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Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017301

Description: A petrol pump hose and dripping nozzle zigzags its way up a graph. Context - Petrol prices are within three cents of a record high, after soaring overnight on the back of global oil prices. A litre of 91 octane now costs $2.16, up five cents from yesterday while a litre of premium sits at $2.22 - both are just shy of 2008's record high prices. AA petrolwatch spokesman Mark Stockdale said the price of oil had gone up because of the instability in Libya and New Zealand's worsening exchange rate. (Stuff 8 March 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017500

Description: Two farmers chat across the farmyard gate. One comments 'I suppose a giant plastic waka will help keep the traditional culture alive' and the other replies 'With the price of dairy products these days, maybe Fonterra should build a giant plastic milk bottle'. Context - The government has hit back at criticism over a $2 million waka venue centre for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), defending the cost as necessary to host a world-class event. Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples says the waka will promote Maori culture during the Rugby World Cup. There has also been heated debate about the price of milk for New Zealanders at a time the dairy industry is doing very well. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

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

Reference: DCDL-0013175

Description: Shows a husband reading a newspaper in at a kitchen table while his wife is washing the dishes. He reads that the Pope has announced that limbo doesn't exist. The wife replies that the Pope should try saving for a house in Auckland. Refers to the high house prices in Auckland. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017088

Description: A woman is shopping and asks the check-out person to 'gift-wrap' the milk. Context - The retail price of two litres of standard milk has increased 8.7 per cent in the past year, from $3.34 to $3.63, according to Statistics New Zealand. Fonterra has frozen the wholesale domestic price of milk - just a day after the Government ordered a review of whether the local market was working well for consumers. Progressive Enterprises, which owns Countdown, Woolworths and Foodtown, yesterday decided to freeze the price of all fresh milk for the same period. Foodstuffs has now followed by freezing milk prices for the foreseeable future at its New World, Pak n Save and Four Square stores. The freeze is aimed at helping families on low budgets feed their children well. (NZH 19 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016469

Description: The title is 'Some holidaymakers seek help for stings and bites - News'. The cartoon shows a mosquito with the words 'holiday charges' outlined in its wings, puncturing the fat thigh of a sunbather. Context - the 15 per cent extra surcharge that many cafes and restaurants charge on holidays. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017298

Description: A passerby stops at an advertisement on the lawn outside a house which reads 'Sound commercial property - Christchurch $450,000' and comments to the owner that it 'seems a good buy'. The owner tells him that's 'the yearly rental'. Context - property and rental prices in Christchurch since the earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017332

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister tells reporters that 'our attempts at making motoring more affordable have hit a snag. We've developed a car that runs on milk. Context - Petrol prices rose another 3 cents per litre on 22 March and now 91 octane petrol prices have matched the peak price in July 2008 of $2.19/litre. The retail price of milk rose from $1.69 per litre last June to $1.82 in January but Agriculture Minister David Carter said it would be a bad decision for the Government to intervene to lower domestic prices. "We are dependent, as an export nation, on what we receive for our products internationally, and while that does have a negative, immediate impact on New Zealand consumers, frankly, the better the primary sector performs the better all New Zealanders will be," he said. Dairy giant Fonterra has frozen the price for the rest of the year. Manaia Health PHO Chief Executive Chris Farrelly has slammed the high cost of milk saying it is a national outrage that a country that produces 15 billion litres annually cannot supply cheap milk to the domestic market. "Milk is vital for children's health and bone development. Milk and milk products provide energy, protein, fats, vitamins and minerals. It should be seen as an essential food - not a luxury" says Mr Farrelly. The New Zealand Children's Nutrition survey shows that milk consumption has dropped by a third since the 1980s, replaced by soft drinks which are usually much cheaper. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017099

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister says that the way to fix the problem of milk being more expensive than petrol is to increase the tax on petrol. Context - the price of milk was so high that Fonterra announced a freeze on 19 February 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017274

Description: A woman stands at the door of the house and wonders why the grass is only half cut. Her husband says 'We can only afford enough petrol to mow half the lawn'. Context is rising petrol prices. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016792

Description: The title is 'Prices up again'. A gas station owner threatens a man who has stopped for a fill-up with the bowser pump.The man yells that 'this is highway robbery'. Context; Petrol prices have hit a two-year high, breaking the "shock horror" point of $2 a litre, the Automobile Association says. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016457

Description: A man fills his fancy car with petrol while Santa Claus representing 'big oil' laughs 'HA! HA! HA!' His usual cheerful cry of 'HO HO HO' is crossed out. A newspaper in a box nearby reads 'Petrol hits $2 high'. Context - Petrol prices have hit a two-year high, breaking the "shock horror" point of $2 a litre, the Automobile Association says. Petrol prices rose 3 cents a litre yesterday (14 December 2010), taking increases since September to 22c a litre. Some car owners are now paying more than $100 to fill their tanks. Part of the 22c rise relates to the October increase in GST. (Stuff 15 December 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0018756

Description: Text reads 'The PR machine sits quietly in the corner... preparing another marketing disaster.' In the corner of a room someone sits on a high stool wearing a dunce's cap bearing the word 'adiDas' on his head (the 'D' is for 'dunce') Context: There has been a furore over the price of the Adidas All Black jersey that many fans will want to buy to show their support during the Rugby World Cup. Global sporting goods company Adidas tonight defended the price of its replica All Blacks jerseys as "absolutely fair and reasonable". (NZ Herald - 23 August 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017502

