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Audio, Radio New Zealand

Topic 1: The Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, was quick to apologise to the Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker for calling him a clown. Topic 2: The Electoral Commission says John Key's hour-long pre-election radio show gave him the chance to raise his personal profile unchallenged.

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

The cartoon shows the mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker being targeted by someone with a gun. He is told that this lesson one of relationship counselling. Context: The Christchurch City Council has been having severe relationship problems which has resulted in a demonstration of 4000 people demanding that the council step aside and that new elections be called. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Topics - Jim Anderton says he still has a shot at winning Christchurch's Mayoralty - despite a swing in favour of incumbent Bob Parker and the Treasury predicts the Canterbury earthquake could knock nearly half percent off the country's economic growth rate in the three months to the end of September.