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Date: 1964

From: Henderson, George Duncan, 1911?-1985:[Collection of cartoons by George Henderson (Hen). 1961-1984]

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-445-031

Description: Shows a dog frantically chasing its own tail. The dog is labelled 'wages' and its tail 'costs'. Text above reads 'wage claim hearing opens - News'. On verso is written 'vicious circle' and 'trying to make ends meet' and a note by Henderson that 'Tom Skinner rang up the day this was printed and gave the editor hell as F.O.L. call on wages was [to] be held in Wellington and despite my efforts to have this cartoon stopped as it was sub-judice, the editor denied it was sub-judice until the F.O.L said they would go his paper so he apologised and blamed it on me'. Tom Skinner was president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 160 x 210 mm

Date: 1982

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

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-074

Description: Shows a woodchopping competition about to begin. The Secretary of the Federation of Labour Jim Knox, who has no axe, swears while behind him stand three chopping rivals smirking. Context: July is the season for the winter shows with their woodchopping carnivals. The F.O.L. was fuming because workers rights to negotiate wages were being curtailed under the wages freeze while others still had rights to up their incomes through various exemptions and loopholes. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

Date: 1982

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

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-072

Description: Shows Prime Minister Muldoon and Deputy PM Duncan MacIntyre as surgeons standing beside a hospital bed on which lies a man representing the economy whose temperature is being lowered by huge blocks of ice that represent 'wage freeze' and 'price freeze'. Context: The economy continued to underperform and the Government was increasingly unwilling to undertake the major reforms that were clearly required. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

Date: 1982

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

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-078

Description: Shows dinner table at which sits a 'high income' earner before a huge meal and a 'low income' earner before a scanty meal. Prime Minister Rob Muldoon stands nearby worrying about how he should tell them that it is all on 'tick. Context: Those on higher incomes were doing as well as ever under the National Government but there was precious little for those on lower incomes. Meanwhile budget deficits kept climbing. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

Date: 1982

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

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-083

Description: Shows the Minister of Labour Jim Bolger standing behind a barrier bearing the words 'Wage regulations' attempting to stop a huge truck labelled 'Campbell Truckers'. Context: Rob Campbell was the leader of the Drivers' Union and had staged a campaign against the Government's increasingly unpopular wage controls. "Battletruck" was a hit movie current at the time. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 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-0024890

Description: Shows David Lange as a fly that has been caught in a spiders web. Two spiders are representative of inflation and the other is Jim Knox ('Wage demands'). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The government looked to be in big trouble with the twin spectres of inflation and wage demands and the union accord faltering'. 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-0024869

Description: Shows a man (Unions) on a steam roller (Rolling Strikes) which has flattened David Lange (Labour Party image). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The union assault on the wage freeze and regulations was damaging Labour just as David Lange began to make his presence felt'. 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-0024904

Description: Shows Jim Knox catching three men with their hands stuck in the cookie jar. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'With solid pay restrictions in place it was an embarrassment to the government when a number of groups seemed to easily get around austerity'. 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-0024933

Description: Shows Jim Knox (Unions) dreaming about 21%, David Lange dreaming about Guidline [sic] agreement and a New Zealand citizen dreaming about 5%. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Expectations in the wage round were distinctly different. The spelling mistake was corrected by the Daily News'. 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-0024954

Description: Shows a daily strikers report with a woman pointing out where all the strikes are happening in New Zealand - "...and there'll be clear skies over all airports, loud rumblings in schools and gloomy weather in the laboratories...". Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The change of government didn't change the industrial scene much as workers petitioned for higher wages to cover increased inflation'. 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-0022080

Description: A ship named 'Wages policy' has run aground against the heads of Jim Knox, leader of the Federation of Labour and David Thorpe, leader of the C.S.U. (probably C.T.U. = Council of Trade Unions) A tug named 'Further Wage Talks' chugs towards the ship; in it are PM Rob Muldoon and Minister of Labour Jim Bolger. Context: The 'Pacific Charger' had run aground on Baring Head in Wellington harbour and was proving difficult to salvage. At the same time the government's wages policy was in trouble. The bare "heads" of the 'CSU' and FOL are David Thorpe and Jim Knox. Jim Bolger, Minister of Labour, is with Muldoon. 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-0022046

Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon holding out a rag printed with the words 'Guidelines 13%' towards a bull with the face of Jim Knox, President of the Federation of Labour. Context: The annual wage bargaining round was about to begin. The whole process was subject to government controls through the Remuneration Act. A 'James-eye view' cartoon. 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-0022115

Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon returning from a holiday to find his house, which represents New Zealand, in ruins. Context: The P.M. had returned to work to face a heap of troubles piling up. Hatfield's Beach was his holiday home location. 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-0022079

Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon leaving a taxpayer bewildered by numbers as he tricks him into accepting the current wage level. Context: The wage round was underway. The government kept a tight lid on wage increases and Muldoon was a master at manipulating figures to his own ends. (Context notes 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-0022125

Description: Shows the Secretary of the Federation of Labour, Jim Knox, as a turkey. Two farmers, Prime Minister Rob Muldoon and Minister of Labour, Jim Bolger, try to trap the turkey in a box labelled 'Wage-tax trade-off' but realise they won't get him that easily and will have to use the gun that represents 'legislation' on him. Context: Jim Knox was again in contention with the government as the wage round season began. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).