Farms - Foreign ownership

Date: [5 August 2014]

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: [Original cartoons by Chris Slane featured in a retrospective exhibition at Alta Gallery, Wellington, 8-22 October 2016.]

Reference: A-474-016

Description: Prime Minister John Key is showing a farmer (Federated Farmers) a farm that has recently been sold to overseas buyers. Key tells the farmer "Don't worry they can't take the land away". The farmer replies "Just the income stream". The farm has a stream running through it which resembles a dollar sign. Digital version held at DCDL-0029049 Inscriptions: Recto - top left - SLANE.co.nz [in graphite] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and graphite on card, 225 x 303 mm

Date: 2012

By: Mana Party

Reference: Eph-E-ECONOMICS-2012-01

Description: Placard on corflute protesting the sale of land and businesses to overseas interests, shows a map of New Zealand superimposed with the declaration that New Zealand is not for sale, and the logo of the Mana Party below. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relif print on corflute, 903 x 605 mm. Provenance: Donated by an anonymous placard holder at the end of the "Aotearoa is not for sale" hikoi at Parliament Grounds, lunchtime on 4 May 2012

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020307

Description: Lady Justicia slices in half with a sword a document headed 'Crafar Farms sale'. The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009 and were involved in multiple prosecutions for pollution offences and incidents of poor animal welfare from 2007 to 2011. The farms are involved in controversy because the Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited made and offer to purchase which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office, the High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021011

Description: A cow labelled "Crafar farms" is held in a giant pair of chopsticks. It refers to approval being granted to a Chinese company to buy 16 dairy farms in the North Island. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020144

Description: Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, tells Prime Minister John Key to hold on 'Taihoa Hone!'. John Key is about to sign a document being handed to him by a nineteenth century gentleman who leans down from a galleon of that period. Context: Refers to the selling of state assets by the government, perhaps particularly the controversial sale of the Crafar farms to a Chinese group. The sale is considered by many to be a violation of the Treaty of Waitangi. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020227

Description: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009 and were involved in multiple prosecutions for pollution offences and incidents of poor animal welfare from 2007 to 2011. The farms are involved in controversy because the Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited made and offer to purchase which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office, the High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020355

Description: Refers to the government's wish to sell the Crafar Farms to a Chinese consortium and the Otago Rugby Football Union's financial troubles. Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020358

Description: Shows New Zealand. A 'For Sale' sign planted into the middle of the South Island though on closer reading the sign reads 'FOReign SALE' Context: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009. The cartoon refers to the controversy over the offer to purchase that was made by Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office. The High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021014

Description: A farmer talks to a man in a suit. In the foreground is a giant panda in wide-brimmed hat, denim shorts and gumboots. It holds a bunch of bamboo shoots with the tag "Crafar farms". The government had recently approved the sale of 16 North Island dairy farms to a Chinese company. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020234

Description: Shows a huge bull wearing a judge's wig. Prime Minister John Key, holding a bucket, stares at it in a somewhat flummoxed way. Context: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009. The cartoon refers to the controversy over the offer to purchase that was made by Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office. The High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. B&W and colour versions of this cartoon available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020105

Description: A cow that looks like a panda near a 'Crafar Farms' sign. 'Nine months after it was first lodged, the OIO (Overseas Investment Office) is still considering Shanghai Pengxin's $200 million offer for 16 dairy farms formerly owned by the Crafar family which were placed in receivership two years ago.' The deadline for the decision is January 31. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020109

Description: Prime Minister John Key looks on as a Chinese man milks a cow. Context: 'Nine months after it was first lodged, the OIO (Overseas Investment Office) is still considering Shanghai Pengxin's $200 million offer for 16 dairy farms formerly owned by the Crafar family which were placed in receivership two years ago.' The deadline for the decision is January 31. [NZHerald: Jan 20 2012] Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020500

Description: A Chinese businessman stands in front of a 'For Sale' notice looking puzzled at the conflicting 'sold' and 'not sold' information. Context: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009. The cartoon refers to the controversy over the offer to purchase that was made by Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office. The High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020998

Description: The cartoon shows a yin yang symbol with one side labelled "sell farms" and the other "buy poppies". The government had recently given approval for a Chinese company to buy 16 North Island dairy farms. The ANZAC Day poppies for 2012 had been made in China. Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020166

Description: A large panda crunches a little New Zealand. In a second version the panda says 'Yummmm NZ farmland, better than bamboo'. Context: the controversial sale of the Crafar farms to a Chinese consortium. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020428

Description: A husband comments to another man as they watch his wife doing stepping exercises in front of a television set which has a commentary "on off on off on". Context: Approval by the Overseas Investment Office for the Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin to buy the Crafar farms prompted the unsuccessful group of bidders led by Sir Michael Fay to go to the High Court to ask that Government Ministers be required to make a fresh ruling on the bid. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020140

Description: Two people enjoy a day at 90 Mile beach (Te Oneroa-a-Tohe). The man reads a newspaper with a headline reading 'Crafar farms sale approved' and wonders what the name 'Te Oneroa-a-tohe' would translate into in Chinese. Context: Government ministers have confirmed approval for the sale of the sixteen Crafar farms to Milk New Zealand Holding, a subsidiary of Shanghai Pengxin Group. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020283

Description: Prime Minister John Key is in the act of clinching the Crafar Farms deal with a Chinese businessman when a judge from the 'High Court' tosses a hand-grenade onto the table. Context: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009. The cartoon refers to the controversy over the offer to purchase that was made by Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office. The High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020296

Description: Cartoon shows a cow representing the 'Crafar sale' who stares with astonishment at her own udder which appears as Prime Minister, John Key's face and says 'Embarrassed? Me? Why?' Context: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009. The cartoon refers to the controversy over the offer to purchase that was made by Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office. The High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020295

Description: A donkey representing the government, comments to a cow that represents 'Crafar farms' that her sale is being reviewed. Context: The Crafar farms are New Zealand's Largest Independent Dairy Farming Company. The farms were put into receivership in October 2009. The cartoon refers to the controversy over the offer to purchase that was made by Shanghai-based company Pengxin International Group Limited which was approved by the Overseas Investment Office. The High Court set aside the decision and ordered the Government to consider the application again. There is strong objection by many New Zealanders about selling land to foreigners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).