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I draw Political/Editorial Cartoons Last cartoon for The Post, Waikato Times & The Press 21st July 2026 https://linktr.ee/creativeelc Can be quite Sweary. Origin Londoner, now Aotearoa 🇳🇿 forever. Kikorangi

Cartoon: A hot, sweaty and bothered Christopher Luxon holds a newspaper with the Heading, 'Business leaders sour on Luxon Govt, fear lack of successor'.

He's wearing rose tinted glasses and says, "What I'd say to you is everything's going as planned!"

He has beads of sweat dropping down his head. The glasses are stuck on with masking tape as he doesn't have any ears...

Cartoon. Title: Luxon's Shock Doctrine.

Remember that buzz wired game? A handle with a hoop at the end. The player needs to move the handle carefully over the electrified wire. If they touch it the thing will buzz loudly and you have to go back to the beginning.

Looks like Luxon couldn't care less if he breaks the games rules he will carry on regardless.

In this image there are three of him. The first one he says, "OFF TO A GREAT START!"

And the second Luxon further on says after buzzing so many times, "OOPS I MEANT TO DO THAT! Heh!"

And the final Luxon with sweat dripping all over his face says, "SEE! SEAMLESS!"

Cartoon. Two panels with a title spilt over the top. Double... Standards.

In the first panel John Key is shouting and spitting with rage. He's saying, "Get some guts!"

And in the second panel Chlöe Swarbrick is saying passionately (not shouting or spitting) "...grow a spine..."

John key went unpunished for this act in 2015. And Chlöe got kicked out of parliament.

Cartoon. Six panel - Shane Jones from NZ First is sitting in a chair reading his 'Guide to being a 2$ Shop Trump' - on the table to the side he has a yellow wig, red tie, red nose and tan in a can. He's reading the first line, "First, attack the judges! Done!"

Next panel, Shane is standing in an Orange tan spray booth being sprayed and reading out the next part, "Second, side with big business! Check!"

In the third panel Shane is putting on the Trump tie which is long (ridiculously long) and is saying, "Third, dismantle indigenous people's rights... check!"

In the fourth panel Shane has put on the Trump wig and is saying, "Ignore democratic processes... check!"

In the fifth panel Shane has put on tiny hands like Trumps and says, "remove climate change policy...YES!"

In the last panel Shane says, "FINALLY! Transform into your idol!" Here he is a fully fledged mini Trump.

Cartoon. Title: GOVT'S Overhaul of NCEA...

A Presenter asks a little student, "what do you think of the NCEA?" She's "oohing and ahhing" about to answer the question and then out of nowhere Erica Stanford grabs the little girl - covers her mouth and shouts, "WELL!!"

The presenter is scared and screams "Arrggghhh!!" Then Erica says, "We can say with 100% certainty, we need reform!"

The last part Erica (still holding the girl and covering her mouth) says, " WE. KNOW. BEST!" The presenter is standing behind looking very sad.

Cartoon. Title: FINALLY...

Brooke van Velden, minister in charge of all the important stuff, is here to give great news.

Six panels show her. 1st one she has her arms in the air and says, "IVE FINALLY GONE AND BLOODY DONE IT!" A grey office worker says excitedly, "Ooh let me guess!"

2nd panel, "Finally reduced the cost of living crisis?" She looks worried, "Er... No..."

3rd panel grey man asks, "Finally stopped decimating the public health system?", she looks to the side and says, "Er... No..."

4th panel, he asks again, "Finally sanctioned Israel?" She looks down kicks a stone, "Er... No..."

5th panel. He says exasperated, "Ok, Ok I give up what have you 'finally' done?"

The last panel is just her. She's holding the New Zealand passport and declares, "Put English above the Māori on our passports!"

Cartoon. Title: Skyrocketing Homelessness

Here we have Tama Potaka, hands clasped behind his head, casually soaking in a slowly boiling saucepan.

Next to him a frog is also floating in the boiling water and another frog sits on the handle of the pan.

Tama says to them, "No, no! There are multiple factors linked to homelessness!" The frogs look at him sadly. Even they know he's the reason for the rise in homelessness.

The oven knob reads - Emergency Housing Eligibility - it has two settings 'Worse' & 'Better'. Surprise surprise it's turned to Worse.

The water is bubbling, the heat is turned high and steam can be seen whispering around all three of them.

Cartoon. Title: GOVT'S 'plan' for cost of living crisis.

On the road a battered old converted ice cream van has been commandeered into the Lip-Service van. Luxon's worried face plastered on the side with a slogan, 'EVERY THING IS SO PEACHY' and above the windshield it says, 'FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT'. Luxon is also inside the van waving frantically at a small child to the side of it. The little boy is shouting, "Mummy! Look, look, it's the lip-service man!" The mum is looking petrified.

Cartoon. Title: Shane Jones, defender of the oceans...

We're under a trawler with Shane Jones who is swimming eagerly towards a huge bag of money. The money is on a hook waiting for him to collect.

He's saying, "THE FREQUENCY OF THIS LITIGIOUS ACTIVITY HAS CAUSED ME TO EXPLORE WITH THE OFFICIALS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE LAW IS FIT FOR PURPOSE!"

