Delegated legislation

Date: 12 July 2005

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

Reference: A-453-298

Description: Shows a infant wrapped up in red and suspended in the air. The tape represents the hundreds more rules and regulations, thousands more bureaucrats, heaps more meddling sticky beaks. Refers to the Labour Government's new legislation. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Leader page cartoon 13 CARTOON 186mm x 133mm Pls scan and send to Production Pix (Pix on Hand) [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 340 mm

Date: 1912-1918

By: Great Britain. Department of Imperial Government Supplies

Reference: MSY-6828

Description: Collection of printed and typed official papers regarding the sale and export of wool, hides, sheepskins, frozen meat and rabbits, cheese, butter, scheelite and kauri gum for supply to the British Department of Imperial Government Supplies. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: Originally collected and held by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board library Transfers: From Book Collections - See also Photographic Archive (PAColl-9789).

Date: 1926

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-STATIONERY-1926-01

Description: Gives details about hunting seasons, protected species, postal regulations, list of telephone exchanges, tide tables. Quantity: 1 volume(s) diary. Physical Description: 128, xv pages, each 260 x 207 mm.

Date: 1935 - 1940

From: Various artists :[Original and printed political cartoons by A S Paterson, John H Gilmour ("Pax"), N H McIntyre ("M"), Loney, Charles Haines, Morrison, Jayem, Barns Graham, and others. 1935-1940s].

By: Gilmour, John Henry, 1892-1951

Reference: A-129-042

Description: Shows a disconsolate man sitting on a Pacific island covered with signs, such as: Tax, Thou shalt not, State ownership, You must not, High rents, Fines, Rules, Rising costs, Order, State control. Other Titles - Government Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon drawing, on sheet 335 x 283 mm.

Date: 1983

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[Cartoons donated for a cartoon charity auction, but not sold. 1976-1988].

Reference: A-344-080

Description: Shows Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, signing a large pile of regulations, to get them passed before the end of 1983. Dated 10 December 1983 on verso - may have been published around that date. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 184 x 234 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in about 1996.

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0013686

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strips, commenting on the foibles of politicians and political issues in New Zealand and published in the Dominion Post. These cartoons tend to reflect the current events of the day without dealing directly with them. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

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

Reference: DCDL-0006210

Description: Shows Prime Minister, Helen Clark, sprawling on the path after having tripped over the 'Electoral Finance Bill' doormat. Her husband, Dr. Peter Davis, stands in the doorway looking perplexed as she angrily insists that she still thinks the doormat was a good idea, it's just that she keeps forgetting that she put it there. Refers to the Electoral Finance Bill that Helen Clark made changes to in time for the 2008 election. The trouble is that its complexities keep tripping the various parties up, including the Labour Party who have broken the rules again. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1951

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Minhinnick (A-311-1), Mack (A-311-2) and Bird (A-311-3).

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: A-311-1-031

Description: New Zealand Labour Party leaders Walter Nash and Arnold Nordmeyer are at a 'Vote for Labour' sales table, on which are items representing 'black market', 'snoopers', 'controls', 'scarcity', 'restrictions' and acid drops. A figure representing 'deregistererd wharfies' crouches under the table. A man representing the New Zealand voter is turning away in dislike. Implied is his suspicion of the influence on the Labour Party of Alexander Drennan, radical trade unionist, waterfront worker and leading member of the Communist Party of New Zealand who represented the trades council on the national council of the New Zealand Federation of Labour from 1945 to 1949. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A5 size bromide.

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011514

Description: Shows Rodney Hide Minister for Local Government swinging an axe as though he is fighting in one of the African wars and cutting the red tape of local bodies to shreds. He tells 'bwana', Prime Minister John Key, who stands in the background that the way will soon be clear. Refers to Rodney Hide's enthusiastic attack on what he regards as over-resourced local bodies, particularly his reducing the seven Auckland local bodies to one that will result in a 'supercity'. Published in MG Business Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0012710

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strips, commenting on the foibles of politicians and political issues in New Zealand and published in the Dominion Post. These cartoons tend to reflect the current events of the day without dealing directly with them. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. 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-0004614

Description: Shows the Beehive surrounded by a snake with nine heads. Cartoon depicts that the State-appointed bodies might have too much power but too little accountability. This cartoon appeared on the cover of MG Business magazine on 29 March, 2004 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

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

Reference: DCDL-0013054

Description: Shows a infant wrapped up in red and suspended in the air. The tape represents the hundreds more rules and regulations, thousands more bureaucrats, heaps more meddling sticky beaks. Refers to the Labour Government's new legislation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0010564

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0013326

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strips, commenting on the foibles of politicians and political issues in New Zealand and published in the Dominion Post. These cartoons tend to reflect the current events of the day without dealing directly with them. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0001039

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Minister asks a reporter whether she has the right permit to ask him if he thinks the country is becoming over-regulated. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0004905

Description: Shows a man representing local authorities drowning in paper work as a result of extra legislation and regulation and applications. Leader of the National opposition, Don Brash, as a St Bernard dog with a little keg of whiskey round his neck bounds in to dig the man out of the mountain of paperwork. Cartoon refers to the National Party's promise to reduce unnecessary legislative demands imposed upon local councils. Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'MG Business', which was inside a folder called 'AWS Cartoon highlights, Nov'04-May'07' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0012246

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strips, commenting on the foibles of politicians and political issues in New Zealand and published in the Dominion Post. These cartoons tend to reflect the current events of the day without dealing directly with them. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0030545

Description: Depicts a man representing the government gesturing towards the starting line for 'The Great Kiwi Adventure Race'. Its start gate is blocked with red tape. Refers to the impact of new adventure tourism regulations on multisport events such as the annual Speights Coast to Coast which struggles to get entrants with the correct kayak certification level to paddle the river legs of the race. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0017904

Description: The cartoon shows an enormous ball of red tape and all around frustrated workers carry away their ladders and tools. Context - Three months after a quake that scored a direct hit under Christchurch, many residents are struggling with mountains of paperwork required to get their homes repaired and rebuilt. Reference numbers, codes and Pin numbers permeate our daily living now as we deal with the aftermath of two major earthquakes in six months. People feel they are lucky that they have the EQC pot to draw on, but there are a lot of complexities, anomalies and frustrations. (BBC News 21 May 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Parker, Richard, 1976- :Digital cartoons

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0028989

Description: Cartoon shows a small blue bird representing the social media company, Twitter, standing on top of a large gavel, which is about to strike a smartphone or tablet labelled, 'Rule book'. The image originally accompanied a column by Colin Espiner in the Sunday Star Times, 27 July 2014, entitled, 'There ought to be a law', with the standfirst, "The Prime Minister wants to hear which regulations you think are silly. Here's hoping he's got all day to listen". Accompanying note from the cartoonist states, 'Outsourcing the rule book for social media feedback'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).