Sharon Murdoch

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Socially awkward political cartoonist. She/her. Like reading and walking. Ngāi Tahu/Scottish. Live in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· 9d

There’s been a lot of talk about children this past week - how to punish them, how to breed them, and how business people are like them - but none of it about child welfare. My #cartoon today #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Children” 3 frames. 1st frame Act candidate Paul Henry says, “And then teachers can deal to the little shits!” while ACT leader David Seymour looks on adoringly, with pink love hearts coming off him. 2nd frame, NZ First leader Winston Peters says “And I’ll give you big $$$s to have more of the little shits!” Underneath it says “Offer open to genuine certified Kiwis only” Shane Jones looks on adoringly, with pink love hearts coming off him. 3rd frame, PM Christopher Luxon looking ill, says “Shit, shit, shit!” while Nicola Willis looks on anxiously as a pink love heart breaks over her head.

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· 12d

Survivors of abuse in care hand-delivered flowers to Parliament. The flowers were picked from the grounds of hospitals and care residences that were sites of abuse, and marked 2 years since the damning findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry. My #cartoon today #NZpol #AbuseInCare #ChildWelfare

Cartoon. Title: “Survivors of Abuse in State Care” Then it says, “Flowers for the Minister” (Erica Stanford) Image shows a bunch of red flowers, tied with a black ribbon, and a card attached, “Still Waiting for Redress” The flowers bear the faces of children.

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· 19d

A Summary of the Climate Change Commission‘s report. My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #ClimateTargets

Cartoon. Title: “A Summary of the Climate Change Commission’s Report” The image shows PM Christopher Luxon holding a bow and arrow, but oblivious to the target that is right behind him, and is reaching out to tap him on the shoulder

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· 22d

A cartoon from 2015 of the charismatic Mr Paul Henry doing his business on the TV.

Cartoon. Title: “Early Bird” Television personality Mr Paul Henry as a parrot, saying, “Pauly! Pauly! Pauly! Pauly! Pauly! Pauly!“ and shitting on a TV.

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· 23d

Leader of NZ First Winston Peters and deputy leader Shane Jones, survey this glorious land of ours. My #cartoon today #Environment #Conservation #NZpol #FossilFuels #ConservationAmendmentBill

Cartoon. Title: “Glory Days” The image shows Winston Peters standing on a peak, king of all he surveys. Surveys being the operative word. He’s saying, “In the past we raped, pillaged and plundered this glorious land. And with the help of our coalition partners we’ll rape, pillage and plunder again!” Down to the left Shane Jones is crawling up the slope, burdened down with a pack, pick axe, spade, bucket etc, and saying, “Coming, my liege. Ow, ow, ow, the matua needs some kneepads”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· 26d

Minister for Transport Chris Bishop and the Roads of National Significance. My #cartoon today in the Sunday Star Times. #Roading #NZpol #Health&Safety

Cartoon. Title: “Coup” Three frames. Minister for Transport Chris Bishop in the first frame, holding an orange road cone above his head, with stacks of road cones behind him. He’s saying, “The upside of building fewer roads is fewer road cones. Hehehee! Another target met! Let’s get these bad boys back in the shed” In the 2nd frame he’s running with the cone over his upper body and whistling. 3rd frame he’s fallen in a pothole. There’s a sign in the background that reads, “Road cone storage” with an arrow. Bishop is saying “Ouff! Someone should’ve marked this pot hole”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· 28d

Woke this morning to bird song, then remembered the avian flu. Hope our feathered friends will be OK. My #cartoon today #AvianFlu #BirdFlu

Cartoon. Image of a Kākāpō, a chicken and a badly-drawn piwakawaka, moving off quickly to the left. The chicken is saying, “out of here.” In the background a brown skua is coughing, but saying, “Guys! Guys! It’s just a tickle!” as another brown skua falls over dead beind them. The piwakawaka is saying, “If you see three or more sick or dead birds in a group, ring 0800 80 99 66”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jul 14

A drawing today about the recent passing of actor and gentle man Sam Neill (and his duck Charlie Pickering), and I guess about the landscape he loved.

