Al Nisbet


Alastair Nisbet is a Scottish-born New Zealand cartoonist.

Career

Nisbet's cartoons were published in the Christchurch Press from 1980-2017. He has worked for a number of other newspapers including the Sunday Times, New Zealand Times, and the Independent. He has twice been named the New Zealand cartoonist of the year.

Criticism

Nisbet's cartoons have "often attracted complaints for their racist, sexist, and classist nature". In 2013 two of his cartoons were taken to the Press Council for promoting "racial disharmony". The complaint about the cartoons was also lodged with the Human Rights Commission in 2014 by Member of Parliament Louisa Wall.