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Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022464

Description: Shows ACT leader and MP John Banks expressing relief at having dodged that one. He has survived walking the plank. Context: refers to the police decision not to prosecute John Banks over his 'anonymous' campaign donations. John Banks received donations from Skycity and also from Mr Dotcom for his 2010 campaign for the Auckland mayoralty. He denied knowing who the donors were thus breaking the law. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021291

Description: Context: Leader of the ACT Party, John Banks, lied about so-called anonymous donations made to his Auckland mayoralty campaign. In fact they had come from Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload. 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-0022461

Description: Shows a couple watching ACT leader and MP John Banks on the TV news. Context: refers to the police decision not to prosecute John Banks over his 'anonymous' campaign donations. John Banks received donations from Skycity and also from Mr Dotcom for his 2010 campaign for the Auckland mayoralty. He denied knowing who the donors were thus breaking the law. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022536

Description: John Banks is shown crawling underneath an extremely low pole vault labelled 'ethics.' A police officer confronts him. Context: Member of Parliament John Banks illegally reported 'anonymous' campaign donations, rather than name large donations from Sky City and Kim Dotcom during his failed 2010 campaign for the Auckland mayoralty. Auckland police deemed there to be insufficient evidence to prosecute Banks. Pole vault was a sport during the 2012 Olympics in London, which occurred around the same time. (New Zealand Police News Centre, 26 July 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024533

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key, Leader of the Labour Party David Shearer, and ACT party leader John Banks portrayed as sickly-looking computers. A man stands beside them and says, 'They're all the same flashy bells and whistles, but stuff all memory!' Refers to controversies in which each politician has responded by blaming their memory for the error. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022972

Description: ACT Party leader and cabinet minister John Banks holds two bags each labelled '$25,000'. To his left is Prime Minister John Key and to his right is Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom. Keys states that 'Banksey' wouldn't lie to him. Banks states he's not a liar, he just has a bad memory. Dotcom asks whether he's the sort of person one is likely to forget. Context: John Banks was embroiled in controversy over donations he received from German millionaire Kim Dotcom during his campaign for the Auckland mayoralty in 2010. He declared the donations from Dotcom were anonymous and claims he did not know who the donors were. It is alleged he informed Dotcom to split a $50,000 donation into two separate donations in order to comply with electoral laws. John Key accepted Banks's declaration that he was unaware of who the donor was because he needed John Banks in parliament to give him the majority he needed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021127

Description: Shows the enormous figure of Mr Dotcom with a paper bag on his head meeting with ACT Party leader John Banks. John Banks calls him 'Mr Anonymous.com'. 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. 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: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021366

Description: Context: John Banks has been in big trouble over the Dotcom affair in which he failed to disclose that he knew Dotcom donated funds for his Auckland mayoral campaign and then lied and 'failed to remember' various other embarrassing incidents. John Key has yet to sack him. 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-0021360

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key as Little Bo Peep and ACT leader John Banks as a wolf in sheep's clothing. Someone is handing John Key an axe. Context: John Banks has been in big trouble over the Dotcom affair in which he failed to disclose that he knew Dotcom donated funds for his Auckland mayoral campaign and then lied and 'failed to remember' various other embarrassing incidents. John Key has yet to sack him. 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-0021140

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key climbing Mount Popularity but finding it difficult because of the weight of ACT leader John Banks and his 'friend' Kim Dotcom, an Internet millionaire. 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 signed off on campaign finance returns recording the money as coming from anonymous sources. Mr Dotcom is a very large man. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022975

Description: Shows ACT Party leader and Cabinet minister John Banks in a gutter. A cup of tea is by his side. He has his arms folded angrily. His statement that 'it's gutter politics by the opposition' suggests it's the opposition's fault that he's in the situation he is. The cartoon suggests that this is ironic given John Banks's political record. John Banks was accused of lying when he professed not to have known who the 'anonymous' donors were who made donations towards his campaign for the 2010 Auckland mayoralty - they were Kim Dotcom and Sky City. 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-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: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021350

Description: Shows ACT MP John Banks as a teabag being dunked by an arm labelled 'Media' in a tea cup. Context: Following John Banks' involvement in the teapot tapes controversy over media recording of his cup of tea conversation with Prime Minister John Key, Banks was being investigated by police for receiving campaign donations from Internet Millionaire Kim Dotcom, but declaring it as anonymous. When questioned about his relationship to Dotcom in a RadioLive interview, Banks said he had no relationship with Dotcom as "he's a married man" (RadioLive website 1 May 2012). Quantity: 1 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).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021121

Description: 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. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021136

Description: Shows ACT leader John Banks sweating as the heat is turned up. Context: The Dotcom affair. 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. Mr Dotcom is a very large man. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021339

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Economic Development of Stephen Joyce as ostriches with their heads buried in sand. They are both avoiding the hard issues of 'Banks, Sky City and the land and asset sales'. Context: John Banks was in strife over the 'anonymous' donation that was clearly from Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload. Sky City refers to a change in legislation that would allow Skycity to increase the number of gaming machines in return for their funding the building of a new conference centre, and the issue of the partial sale of several important government assets was ongoing. 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-0021143

Description: Shows an ass searching for a tail. Context: Refers to the lies and lapses of memory of ACT leader John Banks as he tries to avoid the consequences of describing a donation that he knew had come from Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom as anonymous. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).