Places

Date: 1999

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

Reference: H-558-042/063

Description: Political cartoons. Nato forces are briefed on their bombing target which is surrounded by civilian services like hospitals and schools. The Police encourage IBM to take their INCIS computer and jump off a bridge. IBM spent millions of taxpayer dollars on creating a new Police computer system that never worked. Mt Eden prison guards try to work out how prisoners are getting out and drugs getting in. Admidst the ruins of Belgrade Milosevic stands victorious. The Police consider getting rid of the INCIS computer to a crime consortium believing it will stop them dead in their tracks like it has done to the Police. Milosevic uses peace talks to buy time to destroy war crimes evidence. Police operations are stoped in their tracks by the weight of the INCIS computer disaster. Comment on retailers selling liquor to underagedrinkers The Serbs pull out of Kosovo as Nato forces enter the area. Comment on the New Zealand cricket team making hard work out of limited over cricket. The Soviets welcome the Nato forces to Yugoslavia. Shows a ship load of Chinese boat people on a collision course with New Zealand as the National coalition Government passes emergency legislation allowing mass, indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Inland Revenue Department assures the public that all small and powerless taxpayers are bullied equally. Serbia puts the blame for large scale death and destruction in Kosovo on the Nato bombing campaign. Shows newspaper ad for a crown entity boss, all perks and no responsibility. Minister of Immigration, Tuariki Delamere sets one standard for migrants and another for himself and his family. Jenny Shipley shoots TV news presenter, John Hawkesby in the head with a rubber arrow. He received a substantial pay-out when his contract was terminated. The Mongrel Mob supports Tony Ryall's plans to introduce tougher penalties for home invasion, if it relates to their homes being invaded but not their neighbours. Comment on breach of privilege by the Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and TVNZ over the John Hawkesby pay-out. Rugby supporters froze to their seats during a recent rugby match. Poor school results restrict career options for students. Jenny Shipley has put both her feet in her mouth over the John Hawkesby TVNZ pay-out affair. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1998

By: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014

Reference: J-049-001/010

Description: Cartoons of rural life. Quantity: 10 colour pages from calendar. Physical Description: Reproductions of watercolour and pen. Image sizes 280 x 390 mm.

Date: 1988

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-363-053/075

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 23 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-079

Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon in swimming trunks dabbling his toes in the eade of the water at the beach. The sea represents 'Tax reform'. Context: Criticism of Muldoon's dithering over tax reform was beginning to grow. The PM was decidedly reluctant to do anything significant. (Context note by cartoonist) This cartoon was included in the portfolio that won second place in the 1982 Qantas press awards. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

Date: 1985

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-361-152/176

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1962

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

Reference: B-137-497/519

Description: Cartoons commenting on social and political life in 1962 including the economy, sport and recreation. Quantity: 22 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, sizes vary

Date: 1997 - 1998

By: Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; National Business Review Ltd

Reference: H-507

Description: The majority of the cartoons were published in the National Business Review, although also included are some quick sketches that do not seem intended for publishing. Quantity: 40 photocopy/ies on acid-free paper. Physical Description: A4 size

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-018

Description: Prime Minister Rob Muldoon is shown as a farmer whose cows, representing 'export incentives', 'farm subsidies', and 'national super' munch on hay that represents 'government revenue'. A man from the 'Tax Reform Task Force' has appeared with a 'tax cut proposal'. Farmer Muldoon tells him to 'go away and think again' because 'with all these sacred cows to feed [he] can't afford a tax cut'. Context: The Tax Reform Task force produced the McCaw Report of April 1982. Prime Minister Muldoon was trying to control inflation and keep the economy under control with a series of mini budgets. The 'sacred cows' of incentives, farm subsidies and National Superannuation relied on taxation. Public pressure for tax reform had been building but the PM was decidedly reluctant todo anything remotely adventurous. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 235 x 320 mm

Date: 1958 - 1962

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-099

Description: Walter Nash and Arnold Nordmeyer as bright schoolboys. Nordmeyer (Minister of Finance) is being hit on the back of the head by a large heavy book that has been thrown at him by the auditor-general's comments. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-025

