Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times, June 2021

Digital cartoons by Shaun Yeo on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Published in the Otago Daily Times in May 2021. Cartoons depict:

- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison offering New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern advice on dealing with flooding;

- two men in knee-deep flood water, one holding a hat full of money says "Hi, just doing a quick whip-round for the poor buggers down south going without bananas.";

- a "dragon in the room" next to Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison standing behind podiums;

- a gloved hand holding scissors with blood dripping off accompanied by a quote from Steve Jobs about having faith in people;

- a man and a whale discussing sperm counts;

- National Party President Peter Goodfellow steering a disentegrating ship submerged under water;

- a 'Govt.' figure handing a over $780,000,000 cheque for the Auckland Harbour Cycle Bridge to child, while showing their middle finger to two nurses behind them;

- a circle of 'PR [public relations] staff' surrounding a figure on their cellphone while two members of the press say "please... just one question";

- a large 'Covid Crisis' wave about to crash onto a beach, captioned 'Fiji.';

- a kiwi with cricket gear stading atop a 'No 1 Word Ranking' mountain looking across to a larger 'World Test Championship' mountain;

- the Team New Zealand yacht with the America's Cup onboard sailing away towards a sun labelled with a dollar sign;

- an 'NZCU [New Zealand Credit Union] South' figure tossing a single bank note to two elderly people;

- a man lying on the ground while two nearby figures say "It's worse than we thought... he's actually asking for an ambulance!" "You're right. He's delirious. It's quicker to call a taxi!";

- New Zealand First leader Winston Peters emerging from a grave below a headstone labelled 'Here lies NZ First';

- two polar bears looking towards a ute, one says "From what I hear, their days are numbered.";

- New Zealand Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard with the shadows of opposing groups of protestors behind her;

- a kiwi with cricket gear standing atop the Earth, captioned 'Sometimes nice guys... ... finish first.';

- a 'Wellington COVID alert' horse running away from a 'COVID Tracer App' stable;

- a 'Wellington COVID scare' bullet passing behind an 'NZ' kiwi;

- two figures struggling against wind and rain, one says "I could use a little global warming right now.";

- and a COVID scanning barcode which says "Crisis averted!... And just like that... I go back to being Mr Invisible.".

Title supplied by Library.

Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in a digital folder titled ‘YEO CARTOON JUNE 2021’.

Quantity: 21 digital cartoon(s).