Friday, June 03, 2005



Culture jamming

National has released its latest billboard campaign - including one which divides New Zealanders by race - and predicatbly people have already started to "culture jam" them. The first selection (posted on Scoop) are fairly weak - the point of the billboards is to deliver a short, punchy message. The one below, forwarded to me by a reader, is far better.

billboard

Or this one, whipped up in photoshop this morning, which both reminds people of what National did last time it was in government, and of what the consequences of their tax cuts for the rich will be:

healthcut

Though actually, you could do that with virtually any policy area - including their present darlings of roads and defence.

Any other good ideas?

Update: More here.

Update 2: ...and here.

18 comments:

What the FREEK! That man is bald bald!

Posted by Bababooyee : 6/03/2005 02:12:00 PM

Oh wait? Which one is the man?

Posted by Bababooyee : 6/03/2005 02:13:00 PM

How about:
Caring - Brash

If you switch the sides National and Labour are on then:
nuclear - free

Posted by Greg Stephens : 6/03/2005 04:01:00 PM

If that's the best you can do it would be a really good idea to start getting ready for opposition, as a minor party.

Posted by Adolf Fiinkensein : 6/03/2005 04:27:00 PM

How about a Labour Add saying :

Work Harder !

Millions on the Benefit need your TAX MONEY

Posted by Graf munschausen : 6/03/2005 04:35:00 PM

How about: Helen! ---- Winston!

Posted by Uroskin : 6/03/2005 04:49:00 PM

Hm... Seem to remember that Clark has the dubious honour of closing more hospitals than any other Minister of Health? Seems a bit ironic the left talking cuts?

Posted by Crusader : 6/03/2005 05:43:00 PM

But we don't get to choose our foreign policy.

I for one would not choose to deal with a country so against human rights as what China is.

Posted by msp : 6/03/2005 08:43:00 PM

I love NZ.

Posted by jeffry : 6/03/2005 08:52:00 PM

Does anyone know of the Billboard that is dividing Kiwis by race?
I haven't seen one. Which one is it I/S?

Posted by Sector 7G : 6/03/2005 10:27:00 PM

You are all penis abusers.

Posted by Anonymous : 6/04/2005 02:30:00 PM

The so-called "racial" billboard is Iwi (on labour side) Kiwi (on Nat side)

Posted by Anonymous : 6/04/2005 04:09:00 PM

So what makes you lefties believe that Iwi arent part of New Zealand?

Posted by Sector 7G : 6/05/2005 12:28:00 AM

How about Dumb and Dumber

Posted by Anonymous : 6/05/2005 10:54:00 AM

I suggest somthing that paints the National party as uncomfortably right.

I want you tonight

Posted by Genius : 6/05/2005 06:36:00 PM

Sector 7g, the National billboard implies that iwi are not Kiwi by setting up a dichtomy.

Beaches

Labour Iwi
National Kiwi

It is quite clear in how they do the billboard that iwi is the opposite of kiwi.

Anybody think of anything witty about workers' rights?

Posted by Phantasmagoric Political Junkie : 6/06/2005 11:35:00 AM

I dont see it myself! I think you lefties are trying another smear campaign. It doesn't state that iwi is the opposite to kiwi and you know this......

Posted by Sector 7G : 6/07/2005 10:43:00 PM

What's Don Brash doing posting comments here?

Posted by Anonymous : 6/09/2005 11:53:00 PM