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Martin Doyle cartoon: Their words say everything

Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 3:23 pm | Martin Doyle

Neither the victim nor the accused man will now find justice in the case of the Malaysian diplomat accused of attempted rape. And the public suffers revulsion hearing the words of the cunning men with immunity dripping from their hands. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Home to Hundertwasser

Monday, 30 June 2014, 3:17 pm | Martin Doyle

The decision of the Whangarei District Council to drop the Hundertwasser Arts Centre idea is mind-numbing. The powers that be need to step in. Hundertwasser belongs to all of us. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Lord Lucan ordered to hang

Friday, 27 June 2014, 5:31 pm | Martin Doyle

Lucan Battison's victory in the High Court to keep his hair long is a victory for youth. He will now be 'locked' away in New Zealand folklore. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Chinese water torture

Thursday, 26 June 2014, 3:39 pm | Martin Doyle

John Key's method of drip-feeding the truth about donations to the Labour Party has hit a wee snag - his main informant got his lines wrong. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Cannibalism should be a Red Card offen

Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 5:33 pm | Martin Doyle

The biting of Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) by serial-chomper Luis Suarez (Uruguay) raises important questions: Was it a Red Card offence (or just 'medium rare')? Should cannibalism be banned from top sport.. or is that going too far? Should gravy be provided for ... More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Mummy and Baghdadi gonna be rich

Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 5:30 pm | Martin Doyle

The bizarrest aspect of the current crisis in Iraq is the actual wealth - and potential wealth - of this little nation of only 36 million people. Well run, they could ALL be millionaires. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Morning after the Excommunication

Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 3:19 pm | Martin Doyle

Like, wassa bugging this Pope Francis with this Excommunication hit on the Mob? Perhaps it's time to make an offering they can't refuse. Ref: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/21/world/pope-mafia-excommunication/index.html More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Man bottled outside Beehive

Monday, 23 June 2014, 1:36 pm | Martin Doyle

John Key has an irritating tactic of digging up ghosts from the past to help win current battles. But in the case of fine wine of good vintage, age only makes them better. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Operation Bottom-feed

Friday, 20 June 2014, 3:58 pm | Martin Doyle

The John Key Government is (and has been) extremely adept at locating compromising (to its opponents) material buried deeply in departmental files. The public service performs party service. More >>

Martin Doyle: Another Liu memory floats to the surface

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 5:22 pm | Martin Doyle

Although David Cunliffe's 11-year-old letter re Donghua Liu is not in itself a bombshell, it is Cunliffe's earlier denials of such material, and his subsequent response, that have rattled his leadership. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Please put a coin in my punchbowl

Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 5:43 pm | Martin Doyle

Grant Dalton and the 'Rich boys' club' who sail in the America's Cup races need to learn that the public purse is not like a bottomless chest of booty to dip into at will. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Beam us up, Scotty

Monday, 16 June 2014, 5:08 pm | Martin Doyle

The reported atrocities and summary executions committed by ISIS in Iraq in the past few days have bleak similarities to the behaviour of the Nazis in the French town of Tulle in June 1944. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Harpoons through your heart

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 3:06 pm | Martin Doyle

So many horrible decisions are made by our leaders that you have to wonder if they're not in fact having some kind of competition to out-Herod each other. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Kiwis prepare for Elective surgery

Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 1:46 pm | Martin Doyle

The Kiwi milieu is not ideal for political discourse at the best of times. But with the England rugby team touring, and the World Cup kicking off in Brazil shortly, sports-mad Kiwis will have a lot of other things on our little minds apart from the ... More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Landslide result in Syria

Monday, 9 June 2014, 2:37 pm | Martin Doyle

The brutal and remorseless collapse of Syrian society goes on unabated, with occasional peaks of absurdity such as Bashar al-Assad squeezing in a presidential election that he wins hands-down. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Cunliffe's cunning plan

Monday, 9 June 2014, 2:13 pm | Martin Doyle

Given the combined opinion poll rating for Labour-Greens is only 40 per cent, the only way to gain power will be via a third party. It appears the only way the Internet-Mana Party will become that third party is via the 'coat-tailing' provision. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Tanks for the Memories

Friday, 6 June 2014, 2:57 pm | Martin Doyle

We are living in a dark time when the Chinese government is able to suppress all public (and much private) commemoration of the atrocities in Tiananmen Square. It's like an enforced Alzheimer's. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Hitting a raw nerve

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 2:10 pm | Martin Doyle

'Keeping quiet' about violence is no longer an option, in families or in education. Although no evidence of rough-handedness has surfaced re Minister Hekia Parata, it is still legitimate to ask the question. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Violent patients

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 12:40 pm | Martin Doyle

Why people in need of medical help attack hospital staff is a mystery. Why a political party in need of a coalition partner attacks a likely partner remains an enigma. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: The house that Gerry built

Friday, 30 May 2014, 5:11 pm | Martin Doyle

Gerry Brownlee's glib denial of the risks of asbestos in the Christchurch rebuild fly in the face of the clear warnings given by Canterbury's Medical Officer of Health, Dr Alistair Humphrey. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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