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Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016927

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira floats in the sea as a jellyfish while on the beach behind stand Co-leaders of the Maori Party Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia in their swim suits unwilling to take the risk if being stung. Context - The problem of criticism of his own party by maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira. Harawira says that many Maori believe the party has not been able to be an independent voice because of its government partnership and so Mr Harawira is calling for his party to consider its options at the next election. Mr Harawira said that the problem was exacerbated because when the Maori Party was going into coalition with National, the whole world was going into recession and when this happens their choice (National) is to help the rich guy, help the big business, on the basis that they will stay here and keep their business here and everybody will get a job He said the Maori Party needed to get back to supporting basic social policies to help the poor. (Stuff 18 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016884

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has been chained inside a dog kennel. Outside Co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia wonder what to do about him; Pita Sharples says 'But what if we let him go and he goes for us?' Context - The problem of criticism of his own party by maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira. Harawira says that many Maori believe the party has not been able to be an independent voice because of its government partnership and so Mr Harawira is calling for his party to consider its options at the next election. Mr Harawira said that the problem was exacerbated because when the Maori Party was going into coalition with National, the whole world was going into recession and when this happens their (National) choice is to help the rich guy, help the big business, on the basis that they will stay here and keep their business here and everybody will get a job He said the Maori Party needed to get back to supporting basic social policies to help the poor. (Stuff 18 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017900

Description: A Maori Party MP, possibly Co-leader, Pita Sharples, because of the hair style, digs deep into the kete representing 'the budget' and finds that his hand goes into an empty bag and through a hole in the bottom. The Beehive can be seen in the background. Context - The Maori Party, a support partner of the Government, said the Budget secured more than $200 million for Maori initiatives. Co-leader Pita Sharples said the party has managed by sitting at the Government table to secure gains for Maori and avoid some losses. He told Parliament there would be measures in the Budget that would disappoint the party's supporters, but there were also significant gains. The cartoonist explains - 'I felt that being coalition partners, the Maori Party got a pretty thin deal out of the budget, especially in terms of support for the lower socioeconomic sector of society which I feel they have a mandate to act for. (actually I think they have been pretty ineffectual and poorly dealt with as coalition partners overall and at each budget)'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017015

Description: The words 'But the cat came back?' appear across the cartoon; below leader of NZ First Winston Peters says 'Meow'. Nearby is the cat dish with the word 'election' on it. Tiny words below read 'But will he hold the key? A second version does not have the name Winston on his jacket. Context - Winston Peters has announced that he is standing for parliament again but PM John Key has said that he will not be part of any Government that includes Winston Peters. "If Winston Peters holds the balance of power," Key said this week, "it will be a Phil Goff-led Labour government." But Labour is unlikely to embrace him either. Winston Peters has always courted controversy with his 'divisive demagoguery' and use of 'alarmist and inflammatory language'. (NZH editorial 6 February 2011) Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0017893

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister, John Key, and the new leader of ACT, Don Brash, as cowboys sitting astride their mounts and wearing masks. They are both attempting to play the part of the Lone Ranger but John Key suggests that one of them should play the part of Tonto, his sidekick. Context - Don Brash has overthrown Rodney Hide from his leadership of the ACT Party and has taken the role himself. Context - In his letter of resignation from the National Party, Don Brash took the opportunity to let John Key know that he disagrees with interest-free student loans, the Working For Families marginal tax rate, and the "exorbitant cost" of KiwiSaver subsidies. The cartoon suggests that Don Brash intends ACT to have considerable influence over government policy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016922

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira described as a 'party pooper' appears to be throwing both the Maori Party and the National Party aside (or maybe he is pulling them apart?) A second version has the name 'Harawira' on the MP's jacket. Context; a complaint against MP Hone Harawira laid by colleague Te Ururoa Flavell, with the support of co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia, and Rahui Katene, after Mr Harawira's remarks about the party in the Sunday Star-Times may lead to the departure of Hone Harawira. (Dominion Post 26 January 2011) Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016851

Description: The title reads 'Liquefaction explained...' and continues 'The friction created when a small radical element rubs up against mainstream NZ leading to instability and agitation on the foreshore, culminating in an upwelling of total bollocks...' The cartoon shows a mound of liquefaction with the head of Maori MP Hone Harawira gushing out of it. Context - Instability in the Maori Party created by Hone Harawira's outspoken criticism of the party which he believes is in danger of selling out to its constituents in its efforts to meet the coalition demands of the National Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017019

Description: The cartoon shows a politician representing the 'Maori Party' (possibly Pita Sharples) trying 'Political hypnosis' on 'the nation' who is 'falling asleep again'. Context - Maori Party MP Hone Harawira is being disciplined by his party for refusing to toe the party line as it struggles with policy that allows it to be National's coalition partner. Right now he has been stood down but it is unclear whether he will be sacked from the party or not and also whether he wants to remain in the party or not. If he leaves and goes independent many Maori will ally themselves with him rather than the Maori Party. Harawira is furious because the Maori Party has hired a $25,000 lawyer, Mei Chen, with no discussion with his kaumatua and kuia at all. He says 'The process of Kaupapa Maori has been ignored, the constitutional process has been ignored, communication has clearly broken down right across the party, and I think that what most Maori Party members would want is for this whole mess to be set aside, cancel the lawyer, save the money, drop the disciplinary procedures, set the suspension aside, disappear onto a marae somewhere with a clear directive - and don't come out till it's all been sorted out properly. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017883

