New Zealand - Foreign relations - Syria

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029875

Description: Cartoon shows a New Zealand member of the Special Air Service bent over to give Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, a boost up to an enormous chair, representing a seat on the United Nations Security Council. McCully is trying to climb up on the chair from off the soldier's back. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0026130

Description: Cartoon shows a tiny version of Prime Minister John Key holding a newspaper with a headline about the civil war in Syria. Key thinks to himself, "It's good to be one of the big players in world affairs!" Meanwhile, enormous feet of politicians from other countries tower over him, showing the small role that New Zealand plays on the world political stage. Refers to the possibility of New Zealand intervention in Syria, following the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons in a suburb of Damascus in August 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0027373

Description: Cartoon shows street fighting in Syria. One fighter says, "We're from New Zealand and we're here to fight for Syria!" and a woman holding a baby says, "Syria needs more fighters like it needs a hole in the head." A Syrian man says, "Don't give him ideas." Accompanying note from cartoonist states, "If the fighting goes on without end, Syria will cease to exist as a nation. The New Zealand government is wise to stop a handful of Kiwi jihadis leaping into the fray." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0027407

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key's eyes and nose protruding from a rooftop loudspeaker, which is announcing that they are watching activists in Syria, but that he can't name them, and "it's a secret!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).