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Slane, Christopher, 1957-:[Christchurch earthquake and politics] 4 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
Reference: DCDL-0017239
Description: A policeman stops a queue of politicians at a checkpoint in Christchurch saying 'Sorry, no politics past this point'. In the queue are Prime Minister John Key, Minister of Finance Bill English carrying a ledger, leader of ACT Rodney Hide wearing his yellow jacket and carrying an axe and a saw and lastly leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff. Context - the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 and the danger of political point-scoring rather than serious co-operative work to rebuild Christchurch. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958-: Finance minister says low wages in NZ are 'a way of competing' with...
Date: 2011
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0017519
Description: Text reads 'Finance Minister says low wages in NZ are "a way of competing with Australia"'. Below, a kangaroo in Australia holds a big bag of money and faces off against a kiwi in New Zealand who holds a much smaller bag of money. Further text reads 'DUEL ECONOMY Presenting pay packets at 5,369,137 paces'. Context - Finance Minister Bill English has come under fire for saying low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Labour leader Phil Goff commented "This from a Government which campaigned at the last election on closing the gap with Australia". There is a wordplay on the word 'duel' meaning 'fight' or 'competition' and 'dual meaning 'two'. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"It's great to have a break and forget about work for a change!" 9 January 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016794
Description: The cartoon shows MPs at the beach during the Christmas holiday break. PM John Key, Minister of Finance Bill English and Minister of Energy and Conservation Jerry Brownlee build the 'Beehive' out of sand; Co-leaders of the Maori Party Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia fish from a waka; and Deputy leader of the Labour Party Annette King drives a speedboat that pulls Labour leader Phil Goff along on water skis. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W, 1948-:"They both show a heady mix of sang-froid & rigor mortis." 19 Ap...
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-0017714
Description: Finance Minister Bill English looks his usual anxious self as he prepares for the May budget after having taken his turn in the 'Passion.Ograph'; and as leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff takes his turn in the passion.ograph he grins broadly despite the awful opinion polls for himself and Labour. Nearby two scientists examine the results of the Passion.Ograph and say 'They both show a heady mix of sang-froid & rigor mortis' - ie they both have permanent fixed expressions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Good news, John, we're ahead by a NOSE!!" "It's all that fibbing!!" 7 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016047
Description: Finance Minister Bill English and PM John Key gloat over the polls. Bill English says 'Good news, John, we're ahead by a nose!!' In the background the leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff stands with his deputy Annette King who comments sourly 'It's all that fibbing!!'.John Key's nose is enormous - the Pinocchio effect. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- : "Where the bloody hell are ya?!" 12 April 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017533
Description: The cartoon shows Finance Minister Bill English standing on a turnscrew that represents 'NZ wages'; he yells 'Where the bloody hell are ya?!' as the screw is turned by two convicts chained to the handles. Nearby is a newspaper which reads 'Low wages a way of competing with Aus.' Context - Finance Minister Bill English screws the workers; he has come under fire for saying low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Labour leader Phil Goff commented "This from a Government which campaigned at the last election on closing the gap with Australia". Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :'You mongrels interviewed National MPs many more times than...
Date: 2012
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023486
Description: Former Leader of the Labour Party, Phil Goff, confronts a reporter about his coverage of National Party members of parliament during the 2011 elections in New Zealand. The reporter states he was told not provide media coverage of Goff by members of the National Party. Refers to research by a Massey University professor that four of the country's top newspapers were biased in their coverage of the 2011 election. The study revealed that all four papers exhibited substantial bias in their selection and use of images during the election campaign, most of it in favour of Key and the National Party. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).