Farmer, 1963-1984. Labour member of parliament for Waitaki 1984-1990, for Timaru 1993-1996 and for Aoraki 1996-. 1990-1993, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. 1996-1999 Minister of Agriculture. 1999- Minister of Agriculture, of Forestry, for Trade Negotiations, for Rural Affairs. 2002- portfolio of Minister for Biosecurity added. Made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for public services as an MP and Minister of the Crown. See Dominion Post 30 December 2006 A8, New Year honours list.
Sutton, James Robert (Hon), 1941-
First Labour/Alliance cabinet meeting - Photographs taken by John Nicholson
Date: 13 Dec 1999
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1999/3910-F
Description: The first Labour/Alliance cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room on the tenth floor of the Beehive, on the 13th of December 1999. Foreground: Prime Minister Helen Clark, Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton. Around the table, from left of Clark: Michael Cullen, Phil Goff, Sandra Lee, Trevor Mallard, Margaret Wilson, Matt Robson, George Hawkins, Paul Swain, Mark Gosche, Laila Harre, Marian Hobbs, Mark Burton, Lianne Dalziel, Pete Hodgson, Dover Samuels, Jim Sutton, Annette King, Steve Maharey. Photographs taken by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. See also: a listing of Cabinet Ministers and their portfolios in the Evening Post newspaper, Thursday 9 December, 1999, page 21. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm
Further photographs relating to Butcher's political career
Date: 1978, 1984, 1987-1990
From: Butcher, David John, 1948- : Photographs, chiefly relating to Butcher's political career
Reference: PAColl-10331
Description: Photographs collected by David Butcher. Images taken 1978-1990 by a range of photographers. Most prints are identified and dated. Includes images of: - Butcher in a campaign photo (1978) - the signing in of Butcher and other Under-Secretaries (1984) - the swearing in of Lange Government (1987) - the Palmer Cabinet lineup (1988) - Butcher giving a ministerial speech (1989) - Butcher, with political colleagues and other community members, at events and functions in Hawke's Bay. - Butcher with New Zealand Ambassador Judith Trotter at an OECD meeting in Paris (1989) - Butcher speaking at a Ministry of Commerce function (1990) - Butcher, his wife Mary Hall, and the wife of the New Zealand Ambassador, Helen Richards in Bahrain. They are shown meeting with dignitaries and visiting at the Ministry of Education. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s). 19 colour original photographic print(s).
Battery hens - correspondence
Date: 2004-2004
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-030
Description: Comprises letters from Island Bay primary schoolchildren, Wellington protesting against battery hen cages, and letters from Sue Kedgley about their visit to Parliament. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript
New Zealand Labour Party :[Ephemera, including election pamphlets and propaganda. 1987]
Date: 1987
By: New Zealand Labour Party
Reference: Eph-B-NZ-LABOUR-1987
Description: Includes pamphlets, stickers, brochures and ephemera about the policies and strategies of the New Zealand Labour Party, and pamphlets and fliers for the following candidates: David Caygill (St Albans) Neil Cherry (Fendalton) Sonja Davies (Sticker "Goodonya Sonja!") (Pencarrow) Bill Dillon (Hamilton East) Peter Dunne (Ohariu) David Lange (Prime Minister) Ken Shirley (Tasman) Jim Sutton (Waitaki) Liz Tennet (Island Bay) John Terris (Western Hutt) Fran Wilde (Wellington Central) Trevor Young (Wellington Region) Also includes a Labour Party calendar for 1987. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on fliers and pamphlets, sizes varying below 330 mm. Provenance: One item donated from the collection of Rodney Murphy in 2014.
New Zealand Labour Party: [Fliers, cards and pamphlets of octavo size. 1987]
Date: 1987
By: New Zealand Labour Party
Reference: Eph-A-NZ-LABOUR-1987
Description: Includes cards and fliers about the policies of the Labour Party, and a set of ministerial biographies about all the Labour MPs. Includes pamphlets for the following electoral candidates: David Caygill (St Albans) Dr Neil Cherry (Fendalton) Helen Clark (Mt Albert) Gary Clarke (Timaru) Sonja Davies (Pencarrow) Bill Dillon (Hamilton East) Peter Dunne (Ohariu) Bruce Gregory (Northern Maori) Judy Keall (Glenfield) Jenny Kirk (Birkenhead) David Lange (Leader) Peter Neilson (Miramar) Geoff Palmer (Christchurch Central) Ken Shirley (Tasman) Geoff Summers (Papakura) Jim Sutton (Waitaki) John Terris (Hutt Valley) Fran Wilde (Wellington Central) Bill Woods (Selwyn) Trevor Young (Eastern Hutt) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on fliers and cards, sizes varying below 200 mm.
Fletcher, David, 1952- :"Overstaffing in government departments is rife." 23 May 2005
Date: 2005
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-105-219
Description: "The politician" cartoon strip. A colleague tells the politician about rumours that government departments are overstaffed. The cartoon makes a comment on the sources of rumours. Refers to opinions about additional funding that has been allocated across government departments and agencies involved in trade agreements, negotiations and implementation. This funding also to be used to be used to foster trade mechanisms between governments. Other Titles - "Who told you that?" "The guy that stirs your tea." Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Jim Sutton. 16 July, 2003.
Date: 2003
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DCDL-0001829
Description: Caricature of Jim Sutton, Labour member for Aoraki and Minister for Biosecurity. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"There are tasks I would have liked to have completed, so it's no secret I would have l...
