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Martin Doyle cartoon: Wilde humour fails badly
Thursday, 29 May 2014, 5:19 pm | Martin Doyle
Somehow Fran Wilde's high-speed brain has got derailed. The train driver at Melling yelled at his passengers that the train had "no brakes". What part of "no brakes" doesn't she understand? More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon Nasty visitors to Neonatal
Thursday, 29 May 2014, 11:10 am | Martin Doyle
'Baby' Internet Mana entered the world to a very hostile (and short-sighted) reception from the other parties. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Open EAR Cookbook
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 3:24 pm | Martin Doyle
One of the big gaps in New Zealand publishing is recipes for open-EAR cooking. Famous foodie 'John Appétit' Banks would be the dream author, without question. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Dining in the open ear with John Banks
Monday, 26 May 2014, 6:06 pm | Martin Doyle
Justice should be done and be seen to be done. The behaviour of the Accused in the courtroom, even when it involves the Accused eating his own earwax, should be viewed as just a tasty morsel of human interest for the media. It's not a hanging offence ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Maurice on the line
Friday, 23 May 2014, 4:26 pm | Martin Doyle
One of the key signs of a corrupt society is when politicians just need to lift the phone to the Police to get a case 'sorted'. News of yet another call from Maurice Williamson to senior police is a quite concerning. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Spotting the funny side
Friday, 23 May 2014, 1:10 pm | Martin Doyle
The ICC's investigation into spot-fixing and match-rigging has been so drawn out, so unpredictable, and so full of unexpected developments, it's a pity someone wasn't taking bets on it all. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Fixing crook scores
Thursday, 22 May 2014, 5:36 pm | Martin Doyle
Daily life in New Zealand involves seeing the traditional hallmarks of decency devoured by cancerous greed and then nursed back to health by attentive spin doctors. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: The Jimmy Savile of NZ politics
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 12:51 pm | Martin Doyle
Winston Peters' accusation towards Brendan Horan ["the Jimmy Savile of New Zealand politics"] would stagger any parliament in the world. In the interests of all victims of sexual abuse, the Speaker is honour bound to put this matter before the Police ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: No housing crisis
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 5:21 pm | Martin Doyle
When the PM denies there's a housing crisis, the people experiencing the housing crisis are consequently plunged into... an identity crisis. It's a double crisis. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: We need houses
Monday, 19 May 2014, 5:38 pm | Martin Doyle
It's a "rock star economy" for some, without doubt. But for people needing a home, it's a rocky road. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Shark warning
Monday, 19 May 2014, 5:36 pm | Martin Doyle
The oddest outcome in New Zealand sport in recent years was a team of Sharks reduced to just 13 players but still savaging the Crusaders. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Nek Minnit Legal Action
Monday, 19 May 2014, 5:34 pm | Martin Doyle
The term "Nek minnit" is now part of Kiwi vernacular. There's something in itself 'wrong' in forbidding people to use More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: William the Conqueror
Friday, 16 May 2014, 5:35 pm | Martin Doyle
Bill English's Budget not only gets NZ back into the 'black' financially but, like some kind of social policy 'invader', has stolen a lot of ground from the Centre-Left. Ref: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1405/S00120/budget-2014-a-budget-worth-dancing-over-500-words.htm More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Focusing Five Eyes
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 5:32 pm | Martin Doyle
The latest revelations about New Zealand's role within Five Eyes suggests an operation that has moved beyond just surveillance. No one can relax with so many wandering eyes all over the place. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Surgery at Hockey Hospital
Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 3:24 pm | Martin Doyle
Come back, Julia Gillard, all is forgiven. Joe Hockey's savage budget is painful proof that election promises (not to raise taxes) can wither very quickly in the Australian sun. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Oscar has brought something else up
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 5:30 pm | Martin Doyle
The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has been an over-indulgent circus with huge adjournments and, now [wait for it], talk of a long period of psychiatric assessment in a hospital before the trial continues. And Jesus wept. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Hideous barnacle found on ferries
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 1:30 pm | Martin Doyle
Winston Peters' shift of focus from major dramas in the political system to... propellers on the interisland ferries...is schizophrenic. It's like mixing cold pies with warm beer in the middle of Cook Strait. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: If a tree-feller falls
Monday, 12 May 2014, 5:16 pm | Martin Doyle
Like the proverbial policeman, a Minister's lot is not a happy one. Nor, it is tragically obvious, is the lot of New Zealand forestry workers. Time to put the smiley faces away, Simon Bridges, and do the right thing by the fallen. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: DPMC ie Donations Provide More Clout
Monday, 12 May 2014, 5:13 pm | Martin Doyle
Having the Beehive's Chief of Staff attend $3500-a-head fundraisers for the National Party in the company of the PM is the most blatant sign yet of paid "access" to the mechanics of institutional power in New Zealand. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: We'll always need party pills
Thursday, 8 May 2014, 1:25 pm | Martin Doyle
We've now banned the pharmacological type of party pills. But the political Party 'pills' are still to be seen round Parliament, messing with people's heads. Perhaps our whole constitution needs to go into rehab. More >>
