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Workers face losing two public holidays in 2011. 13 January 2011
Date: 2011
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0016838
Description: The words 'The weekend' appear across the cartoon. Text above reads 'Workers face losing two public holidays in 2011'. Below are two people ready for a holiday with suitcases; one of them is hidden by a large poster that reads 'February 6 Waitangi Day' and the other by a poster reading 'April 25 ANZAC Day'; this person says 'We're gonna get lost in there'. Context - In 2011 ANZAC DAY and Easter Monday fall on the same day and Waitangi Day falls on a Sunday. A second version has the worker say 'No one will notice us in there'. Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson that he will introduce a Private Members' Bill to ensure New Zealand workers get the eleven public holidays they are entitled to, every year, by legislating for the holidays for Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day to be taken on a Monday whenever they fall on a weekend. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Claustrophobia. 26 December 2012
Date: 2012
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023779
Description: Cartoon showing the word, "Claustrophobia', with an agitated-looking Santa Claus saying, 'Oh oh oh, only 363 days to go till Christmas'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Government - out of tune... 14 March 2013
Date: 2013
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024221
Description: Shows a music staff with the words, 'We don't like Mondayising', playing on the lyrics to the 1979 song, 'I don't like Mondays' by the Boomtown Rats. Refers to a bill put forward in Parliament to Monday-ise ANZAC and Waitangi Day, so that when these holidays fall during the weekend, they will be celebrated on the Monday. (Newstalk ZB, 14 March 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Sum..um...umm...er. 23 January 2012
Date: 2012
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0020018
Description: A snowman hums about summer. Refers to snow and rain over the summer holidays in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :Labouring the point. 20 February 2012
Date: 2012
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0020303
Description: The three versions of the cartoon refer to the controversy over 'mondayisation'. This year, 2012, Waitangi Day falls on a Sunday and Anzac Day falls on Easter Monday, meaning most workers will not get these two days as a paid holiday. A a poll reveals that most people want public holidays to be "Mondayised" if they fall on a Sunday or a another public holiday. Labour intends to introduce a members bill to ensure holidays that fall on a weekend can be taken another day. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).