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Nisbet, Al, 1958- :Education Relief; Health Relief, Tsunami Relief. Christchurch Press,...
Date: 2005
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-006-124
Description: The long arm of the government reaches over the beggars labelled "Health Relief" and "Education Relief" and gives a lot of money to "Tsunami Relief", who struggles to hold all it has been given. Refers to the 10 million dollars that the New Zealand government gave to those countries affected by the Boxing Day tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Extended Title - Government Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'You might be a good-for-nuthin' unruly failure with behaviour...
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0024002
Description: Shows MP Steven Joyce handing a report card marked D- to an unruly and lazy students labelled Novopay. Joyce notes that he will soon have him up to National Standard. Refers to the ongoing problems with Novopay, the government computer system used to administer teachers' pay and may also refer to negative public perceptions around the system of National Standards in New Zealand schools. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Looks like drought on the landscape!' 9 March 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0024206
Description: The New Zealand public contemplate a dead drought stricken landscape. As well as lack of water, there is a lack of moderate pay scales for CEOs, satisfaction with EQC, quality TV, generous insurance companies, brilliant Solid Energy management, the integrity of John Banks (and by implication that of other MPs), quality education ministers, worthwhile overseas trips by the Prime Minister, 'clever' NZ First MPs and a boost for the West Coast among others. Considered from a Canterbury perspective, the drought of early 2013 becomes a symbol for many of the recent political and social ailments afflicting the land. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Parata's Law..."What can be crammed in, will still come out o...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0021633
Description: Refers to the announcement by Education Minister Hekia Parata, that class sizes will be increased. The immediate backlash by teachers and parents forced Parata to back down. Prime Minister John Key came to the rescue with assurances that no school would lose more than two teachers but had to admit National had no idea how this would impact on the $43 million a year savings that were to be diverted to improving teaching "quality". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Performance pay for teachers?... "Here's the deal... you lot d...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0021546
Description: A teacher in a class, about to give an exam, tells pupils, while surreptitiously handing them the answers, 'Here's the deal...you lot do well...I do well!'. The proposals for 'performance pay' for good teachers, to be based on pupils' success rates, raised concerns that such a system could be open to abuse. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'It's the new Govt road rule..."If under pressure do a U turn!...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0021770
Description: Shows a 'government' car doing an abrupt u-turn to avoid a large 'Teachers' truck. Context: Education Minister Hekia Parata announced plans to increase class sizes had been dropped (Stuff 8 June 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'It's not the working out... it's just the end result that cou...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023101
Description: Shows Education Minister Hekia Parata in front of a blackboard that is covered in mathematical equations and has a solution that reads 'School cuts'. She is confident that it is not the working out but the end results that counts. Context: Refers to the government's intention to close 30 schools in Christchurch which is causing enormous anger and upset. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Some schools to merge?... 15 September 2012
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0022885
Description: Shows crowd of schoolboys egging on two men fighting over who is headmaster. Context: Education Ministry announced proposal to merge Shirley Boys High School with Christchurch Boys High School amongst other Canterbury school closure and merger proposals (Stuff 13 September 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Nuthin' wrong with National's Standards eh, Johnny.?. Heh! He...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023058
Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key flicking a paper bullet with a and Education Minister Hekia Parata throwing a paper dart. Parata laughs about 'National's standards'. On the blackboard is a list of controversial government policies. Context: 'National's standards' is a wordplay on 'national standards' in education which have become hugely controversial in the way they are established and in their publication. The policies on the blackboard refer to attempts to get beneficiaries into work and off the benefit, the sale of state-owned assets, the bullying of teachers and the threat to close around thirty Christchurch schools. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).