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Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013939

Description: The cartoon shows Rodney Hide, the Minister for Local Government, saying that he can 'honestly say that plans privatising Auckland supercity infrastructure have been taken off the table'. On the table nearby is a guillotine with the words 'Public assets sale' painted on the blade. Refers to proposals to create seven council-controlled organisations (CCOs) to manage most of Auckland's services and government legislation being set up to deal with it. Green MP Sue Kedgley says that it should be left up to the newly-elected council to decide whether it wants to set up any CCOs, not the government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0005660

Description: Scene shows Finance Minister, Michael Cullen piloting a small biplane. His co-pilot leans out and drops a bomb on Auckland International Airport. Michael Cullen asks if he hit any foreign investors and the co-pilot says that he hit mostly local shareholders. Refers to the bid by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for 40 per cent of the outstanding shares in Auckland International Airport at a price of $3.65 for each share acquired. But the government has introduced a special regulation that imposes a foreign-ownership control test on the country's "major strategic assets," including Auckland Airport. The Canadian investment board confirmed it would continue with the offer and played down the significance of the law. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

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

Reference: DX-002-152

Description: Shows a TransRail railway line with a heat buckle in the middle of it. Refers to the privatisation of New Zealand's railway since the mid-1980s and the subsequent down-grading of services. Extended Title - 'And that's ewen mee tied to the track!' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024819

Description: Shows Minister of Finance Bill English, and Minister for State Owned Enterprises Tony Ryall, discussing the sale of shares in Mighty River Power. Ryall wipes a tear away from his eye. Refers to news reports stating that despite the government's promises that the majority of shareholders would be 'mum and dad' investors, only 2% of kiwis purchased shares in Mighty River Power as part of the controversial, partial privatisation of the state-owned company. (One News, 8 May 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022538

Description: A large arm labelled 'government' hands an asset sales share to an eager small investor. Meanwhile, another arm labelled 'power prices' removes money from the small investor's back pocket. Context: The Government is planning to sell up to 49 percent of four state-owned energy companies, causing concern that power prices will rise as a result. 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-0022029

Description: A couple discuss the 'Asset Sales bill'. The man wonders why they don't just pay it. Context: The controversial asset sales that the prime minister is intent on achieving. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016472

Description: A surfer rides his board which represents 'ACC' just above a huge shark that represents 'privatisation'. The cartoonist's tag title reads 'Warmer waters attract sharks'. Context - warmer sea temperatures could be the reason for earlier than usual shark sightings. "Plans to privatise ACC unveiled today (21 December 2010) by National and ACT are unnecessary and unfair because ACC has not made a loss since the 1980s, is presently making surpluses and has huge reserves," says EPMU national secretary Andrew Little. Colour and black and white versions available. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014292

Description: Shows Minister for Local Government, Rodney Hide, telling Aucklanders to relax as they are not going to privatize the rain, just the profits from its capture and distribution. Refers to the denial by by Associate Local Government Minister, John Carter, that a proposal existed to privatise water anywhere in New Zealand. "We are talking about private-public partnerships for the management of water. Councils will always own the water supply, that's what the law requires to have happen," he said. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022272

Description: Finance Minister Bill English tells Prime Minister John Key about a surge in opposition to the sale of state assets, specifically Sonny Bill Williams. Context: SBW will leave the Chiefs and join the Japanese club Panasonic Wild Knights at the end of the Super Rugby season. He won't play Super Rugby in 2013 but will return to rugby league with an unnamed club. Refers also to the controversial proposed sale of state assets. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1994

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Editorial cartoons. 23 March - 14 June 1994

Reference: H-106-019

Description: Shows Jim Bolger talking to Bill Birch about the sale of the Wanganui computer. In a room somewhere else a man wearing headphones and sitting beside a tape recorder is listening to Bolger's voice coming through a speaker. Refers to the proposed sale of the Justice Department's Wanganui Computer Centre database Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016461

Description: The cartoon shows ACC Minister Nick Smith as a beaver with huge front teeth who has been caught unawares 'just beavering away' at a tree representing 'ACC' which is soon going to be gnawed right through; in the stream nearby is a beavers' lodge' that represents the 'Insurance Industry'. Context - The government's continuing to work at privatizing ACC. "Plans to privatise ACC unveiled today (21 December 2010) by National and ACT are unnecessary and unfair because ACC has not made a loss since the 1980s, is presently making surpluses and has huge reserves," says EPMU (Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union) national secretary Andrew Little. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Various artists :[Entries in the Young Cartoonist Award. 2013]

