Chris Slane (@slanecartoon.bsky.social)

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:30 PM

Risky behaviour... #NZpol 2022

Two NZ pedestrians crossing tracks in front of a speeding train are nearly struck by a train labelled 'Climate Crisis'.

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:49 PM

Improved accessibility for marginalised communities... #NZpol #NZListener

Cartoon shows a mountain of money labelled ‘Influence’ connected to the ninth floor of the beehive by a plank. A wealthy man with a cigar is about to cross walk in. Greeting him is PM Luxon, Simeon Brown & Nicola Willis.

Rich man: “I’M JUST IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY FOR MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES.”

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 11:07 PM

New rules same prices... National's panicky promise to break up ( review ) part of the supermarket duopoly seems unlikely to deliver results for consumers ... #NZpol #cartoon #NZFarmersWeekly

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:46 PM

My #NZpol cartoon in the latest issue of the Listener, in print & online. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:10 PM

NACT1st has deliberately allowed our healthcare sector to become understaffed. . #NZpol #Listener #cartoon

Patient: "I WAS FORCED TO GO TO WORK EVEN WHEN I WAS SICK."

Cartoon depicts a scene in a crowded hospital where a nurse is pushing a very sick patient. Both appear ill.

Patient: "I WAS FORCED TO GO TO WORK EVEN WHEN I WAS SICK."
Nurse: "SAME."

Refers to a RNZ report : "Some nurses working in the emergency department at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital say they have been asked to come to work despite calling in sick.
They say they have repeatedly raised concerns with management about the pressure on staff over the past two months, but little has changed."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz_featured/1291868/middlemore-hospital-nurses-reportedly-asked-to-work-despite-calling-in-sick

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 3:03 AM

No new taxes... #NZpol #Listener #cartoon

Cartoon depicts PM Luxon on an election podium in fron of an audience. Luxon: "No new taxes."
Various audience members heckle:
"Or nurses
Or Police
Or Ferries
Or houses
Or equal pay
Or libraries
Or Bridges
Or ideas."

@openpolicy.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 10:45 PMReposted by @slanecartoon.bsky.social

Unsurprisingly, @slanecartoon.bsky.social was on to this almost 20 years ago, in 2007.

#nzpol

A cartoon by Chris Slane (slanecartoon.com). It shows: on the left, a grey haired white man sitting behind a wooden desk with a curved window behind him. On a sofa to the right, two people are sitting: a man in a blue suit and a woman wearing a red jacket. The man is saying, “Minister, to avoid F.O.I. requests all our advice will be in sign language.” The cartoon shows the woman is moving her hands in different ways as she translates that statement into sign language. The face of the man behind the desk looks disconcerted and worried.

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 2:57 AM

My cartoon in this week’s Listener #NZpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

@slanecartoon.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 9:11 AM

National is still trying to push its doomed plan to build an LNG facility through before the election, never mind all sensible advice. #NZpol #cartoon #sketch