I did a cartoon of Stuart Nash and Harete Hipango last year. The bargain basement is getting more and more goods this year...

buried in this MBIE Q&A, the govt states they intend to shut down the Health Research Council (NZ's sole health funder). this will require parliament's OK incredibly, shutting down the Marsden Fund (NZ's sole basic-science funder) did not require any parliamentary input, so it's just gone #nzpol

Ok so I'm 20 years clean & sober (anniversary is the 8/july) and I had to drive into town to pick some meds up. The coppers were out in force for a dragnet of possible early drunk drivers... saw them on the way there & back. I think they were perplexed by my jolly vibe & loud dance music 😂

Our plan will cover the full cost of panels and a battery with a Government-backed loan, subsidies of up to $3,000 for low- and middle-income households, plug-in solar for renters, and a community battery fund for whole neighbourhoods. Real savings, straight back in your pocket.

The Supreme Court last year found caregivers, like Victoria Coleman, should be considered employees of govt, & be given the same rights & protections. Minister for #Disability Issues Louise Upston disagrees. Victoria says “the [Disability Support Services] Bill is a dog.” My #cartoon today #NZpol

Police are re-investigating 54 sexual assault and child abuse cases after concerns about one case triggered a review of almost 1,000 files. The senior officer who managed those files told me the scale of it was “news to me”. He remains under an employment investigation.

This is the cop who told me rape and death threats were "public criticism" that journalists should expect and weren't intended to harm me because they weren't directly sent to me.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610... The bogeymen under your bed are trying to frighten the hell out of you... time to turn the light on! #NzFirst #NzPol #Cartoon #ScareTactics

This tirade would be bad enough from a sitting MP but when it comes from a cabinet minister it is quite shocking. Can't wait for this belligerent old bigot to be ousted from power #nzpol

Our govt is filled with grown adult Trump simps and its embarrassing as hell. Luxons govt is trying everyday to bring Trumps America here in NZ, so get yourself and your friends enrolled cause voting is the only way we can stop it.

We've been given a month's free of Sky ARTS and I found this documentary. Gonna watch over the weekend. '𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆' This is their website: www.autlookfilms.com/films/draw-f... #Cartoons #PoliticalCartoons

NZ is being “economically restructured” like the Pinochet/Reagan/Thatcher/Howard/Milei era. That means screwing over workers, slashing or privatising (=wrecking) public service & goods, and flogging anything they can to corporate vultures. (Proto) Atlas Network partners through all. #NZpol #Auspol

And it took an incredibly strong woman deciding to have a public trial to bring this to light. A single, powerful survivor, but not one man who knew of this ever spoke up. Not one.

Labour Party Leader Chris Hipkins keeping his powder dry. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Election26

The Ministry of Social Development’s Letters of Understanding about housing homeless people. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Homeless #EmergencyHousing

'Cost hole', from 2010 but seems timely #NZpol #cartoonarchive www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/...

Good. About bloody time something caught up with him.

Some of the many people it takes to run our health system. #publicservices #cartooncommission apex.org.nz #NZpol

Do I have to spell it out for you!? My Sunday Star Times #cartoon today #NZpol

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

In today’s NZ Herald

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, and her Health and Safety reforms. My #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthAndSafety #PikeRiver

#BHN The problem with politics is not that we can't find "common ground" it's that this government is vindictive and vicious and is making the most vulnerable, the people with the hardest lives, have even harder lives than before #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social

Minister of Energy Simeon Brown speaking at the National Party conference on the weekend about their coalition partners. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #NZelection26

NZ exports arrive at the strait of Hormuz. #NZpol #cartoon #FarmersWeeklyNZ

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610... For the people crowing how great this plan is... in a climate of costs exploding, fuel, food, clothing, medicine, dental, education etc this is just another cost that'll push the most vulnerable into choosing between living or existing.

Trump says the US and Iran have reached a deal, and that the Strait of Hormuz will re-open on Friday. My Stuff #cartoon today #USA #Iran #Israel #US-IranWar

An upgrade of Immigation NZ’s biometric security systems runs amok, to the tune of $32M. My #cartoon today #Immigration #NZpol

Some guidelines I follow on IG to help nurture a welcoming, flexible, thoughtful, accountable space, safe for minorities and free from horizontal conflict. #CommunityGuidelines, #content, #moderation, #ClassSolidarity, #AntiCapitalist

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610... Elon's now a trillionaire... and what does he do with that wealth? A lot of damage. #ElonMusk #Caricature #LifeOfBrian #Cartoon #Grok

Aotearoa - Podcast within the article below. Glad to hear that there's data now showing phone bans are nothing more than a show pony. And that some older generations in charge refuse to walk alongside the youth instead they opt for the "I know better" approach. I wonder how that turns out...

Commissioner of Police Richard Chambers and Minister of Police Mark Mitchell share a moment. My #cartoon today #NZpol #police

"Mouth breathers" 'ableism' A supposed adult using some of the most unhinged & emotional immature language I've seen from a senior politician in a while. He'll go home thinking he won the day or debate. Yet these words will be used by many to demonise, traumatise & bully those who don't conform

A must watch 🙌

It should concern New Zealanders that the coalition parties have done nothing but threaten any media that reports accurately on their actions, since the last election. We need to make this sort of behavior unacceptable again.

Accommodation supplements. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Accommodation

Crying wolf about climate change? My #cartoon today #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather

Simeon Brown described Labour’s capped bus fares as fanciful. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Transport #CostOfLiving

The closing date for submissions on the DSS Bill is 1.00pm on Friday, 12 June 2026. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc5x3je4

That expert is Michael Whitbrock and he says a great example of AI integration is the transcription of doctors’ appointments. I guess he hasn’t read the Canadian Auditor General report which found AI transcripts were full of mistakes and outright hallucinations.

It is an old line, but it remains true: every dollar invested in early childhood support saves around 13 dollars in criminal justice costs later on. A society that keeps expanding its prisons is admitting its social policies are not working. #nzpol

Political donations, influence and elections. My #cartoon today #NZpol

Screen shot from FB re a donor to the right #nzpol

Heartbroken. Such awful news. Marjane was an amazing human being and now she's gone. Rest in peace great one ❤️‍🩹 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

How many records is this now? Highest unemployment in 12-15 years. Highest business failures in 13 years. Highest youth unemployment NEET in 20 years. Highest gun related homicide in 20 years. Raging cocaine & meth crisis. Record homelessness. Record domestic violence #newzealand #nzpol

We now know that within the Prime Ministers Office there was a political lobbying pathway operating via the PM's Chief Policy Advisor's private email. Fonterra says it was told to send the lobbying docs via this pathway. It may still be operating via other staffers private email addresses.

Defence Minister Chris Penk meets David Lange. My #cartoon today #NZpol #NuclearFree

And it begins... Pete Hegseth's 'freeloading' snipe: Should NZ be worried? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...