Cartoon depicts the inetrior of a New Zealand rescue flight leaving Afghanistan - label on one wall reads 'NZ's military involvemet with 10 crosses representing lives of kiwi soldiers lost - label on the seats are labelled 'NZ's 1500 refugee quota' on mostly empty chairs.
Cartoon shows a peace dove being sucked into a jet engine labelled ‘Approved by AirNZ ethics dept’
Cartoon shows an avalanche of looming issues falling toward Jacinda Ardern who is successfully pushing away a large Covid19 virus saying “Geeze imagine if we hadn’t gone hard early”
Cartoon depicts a rock concert called 'Wellbeing Budget 2021 - Labour' with finance minister Grant Robertson as lead guitarist and PM Jacinda Ardern as lead vocalist asking a sea of hands "You want us to crowd surf?" Crowd replies "No -more funding" Placards read Health - Education - Increase Benefits -Climate Action - Pharmac.
Cartoon depicts Australia and New Zealand in covid-free bubbles with Australian government minister Dutton saying "Why do you keep bursting your bubble?" as he punctures trans-Tasman relations bubble leaving a kiwi bird labelled '501's indicated forced returnees repatriated to New Zealand.
Cartoon depicts a factory machine manufacturing a line Nation Party Candidates who all are balding clones helplessly falling off a conveyor belt into a helpless heap "Hmm perhaps we should vary the shade of grey in the tank.
Cartoon depicts a factory machine manufacturing a line Nation Party Candidates who all are balding clones helplessly falling off a conveyor belt into a helpless heap "Hmm perhaps we should vary the shade of grey in the tank.
Cartoon depicts a castle door opened by a greedy aristocrat reaching through the gate portcullis for money calling out to King Boris Johnson "All clear now sir - I'll reopen the gates" while covid viruses lie in ambush waiting to to rush inside.
Cartoon depicts a castle door opened by a greedy aristocrat reaching through the gate portcullis for money calling out to King Boris Johnson "All clear now sir - I'll reopen the gates" while covid viruses lie in ambush waiting to to rush inside.
Cartoon depicts a giant red-brick SUV on a car yard shaped like a castle- "The super-ute offers unparalleled safety features like a drawbridge and moat" says a salesman to a group of buyers.
Cartoon shows finance minister Grant Robertson calling out to New Zealanders climbing a cliff labelled 'Climate Change' 'Housing Affordability' 'Inequality' "Don't worry I've commissioned a new report"
Cartoon shows Maori Party MP Rawiri Waititi saying "How's this colonial tie, Mr Speaker?" wearing a chain and ball labelled 'Colonial History'
Cartoon shows 'Hotel Rona' surrounded by orange road cones with Minister Chris Hipkins saying "Fixed it" to Jacinda Ardern.
Cartoon depicts Covid Escape Room with NZ PM Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson being told "OK team you get one year to solve the puzzles and get out before the water floods the room" as they contemplate doors labelled 'Better Health System' 'Open Borders Death & Hospital Collapse' 'More Lockdowns' '>90% vaccinated' 'New MIQ Facilities' 'Quick Saliva Tests' and water flows labelled 'Climate Change'
Cartoon depicts a large maze labelled 'Covid Maze' with people moving towards a relatively straight forward pathway leading to the exit 'Vaccine 90+' via 'Masks' 'Lockdowns' 'Social Distancing' avoiding dead-ends and side paths labelled 'Open Borders' 'Plan B' 'Hospital Overload' 'Ice cream' ( Judith Collins ) 'No Vax' 'No Lock Downs'
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 an office building under assault from bombs and missiles labelled with various forms of cyber attack - malware phish ransomware scam virus deep fakes -an exec says "It's a massive cyber attack but don't worry we have plenty of backup - pencils and carrier pigeons"
Cartoon depicts an office building under assault from bombs and missiles labelled with various forms of cyber attack - malware phish ransomware scam virus deep fakes -an exec says "It's a massive cyber attack but don't worry we have plenty of backup - pencils and carrier pigeons"
Cartoon depicts a scene from the film Dracula where the Demter arrives in port - caption is 'If Dracula's ship arrived at the port of Tauranga today' while a man dressed in Victorian clothes at the dock says "yes there is a demonic plague on board but don't worry - two of our stevedores wear garlic cloves around their necks" and rats run loose and bats circle overhead.
Cartoon depicts multiple houses floating into the sky lifted by golden balloons with dollar signs - "Sorry kids but we don't want to deflate the economy right now" explains Minister of Finance Grant Robertson as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shrugs her shoulders - the turf under the house is labelled 'Capital Gains'
Cartoon shows a chaos of giant rusty gears with cobwebs -title - 'In the housing control room' levers are labelled 'capital gains tax' 'debt to loan ratio' 'interest rates' 'RMA' 'capital gains loophole' "Wow these levers are so rusty" notes Grant Robertson while Jacinda Ardern asks "Got any CRC?" David Parker hangs on to a smaller new lever marked 'Reform'
Cartoon depicts a couple of hikers viewing a glacier-like flow of aircraft and cars crowding up a mountain valley. Caption 'News - glaciers melting faster' https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/441435/new-zealand-s-glaciers-melting-faster-thinning-by-1-point-5m-a-year
Cartoon depicts 'Holiday Hide N Seek' on a map of New Zealand with Covid opening the door from Auckland startling all the humans hiding around the country.