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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
For our Prime Minister, who each day has gotten up and lead us through this crisis with calm determination and kindness. I wish her some respite in sleep. #JacindaArdern #Covid19 #Paddles
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Sharon Murdoch
1 year
About a person I used to know. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon
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Sharon Murdoch
6 months
Tino Rangatiratanga! My #cartoon today
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Sharon Murdoch
7 years
In a tribute 2 wonderful cartoonist #MurrayBall I drew his lines. A strange & moving experience. My @SundayStarTimes #cartoon #FootrotFlats
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
People over 70 or with low immunity are asked to stay at home. The rest of us need to help keep them safe. Take groceries (wash yr hands) & stay in touch by phone Roy, below, is 91. My mum loves him. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #COVID19 #nzpol #love #loneliness
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Sharon Murdoch
5 months
Yesterday 10,000 attended the Hui-a-Iwi at Ngāruawāhia. Just the beginning. My #cartoon today #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Sending you all ❤️on this, the 1st day of our lockdown. To mark the occasion they let me loose on the front of the newspaper... ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #BeKindToEachOther @dompost @NZStuff @dpcourtney #StayHomeNZ #coronavirus
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
Today is the first time we celebrate Matariki as a nation. It’s a time to remember those we have lost, celebrate and give thanks for what we have, and to look forward to the promise of the new year. Today’s @NZStuff @DomPost #cartoon #Aotearoa #Matariki
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
For all the supermarket workers. Thank you. #Covid19 lockdown
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Sharon Murdoch
3 months
How to use the word “entitlement” in a sentence. My #cartoon today. #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
1 year
Delicate little flowers. Marama Davidson and some of the outrage.
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Sharon Murdoch
1 year
In an emergency, everyone has their part to play. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #nzpol #CycloneGabrielle
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
With sorrow and aroha for the Muslim community in Christchurch, and around New Zealand. @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #ChristchurchTerroristAttack #gunViolence #racism #cartoon #nzpol #auspol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
On the eve of the #Lockdown I did a drawing abt my mum Marjorie & her partner Roy. Well, here they are today, safely out the other side. I took them for a drive round the bays & there were no planes so we spotted boats instead. Between them they have combined age of 177! #Covid19
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Sharon Murdoch
1 year
‘It takes courage to be kind’ - Maya Angelou A farewell to Jacinda Arden. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #nzpol #JacindaArdern
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Day 132. Iris now realises hopelessness of her situation. The govt's tracker Orcas are everywhere. Any dog making a swim for it wld be dog roll in minutes. She had a quiet weep, at a safe distance from the water. Need a cup of tea & a lie down. In morning we regroup. #NZHellhole
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Look who we saw, half asleep in a tree, this morning. #ruru #owls
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
There’s racism and unconscious bias. Then there’s #racism and unconscious bias armed with a gun. My @NZStuff @DomPost #cartoon #nzpol #policing #guns #ArmedResponseTeams #BlackLivesMatter
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
This Easter spare a thought for the essential workers. My @NZStuff @dompost #cartoon #nzpol #Easter   #Covid19 #JacindaArdern
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
For the exhausted. And for the animals that bring joy & companionship to so many of us every day. Pictured: Pedro, Paddles, Tutli Putli, Ivo, Bella, & Mr Flay. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #Covid19 #nzpol #gratitude
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Sharon Murdoch
