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Winston Peters Dowager Duchess
Winston Peters Dowager Duchess

Caricature

Ducking Collins
Ducking Collins

Cartoon..Cartoon shows Minister for Justice Judith Collins seated on a ducking stool, having been dropped repeatedly into a pool of water labelled Oravida. Collins holds a controller for the device in her hand, and says, "This is like the witch trials of Salem." Labour MP Grant Robertson, who is standing near her dressed in old-fashioned apparel says, "But Judith, you are doing the ducking and diving by yourself". The Beehive is shown in the background. ..2 May 2014

ACT WRECK LEFT
ACT WRECK LEFT

Cartoon depicts Prime Minister John Key and ACT MP John Banks looking at the stern of the 'ACT' ship shipwrecked on Mount Eden above Epsom suburb, Auckland. Refers to the conviction of Banks for electoral fraud affecting the status of the ACT Party. However, Key has not said it will make it difficult for ACT to win the Epsom seat, or make it hard for the National Party to form a coalition with the ACT Party. .Alexander Turnbull Library.16 June 2014

Farm Sold
Farm Sold

Shows man showing a farmer (Federated Farmers) a farm that has recently been sold to overseas buyers. The man 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. In the foreground is a police officer.

Ghost Cuts
Ghost Cuts

Cartoon depicts a new version of a popular TV commercial "Ghost Chips' a crowd of Maori and Pacifica children labelled 'Poverty' saying to a ghost John Key "you know we can't touch your 'maybe-in-one-2017-ghost-tax-cuts' bro"

Gracinda
Gracinda

Cartoon depicts a face morph of Grant Robertson and Jacinda Ardern -entitled 'A new terror stalks the land' refers to new alliance between the two leaders.

Hager & Slater
Hager & Slater

Caricatures of Nicky Hager and Cameron Slater

Halloween For Key
Halloween For Key

Cartoon..Cartoon shows three trick-o-treaters at Prime Minister John Key's front door. One is dressed as a homeless zombie, who asks for affordable housing. Behind him, a woman dressed as a witch holds up a tea cup and says, "Tea breaks!". Behind her, a man is dressed as a jobless ghost who say, "Real jobs!" The Prime Minister reels back in horror, and spills the bowl of candy.

Hari-kari
Hari-kari

Cartoon depicts David Cunliffe resigning as leader of the Labour Party by committing Hari-kari "At least our leadership contest is getting good media coverage"

Laila Harre
Laila Harre

NZpol, Alliance,caricature,

Holidays For politicians
Holidays For politicians

Shows an advertisment for 'Acceptable Holidays for Politicians as suggested by Sunday hacks - War Zone Weekend in Gaza, Radioactive Rest Camp Fukushima, Flooded Farmstay'. With a 'Fixed Itinerary break - Ski Scott Base all winter, Crocodile live-bait camping, and open cast mine hotel year'..Alexander Turnbull Library.25 July 2014

Hunger games
Hunger games

Shows the Labour Party leadership contest as the 'Hunger Games'. David Cunliffe is running away from a bees nest which is dropping to the ground. Cunliffe calls out to his wife "Quick get the smoke machine, Karen!". The nest has been kicked off a tree branch by David Shearer. In the same tree is Andrew Little is about to drop a bomb. Grant Robertson is about to shot an arrow. David Parker hides in the hollow of a log with a knife.

Key Furniture
Key Furniture

Depicts Prime Minister John Key watching his office furniture and the New Zealand flag walk out of his Beehive office.

Kiwi polish
Kiwi polish

Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key as a shoe-shine boy, kneeling at the feet of Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. Abbott leans back in his chair, enjoying the shoe shine, telling Key, "You can still bring as much Kiwi boot polish over as you want." Behind Abbott, a sign reads, Anzac St.

Little Red Rooster
Little Red Rooster

Cartoon depicts Andrew Little as a rooster.

