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Kōrero: Victims of crime

Mocking the levy

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Mocking the levy

This cartoon pokes fun at the $50 levy imposed on all convicted offenders in 2009. Critics pointed out that it was unlikely to work because of the existing difficulties in collecting reparation and other fines.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DCDL-0010282

by James Hubbard

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Victims of crime – Ongoing issues for victims, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/26858/mocking-the-levy (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.