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Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016080

Description: The cartoon shows the head of Minister of Justice Judith Collins, as a cash register with coins spilling out; the minister represents 'fiscal restraint'. A newspaper nearby reads 'Collins defends judge's golden handshake'. Refers to the news that acting Attorney-General Judith Collins has defended her decision to accept the resignation of former Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson with a golden handshake. Mr Wilson's resignation was announced last month following complaints about an alleged conflict of interest regarding a case he was involved in. A judicial conduct panel was set up for the first time in New Zealand to hear the complaints, but inquiries were cut short by the resignation. The handshake is calculated at $475,000. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016103

Description: Deputy PM Bill English is on the phone to the PM reporting that he has 'sorted out the Pansy Wong problem'. There is a plank leading from Bill English's desk to the window-sill - clearly Pansy Wong has had to walk it. Refers to news that Pansy Wong, resigned her portfolios as Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister because she broke the rules when she and her husband went to China and he conducted business while he was there. Pansy Wong is being further investigated. There are two private companies registered at Ms Wong's Botany electorate office in which Mr Wong has interests. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015805

Description: Former PM Jenny Shipley and former National Party President Michelle Boag sit together over a glass of wine in the 'Momentum Consulting' offices. Boag is reading a newspaper with a headline reading 'Super City recruiter challenged after defence CV scandal. They are outraged that an assumption is being made that because they got it wrong with 'this man Wilce' they will also get it wrong when they line up the supercity executives and agree that it is unfair to think that 'we don't know our own friends'. Michelle Boag is a senior executive at Momentum in the public relations field, and Dame Jenny Shipley is on the Momentum Consulting Group board. The CV scandal refers to Momentum's part in the appointment of Roger Wilce as a top scientist in the Defence Force and his dismissal after his credentials were found to be false. Momentum was contracted to recruit about 45 Auckland Super City executives but Ms Boag said she would not be involved after claims that her links with Mr Banks' mayoral campaign created a conflict of interest. Michelle Boag has been involved in an email scandal in which she asked the recipient in an email bearing the company's logo to let her know if they wanted to contribute to Mr Banks' campaign. In another email also bearing Momentum livery and under the heading "John Banks for Mayor", Ms Boag says she wants "a more experienced Mayor for the first Super City which will also help the National Party to another term in central government". (NZ Herald 23 September 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016190

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A ministerial aide wonders when the minister is returning to parliament to answer the accusations being leveled at him; his colleague thinks it won't be long as the minister is getting close to thinking up a plausible excuse. Probably refers to the Pansy Wong affair. Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong resigned from her portfolio after it was revealed that on a trip to China in 2008 her husband Sammy Wong was involved in a business deal. An independent investigation of travel claims by Mrs Wong and her husband Sammy was ordered by Speaker Lockwood Smith. The trip was made with a 90 percent taxpayer-funded rebate on their airfares, and it is against the rules to use the allowance for private business. Mrs Wong has apologised and paid back the $474 rebate for the China trip. An Auditor-General's inquiry called for by the Labour opposition is not considered necessary. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016105

Description: Text reads 'Deadly brown-spot blight threatens NZ Chinese gooseberry.' The cartoon shows National MP and the whole frame covered with brown spots. Refers to news that Pansy Wong, resigned her portfolios as Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister because she broke the rules when she and her husband went to China and he conducted business while he was there. Pansy Wong is being further investigated. There are two private companies registered at Ms Wong's Botany electorate office in which Mr Wong has interests. Refers also to the discovery of the bacterial pathogen PSA that were first seen in a Te Puke gold-fruit orchard and 28 orchards out of more than 3000 nationwide are confirmed as having the disease in the North and South Islands. Gold fruit are a type of kiwifruit and the old name for kiwifruit was Chinese gooseberry; Pansy Wong is of Chinese origin. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024796

Description: Depicts National Party List MP Aaron Gilmore as a motorcyclist on a spoof movie poster. Refers to the timing of the release by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) of emails which were written by Aaron Gilmore when he was contracted to work as a senior policy analyst for former Department of Building and Housing. They are said to reveal that he used his position to bully a colleague. This follows the scandal that erupted over Gilmore's behaviour to a waiter at a Hanmer Springs restaurant. Commentary from the artist: "The cartoon is a spoof of the film "The World's Fastest Indian" about Burt Munro and his highspeed motorcycle feats. In the cartoon, the high speed refers to way civil servants sped through an OIA in a climate of National Party urgent desire to discredit MP Aaron Gilmore. The 'rider' depicted is a non-specific person representing the Wellington bureaucracy." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024715

