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Date: 2011

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017759

Description: Text reads 'What's this... a walnut?... or could it be Hone Harawira's brain? The cartoon shows an image of a walnut. A second version has the text 'Hone Harawira spells it out' followed by the word 'tERRORism' above the head of the leader of the new Mana Party, Hone Harawira. A third version has the text 'Hone Harawhereareyourbrains?' above an image of two footprints with an arrow pointing into the mouth of Hone Harawira; below this are the words 'Foot in mouth disease' but the word 'foot' has been crossed out and replaced by the word 'feet'. Context - Controversial ex-Maori Party MP, and now leader of the new Mana Party) Hone Harawira has been criticized after calling Osama bin Laden a freedom fighter, saying the former terrorist mastermind should be "honoured", not "damned", as according to Maori custom. Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017788

Description: The cartoon shows the 'PM's shopping list' on which the items 'Cars', 'Protection', 'Chopper rides' and 'Painting the house' all have their boxes ticked. Leader of the Labour opposition Phil Goff says 'We've given John Key a good ticking off' and below text continues with '(But is Labour the spent force?)' Context - PM John Key has been criticized for what many regard as inappropriate spending of taxpayer dollars on the ticked items but Labour is struggling to regain some credibility and is regarded by some as 'a spent force'. (Play on 'shopping' and 'spent') Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023890

Description: Cartoon showing presumably Prime Minister John Key holding up signs reading In and Out, with the names of Nick Smith and Nikki Kaye on the 'in' sign, and Kate Wilkinson and Phil Heatley are on the 'out' sign. Heatley was removed from his position as Minister of Housing, and was replaced by Nick Smith. Wilkinson had resigned from her position as Minister of Labour following the Pike River mining disaster, but still held positions of Minister for Food Safety, and Minister of Conservation until January 2013, when Key gave those portfolios to Kaye and Smith, respectively. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023836

Description: Two cartoons showing Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, who remains as a member of Prime Minister John Key's cabinet, despite numerous controversies during her year in the role. Key removed two other ministers from cabinet. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023837

Description: Shows a group of penguins discussing Prime Minister John Key's visit to Antarctica, stating that it will be 'his best Pole result in ages.' Key visited Scott Base in Antarctica briefly in January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024500

Description: Cartoon portraying Prime Minister John Key as a teapot. Refers to recent memory lapses by the Prime Minister, where he claims not to remember conversations and briefings when questioned by reporters. (Stuff.co.nz, 4 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024765

Description: Around a dartboard, titled 'MAYhem face the MUSIC Month', are asset sales, spying, Labour-Greens power proposal, Gilmore, Dotcom, GCSB and Banks. May 2013 had been billed as a month for the promotion of New Zealand music. For the National government that month was notable for the crises, mistakes, embarrassments and bad news which had accumulated over the year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024824

Description: Shows Member of Parliament Aaron Gilmore saying, "Your words will come back to haunt you," and then being stabbed in the head with those same words. Refers to an incident at a restaurant in Hamner Springs, where an inebriated Gilmore was refused further wine by the waiter, and responded by calling him a "dickhead," and demanding, "Do you know who I am? I'm an important politician!" Gilmore later resigned from Parliament following the incident. (3 News, 2 May 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025052

Description: Depicts Lockwood Smith, the High Commissioner in London holding out his begging bowl and the following words are written beside him, 'an adaption of the theatrical sensation with a twist...this time a group of struggling taxpayers 19,000km away cough up $7,500 a week to have the privilege of Lockwood Smith's representation'. Refers to Lockwood Smith leasing expensive accomodation (at a cost to New Zealand tax payers), instead of living in the High Commissioner's residence in London which the government plans to sell. RENT is a rock musical about impoverished artists trying to survive. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025273

Description: The word 'Trust', with the 'u' replaced by a large, toothy grin, representing Tim Shadbolt, the Mayor of Invercargill, and the longest-serving mayor in New Zealand. In 2013 a Readers' Digest poll named him as the most trusted politician in New Zealand. Title from file name 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-0020064

Description: Shows Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard falling over. The second cartoon has a reference to the 'tea party' incident when a conversation between Prime Minister John Key and ACT candidate for the Epsom seat, John Banks, in a highly publicized meeting over a cup of tea, was recorded. Context: Comments by federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott that perhaps it was time for the Aboriginal tent embassy to move on triggered a protest that trapped him and Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a Canberra restaurant. About 200 protesters ran from the tent embassy, where 40th anniversary celebrations were under way, to the nearby Lobby restaurant in Canberra after learning Abbott was giving a speech there. Gillard, surrounded by security officers in the midst of the throng, stumbled and lost a shoe. [TVNZ Jan 26 2012] Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019840

Description: Text reads 'The Attorney-General, CHRIS Finlayson wants the "teapot tape" cameraman to pay $14,000'. The cartoon shows Chris Finlayson dressed as Santa Claus and holding a 'Court costs invoice' in one hand and a cup of tea in the other. He says 'It's all in the CHRIStmas spirit'. There are two other versions with slight differences. Context: A cameraman, Bradley Ambrose said he inadvertently taped a conversation between Prime Minister John Key and ACT Epsom candidate, now MP, John Banks at a media-staged event during the election campaign. The Attorney-General's demand for nearly $14,000 in court costs from the cameraman over the ''teapot tape'' could ruin the freelancer's business, his lawyer claims. (Stuff 29/12/2011) Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 3 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-0020301

Description: Shows Labour MP, Trevor Mallard, tossing tickets into the air. A bomb labelled 'Major events Management Act 2007' ticks at his feet. Labour MP Trevor Mallard says he has offered to refund the cost of tickets he sold to a group of Wellington students after a furore over the profit he made from flogging them off on TradeMe. Mr Mallard sold four tickets to the sold-out Homegrown Festival at a $276 profit. (Dominion Post: 16/2/2012) As Minister for Sport and Recreation, Mr Mallard initiated the Major Events Management Act 2007 which tightened the rules around on-selling tickets to major events and allowed scalpers to be fined up to $5000. 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-0020610

Description: Cartoon shows a cup punctured with pins - water leaks through the holes and text reads 'ACCupuncture'. Context: refers to the ACC-Nick Smith scandal - Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) 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).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020609

Description: Cartoon shows a sieve labelled 'ACC' through which water leaks. Text reads 'public sievents'. Context: refers to the ACC - Nick Smith scandal - Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) 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-0020579

Description: Cartoon shows ACC Minister Nick Smith lying prone with a pen sticking out of his back. Context: refers to the ACC-Nick Smith scandal - Nick Smith supported an ACC claimant who was a friend by signing letters of support - cronyism - which critics agree means National and John Key have taken a big hit. (NZ Herald - Bryce Edwards Mar 26 2012) 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-0020116

Description: Relates to the widespread leak of the so-called teapot tapes on internet sites. The tape is a recording of a conversation between Mr Key and ACT's Epsom candidate John Banks in an Auckland cafe before November's general election. Mr Key said yesterday he would have been more respectful in a public conversation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018186

Description: Text reads 'Tai Tokerau why? election. The image shows a pair of footsteps that have walked in a circle and below are the words 'Harawira confirms he's moving in the right direction' but the word 'right' has been crossed out and replaced with 'left'. Context - Hone Harawira resigned from the Maori Party after irreconcilable philosophical differences. He formed the new Mana Party and went on to win the Te Tai Tokorau seat in a by-election, forced by the resignation. His majority was much reduced by the Labour Party candidate and the Maori Party trailed far behind. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).