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Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017749

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Minister of Employment has achieved 100% employment which means he is out of a job as no longer required. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024106

Description: The prime minister, John Key, as a policeman attending a road accident, tells the public that there is 'nothing to see' and to move on. The scale of the disaster to the economy, with widespread 'receiverships', 'layoffs', 'redundancies', 'closures' and 'bankruptcies' belies his words. In late 2012 and early 2013 the cumulative effect of the economic downturn was serious, despite the reassuring words of the government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023990

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. His aide informs The Politician that the latest jobless fugures are out, together with a great deal of volatility and 'jumping up and down' on the part of the trade unions. The latest draft unemployment figures had shown a major increase, with an accompanying increase in public anxiety, particularly from the trade union movement. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024178

Description: A man in a suit holding a briefcase looks at two enormous queues, and a young man in a jacket and jeans explains the difference between the two lines: one is to buy shares in Might River Power under the National government's privatisation scheme, and the other is the line for unemployment benefits. Context: 440,000 New Zealanders have pre-registered their interest in buying shares in Mighty River Power. According to Auckland Action Against Poverty, as of 7 February 2013, there were 163,000 people officially unemployed and another 284,500 jobless in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021597

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A public servant tells the minister that a report on the effects of job cuts on the department cannot be completed because there is no one left to do it. Context: Public sector reform legislation The Crown Entities Reform bill passed into law on 30 May 2012. Unemployment rate rose in March 2012 (Statistics New Zealand 3 May 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021191

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister yells for a drink when he sees the 'sobering' unemployment figures. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022591

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Ministeer's aide is giving an interview. He states that the increase in the jobless is just a blip. When asked when does it become a trend he replies when the jobless figures decrease.. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023167

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician has been asked to speak at the 'Job Protection Summit'. Context: Trade unionists, opposition party leaders and employer organisations are gathering in Auckland for a summit meeting that will look for ways to save manufacturing jobs. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023339

Description: Shows a queue of people waiting to get a visa for Australia. A man wants to clarify whether he is in the visa queue or the dole queue. Context: Refers to the number of unemployed people who either go onto an unemployment benefit or go to Australia to try to get work. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022965

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Minister's aide informs him that with the recent job losses he can expect a hostile reception from the unions. On asking how hot, the aide replies that he should wear a bullet-proof vest. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023365

Description: The politician tells a reporter that employment figures are a bit like him; the reporter interprets this as 'bouncy'; the minister's aide reinterprets it as 'inflated'. Context: the level of unemployment is high in New Zealand currently. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023359

Description: The politician asks for the barbed wire to be taken down from his door so he will be less 'defensive' about the increase in the unemployment rate. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018644

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. When the minister hears that the unemployment figures are up he says 'Don't worry. That in itself will create more jobs. We'll need to hire more spin doctors'. Context: The government's welfare benefit reforms, that are targeting young people, depend on there being jobs for them, in order to be successful. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018599

Description: PM John Key sits in an armchair and talks to a scruffy teenager who stands in front of him. He says 'Sorry you are young, poor, uneducated and disaffected - we'd love to help but lately we've been spending like loonies: bailing out bankers and investors and buying new roads, then there's the Hobbit and the World Cup' Context: Prime Minister John Key yesterday outlined the first stage of major welfare reforms, with benefits to about 2500 teenagers effectively cancelled and replaced in part by what critics have dubbed "food stamps". Labour's employment spokeswoman Jacinda Ardern said the Government had not focused on the bigger picture of a lack of jobs for young people. (Press - 15 August 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019663

Description: Shows David Shearer and David Cunliffe as mediaeval warriors engaging in a swordfight. A scroll begins 'The battle is over but the curse of poverty and unemployment still stains the land'. Context: the battle for leadership of the Labour Party which David Shearer won and the struggle against poverty and unemployment that the Labour Party must contend with. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018622

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister wants to do something about the youth unemployment figures; he is not interested in creating jobs, he just wants to do something about the figures. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).