Chris Slane (born 1957) is a left wing
New Zealand
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cartoonist
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.
He has had cartoons published in ''
Metro
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Geography
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'', ''
New Zealand Herald
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'' and ''AA Directions'' magazine. Slane is currently the cartoonist for the ''
New Zealand Listener
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'' and ''New Zealand Farmers Weekly''.
He has a degree in town planning from the
University of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work
, established = 1883; years ago
, endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
, budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
, chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant
, vice_chancellor = Dawn ...
, and contributed to the student magazine ''
Craccum'' while studying there.
Bibliography
*''The Home: your guide to social welfare homes'' (1985)
*''Sheep Thrills'' (1989)
*''Let me Through, I have A Morbid Curiosity'' (1998)
*''Maui: Legends Of The Outcast'' (1996)
External links
Slane- website
- biography.
New Zealand Cartoon Gallery- a selection of Slanes latest cartoons.
"Privacy Cartoons Part 1""Privacy Cartoons Part 2"Slane's work on Star Wars Tales #10Photos of Slane's puppets built (and puppeteered) for the Space Knights Television series
1957 births
Living people
New Zealand cartoonists
People from Auckland
University of Auckland alumni
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