Behind him is a huge colony of angry fish. They are together shaped like a bigger fish ready to bite him. They are us. They are the community. They are anyone who cares about the future of our seas.

Cartoon. Title: Regulatory Standards Bill ill-equipped for NZ

The famous meme of Principle Skinner from The Simpsons is used here to describe David Seymour and his dangerous views.

Two panels with Seymour as Skinner. He has been Simpsonised. He is also wearing a badge with 8% on it - showing how much of the vote the ACT party received.

He says, with his hand just below his mouth (contemplating his words) "There's been overwhelming expert advice against the bill, tens of thousands of public submissions, a damning Waitangi tribunal report and now the spy agency is warning it could weaken our national security protections. Am I out of touch?

And in the second panel he has his hands by his side and looking forlorn, "NO, ITS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WRONG!"

Cartoon. Title: Matter of Time...

In a huge glass panelled room a father and his daughter are enjoying time together.

He's reading a newspaper article out loud, "It says here that New Zealand is forecast to see increasing extreme weather events..."

He's got a cuppa looking relaxed, maybe a little worried. Behind him his little girl is tapping frantically on his arm and pointing out the windows.

In the distance a mammoth sized dark rumbling stormy cloud with angry eyes and a deep gaping mouth is on its way. She can see the danger.

Cartoon. Title: Peace Maker.

The arm of Trump is crushing a peace dove into a meat grinder. The dove is shouting "Get off!" And the hand is shouting back "Get in!" The dove's olive branch is being churned up and spat out to the right.

Cartoon. Title: WorkSafe Reforms.

Brooke van Velden stands by a giant classic business executive toy. Y'know the ones in the 1970's called BallRace - Newtons Cradle - where little metal balls held on by strings/wire could be lifted at one end and let go to cause a knock on effect.

The last little ball would boop into the air. Releasing stress and tension for those high powered individuals.

Here though we have six little balls all head shaped with them wearing hard hats. Brooke is standing with one in her hands.

She's already let that one go as the last ball has snapped off the game, had their hard had shatter on the floor and pinged off to the side screaming argghh.

All the wires are coloured red to denote the red tape that Act are so obsessed with.

She's casually saying, "knock on effect?! I'm just committed to giving business more control and less red tape!"

Cartoon. Title: Second Thoughts...

In the green room Chris Bishop sits with a beer bottle in hand processing that, "On reflection, of my entire career, I should have kept my thoughts to myself..." As Bishop finishes his realisations Don McGlashan comes in and says loudly, "Too right ya dickhead!"

Cartoon. Title: Beneficiaries Squid Games

On a balcony overlooking the killing field MP Louise Upston and her helpful assistant stand overlooking the panicked bodies of beneficiaries.

The red light green light game from the hit TV show Squid Games is being played out in real time.

The giant girl stands with her head turned 180 degrees shooting lasers out her eyes striking a woman as she tries to flee.

A man lays dead on the floor with a bullet wound oozing. Another person kneels hoping not to move and be caught. And the last person stands with their arms in the air.

The assistant says to Louise, "These new sanctions are a bit...well, erm... "Robust"!" And she responds with, "It's the only way they will learn!"

Cartoon. Title: Behind the scenes of Budget 2025

Nicola Willis is with some of her staff. They have a huge marble run course set up in the office.

She's trying to decide who gets what from the limited money pot. She says, "Looks like we have some early winners! Ooh and some losers...like this one!" She's holding a marble with the health symbol on it. As we know the health sector will be the loser.

At the end of the course three marbles are highlighted. 1. Military 2. Film industry 3. Landlords and business.

In between the course one staff member is deliberately flicking off the course all sorts of marbles. We shall never know what departments they are.

Cartoon. Title: Waitangi Tribunal

Here we have Tama Potaka grappling with a huge long tail of a huge Taniwha trying to get it back into the genie lamp on the ground by his feet.

The Taniwha is wearing a traditional korowai and its arms are casually wrapped over each other. Its demeanour is one of power and happiness.

Tama is saying to the Taniwha genie, "The masters want you back in your place!" And the relaxed Taniwha says, "Too late for that e hoa! This genie ain't goin' anywhere!"

Cartoon. Title: SOCIAL MEDIA HAS THE LAST LAUGH

A mum and her daughter are in the museum of relics. To the right there is a huge tube full of radioactive goop. There are some posts to keep the crowds from touching it.

The little girl is pulling her mum's hand asking, "MUMMY! WHAT'S IN THERE?" And her mum says, "Well, darling, that's what was left of the government's political will when push came to shove against our social media overlords!" And on the floor by the tube the sign reads COALITION SPINES.

In the background a parent with their child and two school students stand aghast looking at the broken, tiny shards of spine floating in the goop.

Cartoon. Title: Punching Down

Christopher Luxon stands casually, one leg over the other with an open button shirt (no tie). He's leaning on the handle of a TNT box - on the box it says, NATIONAL PARTY'S WOMEN BASE SUPPORT. The fool has set off the explosives by accidentally plunging the handle down. He doesn't even realise he's done it. And in the back ground we have Nicola Willis and Brooke van Velden lifting high the equity pay box and all the money falls out into their budget 2025 bag.

Cartoon. Title: Saying NO to Trumpism.