6 years
Oh, thank you, Great God of Buses, for replacing the overindulgent seats in our Mt Cook Wellington bus stop, with a very useful prayer rail, so we can better beseech you to send us a bus soon. Thank you. @greaterwgtn @metlinkwgtn @nzlivingstreets @WgtnCC
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
A drawing to remember the 51 people who died on March 15 2019, and to mark the sentencing of the man who stole their lives. @NZStuff @dompost #ChristchurchMosque #terrorism #Salam
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
As COVID cases rise, and the weather worsens, remember to dress for the conditions. Today’s @NZStuff @DomPost #cartoon #nzpol #COVID19
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
For Dr Ashley Bloomfield, who needs a good rest after putting up with all our nonsense, and caring about us no matter what we do. With thanks. #DrAshleyBloomfield #Health #Covid19
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Sharon Murdoch
6 years
Congratulations to @jacindaardern and @NZClarke on your wee girl! Here’s to all the #babies ! And the former babies! My @NZStuff @dompost #cartoon #NewZealand #Aotearoa #children
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Sharon Murdoch
11 months
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Sharon Murdoch
3 years
For Tāmaki Makaurau, and all of Aotearoa, echoing the words of the Prime Minister. Today’s @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #Terrorism #NewZealand #Aotearoa
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Sharon Murdoch
7 years
What the heart knows. If you genuinely want 2 change people's minds, attacking their hearts isn't a good way 2 open up the discussion. My @SundayStarTimes #cartoon #GarethMorgan #cats #companions #love #wildlife #conservation #grief #JacindaArdern
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
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Sharon Murdoch
2 months
A personal cartoon done after learning a friend has lost their job. If you think this cartoon is tasteless or brutal, well it’s got nothing on what the government is doing to real-life people. #nzpol #PublicServiceCuts
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Sharon Murdoch
13 days
One feather from an extinct bird sells for $46,000. Shame we don’t value the birds and their habitat so highly BEFORE they go extinct. My #cartoon today #nzpol #FastTrack
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Sharon Murdoch
3 months
On reconsidering one’s life choices. My #cartoon today. #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
6 months
“We cannot wait to get stuck in”, Christopher Luxon said… Get “stuck in” to what? And to whom? (From @JohnJCampbell article on the new govt) My #cartoon today.
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Sharon Murdoch
2 months
Question: Who would you rather read a story to your children? My #cartoon today #RainbowCrossings
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Sharon Murdoch
3 years
#Anzac @SundayStarTimes #cartoon . (My first cartoon in a while - thanks to everyone who has sent me well wishes. I’m taking it slowly!)
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Sharon Murdoch
11 months
Happy Matariki! My @the_postnz @NZStuff #cartoon today
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Well, at least we’re all rallying at the border now... My @dompost @NZStuff #cartoon today #nzpol #Covid19 #Election2020 #Border
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
To add to Peter’s thread of Statue of Liberty/Trump #cartoons . My one today from @NZStuff @SundayStarTimes
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
When you find yourself alone in a lift with two big green dudes. My @NZStuff #cartoon today, digital version. #nzpol #NZElection2020
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
David Seymour would cut the ‘demographic ministries’ My @NZStuff @dompost #cartoon today #nzpol #Act #DavidSeymour
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Sharon Murdoch
1 year
The fabulous and brave Georgina Beyer. Today’s @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #LGBTQIA + #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
During the #lockdown my 18 year old started drawing! Hasn’t done this since very little, and suddenly these drawings! I’ve put some of them together here. The drawing of the brain is by my older step-daughter @DailySecretion who has always drawn with an obsessive beauty.
