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"What with Warner Brothers and Mrs Clinton the old forelock's taken a terrible tugging ...
Date: 2010
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0016030
Description: PM John Key is having a haircut; the barber comments that what with the 'Warner Brothers and Mrs Clinton the old forelock's taken a terrible tugging this week'. He is referring to the deferential treatment John Key will have given both the Warner Brothers in his desperate negotiations to have the Hobbit films made in New Zealand, and to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton during her visit to New Zealand in which the 'Wellington Declaration' that 'formalises a new strategic partnership between New Zealand and the United States was signed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :GCSB. 19 August 2013
Date: 2013
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0025925
Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key pulling a missile labelled 'GCSB Bill Made in the USA' and saying "Greater love hath no man than this: that he lay down the freedom of his compatriots for his friends." Refers to the legislative changes to alter the powers given to the Government Communications Security Bureau, allowing the GCSB to spy on New Zealand citizens. Wider context also refers to the Five Eyes agreement, which includes New Zealand and the United States of America. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick 1941- :'What on earth were the S.A.S. doing in Afghanistan anyway?' 30...
Date: 2012
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0020671
Description: A couple watch the news on television and discuss the kind of open transparent democracy we enjoy in New Zealand and which the S.A.S. were hoping to secure for Afghanistan. Context: The elite SAS forces are due home from Afghanistan in March 2012. They have been deployed in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick 1941- :But would Kiwis have bought it knowing there's no "reverse"?' 2...
Date: 2011
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019055
Description: The cartoon shows a tank bearing the text 'SAS All the way with Uncle Sam' which is struggling over rugged terrain. One of the soldiers on top of the tank says 'But would Kiwis have bought it knowing there's no "reverse"?' Context: New Zealand's elite troops in Afghanistan will not be coming home early despite the death of an SAS soldier in a gun battle in the capital, Kabul. PM John Key is sticking to a withdrawal date of March 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick 1941- :"John who? From New what?" 21 July 2011
Date: 2011
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018403
Description: President Obama sits at his White House desk and talks on the phone saying 'John who? From New what?' Context - Prime Minister John Key visited the United States towards the end of July. The only glitch during the short press conference was the president mispronouncing the prime minister's name as 'Keys' - but Key said later he wasn't bothered. "To be honest it's the first time he's used my surname. He always calls me John." (TVNZ, July 23 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).