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Daniel Vernon

@yeehawtheboys.bsky.social

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Ngāti Kahungunu Te Wairoa Writer/Cartoonist, Pōneke punk in @smokedartz 👇🏽Substack | store | tip | commission👇🏽 http://linktr.ee/yeehawtheboys/

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Jul 2

Do you like comics and silly cartoons? LOVE supporting the arts? Then you should become a paid subscriber to my Substack! Twice-weekly you'll receive exclusive comics and articles directly to your inbox, PLUS full access to the four-year archive! Go on, treat yourself: yeehawtheboys.substack.com

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 7d

The reveal that we should have expected, but disappointed us nevertheless, I dive deeper into this over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/genocide-r...

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 11d

Yep, flick me an email: [email protected]

Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 11d

FOOKIN EMBARRASSING THE LOT OF YAS

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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 14d

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol

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Rimu Bhū’ī @rimubhooi.bsky.social · 17d

first actual skeet lol, i made you a lil strategic voting guide combining all the best people’s resources rimu.substack.com/the-status-quo-is-voting-are-you

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 18d

Raising them right!

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Three Dave Dobbyns plucked from different eras, brought to the distant future to save the world from demons! Singing songs and slaying hellspawns, it's Dave Dobbyn: Demon Hunter! You can also grab a print of this poster here: danielvernon.bigcartel.com

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 23d

Cool! You're adding in some conditions right? Global acts must have local support acts? Ticket fee must be fair and capped? Hire local technicians? Right????

1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 24d

📢 New funding aimed at helping attract global acts, support local events, and drive regional visitor growth.

Govt unveils $70m fund to lure global acts, support major events

www.1news.co.nz

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 27d

don't forget that David Seymour is the only MP in the last decade who has openly implied he wanted a Ministry bombed

Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 27d

When you see David Seymour hand-wringing about political violence today, don't forget he called an opposition MP "a menace to freedom" and she received so many threats afterwards that she was provided with an extra security detail

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 28d

Labour aren’t the life raft they think they are. I talk more about this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/labours-fe...

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 29

best yet.

Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 28

With the music biopic making a comeback in cinemas, I take some creative liberties in telling the story of one of the country's greatest performers. I present to you, the mostly fictional, outlandishly exaggerated, at times humanly impossible, and completely unauthorised Prince Tui Teka Story!

For The Life of Me: The unauthorised, exaggerated, mostly fictional Prince Tui Teka story

With the music biopic trend returning with a vengeance in cinemas, I take some creative liberties in telling the story of one of our countries greatest performers...

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 21

Digital equity exists when everyone can access and effectively use digital technologies so as to participate in our society, democracy, and economy.

tomorrow is #NoTechDay, an important cause to use people power to help bring awareness to the digital inequity in New Zealand: www.notechday.nz

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 10

Mad Max: Fury Road User Charges. I dive deep into the future of New Zealand, reporting on the Treaty of Ponsonby, the Supermarket Citadel, and Chris Hipkins over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/mad-max-fu...

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 5

In my post today I gave my pal Molly, and incredible and passionate teacher, the space to share what teachers and children actually need from education reforms. It’s a sobering and blunt read, but well worth it: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/a-teachers...

A Teachers perspective on what teachers and students need to succeed

A look at Nationals "education plan" from someone who is on the ground.

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 5

How getting New Zealand Back on track is going: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/luxon-fina...

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · Jul 28

Since June 2023 we have:
- Cut the Minimum Wage twice in real terms
- Removed the living wage from government contracts
- Brought back 90 day trials
- Ended Fair Pay Agreements
- Cancelled 33 live Pay Equity Claims
- Given $10bn tax cuts for landlords and businesses

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Aug 1

WHERE MY WOKE HOTTIES AT?!

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Jul 30

Real life, actual events that were playing out in airports across the globe were have finally been stopped, thanks to our laser-focused government!

I talk more about scapegoating Māori and culture war dog whistling over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/evidence-b...

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · Jul 29

Doodling and the art of the sale on Sir Michael Hill’s superyacht

From the archive: Sir Michael Hill on two of his great passions in life – drawing, and selling rings....

thespinoff.co.nz

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Jul 25

"Dropkicks" and Prisoners Deserve the Right to Vote, I dive into this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/dropkicks-...

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Jul 23

Need a report on the effects of the Supermarket duopoly? Open your letterbox. I talk in depth about the lack of meaningful policy around supermarket pricing over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/need-a-rep...

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · Jul 22

NZ joins the UK, and 24 other countries, in saying the war in Gaza ‘must end now’
My #cartoon today #NZpol

Cartoon. Image shows the word ‘ISRAEL” in blue and white, submerged in red liquid, with skulls floating in it. On top of the word are three soldiers. Two are firing rifles, and a third has just fired his.

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · Jul 22

A detailed look into the DARK SECRET looming behind the Labubu craze…

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