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Date: 1997

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison 1932-:40 cartoons from a 1997/1998 sketchbook, the majority published in the National business review.

By: National Business Review Ltd

Reference: H-507-037

Description: Contrast between the economic performance of Australia (positive) and New Zealand (negative) over 1984-1990 period. Exhibition caption reads - New Zealand introduced a rigid, New-Right regime in the mid-1980s, beginning with 'Rogernomics' and reinforced by 'Ruthomania'. Australian policies were more pragmatic and driven more by commonsense than ideology. There, the government continued to play a role in areas where, across the Tasman, responsibility was handed holus-bolus to the private sector. Australia's economy thrived while New Zealand's shrivelled. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies on acid-free paper. Physical Description: Photocopy, A4 size

Date: 1993

From: Brockie, Bob :[Editorial cartoons and Christmas card cartoons]. 1992/1993

By: National Business Review Ltd

Reference: A-296-038

Description: Roger Douglas clad in g-string and bow tie, depicted as an over-sexed and violent male, ready for more action with a bruised, bandaged and horrified woman (New Zealand), who is naked on a bed and pleading for a rest. Douglas's book, 'Unfinished business' is on the floor behind him, as are the remains of a mattress, almost torn to shreds. The implication is that Douglas's economic and social policies continue under the current government and that they are causing the country great suffering. Exhibited in 'The Line-Up' exhibition of 36 cartoons by 36 cartoonists curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library auditorium foyer from 5 April 2002 to mark the tenth anniversary of establishment of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, A4 size