Chris Slane

Cartoon depicts ACT MP and Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke Van Velden dressed as an ancient Egyptian queen/Pharaoh riding a giant gold block labelled ‘ACT’s R.W. Agenda’. She wields two whips to drive her slaves, dragging the block towards a pyramid peaked with gold labelled ‘1%’. Her slaves consist of National Party MPs, including PM Chris Luxon, Nicola Willis, Simeon Brown, and others. Luxon: “No wonder Brooke wasn’t keen on an anti-slavery bill.”

How I built the pyramids, by Brooke Van Velden. #nzpol #cartoon #Listener

'Generator costs stun southland farmers -news' Cartoon depicts a male farmer pale and staring, shivering, stunned, lying on the floor of a shed next to a petrol-powered electric generator. Female: "Electric shock?" Male: "Yes - from the bill."

Generator costs stun southland farmers after power failiures #FarmersWeeeklyNZ #nzpol #cartoon

Extra #nzpol cartoon sketches featuring Shane Jones, Winston Peters & a random takeaways heli-delivery guy

Cheers Kent.

Thanks Bernard.

Cartoon depicts finance minister Nicola Willis and PM Christopher Luxon crawling through a desert wasteland full of forestry slash, wrecked cars, houses, etc Labels: Austerity, Cuts, Services, signs: FENZ, plus an empty chest labelled 'Climate Resource Fund'. Willis points towards the thunder head: "There it is. Surplus 2028... I mean 2029-30... - all going well." Storm cloud is labelled 'EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS'

Extreme weather events #NZPol #cartoon #NZListener

Same - so much charm

True

Thanks, Jolisa :)

New #nzpol quick cartoon sketch carousel. Your picks?

Cartoon depicts a cricket player with a bat waiting on the bench. He is a dairy farmer listed #12 on the player sheet. Refers to dairy industry licking its wounds after another disappointing outcome from an India free trade agreement.

India Trade Deal Leaves Dairy On The Bench #nzpol #cartoon #farmersWeeklyNZ www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/...

Massive Health Data Breach Is paying hackers the logical extension of budget cuts and outsourcing? Cartoon depicts a dam labelled 'Health Records' bursting with personal data pouring out while an appalled crowd of patients looks on. A small man in a suit looks on nonchalantlysaying to a staffer: "Don't worry. Paying hackers is still cheaper than decent IT security."

Health Records Data Breach #nzpol #cartoon #databreach #patients #health #privacy #cybersec #ListenerMag

Cartoon depicts SPRING/SUMMER HAIRSTYLES ON THE FARM: THE GALE THE TORNADO THE HAIL-MARY THE STORMBOB THE HEAT WAVE THE BOLT ( Chris After Murdoch)

Spring/summer hairstyles on the farm #cartoon #farmersweeklyNZ ( From Dec 2025 )

Good point. May be possible to tweak.

This is my 2026 goal

Yes! I love bleak :)

Agree. Simeon needs to be on the hook.

Thanks :)

#NZpol cartoon sketch concepts - which is your fave? #WIP

Good point - will improve body language in the next iteration - a wheel barrow too perhaps

Thanks. And all the profits stay on the inside?

Cartoon depicts a business leader leaning out of an upper level window of an office building about to drop a bin of burning coals labelled 'Carbon Cost'. "Let's just park this little externality out here where we don't have to count it"

Can we just park this? No. Our current government seems hell-bent on dumping the downsides of global warming on our children.
Playing around with this #cartoon sketch concept ...thoughts? #wip #environment #climatecrisis #nzpol #uspol

Cartoon depicts a a girl pointing at Government coalition party leaders all squeezed inside the same Santa costume carrying a bag labelled ‘Cut$’.... “HEY! YOU’RE NOT SANTA. YOU’RE JUST THREE GRINCHES IN A TRENCH COAT.” Background shows a queue entering a large food bank.

Not Santa.... my #nzpol cartoon #NZListener

Spending cuts, then tax take drops? SHOCKED

Willis is Ruth Richardson reincarnate

#nzpol @slanecartoon.bsky.social Chris Slane said it best

For the past six weeks, an AI Facebook account has been pulling my history posts on Instagram and slopping out new captions, so I’ve been feeding it poison pills and its followers are having meltdowns in the comments. It’s been pretty spectacular.

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.”

Bishop's Bridge Of Broken Dreams #NZpol #cartoon #Listener ( tweaked version )

Cartoon depicts minister Chris Bishop driving a digger, crushing a sign saying 'Regional Councils' and chasing after regional council staff. Bishop: "This is not a power grab!" 'Plan to shake up local govt. - news'

"This is not a power grab!" gabs guy with grabby gear. #nzpol #FramersWeeklyNZ

Thanks Sacha :)

Thanks :)

Extra sketchy #nzpol cartoon concepts.