The leaders of Canada, Mexico and Australia are stomping, crushing and ripping up Maga baseball caps under their feet.

Cartoon. The title is a speech bubble "LESS RED TAPE! MORE PROFIT!"

David Seymour is standing in an ECE kindy room surrounded by hundreds of sick children all looking at him with anger and vomit looking faces. The less red tape the less safe our Tamariki will be.

Cartoon. Title 'We will remember them all'

Two silhouette soldiers stand facing the giant title. Heads bowed bayonets held by the nose. They are standing in a field of poppies. There are four types - four colours. Red denotes the pakeha soldiers, Purple denotes the animals, black denotes all indigenous soldiers and white denotes the pacifists. At the back two hills meet each other as the sun rises over the scene.

Cartoon. Title: Climate Change Plea

There are 5 slim vertical panels. Simon Watts, Minister for climate change, is standing in 3 of them.

He's wearing gumboots and a huge smile standing in a shallow pool of water saying, "Of course we take climate change seriously!"

The 2nd panel is a quote from a Stuff article, "Government 'wilfully blind' climate change specialists say" then we see Simon again. With his slightly apprehensive large smile, "No No... we ARE listening we ARE!"

And now the water is rising. It's waist high and so are his eyebrows (well not on his waist just raised in slight concern).

Another quote in the 4th panel. "Climate change is worsening faster than predicted" World Scientists.

And in the final 5th panel poor old silly Simon is completely submerged under water. His bubbles pop and the words "OOPS!" Are clearly displayed.

Cartoon. Title: Healthcare in 2025

In the hospital meeting room two medical professionals sit opposite each other with a ouija board laying out on the desk. The room is dimly lit with two gigantic candles behind them. One doctor says to the other, "OH... ITS MRS BISCUITS! SHE SAID TO TAKE HER OFF THE WAITING LIST!" They both look mortified.

Note: I named the patient Mrs Biscuits after my fave snack. Otherwise I might have upset someone with a real sounding surname across the motu.

Cartoon. Title: TOP TRUMP TARIFFS

A Simpsons parody cartoon of Trump and Nelson Muntz in the school bus. Bully bullying a bully. Nelson has a camcorder shoved in Trumps face whilst grabbing his wrist and punching him in the eye. His eye has become bruised and swollen. Nelson is shouting "STOP HITTING YOURSELF! STOP HITTING YOURSELF!" While he just sits there taking it.

Cartoon. Title: ISRAEL'S LATEST 'INTERNAL INVESTIGATION'

In the centre of the image a home office shredder sits with the Israel Defense Forces report being utterly obliterated into the base of the shredder. The shredded paper resembles blood and everything that comes with a massacre. On the report in large capital letters reads, ACCOUNTABILITY. We know it won't ever happen. Which the image is here to show. Bottom right corner reads: Video contradicts Israel's account of the killing of 15 medics.

Cartoon. Title: PM confirms Many treaty submissions will be excluded.

The Aotearoa New Zealand coat of arms has come alive. The pakeha woman is cross with Luxon. She's had enough of his shit. She's grabbing him by his ear (yanking pretty hard) and says, "When you make a promise Christopher, you keep it!" He's a tiny looking boy (in his big boy suit) wincing and crying out "It's David's fault!" To the right of the coat of arms our Māori partner stands with his elbow on top of the crest with his fingers pinching the top of his nose in exasperation.

Cartoon. Title: Homelessness concerns rising

The title is sat within the safety net. And Louise Upston is yanking the safety net knocking out a whole load of people. They are falling from the sky. She says, "On the plus side, we've reduced emergency housing by 84%!"

Cartoon. The world is staring at us showing their phone with a huge cheeky smile. On the phone screen it says, WORLD LEADER'S GROUP CHAT. And in the text messaging chat it says America has been booted from chat. Then Kier Starmer (known here as Starmzy) says, O. M. G!! What is going on with the USA ???!!
Then President Macron from France (known here as Macronite) says, Europe is sick of the USA claiming 'victory' for EVERY. THING! Zut alors!
Then GREENLAND uses emojis to describe their feelings, laughing emoji, an American flag and a shit emoji steaming. And lastly MEXICO also used emojis, a party trumpet, a brick wall and finally a party emoji looking very happy!

Cartoon. Title: BLIND OBEDIENCE

Winston Peters is smugly walking past a huge wall with a very famous poster (originally created by the street artist Shepard Fairey of the American wrestler Andre the giant) has been reinvented to have the face of Winston Peters emblazoned on three of them. With the words OBEY WINNIE OBEY. He's saying, "What an amazing rally!" Smoking and strolling past them.

Cartoon title: Consumer confidence (all ages, genders and places) HIT'S THE SKIDS... in the picture there is a huge ski jump. Perched on the edge of a cliff over into a void. At the top a little emoji dude stands happy (below then a sign with October 2023 is written - to denote the new government) it's on top of the world. Then they slide down and continue to slide. In total there are 7 emoji dudes towards - the end (which is March 2025) where it hits a brick wall and streaks down it.

Cartoon title: Coalition's half-term report

Seymour, Luxon and Winnie open their results from the Parliamentary Service. Both Seymour and Winnie excitedly ask Luxon, "What does it say?! C'mon! Tell us the results!!"