Description: Depicts two linked images. Firstly a door labelled 'State Services Job Appointment Panel', then inside the room where a man is being interviewed by a panel consisting of a parrot, teddy bear, goldfish in a bowl and a buzzy bee toy. Refers to Prime Minister John Key signing off on an interview panel for the vacancy of head of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) four days after he breakfasted with old friend and candidate Ian Fletcher. Key had rejected a short list of candidates supplied by the State Services Commission and then telephoned Fletcher to encourage him to apply for the position (Stuff 24 April 2013). Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024702

Description: Depicts Prime Minister John Key being hyponotised so he will not remember anything that incriminates himself or the National government. Refers to claims by Key that he does not remember his involvement in the appointment of his friend Ian Fletcher to the Government Security Bureau (GSB). Key has also said he does not remember the size of his shareholding in Tranz Rail and being briefed by the GCSB about Kim Dotcom (see NZ Herald 4 April 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020575

Description: A schoolboy hands his teacher a note signed by ACC Minister Nick Smith. Context: refers to the ACC - Nick Smith scandal. Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend by signing letters - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020569

Description: The cartoon shows Minister of ACC fronting up to an ACC desk with a sword through his torso. He explains that he fell on it. Context: refers to the ACC-Nick Smith scandal - Nick Smith signed letters of support for a friend in her applications for ACC assistance - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020618

Description: Shows former Minister of ACC Nick Smith with his head as a balloon from which the air is escaping - the string attaching the balloon to his body has broken. Context: refers to the ACC - Nick Smith scandal - Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020590

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key home from the Nuclear Security Summit at Seoul. He is greeted by a chauffeur who holds open the door of a car with leaks and missing wheels. Context: refers to various scandals and embarrassments suffered by the government recently. Those suggested are the 'teacup fiasco' - John Key and John Banks having a private conversation at a highly publicised event that was recorded, indiscretions and all; the 'Foreign Affairs backdown' in which heavy-handed cuts to the service were being revisited; the 'ACC debacle' which led to the dismissal of ACC Minister Nick Smith for conflict of interests. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020701

Description: Shows Minister for ACC Judith Collins being reminded of the 7000 client records that were inadvertently sent to a high-profile client who was assisted by former ACC Minister Nick Smith who consequently lost his portfolios. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020702

Description: Context: Minister for ACC Judith Collins has threatened Labour MPs Andrew Little and Trevor Mallard with a defamation action after they accused her of leaking to the Dompost an email at the centre of a spat over an ACC claimant. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020571

Description: Shows Minister of ACC Nick Smith writing a letter to himself about 'a lady known to both of us' and wondering about a bad feeling that he has. Context: refers to the ACC-Nick Smith scandal - Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0020684

Description: Shows ACC Minister Judith Collins looking very angry. Context: On 29 March 2012 Judith Collins sent letters to Labour MPs Andrew Little and Trevor Mallard and Radio New Zealand threatening legal action over comments they made about a leaked email concerning personal details about ACC client Bronwyn Pullar. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0020620

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key stuck on top of a fence. Context: refers to the ACC - Nick Smith scandal. Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend - cronyism, which has led to his being relieved of his ministerial positions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020700

Description: Shows former Minister of ACC Nick Smith being swept under the carpet along with '7000 client files' that were accidentally sent to a client, and a pile of 'National Party activists'. Context: Nick Smith was relieved of his portfolios because he assisted a friend with her ACC claims. At around the same time 7000 client files were found to have been accidentally sent to this same friend. There was much scandal and mayhem. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0020658

Description: Shows Nick Smith on crutches with injuries walking up to a woman at an ACC office desk who is handing him a claims form. Context: On 13 March 2012 Dominion Post reveals an ACC manager sent private files of 6500 clients to Bronwyn Pullar, former National Party activist, who had been in conflict with ACC over her entitlement following a head injury in 2002. On 20 March 2012 New Zealand Herald revealed Nick Smith, former ACC Minister, sent correspondence to ACC about Pullar, a friend, without declaring a conflict of interest. On 21 March 2012 Nick Smith resigned from his Cabinet portfolios. Quantity: 1 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-0020579

Description: Cartoon shows ACC Minister Nick Smith lying prone with a pen sticking out of his back. Context: refers to the ACC-Nick Smith scandal - Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend by signing letters of support - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).