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Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025180

Description: Minister of Education, Hekia Parata is tied to a pole along with the Secretary of Education and the Deputy Secretary of Education who have both been shot dead. The title "Phew..." is Parata's response. Refers to the resignation of both the former Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone and the Deputy Secretary for Education Anne Jackson following the Ministerial Inquiry into Novopay. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023596

Description: Shows a pink suit dress labelled 'Hekia Parata Minister'and high heeled boots walking on their own without a body. There is a sign nearby that reads, 'Teachers Novopay shambles'. Refers to the Novopay school online payroll system, which has made over 8,000 errors in payments to New Zealand teachers since the system was implemented in August 2012. Minister of Education Hekia Parata has received heavy criticism for the implementation of Novopay, but continues to support the use of the system despite its issues. (Stuff.co.nz, 25 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023691

Description: Two men sit reading the newspaper. One says, "The bad news is politicians have been given a pay rise'. The other asks, 'What's the good news?' The first responds, 'It's going to be distributed to them by Novopay.' At the bottom a small figure says, 'Pai Hekia'. Context: Members of Parliament received a retrospective 1.9 per cent pay rise from 1 July 2012. Novopay is the problem-plagued online school payroll system launched by the Ministry of Education in August 2012. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024002

Description: Shows MP Steven Joyce handing a report card marked D- to an unruly and lazy students labelled Novopay. Joyce notes that he will soon have him up to National Standard. Refers to the ongoing problems with Novopay, the government computer system used to administer teachers' pay and may also refer to negative public perceptions around the system of National Standards in New Zealand schools. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0024008

Description: Shows Education Minister Hekia Parata, dressed as a school girl with a gas can in her hand, running from a burning building labelled, Education Department. Smoke and flames labelled, 'Novopay' rise from the building, as Parata says, 'I didn't do it.' Refers to ongoing controversy over the Novopay school payroll system, implemented in August 2012, with 96% of New Zealand schools experiencing problems with the payroll system as of February 2013. Parata was one of the ministers who allowed the system to go forward, despite warnings that there were 147 known software defects which could create payroll errors going forward. There have been calls for Parata to resign as a result of the debacle. (Stuff.co.nz, 1, 6, 8 Feb 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024004

Description: Shows Member of Parliament Steven Joyce dressed as a police officer, pointing at a sign labelled 'Novopay' outside of an office building. He has taken a turtle off of a leash and tells the turtle to attack. The turtle looks daunted and stands still. Context: Steven Joyce was made Minister Responsible for Novopay in a cabinet reshuffle on 22 January. The school payroll system has suffered thousands of errors since it was implemented in August 2012, with some teachers being payed too much, some too little, and others not paid at all. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023775

Description: Four cartoons showing the word 'Novopay' depicted as the face of a womble, with commentary on the many problems with the online school payroll software, which was introduced for use in schools across New Zealand in August 2012 by the Ministry of Education. Quantity: 4 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024055

Description: Shows a background and two figures as a parody of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. The caption explains that they are cabinet ministers reacting to the news that Novopay will be handling the paying of their wages and perks from now on. Wider context refers to the ongoing problems with Novopay, the system used to administer school teacher salaries. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023773

Description: Shows Hekia Parata, Minister of Eduatation, surrounded by some of the controversies during her first year as Education Minister, such as increased class sizes, the error-filled Novopay online school payroll system, school closures, and charter schools. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023885

Description: Shows the remnants of a 'sand bank party', where the tide has come back in and flooded the beach where a party had been. Balloons and bottles of wine float in the water, labelled, jobs, economic growth, novapay [sic] housing, and state asset sales. A chilly bin floating in the water is labelled, National. Commentary on the many ongoing issues facing the National Party government in New Zealand. McLeod Bay hosted their annual January Sand Bank Party on 15 January, which could only be accessed by boat, and lasted until the tide came in. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023970

