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Date: 2011

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0017417

Description: Prime Minister John Key sits in a dentist's chair while Dr Spin makes calculations in front of a graph showing a downward dip and says 'We're down 2 points so widen his smile 5mm & backlight it with a 100w'. Sinister-looking surgeons stretch his smile and open up the back of his head to insert a bulb with a stronger wattage. Context - John Key's popularity remains high but there have been drops of a few points recently and so his characteristic wide and permanent smile needs widening. Published in the Merchantile Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0013354

Description: Shows a flagpole flying the Maori flag. Text reads 'Public opinion POLE over 70% against Maori flag being flown at Waitangi'. There is a wordplay on 'pole' and 'poll'. Refers to the government decision to fly both ther traditional New Zealand flag and the Maori flag at the Waitangi celebrations in 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017583

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister reports that according to the polls they have gone out on a big lead. A critic imagines the size of the lead if the government had policies that worked. Context - But the Horizon poll shows the spike in support the government received from its handling of Christchurch's earthquakes has levelled out. National now has the same level of support as it did at the last election. The Horizon poll has Act on just 3.7 percent support, National on 37.7 percent, United Future on 1.1 percent and the Maori Party on 2.4 percent. Labour is on 23.9 percent, the Green Party on 9.9 percent and New Zealand First on 7.4 percent. When possible coalitions are factored in, the gap between the two potential governments narrows to 3.7 percent. While National has shed the lift in support it received after the Canterbury earthquakes - from 41.2 percent to 37.7 percent, Labour support also fell, from 27 percent in March to 23.9 percent. (Stuff 24 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-0017425

Description: The cartoon shows the four letters that spell the surname of the leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff. They are pinned side by side on a wall but the 'G' has slipped. A second version has text reading 'The leaderboard' above the four letters. Context - Phil Goff is scoring woefully in a poll that has showed 78 per cent of voters overall and 55 per cent of Labour Party voters did not believe he could win the election which will be held in November of this year. (NZ Herald 19 April 2011) Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0008213

Description: "Jitterati" cartoon strip. Shows Jaimee and Debbie gloating and laughing at Aucklanders and the parochialism of the Auckland City Council mayor John when in a poll 82% of Aucklanders want to live elsewhere. Refers to regional rivalry between Auckland the largest city in New Zealand and Wellington the capital. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017851

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister discovers that he is up in the polls and explains this by saying that he created a slur campaign against himself in order to get the sympathy vote. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005373

Description: Shows the Prime Minister Helen Clark crossing her arms and holding a newspaper in one hand. She makes a comment about power potential. The unidentified man standing behind her in the foreground mistakenly thinks Clark is referring to the failed Project Aqua when she is actually talking about the newspaper headline which reads "Nats surge Labour down" and has a picture of Don Brash, the leader of National Party. Refers to the proposed hydroelectric scheme by Meridian Energy for the lower Waitaki River and the Resource Management Act which made it difficult to gain consent. Also refers to the politicial opinion polls which at the time had National ahead of Labour. Published in The Press, 30 May 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "QANTAS2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0017445

Description: In six small cameos Prime Minister John Key ponders over things economic and ends up dancing; he says 'I'm bereft of ideas for the economy gambling the lives of our troops in the Afghanistan mess I'm presiding over the biggest budget deficit in our history borrowing $300m a week to cushion our slide into oblivion Using lots of World Cup piffle to distract from the real issues Yet I'm still rating miles higher than Goff so how hopeless is he??? A little man in the last frame comments 'Spoiled for choice eh?' Context - New Zealand's rather dire economic situation made so much worse by the Christchurch earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011, the consistently high poll rating of John Key and the series of disasters suffered by the Labour Party in the run up to the 2011 election in November. 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-0022509

Description: Shows David Shearer, Leader of the Opposition (Labour Party), and has half shorn sheep. Refers to Shearer being behind in the popularity polls. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017421