To the right of the cartoon we see them. Business studies B-, mathematics D-, Teamwork F, Research F, Economics D, Social Education F, Home Education F

Cartoon title: Accident-Prone

Christopher Luxon sits in his office staring down at the desk with his knuckles pressed against his cheeks viewing newspaper headlines laid out for him. To his side a large sign stands looming. It reads, 'THIS COALITION HAS WORKED 00:00 HOURS WITHOUT A BALLS-UP'. He says to himself, "There's no point in updating it!"

The first paper says, EVEN VOTERS WANT RETURN TO OLD SCHOOL LUNCH PROG! The middle paper says, 'ANDREW BAYLY OFF PISTE, AGAIN! Special treatment for disgraced Port Waikato MP'. And the last paper says, 'WINNIE LASHES OUT AT REPORTER! Doesn't know NZ Firsts own constitution'

Cartoon title: Snakes and Ladders get the Winnie overhaul

Winston Peters is clutching all the ladders form the game. He's pissed off and says, "This game's too woke! Get to the end like everyone else! No step-ups for you!!" And behind him there is a large game board with two young people looking at the board devastated. Four large snakes are loose and laughing that they now own the board.

Cartoon title: Playing to the crowd...

It's circus time yet again. In the middle of a pumped up ring Richard Prebble (Ex-Leader of the Act Party from 1996-2004) is balancing and juggling on a unicycle. He's wearing a red nose and clown mouth makeup. And to top it off he's wearing the brightest and boldest clown leotard. A little hint of ACT party colours for emphasis. The hoarding surrounding the circus pit has the Act Party logos and in the audience a baying mob. Chanting, laughing, clapping. It's the real deal.

Cartoon title: Art of the ransom

Zelenskyy is sitting at a table holding up a ransom note. But the note has the Whitehorse seal and has been signed by Trump (not the sharpest knife in the box). The note says GIVE US YOUR MINERALS OR WE PULL ALL FUNDS. And Zelenskyy says, "At least he had the courtesy to sign it! And for that I THANK YOU Mr President!"

Cartoon title: Citizen's Arrest

Standing outside a dairy Paul Goldsmith, Nicole McKee & Carlos Chueng (MP for Mt. Roskil) are talking to the media about their new proposal.

People will (not fully ok'd but half way there...) be able to detain people who shoplift. It's an utter mess and as you can imagine might lead to serious injury or death.

Thankfully Peter Falk aka Columbo from the hit TV show is here to splash some cold reality onto the situation.

He's standing to the side laughing and asking, "Just one more thing... Let me get this straight, minimum wages workers are now going to be police?" And his trusty dog is laying by his feet giving the side eye.

Cartoon title: School Lunch Programme

A happy go lucky teacher is joyful with her students response to the quality of their school lunches. She says, "On the plus side our students are finally showing interest in politics and their civic duty!"

Behind her are a mass of tiny little students all with banners emblazoned with the shit emoji that's been crossed out. One sign says, 'NO! JUST NO!' Another, 'I miss real food!' One little kid is standing with his sign barfing onto the ground.

Cartoon title: Proposed protest policing regime

A big burly police officer stands in the middle clutching a little kiwi by its throat. Squeezing the life out of it. The bird says (whilst holding a broken Palestine flag) "I have the right to protest & exercise my free speech!" And the police officer, with veins popping from his arm, forehead and eyes says, "NOT LIKE THAT YA DON'T!" And to the right of him three little kiwi friends stand looking terrified. They're holding signs that say, 'SAVE OUR COMMUNITY', 'SAVE OUT SOUTHERN HOSPITAL' and finally 'PROTECT LAKE ROTOKĀKAHI'.

Cartoon title: Brian Tamaki's dilemma

In a golden room with a golden armchair Brian Tamaki sits pondering and stressing that, "I had to do something to get me attention again!" With his legs outstretched and balancing on the back of one of his Man Up brethren.

The lad responds, "Of course, Apostle!" Brian is wearing a leopard printed puffer jacket with skin tight jeans and golden pointy nosed boots.

On his walls there are large gaudy golden frames with portraits of himself in various poses. It's Brian's ego chamber.

Cartoon title: Wallflower Prime Minister

A dusty yellow flower wallpapered room (to symbolise the ACT party's influence over the coalition) surrounds Christopher Luxon and David Seymour.

David is in a child's sized Range Rover - similar to the one he drove up the steps - he's driving round and round Luxon. Doing donuts speeding back and forth.

Luxon on the other hand is dressed in a flower suit. The exact same one as the background. He's blending in. Only his head is clear to the viewer. He's saying, "we've got a very strong coalition!"

We know this isn't true. We could even saying it's bullshit. But here we are. A timeline of utter chaos. How depressing.

Today's cartoon doesn't have a title. I've created a Valentines Day card for those of us who are well and truly over hearing about billionaires and their obsession with power and crushing the world.

It reads, "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm sick of billionaires aren't you sick of them too". And under the card lays 6 crushed broken stemmed roses.

Cartoon title: NZ for Sale... (Again...)

There are six houses (the same house just with various expressions).

No.1 looks stressed, hands clasped "They say I'm an asset to the country"

No.2 is looking up really stressed, "But I feel like a fraud!"

