"Power prices are too high. People are hurting. It's a mystery. When did rain become more expensive? I'm gonna look into it..." 1 October 2009

"Power prices are too high. People are hurting. It's a mystery. When did rain become more expensive? I'm gonna look into it..." 1 October 2009
Date
2009
Reference
DCDL-0012449
Description

The cartoon shows Minister for Energy Gerry Brownlee making a speech in which he expresses puzzlement that people are struggling with high power bills. A man arrives with the 'good news' that 'state power companies are paying the govt record dividends...' The Minister of Energy finds the news untimely and shoos the man away. Refers to the fact that the government is taking big profits from the electricity state-owned enterprises (SOEs) without electricity prices for consumers being lowered.

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Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Format
1 digital cartoon(s), Works of art, Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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"Power prices are too high. People are hurting. It's a mystery. When did rain become more expensive? I'm gonna look into it..." 1 October 2009. Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]. Ref: DCDL-0012449. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22327629

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