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Date: 1987

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-751

Description: Shows three scenes. In the first the receptionist is promising "a hearty breakfast" to which the businessman replies that that is what "they give condemned people!". In the second scene a man buying a ticket hopes for "soft-boiled eggs or some such suitable missiles" if he doesn't like the contents of the budget. In the third scene a man looks disappointed with tea and toast while his neighbour points out that "the budget didn't turn out quite as they expected". Extended Title - Breakfast with Roger Douglas after the budget! All you can eat for $20 tickets here Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy of letratone and ink on paper, 295 x 420 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1959

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Van der Voo (A-316-1), Malcolm Walker (A-316-2), Mark Winter (A-316-3), Neil Lonsdale (A-316-4).

By: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-316-4-005

Description: The 'N.Z. taxpayer' as a sheep being shorn right to the bone by the New Zealand Finance Minister Arnold Nordmeyer asks him whether he has heard about the [more generous] United Kingdom budget. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017519

Description: Text reads 'Finance Minister says low wages in NZ are "a way of competing with Australia"'. Below, a kangaroo in Australia holds a big bag of money and faces off against a kiwi in New Zealand who holds a much smaller bag of money. Further text reads 'DUEL ECONOMY Presenting pay packets at 5,369,137 paces'. Context - Finance Minister Bill English has come under fire for saying low wages in New Zealand help it compete with neighbouring Australia. Bill English said that 'New Zealand wages are 30 per cent below Australia's giving us an 'advantage'. Labour leader Phil Goff commented "This from a Government which campaigned at the last election on closing the gap with Australia". There is a wordplay on the word 'duel' meaning 'fight' or 'competition' and 'dual meaning 'two'. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016778

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Finance minister tells a reporter that the prime minister makes people feel hopeful while the opposition leader makes people nervous. The minister's aide adds that the Finance minister makes people feel pain. This is an accurate comment on current ministerial impacts on the public. The PM John Key makes cheerful promises that he cannot always keep, the opposition leader Phil Goff is in survival mode and the Finance minister Bill English is struggling with a flat economy. 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-0017899

Description: Text at the top reads 'Sweeney Bill, the Demon Finance Minister of Fleece Street'. Below is Finance Minister, Bill English, who holds the 'Budget' in one hand and a large chopper that represents 'Cuts' in the other. He says 'At last my arm is complete!' Context - 'Sweeney Todd' was a demon barber of Fleet Street, who murdered his clients. The cartoon refers to the 2011 May budget which is cutting KiwiSaver, Working for Families, and student loans and the public sector and a statement about 'no new spending' in order to try to get the deficit down. Original cartoon held at A-474-046 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

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

Reference: DX-022-072

Description: Two tourists watching Finance Minister Michael Cullen making a net out of the word TAX. Extended Title - Craftsman making his net. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: August 1957

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177282-F

Description: The Minister of Finance, Jack Watts, with his budget, photographed in August 1957 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 2009

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0010851

Description: A cyclist at Cape Reinga tells a companion on his cellphone that his arrival party may have to be held back a few years. A signpost just in front of him points to Bluff. Text states that the Finance Minister says that a national cycleway will be done slowly and cheaply. Clearly it hasn't yet begun; hence the cyclist not being hopeful about making a speedy trip. 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: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025283

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A colleague tells an MP that he is no longer in line to become Finance Minister following a recent monetary policy U-turn, instead he is to be made Minister in charge of U-turns. Context - Refers to the abandonment of a policy of quantitative easing by Green Party co-leader Russel Norman after it proved unpopular with the other parties, including the Labour Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0029118

Description: Shows a man in a business suit, representing 'Exporters', commenting on Michael Cullen. A man representing 'Home owners' adds "... And yet Cullen still manages to give us the shivers". Beside them stands a silent woman representing 'Un-employed'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0030329

Description: Shows Bill English, Finance Minister, dressed as Elvis Presley and singing "Return to sender...". He holds a letter which states 'Dear Mr English, We really need a pay rise now. Yours sincerely, Low & Middle Income Earners'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019873

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. An aide tells a reporter that the Finance Minister will be spending his break somewhere he can ignore the country's financial crisis, not in Hawaii but in his office. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0021451

Description: Shows Finance Minister Bill English with a baguette stuck through his head and protruding fromm either ear. Context: News on the radio reports that Europeans are questioning the efficacy of austerity measures but Bill English is determined to proceed with austerity measures in New Zealand. Europeans are questioning austerity measures without at the same time a strong focus on development. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0027896

Description: Shows the Finance Minister, Bill English, in his office going through his rubbish bin. He thinks to himself "It's only a small budget surplus, but I wouldn't like to lose it!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0022896

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A reporter tells the finance minister that people say he's stuck in the past. He replies that he's going out with his hat and cane. Possibly refers to Finance minister Bill English. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).