Portable Toilet: Thunder Down Under

Images, Canterbury Museum

One portable toilet comprising of a black toilet seat and lid attached to a grey bucket; sticky label on the front features an image of the toilet, lightning and text including 'Thunder Down Under / Portable Toilet'; manufacturer's mark on lid reads 'Elemental'. Residents who owned commercially produced portable toilets like this ‘Thunder Down ...

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Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of portable toilets in Burwood. Many hundreds of portable toilets have been provided to members of the public in areas where the sewerage system has failed and will require many months of major earthworks to rectify.

Portable Chemical Toilet: Campmaster

Images, Canterbury Museum

One beige Campmaster portable chemical toilet made from a matte finished high-density polythene and comprising a 20 litre holding tank for waste product and a 10 litre water tank for flushing. Chemical toilets were distributed by the Christchurch City Council as one solution to the badly damaged sewerage system following the 22 February 2011 ea...

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Images, UC QuakeStudies

A pipe run over a street, supplying temporary water to people living in Avonside. A portable toilet can be seen in the distance.

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:04 12:35:40

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Peter Daniels, of SuperLoo, unloads portable toilets in Avonside".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:04 12:23:23

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Peter Daniels, of SuperLoo, with portable toilets in Avonside".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:04 12:24:33

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "David Daniels and his father, Peter, of SuperLoo, load portable toilets in Avonside".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:04 12:24:51

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "David Daniels, left, and Arron Lazarus, of SuperLoo, load portable toilets in Avonside".

Portaloos pose problem for quake-struck residents

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Christchurch City Council has shipped in an extra 200 hundred portable toilets to help those suburbs worst hit by the earthquake.

"So... er, has the sewer been down long?" 30 September 2010

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

A man knocks at the door of a portaloo and asks if the sewer has been down long. The portaloo has a TV mast, a washingline, a letterbox, and flowers planted outside. In the background is a wrecked house. . Refers to the use of portaloos in parts of Christchurch since the earthquake of 4th September because of damage to plumbing infrastructure. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

"The bin!... not the portaloo!" 25 September 2010

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

The small crane on the back of a rubbish truck has picked up a whole portaloo and dumped its contents (a man with his pants around his ankles) into the rubbish. The driver tells the crane operator that he should have emptied 'the bin! ... Not the portaloo!'. A streetsign reads 'Avonside'. Refers to the use of portaloos in parts of Christchurch since the earthquake of 4th September because of damage to plumbing infrastructure. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

NZ to import dung beetles to process organic waste. 24 September 2010

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

A man reads a newspaper report about dung beetles being imported to process organic waste. In the second frame someone in one of a row of three portaloos wonders whether dung beetles would be better at it than the Council. Refers to the need for portaloos in the Canterbury region after the 4th September earthquake that damaged much plumbing infrastructure. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Darroch, Bob, 1940- :"Try me" 30 September 2010

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

It is the middle of the night and a man wearing his dressing-gown runs out of his house towards a portaloo clutching a toilet roll and saying 'Try me'. The neighbourhood is wrecked by earthquakes. On the ground is a newspaper with a headline that reads 'New Delhi athletes substandard accomodation facilities'. A second newspaper reads 'Given the choice many prefer to stay home'. Context: The first Christchurch earthquake shook the city on early morning of the 4th September 2010. The destruction of sewage infrastructure has meant portaloos and long-drops have become de rigeur as a consequence. There was a desperate rush to get the village ready for the influx of athletes before the opening of the Commonwealth Games on 3rd October 2010 and there was a fear that unsatisfactory sanitation systems might cause health and safety problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).