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Martin Doyle Cartoon: Dodgy figure in Education
Friday, 5 September 2014, 4:07 pm | Martin Doyle
New Zealand is not going to stop its educational decline when the actual Minister of Education spouts figures that - it has now been shown - cannot be trusted. More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: A few kine words
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 3:27 pm | Martin Doyle
The huge growth in dairy farming in New Zealand has made a few people stinking rich, and for everyone else there's been a vague trickle-down, no doubt. But no one really noticed the 'pure environment' getting washed away till it was too late. More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Valuable advertising supplement
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 5:27 pm | Martin Doyle
At any election - but especially for one that will balance on a knife-edge - parties are legally bound to abide by the law applying to third-party advertising. Aren't they? More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Only so much you can take
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 3:09 pm | Martin Doyle
Although the contents of the book "Dirty Politics" should by their nature entail 'Watergate'-style investigation, our little country has no The Washington Post , Time , or The New York Times , to pull it all together. Instead, it's just a 'story' ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Wrong arm of the law
Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 4:56 pm | Martin Doyle
If the reported comments of Cameron Slater and Judith Collins re the activities of Police Association president Greg O'Connor are true then we sadly now have evidence of corruption in the Police and in the Beehive. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: No reason to get touchy-Feeley
Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 3:16 pm | Martin Doyle
In the reported/posited conspiracy theory that the Minister of Justice joined in an attack on Adam Feeley and the SFO, there is a glaring gap in the logic: a motive. Judith Collins had nothing to gain. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Two medals in the rowing
Monday, 1 September 2014, 5:01 pm | Martin Doyle
Martin Doyle cartoon: Two medals in the rowing Click for big version. *** Facebook: Martin Doyle cartoons Twitter @Mart_cartoons More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: An enduring billboard
Friday, 29 August 2014, 5:30 pm | Martin Doyle
If the claim that MFAT staff ignored instructions and allowed the Malaysian diplomat to flee New Zealand, the very least Murray McCully could do is struggle long and loud to get him back to face justice in our Courts. We've had promises from everyone ... More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: The Whale in the room
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 5:33 pm | Martin Doyle
It's only two years since Judith Collins led the charge against cyber-bullying. Her supplying of information to the Whale Oil site for political purposes is a very sick travesty of all we had been told. More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Cleared by the Privacy Commissioner
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 5:07 pm | Martin Doyle
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Cleared by the Privacy Commissioner Click for big version. *** Facebook: Martin Doyle cartoons Twitter @Mart_cartoons More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Prison Or Psychiatric Care?
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 9:28 am | Martin Doyle
Ref: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/253121/prison-best-place-for-man-expert More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Come in, Boat 5
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 3:37 pm | Martin Doyle
There is no reason why John Whitehead requires all these weeks and weeks to complete a relatively simple inquiry into why MFAT offered diplomatic immunity to the Malaysian diplomat charged with Attempted Rape. Ref: http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/mccully-announces-inquiry-mfats-handling-malaysian-diplomat-allegations-rh-159093 More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Pam's charm offensive
Monday, 25 August 2014, 3:15 pm | Martin Doyle
Pam Corkery's incandescent blurt at the poor old journalists outside the Internet Mana campaign launch must have had many wondering just when we're going to get a gentler, more caring society. [And just a small point, but the media was invited, ... More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: So what are we worrying about…
Monday, 25 August 2014, 3:10 pm | Martin Doyle
The use of state apparatus to monitor and control a society is the hallmark of an 'unfree' society. More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Simple Survival 101
Friday, 22 August 2014, 5:44 pm | Martin Doyle
While not strictly on the same level as Sun Tzu's The Art of War [c. 500 BC], this cartoon offers an achievable solution to a number of armed conflicts currently raging round the world. More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Little Tommy Tucker
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 5:38 pm | Martin Doyle
People who work in intelligence services should not launch themselves into the hugger-mugger of highly politicised public debates. Warren Tucker has made himself useful to John Key in the current debate in a way that ironically matches his 'timely' supply of ... More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Stuffing around with street names
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 5:30 pm | Martin Doyle
As if the accusation of orchestrated character assassinations were not enough to keep Minister of Justice Judith Collins, 'in chambers', she has now infuriated her learned brethren [and sistren] in Christchurch by using her powers to inflict her ... More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Best Song Ever Written
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 5:20 pm | Martin Doyle
Now that Nicky Hager's "Dirty Politics" book has exposed an administration that no longer deserves to hold office, Hope is beginning to pump into the Left ventricle of the New Zealand heart. And for John Key, it's time to go. More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Doing Justice to the Election
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 2:55 pm | Martin Doyle
Given the dirty politics that have been exposed in the highest echelons of the present government, the last line of defence for clean democracy would seem to be our actual electoral process. But even that appears to be compromised by having a tainted Minister ... More >>
Martin Doyle Cartoon: Big Hager is watching you
Monday, 18 August 2014, 3:59 pm | Martin Doyle
If what has happened (according to Hager) in NZ had happened in the US, it'd be Watergate. In NZ, it triggers a gurgling mass of doublethink, newspeak and spin reminiscent of Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". More >>
