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Martin Doyle cartoon: Bottoms up!
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 3:08 pm | Martin Doyle
John Key celebrates banning of legal psychoactives with some alcohol. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Trolls and Bottom-feeders
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 1:43 pm | Martin Doyle
The Prime Minister's use of the term "trolls and bottom-feeders" drags political rhetoric to a murky depth outside most people's comfort zone. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Testing drugs on dumb animals
Monday, 5 May 2014, 5:31 pm | Martin Doyle
John Banks' suggestion that, instead of animals, perhaps willing humans could be used for lab-testing legal highs is a fascinating idea. Perhaps one or two of his colleagues have already put themselves forward. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Katie cops a gobful
Monday, 5 May 2014, 10:00 am | Martin Doyle
The National government has now resorted to trying to discredit individual journalists. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Menu in Beijing
Monday, 5 May 2014, 9:58 am | Martin Doyle
Judith Collins's visit to China was not a private one. And her "private" dinner seems to have been savoured by someone who subsequently made a huge donation to the National Party. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Call the Police
Friday, 2 May 2014, 2:25 pm | Martin Doyle
There's something funny about a Cabinet minister contacting the police in the middle of January about a serious charge involving a suspect who is not even one of his constituents. [But, oh, the suspect is a big donor to the National Party!] More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Candidates meeting in Syria
Friday, 2 May 2014, 10:55 am | Martin Doyle
After years of inflicting tragedy and violence on everyone who opposed him, Bashar al-Assad is now conducting a presidential election. Candidates are well advised to watch their backs while at the microphone. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Dishonourable campaign
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 5:21 pm | Martin Doyle
The coordinated pincer movement of 1) criticising the military medals won by David Cunliffe's ancestors, and 2) announcing an increase in the Defence budget, might at first sight seem like clever politics. It also dishonours the dead. Unfortunately, ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Legal High jinks
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 9:41 am | Martin Doyle
Peter Dunne's sudden overdose of concern over legal highs seems to have been triggered by a panic attack over Labour's imminent policy release on psychoactive substances. He dropped a couple of "Upstage" pills. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Who Nicked the insurance money
Monday, 28 April 2014, 10:51 am | Martin Doyle
Phil Twyford's claim round the Government's misuse of Canterbury insurance payout money should have sent shock waves through the media. Instead, it has been greeted with a 'blind eye' and verbal liquefaction. More >>
Child Poverty Six Monthly Reports | Martin Doyle Cartoon
Friday, 25 April 2014, 3:45 pm | Martin Doyle
For a nation suffering from poverty, the news that the Ministerial Committee on Poverty is not even delivering its six-monthly reports is bad enough. But the claim by its Chair that 'it's all someone else's fault' is a bit rich. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Massacre in Maraenui
Thursday, 24 April 2014, 11:50 am | Martin Doyle
One must sympathise with John Key at this difficult time in his electoral cycle...having to attend photo ops amongst rude, ungrateful victims of his policies. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Sleeping with the fishes
Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 1:11 pm | Martin Doyle
Although it's all no doubt above board, to the outsider it appears as if a significant member of the Opposition has been taken out of play by means of a [tax-payer funded] lucrative job offer just prior to the election. Some view it as a killer blow to ... More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Guess Who Came to Dinner
Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 1:32 pm | Martin Doyle
If Judith Collins is in the soup over her intimate dinner with close friends in Beijing, it's simply because she has wrapped the identity of one of them in a deep-fried spring roll of mystery. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Kiwi drone
Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 11:54 am | Martin Doyle
While killing others is wrong in normal circumstances, the rules do change significantly in war zones. Russel Norman's criticism of the drone attack on al Qaeda 'soldiers' in Yemen has not been persuasive. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Winston withering
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 5:33 pm | Martin Doyle
With media coverage at a premium heading for the Election, one has to really make a scene to get in the News. Some are better at it than others. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: The Godwits Fly
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 4:54 pm | Martin Doyle
The news that over a quarter of us were born in another country is no surprise considering the numbers who depart our fair shores every year never to return. In some ways, New Zealand is the world's busiest hotel. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Accidental forms of treatment
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 2:43 pm | Martin Doyle
The ACC itself is an accident waiting to happen. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: The world is burning
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 2:41 pm | Martin Doyle
The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is as close to a fire alarm going off for Planet Earth as we're ever going to get. Let the record show who answered the call. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Power Blocks
Friday, 11 April 2014, 12:47 pm | Martin Doyle
New Zealand is currently being treated to an object lesson in how to (and how not to) build effective coalitions. More >>
