Honesty

Date: 1972

Reference: Eph-C-POLITICS-1972-01

Description: Cartoon shows Norman Kirk, Robert Muldoon, John Marshall, and a headless person with a space for the viewer to fill in name and address, joined in a circle, kissing the posterior of the person in front. The lettering includes cameos showing factory pollution, automobile pollution, rising mortgage rates, police brutality, a pig policeman telling children to "Always tell the truth", the Yellow Peril myth, French nuclear test compromises. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 452 x 380 mm. Provenance: Received in 2009.

Date: 2005

From: Darroch, Bob :[Cartoons published in the Whangarei Report in the year 2005.]

Reference: H-751-028

Description: In a series of small cameos a politician appears to be making a speech in which he is being totally honest about promises and what the country can afford. At the end of the cartoon it is obvious that he is just practising before his wife at home. He says that he certainly will not say these things but is pleased to have got them off his chest. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 1861

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Five sketchbooks with views of Dunedin and district and manuscript notes]

Reference: E-017-5-034

Description: Two men talking in a street, one looking amused, one anxious Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink in sketchbook, 66 x 113 mm (page size)

Date: 2008

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0007615

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician's assistant is delighted that the politician has gone up in the polls in spite of accusations of dishonesty being made against him. The politician admits that he hasn't really gone up in the polls, he faked it. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005646

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is putting velcro on the seat of his chair because he has been accused of being 'slippery'. Refers to John Key, National leader. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0007105

Description: Shows Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, saying 'I know..' and holding up a large card on which are printed the words 'No thing!' Dollar notes float to the ground from above. Refers to Winston Peters' denial that he knew of a $100,000 donation from businessman, Owen Glenn intended to go towards legal expenses. Published in the Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0003622

Description: Prime Minister, Helen Clark and Minister for the Environment, David Benson-Pope are behind a protective wall topped with barbed wire. Helen Clark holds her rifle steady over the parapet but hisses at Benson-Pope to keep his head down. Refers to David Benson-Pope being in trouble for not being entirely honest about his role in the affair of the sacking of Madeleine Setchell from her job in the Ministry of the Environment because of her relationship with John Key's senior press secretary; the sacking was said to have been because of a conflict of interests. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0007624

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician hopes the Privileges Committee wil believe one of the versions of the story that he gave them. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0015658

Description: John Key the prime minister looks poker-faced as he states to the nation that ACT leader Rodney Hide is very 'straight up and down' and 'honest with me'. Beside him sits Rodney Hide over whom a tangled growth of 'hypocrisy' grows and around whom flies swarm. Refers to John Key's statements that Rodney Hide had acted to a 'high ethical standard' and 'has 'shown good judgement'. Mr Hide's leadership of the Act Party has been under attack since Mr Garrett quit Act last week after it was revealed he had used a dead child's identity to obtain a false passport. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011290

Description: Shows the figure '$10,000' followed by three more zeros that have wicked grins and pointy ears and forked tails (little devils). Text states 'It's the 3 extra zeros...... tt can make you do NOUGHTY things'. Refers to an incident reported on the news about a couple who have fled the country after discovering that $ten million had been deposited in their bank account in error. The police are hot on their tails. There is a play on the words 'noughty' and 'naughty'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009108

Description: "Just Practising" cartoon strip. Shows Doctor Hal explaining how he might work for no fees, support the underprivileged and live on subsidies as it is time that he sacrificed more and gave back to society. Unfortunately with each comment his nose grows and grows just like Pinocchio. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0007111

Description: Shows a couple sitting in their armchairs in the evening. The man is reading the newspaper and comments that Prime Minister Helen Clark has said that Winston Peters has broken no rule. His wife replies that she would have thought that honesty and credibility was an unwritten rule for cabinet ministers. Refers to Foreign Affairs minister, Winston Peters, being unable to account credibly for loans given him by businessman Owen Glenn to cover legal expenses. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0007185

Description: Shows ACT leader Rodney Hide and National Party leader John Key both holding brooms and standing on top of suspicious-looking mounds on a rug labelled 'political donations'. A corner of the rug is pulled back revealing banknotes and Winston Peters stands nearby. The two politicians with brooms who have swept their own undeclared assets under the carpet both point accusingly at Winston Peters. Refers to the refusal by Winston Peters to disclose information about donations to his party, New Zealand First. Published in the Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0007726

Description: Shows leader of the National Party, John Key, holding a document headed 'Rail shares'. Behind him on his desk is the name 'Maxwell S. Key'. John Key holds up a shoe with a phone cleverly hidden in the sole and asks the audience if they would believe he had 30,000, or 50,000 or 100,000 and then he asks if the caller would believe it was a 'bull' market. Maxwell Smart, the agent in the 'Get Smart' films had a phone in his show. In the US ArchPort Shoes Bringing Maxwell Smart's Shoe Phone to life. Refers to John Key's embarrassing owning up of having had a lot of rail shares at a time when he could profit because of inside knowledge. There is a play on the word 'bull', meaning 'nonsense' and also as in 'bull market' which tends to be associated with increasing investor confidence, motivating investors to buy in anticipation of future capital gains. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0007728

Description: Shows a group of Fonterra directors sitting round a table. One of them holds a newspaper that reports that Fonterra denies knowledge of early complaints and they may need to get a lawyer. A wit suggests NZ First leader, Winston Peters. Refers to the milk powder scandal in China in which Fonterra is implicated because it has a partnership with Sanlu, the company most deeply involved. Winston Peters has recently been censured by the parliamentary Privileges Committee for being less than open about his knowledge of donations given to NZ First. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0013401

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).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026034

Description: Three versions of a caricature of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, shown with a very long nose. The first two include the words 'PM's believability rating takes a nosedive in latest poll' and the heading Pinokeyo, with the words 'the tales of Pinokeyo and his brain fades' also appearing in one version. In the third cartoon Key appears as a kiwi with a long beak/nose and the words 'PM's believability rating low in latest poll'. Refers to a Fairfax Media-Ipsos poll in which Prime Minister John Key scored a low believability rating, with over 58% of respondents claiming that they did not believe what Key says. The cartoon also refers to Key's so-called 'brain fades' over issues including Kim Dotcom and his appointment of Ian Fletcher. The character Pinocchio's nose grew whenever he told a lie. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

Reference: DCDL-0023728

Description: A psychiatrist tells a patient lying on the couch labelled, 'electorate' that he has a 'gullibility complex' after a poll revealed that most Kiwis trust their elected officials. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024157

Description: Shows five MPs awarded the 'Best Political Acting Awards'. Wider context coincides with the Academy Awards, but refers to MPs actions in 2012-2013. Awards go to: John Banks for 'Best act of memory loss for his role in the Kim Dotcom comedy...'; David Cunliffe for 'Best act of showing leadership support after rumours of a challenge': Hekia Parata for 'Best performance for acting like she cares after the schools shake-up drama'; Gerry Brownlee for 'Best speech of acting as if there was no housing crisis in Christchurch'; and to John Key for 'Best manic grin while going through great poll results as well as scathing critical attacks'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0030102

Description: Depicts Prime Miniser John Key standing next to ACT MP John Banks in court. On the edges of the frame are men leaving with suitcases labelled 'anonymous donations'. Refers to Key's 'qualifying' statement that Banks is an honest man despite Banks being guilty of knowingly filing a false campaign finance return during his 2010 Auckland mayoralty campaign. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).