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Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019222

Description: The cartoon shows the container ship Rena run aground on Astrolabe Reef off the Tauranga coast. The ship is flying a black flag of convenience. Context: Ships owned in one country but registered in another are described as flying flags of convenience. Merchant Service Guild secretary Helen McAra said flag-of-convenience ships, such as the Rena which are registered in countries where there is little enforcement of international labour, safety and environmental regulations now dominated New Zealand's coastal shipping. The officers are not necessarily familiar with the unpredictable sea conditions here, nor are they obliged to comply with New Zealand maritime rules and regulations." (Stuff 12 October 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019247

Description: The oil slick from the stricken container ship 'Rena' bears the words 'Fossil fuels the way of the future - Yeah right!' Context: A comment about the damage that an oil spill creates. The Tui advertisement comment 'Yeah right!' about fossil fuels refers to the strong view held by many that the danger to the environment is too great to contemplate further oil exploration. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019220

Description: In the top frame a group of men panic shouting 'Our international image is in danger!' because 'We should have been prepared' and 'There's been too much delay!' In the lower frame we see that the men are in a pub and are talking about the All Blacks, not the Rena. Context: The All Blacks have been suffering a series of injuries thus jeopardising their Rugby World Cup chances. And the 'Rena' is a foreign owned container ship that has run aground on Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga and is leaking oil. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0018971

Description: Prime Minister John Key and Minister for Energy and Resources and Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee, survey a New Zealand full of disasters of one kind or another and gloat that soon it might all be theirs again. They refer to the 2011 November elections which National looks fairly sure of winning. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019150

Description: Two boys come into the house with their boogy boards; they are covered in oil. Their mother who is reading a newspaper that carries the headline 'Ship on rocks' says without looking up 'Any sign of oil on the rocks boys?' Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and killing seabirds. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019223

Description: Two men stare at a polluted stretch of sea and are disgusted at the 'fouling of our clean green image.' The lower part of the cartoon shows that they are standing on top of an enormous barrel bearing a skull and crossbones and the words 'Farm leachate' which is leaking into the water. One of them says 'I hope they throw the book at the @*!!*!' Context: This appeared to be about the oil spillage from the grounded container ship Rena but is in fact about the fouling of waterways by farming runoff. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019154

Description: In four frames a group of godwits chat as they fly. One of them says that the difference between godwits and humans is that godwits navigate the globe without GPS and flock together to avoid problems before it's too late. This last is said as they fly over the oil slick leaking from a ship. Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and birds. The 'godwit' reference is about the return of godwits to Christchurch each year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019246

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key helping in the clean-up of the oil spill on Tauranga beaches after the oil spill from the wrecked container ship 'Rena.' He talks into his cell phone saying telling Hone Harawira 'I've got a nice bit of foreshore for ya!' Context: A joke against Hone Harawira the leader of the new Mana Party. Hone Harawira believed strongly that someone should pay for the disaster. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019271

Description: The title reads 'Estuary like a sewer...' A godwit reads a pamphlet entitled 'Clean Green NZ' and says 'Well dear... At least turd tacos are better than toxic takeaways in Tauranga!' His wife stands glumly with a toilet roll on her beak and several more godwits arrive at the estuary with their bags. Context: Refers to the arrival of the godwits at Christchurch's Avon-Heathcote estuaries in September each year. The estuary has been plagued with pollution problems. Refers also to the grounding of the container ship 'Rena' on the Astrolabe Reef off the Bay of Plenty which threatens to become a disaster of huge proportions as oil spews into the sea. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019155

Description: Someone in a helicopter flying over the stricken container ship 'Rena' says 'At least it gives us heaps of clean-up practice if they start oil-drilling off the East Cape!' Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and birds. Critics of oil drilling see the effects of the Rena disaster as what might be expected from an oil drilling disaster. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

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

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019151

Description: A container ship named 'World Finance Crisis' looms in the distance; the sea is black and an oil-covered boy with a surf board clambers out of the sea onto the beach. Context: refers to the 'Rena' disaster. The container ship 'Rena' is breaking up on the Astrolabe reef off the coast of Tauranga and is spilling oil, threatening coastlines and killing seabirds. The cartoon suggests metaphorically that the world finance crisis is reaching as far as New Zealand. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019248

Description: Prime Minister John Key, dressed as a sea-captain stands on the edge of New Zealand that has tipped onto its side. Near Tauranga is a signpost with the words 'Deficit Reef' planted on it. John Key shouts 'Mayday! Bring a dispersant and a boom! I don't want this slick spreading!' From the direction of Wellington floats an oilslick bearing the words 'Bad publicity for govt.' Context: A container ship, the 'Rena' ran aground on 5th October and is stuck on the Astrolabe Reef off the Bay of Plenty. It threatens to become an environmental disaster of huge proportions as oil spews into the sea. This is bad news for the government in the lead up to the November elections. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019244

Description: The stricken container ship 'Rena' aground on Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga, loses containers overboard and spills oil. Many boats and helicopters encircle the ship to help in the clean-up. Someone in a helicopter says 'At least it gives us heaps of clean-up practice if they start oil-drilling off the East Cape!' Context: Critics of oil-drilling are interested in this oil spill as a perfect example of what could happen if oil exploration goes ahead. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019552

Description: Cartoon depicts a man and woman relaxing under a beach umbrella while riding a shipping container that is being punted along a river polluted with oil. The container is labeled 'The pop-up punting mobile coffee shop'. A duck that is the same colour as the river sits in the water while a man in white propels the container forward. Context: on 5 Oct 2011 the ship `Rena' ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga. Containers, some containing dangerous substances, were washed off the ship and oil spilled into the ocean, affecting sea birds. On 29 October 2011 a `pop-up' container shopping mall opened in Christchurch following the devastation to retail buildings in the February 2011 earthquake. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019270

Description: One penguin drenched in black oil says to another 'If one more bloke says 'Go All Blacks' one more time...' In the background is the grounded container ship 'Rena'. Context: The container ship 'Rena' grounded on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of Tauranga during the Rugby World Cup. The linking of the black oil from the spill with the All Blacks was inevitable. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).