Job creation

Date: 24 Jan 1995

From: `Don't worry-they'll soon go away' : Rainbow Valley Community oral history project

By: Koolen, Gregor, active 1970-1985

Reference: OHInt-0409-05

Description: Talks to Gregor Koolen about communal experiences before living at the Rainbow Valley Community. Describes community house building and living in the Community House. Mentions building individual houses and financing community construction projects. Looks at the establishment of Rainbow Wares, funding for this fur business, associated administrative work and the reasons for its closure. Describes other funded schemes with which the Community was involved including P.E.P., the Restart programme, Community Task Force and the Regional Development suspensory loan scheme. Talks about wood-carving and finding a New Zealand style in this medium. Constrasts community and suburban lifestyles. Looks at problems of living in a community and the spiritual aspect to life. Abstracted by - Lynn Rain Interviewer(s) - Lynn Rain Venue - Recorded during the 21st anniversary celebrations of Rainbow Valley Community Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1606.

Date: 2009

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

Reference: DCDL-0011679

Description: Prime Minister John Key furiously pedals a bicycle without wheels as he strives to create jobs. Refers to the stated intention by the government to create jobs and prevent job loss during the recession (although the text states that 1000 are losing their jobs each week) during the economic hard times of the recession; one of John Key's ideas is that a cycleway be built throughout New Zealand which would provide work for many people. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0011833

Description: Prime Minister John Key cycles along the national cycleway that he is so keen to build. Leader of the Labour Party Phil Goff leaps out of the way holding a placard that demands to know what happened to the promised jobs and Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide who holds a banner reading 'No council funds for national highway' has been run over. John Key reckons that apart from a couple of bumps it is working out nicely. Refers to the imminent announcement from John Key about the building of several trails for his "patchwork quilt" of a cycleway between Kaitaia and Bluff, on which the Government will spend $50 million over three years - he expects it to create jobs. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0011963

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strips, commenting on the foibles of politicians and political issues in New Zealand and published in the Dominion Post. These cartoons tend to reflect the current events of the day without dealing directly with them. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0019459

Description: Finance Minister Bill English carries an axe and walks along with his arm round a man from 'Treasury'. He says 'We'll call it the govt's consultative job creation scheme'. A newspaper headline displayed nearby reads 'Treasury spends $13m on 200 consultants advising on Public Service cutbacks'. Context: the government is determined to cut back the Public Service in its drive to manage the economy. Treasury is defending its use of 200 consultants at a cost of more than $13 million while advising the Government to trim the ranks of the public service. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011969

Description: Shows Paula Bennett, Minister of Social Development, windsurfing in a choppy sea. Text reads that the minister 'announces 303 extra staff to be employed at Work & Income'. The words 'WINZsurfing unemployment' appear in the cartoon. There is a play on the words 'WINZsurfing' and 'windsurfing'. Refers to the irony of WINZ needing more staff to deal with the large numbers of unemployed due to the recession. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0011749

Description: Prime Minister John Key drives a car that represents the 'Summit'. In his rear view mirror he see a huge lorry that represents jobs which appears to John Key to be much closer than it actually is. Refers to the relative failure of the February 'Jobs Summit' to stem job loss and keep people in jobs during the recession. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010390

Description: Shows a Telecom call centre in Manila. The boss appears at the door and tells the staff that after learning the lingo and having a virtual tour of New Zealand they will be indistinguishable from a kiwi except that they will have job security. Refers to Telecom's setting up of call centres in Manila in spite of the desire of the government to retain jobs in New Zealand during the recession. Colour version of DCDL-0010389 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-215

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

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0010937

Description: Shows Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development and Employment, saying that the job-saving programmes set up by the government are working, it's just that 17,000 more people have lost their jobs. Refers to the government initiatives that are intended to keep people in jobs during the recession. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0010389

Description: Shows a Telecom call centre in Manila. The boss appears at the door and tells the staff that after learning the lingo and having a virtual tour of New Zealand they will be indistinguishable from a kiwi except that they will have job security. Refers to Telecom's setting up of call centres in Manila in spite of the desire of the government to retain jobs in New Zealand during the recession. B&W version of DCDL-0010390 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0010506

Description: Shows Job on the summit of a mountain as the Devil looks up from below. Refers to the 2009 Job Summit. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015451

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister decides that he had better release the 'bad job figures' from his 'sound-proof cabinet' after the opposition has accused him keeping them quiet. Jobless figures rose 19,000 during the June quarter to 159,000 - an increase from 6 per cent to 6.8 per cent, higher than economists had expected. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1988

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Editorial cartoons [ca 1993]

Reference: A-289-069

Description: Shows a colossal head and shoulders statue of politican Winston Peters, being erected with scaffolding and trucks, as part of an imaginary subsidised work scheme. A workers' hut with the National Party logo on it is at lower right. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 240 x 340 mm.

Date: 2009

Reference: DCDL-0011990

Description: Two reporters interview minister of Social development, Paula Bennett, about her policies having created 303 new jobs. She cheerfully agrees and says that over $17m have been pumped in as well. Refers to the new staff being hired by Work and Income to deal with the unemployment that has come about because of the recession. One of the reporters comments that the amount of money indicates that some of the new jobs will be quite well paid. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0011945

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strips, commenting on the foibles of politicians and political issues in New Zealand and published in the Dominion Post. These cartoons tend to reflect the current events of the day without dealing directly with them. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0011613

Description: In four frames a kiwi that represents the 'Jobs Summit' sits on a large egg representing 'ideas' and waits for it to hatch. When it finally does the result is a stinking yolk that represents the 'dole'. Refers to the summit that appeared to offer very few ideas about how jobs should be retained. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025918

Description: Shows a broken down antique car along the side of the road, with the Beehive in the background. The car is labelled, 'Govt job drive', and the petrol gage shows that the tank is empty. The car is covered in spiderwebs, and a kereru nests under the bonnet. Text reads, 'Waiting for a tow...' and a signpost points to 'some place more important' in one direction, and 'way down south' in the other. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023986

Description: The Prime Minister, John Key, shows children the details of the new apprenticeship scheme; so long as they are prepared to forgo fringe benefits, are 'flexible' and are not unionists, they may be able to find work with his 'friends in Hollywood'. Refers to the announcement of the new apprenticeship scheme announced by the Government in Jan 2013, and to the 'union-busting' deals negotiated with Warner Brothers over the 'Hobbit' dispute. Despite the scheme, the prospect of work for many, even with reduced conditions, still seemed to be remote. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023831

Description: The poltician tells a reporter that he did not 'make these job creation figures up!' and his aide responds, 'He got someone else to do it.' Refers to controversy over the Prime Minister John Key's statement that the Hobbit films created 3,000 jobs in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).