Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Date: 24 June 2021

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0040712

Description: Digital cartoons by Jim Hubbard on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Shows a kiwi looking at a face mask encased in glass. The case is labelled 'Break Glass In Case Of Commonsense'. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0005550

Description: Shows a kiwi dressed in its underwear and sitting on the examination table in the doctor's surgery. On the doctor's desk lies a newspaper with headlines that read 'Clark & Key draw battlelines'. The kiwi is Prime Minister, Helen Clark, and the doctor tells her that she is bound to feel nauseous as she is pregnant with an election campaign. Refers to the beginnings of the struggle between Labour and National in the run up to the 2008 election campaign. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011736

Description: A representative of the NZRU (New Zealand Rugby Union) informs the public that they 'picked the best' and thinks but does not state that 'we had left'. Refers to the fact that the All Black coach Graham Henry and his two assistant coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have been reappointed. They stand nearby grinning broadly at the news that they will be preparing the All Blacks for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011874

Description: Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017391

Description: Minister of Agriculture David Carter, whistles as he forces more milk out of a cow by pumping its tail up and down. Context - Agriculture Minister David Carter has washed his hands of domestic milk pricing after advice that government intervention in the retail market is not sustainable. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011423

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key, playing the part of a queen in a pantomime and representing 'restored titles', about to confer a title of honour on Jenny Gibbs who is dressed as a chicken and who says that she feels as though she is in a pantomime and it is all a bit of a giggle. Refers to the 2009 Queen's Birthday honour conferred on Jenny Gibbs who is an Auckland art collector and philanthropist and who said that 'It's a great honour but really it's a bit of a giggle. I feel as though I'm in a pantomime.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0008643

Description: Shows a very large sheriff wearing a hat with a badge that states that he represents 'Child welfare agencies and politicians'. He has stuck a poster on a wall stating that child abusers are wanted dead or alive but the images of the abusers are in silhouette and are therefore unrecognisable. The sheriff says that he is getting together a posse of apathy, endless talk and excuses and go after them. Refers to a sense that the levels of child abuse in New Zealand are still not being taken seriously enough. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011017

Description: Prime Minister, John Key, and Minister of Finance, Bill English, are lost in a maze, Bill English is pessimistic about their being able to find their way out but John Key is optimistic. Refers to their plans for beating the recession. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016256

Description: A pansy with the face of MP Pansy Wong grows in a pot labelled 'Wong perks'. Beside the pot is a bag of fertiliser in which a trowel with the face of PM John Key stands; he says 'I'm not protecting her!!' Above is a rhyme entitled 'Pansies', which reads 'Grow best in loose rich soil. Decline in the heat. Do not last a full season. Need water and fertiliser'. Refers to the resignation of Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong after it was revealed that on a trip to China in 2008 her husband Sammy Wong was involved in a business deal. An independent investigation of travel claims by Mrs Wong and her husband Sammy was ordered by Speaker Lockwood. The trip was made with a 90 percent taxpayer-funded rebate on their airfares, and it is against the rules to use the allowance for private business. Mrs Wong has apologised and paid back the $474 rebate for the China trip. An Auditor-General's inquiry called for by the Labour opposition is not considered necessary. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0012547

Description: The cartoon shows ex-President of the United States, George Bush, dressed as a cowboy and riding a hobby horse. He is reading a thank you card from President Obama and wondering why he is being thanked. In the mailbox nearby is a newspaper which shows a headline reading 'Pres. Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize'. Refers to the award to President Obama of the Nobel Peace Prize which the cartoon suggests was made possible because of the mess created by President Bush which now has to be dealt with by President Obama. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).