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Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024099

Description: Shows the United States, in the form of Uncle Sam, as a puppeteer, pulling the strings of a militarised kiwi labelleld 'NZ'. Uncle Sam stands on ground labelled Afghanistan and says 'Watch this, I can make him look like he's leaving'. Refers to Prime Minister John Key's announcement on 18 February 2013 that after the April 2013 withdrawal from Bamiyan, New Zealand would maintain 27 military personnel in Afghanistan for at least a year. Wider context also suggests that New Zealand is serving American interests in their role in Afghanistan. See Stuff 18 February 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020135

Description: Two men stand staring at a wall round the Crafar farms that ressembles the Great Wall of China. One of them comments that he thought there was the chance of extra jobs but realises the Chinese have brought their own fencing contractors. Context: Refers to the sale of the Crafar farms to Milk New Zealand Holding, a subsidiary of Shanghai Pengxin Group. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020137

Description: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard holds a document entitled 'Trans-Tasman talks' in one hand and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, in the other. John Key asks her for a hint about how she sees their economic partnership going forward'. Context: Refers to the second series of Trans Tasman talks described as a joint meeting of senior ministers. John Key will hold bilateral talks with Julia Gillard and take part in the joint meetings. Key is expected to raise the issue of Australia's 2001 law change which reclassified incoming Kiwis from permanent residents to temporary ones, cutting off their right to claim many social security benefits. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021460

Description: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, represented as an alien, stands in front of a landed spacecraft sporting a banner reading 'Mission accomplished'. he announces that he has come from 'Planet Nato', and that 'the Allies are pulling out as Afghanistan is ready for peaceful transition! Mission accomplished!' There had been several purported UFO sightings and landings in New Zealand, as noted by the cartoonist. McCully at the time was attending a NATO meeting in Chicago, where the withdrawal from Afghanistan was announced. 'Mission Accomplished' refers to the banner displayed by the former President of the United States, George W Bush, when he prematurely declared the end of the war in Iraq. The view from 'Planet Nato' of Afghan politics suggests the same lack of realism. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020886

Description: Shows President Barack Obama chatting to Prime Minister John Key and commending the NZ PM who was a 'fearless defender of nuclear non-proliferation and saner controls. John Key believes it is he whose praises the president sings but it was former PM David Lange under whose government happened the televised Oxford Union debate in 1985. David Lange successfully argued the proposition that 'nuclear weapons are morally indefensible'. Helen Clark has described New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation as his legacy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020885

Description: Shows a hefty mountain goat that represents MP Gerry Brownlee and which scoffs at Finland for being unable to accept a bit of humour. Gerry Brownlee caused embarrassment when he made derogatory comments that suggested during a parliamentary debate that Finnish people are uneducated and disrespectful to women. The comments sparked outrage in Finland (Stuff 26 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022182

Description: Shows two 'FBI' cowboys stampeding a herd of cows on 'Dotcom's ranch'. The cows represent the government, the New Zealand Police and the Solicitor General. Context: Chief High Court Judge Helen Winkelmann has ruled illegal the police search and seizure at Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's mansion. She also ruled that it was unlawful for copies of Dotcom's computer data to be shipped overseas to the United States. US charges against him include copyright infringement relating to the Megaupload file-sharing website that he founded. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020901

Description: Shows a monkey that represents New Zealand accepting peanuts from a fat cat representing Australia. Context cited on cartoon - refers to Australian businesses relocating to New Zealand because New Zealand wages and labour laws make it more economical. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022181

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key chatting with a kiwi about 'Public Service targets being aspirational. The kiwi deflates the PM's enthusiasm by mentioning 'catching up with Australia'. Context: Government's pre-announced 10 Better Public Service Result Targets. These include getting 20,000 unemployed people off the benefit and other measures. Refers also to John Key's determination to close the wage gap between New Zealand and Australia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023053

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key, who represents 'Govt and agencies', kissing the boot of an Uncle Sam character. An irritated kiwi advises 'Civility, not servility'. Context: Refers to government compliance with the United States over the Dotcom affair which led to an embarrassing fiasco when the police made an illegal raid on the home of Internet emtrepreneur Kim Dotcom, who has New Zealand residency. The reason for the raid was an extradition desire by the United States who are charging Dotcom with copyright enfringement offences. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022943

Description: Context: It was hoped that New Zealand's free trade agreement with Russia and two of its neighbouring states, negotiations for which began in 2010, would be ready for signing off at the APEC leaders meeting in Vladivostok this week (early September). However it seems that there is still work to be done. refers to John Key's attendance at the recent APEC Convention in Vladivostok where it was hoped to sign off the free trade agreement between New Zealand and Russia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022944

Description: Shows two officials in the United States State Department hastening to correct an error in which they blamed the wind for mis-quoting Prime Minister John Key. Context: refers to the obliteration of parts of Prime Minister John Key's comments in a news conference with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Pacific Islands Forum. There was no wind that day and it seems that blaming the wind was a noble effort by the State Department to save face for Key, who already faces some mockery for his diction, even from New Zealanders. (Claire Trevett in the NZ Herald) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022945

Description: Shows a little 'APEC' train full of revellers chugging along on a piece of broken line. Context: refers to John Key's attendance at the recent APEC Convention in Vladivostok where it was hoped to sign off the free trade agreement between New Zealand and Russia. Key said he was unlikely to bring up human rights and the two-year prison sentences given to three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023466

Description: United States President Barak Obama looks triumphant and waves an arm in the air, and with his other hand, pats the head of a tiny version of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who sits in his coat pocket. Refers to Key and Obama meeting together with leaders of the Trans Pacific Partnership meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023657

Description: Shows Murray McCully portrayed as a firework. Context: Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully condemned North Korea's launch of a satellite using long-range ballistic missile technology. (New Zealand Herald, 12 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).