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Finally, an upside to the exodus of kiwis!

6 days ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

So, rents are falling in Wellington. Landlords are struggling to fill houses at their current prices, and a lack of demand is resulting in prices falling, from what I hear from friends who rent in the city. I’m sure National will tout this as a win for them, but the reason they are falling is that people are leaving the city in droves due to the cuts made by this government and leaving to head overseas for better opportunities and get better compensation for their skill set.
The "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" Budget.

2 weeks ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

It would be disingenuous to say that I’m shocked by the 2025 budget announcement. For the past two and a half years, we have seen this government hack and slash the public sector, purposefully target low-income workers, and actively start a campaign to privatise our healthcare and education systems while simultaneously pleasing their donors and justifying a landlord tax during a cost-of-living crisis.
The new and improved Bird of the Year for 2025!

3 weeks ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

To actively reflect this government’s approach to animal conservation, which most recently included the amendment to the Wildlife Act, which allows the Director-General of Conservation to permit companies to kill native animals if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines, or dams, we will also be making amendments to ‘Bird of the Year’ to better align with our current model.
Actively employed woman Brooke van Velden bravely stops pay equity for women.

1 month ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

This cartoon is a homage to the famous World War II Poster that was created to boost female worker morale, and was later re-appropriated to promote feminism, especially women's rights in the workforce. I decided it was fitting to put Brooke van Velden in a dark dystopian version of this iconic poster, after she reversed New Zealand’s pay equity movement in one fell swoop.
State of the Substack 2025

1 month ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

State of the unions and budget announcements are big events followed by the press and day-to-day punters alike, but today, I’m taking the time to do my annual State of the Substack, where I preview what's coming up for the year on here and what content I have planned—all in the hopes you’ll consider becoming a paid subscriber! Paid Subscribers get early, and in some cases exclusive, comics that may or may not make it onto social media, and may end up collected in a book at a later date, last...
A look at the ‘rather Winston way of communicating’

1 month ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

Last week, we got an all-around clear example of what Christopher Luxon spinlessly called “A Winston way of communicating”. Winston Peters sped-ran through his current modus operandi for staying in the limelight: Say/introduce something utterly offensive that serves no real purpose aside from dog whistling to cookers, throwing a minority group under the bus, and upsetting “woke lefty shills”. Directly contradict past things he has said/legislation party has passed.
Now that a study confirmed what we already knew, what are we going to do to protect female MPs from harassment and death threats?

1 month ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

Yesterday, the University of Otago released the results of a study that revealed female Members of Parliament are being assaulted, threatened with rape, and subjected to death threats throughout their careers in parliament and even well after they leave their roles. Eleven MPs from across the political spectrum shared their experiences with researchers from the University’s Department of Psychological Medicine.
Hipkins needs to get off the fence or get out

2 months ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

Last night, I finished the final episode of The West Wing. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s an Aaron Sorkin-created show that depicts the inner workings of the administration of a fictional U.S. president. It’s very full of hope and a bit of a liberal wet dream, but it is considered one of the greatest shows of all time, and I’m a bit of an American politics nerd, so I binged all seven seasons in the background while drawing.
A battle of wits between Winstons

2 months ago | yeehawtheboys.substack.com | Daniel Vernon

Winston’s State of the Union earlier this week was exactly what we expected: a bunch of Trumpism talking points and buzzwords without substance. It was hot off the heels of his big messy anti-DEI week, which saw him going on a tirade against things that didn’t exist or he clearly didn’t research, and legislation that his party previously helped make law.