New Zealand. Remuneration Authority

Date: [4 March 2015]

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: [Original cartoons by Chris Slane featured in a retrospective exhibition at Alta Gallery, Wellington, 8-22 October 2016.]

Reference: A-474-022

Description: Prime Minister John Key shown as a morbidly obese man, representing Politicians, at a dining table. He is being offered a bill of money by a waiter labelled 'Remuneration Authority'. Refers to the Remuneration Authority's advice to MPs that new pay rates had been gazetted for the first time since Parliament passed new pay-fixing laws for MPs in March 2015. The law change was the Government's response to repeatedly high pay increases for MPs that made them the object of public criticism. The cartoon also makes reference to Monty Python's 'Mr Creosote' skit, in which the grotesque character, after gorging himself on rich food, is finally persuaded to accept a single 'wafer-thin mint', after which he explodes. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - SLANE.co.nz. [in graphite] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and graphite on card, 225 x 305 mm

Date: 28 September 1972

From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner

Reference: C-179-158

Description: A barefoot child labelled "Building workers" whistles a tune as he carries a fishing rod and a large fish labelled "6.1% rise". Skinner and other men labelled "Union" are watching him and pulling on rubber overalls to go fishing themselves. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, chinese white, and letratone on paper, 36.5 x 49 cm.

Date: 1972

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

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

Reference: B-134-280

Description: This cartoon shows three scenes relating to a requested 11.3% pay rise for MPs. The first shows Prime Minister Jack Marshall and Opposition Leader Norman Kirk submitting their request to the Remuneration Authority and the second shows it being rejected. The lower scene shows a queue of people requesting pay rises lining up outside the door of the Prime Minister and Jack Marshall and Norman Kirk are joining them. Others include a woman wanting equal pay for women and a man wanting public service pay equality with the private sector. Extended Title - 11.3 P.C. Pay increase for M.P.s:Equal Pay for Women:Pay Equality with Private Sector for Public Service:Pay Rise Equality with Private Sector for M.P.s:Equal Pay Rises for M.P.s Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 280 x 380 mm Provenance: Donation: .

Date: 1972

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-096

Description: Three vignettes of New Zealand Prime Minister John Ross Marshall addressing the House about the Equal Pay Bill, which was passed in October 1972. Extended Title - ...I would like to draw attention to the Remuneration Authority's advice...er...of an 11% rise for you, and only 9% for me! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and whiteout on watercolour paper, 454 x 259 mm

Date: 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-127

Description: Two men, one wearing a suit, and the other a pair of overalls, each hold a club with a nail through it. There are gravestones for the Remuneration authority and the Arbitration court on either side. The two men are about to start a game with their clubs, in which a 5% symbol will be the ball. The man in the overalls (a farmer?) gets to make up the rules. The Remuneration authority had been abolished with the Equal Pay Act of 1972. The Industrial Relations Act was passed in 1973 - also the year in which the government tried to freeze wages. Extended Title - Remuneration authority R.I.P. Arbitration court R.I.P. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on watercolour paper, 250 x 330 mm

Date: 1973

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-134-493

Description: This cartoon features a domestic living room. An angry husband in cardigan and slippers is thrusting the front page of the newspaper at his wife who is sitting in a chair in front of the fire. She has dropped the magazine she has been reading. The newspaper features two front page stories, one about MPs pay and the other about beer prices rising. The man is telling his startled wife that he's sure the price of beer in Bellamy's, the parliamentary bar, won't increase. Label attached to top right hand corner labelled Thur 27/6 Other Titles - N.Z. Breweries will have to apply for higher beer price says Chairman. Extended Title - M.P.s entitled to a fair remuneration for the job says Commission. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 315 x 496 mm

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016765

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Two reporters express indignation that the public has been asked to show restraint when politicians have given themselves a 1.4% pay rise. The minister replies that they are showing restraint by not asking for double that. The Remuneration Authority decided on a 1.4 per cent rise backdated to July and a one-off payment of $2000 to cover the decreased use of MPs' travel subsidy. The rise boosts Mr Key's salary to $400,500 and a backbencher's to $134,800. The authority also signalled a further lump-sum payment was likely in the new year after the travel perk was scrapped. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016906

Description: A member of parliament is annoyed when he hears that MPs are to lose their travel perks but brightens when he realizes that they will get a pay rise to compensate. Context - Just before Christmas 2010, the Remuneration Authority, the independent body that sets politicians' pay, confirmed a 1.4 percent increase for their pay, backdated to July and a one-off $2000 payment to cover the reduced use of MPs' travel subsidy. The rise boosts Prime Minister John Key's salary to $400,500 and a backbencher's to $134,800. A further lump sum is also expected early this year after the travel perk was scrapped. Critics consider this greedy and insensitive at a time when many New Zealanders are struggling. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026521

Description: Under the caption 'Dreaming of a bright Chri$tma$' Santa Claus is depicted carrying a bag labelled 'Politicians' pay rise'. In October 2013 the Remuneration Authority awarded a substantial pay increase for politicians, to come into effect by December 2013 and to be backdated to July 2013. The caption is a play on the title of a Christmas son 'Dreaming of a white Christmas'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026489

Description: An aide tells The Politician that he could earn more than his ministerial salary in the private sector since'every company has a guy that gets paid lots and does nothing.' Reflects a common view of politicans' salaries, as set by a generous Remuneration Authority which proposed further increases for 2014 using as a comparison the work of ministers as executive work rather than as a public service. Many ministers had done little to justify any increase in pay. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026757

Description: The politician discusses pay rises with a colleague. The colleague asks whether his question regarding a raise is 'Should we accept it in this tough economic climate?' to which the politician responds 'No, is it backdated?'. In November 2013 the New Zealand Renumeration Authority approved a 2.2 per cent increase to Member of Parliament's salaries, backdated to July of that year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024828

Description: Shows fairy tale characters, the seven dwarfs, singing "hi ho! Hi ho!" as they enter the Remuneration Authority Gold Mine." The dwarfs are labelled, 'local body pollies pay rise', and named, 'Useless, Hopeful, Dozy, Slippery, Sleepy, Dreamy, and Poser.' Refers to pay rises of nearly 9% for local body councillors from the Remuneration Authority. (Stuff.co.nz, 3 May 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0026540

Description: Cartoon depicts the Remuneration Authority as a overweight little boy cuddling his 'MPs' teddy bear and jumping up and down on an adult male who represents the 'Low and middle income earners'. Refers to New Zealand MPs salary rises at the same time as the OECD reports that New Zealand has one of the biggest gaps between productivity and wages. 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: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0026875

Description: Cartoon depicts MPs squashed into economy class aeroplane seating. Two unidentified MPs have the legs of another male MP encircling their necks. Refers to concerns expressed by MPs over possible changes to their travel allowances as the Remuneration Authority will now be responsible for determining MPs accommodation and travel entitlements. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0026975

Description: A judge claims to the politician that that they need more pay 'It's a stressful job, we have to put up with constant abuse!' The abuse is not from the people which they convict, but from those 'who think we earn too much.' New Zealand's top judges would be paid up to $15,500 a year extra after the Remuneration Authority on 20 December 2013 approved a pay rise well above the rate of inflation and the average wage increase in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).