Description: Two versions of this cartoon show an arm holding out a skull (in the manner of Hamlet holding the skull of Yorick). A voice asks if it could be the head of Richard III or the numbskull who invented Novopay and declaims the lines 'Now is the winter of our discontent..' from the Shakespearian play 'Richard III'. University of Leicester archaeologists claim a skull and spine dug up from a car park is that of Richard III (Reuters 4 February 2013). Minister Steven Joyce anounced details of a ministerial inquiry into the failed education payroll system Novopay (Scoop 4 Feb 2013). Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023950

Description: Shows a egg representing Novopay which has fallen off a wall and is holding up a white flag of submission. Steven Joyce stands over the broken egg with a tube of glue in one hand and is scratching his head. Refers to Minister in charge of Novopay Steven Joyce stuck with the job of fixing Novopay which is already 'broken'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023839

Description: Cartoon regarding the problem-laden school payroll system, Novopay, which has had over 8,000 errors since it was implemented in August 2012, including teachers being paid too much, too little, or not at all. Commentary from the artist: 'Given the colossal problems with the Novopay system up to Christmas, doesn't it seem odd that the responsible Minister should then go on holiday for all of the brief period available to cure the problems before school goes back in the new year??? You can guess what's about to happen [You heard it here first].' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023845

Description: Shows Steven Joyce entering a gladiator's ring, where a minotaur represents Novopay, the problem-laden school online payroll system. Context: Prime Minister John Key announced Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce would take over the handling of the Novopay system from his associate education minister Craig Foss in a Cabinet reshuffle announced on 22 January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023983

Description: Commentary from the artist: 'Stephen Joyce, aka 'Mr Fixit', seems to be busy inculcating the idea that teachers should get used to the idea that it's normal to exist in a very abnormal state of payroll nightmare.' Shows a classroom full of panicked teachers being attacked by crocodiles. On the blackboard an oblivious 'Mr Fix-it' chalks the acronym 'SNAFU'. The malfunctioning of the teachers' payroll software program 'Novopay' continued despite the appointment of a taskforce under the minister Steven Joyce to address the problem. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023852

Description: Shows Member of Parliament Craig Foss, and Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, lounging on the sand inside an hour glass labelled, Novopay, where the sands have run out. Refers to the Novopay automated school payroll system, which has resulted in thousands of errors, such as teachers receiving either too much, too little or not being paid at all. There have been calls for Parata to resign from her post as Minister over the debacle, however, in a cabinet reshuffle in January 2013, Prime Minister John Key retained Parata as Education Minister. MP Craig Foss was the Associate Minister of Education during the implementation of the Novopay system, but has been removed from that position and replaced by Economic Development Minister, Steven Joyce, who has been tasked with fixing Novopay's many problems. (Hawkes Bay Today, 23 Jan 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023807

Description: Shows two panels. One depicting the fires in Australia. The other shows the smokescreen in New Zealand of Hekia Parata hiding behind Craig Foss (Associate Education Minister) while Foss holds the 'Teacher Novopay Farce'. Refers to extensive bushfires in Australia and the Ministry of Education Novopay farce in which Parata has been hiding behind Foss. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024132

Description: Shows Lesley Longstone standing in front of Big Ben, holding an envelope with a letter regarding her final salary payment. Context: Longstone, the former head of the Ministry of Education who was recruited specifically for the position from England, resigned from her post after only 13 months on the job, amid the Novopay debacle and disagreements with Minister of Education, Hekia Parata. Longstone received a before-tax payout of over $425,000-- the equivalent of six months remuneration and $157,523 in outstanding holiday pay and a payment in lieu of notice. The Novopay online payroll system has resulted in tens of thousands of errors since it was implemented in August 2012, with some teachers getting paid too much, others too little, and some not at all. (Stuff.co.nz, 5 Mar 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024073

Description: Depicts a number of contemporary issues, and offers possible plain packaging warning labels for each topic. Refers to legislation to make cigarettes less attractive to consumers by mandating unbranded, standardised packaging with large health warnings for all tobacco products. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0023821

Description: Shows a sick teacher next to a box of tissues, with commentary describing the symptoms New Zealand schools are suffering from due to continued issues with the Novopay payroll system. Refers to the problem-laden online school payroll software, Novopay, and the a new, untreatable strain of the norovirus stomach bug, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, stomach pains, aching muscles, and a headache that usually lasts for a couple of days. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).