Payrolls - Management - Software

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0030379

Description: A two-panel cartoon: the first panel shows National minister Steven Joyce holding a large lemon labelled Novopay. The second shows a worker bringing in stacks of money and telling a smiling Joyce "Lemon aid delivery for Mr Joyce...". Refers to ongoing issues with the Novopay system, following the Government's announcement that they would take over the Novopay school payroll system after Talent2 allegedly declined to fund necessary fixes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023596

Description: Shows a pink suit dress labelled 'Hekia Parata Minister'and high heeled boots walking on their own without a body. There is a sign nearby that reads, 'Teachers Novopay shambles'. Refers to the Novopay school online payroll system, which has made over 8,000 errors in payments to New Zealand teachers since the system was implemented in August 2012. Minister of Education Hekia Parata has received heavy criticism for the implementation of Novopay, but continues to support the use of the system despite its issues. (Stuff.co.nz, 25 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023691

Description: Two men sit reading the newspaper. One says, "The bad news is politicians have been given a pay rise'. The other asks, 'What's the good news?' The first responds, 'It's going to be distributed to them by Novopay.' At the bottom a small figure says, 'Pai Hekia'. Context: Members of Parliament received a retrospective 1.9 per cent pay rise from 1 July 2012. Novopay is the problem-plagued online school payroll system launched by the Ministry of Education in August 2012. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023775

Description: Four cartoons showing the word 'Novopay' depicted as the face of a womble, with commentary on the many problems with the online school payroll software, which was introduced for use in schools across New Zealand in August 2012 by the Ministry of Education. Quantity: 4 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023773

Description: Shows Hekia Parata, Minister of Eduatation, surrounded by some of the controversies during her first year as Education Minister, such as increased class sizes, the error-filled Novopay online school payroll system, school closures, and charter schools. 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-0023970

Description: Two versions of this cartoon show an arm holding out a skull (in the manner of Hamlet holding the skull of Yorick). A voice asks if it could be the head of Richard III or the numbskull who invented Novopay and declaims the lines 'Now is the winter of our discontent..' from the Shakespearian play 'Richard III'. University of Leicester archaeologists claim a skull and spine dug up from a car park is that of Richard III (Reuters 4 February 2013). Minister Steven Joyce anounced details of a ministerial inquiry into the failed education payroll system Novopay (Scoop 4 Feb 2013). Quantity: 2 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-0024200

Description: A Australian with a dunce's cap is pictured. He is not a cricket player, disgraced after the poor form shown by Australia in recent matches against India, but a debt collector for Novopay. The Australian firm, Talent2, who ran the Novopay teachers' payment system for the Ministry of Education, were not only responsible for its many failures, but also briefly attempted to retrieve money that Novopay had paid out wrongly by authorising debt collection agencies. This was a further disaster in public relations. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024787

Description: Depicts Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce dragging the fatally injured old dog 'Novopay'. He replies to a little schoolboy that Novopay won't be put down as he seem to be getting better. Two commentators in the background say Novopay has never been any good. Refers to decision by Joyce that the schools payrolls would continue to be run on the Novopay system by Talent2 company. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0024638

Description: Shows the text, 'Novopay. Another 172 new defects have been found since the Government started fixing the original problem...' and shows a child jumping against the walls of a padded room. Refers to the problem-ridden online school payroll system, Novopay. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024668

Description: Steven Joyce, as a Pet Rescue service, is called in by John Key to rescue Hekia Parata once again from the hole labelled 'Novopay' in which she has found herself. The Ministry of Education's Novopay payment debacle continued into February 2013. Steven Joyce was assigned to provide a task force to find some resolution. 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-0025123

Description: Three variant cartoons, all featuring a headless chicken variously labelled 'Ministry of Education Novopay advisors' and 'Ministry of Education and Talent 2'. The first is labelled 'Another cock up...', the second 'Cock up' (this version ran in the Southland Times) and the third 'The only thing for certain is uncertainty... oh yes, and another Novopay cock up'. Wider context refers to further media coverage of the Novopay debacle following the release of a report which damned the system and pointed to ministerial failings. There have been counter claims that Ministers were misled by Ministry of Education staff as to the payroll system's effectiveness and readiness. Title from file name Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025093

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip depicts the Minister for Upper Creek denying responsbility for this debacle to the media. He tells them that officals advised him "she'll be right". Refers to claims by Education Minister Hekia Parata claims that officals gave her misleading information before the error ridden Novopay system was signed off. A ministerial report says a document given to Parata by officals was a misrepresentation of the system (Stuff 4 June 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0025187

Description: The government as George Washington, the public as George Washington's father and, as a hapless bystander, the Ministry of Education stand around a felled cherry tree. George Washington points to the bystander and says 'I cannot tell a lie father, I watched them do it...' By June 2013, the disasters which befell the state of education in New Zealand, including the Novopay debacle and school closures, demanded a public scapegoat. Ignoring the code of ministerial responsibility, the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata and the government as a whole blamed officials in the Ministry of Education. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0025641

Description: Shows Stephen [sic] Joyce, Minister Responsible for Novopay, about to be a human cannonball. He says "We're not out of the woods yet, but well on target". Refers to the ongoing problem with the Novopay system. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023442

Description: Compares the perspectives of an Australian payroll technician and a New Zealand school teacher regarding issues with the Ministry of Education's payroll system, Novopay, which has resulted in some teachers not having been paid at all. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0023655

Description: Two people look at an enormous lemon labelled, 'Novopay'. One says to the other, 'They're working very hard on changing it into an orange.' Refers to the Novopay school online payroll system, which has made over 8,000 errors in payments to New Zealand teachers since the system was implemented in August 2012. (Stuff.co.nz, 25 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023592

Description: Shows a clown riding a unicycle and juggling balls labelled "Novopay", which have fallen onto the floor. Three judges watch the performance. The judges representing the government and the Ministry of Education both praise the performance, and the third judge labelled teachers, looks away in disgust, giving the act the X. A banner across the top reads, "NZ's Got Talent 2". Refers to the Novopay school online payroll system, which has made over 8,000 errors in payments to New Zealand teachers since the system was implemented in August 2012. (Stuff.co.nz, 25 Nov 2012) New Zealand's Got Talent is a reality television programme. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0027482

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. A civil servant tells the Politician that the teacher payroll software still isn't working. When the Politician asks what's the fastest way to fix it, the civil servant replies, "Use the same system to pay politicians". Cartoon refers to the Novopay software. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0028949

Description: Shows Steven Joyce, the Minister Responsible for Novopay saying that it's not time yet to fix up the Novopay mess until he reaches the 'Election Campaign' and annouces that it is time. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Sunday star times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029006

Description: Shows someone dressed as a lemon (Novopay) auditioning on the television talent show 'The Voice'. They keep throwing up on stage. In the background is Steven Joyce with an agent from Talent2 who tells Joyce "With more coaching and a heap of cash he'll soon be singin' like an angel!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).