No.3 they're tapping the floor, "Sitting here... doing nothing!"

No.4 they're tapping have a tearful manner, "I miss being a home!" Beside them a tiny family none child is trying to reassure the house.

No.5 now a hand is raised to their brow, "they say the foreign buyers ban will be lifted..."

No.6 their poor house is now crying, "More generations without a home..." And beside the house the family now living in a tent.

Cartoon title: Cold Shoulder

A tiny David Seymour, with his own tiny little mic, stands brazenly holding his speech. But what we hear is and see in his speech bubble are the words "Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!" Over and over again. Nothing more nothing less. It's all about him.

A group of 7 wahine stand with their backs turned to him. They are wearing handmade blankets with the words Toitū te Tiriti emblazoned on them. Tino Rangariratanga flag is there as is the flag of the united tribes of Aotearoa too. A few wahine are wearing weaved hats and a velvet Panama hat. They stand strong.

Cartoon title: A Clash at Waitangi?

Christopher Luxon, PM of Aotearoa New Zealand, is standing at a crossroads looking panicked and stressed. The road sign behind him has the lyrics of The Clashes famous song 'Should I stay or should I go' on them. Top left of the image is the parliamentarian beehive and the sign has 'Should I stay?' Is on the 1st sign pointing towards the beehive. The 2nd says 'Should I go?' Which is pointing towards the meeting house at the Waitangi grounds - the treaty grounds. The 3rd sign says, 'If I go there will be trouble' continuing to point towards the marae. The 4th sign points back to the beehive and it says, 'if I stay there will be double'. And of course Luxon shouts loudly, "So come on and let me know!" As we know he needs so much guidance as his ability to be decisive and respectful is lacking.

Cartoon with three panels. Title in No.1 Defund, No.2 Destabilise & No.3 Privatise.

David Seymour is unplugging a giant plug from the ceiling. The word on the socket says 'Govt. depts' and on the plug itself 'funding'. He's looking very happy with himself saying "Yoink!"

In the next panel David is standing by a box with TNT written on it. The detonators are connected to three gigantic sticks of dynamite. The words 'HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL HOUSING' are emblazoned on them. He's whispering Boom to himself.

And the last panel is David Seymour as an inflatable tube man. The kind you see outside a used car sales lot with a charlatan ready to sell you a crap heap for millions.

Cartoon title: Cabinet Reshuffle

Christopher Luxon is crying and sad floating his little hankie in the air. Even though we feel the tears are performative - his face is pumping out tears but his face stays the same. And in the background we see the cause of said tears...Dr Shane Reti is being forcibly dragged out of the room by two burley security guards. The Doctor looks in shock and pain as his heels drag along the ground.

Cartoon title: Labour's 2025 attack plan...

Chippie (Chris Hipkins from New Zealand's Labour Party) is standing at an old school chalk board. He's turning to us, the purveyor, the judge, the ex party member, the desperate public, and on the board he's writing a stack of ideas and then crossing them out. The word he's in the middle of writing is HELP... as he looks at us with pleading anxious eyes, whilst the chalk streaks down the board.

The words dotted all over the chalk board are words we're all too familiar with. Maybe this year they'll finally grow a pair and be bold. CGT - crossed out 7 times... all these following ideas are also crossed out - change tax codes, be more visible, back to our roots, more memes, fight back, lower taxes, higher taxes, new leader, oppose strongly, lower voting age, copy National's cringe TikTok's.

Cartoon title: Broligarchs thrive in darkness. A gigantic Trump stands on a podium (thankfully we can't see his face) his stupidly long red tie is being used to scale Trump by Elon Musk, with his chubby swollen hands (too much ketamine), Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos (who slid down the tie carrying bundles of cash and throwing it into the air whilst laying down laughing. The final character is at the bottom, who looks more distressed than happy, it's Mickey Mouse. A surprise contender... They're all throwing notes into the air.

A woman in her car glances away from looking in the rear view mirror. In it is a dilapidated 2024 statue. Crumbling by the side of the road. A thought bubble pops up and she says, "must... keep... going...". In front of her a rocky road laden with groups of people all carrying signs. The first is a lady holding a tino rangatirtanga flag and wearing a toitū te tiriti tshirt. Next to her an old man in a surgery smock and saline drip bag holds a sign saying 'more doctors nurses' behind him a very tall man holds a toitū te tiriti sign. Next to him another old dude holds a sign saying, 'save our southern hospital', a couple next to him holds a sign saying, 'where's our ferries', a lady behind him waves the Palestinian flag, next to her a group hold a banner saying 'protect our environment'. Opposite the road a huge permanent sign says SLOW DOWN! And in the distance more groups of people can be seen.

Cartoon title: NYE 2024 into 2025

The earth has a mobile phone in its hand. The screen is blaring news at earth. "Record temps! Droughts! Storms, floods..." earth is smoking on a cigarette so hard it looks like it'll inhale the whole thing through stress and anxiety. In the background the moon can be seen covering its eyes with both hands apart from one little eye ball nervously peeking out to see what the earth is viewing on its phone. Moon whispers curse words - shown as a series of question marks, hashtags, dollar sign and exclamation mark. Happy new year everyone.

