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Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-671-001/018

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows the 'Peace Processor' machine in action where Jewish and Palestinian antagonists are placed in one end of the machine and after numerous processes they come out the same. Jim Anderton proposes drastic remedies for medical problems. Shows Helen Clark as a mother trying to deal with her infantile fighting MPs. Shows Labour's Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, taking money from Health and Education to top-up the Government's Superannuation Scheme and then borrowing money to fund Health and Education. This is to show people that the Government is not borrowing to fund the Superannuation Scheme. Shows the Alliance Party waka spliting apart with rowers rowing in two different directions. Comment on Israel blaming Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians for the devastation caused to Palestine by the Israeli military. Shows Queen Elizabeth expressing her appreciation for having turned up for her mothers funeral and having worn a dress rather than her trade-mark trouser suit. Comment on the effectiveness of Jim Anderton in Government. Comment on Jim Anderton's pattern of changing political skins from Labour to New Labour to the Alliance and now onto what ever his new Party will be called. Comment on the poor showing of the National Party in public opinion. Shows a customer to the new Kiwibank wanting to have an account in both Kiwibank and with his existing bank until he decides later which way to go. He adds that Mr Anderton must understand this as he is assuming the same position over being the Government leader of the Alliance but setting up a new party in opposition to them later in the year. Comment on shift from Privy Council to NZ Appointed Court - infers that the new system will be more a roll of the dice rather than a matter of impartially balancing the scales of justice. Comment on the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Illustrates the demonisation of Yasser Arafat. Comment on the increasing need for vigilence in protecting our children from all forms of violence and abuse. Comment on NZ losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup with reference to the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Shows the Auckland public looking for alternate ways to blanket spraying to get rid of the Painted Apple Moth. A suggestion is to make the Rugby Union and Trevor Mallard responsible for its protection. This refers to them losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup. Comment on National's new tax package. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies.

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-558-001/020

Description: Political cartoons. Paralells between the Nazi ethnic cleansing of the Jews in the 1940's and the ethnic cleansing in Europe in the 1990's. Shows Milosevic soaking in a blood bath to take his mind off the Nato bombing raids. A Serbian soldier explains to the West via a reporter the reasons behind their present actions. The electricity reforms continue to cost the consumer more. The military invite refugees from Kosovo to return to their destroyed homes. Milosevic is prepared to destroy Kosovo in order to save it. Shows India testing a long-range nuclear missile off the back of a cow. Shows Nato commander explaining their strategy of punishing Milosevic by bombing Serbia. This resulted in mass destruction of property and life but no direct harm to Milosevic. New Zealand yachties receive large slaries but are not prepared to pay for weather data from Government Agencies. Serbs use human shields to protect their forward tank movement. Following sex scandals, the Scouts tighten up their screening of adult supervisors. Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley fight over their respective attributes. They agree that women bring poise to politics even in an arguement. Max Bradford gets the country into trouble over electricity reforms. Minister of Tourism, Murray McCully, objects but does not intervene in large, secret and tax-free payouts to directors he forced to resign. Comment on Anzac Day commemorations. Shows two men in their respective backyards burning their Hurricanes supporters rugby gear, comment on another year where the Hurricanes have not played well. Comment on Tau Henare's behaviour of holding onto his Cabinet position when his party, NZ First, pulled out of the National coalition government. Minister of Tourism, Murray McCully, is encouraged to resign after a tourism related row adversely affects National's position in the polls. A new flag for America with a hand holding a smoking gun. Hillary Commission recommends 10 minutes of physical activity, three times a day for couch potatoes. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.