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Date: 2014

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0029543

Description: Shows John Key leaning back against a big red bomb and whistling. In the background is Kim Dotcom and Glenn Greenwald. Dotcom asks Greenwald "Er... Glenn... has it gone off yet?". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024664

Description: On New Year's Eve the Prime Minister, John Key, has a nightmare of Kim Dotcom farewelling him from the door of the old year and simultaneously welcoming him to the New Year. The problem of the Kim Dotcom extradition case with its associated disclosures were still unsolved after nearly a year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021120

Description: The media is starting to ask hard questions of the government about ethics and principles. The 'Banks-Dotcom affair' refers to ACT Party leader John Banks who received a donation from internet millionaire Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but he declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. The PM's 'Pokies deal with Skycity' refers to the government's offering to alter legislation so that Skycity could have more pokie machines in return for Skycity's building of a new convention centre without funding assistance from the government. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021747

Description: Shows Internet Millionaire Kim Dotcom holding up a small square shaped John Banks, ACT Party Leader, while wife Mona says he's too small for the cost and Dotcom has enough wierd stuff already. Context: Dotcom has said that he was thanked by Banks for his $50,000 donation to Bank's 2010 mayoralty campaign, and that he divided it into two donations so Banks could avoid disclosing the source of the money. Banks has denied this. Inference is that Dotcom is hanging Banks out to dry (NZ Herald 30 April 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021274

Description: Shows a doctor and nurse discussing what size needle to use on John Key, Prime Minister, who is sitting on a hospital bed. He has the head of John Banks, ACT MP for Epsom, growing out of his shoulder. Context: John Key has said he would strip Banks of his ministerial warrants if he is found to be lying over allegations that he accepted a $50,000 donation from Internet Millionaire Kim Dotcom, then claimed it was an anonymous donation (Stuff 7 May 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021321

Description: Shows ACT leader John Banks on a television grinning hard and failing to 'remember' anything much. Finance Minister Bill English is busy writing his 2012 budget speech and thanks John Banks for being able to 'continue offering such high interest accounts'. Context: Refers to John Banks' memory failures over Kim Dotcom's donations to his campaign funds for the Auckland mayor candidacy. Refers also to the austerity budget of 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-0021134

Description: A man is 'collecting anonymous donations'. A donor tells him to close his eyes while he drops his donation into a plate. Context: ACT leader John Banks refused to answer questions about two $25,000 donations to his mayoral campaign from (internet millionaire Kim ) Dotcom which were made the day after the two men met in an April 2010. Mr Banks later signed off on campaign finance returns recording the money as coming from anonymous sources. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021585

Description: Shows John Key attempting to silence Hekia Parata who is holding papers about class size. Behind Key is John Banks who has been put under a blanket. Banks is accompanied by a headless man with a suitcase of money and his friend Mr Crimp. Context: Parata has been criticised for National government plans to increase class sizes and fire teachers. Key intervened and claimed that no school would lose more than two teachers. (NZ Herald website 30 May 2012). Key has refused to sack ACT MP John Banks despite allegations that Banks knew his anonymous donor Kim Dotcom (NZ Herald website 7 May 2012) and accepted donations from anti Maori Invercargill businessman Louis Crimp (NZ herald website 21 May 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021198

Description: Shows ACT leader John Banks being conveyed in a charabank in Hong Kong. Context: The references to memory relate to John Banks inability to recall having received hospitality from millionaire Kim Dotcom with a discounted deal at Kim Dotcom's favourite Hong Kong hotel during his stay there last year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021193

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is wondering whether he got any anonymous donations during the election campaign. 'Anonymous donations' an issue since the famous 'anonymous' donation from internet millionaire Kim Dotcom to ACT leader John Banks. 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-0022026

Description: Shows ACT leader John Banks encased in protective clothing and surrounded by guards. A by-stender comments that Prime Minister Key has ordered that John Banks be protected until the Asset Sales bill has been passed. Context: John Key needed John Banks' vote to get the legislation for asset sales through parliament but John Banks had made himself highly unpopular because of his lying over the Kim Dotcom 'anonymous' donation and subsequent lying about his association with Kim Dotcom. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021204

Description: Shows Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, asking ACT Party leader John Banks whether he got the cheques and whether he enjoyed the chopper ride to his mansion. John Banks appears baffled by the questions. Context: John Banks received a donation from Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. He also attended a party at Dotcom's house to which he was taken by helicopter. Failure to declare donations where a candidate knows the source is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and an NZ$10,000 fine. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021070

Description: Shows ACT leader John Banks as the joker from a pack of cards. Context: John Banks received a donation from Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. He has also been caught out on several occasions being less than truthful and has become somewhat of a laughing stock. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021119

Description: Context: ACT Party leader John Banks received a donation from internet millionaire Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020080

Description: New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, is seen stating that he is upset that a convicted German millionaire was let into New Zealand and that an inquiry is warranted. Peters is then seen singing and clicking his heels together in a happy manner. Context: Peters demanded a government inquiry into why Kim Dotcom, a millionaire, was granted New Zealand residency although known to have been convicted of computer-related illegal activities. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax New Zealand Limited

Reference: DCDL-0020045

Description: Cartoon shows the ship of state, with the Beehive as its superstructure hitting a submerged rock in the shape of Winston Peters. A concerned John Key peers out from the bridge. Refers to the Kim Dotcom case of January 20112, when Kim Dotcom, was held by New Zealand Police for extradition to the United States to face criminal charges. A millionaire, Kim Dotcom was granted New Zealand residency although known to have been convicted of computer-related illegal activities. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 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-0021200

Description: Shows a huge moon labelled '"Amnesia" by Kim Dotcom'. ACT leader John Banks is reminded of the song 'I see the bad moon rising, I see trouble on the way..' Text reads 'May is music month and a massive moon'. Context: May is inded music month. On May 5th the moon will pass through perigee (the closest point in its orbit to earth) within one minute of when it is a full moon. The moon can be more than 10% larger in the sky when at perigee. John Banks is in disgrace John Banks because he received a donation from Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 that he declared anonymous in his campaign returns. 'Amnesia' refers to his inability to 'remember' various incidents that caused him political embarrassment. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021131

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister didn't lie, he simply had a memory lapse and forgot to tell the truth. Refers to the famous lapses in memory of ACT leader John Banks that are entering the realms of legend. The saga of Kim Dotcom's donation of two $25,000 cheques to John Banks' mayoral campaign continued on to include a helicopter ride to the millionaire's mansion that Banks had trouble calling to memory. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021446

Description: A very large woman dressed in Wagnerian garb asks ACT leader John Banks which song he would like. Reference to the 'fat lady sings'? Context: John Banks received a donation from Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. He also attended a party at Dotcom's house to which he was taken by helicopter. Failure to declare donations where a candidate knows the source is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and an NZ$10,000 fine. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021122

Description: Context: (Wordplay cheques - sex) ACT Party leader John Banks received a donation in the form of two cheques that amounted to $50,000 from internet millionaire Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland supercity mayoralty in 2010 but declared it as anonymous in his campaign returns. Failure to declare donations where a candidate knows the source is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and an NZ$10,000 fine. The cartoon also makes a reference to the 'Monica Lewinsky affair' which led to the impeachment of President Clinton for lying when he said 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman'. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).