Cartoon: the Beehive Greatest Hits 2024
12 Thumpin' Tunes

The Beehive Parliament in Wellington has been turned into a stack of vinyl records. 6 to be precise. Each one symbolising the political party. The largest record Te Pāti Māori, then the Greens, Then Labour, National, ACT and NZ First. And like the beehive the flag of Nz waves at the top. Musical notes are pumping out from the records. To the right the track list:

Luxon - Money, Money, Money!
Seymour - I'm the leader of the gang (I am!)
Winnie - I don't need your rockin' chair!
Hana-Rāwhiti & Gerry Duet - KAWANA! No, don't do that!
Nicola Willis - Livin' on a prayer
Costello - SMOKO
Chippie - Nowhere Man
Shane J. - Burn baby burn
Bishop - Cigarettes & Alcohol
Andrew Bayly - Champagne Problems
Mitchell - I fought the law
Marama - I'm still standing!

Cartoon title: Let the good times roll...

A theatre stage with the pantomime Cinderella is taking place. No one is in the audience. The only person who is saying things are good is Cinderella aka Nicola Willis. She's twirling happily saying, "the bad times are behind us!" But we, the audience, wanna shout "no! They're behind you!" Which she would want to say, of course they are. But we see the two ugly sisters standing fiercely with tattoos on their arms. 'Rising unemployment' on one arm and 'stagnating economy' on the other. The good times aren't coming. The good times won't be here for a very very long time.

Cartoon title: Luxon's 1st year

Christopher Luxon stands close to the camera with a smug smile on his face. He's looking at you saying, "I wouldn't change a thing!" And behind him a house is burning to the ground. Outside it are three people. One in a wheelchair comforting a woman sitting on the pavement and a man shocked looking at the flames take the house. On the side the words - Whaikaha, Hīkoi, live animal exports.

There are of course more things that have been burnt to the ground.

Smaller version of my cartoon. The taniwha is mimicking Jaws from the classic poster. The beehive is the swimming woman. The title is: Waking the Taniwha.

Cartoon title: Waking the Taniwha.

This cartoon has been inspired by Virginia Fallon's article in The Post 18th Nov (Monday) and by the film Jaws and its infamous poster where the shark comes up from the deep to grab the woman swimming above. In this rendition the woman is the beehive/parliament and the shark is the Māori legend The Taniwha. It's ready and swimming ferociously to the surface where the beehive is.

Title: Abuse in Care National Apology

Erica Stanford stands barefoot on a well trodden beach. Many sorry's are scattered throughout the beach with a line under them. Her footsteps are all over the apologies. And then she turns to the camera and says, "We mean it this time!"

Cartoon title: Nothing to see here...

On the island of Samoa all heads of state gather to discuss things like the environment, the water, pollution. All with the Manawanui Navy vessel sunken off the coral reef leaking large quantities of oil into the surrounding area. Luxon is wearing his committee shirt engulfed in crude oil saying, "Seriously! We care about the health of the water, and pollution!"

1st panel - ANDREW BAYLY ADMITS IN parliament That He did call a Worker a Loser, And That he did have a Drink... But not Before the 'Incident', Maybe After?
2nd panel - The Greens used The Waka-Jumping Law To Officially Boot Darleen Tana From The Party and parliament.
3rd panel - DAViD SEYMOUR, Associate Education Minister, Unveils School Lunches 2.0 (he's eating children here lol).
4th panel - Wellington City Council Has a Crown Observer Foisted upon it, and will have to pay For The Privilege
5th panel - Te Whatu Ora Announces 400- plus More Redundancies
6th panel - Māori Queen Ngā wai Hono i te Pō At National Hui For Unity

Cartoon title: "We shouldn't assume that the treaty principles bill... will die"

A tiny childish Seymour sits with his snacks, wearing his jam jams watching the big TV on the carpet. He's excited that on the screen it announces Australia Votes No!! And he's excitedly saying, " See! We CAN do it too!"

Cartoon title: The fast-track centrepiece

A banquet is laid out with Shane Jones and Chris Bishop smoking with all the gifts of the fast-track. Housing, apartment blocks, loads of new roads, a bridge, tons of renewable energy.

But of course, they've hidden the real prize. A lady is standing next to the table lifting the cloth and saying, "But at what cost?"

And under the table are diggers, oil rigs, mining equipment and tons and tons of damage. They're coloured red to signify the death and destruction of the planet.

Cartoon title: Middle Eastern Playground

The classic old American man icon sits amongst the rubble of Gaza holding onto the reigns of toddler Bibi. Benjamin Netanyahu (aka Bibi) stomps and jumps up and down on Lebanon. Bombs and chaos unfolds whilst the old dude try's to encourage him to stop. "Restrain yourself Bibi!" But Bibi isn't listening.

Title: Government cuts to come could 'dwarf' those to date...

Nicola Willis is sitting in her lavish chair nonchalantly swinging her leg thinking out loud with a finger tapping on her lip. She says, "Ok, so we've cut, closed, dismantled, renamed, rehoused, reduced, repealed, reversed, scrapped, disestablished and now I can't remember what it is we're supposed to be doing!"

To the right of her are five bins full of department names. It's a pile of destroyed agencies laying in ruins.

Cartoon title: Gun reforms criticised.

