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Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016765

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Two reporters express indignation that the public has been asked to show restraint when politicians have given themselves a 1.4% pay rise. The minister replies that they are showing restraint by not asking for double that. The Remuneration Authority decided on a 1.4 per cent rise backdated to July and a one-off payment of $2000 to cover the decreased use of MPs' travel subsidy. The rise boosts Mr Key's salary to $400,500 and a backbencher's to $134,800. The authority also signalled a further lump-sum payment was likely in the new year after the travel perk was scrapped. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016080

Description: The cartoon shows the head of Minister of Justice Judith Collins, as a cash register with coins spilling out; the minister represents 'fiscal restraint'. A newspaper nearby reads 'Collins defends judge's golden handshake'. Refers to the news that acting Attorney-General Judith Collins has defended her decision to accept the resignation of former Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson with a golden handshake. Mr Wilson's resignation was announced last month following complaints about an alleged conflict of interest regarding a case he was involved in. A judicial conduct panel was set up for the first time in New Zealand to hear the complaints, but inquiries were cut short by the resignation. The handshake is calculated at $475,000. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0008615

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician tells a travel agent that the minister prefers to fly by private jet rather than first class. Context: Questions about ministers travel budgets were being asked. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015903

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician tells a barrage of reporters that 'all this dissatisfaction with pay rates must end!' He adds 'I don't get paid enough to put up with all this aggravation!' Refers to the current sluggish economic climate and the criticism of New Zealand payrates compared with those of Australia. A second Taskforce 2025 report states that the paygap between NZ and Australia on current policy settings would increase to 42% - the first report put the pay gap at 32%. MPs are due to get a 10% payrise. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Crimp, Daryl, 1958-:[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post and other newspapers]

By: Crimp, Daryl, 1958-

Reference: DX-012-052

Description: A woman presents her air ticket to a woman behind an Australian reservations counter. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016216

Description: In the first of four frames an MP crashes a plane that represents 'travel expenses'. Initially the MP is angry and disconcerted but then he smiles as he walks towards a brand new helicopter that represents a 'wage rise'. Context; the row about the abuse by some MPs which resulted in the travel subsidy for all MPs being withdrawn. The impact of this has been largely neutralised because of a wage rise. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016906

Description: A member of parliament is annoyed when he hears that MPs are to lose their travel perks but brightens when he realizes that they will get a pay rise to compensate. Context - Just before Christmas 2010, the Remuneration Authority, the independent body that sets politicians' pay, confirmed a 1.4 percent increase for their pay, backdated to July and a one-off $2000 payment to cover the reduced use of MPs' travel subsidy. The rise boosts Prime Minister John Key's salary to $400,500 and a backbencher's to $134,800. A further lump sum is also expected early this year after the travel perk was scrapped. Critics consider this greedy and insensitive at a time when many New Zealanders are struggling. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017330

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister reports 'bad news! The teachers have accepted our first pay offer!!! Our first pay offer was supposed to be insulting'. Context - The Government is welcoming news that pay talks with secondary school teachers are on the verge of being settled. Pay negotiations began five months ago (June 2011). The PPTA asked for a 4 per cent salary increase plus improved conditions such as class size caps, more professional development, an extra 1 per cent KiwiSaver employer contribution, laptops and immunisation against contagious diseases. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016053

Description: Speaker of the House, Lockwood Smith, wearing little swimming togs and grinning, leans against the door of the 'Parliamentary Trust' with a box of nails and a hammer beside him. He is the proprietor and has nailed up the door. On the other side of the wall, since this is a facade only, a huge pig representing 'MPs' wallows in a trough that represents 'travel perks'. Text above reads 'MPs travel perks now secret'. Lockwood Smith has come up with a solution to the concerns of ratepayers over the amount of money spent by MPs on perks and overseas trips; they simply won't be told. Refers to the news that individual MPs' use of travel perks - such as what was used by Act leader Rodney Hide to take his fiance on an overseas holiday - will now be kept secret under new rules. Previously the quarterly release of members and ministers expenses disclosed the amount spent on this perk, and this is how Mr Hide's trips to Europe and Hawaii with his partner were exposed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0014854

Description: The cartoon shows the Governor General, the Right Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, dressed in royal robes and waving from a carriage. Text reads 'Governor General's severance pay doubled'. He calls out 'Farewell my subjects..' but thinks 'Adios suckers'. In the background is a small image of Government House with the text '$40 million refit' and dollar notes rain down all around. Refers to the Governor-General Bill that has recommended the Governor-General's severance pay be doubled to six months' salary. This is supposed to compensate for having to start paying income tax. (Source: Stuff, 21 July 2010. www.stuff.co.nz) The Secretary to the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, on 15 July 2011, drew the attention of the National Library to some inaccuracies in the sense of this cartoon, which may lead to misinterpretation of the facts. She points out that "The cartoon refers to the Governor-General Bill, which was then proceeding through the House (later becoming the Governor-General Act 2010). The cartoon incorrectly suggests that the Bill would double the sum paid to Sir Anand on leaving office. In fact, the Governor-General Act 2010 did not change (and the Bill never proposed changing) Sir Anand's payment on leaving office. The Bill did propose to change the lump sum payable to future Governors-General, to compensate for the fact that the allowance for future Governors-General had been reduced." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016132

