Brockie, Robert Ellison 1932-:40 cartoons from a 1997/1998 sketchbook, the majority published in the National business review.

Date: 1998

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison 1932-:40 cartoons from a 1997/1998 sketchbook, the majority published in the National business review.

By: National Business Review Ltd

Reference: H-507-010

Description: Shows Winston Peters, Jenny Shipley and Bill Birch as children playing with a sandcastle. They are all thinking dark thoughts of thunderstorms as they watch a maimed tiger limping away from them, after he has partially ruined their "NZ economy" sandcastle. This may relate to the effect of China on the New Zealand economy, as China is sometimes represented by a tiger. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies on acid-free paper. Physical Description: A4 size

Date: 1998

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison 1932-:40 cartoons from a 1997/1998 sketchbook, the majority published in the National business review.

Reference: H-507-004

Description: The image depicts a nightmarish scene showing Mike Moore, Minister of External Relations, who has just proposed a Private Member's Bill called The Constitutional Convention Bill which provides a process by which proposals for major constitutional change could be examined. In the cartoon Mike Moore, looking rather like Moses coming down Mount Sinai with the tablets of the Covenant, is stumbling down a stony hillside carrying two large tablets; on the first is written 'Constitutional reform. Revise Treaty of Waitangi. MMP.' and on the second are the words 'Written constitution. NZ a republic'. In the background are Maori doing a haka; their backs are to Mike Moore, though they are craning round and staring at him. In the foreground a cocktail party is in progress with a grim-looking Jenny Shipley, the Prime Minister, holding a glass of champagne. Near her are several other characters, including a nineteenth century military man. The New Zealand flag and the Maori flag are flying on either side. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopy

Date: 1997

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison 1932-:40 cartoons from a 1997/1998 sketchbook, the majority published in the National business review.

By: National Business Review Ltd

Reference: H-507-037

Description: Contrast between the economic performance of Australia (positive) and New Zealand (negative) over 1984-1990 period. Exhibition caption reads - New Zealand introduced a rigid, New-Right regime in the mid-1980s, beginning with 'Rogernomics' and reinforced by 'Ruthomania'. Australian policies were more pragmatic and driven more by commonsense than ideology. There, the government continued to play a role in areas where, across the Tasman, responsibility was handed holus-bolus to the private sector. Australia's economy thrived while New Zealand's shrivelled. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies on acid-free paper. Physical Description: Photocopy, A4 size