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Date: 2006

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0001530

Description: Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, sits in an armchair beside a huge sack labelled 'Tax surplus'. He counters criticisms that New Zealand can better afford tax cuts than Australia by saying that New Zealand isn't Australia. A small image of a family at the airport shows a man saying 'We've noticed'. The 2006 budget is due in a few days. Many people are strongly in favour of tax cuts. It has already been announced that there will not be tax cuts. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017562

Description: Finance Minister Bill English struggles to work out a solution to New Zealand's economic problems; his desk and the surrounding floor are covered with abandoned scraps of paper. He asks PM John Key who sits smiling with his feet up on his desk 'John! How many times does four million go into zero?' John Key replies 'Work it out yourself, Bill It's your budget!' Context - Four million is the size of the population of New Zealand and the zero refers to the amount of money available for offering something in the budget which is due in May. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0017416

Description: Prime Minister John Key clutches desperately a huge bag of money with a '$' symbol on it while Finance Minister Bill English stands nearby holding a large axe and looking very grim. John Key says 'Hack off what you want from the others - just don't take back my precious tax cuts'. Context - Refers to the May budget, and John Key's announcement that it is now likely the Government will not spend any new money in this year's budget. Published in the Listener Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017591

Description: An enormous hot-air balloon that represents the 'Cost of living' floats off into the clouds when its anchor representing 'tax cut' is yanked out of the ground. A very anxious kiwi peers out of the basket of the balloon which represents 'NZ'. Context - As the day for the announcement of the May 26 2011 budget draws closer, the cost of living becomes greater and the possibility of a tax cut becomes an impossible dream. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0000773

Description: Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, opens his budget box, glances sideways at a large smug-looking kangaroo with its pocket bulging with tax cuts and snarls, 'Scram!!'. Refers to the criticism that was levelled at him by many people about the fact that Australians were getting tax cuts in their new budget but Kiwis were not. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0017964

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Leader of the ACT Party Don Brash sot on top of a huge sack that represents 'Tax cut$ for top 10% with glasses of champagne in their hands. The sack is being borne on the backs of dozens of workers. Down below Leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff wields a pair of scissors and threatens to cut the sack so that there can be a 'minimum wage increase' of '$2'. Don Brash squeeks 'EEEEEEK!' and John Key says 'That's an enormungous burden on the economy'. Context - Leader of the Labour opposition, Phil Goff, says the PM is spending $2.5 billion a year on tax cuts for the country's top earners but is only prepared to raise the minimum wage up 50 cents to $12.50 an hour. Phil Goff promises a $2 rise in the minimum wage if Labour is elected to parliament in the November election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).