White collar crimes

Date: 19 Nov 1986

From: NZOHA L D Nathan & Co Ltd Oral History Project

By: Watt, Norman Kenneth, 1919-

Reference: OHInt-0083/19

Description: Norman Watt was born 22 Apr 1919 at Devonport, Auckland. Describes family background, childhood, education and early employment as a grocery delivery boy. Details career with Bond and Bond Ltd, from Junior Clerk in 1935, to Accounts, Office Manager, Credit Manager and Computer Output Controller, retiring from the company in 1979. Discusses the grocery trade and changes to the wholesale and retail business, including Four Square and Independent Grocers' Alliance (IGA). Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 19 Huron Street, Takapuna, Auckland Accompanying material - Bond and Bond Co Ltd memos, shareholders' documents, various papers, newspaper clippings. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001406/001407/001408/001409 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0213. Search dates: 1919 - 1935 - 1986 - 1979

Date: 1967-1984

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]

Reference: A-456-329

Description: Cartoon by Ronald Edwin Kennedy depicts an unidentified businessman in a dinner suit and devil's horns looking out from a door labelled "Vice Chairman" at the morning's newspaper headline "Crime Prevention seminar for businessmen". The little dog character looks on. Title suppled by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink drawing, felt pen, annotated in red biro and pencil, 271 x 140mm

Date: 1992

From: Walker, Malcolm 1950- :The Independent cartoons. 13 November - 18 December 1992

Reference: H-079-004

Description: Shows Keith Hancox being kicked out of the Hall of Fame, while John Banks, holding a paper titled "Weird diatribes" is being dragged into the Hall of Dorks. Refers to Hancox's expulsion from the Sports Hall of Fame following his conviction for defrauding the Sports Foundation, and to John Banks rhetoric Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1992

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- : Evening Post cartoons. 1 - 30 June 1992

Reference: H-001-002

Description: Shows a prison guard talking to a newly arrived prisoner. Refers to the upsurge in white collar crime and overcrowding in prisons Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Crimp, Daryl 1958- :Sunday News cartoons. 2 May - 13 June 1993

Reference: H-086-001

Description: Shows 3 men standing at a bar. "Honest tax payer" refuses to buy a round of drinks for the beneficiary and the fraudster. Refers to growing numbers of beneficiaries and white collar criminalsB Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Greenall, Frank :The Dominion Sunday Times cartoons 17 - 31 January 1993

Reference: H-057-002

Description: Shows a prisoner in cell with bars and numbers resembling bar coding. Refers to the growing number of white collar criminals Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1992

From: Scott, Thomas 1947- :Editorial cartoons. 1 July - 30 September 1992

Reference: H-110-047

Description: Shows 3 burglars, 2 with stockings over the heads and wearing anoraks, while the 3rd wears a balaclava and a suit and tie. He explains to his companions that he is dressed like this because white collar criminals receive lighter sentences. Refers to the surge in white collar crime and to the view that sentences for white collar criminals are too lenient Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1974

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-134-748

Description: This cartoon is set in the office of a travel agent, in the tours section. One of the travel agents is being led away by a constable and a detective, because he was accused by a customer of pyramid selling Date stamped on verso 5 April 1974 1974 cartoon filed with those from 1975 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 390 x 318 mm

Date: 1993

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :New Zealand Herald cartoons 3 - 27 February 1993

Reference: H-063-005

Description: Shows a would-be burglar in a run-down room. He is wearing a balaclava and looking in a mirror as he adjusts his tie and the white collar underneath his jersey. Refers to Doug Graham's suggestion that white collar criminals should not be jailed Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1992

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949 - :New Zealand Herald cartoons. 1 - 30 September 1992

Reference: H-098-004

Description: Shows 2 prison guards discussing a newspaper headline about the use of management consultants to help to stop prison escapes. Refers to the increasing numbers of white collar criminals in prisons Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016888

Description: An air hostess tells the pilot that 'a group of Bridgecorp investors have occupied all the toilets and would like [him] to fly over the home of a Mister Rod Petricevic'. Context - Rod Petricevic is one of the former Bridgecorp directors along with Robert Roest. Petricevic and Roest, the managing director and chief financial officer respectively of the failed finance company, appeared in the Auckland District Court 18 January 2011 charged with the fraudulent acquisition of a $1.8 million luxury boat using Bridgecorp investors' money. Petricevic also faces a separate charge of making dishonest payments of $1.2m of Bridgecorp funds to a business entity called ABb. (NZH 18 January 2011) Colour and black and white versions available. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017119

