Cartoons published in April 2024

Digital cartoons by Chris Slane on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Published in the New Zealand Listener.

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"Cartoon depicts an dilapidated steam train reversing at high speed along washed out rail track and falling into empty space. Riding a coal cart is Shane Jones (NZFirst) waving a lump of coal - Dr Strangelove Slim Pickens style - shouting "Black is the new green!" David Seymour (ACT) waved a lantern towards the abyss.

Chris Luxon (National) "You're rights, backwards is way faster" Nicola Willis (National) looks towards a carriage (labelled "Polluters".) of rich villains. A sign beside the rails reads "Fast Track' points in the opposite direction"

"Cartoon depicts PM Chris Luxon loading rocks into a giant glass jar with large rocks labelled cuts, austerity, unemployment, tax cuts 4 landlords, tax cuts, while smaller stones are labelled wages, climate, housing, poverty, health, evs,c ost of living. Luxon: "i'm gonna chunk down the big rocks & leave the pebbles till after delivering the deliverables (refers to promised tax cuts on many large rocks).

"Cartoon depicts Minister for Local Government Simeon Brown driving a large robotic mech with guns labelled 'regulatory tools' stamping on burning signs labelled '3 waters' and threatening a building labelled 'Councils'. Brown: "It's local water done my way"."

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Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).