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Cartoon shows a water raft ( labelled 'Climate Commission' ) load of new Zealand citizens about to go over a waterfall while an older man ( Dr Rod Carr - Chairperson ) warns them "You know how we've been drifting along for ages? Well now we need to paddle like stink" while two rocks are labelled with the years 2021 and 2030
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 public health press conference where a covid virus says "What are my plans? Travel obviously - meeting new people - a family christmas- then mutate again over summer" while a sign language interpreter displays signs of panic arms crossed to indicate 'prevent' while Health Ministry head Ashley Bloomfield looks on.
Cartoon depicts a faded retro style motel with people and cars "Welcome to Motel Dystopia - You can check in but you can never leave" referencing the song Hotel California by The Eagles
Cartoon depicts a mudslide or landslide of muddy words on to an information highway swamping a house marked 'NZ"
Man ushers a beautiful woman through security door not noticing two suspicious characters who have gained unauthorised entry...Subtitle: La courtoisie oui la sécurité aussi
Cartoon depicts a man about to enter a door with a security card wearing a sign on his back reading 'I brake for Tailgaters' - 'Security Before courtesy'
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.
Satirical cartoon refers to Stranger Things TV series featuring hacked smart devices- title 'Stranger Internet of Things' A back door has opened in your smart device' Slogan - 'Don't let hackers turn your world upside down - secure all smart devices' also shows a teen hacker.
Cartoon depicts a fisherman in a boat being lured by a hook with a note 'Congratulations you've won a lottery $$$$' on the end of a fishing pole head underwater by a very large fish representing a scammer.
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 man whose phone number is being stolen by a hacker 'Stop your phone number taking flight - stick a PIN Caption - in it.'
Cartoon showing an arched bridge with a gold keystone. The gold keystone is Climate, which supports the other blocks that make up the arch: Food, Health, Jobs, Homes, Affordability, Safety, and Freedom. The gold Climate keystone is being weakened by a crane seizing a chunk of it. A group of people stands on the bridge looking on in dismay. One says, “We should do something!” Another responds, “More paper straws?” The digger that is changing the climate interjects, “The climate has always changed.” Artist Chris Slane @SlaneCartoons, License CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/climate-quest-cartoons
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 a press conference of wealthy men of which one announces "After much study we've come to the conclusion that rich powerful people should just run everything"
Cartoon depicts builder's shorts dropping to reveal bottom cleavage perfectly aligning with t-shirt picture of a woman with breast cleavage.
"Shoudn't You Be Reading More?" asks a father of his son while both watch an action movie on a huge screen.
Cartoon about how many degrees of warming we choose to allow from fossil fuels and other sources of greenhouse gases. A massive billboard advertises three earths. The first earth, labelled “Stable Climate”, is billed as “proven to work for 10,000 years”, but is “sold out by fossil fuels”. The second earth, labelled “Liveable Earth”, requires us to “clean up energy, reduce waste, protect nature”, and we need to “act now, offer closes soon”. The third earth, labelled “Hell Knows!”, tempts us to “pay later, how bad could it be?” In front of the billboard, a man and a girl stand in front of the two earths that we can still choose between. The girl points enthusiastically to a “Liveable Earth”. The man seems undecided as he looks towards a future of “Hell Knows!” His briefcase says “Business as Usual”. Artist Chris Slane @SlaneCartoons, License CC BY-SA 4.0.
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'.
Forms of online abuse used on supporters of gun-control by trolls - NRA - gun lobbyists - far-right extremists - such as rolling,gaslighting,doxing,racism,sealioning,intimidation,hate,speech,cyberbullying,dog-piling,stalking - all drawn as types of automatic guns in a gun shop.
Cartoon depicts the display from an online fantasy game called Climate Quest - 'Join The Quest' open with 'Defeat Fossilosaur' option selected created for Climate Quest - Fossilosaur dragon representing the addiction to fossil fuel reserves, suppliers and associated industries - a player avatar is ready to select options from the game panel such as - vote - join - ask - organize - protest - support - boycott - while other players are wielding various 'eco' powers represented by microphone a sun & green lightning. Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Depicts pipes and a temperature gauge measuring Global Heat going into the red showing city and rural people supporting various measures to lower heat. Cartoon depicts the display from an online fantasy game called Climate Quest - 'Join The Quest' open with 'Defeat Fossilosaur' option selected created for Climate Quest - Fossilosaur dragon representing the addiction to fossil fuel reserves, suppliers and associated industries - a player avatar is ready to select options from the game panel such as - vote - join - ask - organize - protest - support - boycott - while other players are wielding various 'eco' powers represented by microphone a sun & green lightning. Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cartoon depicts one man with a large carbon shadow accuses another man with a smaller carbon shadow "Aha eating a burger eh? So much for saving the planet!" Second man replies "Bro I don't have to be perfect only helpful".License CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cartoon about the history of climate science - The first panel shows the American scientist and inventor Eunice Newton Foote in her conservatory in 1856. Her experiment with a cylinder of air and a cylinder of carbon dioxide is in front of her - She observes “Hmm - this gas would give our earth a high temperature - Fortunately nature is in balance" - On the right we see an oil baron of the same era saying, “Hold my beer!” He is wheeling a dripping barrel labeled “Gigatons of Carbon” and behind him we see a gushing oil well - piles of coal- industrial smokestacks- and methane flaring - subtitle - 'More carbon dioxide = more heating' - Artist Chris Slane @SlaneCartoons - License CC BY-SA 4.0.
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'
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 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 a hacker hiding behind a cutout image of a boss talking to a woman in accounts "Hey - your boss here - I need you to drop everything else and pay this huge bill ASAP!" Woman thinks "Hmmm doesn't sound like my boss" - title - 'Authenticate before you communicate - check for fake email urls. '
Cartoon depicts NZGreen Party leader James Shaw as James Bond 'COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference - No time to die' "The name's Shaw - James Shaw - Save a room in MIQ for the planet"
