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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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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · Feb 6

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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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 12h

“Tony Blair should be heading to The Hague, not to Gaza.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why Tony Blair should be on trial for war crimes in Iraq, instead of planning to destroy Gaza further with Trump on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored.’

Read Mehdi’s article on Tony Blair: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 11h

Powerful work as ever from Steve Brodner. Follow his account for more ✊

brodner.bsky.social @brodner.bsky.social · 12h

Murph.

(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 21h

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 22h

RNZ Article - Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My old image from last year still rings true. Even more so.

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 22h

RNZ Article - Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My old image from last year still rings true. Even more so.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 1d

The Govt wants to cut Health NZ staff working on alcohol harm & end its research & social marketing campaigns. Sixty five organisations have signed an open letter to the PM, calling for alcohol industry to be excluded from policy making.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #alcohol #Health #PublicHealth

Cartoon. Title: “Sponsored by the Alcohol Lobby”. Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Assoc Justice Minister Nicole McKee, drinking together. McKee hands her beer to Doocey and says, “Hold my beer” “I’m going to sort out these Public Health boffins. Lower right it says, “Govt ignores expert advice on alcohol”

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 1d

Important point by Pearse in the Herald here - identifying that NZF et al don't REALLY care about what happened except as something to be weaponised. Would be great if a few more in the media/pol class were able to reflect on this BEFORE they spent the last 2 days escalating in their own right

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"But although Peters condemned the attack on his house as a “disgrace”, he was quite happy to taunt Swarbrick as “crowbar Chlöe”. Shane Jones, vocal even by his standards in defence of his leader, freely bellowed: “Where’s the crowbar?”
Either it’s a serious attack that threatened a politician’s family and crossed a line, or it’s something to tease your political opponent with. It shouldn’t be both."

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 2d

This one's been grating me big time. Got some photos together to help with the caricature 😃

16 photos of luxon standing with either both hands in his pockets or one hand. He's looking nonchalant and noncommittal when talking to everyone.

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 2d

A snap shot of one youth in the pews. She's looking at us angry. And who could blame her. The words, "we're all this character right now"

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 2d

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Luxon giving his 'best' advice to unemployed youth...

#NzPol #Caricature #Cartoon #PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Luxon

Cartoon. Title: Youth 'Pep' talk...

A tiny Luxon is in the hall talking to young people. He's standing on a stool with his hand casually in his pocket lecturing a room of youth.

He's saying, "The world doesn't owe you a living! BUT... if you grow up to be a landlord..."

In the audience over 20 young people with varying expressions react to his speech. One in particular is looking at us with a distinct angry face.

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 2d

The best film! I forgot my tissues and cried my eyes out. Thankfully was in the dark so could hide better 🥴

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 2d

Hands in pockets from a top dog always strikes me as pretty arrogant.

Someone should be advising Christopher Luxon that it's really not a good look.

16 photos of Christopher Luxon with his hands/hand in pockets/pocket when chatting with people. Looks unprofessional and blasé.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 2d

It's 2025 and our economic model is still reliant on maintaining a decent bufferstock of unemployed people. This model was *designed* to ensure that employers have the upper hand (and labour could be uberised). Govt distract us from this reality by bashing beneficiaries and abdicating responsibility

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Aliya Danzeisen @alinasu33.bsky.social · 4d

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 4d

Steve! You are one prolific creator. Love love love ✊

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 5d

Woke up to images and friends' social media posts from all over the country of Italy's general strike for Gaza. The Right to Strike Commission declared it illegitimate last week. The unions responded, "we don't care". Over two million people participated in the rallies, blocking stations and ports.

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 5d

My cartoon in today’s The Post, The Press and Waikato Times www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Jane lived by her ideals. She was a tireless advocate for the natural world. Now the baton’s been passed onto us & the younger generation. Thank u for your continuous championing for those without a voice

Cartoon. Jane Goodall is sitting on the branch of a jungle tree. She is holding her favourite chimpanzee of all time called David Greybeard. There are vines wrapping around the branch and clouds to denote heaven. The quote, “The greatest danger to our future is apathy. You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. Jane Goodall 1934-2025.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 6d

Peace plan. Both Trump and Netanyahu have used these words.
My Stuff #cartoon today #Israel #USA #PeacePlan #Gaza #Palestine

Cartoon. Title: “Peace Plan” Image shows a white dove dressed in army gear, brandishing a gun, with the Israeli flag on his helmet and the US flag on his vest. He’s standing amidst the rubble, and saying “Sign… Or we finish the job”

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 7d

Crew of the Sumud flotilla are being illegally detained. In other words, they're hostages.

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 8d

I've just seen. Pretty shocked. I thought he was doing well and cancer was in remission. His poor whānau.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 8d

NZ government overhauls earthquake-prone building classification. Let’s not forget that 185 people died, and several thousand were injured, in the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #earthquakes #Insurance #TheCostOfALife

Cartoon. Title: “Shake-Up”. Image shows the Beehive surrounded by debris of collapsed buildings. A voice (David Seymour) is saying from the Beehive, “This is a win for logic over emotion” from the right of the frame a speech bubble is rising up from the wreckage, groaning. An arrow is pointing to this, and labelled, “A surfeit of emotion” while in the lower right is written, “So said the man in the building on base isolators”

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 9d

Stanford’s Curriculum Change Process: Erasure Of Māori And Pacific Authors Achieved By Violating Democratic Process. Yes, That Matters.

Amidst the propaganda blitz that Stanford has launched on the education sector, it might seem finicky for me to keep brining up issues around process. Surely, if Stanford’s arguments are righ…

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 9d

My cartoon in today's www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Shame. What an utter shame. Our government votes NO to recognising Palestine as a statehood. They do not represent a large proportion of our country.

#Palestine #NzPol #Caricature #Coalition

Cartoon. Title: "KIWIS CAN BE PROUD..."

In the conference room in the beehive a sweaty stressed looking Luxon wearing his high powered shoulder padded suit stands behind his podium. His hands are hanging like limp sausages (a hint of Monty Burns from the Simpsons) and he's saying to the journalists, "WE ARE FRIENDS TO BOTH SIDES".

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 9d

You got on the radio! Nice work 🙌

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 10d

Good to see mainstream media also highlight the threat VFF poses to New Zealand's liberal-democratic firmament, though it's much, much greater than presented in this article. | Behind the boring promises: the protesters trying to reshape local democracy www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

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Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 10d

A poll on if we should
have recognised the state of Palestine, so far the one against is winning, please vote if you can to push the yes vote up if you believe we should recognise Palestine. #nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Stuff

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