Never forget

One example. What's your guess at what the consultant says behind the grey square in the upper centre? Hint: arrow pointing to a tranche of gas which the legend of the graph says is "extra gas available", plus a blue arrow which appears to show this being carried forward to after 2030. 🤔 2/2

I still think @cvnicks.bsky.social summed it up the best

Bishop gone rogue? #NZPol

They are also the party who put you into power you ridiculous little man #NZPol

"Luxon laser focused" #NZPol

"Keep Jacinda Ardern's name out your mouth!" #NZPol

Carpool

Luxon has a majority… for now. #nzpol #sketch

Between the fuel crisis and the leadership vote PM Christopher Luxon has been doing some deep breathing. My Stuff #Cartoon today #NZpol

So unreal this govt has barely acknowledged it's happened. #NZPol

In today’s NZ Herald

Reminds me of our dear "I'll be taking no questions" PM. The introspection part, obviously. #NZPol

Meanwhile our govt response has been ... no spull, rascist comments and funding to get schools off diesel boilers. #NZPol

Unknown or likely DJTJ?

Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/topics/post-... The anchor is dragging the National Party down... #NzPol #Cartoon #Caricature

NB Stuart Smith National whip at the centre of NZ PM future debate has denied climate change for years & was lead whip who blocked the NZ climate minister from attending the world adaptation conference NZ was hosting last October - you couldn’t make this stuff up www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/science-o...

Cuts to lab staff.... #FarmersWeeklyNZ #nzpol

TIL the BBC commissioned Matt Berry to do a nativity show a couple of decades back. Quite the cast: the Mighty Boosh guys and Matt Lucas. It is bananas and possibly the best use of 28 minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1e...

Best defence. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

I love a good Edgling! #NZPol

Our national and local govts, cannot, in the midst of a fossil fuel crisis, be taken seriously if they aren't advocating for less cars.

For Thomas Coughlan's article: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

"They not pious"

In today’s Weekend Herald

Quick addendum. Remember that Govt deficit spending creates a private sector surplus. If that surplus is held domestically, you can tax it back with temporarily increased taxation; if the surplus is held offshore, it is much harder. We need to stop the drain of demand offshore!!!

"...All of that, however, requires Luxon to accept there's a problem in the first place - a self awareness many staffers and MPs have long declared isn't in his DNA." #NZPol

This is a complex issue and I'm making a pithy remark however it is incredible that without strong leadership from central govt we haven't seen "the market" simply step in to "solve the problem". #NZPol

Uh huh.

"AllBS"

to summarize, this week jd vance laysplained st augustine of hippo to the augustinian pope, while the pope visited hippo

"Green aims go out the window". Cue Abba "Money money money..."

In today’s NZ Herald

Benefits data day 🧵 MSD are having a few issues with their systems but they seem happy with the last two data points. Well, happy that they're accurate, probs not so happy with the numbers being 10,000 above the HYEFU forecast from December! [1/n]

Perhaps the point is why isnt it Luxon? #NZPol

Leaky homes but with kids? Especially as its these two who seek advice and then ignore it. #NZPol

Headline: "Business confidence reflects reckons and vibes, not facts" "...our research suggests these results are systematically influenced by the government of the day." "Journalists should aim to provide caveats about the limitations of these surveys and put the results in context." #NZPol

The Great White Hope. Opposition leader Chris Hipkins makes a call to Vice President of the USA, J D Vance. My #cartoon today #NZpol #USA #Hungary #NZelection26

Untitled, 1969 #rothko #markrothko

Terrible take from the NYT: “Orban’s defeat is a setback for the global nationalist revival promoted by President Trump.” Is that what we’re calling Fascism these days? (Also, it started with Putin.)

Send him to Moscow.

"Prime Minister" is a great watch and reminder of how effective Ardern was as leader and communicator. The documentary flows well through all the major events and highlights the immense weight of the job and the toll it took.

One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro

It's got to sting. You base your whole strategy on blaming last Govt for inflation caused by a global price shock, and then another one pops up as you head into the election! Now, can you invest in lessening the impact? Well, yes, but you can't because you've made fiscal constraint your thing! Lol.

In today’s HeraldOnSunday

In today’s Weekend Herald

Things that work: giant rocket, very precise math, orbital mechanics, cameras, iPhones Things that don’t work: Microsoft Outlook, toilets, sat phones

One of those situations where sign language would work well. #ArtemisII

NASA made a "Moon Joy" compilation.🌕 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHUv...