Earlier 2023
Cartoon depicts Halloween night children visiting a house demanding trick or treat. Some are wearing scary outfits but all are carrying signs with various scams. 'Utility bill final demand pay now' 'Your package has shipped' 'Link to bank' 'Pay 4 Facebook Market Place purchase' IT Help we take bitcoin or gift card'One older kid announces :"Digital trick or treat".
Cartoon depicts a corridor in parliament. A group of politicians are stopped in their tracks by the sight of ninjas clinging to the ceiling. David Seymour looking up comments "Holy fringe ninjas! Extremists are infiltrating mainstream parties". Christopher Luxon comments "Please don't post anything crazy!" Winston Peters throws his hands in the air in gesture akin to surprised surrender. Christopher Hipkins comments "Until after the election." Marama Davidson and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer look alarmed. Refers to revelations of party candidates with fringe beliefs embarrassing mainstream political parties during an election campaign, particularly ACT, NZFirst and National.
Cartoon depicts a group of Halloween night children visiting a house demanding trick or treat. Some are wearing scary outfits but all are carrying signs with various scams. 'Utility bill final demand pay now' 'Your package has shipped' 'Link to bank' 'Pay 4 Facebook Market Place purchase' IT Help we take bitcoin or gift card'One older kid announces :"Digital trick or treat".
Cartoon depicts two graphs depicted as piles of cash spent over recent economic history in New Zealand from 2008 to 2023. "Worst finance minister in history!" Chris Luxon accuses Grant Robertson of being responsible for a mound of total crown expenses as a % of GDP around 2021. Signs include Covid, Ukraine, Cost of Living Crisis. He surprises Bill English who sits next to higher pile incurred after the 2008, signes read: GFC, tax cuts, (bailouts), austerity and Christchurch earthquakes. Box: Source Treasury data 1972-2022, PREFU 2023 ) Cartoon was based on a graph: https://twitter.com/labourcartel/status/1700986659435852219?s=46&t=PxHeK1CgZble5h_mErtKVg ( That graph used figures from https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/information-release/data-fiscal-time-series-historical-fiscal-indicators )
Cartoon depicts a Canadian Mountie at a border post 'Welcome To Canada' having chopped down a tree across the road labelled 'Unlawful Trade Barrier'. He is saying "Ooops! Sorry, heh." to a Fonterra milk tanker. and driver labelled 'NZ Dairy' News: 'Canada ordered to abide by free trade rules'
Canada has been given a rap over the knuckles for ignoring a free trade agreement with NZ for dairy produce. They favoured their own suppliers. https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/markets/win-for-nz-and-the-process-in-canada-ruling/
Cartoon depicts Act party leader David Seymour viewing giant statues in the 'Hall Of Fame: World Humanitarians' including Nelson Mandela, Kate Sheppard, Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Tereasa Martin Luther King (jr), Oscar Schindler etc "I'll be your leader" proclaims David Seymour. Refers to Seymur's claim that 'If Nelson Mandela was alive today, he would be campaigning for ACT'. https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/350069175/what-would-jesus-do-polls
Caricature of Bruce Slane, former Privacy Commissioner, RadioNZ Panel guest, co-founder of lobby group 'Save The Farms', Tissue Bank advisor,
Cartoon depicts a farmer and his son reading Farmers Weekly. The son is blowing a party whistle. "Honk!"
Cartoon depicts an obese 'corporate' pig in a suit wearing a white shirt splattered with debris easing his belt labelled 'Tax Relief' after ingesting gross amounts of cash from a plate labelled 'Pandemic Profits'. "Phew, finally some relief for the squeezed middle." Title Greedflation'
Cartoon depicts a lone disappointed kiwi farmer and his dog at the trade entrance of the great wall of China, upon which hangs a sign 'Back in 2024'. Headine reads 'News: China's Economic Recovery Stalled'
Cartoon depicts two sheep watching a topdressing plane spraying "Phosphate time again?" "Gold dust -it's cheaper"
Cartoon depicts a newly born lamb on a snowy hill side asking "So is spring normally this white?"
Cartoon depicts an avocado monument to Northland ( Te Tai Tokelau ) New Zealand "Good good but is it bigger than that damn kiwifruit?"
Cartoon depicts a street outside a display window of a real estate agent selling city fringe sections for new housing on valuable agricultural soils as a shopper gapes at the prices in fruit and vegtable shop with broccoli at $25 each
Cartoon depicts a farmer and dog standing under a tree above flooded farm feilds as wreckage flows downstream in the rain "Council? Hey about that grazing plan-" he says into his phone.
Cartoon depicts a foreign buyer hiking the hill country saying to a farmer "I'm a wool buyer - Is this the way to find the legendary shrek-merino breed?"
Cartoon depicts a large unmanned vehicle harvesting grapes while a farmer comments "turns out these are the droids we are looking for"
Cartoon depicts awards for Carbon Factor Sequestration Awards with first prize going to a pine tree while a kowhai gets last place
Cartoon depicts a farmer skiing behind a tractor with the heading 'Haymaking starts late due to wet weather - News'
Cartoon depicts animals with placards protesting against the government's plans for inclusion of farming sectors in greenhouse gas reduction plans
Cartoon depicts a farmer surrounding a cattle water trough with electric fencing talking to his puzzled cows "The govmnt is coming for your water girls but not on my watch"
Cartoon depicts day weed triffids doing battle with gound cover plants 'Herbs Vs Weeds orchard trial -news' "Forget poison - let the ground covers fight it out with the weeds" cries a farmer as two people flee - referrs to research into growing ground cover plants under orchard trees to stop weeds growing -
https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/herbs-take-on-weeds-in-orchard-trial/
