Political Cartoons 2022

Cartoon depicts a pie chart shaped as an oval containing 'Vaccinated NZ' with one tiny section tearing off labelled 'Ant-Vaxers' with a tiny figure of Chris Luxon leader of the National Party popping into the divisive gap positing "This chasm is all the government's fault" refers to the opposition both-sides policy positioning.

Cartoon depicts a shopping mall with escalators carrying middle classes down an 'inequality' escalator while the wealthy are being carried higher via the 'quantitative easing' escalator - one woman says "The government is so unfair to business"

Cartoon depicts Christmas at the beach with a fat man ( ' for the richest 10%' ) receiving 58% of NZ's wealth while the poorest '50% of NZ' receive a much smaller gift labelled '2%' - a woman comments "I hate it when he acts all surprised - he gives himself the same thing every year"

Cartoon depicts a chart headed 'Cumulative Covid-19 deaths per million people' compares New Zealand with USA UK France Sweden & Ireland with NZ at the lowest level - refers to commission of inquiry into how the pandemic was handled and how it could be improved in future two scientist examine with a magnifying glass "Study this closely to see how we can do better"

Cartoon depicts a parody scene of the Flintstones tv series with governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Adrian Orr (Bam-Bam) beating the 'NZ economy' (Dino) down with a large club 'Reserve Bank' in an effort to quell inflation & engineer a recession while PM Jacinda Ardern (Wilma) and finance minister Grant Robertson (Fred) look on aghast.

Cartoon depicts a smokey ute driver commenting on a protester placard about lowering the voting age to 16 #makeit16 "That's crazy - young people can't make rational long term decisions" - while other placards read 'Save the planet' 'Don't burn our future' 'There is no planet B'

Cartoon depicts a kiwi bird with bad teeth "Free dental health? I'm not paying for other people's teeth. That's socialism"

Cartoon depicts planet earth covered with rising dollar signs with someone in New Zealand asks "Why hasn't the government fixed inflation yet?"

Cartoon depicts a huge pile of large rocks balanced precariously on top of each other in the style of Road Runner cartoons each labelled 'Pandemic' '5 million kiwis' 'Low wage overseas workforce' 'Low Govt debt' all resting on top of a overloaded 'Hospitals' with queues of people attempting to gain admission to overstrained Emergency Wards while Leader of the National Party Christopher Luxon overlooking the scene proclaims "That's how you keep taxes low"

Cartoon depicts a shopping mall with escalators carrying middle classes down an 'inequality' escalator while the wealthy are being carried higher via the 'quantitative easing' escalator - one woman says "The government is so unfair to business"

Cartoon depicts zombies & covid19 monsters emerging from graves labelled 'Inflation' 'War' 'Climate Disasters' 'Pandemic' a male bystander comments to a female bystander "We'll be fine as long as property prices hold up"

Cartoon depicts the NZ Economy as a high pressure boiler with an open door revealing roaring flames labelled 'costs' 'prices' 'war' with gauges on the outside 'Jobless- low' 'Wages - up' 'inflation - low comparatively' "profits - high' while Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr instructs a surprised worker "Quick get inside and dampen down that inflation"

Cartoon depicts new mayor Wayne Brown entering the Auckland Council saloon after firing off his pistols proclaiming "Hey idio-" he is interrupted by clicks of many guns being cocked as all the shadowy denizens of the bar aim their guns at him "Pull up a chair Parker" says one "We've been expecting you"

Cartoon depicts UK Conservaive Party leader Lynn Truss riding a crashing rocket labelled 'Top Tax Cuts' with a smoke trail in the shape of the UK pound "See not a u-turn at all" she claims to Christopher Luxon who is proposing similar policies for New Zealand - title - "UK Bank of New Zealand forced to inject 63 bn pounds to stabilise the economy"

Cartoon depicts Queen Elizabeth greeted at heaven's gates by a pck of corgis & other dogs "walkies?" they ask offering her a leash and collar.

Cartoon depicts Queen Elizabeth and King Charles walking on a red carpet labelled 'constitutional monarchy laid over a host of problems beneath the ground including historical injustice - racism - colonial legacy - class - Treaty of Waitangi - racism - slavery

Cartoon depicts a family driving into the forecourt of 'MSD Motel' thermal spa in Rotorua on a spooky night "I hear the showers are great if you don't mind experiencing social injustice at boiling point" references Bates Motel from the Hitchcock movie 'Psycho' and threats of bullying related on 60 minutes current affairs tv.

Cartoon depicts NZ PM Jacinda Ardern shovelling 'Govt winter support for the rest' $ while National MP Willis wails "Nooo - don't waste it Jacinda" while standing on a much larger money bag labelled 'Govt covid support for business $ huge profits & dividends'

Cartoon depicts a mudslide or landslide of muddy words on to an information highway swamping a house marked 'NZ"

Cartoon depicts prospective politicians with large egos from various parties entering a trial by fire and getting rather toon toasty - refers to Gaurav Sharma, Labour MP.

