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Kōrero: Spending in the economy

Spending public money

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Spending public money

Of all government spending, that of Parliamentarians generates the most heat. In this cartoon (drawn during the term of a Labour government) Labour, National, New Zealand First and Green members of Parliament are seen taking off on an overseas junket, reflecting a popular view that wasteful spending of public money crosses political party boundaries. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DCDL-0005783

by Trace Hodgson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Paul Dalziel, Spending in the economy – Spending stabilisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/21641/spending-public-money (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Dalziel, i tāngia i te 4 March 2010, updated 16 September 2016.