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Date: 1980

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-186-009

Description: A worker and a small businessman suffering redundancy in the current economic downturn are soaked in a storm while nearby three men shelter under an umbrella that represents 'export subsidies'. One of the three is a 'big business' representative, the man holding the umbrella is Hugh Templeton, Minister of Trade and Industry and the man on his left is Barry Brill, Minister of Energy and Minister of Science and Technology. Context: Layoffs and small business closures were becoming an issue. No assistance was forthcoming despite the maintenance of export subsidies to big businesses. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and Chinese white on paper, 420 x 590 mm

Date: 2013

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0025257

Description: Four homeless men appear to be huddled together facing difficult times. The four men may represent those facing job losses from NZ Post, Harper Collins, Safe Air and Mediaworks who are the businesses mentioned in the cartoon facing major problems with redundancies etc. Commentary from the artist reads 'In the past week or so, four large businesses have run into trouble and/or announced staff lay-offs. They barely rate a mention in the news, and receive little comment nowadays from the Government.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020394

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Comment on the slimming down of the public sector in these tough economic times. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020242

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The back-room boys have suggested cutting costs by reducing front-line staff members. Context: Refers to the drive to cut costs in the public service. The government is pursuing smart phone and other technological advances to replace over-the-counter contact. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020188

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Finance Bill English stand on top of the Beehive and shout at a struggling line of people down below. Key shouts 'Onwards and upwards' and English yells through a megaphone 'Fewer, faster, better'. Context: Refers to New Zealand's currant economic climate. There is a push to slim down the public service by cutting services and jobs. There is also a determination to get people off benefits and into work. There is criticism about insufficent numbers of jobs and a lack of emphasis on job creation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0020298

Description: Shows two Asian women, one working in a call centre and the other working on Asian technology componentry. They are both doing work for New Zealand offshore. Context: Prime Minister John Key is demanding cost-saving cuts in the public service at the same time as New Zealand needs new jobs to be created. He is citing Air New Zealand check-in times as a model for the public service to follow as the Government pursues smart phone and other technological advances to replace over the counter contact. Key said the Government was looking at various options, including outsourcing the job of upgrading public service technology, to cope with the changes. (Stuff: 14 Feb 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020320

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has confirmed 305 jobs will be cut as part of proposed restructuring. MFAT chief executive John Allen said at a briefing today the proposals created more flexibility, deepened expertise, and ensured appropriate representation - including non resident ambassadors and smaller posts. (Dominion post - 23/02/2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: National Business Review (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020457

Description: Cartoon shows two dinners prepared for foreign dignitaries, the French dinner is most sumptuous, the Kiwi dinner is sausages and mash. Context: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has confirmed 305 jobs will be cut as part of proposed restructuring. MFAT chief executive John Allen said at a briefing today the proposals created more flexibility, deepened expertise, and ensured appropriate representation-including non resident ambassadors and smaller posts. (Dominion post - 23/02/2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020738

Description: A pilot leans out of his aircraft grinning as he throws canisters of staff overboard. He is ditching weight to maintain height. Context: Reference to the restructuring and redundancies in many organisations but particularly in the public sector as the government tries to reduce the deficit. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020244

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister wants to know if the health system really needs operating theatres. Context: Refers to the government's drive to cut costs in the public service. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020445

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Context: MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) will be cutting 305 staff. More than 2500 public sector jobs have gone since National took office in 2008. A Treasury report suggests that the Government should be looking to make public sector savings of $250 million a year, but says spending in the past two years has been cut by only $20m. The Treasury itself saved only $338,000. A further 2400 public service jobs could be slashed as the Treasury looks to deepen spending cuts. (Stuff 8 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020361

