Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017790

Description: The cartoon shows the inside of Westminster Cathedral with Prince William and Kate Middleton about to be pronounced man and wife before an enormous crowd. The thought 'if only Richie was here...' drifts above Kate Middleton's head. Context - All Black Richie McCaw was invited to the royal wedding on 29 April 2011 but declined because it would have interfered with his training schedule. Published in the Dominion Post Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017928

Description: Padlocked inside an underground hole in the ground is former Auckland mayor, and now ACT's candidate for Epsom, John Banks. Above the ground ACT politicians vote for 'all those in favour of our only nomination' and someone says 'Unleash the candidate'. Context - Former Auckland mayor John Banks has been confirmed as the ACT Party candidate for Epsom in the November general election. Banks said he was "quietly confident" he would win the Epsom seat. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017926

Description: Text across the top reads 'Planker or plonker?' and shows leader of the Labour Party, Phil Goff, lying across a flimsy construction made of books, concrete blocks and planks and labelled 'Budget response'. Context - planking is a new craze with young people in which they lie flat with their arms at their sides on surfaces from which they could potentially fall - the more dangerous the better - and then they post images of themselves onto the Internet. The cartoon suggests that Phil Goff is a 'plonker' meaning 'someone who is a bit hopeless'. Phil Goff says New Zealand needed a bold vision and gutsy Budget and National failed on both counts. He also says the lackluster Budget tinkers and tampers but does no real good for New Zealanders. But if change is to happen Labour has to present an alternative vision that delivers more than a rehash of the old Labour standbys of more money for apprenticeship training, the reinstatement of research and development tax credits and reversing last year's tax cuts for high-income earners. Change will not happen if the perception remains that there is no alternative from Labour for John Key's optimism alone as a means to solve New Zealand's economic problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017927

Description: The words 'Free trade...' appear across the top of the cartoon. Below an American thug with 'U.S.' printed on his coat, levels a pistol at two men representing 'Pharmac' who are contemplating a table full of pharmaceuticals. There are fears the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement the Government is negotiating with the United States and other countries could weaken the drug-buying agency Pharmac. The Government has not ruled out changes to Pharmac if that means getting a free trade deal. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025789

Description: The Prime Minister, John Key, offers a cup of tea. There is a general stampede, from the likes of Fonterra, Groser, Parliamentary Services and others, away from the offer. Since the affair of the cup of tea with John Banks before the election in 2011 and the subsequent fallout, there was a general wariness by many people and organisations to be involved with Key's informal meetings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025888

Description: Under the caption 'Product Recall' three defective products are shown - Fonterra 'May contain traces of poor production process, PR and botulism'; GCSB 'May contain traces of arse covering, FBI ingratiation. Will contain traces of nuts and trampling of civil rights'; Criminal cases review "May contain traces of obfuscation, procrastination, Bain Pora and large doses of Judith Collins'. In August 2013, the three main issues which were engaging public attention were the botulism scare from Fonterra's dairy products contamination, the affair over the GCSB and its spying on New Zealanders, and criminal cases which required a review of the original convictions, such as the Bain, Pora and Mark Lundy cases, and the eagerness of the Minister of Justice, Judith Collins, to convict. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025889

Description: Under the caption 'Instant finance', Rio Tinto, Warner Brothers, Weta and Sky City gleefully pocket large amounts of money given to them by 'Instantaneous Finance'. They chorus 'Thank you Instantaneous Finance!!' For those hoping to borrow money for affordable homes, there is only a hole in the ground. By August the lack of finance for modest projects such as affordable homes was apparent. At the same time the government found no difficulty in giving money to Warner Brothers, Weta Workshops, Sky City Casinos and Rio Tinto Zinc. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025890

Description: Plan for an extended runway for Wellington City Airport. Rather than extend the runway into the sea, the cartoonist proposes making a large u-turn. In August 2013 the Airline Pilots' Association and Wellington Airport demanded a new extended runway to attract long-haul flights across the Pacific. The question of cost came up. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026031

Description: Shows chemistry equipment attached to a tin labelled 'Fonterra Baby Love Infant Formula', and the boast 'with free! Baby's first lab kit'. Refers to the announcement on 28 August that bacteria discovered in Fonterra products earlier in August were not capable of causing botulism as first thought. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025985

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key sitting at a large desk, using a line of logic used in Nazi Germany that "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" Another person sits at the desk listening to him and wonders what this has to do with snapper. Context: Despite strong opposition from the Labour and Green parties, the GCSB bill passed its third reading in Parliament, which gives the Government Communications Security Bureau explicit powers to spy on New Zealanders when it is acting under warrant and for agencies including the Security Intelligence Service, police and defence. On the same day that the GCSB bill was discussed, Labour Leader David Shearer held up two differently sized dead red snappers in order to make a point about the National Party's controversial snapper fishing quotas. (Stuff.co.nz, 20 August 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).