making promises that he cannot possibly keep and so the minister declares that he will never utter another word again. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :'Can you put a stop to all these earthquakes and other na...
Date: 2011
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019379
Description: A crowd listens to a political candidate outlining policy proposals. Someone asks, 'Can you put a stop to all these earthquakes and other natural disasters?' The candidate replies 'Probably not in our first term'. Context: The 2011 elections take place on 26th November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Limbo down! How low can you go...? 16 June 2011
Date: 2011
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0018101
Description: Text reads 'Limbo down! How low can you go...? The cartoon in four frames shows Prime Minister, John Key, doining a limbo dance and getting lower in each frame. In the first frame he goes low for 'Hobbit special taxes'; in the second even lower for 'Fiji sanction exceptions', in the third lower still for 'Sky City concessions and in the last frame he has disappeared into the ground for 'Chch recovery promises'. Context - The cartoon suggests that John Key's principles are being compromised. Relates to the fact that the Government is leaving the door open to more tax incentives to keep the shooting of The Hobbit films in New Zealand. (source: www.nzherald.co.nz, 22 October 2011) Under sanctions imposed against Fiji's military regime, any members of the military and their families are banned from entering New Zealand. Sports teams have been exempt from the sanctions but individuals connected to the regime have to apply for an exemption and it seems that exemptions are being allowed. Dompost - 15 July 2011) Sky City is being allowed to increase the number of pokie machines in its National Convention Centre in spite of gambling being seen as a serious social problem. The government's promises for recovery after the Christchurch earthquakes are also being compromised and very problematic. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).