Description: An elderly woman, pushing a little basket on wheels, leaves the Westpac Bank incandescent with rage saying 'I have withdrawn my deposit to keep under my matress...' A billboard leaning against the wall of the bank reads 'Westpac boss on $5 million'. Refers to the news that George Frazis was paid A$4.39 million (NZ$5.65 million) for the year ended September 30 to head the bank's New Zealand operations. That was higher than the remuneration for CEOs of the largest listed companies, and New Zealand's largest company, dairy co-operative Fonterra. "We think it is unethical to pay such a large salary to one person while the economy falters and the average worker has seen no or limited wage growth," said Andrew Campbell, Finsec campaigns director.A high proportion of the package related to short-term benefits, which concerned the union. "An excessive focus on short term gains for senior bankers was a key driver of the global financial crisis and economic collapse," he said. The pay package raised questions about the need for executive salary controls in New Zealand. (NBR 23 November 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016462

Description: The title is 'The leftover turkey'. Two fat cats stuff themselves with turkey at the Christmas table; one represents 'politicians' and the other 'High Court judges'; each raises a glass labeled 'wage rise' as they wonder if there is 'any more stuffing' and whether it should be for 'us or them'. In front of them is a huge plate upon which are the remains of a Christmas turkey which represents the 'taxpayers'. Context - MPS have been given a $4000 Christmas bonus - and can look forward to another pay rise in the new year. It takes a backbencher's basic salary from $131,000 to $134,800. Prime Minister John Key will now get $400,500. The increase in judges' salaries - 3.7 per cent back-paid to October - means an increase of between $12,000 and $16,000 for the year. That takes top-earning Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias to $453,500, while the lowest-paid judges, at the Maori Land Court, will be bumped up to $288,500. Public sector workers have been urged to exercise restraint. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016109

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is outraged at the idea that MP travel perks could be abolished and replaced by a 'measly $9000 pay increase' because, he says, they rip the system off for FAR more than that. Refers to Lockwood Smith's statement that $9,000 is taken out of MP salaries to pay for the travel subsidies - this suggests that MP salaries should be increased by $9,000. There will be a redesigned scheme to allow subsidies for MPs' work related travel. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0016098

Description: A small fat plane representing 'MPs travel perks' rests on the tarmac. The title reads 'Final hoarding call? (wordplay 'hoarding' and 'boarding') and further text reads 'The plane is ready for departure... unless... of course it's a Qantas flight, then any number of possibilities could occur'. Refers to the news that the PM says MP travel entitlements are to be abolished but MPs elected before 1990 will keep the perk - follows a demand by the public for transparency. Refers also to a recent spate of incidents that have led Qantas to suspend its A380 fleet until it is confident of the safety of the superjumbos following the mid-air explosion which forced one of its aircraft to make an emergency landing in Singapore. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017045

Description: The Minister for Social Development Paula Bennett sucks on a dummy that represents 'expenses' and waves a rattle labelled 'Children's Commissioner'; she reaches for a drinking cup that represents 'taxpayers' and sits on a newspaper with text reading 'Children's chief flies to work on our taxes'. Context - The Government has defended its decision to pay for Children's Commissioner John Angus to fly between his Central Otago home and Wellington at a cost of more than $4500 over six months. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016780

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is looking forward to the new parliamentary year because the first thing on the agenda is a ministerial pay rise. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017044

Description: A fat cat 'CEO' holds a glass of champagne in one hand and a newspaper reading 'Minimum wage rises by 25%' in the other. A female cleaner stands in front of him with a mop in a bucket and says 'Tell you what, I'll accept the minimum if you'll accept minimising your maximum...' Context - Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson has announced an increase, from $12.75 an hour to $13, that would take effect from April 1. "The 25c increase in conjunction with last year's tax cuts ensures that workers on the minimum wage have maintained the buying power of their wages." CEOs continue the trend which has seen their pay outpace that of other workers over the past decade. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016992

Description: In the first 3 of 4 frames a self-satisfied CEO reads in the newspaper 'CEOs confident heading into 2011'. He believes that 'the worst of the recession may be over which means the burden shouldered by CEOs is something I'm happy to do again this year!' In the 4th frame he is seen carrying off an enormous sack of 'salary & bonuses'. Context - a sense that CEOs are benefiting unfairly at a time when many New Zealanders are struggling financially. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016256

Description: A pansy with the face of MP Pansy Wong grows in a pot labelled 'Wong perks'. Beside the pot is a bag of fertiliser in which a trowel with the face of PM John Key stands; he says 'I'm not protecting her!!' Above is a rhyme entitled 'Pansies', which reads 'Grow best in loose rich soil. Decline in the heat. Do not last a full season. Need water and fertiliser'. Refers to the resignation of Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong after it was revealed that on a trip to China in 2008 her husband Sammy Wong was involved in a business deal. An independent investigation of travel claims by Mrs Wong and her husband Sammy was ordered by Speaker Lockwood. The trip was made with a 90 percent taxpayer-funded rebate on their airfares, and it is against the rules to use the allowance for private business. Mrs Wong has apologised and paid back the $474 rebate for the China trip. An Auditor-General's inquiry called for by the Labour opposition is not considered necessary. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0025955

Description: Shows a scene at Huntly mine, where a dump truck labelled Solid Energy carries away a large bag labelled 'Executive salaries'. A voice inside the truck says "Lucky we found a good use for the heavy-duty dump trucks after the staff cuts!" Refers to news reports on 15 August that Huntly East mine will cut another 93 jobs, bringing the total number of redundancies in 2013 to almost 700. Wider context refers to the company's financial issues and discussions with the Government regarding bail-out options. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).