Description: Text reads 'Rebuilding projects'. The first of the two frames shows collapsed buildings in Christchurch after the earthquake and the second frame shows leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff sorely in need of 'credibility' as he makes the 'V' for victory sign with both hands. Context - the rebuilding of Christchurch after the earthquake of 22 March 2011 and Phil Goff's disastrous personal polling as 'preferred PM' and the concomitant problems for the Labour Party with elections in November of this year. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016779

Description: 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-0017567

Description: Text reads 'National opens up a 30 point lead'; below is a poll showing 'Labour' with a cross and 'National' with tick and below again the words 'POLLitical correctness' (wordplay on 'poll' and 'political') Context - The National Party has opened up a 30 point lead over the Labour Party in the latest TV3 poll released on Sunday. The preferred party poll puts National up almost 3% to 57.5%, just short of the record high of 60% the party reached two years ago. While National is up, Labour is down almost four points to 27.1. That would give National a comfortable majority of 71 seats in the 120-seat Parliament and Labour just 34. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017832

Description: All the political leaders are out for the duck-shooting season at 'Political poll swamp'. Prime Minister, John Key holds what looks like a shag, Labour leader, Phil Goff, has a plucked chicken, new ACT leader, Ron Brash catches feathers and they all laugh as an egg representing the 'margin of error' breaks over the head of Pita Sharples, the co-leader of the Maori Party. The little Evans man asks 'Why didn't you duck?' Context - A new poll released on Sunday suggests support for the ACT party has jumped since Don Brash became leader after the ACT coup, and also shows the new Mana party making an impact. According to the Horizon Research poll, support for ACT rose to 5.3% this week - up from 3.7% in April - following the change of leadership from Rodney Hide to Dr Brash. Support for Mana, which has yet to be officially registered, is at 2.3%, ahead of the Maori Party's 2.1%. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017295

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. An adviser tells the minister that he thinks they 'CAN bounce back from' their 'poor showing at the polls' and the minister suggests that they 'start by making an outrageous statement that gets us lots of media coverage!' The adviser considers that what he said initially 'WAS the outrageous statement.' Context - General election will be held in November 2011 and Labour's poll results have been unencouraging. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017548

Description: In the first frame leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff says 'Reports that the Labour Party and I are now dog tucker, is just media speculation!' but in the second frame he says 'and we move on!' as two men who represent 'the polls' stir the contents of a can of dogfood called 'Chump' and prepare to add Phil Goff to the mixture feet-first. Context - Labour leader Phil Goff says he remains hopeful of "confounding expectations" after a poll showed 78 per cent of voters overall and 55 per cent of Labour Party voters did not believe he could win the election. (NZ Herald 19 April 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017881

Description: The cartoon is headed with the text 'Easter blockbusters - screening now!' and at the bottom is text 'Jellybeans not included'. In the first frame is a cheerful grinning rabbit with the face of Prime Minister, John Key, who sits on a large egg on which is painted the word 'HOP' and who carries a bag stuffed full of 'popularity & charisma'. In the second frame is a sad rabbit with the face of Phil Goff, leader of the Labour Party, whose egg, painted with the word 'flop' has smashed and whose 'popularity & charisma' bag has split and is empty. Context - The polling results for John Key rise ever higher while Phil Goff continues to struggle to to raise his. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025709

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip.The civil servant tells the politician his party has gone down in the polls but the Green Party has gone up. Later the press secretary asks the civil servant how the politician took the news and he says that he went green. Refers to a recent opinion poll where the Greens gained popularity at the expense of the National Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025859

Description: Depicts Jim showing the Politican a newspaper survey which says 87 percent of people are content. The politican comments that they must be doing something wrong. Refers to Statistics New Zealand's General Social Survey in 2013 showing most New Zealanders felt content with their lives (NZ Herald 13 August 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024052

Description: The Politician responds to survey results regarding public opinion. Wider context may refer to a Fairfax Media-Ipsos poll released on 20 February where 71% of Canterbury residents had no confidence in Education Minister Hekia Parata. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).