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Cartoon depicts two creatures a tetrapod evolves by placing one foot out of the primeval sludge on to dry land while a fish relative sneers "Elitist!"
Cartoon shows boss behind a bid desk announcing to female assistant "I've solved the gender-pay gap - lower. male rates to female levels"
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 planet earth covered with rising dollar signs with someone in New Zealand asks "Why hasn't the government fixed inflation yet?"
"It's all a big white wash and the leader of their party should resign immediately" announces leader of the opposition Simon Bridges about the government while overlooking his own party scandals - accompanied by a mob of meerkats representing his own party members who photobomb any video interview with their leader.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern holds baby Neve up in the manner of the Lion King movie - "Behold the great media circuit of life".
"Please sir Can I have some wellbeing?" asks a waif standing on a street corner next to a cardboard box marked 'NZ' while holding out a begging plate towards New Zealand's Minister of Finance Grant Robertson...wellbeing,economy,NZLabour,poverty,welfare,mental health,social deficit,investment,kindness,NZpol,budget,
Cartoon shows a circle of wolves on a moonlit night all sniffing each others' bottoms - referencing the shared philosophies of right-wing terror attacks.
"A polluter tax - Damn - I only bought this expensive SUV so I could park on the berm and avoid a parking fine" says the driver of an large utility ute as a council parking officer glides past on an e-scooter.
Proper Regulation - That's it -we're outta here - shooting through right now-so long -hooroo ya gonna miss us - er can you help me with this bag?" announces the ANZ man sweatily attempting to drag a huge bag marked $2bn profit away while an official from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand looks on.
“The builders just told me they'll all be finished by Christmas" announces housing minister Phil Twyford to Jacinda Ardern infront of a sign labelled 'Kiwibuild' while a lone inactive bulldozer sits in the middle of a vast area of undeveloped land.
Cartoon shows Housing Minister Megan Woods at the bottom of the ocean badly patching up a sunken wreck named 'Kiwibuild' and pronouncing "Rest Done".
"It's entirely legal" states one National Party fisherman to a second while believing they caught a good fish instead it is actually the tip of a tongue belonging to a giant sea serpent labelled 'Foreign Political Influence'.
"It's stuck on lane detection mode - and won't let me cross to either side" says Labour leader and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as her bus labelled 'Labour' drives down the middle of the road - Whanganui sign at side indicates the location of the party conference.
Image of violent storm clouds landslides floods and volcanic eruptions on left and right sides parting to reveal sunny clear skies with a famous motto altered to read 'Keep Calm and Carry On Kiwi'.
Cartoon shows two political candidates in the New Zealand elections in a tv debate joined by the Covid19 virus who says "Speaking as the only transformative candidate I say open the borders - ban the masks".
Cartoon shows National and Act party leaders freefalling towards Mt Eden elctorate "Just remember who's wearing the parachute Mr Showoff" warns the larger Judith Collins.
Comic strip about global warming denialists who believe they are modern day geniuses.
Comic strip about global warming denialists who believe they are modern day geniuses.
Comic strip about global warming denialists who believe they are modern day geniuses.
"I'm worried our goverment here is bad for business" says one businessman to another standing on a map of New Zealand while a large truck is driven by Trump over a cliff on to them...Published Listener online 10 August 2018..Politics cartoon p.13 "I'm worried our government is bad for business.".Commission Number.C157EF31 .Invoice From.SLANE CARTOONS LIMITED (Vendor 0000000136) .Publication/Scheduled Issue.1834 - NZ Listener Aug 18 - 24 2018
Man struggling to carry heavy buckets of slime labelled 'Vile' and 'Views' is saying "Must Show Everyone How Bad My Enemies Are" towards a fountain of slime with a Twitter logo - illustrates an Iranian proverb that says :
"To provide water for (turning) the enemy's mill"
Cartoon shows man ranting that "unfair - being forced to witness your demonstration of superior bravery and integrity"
Cartoon shows a small herd of fearful wildebeest on a savannah encircled by lions and one says "Let's open up to big cats - I'm sure we will reach herd immunity eventually"
Cartoon shows the Republican Party elephant recovering from a hangover ins an alleyway saying "What a bender -can't remember a thing - hope I'm not held responsible for anything I did" while a dumpster labelled 'Trump Years burns nearby and a donkey democrat street cleaner looks on aghast.
Cartoon shows Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson of the New Zealand Government choosing packages or presents for Christmas peering through a window at a factory - "I want that on" says Ardern - referring to a package labelled 'Transformative Change' while Roberston says "Wait - the next one might be even better" - it is labelled 'Incremental Change' while a third rumpled box is labelled 'Business as Usual'.
Cartoon shows super yachts labelled 'Super Profitable Kiwi Companies' and 'Bonuses 4 CEOs' all partying and floating on a rising sea of government money labelled 'Covid Subsidy' while small businesses struggle in life saver rings.
Cartoon depicts a kiwi bird with bad teeth "Free dental health? I'm not paying for other people's teeth. That's socialism"
Cartoon shows a auto garage in which Jacinda Ardern repairing a large damaged car labelled 'NZ' (New Zealand). Refers to the legacy of structural deficit faced by Jacinda Ardern’s governments.
"The 2017-20 government was more a repair shop than an innovative enterprise of deep reform. It focused on plugging the $11.7 billion hole left by National in 2017 in health services, education, public housing and welfare benefits and "child poverty reduction" – and in the buildings and other infrastructure those services need.” - Colin James
Caption - West Coast Regional council claims science on global warming not settled - news -"The sea temperature always has these warm patches" says on of a group of suited white men standing in yellow stained seawater.
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,
"I suggest taking an immediate stake in small warm furry creature futures" says a chief executive dinosaur to a boardroom table surrounded by other dinosaurs. as a giant meteor enters the atmosphere outside the buiding looking over a primeval landscape of the Cretaceous period.
Cartoon shows boss behind a bid desk announcing to female assistant "I've solved the gender-pay gap - lower. male rates to female levels"
'Meet the sub-editor' announces a sign in a book shop under the table behind which sits a grumpy male book editor wearing a vest. No one is lining up to greet him.
Cartoon depicts a long pole labelled LOGIMA used by the public to gain entry to a local council meeting closed to the public.
Cartoon depicts an hot lights police-style interview room with two peolple italking a third - a woman says - "I'm good ombudsman he's bad ombudsman" a big tough guy looks menacingly at a smaller man on the other side of a table.
Cartoon depicts a series of increasingly perilous high hoops for a small person to jump through to make an information request.
Cartoon depicts a man pulling large bags to an ombudsman's office "I've bought all my FOI requests for you"
"Theres just so much personal information with databases."
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"Experts are divided on whether Rome is actually getting warmer" "This is a natural cycle - rise -decline- fall -sacking" "The alarmists have vested interests in aqueducts".says romans to an complacentemporer playing the lute or fiddle...Rome,Romans,fire,burning,global,warming,denier,denialism,climate,crisis,warnings,science,Nero,inaction,alarmist,