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Date: 1997 - 1998

From: Bromhead, Peter :Thirty-two cartoon photocopies published in the Dominion, 1 May 1997 - 15 June 1998.

Reference: H-491-017/032

Description: Political cartoons Quantity: 16 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, A4 size.

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014897

Description: The cartoon shows Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee with his mouth open showing two teeth, one labeled 'credibility' and the other 'gap'. Text above reads 'Tasman wage gap $40 wider despite Brownlee's denials...news'. Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee has claimed the gap in average wages is now less than it was when Labour left office in November 2008. However, a comparison of average weekly earnings in November 2008 and February this year shows New Zealand wages grew by 5.2 per cent over that period while Australia's grew by 6.7 per cent. The wage gap between New Zealand and Australian workers has widened by $40 to $580 a week since National came to power in late 2008 promising to address the income gap. (Stuff) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0017519

Description: Text reads 'Finance Minister says low wages in NZ are "a way of competing with Australia"'. Below, a kangaroo in Australia holds a big bag of money and faces off against a kiwi in New Zealand who holds a much smaller bag of money. Further text reads 'DUEL ECONOMY Presenting pay packets at 5,369,137 paces'. Context - Finance Minister Bill English has come under fire for saying low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Labour leader Phil Goff commented "This from a Government which campaigned at the last election on closing the gap with Australia". There is a wordplay on the word 'duel' meaning 'fight' or 'competition' and 'dual meaning 'two'. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016058

Description: Prime Minister John Key is alone on a small raft in the middle of the ocean. He blows desperately at the sail which bears the word 'economy' to try to get the raft moving as a large Australian ship disappears over the horizon in the distance. Text below reads 'The economic recovery will be "reasonably aggressive".... Prime Minister.' Refers to John Key's stated desire to close the economic gap between Australia and New Zealand. The 2025 Taskforce was set up by the New Zealand government after the 2008 election to recommend how the gap between average incomes in Australia and New Zealand could be closed. Incomes of New Zealanders have generally risen less rapidly than those of Australians over the last 40 years, resulting in a gap between average incomes of around 35 percent in recent years. After the 2008 election, the NZ government committed to closing this income gap by 2025. Since the Taskforce presented its first report last year, Philip McCann - an economist with expertise in economic geography - has advanced the view that New Zealand's geographical disadvantages prevent it from becoming a high productivity economy. McCann has implied that structural features that are advantageous in the current era of globalization differ so much from those exhibited by New Zealand that this economy could not reasonably be expected to have relatively high productivity. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015903

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The politician tells a barrage of reporters that 'all this dissatisfaction with pay rates must end!' He adds 'I don't get paid enough to put up with all this aggravation!' Refers to the current sluggish economic climate and the criticism of New Zealand payrates compared with those of Australia. A second Taskforce 2025 report states that the paygap between NZ and Australia on current policy settings would increase to 42% - the first report put the pay gap at 32%. MPs are due to get a 10% payrise. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017545

Description: A man wheeling his supermarket trolley chats with the woman at check-out; he says 'Bill English says a low-wage economy will make us more competitive' and the woman replies 'Yeah, I can just see the employment ads, "On special this week! Two jobs for the price of one". Context - Bill English has said that low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015490

Description: The coasts of New Zealand and Australia are each planted with a sign reading 'Nothing but woe, woe, woe...' for New Zealand and 'Nothing but grow, grow, grow...' for Australia. A New Zealander sits beneath the New Zealand sign and looks enviously across the channel. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016224

Description: Text below reads 'Chicken Licken versus Pollyanna'. Former Governor of the Reserve Bank and former National Party PM Don Brash is depicted as a chicken fleeing and shouting 'The sky is falling! The sky is falling!' Prime Minister John Key dressed as Pollyanna smiles happily as he says 'We've heard all this before from Dr Brash. Besides the sky is what we are reaching for' Context; Don Brash is head of the 2025 taskforce charged with the task of making recommendations that will enable New Zealand to close the economic gap with Australia by 2025 - he is shown here expressing his opinion that New Zealand will certainly not catch Australia on our current policy track. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016106