Make No Difference
Make No Difference

Cartoon depicts a demotivational poster of two cute cats "Make No Difference - young people please keep posting trivia on Facebook while we are out voting on election day - Demotional poster sponsored by rich old people'

Godzilla Youth Vote
Godzilla Youth Vote

Cartoon depicts Godzilla labelled 'Youth Vote' waking up saying "Yawn - wot time is it anyway?" "Oh no - you've awoken the beast"

Milky Groser
Milky Groser

Cartoon depicts Climate Change Minister Tim Groser as a baby suckling on a 'Dairy Industry' bottle. The milk is spilling all over him. He warns Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman who holds a 'Carbon tax' placard, not to "bite the hand that feeds". Refers to Groser's criticism of the Green Party climate change policy to introduce a carbon tax on industries which emit greenhouse gases. Also refers to links between the National Party and dairy industry companies in the form of investments and donations.Alexander Turnbull Library.Alexander Turnbull Library.5 June 2014

Pffft!
Pffft!

Depicts Prime Minister John Key as a balloon deflated by Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater who is holding a cellphone - refferring a noise commonly hear from John Key.

Pike River Memorial
Pike River Memorial

Cartoon depicts Pike River Mine memeorial 'Responsibility For Market And Regulatory Failiure' and John Key says: "Leaving it all buried is best"

Planet Labour Passes Planet Key
Planet Labour Passes Planet Key

Cartoon..Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key on his 'Planet Key' floating in the sky. He is waving to Labour Party leader David Cunliffe as he clings to the flaming meteorite of the Labour Party as it plunges to earth.

Planet Key
Planet Key

Cartoon depicts John Key standing on a tiny world planet akin to a golf course with a casino and asset sales holding a golf club "We had 9 long years of Labour - It's only right we get 9 whole years of National"

Pleasant prospect
Pleasant prospect

Cartoon depicts a couple standing admiring a view of nature (mountains, river etc), the man says "Enjoy it now, before electioneering blankets everything in manure"..17 January 2014.Alexander Turnbull Library

Political Highs
Political Highs

Cartoon depicts label of herbal highs - stock up while you still can - Moral Panic - Freak Out - etc

Royal pageboy
Royal pageboy

Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key holding the tailcoat of Prince William, which reads, Vote National, as the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge and infant Prince George go past a large crowd during their New Zealand royal tour in April 2014.

Royal tour
Royal tour

Cartoon.Cartoon shows the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge arriving in New Zealand with the infant Prince George. A crowd greets them, many of whom wave British flags or wear royal tour t-shirts. One small girl wears a Lorde t-shirt naming her hit song Royals, and looks confused, asking where Lorde is.

Ryall oops
Ryall oops

Cartoon shows Health Minister Tony Ryall kicking the power lead from the 'funding' generator out of the amplifier on which the Problem Gambling Foundation CEO Graeme Ramsay is standing and attempting to speak. Refers to the cutting of public funding for the Foundation..20 March 2014

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Fisherman Smith
Fisherman Smith

Cartoon shows Conservation Minister, Nick Smith, fishing on the edge of a body of water. He pulls a fish with a man's face representing the organisation, Fish and Game, from the water and says, "You're better off out of all that dirty water." Cartoon references a call from Fish and Game for Smith to resign from his Conservation portfolio.

Speed-dating
Speed-dating

Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key at an 'MMP speed-dating for politicians' event. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, sits at the table with Prime Minister John Key. Key says to Peters, "Hey baby, didn't we meet before - in my dreams?" Meanwhile, Peter Dunne, leader of United Future, and Colin Craig, leader of the Conservative Party, sit at tables on their own.

Teachers aid
Teachers aid

Cartoon Cartoon shows two pre-school children reading on the classroom mat. Their teacher is wearing a metal ring on her head from which is dangling a wad of money. It's her new "teacher's aid". Refers to proposals from the National government to introduce performance based funding for schools and teachers.

Teachers
Teachers

Cartoon Shows a teacher (resembling Snow White) in front of a class. Hekia Parata (resembling the Evil Stepmother) is leaning through a open window and is offering the teacher a rotten apple ('Pay Bonuses') - "Just one juicy bite for my favourite teacher...". In the other open window is David Cunliffe who tells the teacher "No, no, take these tablets instead!"

Terror Guy
Terror Guy

cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key dressed as a school boy pushing a wheelbarrow with a strawman labelled, 'terrorist' inside. Key asks a man trimming his hedges, "Penny for the Guy?"

