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Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024956

Description: Shows Rob Muldoon cutting up pieces of paper (Freedom, Enterprise, Market forces) next to the 1984 calender. Accompanying note from cartoonist states '1st Jan 1984 had a significant portent given the famous George Orwell book and the state of NZ at the time'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024979

Description: Shows Roger Douglas with his arms around a cow (Family care) while another cow (National super) is dead on the chopping block with an axe (Budget) cut through its neck. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Labour lost no time in dealing to "National" super by taxing it away for the rich in their first budget. They replaced it with Family care - a means tested supplement to the family benefit'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024980

Description: Shows cavemen fighting from their various rocks (Kill employers, Kill the Government, and Kill the unions). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'After the first flush of enthusiasm it seemed that the old industrial relations habits began to kick in again as strike threats and industrial unrest mounted'. Other Titles - "CONSENSUS and SACRIFICE!.." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024981

Description: Shows a group of youths holding weapons, sniffing glue, playing guitars (Punk), and carrying post signs (Kill the cops!, Smash everything, Death). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Youth crime and delinquency rates had reached an all-time high'. Scan of newspaper microfilm Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024959

Description: Shows Rob Muldoon with a large blow up man (Interest rates) in which he is concurrently attempting to increase (Borrowing) and decrease (Threats). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Large scale Government borrowing was worsening inflationary pressure by cranking up interest rates which they then tried to talk down'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024960

Description: Shows two children standing over a can of worms. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'There had been several instances of Ministers ducking for cover over issues in their portfolios'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024957

Description: Shows David Lange carting a load of melons (representing his policy). He tries to sell his produce to holiday makers who are more interested in the weather, cricket, tennis and sunbathing. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'David Lange seemed to be having problems getting his policy messages across to a public on holiday'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024968

Description: Shows the unions, Marsden Point executive, Rob Muldoon that they all won. However an angry motorist points out that he pays the price. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The settlement of the long running Marsden Point industrial dispute resulted in the likelihood of higher petrol costs to motorists to pay for the deal'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024962

Description: Shows Rob Muldoon feeds Jim Knox (a chained gorilla) peanuts. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The Labour movement found themselves boxed at General wage order time due to their reluctance to do anything that might harm labours chances in election year. The "gorilla" is Jim Knox, FOL President'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024974

Description: Shows David Lange encouraging a group of people who have climbed the 'Economic Summit'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The economic summit made it clear that the days of big spending were over and an austerity future for all loomed'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024965

Description: Shows two frames representing the two very different situations of the sheep industry in 1954 and 1984. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Sheep meats were being ground up for tallow as unsold stocks mounted and prices collapsed. A far cry from the post war period when the saying "living off the sheep's back" was coined about New Zealand's post war prosperity'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024975

Description: Shows David Lange at a lectern talking about consensus. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Consensus become the name of the game as it seemed certain that the economic situation was worse than foreseen and as the government struggled to get a serious programme going'. Scan of newspaper microfilm Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024976

Description: Shows Geoffrey Palmer sweating outside a barred door (Devaluation) in which he is desperately trying to keep the skeleton trapped behind the door. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The government's devaluation move had prevented economic implosion but clearly there were many skeletons still in the cupboard which needed to be dealt with by other means. Deputy PM Geoffrey Palmer was the government's chief strategist'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024971

Description: Shows David Lange holding the ANZUS policy whilst looking at the Statue of Liberty which is telling him to love her and her missiles. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The new Labour government immediately moved to come to grips with the ANZUS policy, which meant future conflict with the USA over nuclear missiles and particularly nuclear ship visits'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024958

Description: Shows a secretary reading back her notes to her manager. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'A purely sporting theme. The New Zealand cricket team was doing particularly well in Australia at the time'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024967

Description: Shows a stork carrying a baby (Future Kiwi generations) which is weighed down by two large weights (The National debt and Overseas borrowing). Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'By 1984 the nation's debt was reaching crisis proportions'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024961

Description: Shows Bob Jones holding two of his books he has written on politics. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Property magnate Bob Jones had formed the New Zealand Party to contest the next election and oppose National policies. He had done well selling a book "Jones on property" and running seminars on property.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024977

Description: Shows David Lange trying to get to gribs with the ANZUS policy but is instead tying himself in knots and putting his foot in his mouth. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The governments ANZUS policy was starting look like a mess - wanting to stay in ANZUS but not allowing ship visits was clearly going to have its difficulties'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024972

Description: Shows Roger Douglas as a gymnast. A panel of judges (farmers, business, unions, public and Rob Muldoon) look on. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'The new Labour government's economic policies in power turned out to be quite different to what was expected! They were fast into action in a crisis and rapidly implementing Douglas's agenda which was about the opposite of Muldoon's but proving popular elsewhere. The Los Angeles Olympics were on at the time'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1984

From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024978

Description: Shows Rob Muldoon as a dog (Fearsome leader) behind his dog house is Bill Birch, George Gair, Jim Bolger and Jim McLay. Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Muldoon's leadership was again under question following the election defeat but his colleagues were still finding it difficult to deal with him'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).