Employees, Dismissal of

Date: 1998

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-448-103/124

Description: Political cartoons. Comment on the lack of consultion with the Ministry of Women's Affairs regarding National's Code of Social responsibility. East Coast Maori use dubious methods to stamp out intimidation during a land protest. The Broadcasting Minister defends his proposal to introduce ads onto National Radio. The Minister of Energy, Max Bradford defends privatisation of the electricity supply in the face of power blackouts throughout Auckland. Jenny Shipley takes a hard-line against assisting Auckland in the midst of their 7 week power crisis. National Party Ministers run for cover as Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley calls for heads to roll over the Auckland power crisis. Jenny Shipley's image as 'ordinary' housewife and mother is questioned on her trip to Japan. Curator Ian Wedde, defends the 'Virgin in a Condom' exhibit at Te Papa. National's Health Minister, Bill English reassures the public that local surgery is at crisis point. NZ Post end free delivery of Talking Books to the blind. Ruth Richardson announces her intention to stand for ACT in the Taranaki by-election. Comment on the last remaining stands of West Coast Rimu forest. More cracks appear in the Health system. New Zealand's economic position is blamed on the Asian crisis with lower paid workers bearing the brunt of restraints on wage increases. Comment on emergency services failing to get to call-outs within a reasonable time. Comment on another Hurricanes rugby team loss. Jenny Shipley regrets she's unable to make grand gestures like Russian leader, Boris Yeltsin, who recently sacked his entire government. Winston Peters is awarded an Oscar for his best supporting role in a comedy or farce in the coalition government. Comment on the Americans insistance on carrying arms even when it's a child carrying an assault rifle. Paralells drawn between rioting at Paremoremo Prision and Winston Peters rioting within the coalition government. Discussion which shows how the National Party cabinet works. Winston Peters trys to knock the New Zealand economy into shape by the use of threats and violence. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-618-001/074

Description: 74 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include National Party style ('radical conservatism'), political aspects of the ban on native forest logging on the West Coast, bribery and corruption in international cricket, softening of the macho image of Super 12 Players, the fatal shooting Steven Wallace by police in Waitara, email viruses, underage drinking, tax on cigarettes, greenhouse gas emission control, the entrenched position of Christine Rankin, Head of WINZ, television presenter Paul Holmes, the sale of the cell phone spectrum to Maori, Americas' Cup yachtsmen, the rebel coup in Fiji, prisoners' rights, All Black rugby, Maori activisim and cultural sensitivites, the falling New Zealand dollar, falling business confidence, the Employments Contracts Act, the legal staus of cannabis, the Coalition between the Labour Party and Alliance, the flight of underpaid and overworked young doctors from New Zealand, unseasonable weather, the meeting between the Presidents of North and South Korea, the Budget, the Government's 'Closing the Gaps' policy, underfunding of the army, muck-raking by ACT politician Richard Prebble, drugs in sport, the takeover by Qantas of Ansett New Zealand, political scandal and the sacking of Dover Samuels as Minister of Maori Affairs, child abuse, dangerous driving by truck drivers, the conflict over Israel, the dangers of excusing away mental illness, Helen Clark's leadership style, alcohol and sportsmen, railway accidents, republicism and Tandor Nancos of the Green Party, the Bledisloe Cup, cannabis use, forest fires in the United States, extended sittings in Parliament, the Employment Relations Bill, speed limits, the loss of Kursk, the Russian submarine, defence expenditure, controversy over Maori domestic violence, rising petrol prices. Quantity: 74 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: 1994

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Editorial cartoons. 23 March - 14 June 1994

Reference: H-106-029

Description: Shows Warren Cooper sitting at his desk with his shirt and jacket pulled up over the back of his head. He is reading the Ohakea House Report and comments that he still expects heads to roll. Refers to the storm of protests over the budget blowout for renovations to the house of RNZAF Group Captain Frank Sharp, base commander at Ohakea Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 9 11 1994 - 09 Nov 1994

From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie

By: Fry, Alexander Sydney, 1926-2006

Reference: OHInt-0576-09

Description: Alexander Fry was a journalist at the 'Listener' magazine from 1952-1991, and he describes first meeting Denis Glover when he was asked to edit a series of interviews on high-profile New Zealanders to boost publication. Describes being impressed by Glover's interview, which didn't need any editing. Describes Glover's reaction to being dismissed by Harry Tombs of the Wingfield Press. Describes Glover as a man of real warmth with wit, and a good friend to have. Talks about Glover being the self-appointed jester at many events. Describes his relationship with Khura Glover and compares this with his relationship with Lyn Glover. Talks about Glover's behaviour toward the Soviet Union's literary delegation. Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008798a Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2809.

