Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :Xmas orders. 21 June 2012

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Scene set at Santa Claus' 'Online Christmas Orders Dept' at the North Pole. One elf remarks 'ANOTHER Marmite order from New Zealand'. The sole Marmite factory in New Zealand was damaged in the Christchurch Earthquake of 2011. Further aftershocks led to the shutting down of the factory until late 2012. The remaining stocks ran out, leading to panic buying at inflated prices by Marmite aficionados. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

All Right? Social Media: Facebook Profile Picture 44

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An image used as a profile picture on the All Right? Facebook page. The image reads, "Warm fuzzy xmas competition. Post a photo of your Christmas tree or favourite homemade decoration on our Facebook wall and be in to win either half a leg of Hellers ham or a Christmas-inspired Cake by Anna." All Right? posted the image on their Facebook page on 6 December 2013 at 10:03pm.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:43:23)

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A photograph of street art on a wall facing onto a car park off Hawke Street. The artwork depicts a woman, and is signed, "Merry Xmas, from Stefan".

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0657

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A photograph of a road cone decorated with tinsel and tied to a letterbox on Kingsford Street in Horseshoe Lake. A sign on the letterbox reads, "Merry Xmas everyone from family of 180 Kingsford St".

Bad Santa

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A pile of liquefaction silt in Parklands has been decorated with a Santa hat, Christmas decorations and a pair of jandals to form a silt 'snowman'. The photographer comments, "Not the most welcome Santa to find on your doorstep on Xmas Eve. This was made out of damp liquefaction in Parklands".

New Zealand. Commissioner of Crown Lands :Having now got over the earthqua…

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Photographically reproduced postcard shows a semi-humorous illustration by J L Martin of the Provincial Government buildings in Christchurch, seen looking southeast from across the intersection of Durham and Armagh Streets, imagined as warped and twisting in the Murchison Earthquake of 1929. Speech bubbles come from the mouths of some small figures: "Women & children first", "Order please", "Oh for the wings of a dove", "Stop that jazzing up there", "Wheres my puff box". The title below the picture is: "The camera cannot lie". The artist J L Martin has handwritten a message on the verso. In 1928, this building was occupied by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Receiver of Land Revenue, the Registrar of Deeds, the Lands Transfer Office and the Lands & Survey Department (See Wises directory 1928, page 214) Other Titles - Christchurch, Christmas Inscriptions: Verso - centre - With kind remembrances / From yours sincerely / J L Martin Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 88 x 137 mm. Provenance: Ms McLean was the granddaughter of Arthur John Wicks, the Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, New Zealand Lands & Survey Department. He had worked with Crown Lands in Blenheim before moving to Wellington in 1917. The artist J L Martin sent the card to Mr Wicks.