March
Bluffworld
Written by: Patrick Evans
Victoria University Press
ISBN : 9781776563111
Publication date : March 2021
Bind : Paperback
Language : English
Cartoon depicts a bare construction site with topsoil all scraped into a huge pile labelled WELFARE STATE. A developer's sign reads: 'AUSTERITY DOWNS - A NAF DEVPT. '
PM Chris Luxon driving a bulldozer: "HUGE ACHIEVEMENT. IN 100 DAYS WE'VE SCRAPED OFF ALL THAT ANNOYING TOPSOIL." Refers to first 100 days of the new government agenda of cancelling many of the previous governments labour, social and environmental measures.
Cartoon: 'Farmers asked to look out for meteorites - news' Farmer man to farmer woman stading beside a crater with a burning hot peice of carbon at the bottom: "Look Martha, this'll probably be worth more than the wool cheque."
Cartoon depicts a dilapidated brick building shaped like a book with birds perched on ledges and the sea eroding the foundations. It is labelled 'The New Zealand Dictionary' and there is a door at the bottom of the rounded spine. Scafolding for repairs seems to be abandoned.
Refers to article in NZListener 16 March 2024 'CAN WE HAVE A WORD? -
Puzzled by the meaning of something in a piece of local writing? You could look it up in a New Zealand dictionary. If there was one. - By Paul Little
Cartoon depicts a bearded man in a safari jacket and shorts chasing speech bubbles with a large net over a bank towards a river.
Refers to article in NZListener 16 March 2024 'CAN WE HAVE A WORD? -
Puzzled by the meaning of something in a piece of local writing? You could look it up in a New Zealand dictionary. If there was one. - By Paul Little
Illustration depicts a taniwha erupting from a river threatening a Māori warrior armed with a greenstone club ( mere ) and a dictionary held as a shield who is quoting the dfinition 'waka: n. canoe, vehicle, conveyance, trough, box..."
Refers to a Winston Peters comment “How can you have a waka on the road?”
Illustrates an article in NZListener 16 March 2024 'CAN WE HAVE A WORD? -
Puzzled by the meaning of something in a piece of local writing? You could look it up in a New Zealand dictionary. If there was one. - By Paul Little
"Drench resistance grows in cattle- News' Cartoon depicts a farmer drenching his cows. Standing in line is a man wearing a t-shirt with a logo saying "no jab' . "I still believe!" he says indicating to his mouth - he wants a dose of drench also.
Illustration depicts the Maui trapping the sun Tamanui-Te-Ra pages 42-43 in the book 'Maui Legends of the Outcast'
By Chris Slane & Robert Sullivan
Design, Storyboards, Pencils, Inks, Lettering, Colours: Chris Slane.
Script: Robert Sullivan.
Colours: Jonathan Paynter, Bill Paynter.
Technical Direction and Fonts: Bill Paynter.
48 pp colour Hardback
Godwit Publishing, New Zealand
© 1996 ISBN: 0 908877 97 8
1997 Finalist LIANZA Children's Book Awards, Rusell Clark Medal, 1997 NZLA Young People's Non-Fiction Award.
Illustration depicts the Maui trapping the sun Tamanui-Te-Ra pages 42-43 in the book 'Maui Legends of the Outcast'
By Chris Slane & Robert Sullivan
Design, Storyboards, Pencils, Inks, Lettering, Colours: Chris Slane.
Script: Robert Sullivan.
Colours: Jonathan Paynter, Bill Paynter.
Technical Direction and Fonts: Bill Paynter.
48 pp colour Hardback
Godwit Publishing, New Zealand
© 1996 ISBN: 0 908877 97 8
1997 Finalist LIANZA Children's Book Awards, Rusell Clark Medal, 1997 NZLA Young People's Non-Fiction Award.
Cartoon depicts "PUT IT ALL ON BLUE!" Says Nicola Willis at a giant roulette table representing the economy.
( Blue square is labelled TAX CUTS. The croupier puts all her chips on to blue )
Other squares without chips are labelled
WAGES
FERRIES
HOSPITALS
SCHOOLS
BENEFITS
3 WATERS
ENVIRONMENT
MAORI
A.T. RAIL
SMOKE FREE
Cartoon depicts "No wool revolution sweeps hill country - news'. A very woolly shueep asks another sheep standing on a farm track with short wool fall off "Will you be going to the Golden Shears" "No just my annual wiltshire nudist convention."
Illustration depicts the effect of global warming on Wellington, the capital of new Zealand, Prime Minister's office the Beehive.
Cartoon depicts Hand Of God touching the Beehive bulding containing the Prime Minister's office, Wellington, New Zealand - a cover illustration for NZ Listener
Cartoon depicts Luxon & Willis in a huge castle with flags looking down on a small family of peasants. Luxon: "Love to help but feeling quite fragile..."
Cartoon depicts a bbq with a Chris Luxon onion, a David Seymour chipolata sausage and a Winston Peters sausage finding the bbq hot plate too hot. "Not full respect" says Luxon. "More respect!" says Winston Peters. "Hot! Hot! OW! OW! they all cry. BBQ brand name is 'Kiwi Cooker Waitangi BBQ'
Cartoon depicts: NEW POLITICAL TERMS - THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY
BY CHRIS SLANE
"HEY. SHIT HAPPENS!" Says Bill English
REASSESSION
n. cancelling promises because of the economic situation.
PLEBISCIDE
n. when a government attacks it's working-class supporters.
VOTE PAS
n. being unable to blame it all on the government because you voted for them.
DEFOLATE
V. spraying an issue with excuses for not doing anything.
SCHADEN FRIEND In . when someone you know is made redundant by the government they voted for.
TREASURY ISLAND
n. immunity from staff cuts.
"YOU CAN FALL ON YOUR SWORDS OR BE PUSHED ON THEM SLOWLY." Says civil service CEO.
PPP - outsourcing
2009
February
Cartoon depicts a field of maize up north growing high and a small boy: "Wow amaizing!"( sic ). A farmer reading a newspaper with headlines 'Drought' 'Floods' commenting "This year it looks like we're in for a bumper crop..." "...of puns?" asks a female farmer. Refers to previous season of floods from cyclone Gabrielle, but uninterrupted in 2023-4 growth.
Cartoon depicts an urban-rural health services van stopped at a broken bridge, washed away by Cyclone Gabrielle the year before and not yet repaired.. Title: . "Widening gap between rural and urban health-news'. A female medical worker leans out the window calling to a woman paddling across. "Can we borrow your canoe?". Refers to news story of a head nurse who still has to take her own canoe to travel to her workplace at a rural hospital.