Date: 2000

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-619-001/035

Description: 35 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. Topics include golf and rugby, the weather, National member of Parliament Murray McCully stirring up scandals, Prime Minister Helen Clark's pronouncements and policy on golden handshakes for S.O.E. executives, political mud-slinging, high petrol prices, US Presidential candidate George W. Bush's record in capital punishment, the Employment Relations Bill and the Labour government's response to public opinion, good faith bargaining, the police and sensitivity to maori culture, domestic violence among Maori, Helen Clark's leadership style, the Russian submarine disaster, the falling New Zealand dollar, junior doctors leaving New Zealand, Maori grievances, the treatment of aborigines in Australia, emigration from New Zealand, the use of the word 'holocaust' by the Associate Minister of Maori Affairs, the Waitangi Fisheries Commission, prison conditions, Green Party protests against free trade, payouts to gang members. Quantity: 35 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1989-1991

From: New Zealand Forestry Corporation Oral History Project, Stage III

By: Gibbs, Alan Timothy, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0166/06

Description: Talks to Alan Gibbs about critical issues in the breaking up of Forestry Corporation and selling of individual forests. Describes the critical issue of securing property rights for purchasers with Treaty of Waitangi claims. Explains implications if land returned to Maori ownership and the uncertainty of whether Crown compensation would be adequate for business consequences of losing the forest. Comments on the relationship between Forestry Corporation and the Government and some tension between the Corporation and Treasury. Talks about registering bidders. Mentions Fletcher Challenge, Carter Holt Harvey and Timberlands. Discusses the role of Andy Kirkland, Stan Rodger, Roger Douglas, Richard Prebble and John Fernyhough. Talks about the sale of Central North Island forests, Nelson forest and Otago forests. Comments on the politics of privatisation. Discusses staff redundancies. Summarises the process of transition from Forestry Service to Forestry Corporation and the announcement of the Government's sale of the Corporation. Discusses the importance of competition and describes forestry as the example of radical reorganisation of a government department. Venue - Auckland : 1991 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - 1 Judges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004311; OHC-004312; OHC-004313; OHC-004314; OHC-004315; OHC-004316; OHC-004317; OHC-004318; OHC-004319 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 691.

Date: 1989-1991

From: New Zealand Forestry Corporation Oral History Project, Stage III

By: Viles, David Gordon Kenneth, 1949-

Reference: OHInt-0166/02

Description: Interviews David Viles on nineteen separate occasions. Describes the restructuring decisions, involving dismissing staff, as the most difficult he has had to make. Comments on the profit of Timberlands at the end of a two year period. Describes ill-feeling towards Treasury and Government. Describes time spent on staffing issues and his joint responsibility for the sale of South Island forestry assets and their continuing operation. Notes that there are six districts in Timberlands South Island and morale is a challenge. Discusses the need to settle Maori land claims to enable the asset sales programme. Comments on the Treaty of Waitangi State Enterprises Act and the Crown Forestry Asset Sales Bill. Describes the increasing impatience of potential buyers. Gives details of the asset sales programme timetable and the launch of the programme. Talks about his family's response to his work situation. Describes the difficulty between regional and Wellington managers. Discusses the work being done by Scott Deloitte with staff preparing an inventory of staff skills. Talks about staff stress and looking at other work options. Comments on the centralised nature of the asset sales programme and his feeling of lack of involvement. Mentions the North Island manager of the asset sales programme, Peter Herrick. Comments on his relationship with Andy Kirkland. Notes increased trading results and the Corporation's encouragement of increased profit before the sale of forests. Describes criticism of the Corporation by other companies and in the media. Discusses legal action against the Corporation by Carter Holt Harvey. Comments on the change of State Owned Enterprise minister from Stan Rodger to Richard Prebble. Mentions Ruth Richardson and David Caygill. Notes that the delay in the asset sales programme is the result of the lack of agreement between Government and Maori to changes to the Crown Forestry Licence. Talks about the withdrawal from tender of Canterbury and Hawkes Bay forests as the result of legal proceedings and the setting up of a subcommittee of the Board to negotiate the sale of these forests. Mentions John Fernyhough, Andy Kirkland, Marilyn Goddard and Tim Saunders. Comments on the power of Treasury in this process. Discusses the demise of the Forestry Corporation, redundancy payments and staff reaction to the end of the Corporation. Describes his own mixed feelings about the end result and fears at the treatment by Crown of unsold forests. Comments on the role of Andy Kirkland in the corporate success of the Forestry Corporation. Venue - Christchurch ; 1991 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Various locations Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004328; OHC-004329; OHC-004330; OHC-004331; OHC-004332; OHC-004333; OHC-004334; OHC-004335; OHC-004336; OHC-004337 Quantity: 10 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 9 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 693.

