Cabinet ministers - Salaries, etc.

Date: 1991

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-145-919/934

Description: Includes cartoons about: Police guards help out with house hold duties at P.M's house; millionaire cabinet ministers; 1991 budget; super-annuation; security breakdown at parliament, features, Muldoon, Bolger, Richardson, Shipley, Upton, Birch, Smith, McKinnon and Banks; Petersin charge; Peters higher in polls than Bolger; the N.Z. Liberal Party; Bolger still with problems; Peters becoming a threat to Bolger; super-annuation; call to sack officials who give P.M. bad advice; Russian leader Gorbachev leaves because of living conditions. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged according to estimated dates. Quantity: 16 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1991

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-145-900/918

Description: Includes cartoons about: Bolger's 4% tax rise; pensioners face hard times while state workers get higher salaries; bradcasting standards; Ruth Richardson, N.Z. is now on the road to economic recovery, includes David Caygill, Roger Douglas, Robert Muldoon, Bob Tizard, Bill Rowling, Harry Lake and Arnold Nordmeyer; difference between retirement plans of a M.P. and an ordinary person; National doesn't keep their promises; N.Z. second to National and Labour; Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley, Ruth Richardson, Lockwood Smith and Simon Upton chasing after a welfare state; Bolger and Richardson cut benefits; the Gulf War; Graeme Lee wants bigger and better flag to fly from the Beehive; Bolger having problems with N.Z.; P.M. to South Africa; Moore and Caygill vs. Bolger and Richardson; Bolger sinking deeper and deeper; Moore and Bolger spending tax money; call for a license for boat owners; Bolger having further problems; pensioners freeze outside while M.P's live the high life. features Jim Bolger' Don McKinnon, Jenny Shipley, Warren cooper, Bill Birch, Ruth Richardson Simon Upton and Doug Kidd. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged according to estimated dates. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 2004

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-804

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0013860

Description: The cartoon shows Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley, dressed as George Washington and holding an axe with which he has just cut down a tree that represents 'Cabinet Minister's salary'. He thinks that it'll do wonders for his long-term political career. Text above reads '"I cannot tell a lie, I did cut it down with my hatchet" - George Washington Heatley'. Refers to the misappropriate use of tax-payer funded ministerial card by Phil Heatley for which he has apologised and stood down from his ministerial post. Critics wonder why he has stood down if the misdemeanours were as insubstantial as they have been described. Refers also to the famous story of the young George Washington being unable to tell a lie. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025599

Description: The Politician as Minister, orders that a list of all non-essential personnel within his department be drawn up. The Aide presents of 'list' of one name - the Minister. With cuts in public spending and austerity in the public service during 2013, many wondered if the only well-paid non-essential posts in the government departments were those of the ministers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023805

Description: Shows John Key and Bill English lying on a beach, drinking bubbly, at a luxury resort. Key comments that it is hard work making tough decisions regardin unemployment, poverty and benefit cuts. English replies 'Yeah, I reckon we deserve a PAY RISE... pass the champagne old chap.' In the background a dog is defecating on the beach and SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star look on and call Key and English nerds. Refers to the pay rise given to Ministers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026536

Description: A Member of Parliament puffs his way up a hill, carrying a large sack labelled 'pay rise $'. But, despite the 'hard work' he is 'not complaining!' The Remuneration Authority in October 2013 announced further pay increases for all members of parliament to take effect from December 2013, and with back dating to June 2013. Many viewed this extremely generous increase in a time of financial stringency with cynicism. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026530

Description: The Politician tells a journalist 'My travel expenses are higher than other ministers because my portfolio requires it'. His aide adds 'As Minister in Charge of SOE Sales the Police have advised him to keep moving'. The issue of travel expenses of ministers and other popliticians had risen again in 2013. One of the reasons given for ministers' expenses was that their work demanded extensive travel. Coupled with this excuse was the contoversial partial sale of state assets, such as the energy companies, in 2013. Police advice for the minister responsible 'keep moving' was based on the idea of moving target being more difficult to hit... Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018247

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A female employee in the Government Service tells a colleague that she has noticed a large pay gap in the minister's office. The colleague assumes that she means between men and women but she really means between the minister and his staff. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).