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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Improved accessibility for marginalised communities... #NZpol #NZListener

Cartoon shows a mountain of money labelled ‘Influence’ connected to the ninth floor of the beehive by a plank. A wealthy man with a cigar is about to cross walk in. Greeting him is PM Luxon, Simeon Brown & Nicola Willis.

Rich man: “I’M JUST IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY FOR MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES.”

Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New rules same prices... National's panicky promise to break up ( review ) part of the supermarket duopoly seems unlikely to deliver results for consumers ... #NZpol #cartoon #NZFarmersWeekly

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NACT1st has deliberately allowed our healthcare sector to become understaffed. . #NZpol #Listener #cartoon

Patient: "I WAS FORCED TO GO TO WORK EVEN WHEN I WAS SICK."

Cartoon depicts a scene in a crowded hospital where a nurse is pushing a very sick patient. Both appear ill.

Patient: "I WAS FORCED TO GO TO WORK EVEN WHEN I WAS SICK."
Nurse: "SAME."

Refers to a RNZ report : "Some nurses working in the emergency department at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital say they have been asked to come to work despite calling in sick.
They say they have repeatedly raised concerns with management about the pressure on staff over the past two months, but little has changed."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz_featured/1291868/middlemore-hospital-nurses-reportedly-asked-to-work-despite-calling-in-sick

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Unsurprisingly, @slanecartoon.bsky.social was on to this almost 20 years ago, in 2007. #nzpol

A cartoon by Chris Slane (slanecartoon.com). It shows: on the left, a grey haired white man sitting behind a wooden desk with a curved window behind him. On a sofa to the right, two people are sitting: a man in a blue suit and a woman wearing a red jacket. The man is saying, “Minister, to avoid F.O.I. requests all our advice will be in sign language.” The cartoon shows the woman is moving her hands in different ways as she translates that statement into sign language. The face of the man behind the desk looks disconcerted and worried.

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

National is still trying to push its doomed plan to build an LNG facility through before the election, never mind all sensible advice. #NZpol #cartoon #sketch

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Rake's Progress. H/t to Simpsons and Sideshow Bob. #NZpol #Listener #cartoon

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

From the archives... Sam Neill joins campaign for wool.

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

'Cost hole', from 2010 but seems timely #NZpol #cartoonarchive www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/...

"Why don't you all save and invest more?" asks a wealthy man in a suit watching citizens tip wheelbarrows of cash into a giant hole marked as 'Costs' - "No idea" replies one wheelbarrow-tipping man. 2010. https://www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/political-cartoons/political-cartoons-2008-2016

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Some of the many people it takes to run our health system. #publicservices #cartooncommission apex.org.nz #NZpol

It takes all sorts to run our health system. Apex

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The rural boom draws crowds.... aided by a weak kiwi dollar. #NZpol #cartoon #FarmersWeeklyNZ

The rural boom draws crowds to Fieldays -News. Cartoon depicts wealthy farmers with cash spilling out of pockets.

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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Listener cartoon this week. It's true - nearly everyone in this govt is scarier and more reckless than a teenager on a bicycle. #nzpol

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Behind the scenes policy #cartoon #NZpol (after John Heartfield)

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Nicola's plan: AI everywhere #farmersweeklynz #cartoon #NZpol Refers to funding requests to combat wilding pines and other pest species.

Cartoon depicts

'FEDS WANT BUDGET FUNDING TO TARGET PESTS -NEWS'

Willis: "EASY-PEASY!"

Official: "MINISTER OF
FINANCE BELIEVES
SHE CAN REMOVE
10,000 USING AI."

Refers to requests for money to remove wilding pines and other pest species. Also Willis's stated aim to replace civil servants with AI.

cartoon; farmers; farming; agriculture; New Zealand; wilding pines; pests; Ai; public service; cuts; budget

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Progress for birds and burbs.✅✊🏼 Environment Court agrees with Quietsky Waitemata that helicopter take-offs and landings in Auckland's residential zones are not a permitted activity. mailchi.mp/932307b9bed5...

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Raymond Sagapolutele @raysagapolutele.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This formula for public engagement via social media and mainstream media needs to go in the bin. Getting tired of being angry instead of engaged. #nzpol