Description: Shows an irate taxpayer chiding Prime Minister Rob Muldoon for fiddling with the system rather than doing real tax reform. The government's commitment to genuine tax reform seemed lukewarm at best. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

Date: 1953 - 1954

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: H-633-001/033

Description: New Zealand topics include advocation of a state lottery, the rising cost of living, increased car licence fees, sales tax, mortgage rates, petrol prices, the 1953 visit by Queen Elizabeth 11 and Prince Philip, electioneering for the 1954 election, home brew in prisons, inflation, water supply disputes and shortages in Auckland, the future of the wine industry, geothermal power, traffic transgressions, advertising on parking meters, the Russian space programme and an observatory in Auckland and attitudes to public works in Auckland such as the harbour bridge and drainage. International topics include Australian lotteries, Winston Churchill keeping 'communist hands off' British Guiana, political troubles in Trieste and East Germany, relations between the Untied States and the USSR, radioactive pollution around Bikini Atoll, the TATTS talks and atomic bomb threats, the arrival of the yacht 'Hemskerk' in Sydney, the sale of Russian Embassy cars in Canberra and Soviet Russia's space programme. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies. Image sizes 178 x 228 mm approx.

Date: 1959

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Van der Voo (A-316-1), Malcolm Walker (A-316-2), Mark Winter (A-316-3), Neil Lonsdale (A-316-4).

By: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-316-4-005

Description: The 'N.Z. taxpayer' as a sheep being shorn right to the bone by the New Zealand Finance Minister Arnold Nordmeyer asks him whether he has heard about the [more generous] United Kingdom budget. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.

Date: 1994

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times 2 July - 22 September 1994

Reference: H-172-028

Description: Shows the 'Trickle Down' effect of 'Broken Promises' and 'Deception' from the Beehive, down to 'Corruption' and 'Tax Evasion' at business level, to 'Dishonesty' and 'Absenteeism' at worker level, to 'Drugs' and 'Vandalism' at street level, to 'Truancy' and 'Fibs' at childhood level. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s) and 1 photocopy. Physical Description: A4 size horizontal bromide and photocopy

Date: 1996

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by various cartoonists

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: A-312-4-026

Description: A witness at the enquiry into New Zealand business tax evasion via the Cook Islands, takes cover behind privacy laws. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.

Date: 1996

From: Tremain, Garrick 1941- :Cartoons from The Otago Daily Times. 6 April to 1 June 1996.

Reference: H-294-035

Description: The back view of a Cook Islander, possibly Geoffrey Henry, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, who with one hand shows a finger in rude dismissal of the 'wine box' enquiry into the Cook Islands being used as a haven for New Zealand business tax evasion, and holds out his other hand for more aid (from New Zealand). Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.

Date: 1957

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-021

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister Sid Holland onstage as Hamlet; around his feet are bags of money and two poor penniless men stand on either side of him under cardboard trees. Text reads 'All worldly wealth's my stage, and all the men and women merely payers - They have their debts in their finances, And one man in his time pays many departments. This tax being on his wages!' Context - The PAYE (pay as you earn) taxation system was introduced just before the 1957 elections. Both parties were able to promise tax breaks. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 340 x 480 mm

Date: 1984

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-0024895

Description: Shows Roger Douglas and David Lange at the foot of a gallows whilst a man ('Superannuitants') is holding a hammer and pieces of wood is standing on the platform. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The budget introduced a surcharge on National Super that effectively taxed it away for the wealthier. It was not popular with superannuitants!'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1980

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-0022054

Description: Shows a camel in desperate straits as it struggles under a huge load of 'personal taxes' with a '34% increase'. Prime Minister Muldoon has removed '5%' and hopes that now the camel's back will mend. Minister of national development Brian Talboys watches nearby. Context: The last straw of steadily increased taxes over time was not really relieved by a 5% reduction in the budget. (Context note by cartoonist) 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-0022116

Description: Shows Prime Minister Muldoon in a rage as Labour leader Bill Rowling and Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham gleefully add their ideas and opinions to the 'Tax reform suggestion box'. Context: Labour and Social Credit were quick to take advantage of National's confusion and procrastination over tax reform wth promotion of their own schemes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).