Description: A Kiwi (NZ Rugby League team) leaps with joy holding the World Cup in one hand and the '4 Nations' cup in the other. Text reads 'Closing the gap' and a huge Australian Rugby League player (Kangaroos) wearing a 'VB' (Victoria Bitter) shirt has his mouth taped up 'closing the gap'. Refers to the win by the Kiwis of the 'Four Nations' giving them the World Cup Rugby League title with a thrilling last-gasp 16-12 win over Australia in Brisbane. Economically speaking, however, 'closing the gap' refers to John Key's stated desire to close the economic gap between Australia and New Zealand. The '2025 Taskforce' was set up by the New Zealand government after the 2008 election to recommend how the gap between average incomes in Australia and New Zealand could be closed. Incomes of New Zealanders have generally risen less rapidly than those of Australians over the last 40 years, resulting in a gap between average incomes of around 35 percent in recent years. After the 2008 election, the NZ government committed to closing this income gap by 2025. Since the Taskforce presented its first report last year, Philip McCann - an economist with expertise in economic geography - has advanced the view that New Zealand's geographical disadvantages prevent it from becoming a high productivity economy. McCann has implied that structural features that are advantageous in the current era of globalization differ so much from those exhibited by New Zealand that this economy could not reasonably be expected to have relatively high productivity. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0016432

Description: Debbie and Tony are discussing the state of New Zealand; Debbie doesn't think we should try to be a second rate Australia when we can be a first rate New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017106

Description: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is greeted fulsomely by PM John Key on the steps of parliament; she says 'Gee John, your govt. is way ahead of us - you're already taking steps to promote closer ties with Australia!' Behind her back she holds a newspaper with a headline reading 'Surge in number of Kiwis heading to live in Oz'. Context - Julia Gillard's state visit to New Zealand in mid February during which they pledged to make closer ties. The suggestion is that New Zealand's economic doldrums are persuading many people to try their luck in Australia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017533

Description: The cartoon shows Finance Minister Bill English standing on a turnscrew that represents 'NZ wages'; he yells 'Where the bloody hell are ya?!' as the screw is turned by two convicts chained to the handles. Nearby is a newspaper which reads 'Low wages a way of competing with Aus.' Context - Finance Minister Bill English screws the workers; he has come under fire for saying low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Labour leader Phil Goff commented "This from a Government which campaigned at the last election on closing the gap with Australia". Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014917

Description: The cartoon shows a man walking across a bridge from New Zealand to Australia; the bridge is an airline ticket. Text above reads 'How to close the wages gap between NZ and Oz'. Suggests that the best way to close the wages gap between New Zealand and Australia is for New Zealanders to move there. The Dominion Post newspaper reported that while Economic Development Minister, Gerry Brownlee, was saying the wage gap had reduced since his party came into office, figures it obtained comparing average weekly earnings in November 2008 and February this year (2010) showed New Zealand wages grew by 5.2 per cent compared to 6.17 per cent for Australia. Australia's ordinary average wage rose from A$1165 to A$1243 ($1433 to $1529) while New Zealand's went from $891 to $947. One of John Key's election promises was to 'close the gap'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0018144

Description: The cartoon shows the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, as a kangaroo, leaping off into the distance. Struggling along behind is NZ PM John Key on a pogo stick thinking that he is 'nearly there'. Text reads 'Keeping up with the neighbours... Context - This probably refers to the National Party's pledge to close the gap between Australian and New Zealand wages by 2025. Finance Minister Bill English was quoted in a newspaper this morning (9 April 2011) as saying New Zealands competitive advantage with Australia included its wage differential, with our 30 per cent cheaper workforce." This amounts to an admission of defeat on the goal of lifting New Zealand's wages against Australia. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).