Incomplete logos for a feature titled, "What makes our schools special".
A logo for a feature on school closures.
A graphic promoting a video on the press.co.nz site, titled, "What makes our schools so special".
A page banner for a feature on school closures.
A page banner for a feature on school closures.
A graphic giving key dates for school closures and mergers.
A logo for a feature titled, "Schools facing closure or merger".
Graphs showing the results of a survey on proposed school closures.
A map showing the locations of Maori language classes affected by proposed school closures.
A graphic showing where intermediate pupils would go after the proposed closure of their schools.
The front page graphic for the Mainlander section of The Press, featuring an article about the school closures.
A protest sign painted on a fence shows a bulldozer labelled "Govt." driven by a woman (presumably representing Education Minister Hekia Parata) running over a sheep labelled "Chch schools", next to the words "Every time you close a school you have to build a jail - Mark Twain." The photographer comments, "Due to the earthquakes in Christchurch and parents leaving the area to give their children a quieter and more education friendly life a lot of the local schools especially in the East of Christchurch are to be closed or amalgamated. This was a decision by the government without consultation with any other authorities. Mark Twain actually said 'Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail'".
A page banner promoting articles about the restoration of the Arts Centre, and the proposed schools merger.
A page banner promoting an article titled, "Parata rules out mergers".
A bus tours a city street with destroyed schools either side. The guide points out destruction on the right from earthquakes and on the left from Hekia Parata. Wider context is the ongoing impact of the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake. The implication is that the earthquake caused physical damage to some schools and that the Minister for Education is responsible for destroying others with her announcement of school closures in Christchurch on 18 February 2013.
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A protest sign painted on a fence shows an image of the cathedral spire and the words "Save + restore, stone by precious stone!" The photographer comments, "The Christchurch Cathedral got very badly damaged in the earthquake. It was being demolished down to a safe level before a major protest managed to stop it going too far. There is still an ongoing debate on what to do with the Cathedral. In the meantime a cardboard cathedral made out of a steel framework and massive toilet roll tubes is being constructed close by. This is to the right of the protest about the closure of Christchurch schools".
