Photograph number UC 11-0156-21

Images, UC QuakeStudies

The new front desk in the reopened James Hight Library, viewed through the glass of the restricted loans.

Photograph number UC 11-0156-20

Images, UC QuakeStudies

The new front desk in the reopened James Hight Library, viewed through the glass of the restricted loans.

Photograph number UC 11-0156-22

Images, UC QuakeStudies

The new front desk in the reopened James Hight Library, viewed through the glass of the restricted loans.

Heroic Educated Kiwi Expatriates : HEKE.

Other, National Library of New Zealand

Site of Sir Paul Callaghan's project appealing to expat Kiwis to pay back their student loans following the Christchurch earthquake.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 19 May 2011

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Full coverage of the budget and the cuts to kiwisaver, working for families and student loans. Plans to raise between 5 and 7 billion dollars from partial asset sales and a new Earthquake Kiwi Bond to raise money for Christchurch.

Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:'Unfortunately, this is a North Canterbury collap…

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

A man representing 'EQC' (Earthquake Commission) talks to a couple outside their collapsed house. He says 'Unfortunately, this is a NORTH Canterbury collapse - so you'll only get your first $100,000 back.' Context: This refers both to the collapse of the South Canterbury Finance Company and to the problems that people are having with insurance companies in North Canterbury after the first Christchurch earthquake on September 4th 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932-:[The New Zealand ship of state] 4 March 2011

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

A ship named 'NZ Ship of State' lies high and dry on rocks; the great jagged holes in her represent 'the recession', 'Pike River', 'Chch 1' and 'Chch 2'. A man standing nearby asks 'How will we refloat her?' and a second man answers '...by cutting Working for Families & interest-free student loans' Someone outside the frame says 'Where's the No. 8 wire?' Context - The New Zealand economy was stagnating before the impact of the Christchurch earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 and the Pike River Mine disaster before that. The government was already considering cutting Working for Families & interest-free student loans before the earthquakes struck and it seems that now they are trying to push through these policy changes using the earthquakes as an excuse. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).