Turei-arella
Turei-arella

Greens, National, Metiria Turei,Judith Collins,Cinderella,cartoon,

Vultures
Vultures

Cartoon shows three vultures sitting in a tree, watching over Andrew Little, new leader of the Labour Party. One of the vultures says, "Let him live until we run out of puns"..Alexander Turnbull Library.21 November 2014

Whitewater
Whitewater

Cartoon depicts the New Zealand political party leaders competing in the 2014 General Elections as whitewater rafters going over river rapids. Shows Te Ururoa Flavell, Colin Craig, Metiria Turei, Russel Norman, Winston Peters, Jamie Whyte, David Cunliffe, David Parker, Laila Harre, John Key, and Peter Dunne.

X-Ray
X-Ray

Cartoon depicts Prime Minister John Key being examined by a doctor in a white coat. The doctor shows him an x-ray of his head showing a "5 and 1/2 year gap in your short term memory". Key blames "the previous government". Refers to revelations that New Zealand was reintegrated into the controversial Five Eyes intelligence network five years ago. However Key says he does not recall any change since National took office. Key is known for having no memory of policy implementation.

The Far Left
The Far Left

A graph depicts '% people' along an x-axis and '$' in the y-axis - the group of people where most wealth is distributed - a minorty atop a pile of cash and descibed as 'the centre-right' while the majority of people have the least wealth and are described as 'the far left'....Cartoon shows a graph made of money, representing the distribution of wealth in New Zealand. The 'far left' has low levels of wealth, where as the 'centre right', has a very high level of wealth. Prime Minister John Key is shown standing on a large pile of money as part of the graph (2015)

Second Term Headwind 2012
Second Term Headwind 2012

Cartoon shows John Key saying "is it always like this in the second term?" to Bill English who replies "yes our luck is holding"..asset,sales,land,sales,defence,cutsstate,house,evictions,treaty,waitangi,poverty,treasury,nzpol,cartoon,

Exporters
Exporters

Cartoon by Chris Slane depicting a man representing Kiwi exporters struggling against high interest rates, a high New Zealand dollar, house sales, farm sales, and high real estate prices.

House Fire
House Fire

Cartoon by Chris Slane representing high house prices in Auckland, and depicting the Auckland housing market in flames. Prime Minister John Key says, “I’m very relaxed. The market will cool demand”

Vacancies
Vacancies

Cartoon by Chris Slane depicting a line of people exiting the Labour Department office, and falling off of a cliff into the ‘pit of despair’. A voice from inside the Labour Department says, “Unemployment down, job vacancies up… I can’t understand where they’re going.”

Keep on Relaxin'
Keep on Relaxin'

Cartoon by Chris Slane in the style of Robert Crumb, depicting Prime Minister John Key who is oblivious to global issues impacting New Zealand. Text reads, ‘Keep on relaxin’…’.

Jailbird
Jailbird

cartoon by Chris Slane depicting a kiwi at the international arrivals terminal, heading for Australia. Text reads, ‘Bird of the year: Kiwi jail-bird’.

Listener Use
Listener Use

Cartoon

Flags to a bull
Flags to a bull

Cartoon depicts an angry bull labelled 'Public Opinion dazzled and distracted by flags labelled 'Flags' 'house prices' dairy fallout' 'Saudi scandal, 'Serco', '?WC booze' 'Global ?'

Schoolboy Pranksters
Schoolboy Pranksters

Cartoon depicts Schoolboy Pranksters at the airport National Minister Tim Groser and Prime Minister John Key laughing as they crawl into the baggage claim labelled 'GCSB high security authorised personal only'

Coat-Tail Hugger
Coat-Tail Hugger

Cartoon depicting MP Judith Collins as a cat that is clawing at the coat tails of Prime Minister John Key. Text reads, ‘Coat-tail tugger’

Sucky Clubs
Sucky Clubs

Cartoon depicts a street of seedy clubs 'Cabinet Club' 'Iraq war club' '5 Eyes Spy Club' - "The clubs around here are pretty suck" notes a passer-by

Wafer-Thin Pay Increase
Wafer-Thin Pay Increase

Cartoon depicts a bloated John Key labelled 'Politicians' saying "oh alright just one wafer-thin pay increase more"