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Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0014455

Description: Shows Minister for Climate Change issues Nick Smith on the phone asking for advice from 'Your Worship' (Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin) and 'Mr Harland' (CEO of the Dunedin City Council) about how to push 'this ETS thing through against the public's wishes and reason'. Nick Smith thinks that the way Peter Chin and the Dunedin City Council got their way in the building of the new Forsyth Barr Stadium against great opposition led by a group calling itself 'Stop the Stadium' means that they should be able to advise him about how to get people to accept the need for increased prices because of the ETS. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017232

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister tells two reporters that in its efforts to raise the money to rebuild Christchurch after the earthquakes in September 2010 and February 2011 the government is more likely to have a 'slash and grab policy' than a 'slash and burn policy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017484

Description: The Minister for Fisheries Phil Heatley sits eating fish and chips wrapped in newspaper with a headline that reads 'Govt. ignores report on sweatshop fishing ventures'; through his greasy lips he wonders 'What report?' Context - files obtained under the Official Information Act show the government has known for some time that fishermen from poor countries are exploited in New Zealand waters. Workers are fishing in rusting boats turned into high seas sweatshops that take large parts of the country's $1.4 billion-a-year catch. Foreign charter vessels - 21 in the last year - are hired by New Zealand companies to catch quota allocated to Maori under Treaty of Waitangi settlements. Many iwi granted quota under the Sealords Deal, cannot afford to buy boats, so they contract out their quota. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0011785

Description: A headmaster tells a mother who sits in front of him with her son that no parent will have to mortgage their home to pay voluntary fees but they may like to consider selling a kidney.Refers to an incident when the board of Rathkeale College, which is an integrated school, suggested that a solo mother whose son attended the college put a mortgage on her house and then sell the house so that she could raise the $13000 in unpaid school 'donations'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

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

Reference: DX-014-751

Description: The scene shows a boat named 'Wananga' and labelled 'Council' sitting on the floor of the ocean. Above, on the surface of the sea is a rubber dinghy in which sits Trevor Mallard, Minister of Education, making his threat about the Wananga's having twenty one days to convince him that it can get itself out of its financial difficulties; its failure to do so will mean that a Commissioner will be appointed. Mr Mallard announced in early May a $20 million loan to bail out the Te Awamutu-based tertiary institute which he said was on the brink of insolvency. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025859

Description: Depicts Jim showing the Politican a newspaper survey which says 87 percent of people are content. The politican comments that they must be doing something wrong. Refers to Statistics New Zealand's General Social Survey in 2013 showing most New Zealanders felt content with their lives (NZ Herald 13 August 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1917

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Avondale Jockey Club (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott Printing Company

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1917-01

Description: Racing programme shows an engraving of a horseshoe on the front cover. Inside are a list of race officials, admission charges, train arrangements, totalisator rules, special notices and regulations including notice of a war tax of 2.5%, the band programme, and all the horses running in each of the eight races. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 32 pages, 123 x 98 mm.

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024002

Description: Shows MP Steven Joyce handing a report card marked D- to an unruly and lazy students labelled Novopay. Joyce notes that he will soon have him up to National Standard. Refers to the ongoing problems with Novopay, the government computer system used to administer teachers' pay and may also refer to negative public perceptions around the system of National Standards in New Zealand schools. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024055

Description: Shows a background and two figures as a parody of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. The caption explains that they are cabinet ministers reacting to the news that Novopay will be handling the paying of their wages and perks from now on. Wider context refers to the ongoing problems with Novopay, the system used to administer school teacher salaries. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024019

Description: Captioned 'The future', a pigeon labelled 'New Zealand Post', flies with a message attched to its leg. The style of the cartoon is that of the artist, Don Binney. In Feb 2013 cutbacks in the services provided by New Zealand Post were announced. Those in rural areas feared further future reductions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024787

Description: Depicts Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce dragging the fatally injured old dog 'Novopay'. He replies to a little schoolboy that Novopay won't be put down as he seem to be getting better. Two commentators in the background say Novopay has never been any good. Refers to decision by Joyce that the schools payrolls would continue to be run on the Novopay system by Talent2 company. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024815

Description: A small house is shown on an enormous foundation block labelled 'Rate$'. The cartoonist's comment is 'Like for like for the house...Total dislike for the foundation!' In Christchurch there were prospects of large rises in householders' rate to help finance the Christchurch Rebuild project. In view of the damage to housing, rate increases may be badly disproportionate. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024673

Description: A poverty-stricken family of three learns that the minimum wage will be raised by 25 cents per hour. Saving the extra ten dollars a week will be enough for them to afford a one-way ticket to Australia, where wages are higher. In February 2013 the minimum wage was raised by 25 cents per hour. The raise was not enough to counter the cost of living rises. Increasingly, the temptation to leave for Australia to earn a living wage beckoned. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025093

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip depicts the Minister for Upper Creek denying responsbility for this debacle to the media. He tells them that officals advised him "she'll be right". Refers to claims by Education Minister Hekia Parata claims that officals gave her misleading information before the error ridden Novopay system was signed off. A ministerial report says a document given to Parata by officals was a misrepresentation of the system (Stuff 4 June 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021473

Description: Shows a Frenchman with a string of onions round his neck carrying a pig on a bicycle and two Kiwis rushing to a departure lounge at the airport desperate to get to Australia. Context: Austerity measures in Europe are reflected in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021469

Description: A teacher asks her class which of two topics the government led by John Key is protecting. On the blackboard are the two choices: 'Teacher to pupil ratio in class', or 'Life-long perks for ex-MPs and spouses'. Refers to the controversy over the Treasury suggestion to increase the size of school classes to save money, or whether to safeguard the perks of members of parliament. The government appears to have chosen the second option. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022126

Description: Shows Postmaster General Rob Talbot up to his waist in money (the Post Office surplus $180 million); he explains that the increase in postal charges is merely in line with current government policy. Context: The Post Office surplus was not popular when postal charges had been recently raised. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020254

Description: A fat cat and a thin and bony one, the first represents CEOs and licks cream and the other represents workers and chews on scraps from a rubbish bin. Context: A Salvation Army report, called Divided We Stand, charts the widening gap between the top 10 per cent wealthiest residents and the poorest 10 per cent. The richest Kiwis now claim an income 10 times that of the poorest residents. This is considerably less than the huge margin seen in the worst coutries Brazil, Russia, China and India where the wealthy earn 50 times more, but New Zealand won the dubious honour of the gap widening the fastest. (9 News Dec 6 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021361

Description: Shows a group of fortunates in a boat and those less fortunate struggling in the sea. Refers to disparity in hardship faced by the rich and the poor during times of austerity. Context: Difficult economic times. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022003

Description: Shows a man exhausted after a weekend of watching the All Blacks playing Ireland on TV. His wife understands the frustration of Christchurch residents waiting too long for repairs to properties. Context: Refers to frustrating delays in getting earthquake-related repairs done in Christchurch, this in large part due to slowness of insurance claims and permissions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).