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Date: 2011

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017500

Description: Two farmers chat across the farmyard gate. One comments 'I suppose a giant plastic waka will help keep the traditional culture alive' and the other replies 'With the price of dairy products these days, maybe Fonterra should build a giant plastic milk bottle'. Context - The government has hit back at criticism over a $2 million waka venue centre for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), defending the cost as necessary to host a world-class event. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples says the waka will promote Maori culture during the Rugby World Cup. There has also been heated debate about the price of milk for New Zealanders at a time the dairy industry is doing very well. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017494

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. An adviser tells the minister that the PM wants him to justify spending 2 million on a waka made of plastic. The minister retorts angrily that he wouldn't have approved the spending had he known the fact, not that it was to be made of plastic but that it had to be justified. Context - The government has hit back at criticism over a $2 million venue centre in the shape of a waka for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), defending the cost as necessary to host a world-class event. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples says the waka will promote Maori culture during the Rugby World Cup and at other events (like the America's Cup). Labour Party MP Shane Jones asks "How can Dr Sharples and Prime Minister John Key actually believe that this expensive indulgence is a positive advertisement for Maori? The truth is they don't but they're both working together in a desperate effort to keep the Maori Party afloat. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017503

Description: Text reads 'Plastic canoe to showcase Maori culture and enterprise - Sharples'. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples stares in horror at a great rusting wreck but his companion points out 'If you use the foreign sweatships you employ to catch your fish quota, you could save heaps!' Context - The government has hit back at criticism over a $2 million waka venue centre for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), defending the cost as necessary to host a world-class event. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples says the waka will promote Maori culture during the Rugby World Cup. Also files obtained under the Official Information Act show the government has known for some time that fishermen from poor countries are exploited in New Zealand waters. Workers are fishing in rusting boats turned into high seas sweatshops that take large parts of the country's $1.4 billion-a-year catch. Foreign charter vessels - 21 in the last year - are hired by New Zealand companies to catch quota allocated to Maori under Treaty of Waitangi settlements. Many iwi granted quota under the Sealords Deal, cannot afford to buy boats, so they contract out their quota. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017513

Description: People stand around and in an enormous waka named 'Plastic Fantastic' against an Auckland skyline; someone says 'Cost effective! After the World Cup we stick it in the America's Cup!' Context - The government has hit back at criticism over a $2 million waka venue centre for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), defending the cost as necessary to host a world-class event. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples says the waka will promote Maori culture during the Rugby World Cup and at other events (like the America's Cup). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

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

Reference: DCDL-0000479

Description: The cartoon depicts a scene in the year 1205 AD. A waka is being tied to an ancient Pohutakawa and the Maori chief tells everyone to get out because the tree could be on its last legs. On the bank is a sign post reading 'Kawhia'. Kawhia has special significance for many Maori. It is the resting place for the Tainui waka, which is said to have bought many tribes to Aotearoa from the Pacific. The area remains a spiritual focus for descendants of Tainui. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017535

Description: A man is reading a couple of articles in a newspaper entitled 'Cloud at RWC Party Central to have commercial thrust' and 'Plastic waka to push commerce'. He comments 'Clean Greed New Zealand'. Context - the huge emphasis on the ability of hosting the RWC to make money for New Zealand that might improve our economic situation. The government has hit back at criticism over a $2 million waka venue centre for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), defending the cost as necessary to host a world-class event. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples says the waka will promote Maori culture during the Rugby World Cup and at other events (like the America's Cup). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DX-003-047

Description: Shows the first waka about to arrive on the shores of Aotearoa. The leader asks the men if they have everything they need for landing. ne man responds that with Tuku Morgans film contract in hand they'll be OK. Extended Title - 'Got everything you need ashore?' 'Yeah! We all got Tuku's film contract...' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2011

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0017418

Description: Text reads 'News - NZ has turned down a U.N. request to supply a warship for piracy patrol'. A waka containing several fierce and armed Maori activists chugs through the water; one of the activists holds a banner that reads 'Leave the COAST alone you @!F*#@!' and another is Hone Harawira. Someone from the United Nations outside the frame says 'NZ said this would be scarier - but we've just got to ensure they stay on our side'. Context - New Zealand has turned down a United Nations request to provide a warship for piracy patrols, probably off the coast of Africa. Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said the navy had too much on currently to send one of its two Anzac frigate, and so the waka is being sent instead but the U.N. is worried about their loyalty. Refers also to Hone Harawira's resigning from the Maori Party because of disagreement over policy, perceived disloyalty. Published in the Shipping Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017485

Description: Surrounded by mud and puddles in Christchurch Prime Minister John Key puts his arm round co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples and smiles happily; behind them is a brand new plastic portaloo. On the ground lies a newspaper with a headline that reads 'Govt. to fund $2m giant RWC plastic waka'. Pita Sharples says 'and to show we're not neglecting our priorities in these austere times, Christchurch will get a new plastic portaloo!' Context - The government has hit back at criticism over a $2 million venue centre in the shape of a waka for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), defending the cost as necessary to host a world-class event. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples says the waka will promote Maori culture during the Rugby World Cup and at other events (like the America's Cup). Labour Party MP Shane Jones asks "How can Dr Sharples and Prime Minister John Key actually believe that this expensive indulgence is a positive advertisement for Maori? The truth is they don't but they're both working together in a desperate effort to keep the Maori Party afloat. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017475

Description: In the first of two panels Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples is shown paddling a waka and saying 'The Prime Minister is happy to help me steer this great waka on the wharf project' In the second panel it is apparent that the paddle he steers with is Prime Minister John Key whose is bound with rope and whose nose dips into the water as he says 'Yeth Petha!' Context - The 'plastic' waka project which is intended to be a money-making tourist attraction for the Rugby World Cup and other events in the future. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023637

Description: Shows the New Zealand Parliament building and references the 'Hobbit' film with the words, 'Hop-pit, no unexpected journeys legislation. To stop list MPs hopping about the house and jumping from one waka to another.' Refers to Member of Parliament Brendan Horan, who was expelled from the New Zealand First party, but chose to remain in Parliament as an independent. Prime Minister John Key has opened the door to reviving the so-called 'waka jumping' law, which was passed after former NZ First MPs left the party so they could retain their ministerial portfolios when the 1996 National-NZ First coalition fell apart. The law had a sunset clause which has since expired. (Stuff.co.nz, 10 Dec 2012) Title from file name Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).