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Fletcher, David 1952- :"People want to know, what are the chances of tax cuts being in ...
Date: 2013
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024523
Description: The Politician explains that there is 'a snowball's chance in hell... and even then, the snowball would have a better chance' than there being tax cuts in the budget. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Disaster chef's challenge- Budget dining. 16 May 2011
Date: 2011
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019321
Description: Finance Minister, Bill English, is represented as a chef who has created a 'Double downer' that is 'ugly, indigestible and tastes of despair which means it must be health food, right?' The burger has printed on it 'Kiwisaver cuts' and 'Interest on student loans'. Context: Refers to the 2011 budget. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :"Welcome to the hidden economy." 7 September 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
By: New Zealand. Inland Revenue
Reference: DCDL-0018768
Description: Text reads 'Cash jobs in the Waikato estimated to result in lost taxes of $460 million a year... News.' A man standing on a footpath stares in astonishment at a manhole nearby from which comes a voice that says 'Welcome to the hidden economy.' Context: Waikato workers and bosses dodging the IRD by paying and pocketing cash mean about $460 million a year in lost taxes - and that's a conservative estimate. Yet many say they'd struggle to survive if they declared everything they paid out or earned. The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) estimates New Zealand's cash economy - also known as the black or hidden economy - to be 7-13 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). (Waikato Times 6 September 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :New Labour policy will close big loophole - Goff. 15 July 2011
Date: 2011
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0018322
Description: Above two frames is the text 'New Labour policy will close big loophole - Goff'. In the first frame Phil Goff, Leader of the Labour Party looks at dangling rope with a large loop that swings above the word 'before' and in the second frame he grins as he clutches a document entitled 'capital gains tax' and grins at a much smaller loop above the word 'after'. Context - The Labour Party has announced that it will introduce a capital gains tax if it wins the November election. Phil Goff says his party's capital gains tax policy will close the largest single loophole in the tax system. The policy includes a 15% tax that would apply to profits made on investment property and shares, but would not cover KiwiSaver payouts, the family home, or niche collectables such as antiques. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Lynch, James, 1947-:"Now that I've taken this off, do you think his back will mend?" 1 ...
Date: 1980
From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]
By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022054
Description: Shows a camel in desperate straits as it struggles under a huge load of 'personal taxes' with a '34% increase'. Prime Minister Muldoon has removed '5%' and hopes that now the camel's back will mend. Minister of national development Brian Talboys watches nearby. Context: The last straw of steadily increased taxes over time was not really relieved by a 5% reduction in the budget. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Lynch, James, 1947-:End of the holiday. 2 February 1982
Date: 1982
From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]
By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022115
Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon returning from a holiday to find his house, which represents New Zealand, in ruins. Context: The P.M. had returned to work to face a heap of troubles piling up. Hatfield's Beach was his holiday home location. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fletcher, David 1952- :"The opposition's proposed tax changes would drive high earners ...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018325
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister says 'The opposition's proposed tax changes would drive high earners offshore!' His assistant says 'The leader of the opposition said he's willing to help you pack your bag'. Context - The leader of the Labour Party, Phil Goff, has announced that Labour will introduce a capital gains tax if they win the November election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :"It will be 'a real step change'." 7 July 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0018237
Description: Leader of the Labour opposition, Phil Goff, stands on the bottom, extremely steep, step, which is labelled 'Capital Gains Tax', of a flight of steps that lead to a door labelled 'Election' and thinks to himself 'This will be a real step change".' Context: The Labour Party has announced that it will introduce a capital gains tax if it wins the November election. Phil Goff says his party's capital gains tax policy will close the largest single loophole in the tax system. The policy includes a 15% tax that would apply to profits made on investment property and shares, but would not cover KiwiSaver payouts, the family home, or niche collectables such as antiques. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :"You'd like to try us on WHAAT?!" 14 July 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: New Zealand Press Association
Reference: DCDL-0018309
Description: A group of huge pigs stop eating from their trough which represents 'tax system' for a moment when the farmer arrives with a bucket containing a different variety of slops which represents 'Capital gains tax'. The pigs who represent 'speculators' and 'capital gainers' say 'You'd like to try us on WHAAT?!' Context - Labour plans to introduce a capital gains tax if they win the 2011 election. The capital gains tax is expected to include some low level exemptions for personal assets, as well as an exemption for the family home. But other than those limited exemptions, it is expected to be broad-based and include residential rental houses, rural property, commercial property, shares, businesses and collectibles. (Stuff 8 July 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Darroch, Bob, 1940- :"And - By buying now - I just saved enough to counteract the inter...
Date: 2010
From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]
By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0017631
Description: A man has arrived home with a hire trailer piled high with new acquisitions. He tells his startled wife and children that 'By buying now - I just about saved enough to counteract the interest on the first repayment of the loan I had to get!' His wife holds a newspaper with a headline reading 'GST to increase - buy now'. Context - Refers to the intention of the government to increase the level of GST in order to allow for tax cuts in the May budget. There is much debate about the impact of this on the pockets of those on low and fixed incomes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fletcher, David 1952- :[Money raising policies after the Christchurch earthquake] 3 Mar...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017213
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister is keen to push through 'unpopular money raising policies' like the 'tax on people's taxes for example'. Context - the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 has created more strain on an already straining economy and there has been discussion about various possibilities for sticking with the Government's short and long-term targets for debt reduction in spite of the enormous recovery cost for Christchurch. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Lights! Camera! Cue train! ... and action!" 28 October 2010
Date: 2010
Reference: DCDL-0015935
Description: Prime Minister John Key ties a screaming woman who representing 'NZ' to a railway line as film director Peter Jackson sits beside the track yelling directions into a loud hailer - 'Lights! Cameras! Cue train! ...And action!' Refers to the dispute between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film that very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. The battle, which has been resolved successfully after meetings between PM John Key and Warner Brothers representatives, divided New Zealanders. The government agreed to amend the country's labour laws and offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Brothers, ultimately paid for by the taxpayer. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
"Treasury have released an urgent update to their tax take predictions." "What are they...
Date: 2010
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016061
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Refers to the news that the government's tax receipts are $1.1billion down on forecast for the last quarter. Labour says 'you don't give tax cuts to the highest income earners because they will tend to either save or retire debt (i.e. they won't spend), and this is exactly what has happened'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).