Cartoon. Title: “Absence” Charlie, a white duck, stands mournfully beside a pond on Sam’s vineyard in the Earnscleugh valley, in Central Otago. In the lower right it says, “Sam Neill, 1947-2026”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jul 11

China test-fires a long range missile from a nuclear submarine into the Pacific Ocean, presumably because it wants everyone to know it can. My #cartoon #China #Pacific #NuclearFree

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jul 10

Wk ago called WCC abt mud-blocked drain bottom of Thompson St. They said Tiaki Wai now handled drains. No ph #. Use web form. 30 mins later TW call, say they've referred it back to WCC cos they don't deal with sumps. Half hr later WCC say they referred back to TW. Yesterday drain is still blocked 🤔

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jul 9

Mānawatia a Matariki! My #cartoon today #Matariki #NZpol

Cartoon. Act leader David Seymour, NZ First leader Winston Peters, and PM Christopher Luxon, standing in front of a night sky. Winston Peters is saying, “Non-citizens (henceforth referred to as ‘Aliens’) shouldn’t be eligible for Matariki. You’re not an alien are you, David?” Below it says, “Matariki Herenga Waka - For Everyone, Even Politicians”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jul 7

The Supreme Court last year found caregivers, like Victoria Coleman, should be considered employees of govt, & be given the same rights & protections. Minister for #Disability Issues Louise Upston disagrees. Victoria says “the [Disability Support Services] Bill is a dog.” My #cartoon today #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Mother of Son with Disability Mauled” Image shows Victoria Coleman and her son Levi, and a friendly looking dog. She is saying, “The Disability Bill is a dog! Not this sort of dog” and she has her hand on the head of the friendly dog. “This sort of dog” and there is a large white dog with Disability Bill written on it, hanging onto her leg and pulling, and Victoria says, “Get off, Louise!”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jul 4

Health Minister Simeon Brown on health imperatives. My #cartoon today #HealthCare #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Time and No Emotion” Picture shows Health Minister Simeon Brown standing in an Emergency Department, wearing a white coat, with staff working around him. He’s shouting, “Come on, people! Save them! Save them!” Someone from the side is saying, “Do you mean these people, Mr Brown?” And he says, “Pfffft! No! Dollars!”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jul 3

Labour Party Leader Chris Hipkins keeping his powder dry. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Election26

Cartoon. Title: “Aim” Leader of the Labour Party Chris Hipkins in a circus cannon, labelled “Labour ‘26” Deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni is about to light it, but Hipkins has his hand up, and is saying, “Hold…hold…” while Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds is pushing the tub of water towards him, and Hipkins is saying, “Closer… no, no, closer…”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 30

The Ministry of Social Development’s Letters of Understanding about housing homeless people. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Homeless #EmergencyHousing

Cartoon. Title: “Letters of Understanding” A woman is talking to a man and hold an envelope that she is shoving at his chest. She is saying, “As the CE of MSD it’s my job to outline PTs and KPIs. This letter spells out our expectation the you KEHNUTGT and you WPHPIEHIYKWGFY. Got it?” And the man is saying, “OK” Down the bottom is a explanation of the abreviations. “CE: Chief Executive. MSD: Ministry for Social Development. PT: Performance Targets. KPI: Key Performance Indicators.
KEHNUTGT: Keep Emergency Housing Numbers Under the Government Target. WPHPIEHIYKWGFY: Won’t Place Homeless People in Emergency If You Know What’s Good For You”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 27

Do I have to spell it out for you!? My Sunday Star Times #cartoon today #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Media Training” Image shows Winston Peters, looking grumpy, pointing his finger at the viewer, saying, “For heaven’s sake! Do I have to spell it out for you!?” Behind him on a brick wall, is written “W_NKER”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 25

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, and her Health and Safety reforms. My #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthAndSafety #PikeRiver

Cartoon. Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden standing in front of a Health and Safety sign. Except the Health and the Safety are crossed out with bloody red lines, while the “AND” has a speech bubble around it, with a question mark and ellipsis following.

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 23

Minister of Energy Simeon Brown speaking at the National Party conference on the weekend about their coalition partners. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #NZelection26

Cartoon. Title: “Friends” Image shows PM Simeon Brown reflecting on National’s coaltion partners, Act and NZ First. He’s saying, and I quote, “One wants the window open. One wants the heater on” To the left of him is a small drawing of Act leader David Seymour climbing in through a window at night, carrying a bat. To the right of him is a drawing of NZ First leader Winston Peters holding a heater to Simeon’s bare feet. To both of them he’s responding with an agonised, “ARGHH!”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 20

The Minister of Education and the Smart Tool. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Education

Cartoon. Title “Testing testing testing” The Minister of Education Erica Stanford is feeding a small child into a crooked chute. She is saying, “Just pop in the Year threes, like so…and Year 10s pop out the other end!” The chute has testing …testing…testing….testing written on the side, and at each bend there’s a sound of “DONK!” Out the other end of the chute grey cubes are spat out, with alarmed faces. Underneath is the caption: “fig 1: The Education Smart Tool. Expect some wastage”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 18

