Places

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025760

Description: Christchurch roads, especially those on lands reverted to swamp, are shown as rough, uneven and the experience of driving them akin to a rollercoaster. As one driver comments 'Woohoo! With Chch roads, who needs the Aussie theme parks!' Since the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 roads in Christchurch on land prone to liquefaction, are still potholed and needing repair. Driving on them at any speed can resemble a rollercoaster in the Australian theme parks. Many Christchurch inhabitants have travelled there as a respite from local problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025766

Description: Under the caption 'Eliminate controversy & rebuild with cardboard...cheap, recyclable and NOT permanent', Christchurch institutions are presented as being built out of cardboard. They include the cathedral (with umbrella), the pier, Avon river punts, the Gondola, the CBD, statues, The Chalice, the Mayor and the Hagley cricket oval. In July 2013 the temporary 'Cardboard Cathedral' designed by the architect Shigeru Ban after the the Christchurch earthquakes, was damaged by heavy rain. Many claimed that the material and design used could lead to a plethora of shoddy, badly designed buildings in the Rebuild. Dissatisfaction with the Mayor, Bob Parker, is also expressed in the cartoon. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0026181

Description: Three cars are bouncing along a rough Christchurch road, with the drivers, and one dog, leaning out of the car windows in an effort to keep them stable. One driver says 'With Chch roads, we're always in America's Cup mode!' By 17 September 2013 television viewers of the America's Cup races in San Franciso Bay were familiar with the sight of crews leaning over the side of their yachts to avoid capsize. Christchurch drivers were still experiencing the earthquake-damaged and hurriedly repaired roads of the city three years after the earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024160

Description: Shows a sick and damaged Christchurch Anglican Cathedral in a hospital bed with two attendants. The Cathedral asks 'Can ya just pull the plug and let me die peacefully?'. Context refers to recent comments by Bishop Victoria Matthews that the Christchurch Cathedral is 'being left to die with no dignity' because of ongoing legal battles about its future. There has been ongoing debate and controversy over whether the Cathedral should be demolished, reconstructed or restored following damage suffered in the February 2011 Earthquake. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024535

Description: Shows Christchurch Cathedral as an injured old woman, hanging down from a crane. A group of people look on and say, 'Who needs a younger model when we can give this old girl a makeover!' Refers to new design options for the Christchurch Cathedral, which was badly damaged by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. (One News, 4 April 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024814

Description: A signpost pointing 'West' and 'East'. The sign pointing West is intact; that indicating East is broken and barely hanging on to the post. Refers to the condition of Christchurch City after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011; the western wealthier suburbs were less damaged than the poorer Eastern suburbs. Also, progress on repair and rehabilitation of eastern housing had been slow. The redesign of the city centre seemed to be a western suburb priority which ignored the poverty and misery of living conditions on the east. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025034

Description: Passengers use the baggage carousel at the Christchurch Airport to sleep on as they are swept around. 'Such a unique concept... a revolving motel!' Shortage of accommodation in Christchurch, because of earthquake-damaged hotels and motels and workers coming in for the Rebuild, was a serious problem for travellers to Christchurch, leading many to sleep in the airport overnight. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025135

Description: Under the heading 'Amalgamated facilities - a white elephant preventer' there is a multi-use building that includes a convention centre, sports stadium, internal water park, cathedral and a 'Super High School with use of sports fields'. Refers to debate during the Christchurch rebuild around spending priorities given the need for large-scale infrastructure replacement. The more specific context refers to competing claims around the fate of the Christchurch Anglican cathedral, the location of a proposed sports stadium, the closure of the Centennial Pool site and moves to combine or close Christchurch schools. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025238

