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Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025180

Description: Minister of Education, Hekia Parata is tied to a pole along with the Secretary of Education and the Deputy Secretary of Education who have both been shot dead. The title "Phew..." is Parata's response. Refers to the resignation of both the former Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone and the Deputy Secretary for Education Anne Jackson following the Ministerial Inquiry into Novopay. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0022368

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key pointing out features of the league tables with Education Minister Hekia Parata sitting behind him bound and gagged and John Banks with a paper bag over his head. Context: Refers to the controversial 'league tables', the publishing of 'national standards' results for each school. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017557

Description: Acting Minister of Energy and Resources, Hekia Parata drives a wondrously rickety drilling machine on which are painted the words 'Fossil Fuel "Shitty - Shitty Bang! Bang!"' Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee puts his considerable weight behind the machine and Hekia Parata shouts 'Gerry I love our magic car that turns carbon into dolphins'. Context - The government is determined to continue exploring the environment for fossil fuels. Hekia Parata has expressed her disappointment at the action of Greenpeace protestors who disrupted the research programme being undertaken by Petrobras off the East Cape today (10 April). "Petrobras has been awarded a five year permit to explore what, if any, oil or gas prospects exist off the coast,'' Ms Parata says. (Beehive 10 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023596

Description: Shows a pink suit dress labelled 'Hekia Parata Minister'and high heeled boots walking on their own without a body. There is a sign nearby that reads, 'Teachers Novopay shambles'. Refers to the Novopay school online payroll system, which has made over 8,000 errors in payments to New Zealand teachers since the system was implemented in August 2012. Minister of Education Hekia Parata has received heavy criticism for the implementation of Novopay, but continues to support the use of the system despite its issues. (Stuff.co.nz, 25 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023691

Description: Two men sit reading the newspaper. One says, "The bad news is politicians have been given a pay rise'. The other asks, 'What's the good news?' The first responds, 'It's going to be distributed to them by Novopay.' At the bottom a small figure says, 'Pai Hekia'. Context: Members of Parliament received a retrospective 1.9 per cent pay rise from 1 July 2012. Novopay is the problem-plagued online school payroll system launched by the Ministry of Education in August 2012. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 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-0024008

Description: Shows Education Minister Hekia Parata, dressed as a school girl with a gas can in her hand, running from a burning building labelled, Education Department. Smoke and flames labelled, 'Novopay' rise from the building, as Parata says, 'I didn't do it.' Refers to ongoing controversy over the Novopay school payroll system, implemented in August 2012, with 96% of New Zealand schools experiencing problems with the payroll system as of February 2013. Parata was one of the ministers who allowed the system to go forward, despite warnings that there were 147 known software defects which could create payroll errors going forward. There have been calls for Parata to resign as a result of the debacle. (Stuff.co.nz, 1, 6, 8 Feb 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023686

Description: Commentary on New Zealand politics and the end of the 5,172-year Mayan long calendar on 21 December 2012l, which some consider to signal the end of the world. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023941

Description: Shows Hekia Parata at the beach trying to swim with an inflatable. In the background is a life guard telling an unidentified man that they should let Parata swim with the inflatable as the wings (which represent Key and English) are not foolproof. Refers to how both Key and English are keeping Parata 'afloat' politically. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024056

Description: A bus tours a city street with destroyed schools either side. The guide points out destruction on the right from earthquakes and on the left from Hekia Parata. Wider context is the ongoing impact of the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake. The implication is that the earthquake caused physical damage to some schools and that the Minister for Education is responsible for destroying others with her announcement of school closures in Christchurch on 18 February 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024067

Description: Shows Education Minister Hekia Parata, holding a charred roast. The roast is labelled, abelled 'cooked'. Parata has a meat thermometer in her head which reads, 'half baked'. Context: A majority of voters think Parata should have been removed from Cabinet, according to a recent poll. (New Zealand Herald, 18 Feb 2013) 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-0023773

Description: Shows Hekia Parata, Minister of Eduatation, surrounded by some of the controversies during her first year as Education Minister, such as increased class sizes, the error-filled Novopay online school payroll system, school closures, and charter schools. 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-0023887

Description: Shows Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, portrayed as a duck, with the words, 'John Key is not passing the duck, although he is passing out'. Refers to Prime Minister John Key, who decided to keep Parata as a member of his cabinet during a cabinet reshuffle in January 2013. Key fainted at the Italian restaurant, Tutto Bene, in Christchurch ahead of his scheduled trip to Antarctica. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024066

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key seated behind a bunker, and holding up a puppet version of Education Minister Hekia Parata. The Parata puppet has a variety of items, including food, bricks, and shoes, being thrown at it, but Key is out of the line of fire. A caption at the bottom reads, 'Key supports Parata'. Context: Prime Minister John Key is standing by his Education Minister in the face of a poll which found a majority of voters think she should have been removed from Cabinet. (New Zealand Herald, 18 Feb 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023842

Description: Cartoon commenting on Minister of Education, Hekia Parata's qualifications for the position. Parata has been mired in controversy since taking on the role. 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: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023839

Description: Cartoon regarding the problem-laden school payroll system, Novopay, which has had over 8,000 errors since it was implemented in August 2012, including teachers being paid too much, too little, or not at all. Commentary from the artist: 'Given the colossal problems with the Novopay system up to Christmas, doesn't it seem odd that the responsible Minister should then go on holiday for all of the brief period available to cure the problems before school goes back in the new year??? You can guess what's about to happen [You heard it here first].' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023852

Description: Shows Member of Parliament Craig Foss, and Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, lounging on the sand inside an hour glass labelled, Novopay, where the sands have run out. Refers to the Novopay automated school payroll system, which has resulted in thousands of errors, such as teachers receiving either too much, too little or not being paid at all. There have been calls for Parata to resign from her post as Minister over the debacle, however, in a cabinet reshuffle in January 2013, Prime Minister John Key retained Parata as Education Minister. MP Craig Foss was the Associate Minister of Education during the implementation of the Novopay system, but has been removed from that position and replaced by Economic Development Minister, Steven Joyce, who has been tasked with fixing Novopay's many problems. (Hawkes Bay Today, 23 Jan 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024030

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key with cabinet minister Hekia Parata. Key says to Parata, 'And they say we're not creating jobs!' in reference to signs behind them stating, 'Fulltime work for NZ prisoners' and 'unemployment soars'. Refers to a plan by the National Party to transform three jails into "working prisons" with 40-hour weeks of employment, training or rehabilitation for inmates. (New Zealand Herald, 30 Jan 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023913

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key talking on the phone to Gareth Morgan about how he has put a bell on his cat (Hekia Parata). Meanwhile in the foreground is the cat who is terrorising birds (which represent Education) and is surrounded by bones and feathers. Refers to Parata refusing to quit her job as Education Minister and Key refusing to sack her. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023807

Description: Shows two panels. One depicting the fires in Australia. The other shows the smokescreen in New Zealand of Hekia Parata hiding behind Craig Foss (Associate Education Minister) while Foss holds the 'Teacher Novopay Farce'. Refers to extensive bushfires in Australia and the Ministry of Education Novopay farce in which Parata has been hiding behind Foss. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).