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Date: 2010-2020

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-; Fairfax Media Limited (Firm); Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DC-Group-0045

Description: Digital cartoons by Sharon Murdoch that relate to or illustrate political and social aspects of life in New Zealand, published mainly in the Christchurch Press and the Sunday Star Times from 2010 onward, and also in the Dominion Post. Also includes examples of Murdoch's word puzzle cartoons featuring Munro the ginger cat, which are published in Fairfax publications. Part of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Sharon Murdoch, born 1960, is a Wellington-based editorial cartoonist. In the 1990s, she was part of the Wellington Media Collective, and is currently resident cartoonist for the Sunday Star Times as well as having her work published in all of the Stuff major dailies. Murdoch was a finalist for the Canon Media Awards in 2014 and 2015, and winner of the Canon Media Awards Cartoonist of the Year in 2016, 2017 and 2018. She also publishes her work regularly on Twitter using the handle @domesticanimal.

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020147

Description: An American Uncle Sam figure stands on top of a great mound of corpses from Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine and rants against the violence in Syria. He holds a small barking dog that represents New Zealand and shouts that 'NZ joins us in condemning the ongoing violence in Syria -'. Context: Condemnation is coming from around the world against the violence in Syria as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad attack people protesting against his regime. The cartoon suggests hypocrisy on the part of the United States in its condemnation of the Syrian situation because of the number of controversial wars it has waged. But New Zealand also is hypocritical since we have always sent troops to support the United States. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020624

Description: Refers to the Bridgecorp scandal. Rob Roest, along with fellow directors Rod Petricevic and Peter Steigrad - are accused of misleading investors in Bridgecorp prospectuses and offer documents and are on trial in the High Court at Auckland. Black and white versions of this cartoon available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021992

Description: Reporter asks the radio commentator, Leighton Smith, why he happens to mention the name of NZ Pure, a brand of beer manufactured by Independent Breweries, so often in his commentary. The reply is 'Pure Coincidence!'. The cartoonist's comment is 'Right!' A comment on the advertising strategy of slipping commercial references, 'plugging', outside the parameters of normal paid advertising. The reference to 'Right!' refers to the 'Yeah right' series, which also advertises one of the problems of New Zealand, excess alcohol consumption of inferior beers, in a covert manner. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020972

Description: Shows Minister for Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee delighted with his plan to rebuild Christchurch and to have it paid for buy the PM's casino. Context: Refers to the Christchurch Central Development Unit that Minister for Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee has put in place. Refers also to the very controversial deal that Prime Minister John Key has made with Auckland's SkyCity to the effect that SkyCity will pay the full construction cost of a new convention centre - estimated at $350 million, in return for being allowed to add more gaming tables and machines, and extending its licence beyond 2021. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021195

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key, Finance Minister Bill English are concerned that a boatload of families fleeing poverty and hopelessness have been spotted in the Tasman ocean in a small boat. Minister for Economic Development Steven Joyce tells them that they are not refugees from Asia (reference to Falun Gong refugees) but Kiwis fleeing to Australia. Context: A record 52,000 New Zealanders left for Australia in the year to January, while 14,000 moved to New Zealand from Australia. The difference of 38,000 is New Zealand's highest-ever recorded net loss to Australia, according to Statistics New Zealand. (Press 6 March 2012) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021966

Description: Two men, one of whom is summarising John Key's arguments for the (parliamentary) bill on the partial sale of assets. He concludes by saying that 'he had a mandate'. The other replies that Bill must be his partner. The cartoonist comments 'At last! - Informed debate!' A pun, playing on the words 'Bill' and 'mandate', with the second man illustrating the lack of understanding of the issue of asset sales by many of the population in New Zealand. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021279

Description: Shows Tuhoe activist Tame Iti standing beside a New Zealand policeman with a cream pie on his face. Context: Tame Iti, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, Urs Signer and Emily Bailey were found guilty of firearms charges bought by police after the terror raids in Ruatoki, Urewera, in 2007. The jury was not able to reach a decision on the main charge of belonging to an organised criminal group. Crown lawyers applied for a stay in proceedings which means there will be no retrial of that charge (New Zealand Herald 9 May 2012). Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020977

Description: A man reading about various assaults in the newspaper hides when his grandson calls him. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020144

Description: Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, tells Prime Minister John Key to hold on 'Taihoa Hone!'. John Key is about to sign a document being handed to him by a nineteenth century gentleman who leans down from a galleon of that period. Context: Refers to the selling of state assets by the government, perhaps particularly the controversial sale of the Crafar farms to a Chinese group. The sale is considered by many to be a violation of the Treaty of Waitangi. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020355

Description: Refers to the government's wish to sell the Crafar Farms to a Chinese consortium and the Otago Rugby Football Union's financial troubles. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020978

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key as the captain of a ship named 'Natanic'. Refers to the sinking of the 'Titanic' and the problems besetting the National Party - Skycity convention centre and pokie machines, Mr Dotcom etc. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020377

Description: Shows Minister for Social Development Paula Bennett becoming irritated because a man representing New Zealand fails to see the letters 'J-O-B-S' that she is convinced are spelled out on the optometrist's eye-test screen. Context: High level of unemployment in New Zealand and Paula Bennett's determination to get people off welfare and into jobs. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020633

Description: A man delights in telling travellers that his roadside apples are organic because the orchard is right beside the longdrop. Black and white versions of this cartoon available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020177

Description: Refers to research that indicates that breast-feeding can help prevent children from asthma or wheezing until they are at least six-years-old, a New Zealand study has found. Exclusive breastfeeding for three months within this allergy prone sub-group reduced asthma at six years by 59 per cent. Black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020240

Description: Refers to the news that the New Zealand Government will monitor Australia's plan to introduce full body scans at all of its international airports. The technology's raised privacy issues and sparked controversy because of the revealing and personal nature of the scans and also because of unknown medical implications. B&W and colour versions of this cartoon available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020383

Description: Shows Bishop Victoria Matthews rushing towards the water with a surfboard. Context: refers to a proposal by Bishop of Christchurch Victoria Matthews that the earthquake-damaged Square could be made "welcoming and engaging" again by transforming it into an artificial beach with large movie screens. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020314

Description: Cartoon shows the New Zealand French Embassy being run from a cardboard box under a bridge in Paris. Context: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has confirmed 305 jobs will be cut as part of proposed restructuring. MFAT chief executive John Allen said at a briefing today the proposals created more flexibility, deepened expertise, and ensured appropriate representation-including non resident ambassadors and smaller posts. (Dominion Post - 23/02/2012) Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020600

Description: Cartoon shows hinges that suggest the Black Caps' dressing room door has been opened and closed so frequently it needs new ones. Refers to the frequency with which the Black Caps have been dismissed with very few runs in recent times. John Wright, coach of the Black Caps is irritated about the state of play. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020275

Description: In the first frame Finance Minister Bill English dressed as the captain of an eighteenth century sailing ship. He announces 'Steady as she goes' without using his telescope. In the second frame his ship, which represents New Zealand, is seen with wrecked spars and sails, high and dry on rocks. Context: Refers to predictions that the 2012 budget will be no different from that of 2011. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).