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Hubbard, Jim. Lange retires from Parliament. Print inscribed by David Lange 1996.
Source: Jim Hubbard, cartoonist, snpa.co.nz
When former Prime Minister David Lange resigned from Parliament, cartoonist Jim Hubbard captured the moment. His image shows Mr Lange bursting out of a copy of Hansard. Mr Lange later gave a signed copy of the cartoon to the Hansard Office, with a special inscription: ‘Thanks for 19 years of accuracy.’
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The typist who typed the "tight" hon gentleman.
Source: Louise Hely Hansard cartoons, Parliamentary Service collection
Earlier, cartoonist Louise Hely, whose mother was a Hansard staffer, captured the unique character of Hansard work in those days—especially the long hours and the demand for accuracy. One of her cartoons shows a worker suspended by the wrists in prison for the awful error of spelling a word wrong.
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"Who was the clot who put those copies of Hansard in the mix?"
Source: Eric Heath, cartoonist
Other cartoons hint at the sometimes perplexing nature of debates in the House. Eric Heath showed cows being fed ground-up Hansards, following a trend in farming for feeding ground-up papers and molasses to cattle. The unfortunate cows in Eric Heath’s cartoon look delirious and drunk from their ‘meal’ of Hansard reports.