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Date: 2014

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029801

Description: Cartoon shows a police officer who turns into the Lone Ranger after being armed with guns. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0029882

Description: Cartoon shows a police officer standing before an employee of Immigration New Zealand, who is investigating "a report of reckless speeding and complete disregard for the law..." The immigration advisor asks if he's referring to Kim Dotcom's residency application, and the officer replies, "Yes. And the haste you used to approve it". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0029873

Description: Cartoon shows New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, making a complaint to police that Colin Craig, leader of the Conservative Party, is "stealing all of my policies!" The police officer tries to assure Peters that "NZ police DO NOT hide burglaries, under-report robberies, or ignore thefts," and thinks to himself, "Can't wait till the election is over..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029908

Description: Cartoon shows four men representing various government agencies playing rubgy. A man labelled, 'Parole Board' passes the ball to another player labelled 'Corrections', who passes the ball to the Police, who passes the ball to a final team member representing the government, who drops the ball onto the ground. The rugby ball is labelled, 'Escapee accountability', in reference to Phillip John Smith, a convicted murderer and child abuser, who illegally gained a passport and fled the country when he was released on parole. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0030174

Description: Shows two police officers pulling over a tow truck driver. One of the officers tells the driver "Look mate if you don't stop following us...". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0026478

Description: A Policeman tells police in a police patrol car 'Sorry, boys, but the breakneck Lundy Three Hundy is cancelled! Go home and come up with a new scenario!' Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'It's not just the proposed Lundy 3 Hundy race that jars with New Zealanders. The whirlwind sprint itself, as alleged at trial, has long since been shown to be an impossible feat. Both need garaging'. Refers to planned race from Karamea Street, Palmerston North to Petone and back within three hours to mark the alleged double murder of Amber and Christine Lundy by Mark Lundy in August 2000. Other people had already established that such unlikely, and serious doubts about the evidence and timing of the alleged events, but the 'Lundy 3 Hundy' was a publicity stunt. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026473

Description: A policeman questions a man holding a large 'M' sign upside down. Blenheim residents were asked to look for a giant `M' after a burglar stole it from the local McDonalds restaurant on 24 October 2013. A man was seen running down the street with the golden `M'. He surrendered after police posted a photo on their Facebook page, but a spokesman says the sign is still missing... Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023811

Description: Shows a Policeman with an axe, knife, arrow and a bullet through his cap. A man representing the government tells him that he needs a protective cap, whilst holding a newspaper with the news headline 'Violence against cops rises'. The Policeman's cap is replaced with a hat made from newspaper labelled 'Spending cap'. Refers to the cap in funding for police despite rises in violence against police. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023726

Description: Shows a police officer being confronted by an angry gang with various weapons. The police officer holds up a pack of cigarettes and offers it to the men. A small cat says, 'Happy New Year'. Refers to attacks on four members of the New Zealand Police over Christmas. New Zealand is one of only a few countries where police are routinely unarmed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023751

Description: Shows a police officer holding a gun with an enormous barrel. The officer states, 'Now this should be the long arm of the law'. Refers to recent calls to allow police officers in New Zealand to carry weapons, after attacks on police officers left four injured over Christmas 2012. (New Zealand Herald, 29 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024161

Description: Shows a generously-proportioned policeman riding atop a police car and making a siren noise. Two police officers inside the car comment 'Poor Pete... only fit for siren duty!'. Refers to a figures released to the Dominion Post under the Official Information Act showing that many police officers around New Zealand have not passed their physical fitness test. See Stuff, 1 March 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024374

Description: A man sprays bug spray and complains about the pests that come out for blood this time of year. A police officer stands next to him, spraying pepper spray at a group of men causing mayhem and says, 'Tell me about it'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024514

Description: Shows a police officer carrying on his shoulders a huge round medal labelled, ICI, which is tagged, 'Crewe murders exhibit 350'. Text reads, 'Every policeman's burden'. Refers to the death of Detective Chief Inspector Bruce Hutton, the police officer who was found to have planted evidence in an investigation into the 1970 murders of Pukekawa farmers Harvey and Jeanette Crewe, in one of country's most famous cases. The case has never been solved. (One News, 10 April 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025042

Description: The Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's Department, the Inspector of General Intelligence, the Government Communications Security Bureau and the New Zealand Police examine each other, and - surprise! - find nothing amiss, particularly the Prime Minister who gazes admiringly at himself in a mirror. In May 2013, in the wake of the Government Communications Security Bureau internal spying scandal, the parties involved undertook to examine each other's activities. It was a forgone conclusion. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025035

Description: A policeman with outsize arms reads a newspaper with the headlines 'Ureweras - Cops at fault'. He comments 'Better heavy handed than limp wristed!' In May 2013 the Independent Police Conduct Authority branded the 2007 Urewera raids at Ruatoki to be unlawful and their execution to be heavy-handed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025037

Description: In a Maori village in the Urewera Country a group of Maori children are looking at an underground shelter. One asks if it is to protect them from the next tornado. Another replies that it is to shelter them from the next Urewera raid. The actions of the police raid in 2007 on Ruatoki over the issue of a possible terrorist training camp, as was confirmed by the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority in 2013, destroyed a lot of goodwill between them and the local Tuhoe people. The cartoon also refers to the tornado warnings for the Bay of Plenty in May 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025040

Description: A member of the Independent Police Conduct Authority politely rebukes a heavily armed policeman who has a gun trained on a Maori activist. In May 2013 the Independent Police Conduct Authority found the police raids on Ruatoki in the Urewera country to be unlawful. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); Timaru herald (Newspaper); Manawatu standard (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025022

Description: Title reads 'NZ Police found guilty of acting unlawfully in Tuhoe raid - Hat responsible for them being there in the first place is still at large'. Below them are six caricatures of the colourful Tuhoe protester, Tame Iti, wearing a selection of hats. The cartoonist's comment is 'ID Parade'. Refers to the Independent Police Conduct Authority finding on 22 May 2013 that actions by the New Zealand Police during the Ruatoki raids were unlawful, although the operation overall was reasonable and justified. Tame Iti, one of the Tuhoe protagonists in the affair who had been released recently from prison, was noted for his tendency to wear a variety of hats. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025288

Description: A policeman stands at the door of an elderly couple. The husband is telling his wife that he can't be a real policeman as he showed up too quickly. Context - refers to reports that thieves had been robbing elderly Auckland people in their homes by posing as police officers.. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025422

Description: Two men seated at a table labelled IPCA (Independent Police Complaints Authority) ask a police officer: "When your officers terrorised busloads of Urewera children what on earth were they thinking?" A thought bubble reveals the policeman thinking about the attacks on the Twin Towers, and ex-President of the United States, George W Bush, who is saying "blah blah blah". Refers to the Authority's investigation into the so-called Urewera raids, which on 23 May, labelled the police actions during the raids unlawful, unjustified and unreasonable. The investigation revealed that during the raids 3 children under 10 allegedly had rifles with red laser lights pointed at them and were kept under armed guard in a shed for nine hours without food or water during the Urewera police raids in 2007. See Stuff, 23.5.2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).