About Al Nisbet
Born 1958. Al Nisbet is a cartoonist.
Alastair Nisbet (born 1958) 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, Stuff, and the Independent. He has twice been named the New Zealand cartoonist of the year. In 2013 two of his cartoons were taken to the Press Council for promoting "racial disharmony". A complaint about the cartoons was also lodged with the Human Rights Commission in 2014 by Member of Parliament Louisa Wall, but the complaint was dismissed.
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Al Nisbet was born in 1958.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Al Nisbet. https://biography.guide/al-nisbet/
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