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I draw Political/Editorial Cartoons & Illustrate for ThePost / The Press / Waikato Times & sometimes SundayStarTimes

https://bento.me/creativeelc

Occasionally Sweary. Origin Londoner, now Aotearoa 🇳🇿 forever. Kikorangi
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605... (standing in for Sharon Murdoch for the next 6 weeks).

Waitangi Day was supposed to be a coming together of our Nation to commemorate the signing of our founding document. Slightly hijacked by Mr Seymour.

#NzPol #WaitangiDay
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.
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24 days countdown till I embark on something terrifying & exciting.

Will be going back to University to train as an animator 😬🫠😃

Have no idea what I'll do or what I'll learn - my partner in crime told me to just keep things small & manageable.

No big plans. No big ideas. Just do the thing ✊
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Over the weekend in London a protester scaled the Iranian Embassy & replaced the regimes flag with the pre-1979 revolution flag of Iran.

#Iran #Cartoon #Solidarity
Cartoon. Title: IRANIAN UPRISING On the pre-1979 revolution Iranian flag there is a golden lion with a katana in its paw. I've used the lion here as a symbol of power and resistance. Sitting upon the lion (the lion is rearing its front two legs - holding onto that sword) is the protester who tore down the regimes flag and replaced it. He is holding the original flag whilst holding onto the lion triumphantly. Under the lions back feet is the regimes flag.
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Remember: World leaders, your politicians, are letting this happen. They know that Israel is denying Palestinians access to the means of sustaining life. They know these kids are being murdered in this way and yet they are doing nothing to stop it.

So make more noise. Demand action to protect kids.
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
creativeelc.bsky.social
Al Murphy is such a great animator. This one is about the TV Show 'The Traitors'.

Warning: lots of swears 😂

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Al Murphy on Instagram: "I hope everyone is enjoying the new series of The Traitors 🥳 #traitors #bbc #almurphy #magicporridge"
2,269 likes, 91 comments - al_murphagram on January 9, 2026: "I hope everyone is enjoying the new series of The Traitors 🥳 #traitors #bbc #almurphy #magicporridge".
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January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Tech Corps are avoiding paying NX tax - I know another petition, but this is important. Any irritation in this Govts side is good.

Please sign below👇

our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/fo...
For the People: Tax Corporate Profits
Now is the time for the Government to increase the tax on corporate profits and put it back into the people. Show your support and get involved.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

America Vs Venezuela - the oil war is on and they're no longer hiding it...

#Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #UsaVenezuela #USAOil
Cartoon. Title: America Now (the title uses the font from the film Apocalypse Now) in the background a blood red sky with four American helicopters. An oil drum is in frame with Trump lounging inside it. He's looking menacingly at us. On the left are two flag stickers. One is the Venezuelan flag (all dirty) and plastered haphazardly on top of it is the American flag.
January 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Here’s a survey if you feel like participating… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
nzctu.typeform.com/Workforce2026
CTU 2026Workplace Survey
Make sure your voice is heard in 2026 - tell us about your work life.
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January 4, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

It's been a year. I dedicate today's cartoon to my dearest friend Peta Kennedy. She was a staunch supporter of me & my work and know she would have approved this message.

Sending love to her family at this time ❤️‍🩹
Cartoon. Title: GOOD RIDDANCE A group of little people stand celebrating on the top of a huge cliff. They've thrown the year 2025 off of it into the ether. It's gone. And they're better for it.
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
creativeelc.bsky.social
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

BLIND MELON
Blind Melon - Album cover - Nico
December 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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December 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Santa's got a huge pile of coal. If anything a lot of MP's should be getting it this year... but I'm not a miracle worker with caricatures 😂 So these two will have to do.

#NzPol #Caricature #Santa #Cartoon #NaughtyList
Cartoon. Title: NAUGHTY LIST Santa's grotto is packed to the rafters with coal for all those naughty children. And here he sits on his comfy throne. Standing in front of him are two little boys - Christopher Luxon and Christopher Hipkins. Santa doesn't look impressed. He says to them both, "And what makes you think you DON'T deserve a lump of coal?" Luxon says, "I have a plan!". Santa is holding a piece of coal down the side of his throne waiting to give it to them.
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many.
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Billionaire NZME director Jim Grenon funding defamation lawsuit against TVNZ, court told
Billionaire NZME director Jim Grenon funding defamation lawsuit against TVNZ, court told
Jim Grenon suggested to controversial evangelist Julian Batchelor that he should sue TVNZ, according to evidence given in court....
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December 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

They're selling us fixes to problems that don't exist and calling it a success.

#NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #Caricature
Cartoon. Title: LAST WEEK OF PARLIAMENT: UNDER URGENCY! There are 4 panels. 1st has Luxon is in it (looking petrified) saying, "Not sure if you're makin' good laws?" 2nd has Seymour saying, "And don't want any scrutiny?" 3rd has Winnie saying, "Why not use Coalition under urgency detergent!" 4th has all three of them with a huge box of sparkling detergent with the words - COALITION UNDER URGENCY DETERGENT - and a little washing machine pumping out parliamentary bills. They three are saying, "it's...... Super quick, washes away tough questions, easily removes interfering clauses, guaranteed to work!
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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My little corner of the world was troubled of late by the question of how to make satirical comment on Israel’s state-sanctioned, lethal, and orgiastic violence without the risk of invoking antisemitic blood libel. Grateful to Gvir & co for providing a visual metaphor we can all use without fear.
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Dec 8
Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
Left frame: Three men in suits wearing a golden noose pin on their lapels. Right frame: Close up of a golden noose pin.
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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It's time for that Cartoon of the Year lark. I mean, you COULD vote for this one. But other brands are available. Vote here: www.ellwoodatfield.com/cartoon-of-t...
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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BONKERS!

The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.

Let that sink in.

#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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“If it’s okay for our ministers to speak like that, saying that our academics suffer from ‘derangement syndrome’, it makes it okay for the general public to say that.”
35,000 signatures land at Parliament calling for end of ‘disinformation’
Two former politicians have arrived at Parliament with near-matching petitions urging the Prime Minister to crack down on what they call “disinformation” from his deputies.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

If you type '𝗚𝗼𝘃𝘁 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲' into google you get a whole shit ton of articles - by the current lot.

#Cartoon #NzPol #Caricature #Luxon #Stanford
Cartoon. Title: Groundbreaking Four panels. Luxon is in the first holding a report that says 'IMPORTANT INFO INSIDE'. He says, "Erica... we have official advice on the Treaty in the curriculum..." the next panel has him holding the report up in his hand about to throw it to Erica, "AND... you know what that means!" Third panel: Erica Stanford catches the report and shouts, "I SURE DO CHRIS!" Fourth panel: Erica is standing by a green wheel bin holding the lid open with a whole load of expert reports inside it - "We file it away with all the other expert reports!"
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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My friend died today. Her alcoholism finally got her. She was my idol as a child.

I'm 19 years clean & sober - everyday I know I'm the lucky one. I made it out alive.

Too many don't.

She will be forever loved.

Peta Kennedy 1975-2025
December 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Dear friends and followers, we need your help this #GivingTuesday after a bad year for nonprofits in the US. Please donate and spread the word: cartoonistsrights.org/donate
IT’S GIVING TUESDAY! PLEASE GIVE TO CARTOONISTS RIGHTS SO THAT THEY CAN DEFEND YOURS. PLEASE HELP US DEFEND CARTOONISTS’ RIGHTS WITH A DONATION to cartoonistsrights/org/donate In a cartoon by Ann Telnaes, President Trump wields a flaming torching his right hand and a burning sheet of paper bearing the line “We The People” in his left. He wears a uniform redolent of a military dictator, including a fez emblazoned with an eagle.
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Bishop's Bridge Of Broken Dreams #NZpol #cartoon #Listener ( tweaked version )
Cartoon depicts minister Chris Bishop beside a bridge talking to homeless people. Bishop: “I’ve redirected Kainga Ora funding to this bridge in my electorate - also our solution to the housing crisis.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Labour's getting primed for next year's election. Some are saying they aren't going far enough... time will tell.

#Nzpol #Caricature #Cartoon
Cartoon. Title: Labour Day We're in a field by the Beehive - NZ Parliament - there are two possible voters grazing on the grass. Behind them Chippy is tip toeing across the path towards the beehive with Barbara Edmonds in tow. He's saying, "Barb... gently, gently ok? No big surprises..." and Barb responds, "Yes, of course...don't wanna spook the voters".
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM