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Garrick Tremain on Muldoon in heaven, 1992

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Garrick Tremain on Muldoon in heaven, 1992

Garrick Tremain's cartoon, drawn after Robert Muldoon's death in 1992, shows the former prime minister in the afterlife. In his characteristic autocratic manner, Muldoon tells God to get a haircut.

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Garrick Tremain

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Ian F. Grant, Cartooning – Cartooning from 1950 – a changing society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/41748/garrick-tremain-on-muldoon-in-heaven-1992 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian F. Grant, published 20 May 2013.