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Cartoon depicts two tunnel entrances one for motor vehicles the other for trains. Headline is '2050.' Two miners are standing between one commenting "These tunnels are perfect now we all must live underground" The sky is smoky yellow in colur and meagre vegetation is scorched.
Cartoon depicts a blue scorpion labelled N for National and resembling leader Christopher Luxon riding on the back of a frog labelled 'Labour & Greens' saying "Trust me. Why would I renew on climate? We would both drown". They are attempting to swim to the side of the boiling pot over a fire. Refers to National plans to keep agriculture off the ETS until 2030, to give farmers more time before paying for emissions.
'Overton Windows'. Cartoon depicts a red and blue coloured political landscape signposted as left, centre and right. One giant green rainbow coloured window frame containing a green ecological low carbon 'survivable future' landscape with a Maori woman ( Marama Davidson - Green Party ) calling "Come with us if you want to live." Dressed in a red shirt the leader of Labour Party Chris Hipkins, sword in hand, is standing on top of the hill labelled 'Majority of Voters'. He is sparring with leader of National Party Chris Luxon dressed in a blue shirt, who is retreating to the right of the centre. A sign on the downward slope to the right is labelled 'Business As Usual'. On the far right a small gold coloured window frame is labelled 'UBER-RICH SURVIVAL' . It contains a luxury boat travelling through a flooded suburban landscape. This window frame is being lifted into the air by a helicopter blade with a wealthy man in a top hat ascending a ladder. It is David Seymour leader of the Act party is holding a champagne glass calling "Not all of you can come with us, SOZ!". An Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time aka 'window of discourse'
Cartoon depicts a steampunk style futuristic workshop hangar with a bright earth sphere in the centre with New Zealand & Australia foremost also connected to a tangle of pipes and cables. A set of stairs leads to a door open in the south island of New Zealand indicated by a female scientist saying "This is a space-time machine. We can all use it to travel into the future, but only if..." A man in a blue suit interrupts with "We take it out a few burnouts and donuts? Yeehaw! Voom Voom!"
Cartoon depicts aerial view of forestry slash detritus from the floods of cyclone Gabrielle having washed away a bridge and flooded vineyards on the east coast of New Zealand - heading : 'Wrong Tree Wrong Place' a counterpoint to the recent public awareness campaign 'Right tree right place'.
Cartoon depicts an exotic moth bug tasting porridge marked Florida Sweden NZ "Too hot...Too Cold... Mmm just right" says the insect - title: 'Global Warming & The Invasive Species - a future tale'
Cartoon depicts a distressed dairy farmer pointing to tiny leak in his milk tank while a repair guy says "I thought you said it was an emergency" refers to fear that if New Zealand farming sector reduces emissions then other nations will make up that production gap with less sustainable food.
Cartoon depicts a road bridge smashed by forestry slash wreckage with road cones and tape marked 'Environnmental Crime Scene' as a police stand watch.
Cartoon depicts PM Chris Hipkins and minister of finance minister Grant Robertson standing on a broken stopbank labelled 'Disaster Budget' watching floods from cyclone Gabrielle rush through saying "we need to build back better safer and a wee bit higher"
Cartoon depicts planet earth viewed from space above New Zealand which says "We're too small to make a difference" while a huge cyclone cloud ( Gabrielle ) replying "you still matter to me"
Cartoon depicts a farmer dad standing next to his daughter by a stream while viewing a colour coded sunrise representing 'Average Global Temp 1850 - 2018 saying to his 'Red sky in the morning shepherds warning..." Originally created by climatologist Ed Hawkins to show blue (cooler) to red (warmer) years long-term increase of average global temperature.
"Everything on this one" says a middle aged pale male denialist as he pushes all his chips on to the square marked 'best case scenario' - "no more bets" says the figure of death labelled 'climate change' - while a blond woman holds the arm of the big spender.
"Releasing carbon off-setting seeds now..." announces the captain of large jet airliner as bomb bay doors open to drop millions of tiny seeds.
Cartoon depicts a granfather sitting in his recliner chair with a grand-daughter sitting on his kee asking "So pops what did you do in the great covid pandemic?" he answers "I denied its existence -refused to wear a mask - attended mass-spreader events - harassed doctors - peddled quack cures - tied up scarce health resources - complained about inconvenience - yep my medal should be arriving any day" Title - '2030'
"It's ridiculous to ban set-netting just to save a few midget dolphins" says captain of a fishing boat on the edge of a giant waterfall at the end of the world marked 'Anthropocene Mass-Extinction'.
Publication/Scheduled Issue 1927 - NZ Listener Jun 29-Jul 5 2019
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 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"
Cartoon depicts two frames 'Today' features a boardroom CEO saying "Acknowledge climate change? Ha -over our dead bodies!" as his fellow exucutives laugh -'2050' shows a graveyard eroded by storm waters bodies floating away "Oh no floods have uncovered the boomers again"
Cartoon depicts a three-storied building marooned in flood waters labelled 'Climate Change' -"Just as well we allowed buildings to go to three stories when we did" says a man on the third floor.
Cartoon shows man selling old window frames in a demolition yard with a sign labelled 'Just in - Windows 1900'
Cartoon shows a man labelled 'NZ' carrying a larger pile of broken appliances to a waste heap saying to a woman carrying a small rubbish basket "We're chucking out way above our weight"
Cartoon shows a nervous businessman as a female repair worker takes out a large spanner from a 'De-construction kit' box as they both contemplate a dirty machine spewing polluted fluids and gases ou labelled 'Mass consumerism & waste'
"Everything on this one" says a middle aged pale male denialist as he pushes all his chips on to the square marked 'best case scenario' - "no more bets" says the figure of death labelled 'climate change' - while a blond woman holds the arm of the big spender.