Nicole McKee stands with knuckles on hips in front of a bullet ridden wall saying, "I don't see it as an impact on safety!" (Direct quote). Her shadow on the wall has the infamous Pinocchio nose stretching far far away.

Cartoon title: Is the health sector toast? De Shane Reti stands against a cracking brick wall - shoring up against a flood. He has two fingers in the gaps trying to stop the imminent danger. He's shouting, "Don't worry! I'm on top of this Christopher!" On the wall the scribblings say, 'cancelled operations', 'emergency depts closing' and, 'no toast for new mums', 'doctor shortage', 'St. John's striking', 'ED wait times increasing', 'nurse shortage'.

Then 2022 - Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People. "Nothing about us, without us".
Now 2024 - MSD - Ministry of Social Development.
"Everything about you, without you..."

Cartoon title: Two-Tier Society

Christopher Luxon is lounging in his pool with a cocktail and at the fence next to the fancy pool three little children stand looking in. They ask him, "Our council pool's closed down, could we use yours please?" And Luxon responds whilst flicking his hand in a patronising manner, "Nice-to-haves aren't for everybody!"

Two panels two titles: left side 'One rule for me' right side, 'another for thee'. Louise Upston in the left panel from 24th July 2024 saying, "When I forgot to show for the tabling of my own bill it was a genuine mistake!" On the right, "when you fail to show up for your benefits meeting you will be punished!"

Cartoon title: Is our primary care sector headed for collapse? In a small room Aotearoa NZ is laying on a hospital bed connected to bloods and a monitor. On the monitor it says 'Health care' as the oscillating lines. And the flat line comes just after the words. We're heading towards a cliff.

Cartoon title: Taking our fair share.

Five podiums stand with four large wheels of cheese - possibly Camembert - with a lovely golden tint for good measure. Our little kiwi is rolling one off and into the distance!

Cartoon title: Is the coalition tail waggin' the dog?

David Seymour is wearing an old mac - holding the lapels like some 19th century land owner - proudly displaying his ACT pin, and two other badges 'We're sticking to our guns' and 'it's MY way or the highway!'

Cartoon tribute to Martin Phillipps - front man to the band The Chills. I've used an old photo of him from the army 80's. And the beginning of his song Sunburnt lyrics. Surrounding him and the words are elements of the album cover Kaleidoscope. They were fitting. Wearing his heart on his sleeve. Music through his mind. NZ flag.

Lyrics, SUNBURNT
I REACHED FOR THE SUN BUT THE SUN BURNT MY HAND I CLIMBED ON A MOUNTAIN THEN FELL ON THE LAND I SANG FOR A TIME WHEN THE SONGS WERE NOT OLD I STOOD IN THE STARLIGHT BUT THE STARLIGHT WAS COLD

Cartoon title: Biden their time...

Three democrats (using the infamous imagery of their party 'donkeys') stand together, clinging, eager and brash whilst kicking off the cliff president Biden. He's smiling whilst saying, "I believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country that I step down".

Cartoon title: Labour's Lost Voice.

A Missing poster with Chris Hipkins face and the words, "Answers to the name of Chippy. Can be attracted by sausage rolls!" A man has been putting up the posters. A woman walks past and asks mournfully, "when was he last seen?" The guy responds, "Oh... um, around election day last year!"

Cartoony title: Bootcamp Minister for Children.

A small group of concerned boys stand in a windy courtyard surrounded by high fencing. A woman, the Children's minister Karen Chhour, stands with pulsing knuckles on hips bellowing, "I'm right, you're wrong! I'm big, you're small! And there's nothing you can do about it!" She is the embodiment of Miss Trunchball from Roald Dahl's Matilda.

Cartoon title: Simeon Says...

A tiny Simeon Brown stands clutching his fingers nervously says, "Pylons shouldn't fall over! Ferries shouldn't crash! Potholes shouldn't be on roads!" And the panel to the right has him close up with the tilte: Simeon doesn't say... 'We will find the infrastructure properly'.

Cartoon title: ceasefire remains elusive. Netanyahu sits behind his desk with the largest tv you've ever seen right next to him. He says, "Why need a ceasefire when I can do what I want!" On the tv screen a Live news broadcast says breaking news, "4 hostages retrieved, 270+ women, men, children massacred, 650+ injured".

Cartoon title: Strike Incoming. A bowling alley with pins. The one in front is Luxon and behind him Shane Jones. Luxon says, "I'm not making any apologies for the fast-track bill" and Jones is saying, "I haven't bothered to follow the protest". A gigantic bowling ball with the words public opinion (the holes have angry eyes) travelling at pace towards them. On the lane it says, FAST TRACK and the 'A' looks like the little arrows you see on a lane.

Cartoon title: Budget Funding. A small pill container sits on the counter. Two small blue pills sit by the side (no they're not those little blue pills). On the label it says, "File date: immediately. Patient: Willis, Nicola. TAKE TWO BEFORE FRONTING THE PEOPLE YOU KET DOWN".

Cartoon title: NOT SUCH A BRIGHT IDEA

Two panels. The first panel has one light bulb. It says, "One Google search for ten seconds runs one light bulb". In the second panel there are 35 light bulbs. It says, "One A.I. search for ten seconds runs 35 light bulbs".

