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Date: 2000-2018

By: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DC-Group-0006

Description: Cartoons by Al Nisbet on New Zealand political and social affairs. Many cartoons have a Canterbury focus. Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive Alastair (Al) Nisbet, born in Scotland in 1958, is an award-winning cartoonist whose cartoons appear regularly in the Press newspaper in Christchurch, and in other newspapers in New Zealand.

Date: 1993

From: Copies of cartoons published in Broadsheet between 1990 and 1997.

By: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-

Reference: H-709-013

Description: National Party's top women, Jenny Shipley, the Minister of Social Welfare and Ruth Richardson, the Minister of Finance, gloat over the erosion to concessions toward equity for women in New Zealand across the social, health and work fronts. All this in the year of celebrating 100 years of suffrage for New Zealand women. Other Titles - Wages Down. Pay Equity Abolished. Benefits Cut. Increased Health Charges. Unfair Electoral System. Unemployment Up. 84% Male Parliament. Teen Pregnancies Up. Decreased Women's Health Funding. Education out of Research. Extended Title - 'let them eat camellias!' Quantity: 1 digital print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-; Courtney, Helen Kathleen, 1952-2020; McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949-

Reference: H-707-001/034

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. Sexual harassment in the work place; a time-line across history of the political, religious and sexual treatment of women; man gets blown-up into a balloon; running the home like a business; women are the stronger sex?; woman fights an armoured knight on a horse; Michelangelo sculpts a naked man with an exaggerated penis; Women's Liberation; persecution against homosexuals likened to that perpetrated by the Nazi regime and the medieval church; Lesbian Nation; media interviewer, Brian Edwards leads a TV programme on the Women's Movement; Muldoon drinks a glass of wine bottled to commemorate Women's Suffrage Day, Sept. 19; while the men discuss world revolution, a woman pour them tea; the double violation of rape victims by their attacker and then by the justice system; the female anatomy exposed to a room full of male doctors; church women protest against feminism challenging the family and traditional roles of women; justice for some, but not for women; the feminist backlash; pay equity; perhaps god is a man after all - three wishes; May I have my rights, please? apologetic feminism; justice not weighted equally for all; issues around sexual reproduction and the Royal Commission Report; women unite to resist the intrusion of the SIS (Special Intelligence Service); Muldoon's legacy to New Zealand women; sex roles reversed in the shearing shed; abortions; National Party tramples on New Zealand women; position of women in Iran; genital mutilation; the 1979 budget - what's in it for women; SPUC anti-abortion rally likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally with hoods and burning torches; the marriage trap; psychology and the oppression of women. Quantity: 34 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 1990 - 1997

By: Broadsheet (Auckland, N.Z.); Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-; Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Alston, Sharon Kathleen, 1948-1995; Walker, Susan, active 1990s; Fowlie, Karen, 1990s; Quillin, Viv, active 1980s-1990s; Chanwai-Earle, Lynda, 1965-; Seule, Juliet, active 1990s; Sorzano, Rigel, active 1990s; Rhonda, active 1990s; Chadwick, Rona, active 1990s; Hollander, Nicole, active 1990s; Fleming, Jacky, active 1990s; Horacek, active 1990s; Jackson, Cath, active 1990s; Vania, Rustam, active 1990s; Peterson, Nancy, active 1980-1990s; Lowry, Vanya, 1943-

Reference: H-709-001/033

Description: Variety of cartoons commenting on the political and social issues of the time from a feminist perspective. National Women's Cervical Cancer inquiry, the value of women's experience in the work field when dealing with employers who are predominantly worried about a woman's period being heavy; questioning the relevance of Aids education information for lesbians; family discussion about orgasms; sexual harassment in the work place and the Employment Contracts Act; what are the options for a home-maker if her husband leaves her for another woman; ACC claims; men, women and housework; the stress of being too busy with activities and commitments; verbal abuse; siblings argue about being lesbian; 1993 - what women have to celebrate in Suffrage Year with Jenny Shipley and Ruth Richardson at the political helm; women can vote but thewy still remain disadvantaged in many areas; growing older; women respond to the Bobbitt Case (where a women cut off her partners penis); how lesbians can often feel inadequate when reading lesbian erotica books; being an independent, aggressive, adventurous girl doesn't win you many friends; men express themselves as women did in the 70's, but they're still slow to share their goodies with women; feminist collectives; never give up; 12 week campaign for maternity leave; seeking to silence her biological clock; pay equity; women and girls' self defence; beauty contests; the tree of life is a woman; wife slavery; a spell of warts for rich people; Women's Liberation targets your mother, sister and girl friend; Maori Women's Welfare League Conference poster, 1982; women lifting wieghts; dealing to a wolf whistler. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies in various sizes

Date: 2011

From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]

By: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-

Reference: B-197-023

Description: Shows a family of Australian rugby supporters walking down a dark, ruined road littered with rubbish and broken bottles, past a sign post marking the directions to 'drunken thugs', 'working girls', 'seedy bars', 'tinnie houses', 'boy racers', 'derelict buildings', and the AMI stadium. The Rugby World Cup 2011 was set to host events in Christchurch, but due to the damage to the AMI stadium, caused by the February 2011 earthquake, these events were moved to other venues. In 2010, Christchurch had created a walkway for fans living within the city, dubbed 'Rugby Road', to enjoy a two kilometre walk through Catherdral Square, High Street and Ferry Road to the stadium Other Titles - 'Rugby Road' Chrustchurch 2011?... Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Al Nisbet [photocopied] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photocopy, 410 x 580 mm

Date: 2010

From: Various cartoonists :[Cartoons collected by Jim Anderton, 1970s-2011]

By: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958-

Reference: B-197-018

Description: Shows a mock-advertisement for the 'Mayoralty Melee' in which 'Bob "Posie" Parker' is seen in a boxing ring fighting 'Jim "Lefty" Anderton'. Parker wears a floral outfit and conspicuously displays a large amount of money, labelled 'CCC funds' from his back pocket. Anderton, meanwhile, wears a dressing gown and slippers, and is attended by his cat. Refers to the news that MP Jim Anderton, leader of the Progressive Party, was intending to stand for the Christchurch mayoralty against then-incumbent Bob Parker. Parker won the election in November that year, largely as a result of his performance in the wake of the September Canterbury earthquake A digital version of this cartoon can be seen at DCDL-0014320 Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Al Nisbet [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt-tip pen, pencil and collage on paper, 220 x 310 mm (image)