Cartoon depicts an airport arrival interior with a screen announcing "Welcome John only you can readthis message - you are in a private parallel reality bubble - so yeah just like social media' - 'Airport tech shows personalised flight info on huge screen - News'

Cartoon depicts a balloon festival representing various inlationary pressures pushed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

Cartoon depicts Leader of The Opposition National Party Christopher Luxon as a passenger jet flying away from a rainy New Zealand towards his holiday in Hawaii "Aloha! I took off to Honolulu just like I'm always scheduled to do at this time of the year when it's cold wet and business is soft"

Cartoon depicts National Party MP for Tauranga Sam Uffindell in a confessional "Was a private school bully" a group of anonymous people behind a curtain reply "Say 1 Hail Mary 1 phone apology & 3 years as a National backbench MP "Bless you" "Next" Title - 'National Party Selection Committee'

Cartoon depicts a balloon festival representing various inlationary pressures pushed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

Cartoon depicts an iceberg representing a 'health crisis' visible above with people clinging - beneath the surface most of the berg lies labelled 'Historical Underfunding' -waves of omicron influenza & RSV are breaking.

Cartoon depicts NZ PM Jacinda Ardern returning from an overseas trip "Nice trip Jacinda but what did you get us? remark two distinterested kiwis.

Cartoon depicts 30th Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Trevor Mallard riding a bike as he resigns his role passing through a 21 sprinkler salute as speakers outside parliament play the song 'Baby Shark' - refers to his previous treatment of anti-mandate protestors in the same location.

Cartoon depicts National Party MP Simon ‘Vengance-is-mine-sayeth-the-lord’ O’Connor copping bucket loads of disapproval at his support for the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade - also shows National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis "Hey quit importing US culture wars Labour"

Cartoon depicts a wealthy donor burgling a political party office to stuff the till with cash - refers to proposed limits to anonymous donations - refers to news story about a burglar labelled the 'crowbar crawler'.

Cartoon depicts a seating diagram similar to that in a parliament representing the allocation of seats to political parties except this one is NZ Supermarkets made up of only two parties labelled in a colour key as 'Duo' & 'Poly' or duopoly slogan reads 'Break up the two party system'

Cartoon depicts Australian prime minister Scott Morrison as a singed koala ravaged by bush fire election result clinging to the burnt stump labelled Liberal Party with burned wood in the shape of the words 'Climate Inaction, 'Vaccine stroll-out' 'Rorts'

Cartoon depicts a small high jumper labelled 'Govt' attempting to reach a high 'Climate target' jump but is derailed by cow poop - representing the lack of climate control on New Zealand agricultural sector.

Cartoon depicts 'The Housing Market' as a stack of playing cards with $ symbols with a representative of banks standing on a high level speakking through a megaphone to a homelss family "Have you considered a co-ownership model?"

Cartoon depicts a super yacht labeled 'Wealthy' with a white male owner shouting to swimmers wearing life belts "Tax cuts for everyone with a big boat"

Cartoon depicts airport departures desks with queues of passengers departing New Zealand under screens labelled 'Anywhere But Here' 'Higher Wages' 'Cheaper Housing' 'Lower Costs' 'NZ govet promo tour' a passenger comments "Back to normal, eh?"

Cartoon depicts a mass of large automobiles rushes down a new multi-lane motorway towards a huge fire passing under a sign reading 'Highway Hell' a bystander in hi-vis and helmet comments "It's a much faster smoother ride once we paved it with good intentions" refers to completion of Transmission Gully route near Wellington New Zealand

Cartoon depicts a dudebro labelled 'Hospo' complaining "An upper limit of 200 people inside is killing us" while a medical worker wearing PPE gear labelled 'Hospital' says "An upper limit of 800 people is killing us"

Cartoon depicts kiwis in a 'Poverty' pit claiming "Yes We are getting our freedoms back!" but their escape ladder is too short to reach the top while others celebrate with champagne.

Cartoon depicts sisyphus rolling a covid virus up a hill of bodies labelled 'Cases' with an onlooker shouting encouragement "Keep going- We're almost over the peak"

Cartoon depicts a ramshackle dysfunctional old high carbon economy polluting and shaking itself to destruction is being propped up by government measures of an perspiring Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern & Finance Minister Grant Robertson "When can we stop propping it up? My transformative moment is about to leave" - Green economy bus waiting to depart.

Cartoon depicts a business man frolicing in a ball pit full of covod virus spheres and other people flee or are swamped "Finally we're open for business - hey where are all our customers?"

Cartoon depicts a private club of the world's oligarchs with a voice from outside the opening door announcing "Let's smash the oligarchs and strip their assets” creating a wave of panic and fear among Putin cronies & western oligarchs - tax dodgers - job creators and the rich - refers to sections imposed against Russia Putin & Russian oligarchs over the invasion of Ukraine.

Cartoon depicts Jacinda Ardern standing on the viewing deck of the Beehive building next to parliament saying to Trveor Mallard "Better they stay here under police supervision while the rest of the country get on with their lives"

Cartoon depicts a kiwi bird sitting on the archipeligo of New Zealand surrounded by mountains of skulls each surmounted by flags of countries like Australia USA United Kingdom representing the thousands of people who hvae died of covid19 while a lone figure atop another pile shouts "Hey New Zealand you're doing the pandemic all wrong!" ( see also https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/human-sacrifice-ritual-mass-vaccination/621355/ )

Cartoon depicts a kiwi mountain biker jumping mounds marked 'Alpha' 'Delta' & 'Omicron' titile 'Advanced Pandemic Skills' refers to New Zealand's low death rate from covid pandemic.

Cartoon depicts assistance going to Tonga after a volcanic eruption contrasted with anti-covid public health measure protests by self-proclaimed pastor Brian Tamaki and freedom protestors entitled 'What helps you survive a catastrophe - 'We' not 'Me'