Political Cartoons 2000-2007
Cartoon depicts pigs eating swill from a tough marked 'Appointments' heads down with their bottoms in the air. 16 Feb 2002
"Hell - look at him - things must be really bad!" think two depressed -looking businessmen as they pass each other a dark blue cloud hovering over each...Subtitle; 'How Recessions Begin'
Planet earth floats in space charred to a smoking cinder while an alien spaceship hovers nearby "What do you expect from carbon based lifeforms?" asks one crystalline alien of a companion...Planet,earth,space,cinder,alien,spaceship,carbon,lifeforms,crystalline,alien,companion,global,warming,climate,change,environmental,disaster,armageddon,
Prison at Bottom of Cliff - next to an ambulance- Don Brash putting up a sign 'Coming soon $1 billion worth of prisons'.
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"Sure we're paid peanuts - if it was more newsreaders and politicians would do our job" says one monkey in a cage to another as they eat some peanuts.
"Agreed - we attack the government for not being inclusive" says a senior pale alpha male to a group of like-minded similarly-gendered individuals drinking champagne in a lavish boardroom high above a city.
Originally Published NZListener 28 October 2000
"Remember you are power companies - competing lowering prices - no gouging consumers" - says Max Bradford as he is about to unlock redeo gates with ferocious bulls panting to charge out into the arena like wounded bulls.
Shows a Transpower engineer swinging from a pylon with a bit of wire in one hand and a pair of wirecutters in the other. He yells that they are going to need a whole new piece of number eight wire. Refers to major power failures in Auckland in June of 2006.
Cartoon depicts Two gay men regard the furious demonstration of hatred against them by members of Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church as terribly 1930s. The Church members wear black trousers and tshirts bearing the words 'enough is enough'. Listener 4 September 2004
Cartoon depicts PM Helen Clark calling out to two demolition workers on top of a mountain of rubble made of the state, including hospital boards & telephone services. "Now put it all back together again" Refers to deregulation and out-sourcing of state functions to the private sector. 1 Jan 2000