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Sharon Murdoch
2 months
What?!! The Hon Shane Jones. My #cartoon today. #nzpol #conservation #wildlife
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
How I met my husband: 22yrs ago I mistook him for someone else & waved a baguette at him. We've been married for 20yrs & tonite he said there was nobody else in the ENTIIIIIIIIIRE world (my emphasis) he'd rather b stuck in #lockdown with. OK STUCK isn't so romantic but he's my ❤️
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Sharon Murdoch
8 months
No more race-based policies, so say National and Act. My #cartoon today for Stuff. #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Fresh From the Beehive Bakery. Today’s specials. My @NZStuff @dompost #cartoon #nzpol #Covid19
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
We walk behind our children trying to keep them safe, and willing the world to treat them well. Their little shoulders, the napes of their necks. A drawing about loss. @NZStuff @SundayStarTimes #Samoa #Measles #vaccination
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
In memory of Lynace Parakuka, who was 22 & pregnant. Grace Millane, who was 21 & seeing the world, Amber-Rose Rush, who was 16 & living with her mum, & all the other women killed last year, this year, & in the years yet to come My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #WhiteRibbon
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Sharon Murdoch
6 years
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Sharon Murdoch
9 months
The centre cannot hold. Or something like that. My @NZStuff @the_postnz #cartoon #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono is a Stuff project investigating the history of racism. Part one, out today, focuses on Stuff & its newspapers, & how we have portrayed Māori. @ParahiCarmen & I did a cartoon together based on real headlines about Māori. @NZStuff
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Sharon Murdoch
2 months
David Seymour and Shane Jones’ critiques of the Waitangi Tribunal may constitute a breach of the Cabinet Manual. My #cartoon today #NZpol
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Sharon Murdoch
5 months
Politicians, especially non-white non-male ones, and mental health. A cartoon done before Golriz Ghahraman announced her resignation. My #cartoon today. #nzpol #MentalHealth
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Iris this morning, during her hour in the exercise yard we call #LyallBay . This area is bordered by the gelid waters of the national moat, and stocked with Orcas, in case one of us should make a run for it. #Sad #NZHellHole
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Sharon Murdoch
2 months
Getting rid of the “Red Tape” Never mind that red tape might be all that stands between you and leaky buildings, or some fresh hell you haven’t even considered. Like when something happens and you think, ‘I didn’t even know that could happen’ My #cartoon today #nzpol #redtape
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Sharon Murdoch
5 months
It’s a bargain! My #cartoon today. #nzpol #smokefree
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Grocery drop for my Mum, 86, & Roy, 91. I always say 91 cos I can’t believe he is 91. My mum, Marjorie, youngest of a big Ngāi Tahu whanau, was sent off to a health camp when she was a kid. Tried to run away, & still hates golden syrup. No golden syrup in this bag. #Lockdown
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Sharon Murdoch
3 years
PM Jacinda Ardern lambasts Australia for “exporting its problems”. My @NZStuff @dompost #cartoon #nzpol #auspol #ScoMo
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Sharon Murdoch
3 years
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Chair of the Epidemic Response Committee the Hon Simon Bridges holds the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, to account. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #nzpol #Covod19
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
Caaaaappppssssiiiiiicuuuum for dinner! Caaaapppppsssiiiiiiicum!
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Sharon Murdoch
3 months
The Tough Love Express: You’re either on it or under it. My #cartoon today. #nzpol #poverty
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
Scrapped: the traffic light system and mask mandates. My @DomPost @NZStuff #cartoon today. #Covid #Masks #disabilities #elders #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
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Sharon Murdoch
6 months
New, from Mini-Budget Productions. My #cartoon today. #NZpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Mid-week grocery drop for my mum & Roy. Roy, 91, keeps pushing the wrong buttons on the TV remote. #COVID19
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
“Protest is telling the truth in public. Sometimes protest is telling the truth to a public that isn’t quite ready to hear it... It is meant to build and to force a response.” .”― DeRay Mckesson My @NZStuff @DomPost #cartoon #nzpol #auspol #climatechange #SchoolStrike4Climate
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Day 2. Thuck that virus! With ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ to you all out there in your house. We’re together. My NZStuff @dompost #cartoon #nzpol #covid19
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
An answer to the vexed question of how National party people got out and met with protesters ‘almost daily’ without Mr Luxon knowing. My @DomPost @NZStuff #cartoon #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
8 months
Disabled people (one in every four of us, and higher for Māori and over 60s) and our possible new government. My @NZStuff @the_postnz #cartoon #nzpol #Election2023
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Sharon Murdoch
6 years
The terrible thing is the ordinariness of it. I’d like so much to not have to warn my daughter about this stuff. #MeTooNZ #MeToo my @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon @Alisonmau #sexualharassment #predation
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
The varieties of Welfare. Today’s @DomPost @NZStuff #cartoon #nzpol #Welfare
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Sharon Murdoch
6 months
What now, after the Cook Strait Ferries plan has been scuttled. Some ideas. My #cartoon today. #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
Just watched on the news politicians describing kids joining the global #ClimateStrike as a "political stunt". Politicians. The fucking irony of it. What planet are they on? Oh, that's right, this one, that's rapidly becoming uninhabitable.
