Trojan horse (Greek mythology)

Date: 2008

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0007437

Description: Shows a Trojan horse that has been brought through the gates of a fortified castle representing New Zealand. Police leap out of the horse with taser guns and zap all the residents. Refers to Police Commissioner Howard Broad having decided to introduce Taser stun guns as a tactical weapon option. 32 Tasers are to be reintroduced to three Auckland districts and Wellington. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011824

Description: Cartoon shows a wooden horse of the sort that got the Greeks into Troy, (Trojan horse). The horse has the face of former National leader Don Brash and on its little door is the word 'privatisation'. Nearby are the gates of Troy with a sign above reading 'Jobs'. Text states 'Don Brash to head govt. productivity taskforce...News'. Refers to the appointment of Don Brash to head the productivity taskforce which raises the possibility of privatisation of state-owned enterprises. The Trojan horse suggests that the appointment has a surreptious element to it. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004604

Description: Shows the Beehive representing 'Parliamentary sovereignty' under siege. The Beehive is being defended by members of parliament with swords and shields. The besiegers are, on the left, a gang of lawyers, some firing arrows and others firing law books from a trebuchet and, on the right, a Trojan horse called 'Public Finance Bill' being pushed by a group of men in grey. Someone from inside the Trojan horse giggles 'tee hee'. An unknown speaker from the Beehive asks 'Does their Trojan horse have the NAYS' (a pun on nays / neighs). Refers to fears that amendments to the Public Finance Bill is an attack against parliamentary sovereignty and removes control of the public purse from the government to Treasury and the Minister. The concept of parliamentary sovereignty applies not only to lawmaking but also to control of the public purse. Parliamentary sovereignty over the public purse requires parliamentary control over the Crown's borrowing and expenditure activities. Even as Dr Cullen attempts to preserve parliamentary sovereignty for lawmaking purposes, it seems to be in the process of being removed for financial management purposes. At its heart the Public Finance Act is designed around the ideological view that a government should not provide public services but should instead withdraw, leaving the 'Market' to provide. The Crown entities changes proposed in the bill threaten to destroy New Zealand's public health and education systems while other changes strengthen the interests of the major financial institutions against ordinary New Zealanders. (Notes taken from Parliamentary Sovereignty Over Public finance by Sue Newberry and June Pallot Submitted initially to The Independent, 16 June 2004.) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 22 June 2020

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0040043

Description: Digital cartoon by Guy Body on social and political issues in New Zealand. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022021

Description: Shows a large model of a cow on wheels bearing the text 'Fonterra Farmers Share Trading Scheme'. One farmer reassures another that nothing can go wrong. Context: the Trojan horse idea is intended to sneak the share trading scheme past the public before they realise that they will lose out as farmers benefit from the share trading scheme. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).