Description: The title is 'Future tornado prediction?... There follow six cameos featuring the new ACT leader Don Brash and others in his trajectory. In the first frame 'Seemingly dormant air begins spinning to the right...' and the head of Don Brash starts to spin in an anti-clockwise direction. In the second cameo Don Brash 'then collides with stale air spinning from the left and the head of the leader of the Labour Party, Phil Goff, seems to be running out of steam as he spins to the left. Next comes 'unstable air spinning from the North' and Hone Harawira, the leader of the new Mana Party, appears with steam belching out of his ears. The Don Brash tornado 'then merges with the tepid air spinning in the centre...' as he twists around the Prime Minister, John Key 'creating volatile air that no matter what the spin...' John Key and Don Brash are twisted together so tightly that lightning strikes and they move off together in a vortex that 'will flatten everything in its path...' - A sign saying 'Welfare' is lying on the ground. Context - The former leader of the National Party has ousted Rodney Hide from his role as leader of ACT and taken over himself. Together with Roger Douglas he will be espousing a very right-wing monetarist ideology which he probably hopes will influence the National government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017013

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira stirs a huge cooking pot for the boil-up that he has invited his friends to; his mother Titewhai Harawira brandishes a three-pronged fork beside him. Looking on in anticipation are Maori Party co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia and PM John Key. Pita Sharples expresses gratitude at being invited to dinner for a chance to 'sort things out'. Hone Harawira asks them if they would like a spa first. Clearly he intends cooking them. Context - the controversy between Hone Harawira and the Maori Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1999

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

Reference: DCDL-0006742

Description: Shows the leader of New Zealand First, Winston Peters, dressed as a prostitute and soliciting on a street corner. The ground is covered with empty cigarette packets and butts. Refers to New Zealand First leaving coalition options to the vagaries of the election result. In fact Labour won the 1999 election. NZF and the Nats went into coalition in 1996 but their agreement fell apart in 1998. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014383

Description: Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, who looks as though she would like to bite his nose off, is rebuffed as she tries to hongi PM John Key. He has a bandage around his nose and says he needs hongi break as he has RSI of the nose. John Key holds a document entitled 'Public concern at concessions to Maori' and Tariana Turia holds one entitled 'Tuhoe deal'. Refers to Key's apparent about-turn after Tuhoe believed that they were going be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park by denying that this would ever be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016883

Description: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira is depicted as a bull in a china shop. Maori Party Co-leader Pita Sharples pretends not to be noticing the damage so that when Hone Harawira asks him what is bothering him he replies 'nothing'. Context - The problem of criticism of his own party by maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira. Harawira says that many Maori believe the party has not been able to be an independent voice because of its government partnership and so Mr Harawira is calling for his party to consider its options at the next election. Mr Harawira said that the problem was exacerbated because when the Maori Party was going into coalition with National, the whole world was going into recession and when this happens their choice (National) is to help the rich guy, help the big business, on the basis that they will stay here and keep their business here and everybody will get a job He said the Maori Party needed to get back to supporting basic social policies to help the poor. (Stuff 18 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014348

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key sitting in his 'Honeymoon Suite' bed looking puzzled as Co-leader of the Maori Party Tariana Turia leaves with steam rising furiously from her head. Refers to the difficult relationship between the government and its Maori Party coalition partner. There are a number of reasons for this but the latest is Key's apparent about turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017052

Description: Text at the top reads 'Severe punishment Maori-Party style'. Co-leaders of the Maori Party Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia sit together at a desk shouting angrily at Maori Party MP Hone Harawira who walks off casually whistling ad remarking 'fuckwits ; dickheads'. Context - criticisms of Maori Party policy and thinking by Hone Harawira have led to a complaint being laid against him by fellow Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell. This means an investigation that could lead to expulsion for Hone or some sort of conciliation; the stability of the Maori Party is in jeopardy . Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015428

Description: A man tells Australian PM, Julia Gillard, that he has found an expert consultant on minority governments - a kiwi. The Australian election held 21st August resulted in a hung parliament; Australians now wait for the end of vote-counting that will decide the outcome - neither party has captured the 76 seats needed to form a majority government. New Zealand's MMP system means that there are usually coalitions because the big parties don't get enough seats to form a government without coalition partners. 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: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016357

Description: Pita Sharples Co-leader of the Maori Party holds a document entitled 'Constitutional Review' in his left hand and a glove puppet representing Finance Minister Bill English in his right. The puppet says '..and Pita will be my right hand man with this...' The review, announced today by Deputy Prime Minister Bill English and Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples, will also look at the role of the Treaty of Waitangi within constitutional arrangements and whether New Zealand needs a written constitution. The review is part of a confidence and supply agreement between National and the Maori Party. (NZ Herald 8 December 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024791

Description: Depicts New Zealand First leader Winston Peters in a telephone box about to change from his suit into "Security Man", a Superman like outfit. A nearby newspaper headline reads that Prime Minister John Key is seeking support from Peters for the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) legislation. Refers to Key writing to Peters offering a meeting to discuss New Zealand First Party attitude to the bill which is seen as an overture which could lead to a post election coalition. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016356

Description: A dog representing the government is being moved backwards and forwards by its tail, representing the Maori Party. A newspaper nearby has the news 'Foreshore & seabed Bill' and 'Review of NZ constitution'. Refers to the Maori Party making both of these actions a condition of their support for the National government. The dog's apparent movement by its own tail represents the expression 'to wag the dog', which refers to a situation where something of secondary importance improperly takes on the role of something of primary importance Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).