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
A young man stalks a woman and assaults her. He’s caught and gets a $200 fine. Today’s @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #SexualAssault #SexualHarassment
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
How many Covid QR Codes can you collect over the long weekend? On entering a place, look for the code & snap it, and if a place doesn’t have a Code, don’t go in - those people do not care about you. My @dompost @NZStuff #cartoon #COVID19nz
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
From tomorrow Stuff’s websites & 49 newspapers will be NZ owned, & new owner Stuff CEO Sinead Boucher is looking at a model that will share ownership with staff My @SundayStarTimes @stuffmedia #cartoon on this bodacious move. #NZMedia #nzpol #Covid19 @sineadboucher Buy NZ made!
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Sharon Murdoch
5 months
The Minister of Transport and the raising of speed limits. My #cartoon today. #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
Not quite ambergris but found this on the beach this a.m. Many of u won't have seen one of these before, but u used to leave them in a glass bottle in yr mailbox & in the morning there'd be a bottle of fresh milk in it's place. This is testimony to the longevity of plastic, sadly
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Sharon Murdoch
3 years
Ms Judith Collins reprises the role of Dr Donald Brash in that beloved colonial operetta “Orewa” My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon
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Sharon Murdoch
4 months
PM Christopher Luxon and his two Co-morbidities. My #cartoon today. #NZpol #Waitangi #Tobacco
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Sharon Murdoch
3 months
Archey’s frog. Shane Jones says, “if there is a mineral, if there is a mining opportunity and it’s impeded by a blind frog, goodbye, Freddie.” Archey is a cipher for any flora & fauna, on land or in the sea, that stands between govt & a profit. My #cartoon today. #nzpol #RMA
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Sharon Murdoch
11 months
My #cartoon today about the trials of a wāhine Māori politician. @NZStuff @the_postnz #nzpol #mentalhealth
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
Someone said to me of my #Tuia250 cartoon today, “Well, it’s not very FUNNY is it?” So I’ve reworked it. Is this funny enough? My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #nzpol #colonisation #Aotearoa #NZLandWars
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Sharon Murdoch
1 year
On the way to the National Party Conference. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoons #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
3 years
Te Kupu o te Rā: Koha and Hōhā. Today’s @NZStuff @DomPost #cartoon #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
2 years
Opposition celebrates women’s Suffrage Day with a noogie. My @DomPost @NZStuff #cartoon #nzpol #SamUffindell
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Sharon Murdoch
8 years
My daughter just told someone that when #quakenz hit last night I arrived in her room like a flying squirrel.
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Sharon Murdoch
5 years
It’s like some dreadful dystopian fiction, but it’s true. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #women #ViolenceAgainstWomen
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Sharon Murdoch
1 year
Maureen Pugh, before she reportedly saw the light. My @dompost @NZStuff #cartoon #GlobalWarming #CycloneGabrielle #nzpol
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1 month
What’s good for 123 geese should be good for 5,000,000. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Employment
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Sharon Murdoch
5 months
Reworking the #smokefree campaign. My #cartoon today. #nzpol
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
New Zealand today, trying to get our heads around #Covid19 #quarantine revelations. #nzpol #nzPublicHealth
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Sharon Murdoch
4 years
It’s a fact: people look nicer in a face mask. Especially to supermarket workers, bus drivers, & all the other people whose jobs require them to come into contact with the public. Proof below. My @SundayStarTimes @NZStuff #cartoon #Covid19 #facemasks #nzpol
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