Description: Text reads 'The NZ "open" court system at work...' Three white ghost-like figures representing 'the public, 'Mark Hotchin's assets' and 'the media' stand in a row and 'the public' and 'the media' appear to be quivering. Context - In a surprise move this morning, the public were excluded and media gagged in a top level High Court challenge by beleaguered Hanover boss Mark Hotchin against a Securities Commission asset freezing order. (NBR 14 February 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017820

Description: In the left-hand frame President Obama uses a very complicated maze as he 'explains the death of Osama' and in the right-hand frame Hotchin uses a similarly complicated maze as he 'explains Hanover Finance'. Context - On 1 May 2011 Osama bin Laden, the man behind the Twin Towers terrorist attack, was shot dead by American forces. Mark Hotchin is being investigated for possible breaches of the Securities Act in his capacity as director of companies with the Hanover Finance group. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0006312

Description: Shows a man reading a newspaper about all the horrible things happening in society. He puts down the paper to reveal that he is a prisoner in a cell with another inmate. He begins to sob and says he doesn't want to go back out in to society. Refers to crime in society and prisoners wishing to stay in prison. Published in The Press, 26 October 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "archive2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014424

Description: The cartoon shows a man smoking a huge cigarette that represents 'other people's money'. The man says that he has made sacrifices as he has cut down to three a day. May refer to Blue Chip co-founder, Mark Bryers, who has been sentenced to seventy-five hours of community service and a $37,000 fine after the collapse of Blue Chip. The sentence has been criticised as lenient, given the scale of loss suffered by more than 2000 investors when the Blue Chip collapsed in 2008, owing more than $84 million. It may, however, refer to an unspecified property investor who has gone bust because of stupid risk-taking leaving small investors penniless. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0017538

Description: Text reads 'The Hotchin decision'. A judge says 'You have lost many hundreds of thousands in a scam so clearly fraudulent it questions your competence to handle anyone's finances so the court suppresses your name in case anyone should come to the same conclusion'. Context - former Hanover boss Mark Hotchin, whose finance companies collapsed in 2008 owing more than $500 million, apologised on Close Up. Now he has fallen prey to a multi-million dollar Ponzi scam. Hotchin is a victim of Rotorua fraudsters Bill and Lee Papple and Tina West, who fleeced about 120 people of at least $8.3m between 2000 and 2002. Hotchin gave evidence in the court hearing leading to their conviction in 2004, but his involvement was suppressed by the court on the grounds it could damage his business reputation as head of Hanover Finance. (Stuff 14 April 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0006334

Description: Shows the hand of Jeffrey Skilling, the ex-CEO of Enron Corporation, about to sign a piece of paper. His hand is brown and hairy and he has long finger nails. He is holding a gold pen. Refers to Enron scandal in which was one of the biggest and most complex bankruptcy cases in United States history. Also refers to Jeffrey Skilling who was the CEO of Enron in 2001 when it filed for bankruptcy protection. He was later convicted in 2006 of multiple federal felony charges relating to Enron's financial collapse. Published in The Press, 10 November 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "archive2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2011

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

Reference: DCDL-0016498

Description: The title of the cartoon is 'The disgraced tycoon's wife speaks out'. In the first of two frames an expensive-looking woman declares loudly 'We care about those who've lost everything!' and in the second frame as she makes her declaration even more emphatically her arm-loads of bejeweled bracelets clink and clunk in unison. Colour and black and white versions available. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0014410

Description: Caricature of Blue Chip co-founder, Mark Bryers, who has been sentenced to seventy-five hours of community service and a $37,000 fine after the collapse of Blue Chip. The sentence has been criticised as lenient, given the scale of loss suffered by more than 2000 investors when the Blue Chip collapsed in 2008, owing more than $84 million. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2001

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

Reference: DX-002-073

Description: Shows in symbolic terms the difference between a blue collar and a white collar criminal. The blue collar criminal is represented by a set of prison bars. The white collar criminal is represented by the (bars) grill of a Rolls Royce car. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).