Cartoon title: Sunak calls for snap election.

A tiny Rishi Sunak (standing on a stool) outside number 10 surrounded by flood water and escaping rats exclaiming that, "RAIN?! It's a great OMEN!" His obsession with smiling and pretending everything is ok knows no bounds...

Cartoon title: "Let's get rid of cones!" Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown.

A busy roadway with a lone traffic management worker standing with his STOP/GO board. There are cones as far as the eye can see and slow moving traffic. The worker says, "Hey Wayne! Cones mean I get to go home!" With the awful death stats of workers not going home each day to careless and reckless drivers Wayne needs a little reminder why they're there. Even if they're annoying they serve a purpose.

Cartoon title: Long winter for some in Wellington.

A dilapidated scene of the city. 4 government organisations shut down and boarded up. In the middle a line figure stands saying, "Where are all the coffee drinkers?"

Cartoon title: Coalition of Puritans. Luxon, Seymour and Winston are all dressed in Puritanical clothing. Luxon has the biggest hat. He's pointing to a large scroll it says. "We'll tell you: What your children can't eat, learn and when they go to school. Your gender. What language to speak, when to speak it and where to speak it. If disabled people and carers deserve support or respect. What part of our land requires protection or not.

Cartoon title: The Affordable Water Act Explained.

To the left, a glorious golden door with AUCKLAND emblazoned above. A red carpet and golden posts to denote the splendour and awe one will experience when entering. To the right, a heavy wooden door oozing with green toxic gas, on its last legs some might say. Above the door it reads 'Everyone else in New Zealand'.

Cartoon title: Paula Bennett appointed chair of Pharmac.

A leopard skin clad Paula Bennett eagerly deploys her new format to the ailing Pharmac industrial complex. She's sitting behind a bright pink desk with the words, 'PHARMAC'S Give Us A Clue!' Emblazoned on it. She's clutching her hands and fingers itching to address the lady in the chair opposite her. "WE HAVE A NEW FUN FORMAT... IF YOU CAN GUESS WHAT MEDICINE IM THINKING OF THEN WE WILL FUND IT!" The lady looks aghast, whispers out breathlessly, "Whaaaatt??"

Cartoon title: 30% Pure New Zealand. To the left a dirty looking oil rig stands amongst an orange polluted sea. The waves are rough and spikey looking. On the rig a puff of smoke, in the shape of a skull, ekes out into the sky. To the right a huge long cloud of dirty smoke drifts across the ocean. Inside the cloud there are words, "Where one journey can destroy another". The words have been taken from the 100% Pure NZ original campaign and made into a more fitting response.

Cartoon title: Melissa Lee and the Cabinet Paper...

A screen full of open word documents. Draft upon draft. A large clippy (do you remember the 90's/00's larger than life Microsoft character who offered their help with writing reports? Well they're back) this one is asking Lee, "it looks like you're trying to save the Broadcasting industry. Would you like me to: Do better than you? Suggest ways to help? Laugh inappropriately? Just type without help? Don't ask again?

There's other little clippy's round the screen top left, "would you like some help?", "I can see you are struggling", "I'm here to help you! Just ask...", "Psssst!", "Hey! You ok?" All the clippy's have bloodshot eyes with worry.

Cartoon title: The two faces of David Seymour. Left David says, "I hate the over-reach of the nanny state!" His face morphs over to the right side which he then says, "Unless I'm the one doing it!"

Cartoon title: Duopoly Profits. A bar chart on graphed paper shows a red line shooting up and a man hanging on to the edge of it. He's saying, "I can't hold on much longer!" To the left of the graph it has dates from 2020 up to 2024. At the bottom it says Food Costs.

Cartoon title: "We're bringing taxes back!" Hipkins

Chris Hipkins is in his red sports car zooming about. Leaving skids all over the road. He shouts, "It's not a u-turn, it's a controlled drift!"

Cartoon title: Winston's Nazi Comparison

A open field with Winston Peters in the distance flicking two fingers up to the viewer. He's walked muddy foot prints all over the line... crossed the line. And on the line it says, 'Decency in NZ'.

Cartoon title: coalition government's 100 day plan.

On the ground sits a Jerry can full of holes. The gasoline is pouring out. Under the can the words 'consequences?' Spills out too. And just for good measure a cigarette has been flung in the direction of the pool.

Cartoon title: PRIORITIES... 3 panels. 1st panel a female police officer fights with a male gang member. She shouts " NO PATCHES!" At him. 2nd panel two small children hiding behind a curtain calling the police, "hello...police?? Help us! Our mum and dad are hurting each other!" 3rd panel a male dispatcher says, "sorry, we don't do that anymore".

Cartoon title: "Tough Love". Nicola Willis, National MP, sits on a park bench with a huge expensive burger. She's throwing the smallest of crumbs from it onto the grass below her. 6 tiny adults and a child (some might say "the little people") are jumping up and down trying to get those crumbs.

Cartoon title: Netanyahu's War Games. A foosball table in the shape of Gaza. The edges are high walls. Instead of football men they are all IDF soldiers. They are covered in blood, the ground is covered in blood, the surrounding inner walls are covered in blood. And so too are the foosball handles. I'm the middle an unexploded bomb sits waiting for the little men to bounce around.