Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
A Ducote :The body politic on the march of intellect to the tune of Let us all be unhap...
Date: 1836
By: A Ducote (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference: B-093-016
Description: A miserable-looking man with additional faces around his body, walking with two sticks. His hat bears the legend 'Society for confusion of knowledge' and 'Penny Mag' (a reference to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge' and the 'Penny Magazine' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 443 x 301 mm
Winter, Mark, 1958- :Intelligence. 7 October 2014
Date: 2014
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0029577
Description: Shows four versions of John Key 'PM fobs off responsibility for spy agencies'. Multiple versions of this cartoon is available Quantity: 4 digital cartoon(s).
Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Destructive gas starting to disperse. 26 November 2010
Date: 2011
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018983
Description: The title reads 'Destructive gas starting to disperse.' The cartoon shows a row of houses from each of which rises 'Uninformed comment', 'they could have...' 'they should have...' 'I would have...' Context: This cartoon seems to be a general comment on the dangers of uninformed opinions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :'Repeat after me Mitt, Iran is not landlocked it has a coastline....
Date: 2012
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023208
Description: Shows Barack Obama wearing scholarly robes and a mortarboard standing next to a globe, with Mitt Romney sitting on a stool wearing a dunce cap. Refers to the third United States 2012 presidential debate where Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney mistakenly stated that Iran was a landlocked nation requiring Syria for access to the sea. (The Examiner, 23 Oct 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :'See no global warming..hear nothing about global warming..say no...
Date: 2012
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023395
Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key portrayed as the three monkeys who see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. Refers to the government's decision to not sign the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change. (New Zealand Herald, 14 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Do you know the meaning of these words - "Ka kūare au". They mean "I am ignorant" [1970s]
Date: 1970 - 1976
From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to Maori. 1970-1974]
Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-1970s-03
Description: Photocopied green flier with a Māori motif down the right side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy on green paper, 330 x 200 mm.
"The public think the Minister has made the wrong decision. Is that because they don't ...
Date: 2006
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0002656
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A reporter tells the Minister's adviser that the public thinks the Minister has made the wrong decision and wonders if it is because they didn't have all the facts. The adviser answers that if the public had all the facts they would KNOW that the Minister made the wrong decision. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Brash has stolen my 'Appeal to prejudice and ignorance' cape!" 12 September, 2005.
Date: 2005
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0000180
Description: "The scene shows a fleeing figure, whose head can't be seen, but whose spindly legs and the fact that on his singlet is a large 'N' for 'National' clearly show him to be National Leader, Don Brash. The figure is wearing a cape and a pair of worryingly loose underpants. Also in the cartoon are Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and Rodney Hide, Leader of the ACT party; they are both naked and cowering coyly as they protest that Don Brash has stolen their cape and underpants. The suggestion is that Don Brash is appealing to the ignorant and prejudiced and the selfish in the New Zealand psyche. Other Titles - "And those are my 'Look after numero uno' underpants..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
What's your response to the accusation that you're totally in the dark as to your depar...
Date: 2007
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0003585
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Minister is surprised to discover that he has a department when he is questioned about it by a reporter. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"This person is accusing me of being out-of-touch with the modern world!!!" "Start up y...
Date: 2007
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0004581
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician is outraged when he is accused of being out of touch with the modern world but when his adviser suggests that he start a blog, he has to ask what a blog is. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"I've been out of town all week, I haven't heard any news, I have NO idea what's going ...
Date: 2003
From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]
Reference: DCDL-0008096
Description: "Jitterati" cartoon strip. Shows Jaimee and Debbie standing in the darkness. Jaimee is concerned about being out of touch as she has been out of town all week. Debbie tells her that it doesn't matter and to just look at the view. In the background is the glowing city lights. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"I managed to avoid topics that were sensitive or that I didn't know much about!" "So w...
Date: 2005
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0000395
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician has been attending talks. He is pleased that he avoided talking about sensitive issues or things that he didn't know much about. When his secretary wonders what he did talk about he answers that he talked about the weather. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"I'm a Luddite, and proud of it!" "Who said that?" "The Minister of Technology." 6 Apri...
Date: 2009
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0010856
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strips, commenting on the foibles of politicians and political issues in New Zealand and published in the Dominion Post. These cartoons tend to reflect the current events of the day without dealing directly with them. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"The government wants their achievements in information technology posted out straight ...
Date: 2008
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007349
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician says that the government wants its achievements in information technology to be posted out straight away, and does not want e-mail to be used as it is too slow. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The post announcement debate continues... "I ALWAYS thought Corey Flynn would be in the...
Date: 2006
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0001841
Description: A group of men stand and sit around the bar in a pub with their beers in front of them. One of them opines that he always knew that Corey Flynn would be in the World Cup Squad but he forgot to tell them. The others look sceptical. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
'Meet the candidates.' "Can we have any questions other than 'when are you going to fix...
Date: 2008
From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]
Reference: DCDL-0008576
Description: Shows a 'Meet the candidates' event in a school hall. The chairman asks if they can have questions other than 'When are you going to fix our potholes'. A woman in the audience whispers to her husband, asking him which one is Barack Obama. Refers to the ignorance of many voters. The woman thinks that Barack Obama who has just won the presidency in the United States is a local candidate. Other Titles - Barack Obama Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"They say half the country don't know this is election year!" "That's pathetic! The med...
Date: 2008
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0006612
Description: A 'GOOD EVANS' cartoon. Shows a truck loaded with earth bowling along the road with its driver and his companion chatting together. One of the men comments that half the country don't know it is election year and the other replies that that is pathetic as the news is full of Clinton Obama. Refers to the fact that many New Zealanders don't know there is an election later in the year and that includes the man in the truck who has noticed only the news about the American elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Only 18% of the people support your bill!" Isn't that amazing? How so many people can ...
Date: 2007
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0003100
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Minister is amazed at how so many people can be so wrong when he discovers how few are prepared to support his bill. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"I hate it when they ask awkward questions I don't know the answers to!!" "Have you bee...
Date: 2006
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0002425
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician is miserable because he couldn't answer the questions that primary school children were asking him. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Student standard below par... "I wanna work for the Parole Board!" "I'm going into heal...
Date: 2004
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0000664
Description: The scene is a graduation procession of University students. They are all wearing dunce's hats and are drooling and looking a little less that full competent. There has been criticism that academic standards are slipping. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).