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"Bill English thinks we might have the potential to slip back into recession..." "Bette...
Date: 2011
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017053
Description: A woman reads the newspaper and comments to her husband that 'Bill English thinks we have the potential to slip back into recession...' The husband who is half asleep in an armchair sipping on a glass of wine says 'better build some more bike lanes...' Context - Finance Minister Bill English has confirmed the government is concerned about a double dip-recession, echoing Prime Minister John Key's caution in the face of weak employment figures and a fast-slowing Australian economy. A recession is defined as two successive quarters in which the economy shrinks. The 'bike lanes' comment is a perception of how the government might deal with the problem based on performance to date. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Kiwi-hunting season opens. 12 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016114
Description: A crowd of people who include 'farmers', 'manufacturers', and 'exporters' shout and yell and blast away with their guns at a 'hi-flying kiwi' with '$' symbols on its wings. Text reads 'Kiwi-hunting season opens'. Refers to the high 'kiwi' dollar - 'Normally when New Zealand started coming out of a recession, the currency dropped against the US dollar, export prices picked up pretty sharply, and banks started lending money again but following the last recession the banks were being careful after having a "near death experience"', Finance Minister Bill English said. Also the New Zealand dollar had not dropped, and signs were that the policies of the US, China and Britain meant this country was going to have to deal with a high New Zealand dollar for another 12 to 18 months. (NBR 18 November 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The New Zealand economy steadies itself... preparing for a backward somersault, twistin...
Date: 2011
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
Reference: DCDL-0017058
Description: A kiwi stands gloomily at the top of a cliff preparing to fall backwards into the recession below. Text reads 'The New Zealand economy steadies itself... preparing for a backward somersault, twisting two-and-a-half turns, double-dipping tuck in the pike position... or as us common folk call it - a fall'. Context - Finance Minister Bill English has confirmed the government is concerned about a double dip-recession, echoing Prime Minister John Key's caution in the face of weak employment figures and a fast-slowing Australian economy. A recession is defined as two successive quarters in which the economy shrinks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Bugger. Still no signs of life." "What if you stopped hacking bits off?" 12 November 2010
Date: 2010
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
Reference: DCDL-0016093
Description: Finance Minister Bill English as a surgeon is dripping 'tax cuts' into a mortally ill patient who lies on an operating table and who represents 'the economy'; he is agitated that there are 'still no signs of life'. Underneath the table is a bin filled with the patient's organs. Nearby PM John Key suggests that he 'stop hacking bits off' to see if this would improve the situation. Refers to the economy, stagnating because of the need to save and bring down debt. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).