Description: A man and his wife are startled as they walk along the street by a sinister-looking fellow who is lurking round a corner and who offers them black market milk for a dollar a litre. Context - a report to Agriculture Minister David Carter said high domestic costs were being driven by overseas dairy prices. "International prices are currently at high levels and are likely to remain for the remainder of the year to May 2011 and into the next. This will keep retail milk prices up," the report said. The report showed the retail price of milk rose from $1.69 per litre last June to $1.82 in January, and advised that Government intervention to reduce prices was not a sustainable solution. Mr Carter said New Zealand had to take the good with the bad. (NZ Herald 14 March 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017553

Description: An evil-looking self-satisfied cat that represents 'Fonterra' lies satiated with its head in a cream bowl and belches. Context - Dairy juggernaut Fonterra has dismissed a complaint to the Commerce Commission alleging it is artificially inflating the price of milk in New Zealand, saying even if it could manipulate a high price, it would not be making record profits if it did so. That's because the higher the price Fonterra gets for milk, the more it has to pay to its farmer-owners and the less it posts in profit, said chief financial officer Jonathan Mason. An official complaint to the commission claims New Zealand's biggest company, and controller of around 90 per cent of the country's raw milk supply, is setting an artificial, or notional, milk price in a "deliberate and measured campaign" to lessen competition in the New Zealand market. (Stuff 1 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017810

Description: A man tells the attendant at a petrol station to 'Slow down' as 'there might be another price cut'. Context - Petrol prices have been at an all time high but now fuel prices have fallen for the second time in a week. The customer wants the attendant to slow down so that if there is a price cut he will get a cheaper price than if the gas is put in so fast the task is done before the price has a chance to fall. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017765

Description: The scene is a rural community in the eraly morning. A man swears as he walks his bike up a steep hill. His wife and child wave farewell and the child asks 'Why did Daddy say that word that you told me not to say?' Floating at the top of the cartoon are two newspapers reading 'More petrol price increases coming' and 'Save on household costs - Go to work on a bike'. Context - The cost of living and the high prices for petrol and food in the current economic climate. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017095

Description: Federated Farmers spokesman Lachlan McKenzie is at his desk (labelled 'Federated Farmers') and says furiously 'Fonterra's decision to freeze the price of milk means the farmers will be subsidizing the rest of the country...... and farmers will want to discuss that!' In the second frame his chair is blasted across the floor by the force of the rage of the little Evans man who shouts 'FINE! - LET'S DO THAT! - Right after we discuss the rest of the country subsidizing farmers' ETS obligations!' Context - The dairy co-operative Fonterra announced the freeze on 19 February 2011 after widespread criticism that milk had become unaffordable for many families. Federated Farmers dairy spokesman Lachlan McKenzie today said he was surprised and confused by the move. "It won't cost Fonterra anything, it'll cost the owners and farmers that supply Fonterra. Farmers were not making as much money as some people thought, Mr McKenzie said. The price freeze came as Fonterra predicted a bonanza payout for the current dairy season of $7kg-$7.10/kg, with 10,463 farmers each expected to receive an average gross payout of more than $800,000. Some industry observers predict average payouts may be closer to $900,000. The high cost of milk came under severe criticism this week, with Northland's Manaia Health primary health organisation chief executive Chris Farrelly saying it was a national outrage that a country which produces 15 billion litres annually could not supply cheap milk to the domestic market. Fonterra and other dairy producers will have to pay a $40 million per annum "ETS tax bill" from 1 July this year - a cost that doubles to more than $80m in 2013. Many dairy farmers believe that the ETS tax is grossly unfair and fail to accept responsibility for the dairying gas emissions problem. (Timaru Herald 21 February 2011) Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016366

Description: A highway man yells 'Stand and deliver' as he makes threatening gestures with the nozzles of two fuel pumps. The text 'fuel prices' and 'Highway robbery time again... ' appears above the image. Context; allowing for the exchange rate, the net imported cost of petrol has risen 15% since 1 December 2010, with the cost of diesel up 12%. As a result, this has led to a 15c rise in the pump price of petrol since then, and 12c for diesel. Petrol prices rose 2 cents per litre on 17 January, and diesel 3c, the first rise since before Christmas. In spite of a relatively strong exchange rate - up about US2c since the last price rise on 22 December - the latest increase reflects continuing rises in the commodity price of crude oil, which has climbed US$10 a barrel since mid-December, reaching as high as US$100/barrel (it averaged around US$80/barrel through most of 2010). (AA Petrolwatch 17 January 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017451

Description: Text reading 'The Commerce Commission changes its mind' appears at the top of the frame. Below is the word 'MILK' in large lettering and below that again is a boffin who says 'The noun has become a verb'. Context - Complaints about the high price of milk for New Zealanders. Dairy juggernaut Fonterra has dismissed a complaint to the Commerce Commission alleging it is artificially inflating the price of milk in New Zealand, saying even if it could manipulate a high price, it would not be making record profits if it did so. That's because the higher the price Fonterra gets for milk, the more it has to pay to its farmer-owners and the less it posts in profit, said chief financial officer Jonathan Mason. An official complaint to the commission claims New Zealand's biggest company, and controller of around 90 per cent of the country's raw milk supply, is setting an artificial, or notional, milk price in a "deliberate and measured campaign" to lessen competition in the New Zealand market. (Stuff 1 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017280

Description: Text top left reads 'Over a barrel' and below is a petrol bowser with the words 'Fuel prices' inscribed on it and its nozzle shaped like a gun. Context - Petrol prices are within three cents of a record hgh, after soaring overnight on the back of global oil prices. A litre of 91 octane now costs $2.16, up five cents from yesterday while a litre of premium sits at $2.22 - both are just shy of 2008's record high prices. AA petrolwatch spokesman Mark Stockdale said the price of oil had gone up because of the instability in Libya and New Zealand's worsening exchange rate. (Stuff 8 March 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).