An upgrade of Immigation NZ’s biometric security systems runs amok, to the tune of $32M. My #cartoon today #Immigration #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Immigration Technology Upgrade” A voice is saying from the left side of the frame, “Delays, missed milestones, significant inadequacies? Try this technology upgrade” there’s a little macine chugging away, called “The Heavy Murk II” and it’s turned up to 11 on the dial, puffing out thick grey smoke. Two sets of legs are sticking out the bottom. The woman is saying, “What the?” And the man is saying, “Jesus!”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 16

Trump says the US and Iran have reached a deal, and that the Strait of Hormuz will re-open on Friday. My Stuff #cartoon today #USA #Iran #Israel #US-IranWar

Cartoon. Title: “A Tit in a Tangle” Image shows US President Donald Trump tangled up in red tape, struggling to cut it with a pair of gold scissors, on top of a map of Iran, and the Gulf of Oman. He is saying, “I declare the Strait of Hormuz open!”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 13

Commissioner of Police Richard Chambers and Minister of Police Mark Mitchell share a moment. My #cartoon today #NZpol #police

Cartoon. Commissioner of Police Richard Chambers and Minister of Police Mark Mitchell. Chambers is crying and Mitchell is comforting him. Chambers is saying, “Nobody tells me anything!” And Mitchell is saying, “Mate, I’d tell you if I was standing for Labour”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 11

Simeon Brown described Labour’s capped bus fares as fanciful. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Transport #CostOfLiving

Cartoon. Title: “Transport Me” Image shows a bus at a bus stop, a person waiting to get on, and the person in front of her, who is Simeon Brown, is saying, “Is this one of Labour’s flights of fancy?” And the bus driver says, “No, mate, it’s a bus. Now are you getting on board? People have places to go”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 9

Crying wolf about climate change? My #cartoon today #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather

Cartoon. Two frames. First frame: Man sitting in a Ute, looking grumpy, saying “Oh, blah, blah, blah…crying wolf about climate change again” 2nd frame titled, “And a mournful sound was heard from the coast” and shows a rock being swept by waves, with a sodden white dog perched on it, howling “Awoooooo”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 6

Accommodation supplements. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Accommodation

Cartoon. Title: “Accommodation Supplements” Image shows Minister for Social Development Louise Upston at one of the doors of a weather house. The words say: “V1. Politician Gets a supplementary $1000 a week to live in freehold home. V2. Family in need. Gets $42 a week taken off their supplement to live in a house” Upston is saying: “So, stop picking on me!” as a child and an adult fall off the other side of the platform.

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 4

Political donations, influence and elections. My #cartoon today #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: ‘Political coffers’ Image shows NZ First MP Shane Jones holding up a $100 note, and saying, ‘How about that?! Talking money!!!’ And the note is saying, ‘… and we want…’ while in the background PM Luxon is holding a note that is ringing like a phone.

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· Jun 2

Defence Minister Chris Penk meets David Lange. My #cartoon today #NZpol #NuclearFree

Cartoon. Title: “Halitosis” Image shows a grinning David Lange, PM at the time NZ declared itself nuclear free, as an angel, holding a packet of “Nuke Mints” breath mints, offering one to Defence Minister Chris Penk, who has fumes coming out of his mouth. Lange is saying, “What have you been swallowing, Penk?! I can smell the uranium on your breath as you speak” Then down the bottom he adds, “Here, suck on this”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· May 30

Climate policy, and the role of large emitters. My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange

Cartoon. The Prime Minister Christopher Luxon sitting at a desk. Under the desk is a little man with “Big Emitters” written on his back, typing away furiously, and the type covered paper is feeding up through the desk, into Luxon’s hands. Luxon is saying. “Ah-huh ah-huh.

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· May 28

Try Public Service Cuts to Save the Budget. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Budget

Cartoon. Title: “How to Meet a Budget in Straitened Times” Image show meat cuts marked on a person on all fours. The cuts are marked things like “Won’t fit? Chuck it out” “Short Shrift to the Poor” “Make Ends Meat” and underneath it says, “TRY PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS” and on a blur rosette to the right it says, “Prize Blue Ribbon Cuts”

Sharon Murdoch@domesticanimal· May 26

Budget Lock-Up. It’s nearly after the budget. My #cartoon today. #NZpol #Budget