Cartoon depicts two antiquated biplanes representing parties of the right wing in New Zealand. In a nimble yellow plane Act party leader David Seymour climbs ahead. In a rumpty blue National plane the pilot Christopher Luxon shouts to Nicola Willis "Oh no, he's gaining. Quickly, dump all our saner policies." Dutifully, Willis jettisons five bulky bags labelled 'Farming Accord' 'Lower emissions' 'Housing accord, centrist policies' 'Maori'
Cartoon depicts a masked nicotine businessman making off with bags of profits under the civer of a law and order debate
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 a bailey bridge built from successive government budgets replacing old underfunded infrastructure destroyed by climate disasters storms floods resulting from weather events and covid19 pandemic - a digger is lowering the 2023 section into place driven by Labour finance minister Grant Robertson while leader of the opposition National party Chris Luxon has stepped out of his car to comment "I'd fill that hole with tax cuts and receipts" Title is 'Bailey Bridge'
Cartoon depicts waka canoes representing New Zealand political parties including Maori , Labour,National,Greens, thwarted egos. "If the music stops and you're not prime minister you can launch another waka" notes an observer.
Cartoon depicts ants looking up at a group of tall poppies one of whom says "Sorry tall poppies don't pay as much tax as worker ants."
Cartoon depicts a large kangaroo lifting a boot off a flattened kiwi "Aww sorry I didn't see you there mate" kiwi gives a ragged thumbs up - refers to announcement of a pathway to citizenship agreement for New Zealanders living in Australia.
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 a wealthy supermarket owner in a top hat laughing and running away pushing a overloaded trolley overflowing with money bags labelled 'excessive profits' while saying "Our absolute priority remains making sure the food on our shelves is as affordable as possible for our customers" & " Mwa-hahaha!" while a Commerce Commission security guard ineffectually calls "Hey!" - title: 'Snatch & Grab Raider'
Cartoon depicts a tug of war between promoters of lush green economic growth such as a businessman - Minister of Finance Grant Robertson - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins versus on the desolate contraction side of the line Govenor of the Resrve Bank Governor Adrian Orr - President of Russia Vladimir Putin - a large covid19 virus with a flower in the middle of athe rope knot.
Cartoon depicts a politician production line conveyor belt loaded with gormless politicians skulls open ready for implants while a pink-haired scientist inserts a chip "To avoid them saying more dumb stuff we're installing the latest version of AI chatbot"
Cartoon depicts an
amusement or carnival ride named 'Leader Screamer - politics in a pandemic' with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern staggering away thinking "Helluva ride!" refers to her decision to step down from office. In background are Boris Johnson and Donald Trump vomiting.
Cartoon depicts a small sauna pool labelled 'Culture Wars' crowded with right of centre and far right politicians while Winston Peters is jumping in from a NZFirst high diving board "Yoo hoo - miss me?"
Cartoon depicts lobbyists ientering an exiting the revolving door at Government ( Beehive) while earning themselves to bags of cash
Cartoon depicts a construction scene full of heavy earthmoving vehicles labelled 'Private Sector' 'Private Enterprise' 'Expert Policy Co' 'Consultant Engineers' 'Private Sector' 'IT Co' etc all busily moving large bags of money away from the beehive from which a voice explains "Honey they shrunk the government" as they build hospitals and reconstruction work - refers to gopvernment engagement of consultants and other private firms carrying out tasks once were part of the state sector like the Ministry of Works.
Cartoon depicts a hot-air balloon labelled 'Bread & Butter Issues' flown by Labour Prime Minister Chris Hipkins going up by casting off green bags of sand labelled 'Green Policies' and saying to an alarmed Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson "There - now go differentiate yourselves' while in the background a deflated National Party hot-air balloon labelled 'Tax Cuts' plummets - refers to Labour dropping the clean car upgrade,social leasing scheme,alcohol reform, a container-return scheme, speed limit reviews, a public transport improvement programme, Auckland light rail,Vote 16 legislation,election,
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 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 the cliff below houses collapsed revealling bare rock labelled 'Climate Change' one of the houses represents New Zealand government Beehive & parliament labelled 'Current Policy Settings'
Cartoon depicts Auckland deluge of rain landing in a myriad of buckets labelled 'Excuses' 'Insults' 'Sneers''Evasions' 'Fluffs' 'Anger' 'Back-tracking' 'Lack of Judgement' 'Blunders' 'Scorn' 'Lack of Judgement' 'Evasions' 'Spin' 'Crankiness' 'Ego' ''Tennis' while Mayor Wayne Brown tries to pass a bucket labelled 'The Buck' and says "Sorry Drongos I'm too busy rushing out my own buckets"
Cartoon depicts a malfunctioning messy factory closed for repair labelled 'capitalism' with egg and CO2 shortages oil refining function closure plus air travel luggage chaos all closed for repair while a businessman rails against the situation exclaiming bitterly "Government why are you doing this to me?"