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Cartoon depicts a Birthday Cake made of a candle, mud, slash and flood debris. "Too much on our plate" observes a bystander. Title: Cyclone Gabrielle - one year on.'

Cartoon depicts pigs eating swill from a tough marked 'Appointments' heads down with their bottoms in the air. 16 Feb 2002

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

Cartoon depicts Helen Clark stepping up via the face down form of Jenny Shipley to a pedestal labelled 'NZ's first elected female PM'. "Thanks for removing gender as a issue, Jenny." 11 Dec 1999

Cartoon depicts a pagan ceremony with a priestess ( Jenny Shipley ) holding two bloody knives before a large, angry skull-like stone idol (the Market ) surrounded by skulls. A volcano is erupting in the background. "Who among us has yet to make sacrifice?" The crowd of peasants point to each other. 17 Oct 1998

Cartoon depicts an man reading a newspaper and outraged by the headline 'Public servants sell data to credit agencies' He: "How dare they profit from selling other people's private information!" Frame 2 reveals he is the CEO of 'Newscartel'. Man 2: "that's our job" Man 1: "Exactly!"

"WHAT WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY IS STRONG LEADERSHIP ...
CRUEL LEADERSHIP.
BRUTAL LEADERSHIP
PITILESS LEADERSHIP
DAMN M.M.P. "
Strong Leadership - right-wingers crave domination by strong, first past the post style government,( cruel, harsh, inhumane) leadership. Listener 15 Aug 1998

Cartoon depicts 4 t-shirts with slogans:
I'VE BEEN BEFORE THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE

THIS SPACE TO LET

JUST INCORRECT

M.P. FOR THE INTERNET

Title: 'T-SHIRTS OF THE FAR RIGHT '

Listener 6 June 1998

Cartoon depicts 6 panels with a heading 'Reform - it never goes quite far enough - some sectors WE would like to see broken up and subject to real competition...
• BREWERY GIANTS ( Storage vats of $ )
• MEGA LAW FIRMS "YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE APPOINTED IMEETING AS COMPANY DIRECTORS TO PUBLIC UTILITIES " ( massed partners )
• TREASURY ( Robots )
• NZ CRICKET TEAM (Wickets taken out )
• BUSINESS ROUND TABLE "FROM NOW ON IT'S THE BUSINESS OCCASIONAL TABLES. "
• AUSTRALIA "HAVE SOME WATERFRONT REFORM YA SMUG BASTARDS." ( Says map of NZ to Australia )
Refers to quote from Guardian 1981? "It has been suggested that the Government (UK) is hooked by Prof J Kenneth Galbraith's advice "Please, whatever you do, don't give up, or Milton Friedman will be able to say it would have worked if only you had kept going." Listener 9 May 1998

Cartoon depicts a large yacht sailing the Hauraki Gulf with rich men drinking champagne. "Tax cuts - such a fantastic incentive to greater investment and productivity!" 5 Dec 1998

Cartoon depicts an election asteroid heading for PM Jenny Shipley and her legislative deregulation of ACC deregulation, ID Cards, Producer Boards half-built messy construction site for the Shipley Years Memorial. 28 Nov 1998

Cartoon depicts a bloated tick labelled 'Expatriate Profits' on the back of a starved cow with markings showing a map of New Zealand.

Cartoon depicts businessmen rifling through the pockets of a government minister extracting cash. 15 may 1998

"Remember you are power companies - competing lowering prices - no gouging consumers" - says Max Bradford as he is about to unlock redoeo gates with ferocious bulls panting to charge out into the arena like wounded bulls. ( 24 April 1998 )

18 Jul 1998

"You have to admit - there's no problem defining their policy direction" comments one peasant to another as four horsemen of the apocalypse sweep humanity into the maws of death.

Cartoon depicts barbarians sacking Rome "We prefer to call ourselves change managers" says one barbarianas elephants knock down corinthian columns. 7 Nov 1998

"At least tax cuts have put more money in our pockets, eh?" asks a well-dressed man to a woman as they walk down a street in the post-apocalyptic ruins of welfare - manufacturing - industry - health - infrastructure, education, etc ( 11 Sep 1999 )

"Don't look around says National leader John Key to finance minister Bill English both carrying signs labelled 'Less Regulation' & 'Tax Cuts' as global financial system collapses behind them consisting of American banks such as AIG - Lehman Brothers - Merrill Lynch - Fannie Mae - Freddie Mac + greed + Wall Street... 20 September, 2008

A Venn diagram shows 3 intersecting circles labelled Hilary-Incompetence and Trump with the intersecting into incompetence labelled 'Email' for Hilary and for Trump - 'Hotels-vodka-steak-business-temperament tax paying-charity-policy-truth',
2016

'National's $1bn Housing Investment' shows a prison building with narrow windows and the heads of inmates peeping out.

"Don't worry it's just politics" comments an apathetic man to a startled woman as behind him the earth collapses into the abyss of armageddon.

Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Finance, Bill English, in a canoe underwater. English is paddling a sunken canoe labelled NZ. The word deficit appears in the water below the canoe. Key is pulling on English, trying to bring the canoe up to the surface. English says, "We're on course to be out of this by 2016." Refers to comments by English that the government will not return to surplus before 2016. Key has stated that he'd like to see a government surplus sooner than that. (Radio New Zealand, 10 May 2013)

Shows Prime Minister John Key standing on a red carpet in front of the entrance to 'National's Casino Economy Conventions', surrounded by glitzy Las Vegas-style signs: 'Revisit the '80s', 'No social cost', '1000s of jobs', 'Buy shares', 'Mining', 'No environmental impact', and 'Last night: Aaron Gilmore in "Utu"'. Refers to a 35 year deal signed between the government and SkyCity Entertainment group. In return for operating a $400 million convention centre in Auckland, SkyCity will receive an exclusive casino licence. Aaron Gilmore is a former list MP for the National Party who resigned in May 2013, and vowed 'utu' or revenge on his enemies.--Alexander Turnbull Library

Cartoon depicts a kiwi mānuka tree holding an Ancestry DNA report on mānuka, showing it to an Australian t-tree acrosss the Tasman Sea. The Australian tree has corks dangling from it's branches and says "Crikey, cobbe. We're not brothers after all? Who'da thought!"

Cartoon depicts the historic signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, with an additional appearance by David Seymour who is crawling from under the table to add an additional section to the treaty document. "Subject to any future changes that a tiny minority might want for any reason at all - Ka-Ching!" Title: The Treaty Reneger'

Cartoon depicts Anna Nelson the first woman elected to chair a major NZ meatwork company squeezing between a group of male meat execs at Silver Fern Farms to chair the big chair, saying "One in a hundred year event incoming"

Cartoon depicts a vet helping a cow to dliver her calf. A drone says "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Do you want me to play 'Push it' by Salt-N-Pepa?" Newsflash 'Vets to get Ai app'

Singing In The Rain
Australian and New Zealand farmers rejoice at rain falling. Refers to Gene Kelly scene.

Lack of rain previously forced Australian farmers to downsize herds on to a flooded market. World prices fell.

Cartoon depicts an audience of grumpy critics holding note books and pens entitled 'Night Of The Living Reviewers' ( They hate you,they hate themselves, they hate everyone, but most of all they hate to PAY!'

Cartoon depicts a section of bookshelves labelled 'Travel' rolling away on their own.

Illustration depicts Maui wishing for eternal life.
from the book 'Maui Legends of the Outcast'
By Chris Slane & Robert Sullivan

Cartoon depicts NZ PM Christopher Luxon as tDr Seuss's The Grinch appearing in a chimney to steal presents from sleeping children. "Sorry Kids, I need all these for our poor, poor landlords. Gifts are labelled 'Fair Pay' 'Free prescriptions' 'Te Reo Signs' 'RMA Reforms' 'Worker Rights' 'Jobs'. Refers to cost cutting and other measures to claw back savings for tax cuts allowing landlords to deduct mortgage interest costs they pay on rental income retrospectively, in effect a reverse Robin Hood” tax move that would enrich the 346 largest landlords by nearly $500 million over five years." - Council of Trade Unions’ economist Craig Renney. https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350096254/some-landlords-will-pay-110000-less-tax-over-15-years-under-nationals-tax-policy

Cartoon depicts National Party Prime Minister of New Zealand's 3 party coalition dressed as a clown wearing long shoes as he is tripping over the skull of smokers ( refers to plans to cancel the smokefree target and repeal legislation). Luxon's head has struck a bee's nest labelled 'Tiriti O Waitangi' from which angry bees fly to sting him on the ass. His top hat falls off labelled '7 Houses'. He is about to fall face first into budget custard while crying profuse clown tears "Why can't I get a break?" he whimpers plaintively.

Cartoon depicts newNational Party agriculture minister Todd McClay clay pigeon shooting with each target signifying a policy they are considering getting rid of .

Freshwater Standards
Methane targets
Ute tax
Resource Management Act

Bystander: Um Todd, "who is picking up the pieces?"
Heading: 'The Great McClay Pigeon Shoot'

Cartoon depicts a cigarette packet open at a bach label says "NOT smoking may endanger the wealth of our tax cuts" 'NACTNZF coalition' Yachts cruise a blue sea.

Cartoon depicts a tank blasting Gaza to pieces commanded by Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. He turns to an embarrassed Uncle Sam standing near the old ruins of Afghanistan & Iraq, saying "This is how you fight terrorism right, Uncle?"

Cartoon depicts two cows with 'judge' written on their T-shirts viewing a computer screen. A website is called BumbleBulls.com featuring a photo of a bull named 'Arapuni Pride'. Love heart icons float above the cows. Headline: 'NZ bull wins champion of the world - news'