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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-0024860

Description: Shows a museum diorama with an encased speciman 'Social Credit - Dodo (Dependonus-Bethamus) Extinct - circa 1984'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Social Credit was plunging in the polls and in danger of disappearing. The formation of the NZP as an alternative third party hadn't helped'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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-0024870

Description: Shows New Zealand Party founder Bob Jones as a boxer, smoking a pipe, whilst his opponent Gordon Dryden is carried away on a stretcher. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'NZP founders, property magnate Bob Jones and broadcaster Gordon Dryden indulged in a very public disagreement over policy formulation before Dryden resigned in high dudgeon. Jones was a noted boxing enthusiast'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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-0024865

Description: Shows Labour Party leader David Lange runing up a steep mountain track 'Election Victory' holding a poll result of 41%. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Labours delight at a positive movement in the polls seemed a little premature given their record over the last eight years'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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-0024858

Description: Shows Bob Jones sweeping pieces of paper (awkward decisions, deputy leadership and contentious issues) under a mat. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Bob Jones NZP held its first ever conference - long on promise and short on detail. Most issues were flipped across to a police committee that didn't exist.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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-0024892

Description: Shows National Party president Sue Wood instructing members to move to the right if they wish to contest the leadership. A stampede occurs. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The question of the National Party leadership - minus Muldoon - had finally arrived and there was no shortage of contenders. Sue Wood was National Party President'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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-0024896

Description: Shows Robert Muldoon leaving behind him a fallen down 'National' building. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'With his leadership lost Muldoon set about getting even with the people who opposed him - which was just about everybody by now. This was a National Party in turmoil'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024905

Description: Shows Jim Bolger and Jim McLay sitting at their desks in Parliament. Behind them is Rob Muldoon with a canon 'Spokesman on everything'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The new National leadership had to deal with a hurt and angry Muldoon who retired to the backbenchers and let fly on any issue that took his fancy - mostly with a distinctly self-justifying bent'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024922

Description: Shows Finance Minister Roger Douglas presenting his goods and services tax proposal to Labour Party conferences. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Labour Party President Margaret Wilson had finally managed to baby the GST through the Labour party conferences - but with major reservations from many delegates it was a close run thing'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024923

Description: Shows David Lange giving Roger Douglas a piggyback and Jim McLay giving Rob Muldoon a piggback in a race. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Both leaders were dropping in the polls and both had their own special liabilities'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024921

Description: Shows Bruce Beetham presenting a strangely shaped container which represents the change in political party names from Social Credit to the New Zealand Democratic Party. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Social Credit had sunk very low in the polls and in desperation proposed a change of name'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024942

Description: Shows National Party leader Jim McLay digging his own grave yet in his head he believes that he is actually burying Rob Muldoon. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024931

Description: Shows National Party leader Jim McLay standing atop a plinth wearing a toga and holding aloft a torch, while Rob Muloon chips away at the base with a hammer and chisel. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'There was no "handing the torch to the next generation" for Muldoon. He did everything he could to undermine McLay and still held notions of leading the party'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024946

Description: Shows a cluster of tents (Uncle Tom, Muldoon, Cobly, McLay, And all, Bolger, Wood) at camp site. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The National Party seemed to be a party under all sorts of strain and breaking up into factions'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024915

Description: Shows National Party leader Jim McLay standing in the shadow of Rob Muldoon as he holds a poll result of 4.3%. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Jim McLay was having great difficulty getting any traction in the polls. Muldoon's constant undermining didn't help'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1985

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-0024930

Description: Shows Bob Jones kicking over a stack of blocks (NZ Party). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Bob Jones very publicly attempted to put the NZP into recess saying that the Labour Government had essentially taken over their manifesto and they no longer needed to exist. Party members were incensed and struggled on without him for a year or so'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1986

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-0024951

Description: Shows two people talking in the dark. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'New year meant state of the nation addresses from all the party leaders'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1986

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-0024955

Description: Shows an aircraft (National) with Jim McLay aboard dropping George Gair (Older generation), Bill Birch (Think big) and Rob Muldoon (Muldoonism) overboard. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'McLay finally ditched his old guard; George Gair, Bill Birch and Rob Muldoon. It was a fatal mistake as they then conspired to have him replaced by Jim Bolger'. 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-0022114

Description: Shows the locked door to the 'Labour Party Caucus Room'. Behind the door the Labour Party is holding a planning session but Roger Douglas is not present. Context: The Labour Party was distinguishing itself by its ineptness. Roger Douglas in particular was tending tochart his own policy course, including his own book on a "better way" for New Zealand. (Context note by cartoonist) 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-0022057

Description: Shows a circle of politicians from both major parties; they are all pointing to someone else. Those facing the front are from left, Derek Quigley, Robert Muldoon (National Party), Bill Rowling and David Lange (Labour). Context: Both parties seemed to be having constant issues over leadership at this stage. Derek Quigley for National and David Lange for Labour being the main challengers to Muldoon and Bill Rowling. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1981

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-0022093

Description: Shows Labour leader Bill Rowling looking at himself in a mirror and seeing his 'public image' - that is, a very small image. Context: Bill Rowling had been successfully painted by the National Party as a "weak" leader as opposed to Muldoon who was seen as a "strong" leader. Rowling found it very difficult to change this perception. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).