Date: 1971-1975

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7261-21

Description: Various memos, copies of letters and other papers relating to Dennis's case Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2000

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[17 original political and social cartoons drawn for Metro magazine from January to November 2000]

Reference: A-129-102

Description: Cartoon shows a caricature of John Hawkesby, television presenter, with a green face and hands. He is holding a very large sack overflowing with money, a payout from Television New Zealand, when his employment was terminated with them. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 44 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and gouache, on sheet 421 x 299 mm.

Date: 22 March 2009

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-153

Description: Shows a new television game show called 'Who wants to keep their job'. The host asks the worried contestant to consider their answer carefully to the question - Our budget problems are caused by; A. The recession, B. Poor management, C. Rubbish programmes, D. All of the above. The game show is very similar to popular show 'Who wants to be a millionaire'. Refers to job losses during the recession. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Date: 16 December 2009

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-184

Description: Shows Santa Claus giving one of his Christmas elves notice of dismissal as he has employed an octopus instead as he has tool-using skills and if Santa finds him difficult to manage he will go in a paella. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 1712A18CARTOON [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Date: 1989

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[32 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star in March and April, 1989.]

Reference: A-225-172

Description: Cartoon shows a grave being dug for the fourth Labour Government. A spade is throwing out soil which stands to the left in a pile labelled "86,000 fulltime jobs". Other Titles - Fourth; March Job losses in 1989 caused dissatisfaction with government performance. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on card 182 x 265 mm.

Date: [1923-1934]

From: Beaglehole, John Cawte, 1901-1971 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2094-1

Description: Comprises scrapbook of newspaper clippings by and concerning Beaglehole including his dismissal from Auckland University College in 1932 (1923-1934) Arrangement: Loose papers from scrapbook at MS-Papers-2094-2 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1980

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :[Political cartoons] / Evans - Auckland New Zealand Social Credit Political League [1980]

Reference: A-261-046

Description: Published cartoon shows four chairs, including office chairs, draughtsman's chair and driver's or pilot's chair. In the centre on the floor is a small bright chip. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, monotone 140 x 330 mm

Date: 1993

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1990s :Otago Daily Times cartoons. 7 December 1992 - 30 January 1993

Reference: H-135-016

Description: Shows a manager sitting at his desk addressing an employee standing in front of him Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1973-1975

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7261-18

Description: Correspondence relating to the termination of Dennis's employment as THC general manager; also some minutes of the board of THC (1973) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2001

From: Tremain, Garrick :37 Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times from 16 July to 25 August, 2001.

Reference: H-655-037

Description: A caricature of Christine Rankin, Chief Executive of Work and Income New Zealand, wearing outsize earrings (her trade-mark). One earring is labelled 'WINZum' and the other "LOSEsome'. Refers to her employment contract dispute with the government and issues of personal appearance and dress. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy of black ink drawing.

Date: 1971-1975

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7261-20

Description: Notes, references and other papers relating to Dennis's termination of employment with THC; includes correspondence and background material Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1986

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-136-571

Description: Shows a man talking on the telephone in his office. He is being picked up by the seat of his pants and the scruf of his neck by a man who is about to throw him out the door. There is also another man standing by the desk with a briefcase and a big grin on his face. The name on the door reads "General Manager". Refers to employees being made redundant after a takeover. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on paper, 270 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1963

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-133-123

Description: Office workers are being laid off by boss taking a tip from the freezing works. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil 280 x 255 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.