Lessons and images from the Hobbit dispute

The unusual dispute between actors and the producers of the Hobbit film production has been the biggest political issue of the year in New Zealand. Following on from the previous blog post entitled ‘We are not for the Hobbit workers, and we are not against them’ – Labour Party, I’ve been attempting to write a further post that looks at the political lessons of the event, especially in terms of the policy making process, the power of business, the state of the media, and the influence of nationalism on domestic politics. But obviously images are often more powerful than words, and so the following blog post omits my analysis in favour of all the satirical cartoons that I’ve been collecting – the good, the bad, and the silly – in the hope that they better convey the lessons of the dispute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have I missed any of the cartoons? Please let me know. I'll add more images into this post (below) as they become available. At some stage I'll also try to finish off my lengthy and wordy analysis of the dispute.