Political parties - New Zealand - Platforms

Date: 2001

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

Reference: H-651-001/023

Description: 23 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. Europeans clean-up after the Americans' bloody their hands with oil deals Rural NZ angry following power price increases. Michael Cullen and Winston Peters play the sweet tune of "superannuation" leading the public to their demise. Swiss Government permit their army to carry guns when peacekeeping for the first time. Room for only one dairy industry trader in NZ's global outreach. A choice must be made between the NZ Dairy Group and Kiwi William Hague loses the British election to Tony Blair. Michael Cullen reassures the public the political parties can reach a concensus over superannuation. Public confidence is low over Air NZ's ability to make good management decisions following their purchase of Ansett. Winston Peters climbs back into the picture of superannuation ready to kick it around as a political football. The Labour Party woo Winston Peters over their new super scheme. Air NZ's purchase of Ansett seen as the white elephant that will end up grounding the Air NZ fleet. Publicans question the significance of second hand smoke in bars compared with second hand beer. Public cynicism of Michael Cullen's proposed Superannuation scheme. Laila Harre places the issue of paid parental leave at the Prime Minister's doorstep demanding it be dealt with now. The Public Health system is reeling from ongoing restructuring and unable to deal their basic functions. Public opinion that the lowering of the drinking age leads to a lack of sober youth to fight for the country. A new ever demanding creature has been given birth by the government - venture capital. Michael Cullen hails the budget as 'prosperity in our time'. Michael Cullen disparagingly hopes that the Prime Minister is not playing fast and loose with the country's money. Airline accidents impact on New Zealanders. Local council members seek for youth to be represented on council. Could this be Jim Anderton's next big idea, the people's airforce with armed troops flying hang gliders? NZ taxpayers show their displeasure with funding the Prime Minister's settlement for defamation in the Yelash case. Restuaranteer's reactions to the proposed 50% smoke free legislation. Helen Clark tries to make the Green Party seem more palatable to Alliance leader, Jim Anderton. Quantity: 23 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 2002

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

Reference: H-674-126/133

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows men in an office asleep over their PC's due to watching the World Cup Soccer games and the election buidup. Graham Mourie has resigned from coaching the Hurricanes, the coaching of the team is seen as Mission Impossible. Comment on the Catholic Churches involvement in child abuse and their dealing with the now adult victims. Shows the Church is still using secrecy to keep the lid on the issue. Helen Clark struggles with not appearing arrogant to the voting public when she is so far ahead in the polls. The Greens hold their flag as they sit on a great white horse (GE ban). The Sustainability Council tries to climb aboard too. The Greens tell them to go and find their own white horse. Shows Bill English looking down a black hole, which is where National support has gone. Party President, Michelle Boag stands behind him threatening to kick him down the hole too. Shows several birds in a nest, (Health, Economy, Law & Order, Education and GE) They're all trying to have their voices heard but the GE (genetic engineering) bird is many times bigger than all the others. A soldier plays the Last Post for the demise of Wellington's evening newspaper, the Evening Post. Quantity: 8 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

From: Scales, Sid, 1916-2003 :[Political cartoons featuring Robert Muldoon and the Muldoon era. Published in the Otago Daily Times, 1977]

Reference: A-319-049

Description: Comments on recent news items, including a liaison between Labour and Social Credit; and as part of the Queen's visit, the opening of the Beehive Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Sid Scales Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 280 x 380 mm Provenance: Donated by Sid Scales in 1998

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-798

Description: In this cartoon Rowling is showing the way ahead. A voter is reminding him that there is another way ahead - Social Credit. Extended Title - In his address to the Labour Party conference, Mr. Rowling said two roads lay ahead - one carrying National's sign of "Think Big." The other - the Labour road - which would have the country and its people on the march again Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1966

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-133-436

Description: The National Party's election policy has been released by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake and is seen in terms of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, with doves flying about, labelled wage increases, home loans, health benefits, age benefits. There is also a woman being sawn in half by a saw labelled tax cuts. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 288 x 392 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1938

From: Various artists :[Original and printed political cartoons by A S Paterson, J J McNamara, Minhinnick, N H McIntyre ("M"), Charles Haines, and others. 1935-1949].

Reference: B-162-007

Description: Cartoon shows members of the political Labour Party, egged on by their leader Michale Joseph Savage, busy with picks, mallets and drills, destroying the "perfectly good road of private enterprise". Labels on these politicans or their tools, are: "State monopoly of iron and steel" (Daniel Giles Sullivan), "Transport commander" (Bob Semple), "Housing" (John A Lee), and Dairy Commander (William Lee Martin). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil drawing, 297 x 447 mm.

Date: 1989

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[36 original political cartoons, drawn for the New Zealand Listener. 1984-1990; and two photocopies].

Reference: C-128-011

Description: Roger Douglas free-falls through the air as he warns everyone that he was right all along and they'd better listen to him. Copy at H-511-022 Some of these cartoons may have been displayed in an exhibition curated by Roger Smith for the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust about 1990-1992 (or about 1986). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and gouache. 620 x 450 mm

Date: 1984

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-135-767

Description: Shows a tunnel. At the top a man is pushing Labour Party election promises down while at the bottom a man and woman are studying them as they fall out. They are happily anticipating tax cuts etc. In the background a man from the National Party's Research Unit is standing with a calculator in his hand refuting Labour's promises. Extended Title - "and they're going to save us $130 million on social welfare! And we're going to get tax cuts!" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 455 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-799

Description: Shows three scenes. In the top right voters are attending an election meeting at which they won't hear the National Party candidate open his election campaign. In the lower left voters leaving an election meeting are agreeing that the meeting was a pleasant change as the candidate "never said a word all night". In the lower right Muldoon is being congratulated by a voter for keeping silent on National Party plans. The National candidate for Tasman was E.L. Krammer and the Labour candidate was Bill Rowling. Extended Title - Does he suggst that "traps shut" should be the party policy? Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-135-778

Description: Shows Muldoon, Rowling and Beetham on the hustings. Each proclaims their product, i.e. policies, to be superior. A couple, representing the New Zealand voters, are saying they could be better off with any of the 'products' on offer but that they will sue any who prove to be misleading. Extended Title - Legislation against misleading advertising is likely to be introduced to parliament shortly aimed at eliminating claims that a particular product is "new, better, cheaper" if it cannot be substantiated Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 445 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2015

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

Reference: DCDL-0030725

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states, 'BEFORE the General Election we were told Sky City would pay for the Convention Centre. AFTER the Election, we're informed we may have to top up the build to the tune of $130 mil from the Taxpayer. We need to keep away from the gaming tables, it seems.' Shows a politician saying "This place is going to be like Shangri-La on wheels! And the good news is you suckers won't have to pay a cent to build it!" A woman replies "Thank you. Oh, thank you, kind sir. We'll vote National now." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm); Twitter Inc (Firm); Facebook (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0026041

Description: Under the caption 'WARNING to anyone thinking of taking on the Parliamentary Rugby Team after the next Election: DON'T', Kim Dotcom, portrayed as a rugby player and carrying the slogan 'Gimmee per cent' on his jersey, packs down with the 'Parliamentary Rugby Team'. In the background John Key remarks 'That guy sweating like a pig would have to be the fattest prop in world rugby! It must be a stunt.' An aide warns him that Kim Dotcom has 'a memory like an elephant'. Accompanying note from the cartoonist states "Great to see Kim Dotcom throwing his weight into national politics, announcing his plan to launch a new party election. My cartoon depicts the front row of the Parliamentary Rugby Team, with Kim as a prop." In September 2013 Kim Dotcom announced that on 20 January 2014 he would launch a website for a new political party to provide improved internet services. Cartoon was also self published on Martin Doyle's cartoon Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-Doyle/607865899238901?ref=hl) and Twitter (Twitter@Mart_cartoons) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0026280

Description: The leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, David Cunliffe, as a motorist, is at a crossroads, not knowing whether to drive down the road marked 'Left', that marked 'Centre' or that marked 'Right'. Now that he was leader, Cunliffe was uncertain whether to take his party to the left, the right or the centre. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0026779

Description: An obviously insane stand-up comedian, 'MMP', becomes the target of a hostile audience which he is facing at the 'To Nite Election Stand-up' when he says 'Wait! Wait! Have you heard the one about the Nats gifting ANOTHER seat to secure a parlt. ally?!' The 'Coat tailing' provisions of the system of proportional representation had led to political parties with less than five percent of the vote gaining list seats so long as they won one electorate seat. This had led to the National Party offering only token opposition to friendly minor parties in electorates such as Epsom and Ohariu in the hope of gaining list support from them. There was much public dissatisfaction with this feature of the system. National had not only let the provisions stand after the report of the Commission to review the system which had reported earlier in the year, but was now hinting that it would work a similar deal with Colin Craig and the Conservative Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025162

Description: Winston Peters, as a wolf, tracks down the bloody spoor left by a wounded Peter Dunne. With the eclipse of United Future, Peter Dunne's role as representing a genuine centrist party was gone. Could New Zealand First benefit by taking over that role and being an uncommitted King Maker to the next government? Colour and black and white versions available Other Titles - Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-:"Established in a conservation estate...likely to harm our unique flora and fauna..." 31 May 2013 Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0025563

Description: Shows David Ruck, founder of a Facebook page for an unregisted and unofficial political party in New Zealand, the Pakeha Party, who wears a t-shirt that reads, 'Ruck and rule'. In one version, Ruck says, "We're sick of all the separatism. The Pakeha Party would sort that." In a second version Ruck says, "We've got over 50,000 likes on Facebook - the Pakeha Party's gonna be a real political force". However, the cartoonist notes in the bottom corner of the cartoon that "Drawing penises on photos in the Herald Sun has 300,000 likes on Facebook". (See the Listener, 9 July 2013) Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1 June 2019

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

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0039205

Description: Digital cartoon by Chris Slane, depicting the coaltion government as a three-headed transformer comprising the Green Party, Labour, and New Zealand First. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explains, "We transformatives believe in bold action, but at three different speeds". A woman looks on, with social issues of environment, housing, inequality, and health looming in the background. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 11 May 2022

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-; Stuff Limited

Reference: DCDL-0042305

Description: Digital cartoon by Sharon Murdoch on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Cartoon depicts ACT Party leader David Seymour using an excavator to demolish the foundation of a building labelled 'Society'. Some of the foundation stones are labelled 'women', 'Māori devel [development]', 'Pāsifika women', 'human rights', 'dem [word is incomplete], and 'ethnic communities'. A number of figures look out of the building at Seymour and he says "There's big savings to be made by taking out the foundations!". The captions reads: "Society building". Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 25 November 2023

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Winter, Mark, 1958-; Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0042750

Description: Digital cartoon by Mark Winter on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Cartoon depicts New Zealand First Party Leader Winston Peters in profile, standing on a grass pitch and dressed in a business suit, cricket gloves, and cricket pads. Peters is carrying a small cricket bat. The caption reads "Batting first...". Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020046

Description: Cartoon shows a large beached whale. On top of the whale the Labour Party caucus are sitting. One of the figues is saying 'OK! - Any suggestions?' The title of the cartoon is 'Labour MPs meet to discuss strategy...'. After the 2011 General Election, the Labour Party caucus met to discuss their forthcoming strategy. In view of the extent of the Party's defeat, it would be a challenging task. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).