Description: [1] 8 Feb 2012. Charles Dickens - 200th anniversary of birthday [2] 21 Feb 2012. Mojo Mathers, Green MP - first deaf MP [3] 23 Feb 2012. Jeremy Wells, NZ TV personality, satirical news show 'Eating media lunch' [4] 1 Feb. 2012. Lydia Ko, aged 14, won the Women's NSW Open - the youngest player to win a professional event [5] 23 Feb 2012. John Allen, Secretary of MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) - has axed 21 per cent of the ministry's 1421 staff [6] 15 Feb 2012. Sebastien Chabal - French rugby player [7] 13 Feb 2012. Mohamed Nasheed, 4th President of the Maldives from 2008 to 2012 - forced to resign in February 2012 after weeks of protests. [8] 16 Feb 2012. Evangelos Venizelos, Greek Finance Minister - advises Athens' private creditors to take the bond swap on which a second bailout of the debt-ridden country depends because it was the best deal they would get. [9] 5 Feb 2012. Gina Rinehart, mining business woman. Australia's wealthiest person. Now has 13% share in Fairfax Media. Born 1954. [10] 2 Feb 2012. James Cameron, Canadian Film director, has bought farms in the Wairarapa and intends to settle with family. [11] 9 Feb 2012. John Key, Prime Minister File names are Dickens.jpg, Mathers,Mojo.jpg, Wells,Jeremy.jpg, Ko, Lydia2.jpg, Allen,John.jpg, Chabal,Sebastien 2.jpg, Nasheed,Mohamed2.bmp, Venizelos,Evangelos2.jpg, Rheinhart,Gina.jpg, Cameron,James2.jpg, Key,John3da.bmp Quantity: 11 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020450

Description: A huge tank surprises the enemy by producing a red flag bearing the word 'BANG' and telling them 'Gotcha!' by waving a poster bearing that word. Context: The Defence Force has saved $127 million and expects to be able to push that out to $142 million by the end of the financial year but it's come at a cost and morale has slumped to an all-time low.. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017991

Description: The cartoon shows Finance Minister Bill English approaching a huge tree that represents 'the Public Service' with a gigantic pair od shears hidden behind his back; he is thinking of a tiny tree in a pot. Context - Cuts in the Public Service because of New Zealand's economic situation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018002

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Two staff members are puzzled when they hear the minister behind a closed door apparently relating to his staff the good news that there will be 'no more staffing cuts in this department'. He is actually talking to himself as he has no more staff. Context - The limping economy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0020060

Description: State Services Minister and Health Minister, Tony Ryall, is shown as 'Scissorhands' cutting everything in sight. He says he wants to save a billion dollars over four years in the public service. The government has already cut at least 1700 full-time jobs, forced state sector managers to re-prioritise and put a freeze on baselines. He is also Minister of Health, has set up a new National Health Board and is letting hundreds of jobs go as the health sector undergoes major structural change, thereby saving money that he says will go back into the Health Sector. 'Edward Scissorhands' is a 1990 American romantic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0020335

Description: Context: MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) will be cutting 305 staff. More than 2500 public sector jobs have gone since National took office in 2008. A Treasury report suggests that the Government should be looking to make public sector savings of $250 million a year, but says spending in the past two years has been cut by only $20m. The Treasury itself saved only $338,000. A further 2400 public service jobs could be slashed as the Treasury looks to deepen spending cuts. (Stuff 8 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017480

Description: Finance Minister Bill English looks proudly at the 'Front Line Service' of the 'NZ Public Service'. Behind the door two fat men representing 'consultants' and 'private contractors' raise their champagne glasses. Context - The government intends reducing the size of the public service with mergers and redundancies. One argument that is made is that front line services are being improved. However consultants and provate contractors are the people who seem to make a good living off the restructurings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0019459

Description: Finance Minister Bill English carries an axe and walks along with his arm round a man from 'Treasury'. He says 'We'll call it the govt's consultative job creation scheme'. A newspaper headline displayed nearby reads 'Treasury spends $13m on 200 consultants advising on Public Service cutbacks'. Context: the government is determined to cut back the Public Service in its drive to manage the economy. Treasury is defending its use of 200 consultants at a cost of more than $13 million while advising the Government to trim the ranks of the public service. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017433

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister tells his assistant that jobs have to be cut in the department - he asks him to get someone to make a list of all non-essential personnel starting with the person who put his name at the top of the list. Context - mergers and redundancies in an effort to reduce government spending. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).