Date: 2006
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0002022
Description: The cartoon is split into two frames. In the upper frame is the head and shoulders of Jim Sutton, Minister for Trade Negotiations. He is making a speech about his resignation and ends on a rather forlorn note. The frame below shows a ship with just a leg view of Jim Sutton as he is made to walk the plank. In the background is Prime Minister, Helen Clark, with a sword in her hand, snarling at Jim Sutton to hurry up as she needs the plank. Refers to Jim Sutton's resignation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :Washington Beijing Brussels. MG business - mercantile gazette,...
Date: 2003
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-099
Description: Shows Mike Moore as a hitchhiker standing on the side of the road trying to catch a ride. He holds a sign showing where he wants to go - in this case it is Washington, Beijing and Brussels. His backpack is overflowing with New Zealand wool. Refers to Mike Moore as head of the World Trade Organisation, the free trade agreement with the United States, and comments by Charles Swindell, the US ambassador, about bilateral trade negotiations. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Webb, Murray, 1947- :Jim Sutton [14 May 2005]
Date: 2005
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DX-101-083
Description: Caricature of Jim Sutton, Labour member for Aoraki and Minister for Biosecurity. Caricatured head of Jim Sutton, part of a more detailed cartoon DX-101-084 Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Webb, Murray, 1947- :Jim Sutton [14 May 2005]
Date: 2005
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
Reference: DX-101-084
Description: Caricature of Jim Sutton, Labour member for Aoraki and Minister for Biosecurity. He is standing in front of a sheepyard wearing a large pinafore in the pocket of which are two large slaughtering knives; he is also holding a large bottle. Refers to a recent hoax in which a letter claiming the economy-crippling foot and mouth disease had been released on Waiheke Island was sent to Prime Minister Helen Clark, sparking a biosecurity alert. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Scott, Thomas, 1947-:Sorry, Jim, but Don makes me feel like a real man... Dominion Post...
Date: 2005
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DX-025-117
Description: Shows a scene in which Tim Grosser, New Zealand diplomat, currently New Zealand's permanent representative to the World Trade Organization, has carved a heart on a tree which reads, 'WTO diplomat Tim Grosser loves Don'. The leader of the National Party, Don Brash, looks on smugly while Jim Sutton, Minister of Agriculture and Minister for Trade Negotiations, looks stunned. Refers to Grosser's decision to stand as a list Member of Parliament for the National Party, jeopardising his diplomatic roles. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Smith, Ashley W., 1948- :News. Jim Sutton says there is no 'silver bullet' for stopping...
Date: 2003
From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]
By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)
Reference: DX-023-257
Description: Jim Sutton is pictured as a cowboy riding a horse. He is firing gold and silver bullets from his gun and throwing a bundle of money at an insect pest. The pest is flying in the direction indicated by a sign 'yummy forests'. Extended Title - Hiyo gold & silver away! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
"Phew who did that?..." Fart Tax. Public Outcry. Farmers' Revolt. Panic. Political Back...
Date: 2003
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0009422
Description: Shows Jim Sutton, Minister of Agriculture, standing with a peg on his nose. Sutton is farting and wonders who as made the bad smell. Refers to the unpopular flatulence tax proposed for farmers. See DCDL-0009421 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Phew who did that?..." Fart Tax. Public Outcry. Farmers' Revolt. Panic. Political Back...
Date: 2003
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0009421
Description: Shows Jim Sutton, Minister of Agriculture, standing with a peg on his nose. Sutton is farting and wonders who as made the bad smell. Refers to the unpopular flatulence tax proposed for farmers. See DCDL-0009422 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm, 1945- :I think they were frustrated that the Post Office said they coul...
Date: 2003
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-002-306
Description: Shows Jim Sutton, Labour Party Minister of Agriculture, covered in what appears to be excrement after leaving the stage at a Federated Farmers conference. Related to Sutton's speech to Federated Farmers in Hawkes Bay on the Labour Party's proposed tax on stock flatulence. Also relates to a protest campaign against the tax by farmers, involving sending manure by mail to parliament - New Zealand Post had refused to deliver most of the parcels. Extended Title - Federated Farmers Conference 2003. Phew! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Labour rejuvenation. "Botox... Pass it on." 12 July, 2006
Date: 2006
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
Reference: DCDL-0003959
Description: A member of the Labour Party caucus passes the botox syringe onto List MP Jim Sutton. Other labour politicians sit in the background awaiting their turn. Refers to the 'rejuvenation' of the party by shedding some of the older members in order to prepare for the 2008 election. Jim Sutton retired in August 2006 to be replaced by Charles Chauvel. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Wow! Look guys! A pistol with a single bullet from Helen, and it's not even my birthda...
Date: 2006
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
Reference: DCDL-0001652
Description: Three Labour Party politicians open presents from the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. Each gift is a pistol with a single bullet. Dover Samuels is delighted at the thought even though it is not his birthday. George Hawkins and Jim Sutton look somewhat sceptical. The Prime Minister is giving a clear message to each of them about their performance. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Correspondence with Jim Sutton
Date: 12 Feb 2004
From: Locke, Keith, 1944- :Collection
Reference: MSDL-1653
Description: Includes correspondence with Jim Sutton (Minister of Trade Negotiations) regarding negotiations with Algeria Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to library within a folder called "Parl word etc docs LOCKE (PSFS01GREEN$)/Correspondence/correspondence to Govt/Sutton" Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Dennis Huggard with Jim Sutton
Date: 8 April 2001
From: Huggard, Dennis, 1928-2017 : The Dennis Huggard Jazz Archive
Reference: MSC-022431
Description: Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).