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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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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