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Spending the inheritance

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Spending the inheritance

In the 21st century it was becoming less common for ageing parents to carefully preserve the bulk of their assets so these could be inherited by their children. This cartoon illustrates an extreme version of this social change.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DCDL-0004945

by Alistair Nisbet

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Ann Dupuis, Inheritance – Inheritance matters, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/31051/spending-the-inheritance (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ann Dupuis, published 21 April 2011.