Earlier 2023
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 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 a farmer on his rooftop with a stellite dish Starlink looking up at a line of satellites in the night sky "Twinkle Twinkle little starlink. What I wonder is how you're so cheap and reliable?" Skylink is giving farmers a big discount on its satellite broadband services, local providers a bit miffed
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 a Beef & Lamb NZ meeting with the presentation on 'He Waka Eke Noa emmissions agreement ' with speaker asking "Any comments from the floor?" almost everyone in the audience has their hands in the air.
Cartoon depicts a family visiting a farm to pick their own fruit but the farmer says "Summer fruit? Haven't seen them in years"
Cartoon depicts lobbyists ientering an exiting the revolving door at Government ( Beehive) while earning themselves to bags of cash
"I only told a few friends" claims a man on a computer connected to a multitude of friends.
Man on beach unaware of people taking photos exclaims: "It's so good to get away from it all."
Medieval soldiers charge with battering ram. One soldier cautions: "Wait! Has anyone done a privacy impact assessment?"....battering.ram.soldiers.castle.caution.
Cartoon depicts a maori construction worker 'Kohu Iwi Build' standing on a bridge smashed by floods and forestry slash talking to a ghost of a regional council official carrying many forms "bro you know we can't wait to drive your ghost roads" -refers to a tv advertisement - story at https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/cut-off-community-digs-in-for-vital-road-project/
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 road bridge smashed by forestry slash wreckage with road cones and tape marked 'Environnmental Crime Scene' as a police stand watch.
Cartoon depicts people passing emergency supplies across a river where the bridge has been swept away by cyclone Gabrielle which spell out the word 'Community'
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 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 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.
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 two bees looking at their beehive overflowing with honey commenting "We really need to fix these infrastructure issues" news tag 'Maunuka honey glut hurting beekeepers'
Cartoon depicts Chief Executive NZ Fish & Game Corina Jordan fishing in a river and hooking a fermer off the river bank "I don't know why we haven't worked together before now" - title: 'Fish & Game head aims to build a better relationship between farmers & fishers'