By: Drummond, Joshua, active 2013

Reference: DCDL-0025743

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key as a puppet on strings saying that 'Tony's just completing the smelter negotiations... Now, for the next act- the Mighty River Power Sale!'. In the background State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall is being jerked by strings pulled by Rio Tinto. The cartoonist has suggested that the government is not so much negotiating as being 'yanked around by Rio Tinto'. Refers to talks between state owned Meridian Energy and Rio Tinto, the owners of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Rio Tinto is one of the world's largest mining companies and is trying to negotiate a long-term subsidy to their power prices. Stuff has reported that: 'The smelter is New Zealand's largest electricity user, taking about 14 per cent of all electricity last year. A shutdown would flood the market with excess power and could potentially put a big dent in the profits of generators like Mighty River Power, which is about to float on the share market.' It is expected that Rio Tinto may sell the smelter, but if they close then power prices would fall flat, not encouraging the float of Mighty River Power. See Stuff, 10 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-0026164

Description: Captioned 'Treasury's bottom line' is the calculation: '[Drawing of smelter smokestack] + $30 mill = 0 !' Refers to the $30 million subsidy paid out to Rio Tinto to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter operating. The cartoon hints that the Government was anxious to settle with Rio Tinto over the smelter before it sold Meridian Ltd which supplies the smelter's electricity that it ignored Treasury's advice and made the subsidy tax free, thus producing no benefit for New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0026224

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key as the rancher of 'Kiwi Asset Ranch' in which he has let loose two horses representing Meridan and MRP (Mighty River Power) and told them to find their own investors. In the background are other cowboys who are shooting guns and yelling "Bolt the gate - we have a referendum!". Refers to the Asset sales referendum. 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-0023672

Description: Shows a boat labelled, 'Maori Council', sinking into the water, with a flag labelled 'No Sale'. Context: A high court ruled against the Maori Council and the Waikato River iwi in their bid to block state asset sales until water rights were resolved. Mighty River Power is among the proposed asset sales. (New Zealand Herald, 12 Dec 2012) Title from file name 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-0023521

Description: A man wearing a greenstone necklace, presumably David Rankin, stands in the snow alongside a fence, and tells a man standing on the other side of the fence, holding a cell phone to his ear, 'We were just joking about owning the wind so you can scratch that call to your lawyer'. Context: Ngapuhi's David Rankin and two other iwi leaders have lodged a Waitangi Tribunal claim over the commercial use of wind. Maori leaders are claiming rights over wind to halt the partial sale of state-owned assets, but Prime Minister John Key has dismissed their claim. 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-0023774

Description: Two cartoons showing Deputy Prime Minister Bill English offering an 'English Lesson' on rhyme and reason regarding the sale of state owned enterprises (SOEs). Refers to the government's controversial decision to sell off various government assets. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023885

Description: Shows the remnants of a 'sand bank party', where the tide has come back in and flooded the beach where a party had been. Balloons and bottles of wine float in the water, labelled, jobs, economic growth, novapay [sic] housing, and state asset sales. A chilly bin floating in the water is labelled, National. Commentary on the many ongoing issues facing the National Party government in New Zealand. McLeod Bay hosted their annual January Sand Bank Party on 15 January, which could only be accessed by boat, and lasted until the tide came in. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024131

Description: A magician (or possibly a politician), standing on a platform, takes advantage of a man, under the label, 'Asset sales'. The magician covers the man's eyes and removes the singlet that the man was wearing under his shirt. The man applauds and buys the singlet back from the magician. Refers to sale of shares in Mighty River Power company, a state-owned asset. (Stuff.co.nz, 5 March 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024127

Description: Shows Mighty River with a shark swimming and smiling just below the surface. Refers to the dismissal of the Maori Council's appeal against the partial privatisation of Mighty River Power, and the government's plan to sell up to 49% of the state-owned company. On the same day as the Supreme Court ruling, television and short film director, Adam Strange, was killed in a shark attack while swimming at Muriwai. (New Zealand Herald, 27 Feb 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).