Description: An exceedingly large 'Gerry' Brownlee, the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, rises from a chair, holding a briefcase labeled 'CERA' and calling for 'Bob' Parker, the mayor of Christchurch. The thin Parker was flattened against Brownlee's enormous rear, when Brownlee sat on the chair. Brownlee and Parker had a strained relationship, with the government taking an increasing amount of control in local decision making. After ongoing assurances by Parker that Christchurch City Council would meet all of International Accreditation New Zealand's requirements on issuing building consents, Brownlee announced in June 2013 without Parker's prior knowledge that the authority had withdrawn its accreditation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025237

Description: Roger Sutton, former chief executive of the the power lines company, Orion and since June 2011 Chief Executive Officer of the Canterbury Earhquake Recovery Authority, is shown in a straitjacket, raving. An unseen interviewer asks him how it feels after 'two years in the job'. Roger Sutton's work in leading the Earthquake Authority after the February earthquake was extremely stressful, considering the magnitude of the task. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025260

Description: Two inspectors from the EQC check a house where both the occupants and furnishings are coated in snow. They confess "we might have trouble ignoring the condition of this place!" but as the cartoonist comments, "they'll still try!". In post-earthquake Christchurch the inhabitants found the EQC to be overly restrictive and rigid in their assessment of earthquake-damaged buildings, even though bad weather (and the snow storm of June 2013) had many homes barely habitable. Colour and black and white versions available Other Titles - Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-:"Established in a conservation estate...likely to harm our unique flora and fauna..." 31 May 2013 Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025298

Description: Against the background of a devastated Christchurch, Gerry Brownlee as a bull tosses the Mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker, while the Deputy Mayor, Ngaire Button, as a hapless toreador attempts to restrain him. In June 2013, Gerry Brownlee, the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, clashed bitterly with the Mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker and with his deputy, Ngaire Button over trhe delay in the issuing of building consents for the Christchurch Rebuild (Stuff.nz) Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020837

Description: Shows a number of rental possibilities like a waterfront, a kennel, a wheelie bin, a parkbench, tress, the cardboard cathedral when it is no longer required and a sewage pipe. Context: The problem over lack of rental accomodation after the earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022011

Description: The top frame shows the barbed wire and watch tower of a prison. There is a comment about someone wanting the warmth of a prison cell. The second frame shows prison staff chatting at cross purposes about a petition from Christchurch with homes wrecked by earthquake pleading to be allowed to live in prison and the sentence imposed on the Bridgecorp directors who have been accused of defrauding investors. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020376

Description: A man stands on the roof of his earthquake-damaged house ready for the duck-shooting season. He reckons that the one good thing about the 'red zone' is no gardening and good duck-shooting. Context: Refers to houses in Christchurch's 'red zone' which cannot be lived in because the ground beneath them is too unstable following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021547

Description: Martin Setchell, the organist, is shown playing a mouth organ made out of cardboard tubes. This is a comment on the controversy over the replacement of Christchurch Cathedral, which was severely damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, by a temporary building made out of cardboard tubing. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020366

Description: A small boy is having trouble as he tries to build a sand castle in wet sand. His father recommends that he rebuilds on the same site. Context: concerns that rebuilding in swampy sandy Christchurch and hoping for no more earthquakes will doom Christchurch and the South Island to long-term loss of investment and to indefinite insecurity. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020836

Description: A clown cartoon figure advertises a 'Ride the Red Zone' special bus trip. Drivers sell tickets and souvenirs. Context: Refers to bus tours of the central-city red zone. The 'red zone' refers to zones severely damaged by the earthquakes in Christchurch which are unlikely to be suitable for continued residential occupation for a prolonged period of time. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022332

Description: The cartoon depicts a rose window set in a stone wall. The glass circles each contain a dollar sign. Refers to the future of the Christchurch Cathedral after the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. The Anglican Church seemed to only consider the money in arguing that it would be too expensive to be repaired or rebuilt. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0020664

Description: Refers to the reopening of the Christchurch strip club 'Calendar Girls' after more than a year inside the central-city cordon. The building suffered minimal damage but was inaccessible because damage to neighbouring buildings meant the road (Hereford Street) were closed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).