New Zealand - Economic policy - Public opinion

Date: 1983

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: C-172-006

Description: Shows a Christmas turkey (indicated by a sprig of holly and a jar of cranberry sauce sitting beside the platter) as a join-the-dots puzzle. Accompanied by the caption 'The details are sketchy. The actual figures won't be released until late next year. You can get a general idea by joining the dots...' The reference is to Rogernomics; Douglas, at the end of 1983, prepared a caucus paper called the 'Economic Policy Package', which called for a market-led restructuring of the economy Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Tom Scott [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and white-out on paper, 420 x 595 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane Antiquarian Book auction, Wellington, 20 March 2014; lot 379

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0026370

Description: Cartoon depicts an obese man dressed in boxer shorts and a singlet labelled "ACC surplus" who is standing on scales labelled "public". A speech bubble coming from the bathroom scales is pleading for the man get off, as he is too heavy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 19 May 2011

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000635

Description: Photographs taken by Dylan Owen at the budget protest at Parliament on 19 May 2011. They show protesters, banners and speakers. Arrangement: Images were originally in a folder labelled 'Budget Protest May 2011' within the folder '300111 Fairs, Festivals & Protests Jan to July 2011' Quantity: 50 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021754

Description: Shows a man reading a newspaper headline 'BNZ Survey' asking Mr New Zealand why 'business confidence is slipping' as a barrel of 'International never-ending doom and gloom' drips on to Mr New Zealand's head. Context: The June BNZ Confidence Survey showed a return of pessimism regarding prospects for the New Zealand economy in 2012 (BNZ website 11 June 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0027478

Description: Cartoon shows a ship labelled, Godzone, which is sinking. A person who is still on board the ship asks who thinks the HMS Godzone is heading in the right direction and decrees that 51 per cent do. A figure who is floating in the water responds, "In other words, all of us with our heads still above water". Accompanying note from the cartoonist states, "Although life for some must feel like being on-board the 'Titanic', it seems that 51 per cent of the other 'passengers' are having a great time." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 24 April 2015

From: Morris, Toby, 1980- :['The Pencilsword' cartoon strip, and other cartoons]

Reference: DCDL-0031460

Description: The ninth Pencilsword cartoon. Begins with: 'What did the rich kiwi say to the poor kiwi? Nothing. They never met.' The cartoonist then notes that recently he's been talking with journalist Max Rashbrooke about his book 'Inequality: A New Zealand crisis'. He then says he will take you on a tour of 'Wealth-Gap Tower'. The tower is a visual rendering of the distribution of wealth in New Zealand, where the richest 1% own 16.4% of the wealth, down to the poorest 50% who own 5.2%. The cartoonist says it is 'shocking' and he did not realise the difference was so drastic. He says that the response it has always been like this is wrong because according to Rashbrooke things began to change in the 1980s with trickle down economics. Since then, 'incomes for the richest kiwis have doubled, but stayed largely static for the majority of NZ.' He notes his romantic view of New Zealand as a classless society, but he says that the paths of a currency trader and a factory worker never cross anymore. He suggests that we never really see how differently others live. But if we follow his building metaphor then we all live here together. He says he doesn't know the answer but that 'when you come across something really wrong in life' you can 'ignore it and walk away, or get help and start fixing it.' He then concludes 'This is me yelling for help.' Archived version available at: http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/content-aggregator/getIEs?system=ilsdb&id=1648495 Viewable at: http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-pencilsword-inequality-tower